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Conversion of rice hull ash into soluble sodium silicate
Materials Research, 2006 Sodium silicate is used as raw material for several purposes: silica gel production, preparation of catalysts, inks, load for medicines, concrete hardening accelerator, component of detergents and soaps, refractory constituent and deflocculant in clay ...
Edson Luiz Foletto +3 more
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Fugitive Junctures: Life‐Seeking, Route‐Finding and the Mobile Ensemble at Kenya's Borders
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Fugitivity has become an important conceptual frame to understand the illegalised mobilities of contemporary migrants in conjunction with enslaved people's historical lines of flight as spatial praxes to seize their own freedom. Thinking from Kenya, and drawing on research with migrants, border officials, activists, police and smugglers,
Hanno Brankamp
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Evaluation of Alternative Refractory Materials for the Main Flame Deflectors at KSC Launch Complexes [PDF]
The deterioration of the refractory materials used to protect the KSC launch complex steel base structures from the high temperatures during launches results in frequent and costly repairs and safety hazards. KSC-SPEC-P-0012, Specification for Refractory
Calle, Luz Marina +2 more
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When Does Hope Drive Social Change? Empirical Insights and Their Policy Implications
Social Issues and Policy Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2026.ABSTRACT When and how does people's hope for change drive social transformation? This question has gained urgency amidst the profound sociopolitical crises of the 21st century, including escalating intergroup conflicts, accelerating environmental degradation, and mounting threats to democracy.
Oded Adomi Leshem, Eran Halperin
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The Plural Lives of E‐Waste: Valuation and Contestation in Accra's Recycling Network(s)
The Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract Electronic waste (e‐waste) in Accra is shown to be plural and ontologically multiple, enacted as livelihood, commodity, hazard, governance object and political actor across dispersed recycling networks. Using a multi‐sited, follow‐the‐thing approach and 60 interviews, I specify four socio‐material mechanisms (i.e., copper's market tempo,
Ebenezer Gyampoh Amoah
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Use of reinforced inorganic cement materials for spark wire and drift chamber wire frames [PDF]
The results of a survey, materials test, and analysis study directed toward the development of an inorganic glass-fiber reinforced cement material for use in the construction of space qualified spark wire frames and drift chamber frames are presented ...
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Privacy as a Defense Against Premature Representation
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Jordan Wallace‐Wolf
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Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Volume 99, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract Workplace toxicity imposes enormous costs on employees, organizations, and society, yet scholarship lacks an integrated explanation of how harmful practices become routine and why they endure. This article develops the toxicity normalization cascade (TNC), a multilevel process framework addressing two interrelated questions: how does workplace
Aybike Mergen +2 more
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انتاج خرسانة حرارية عازلة من مواد محلية
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2019 The research examines the possibility of producing insulating castable Refractory from locally available raw materials consisting of thermal aggregates represented by alumina bricks, which produce in large quantities in factories as industrial residues,
أحمد جبار محسن +2 more
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