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Sunlight-Driven Continuous Flapping-Wing Motion

, 2020
Light-driven actuators that directly convert light into mechanical work have attracted significant attention due to their wireless advantage and ability to be easily controlled.
Jianning Ding (1699237), Jiawei Xu (394968), Ningyi Yuan (1699231), Guanggui Cheng (8366532), Changhao Ma (8366529), Xu Dong (366886), Xiaoshuang Zhou (4231372), Xiuzhu Xu (8366523), Shengping Dai (8366526)   +8 more
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Sunlight harvesting

Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2023
Solar energy has been an attractive source of renewable energy because of its enormous magnitude and availability everywhere on Earth. The nature has been capturing and storing solar energy on Earth in the form of chemical energy via photosynthesis. Over millenniums, humans have used their creativity to harvest the energy.
Masoud Soroush, Yashar Hajimolana
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MY LIFE AS A VITAMIN D RESEARCHER

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2023
MY LIFE AS A VITAMIN D ...
William B Grant
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COMPARING VITAMIN D STATUS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND NORTHERN EUROPE

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2020
Over the past two decades, the understanding of the roles of vitamin D has expanded to include many nonskeletal effects such as reduced risk of acute respiratory tract infections, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus ...
William B. Grant
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Sunlight analysis for the Kuwaiti Government dwelling design and effects on householders’ health [PDF]

, 2017
This paper discusses access to sunlight and daylight in contemporary Kuwaiti Government dwellings. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among the Kuwaiti population is related to a lack of exposure to sunlight radiation.
Littlewood, John, John Littlewood, Carey, Penny, Canavan, Keireine, Keireine Canavan, Penny Carey, Mohammad Alhazim, Alhazim, Mohammad   +7 more
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Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Is Rapidly Inactivated by Simulated Sunlight

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Aerosols represent a potential transmission route of COVID-19. This study examined effect of simulated sunlight, relative humidity, and suspension matrix on stability of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols.
M. Schuit, Shanna A. Ratnesar-Shumate, J. Yolitz, Gregory Williams, Wade G. Weaver, B. Green, David Miller, M. Krause, K. Beck, S. Wood, B. Holland, Jordan Bohannon, D. Freeburger, Idris Hooper, J. Biryukov, L. Altamura, Victoria Wahl, M. Hevey, P. Dabisch   +18 more
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Years of sunlight exposure and cataract: a case-control study in a Mediterranean population. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the relation between sunlight exposure and risk of cataract. METHODS: We carried out a frequency-matched case-control study of 343 cases and 334 controls attending an ophthalmology outpatient clinic at a primary health-
Pastor-Valero, María, Fletcher, Astrid E, de Stavola, Bianca L, Chaqués-Alepúz, Vicente   +3 more
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Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under natural sunlight using iron titanate nanoparticles prepared by a modified sol–gel method

Royal Society Open Science, 2020
The aim of this work was to synthesize semiconducting oxide nanoparticles using a simple method with low production cost to be applied in natural sunlight for photocatalytic degradation of pollutants in waste water.
Z. Vasiljevic, Milena P. Dojčinović, J. Vujancevic, I. Janković-Častvan, M. Ognjanović, N. Tadic, S. Stojadinović, G. Branković, M. Nikolić   +8 more
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Using the Microsoft Excel ‘Solver’ Tool to Perform Non-Linear Curve Fitting, Using a Range of Non-Newtonian Flow Curves as Examples.

Applied Rheology, 2001
The Microsoft Excel ‘Solver’ tool is a very simple but powerful procedure, even in the hands of the mathematically disadvantaged. It has very good application for quickly fitting experimental flow-curve data to non-Newtonian flow models with any number ...
Roberts G.P., Barnes H.A., Mackie C.
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The Action of Sunlight [PDF]

Nature, 1921
REFERRING to Dr. Saleeby's letter in NATURE of December 8, p. 466, I may report that, in conjunction with the late Marshall Ward, professor of botany at Cooper's Hill, I carried out a number of experiments at Liverpool near the end of last century on the effect of light in slaughtering anthrax bacilli. Prof.
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