Structural and mechanical characterization of stir cast Al–Al2O3–TiO2 hybrid metal matrix composites by Ahamad, N.

“…Scanning electron microscopy shows that aluminium matrix has uniform distribution of reinforcement particle i.e. aluminium oxide and titanium oxide. Density of composite decreases due to variation of reinforcement and it shows low density after preheating. …”
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Morphology and property changes in PLA/PHBV blends as function of blend composition by Kanda G.S.

“…A weak negative deviation in the mean size for low PHBV content possibly indicates some degree of partial miscibility. …”
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Nanocomposite Ni-TiO2 coatings produced by pulsed electroplating by Wang, Y.

“…Nanocomposite Ni-TiO2 coatings were prepared on mild steel substrate by pulse electroplating with controlled duty cycle and frequency. A systematic study of Ni-xTiO2 coatings with different TiO2 concentrations (x50-20 g L-1) has been conducted. …”
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Corrosion inhibition of Mild Steel at Elevated temperature in highly Acidic Brines using a green corrosion inhibitor by Elhaddad, Muhsen A.M.

“…The energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) revealed the presence of nitrogen on the mild steel, which confirmed the adsorption of the corrosion inhibitor molecules on the surface. …”
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Production of phycocyanin by Leptolyngbya sp. in desert environments by Schipper, Kira

“…Increasing temperatures were found to improve the biomass productivity and phycocyanin content, which, at 40 °C, were 1.09 ± 0.03 gX·L−1·d−1 and 72.12 ± 3.52 mgPC·gX−1, respectively. …”
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Complex-impedance response of an Ag/TeO2-V2O5/Ag structure by El-Muraikhi, M.

“…The ac conductivity of glass samples of composition 50 mol% TeO2 and 50 mol% V2O5 has been analyzed. …”
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Experimental studies on the biodiesel production parameters optimization of sunflower and soybean oil mixture and DI engine combustion, performance, and emission analysis fueled wi... by Elkelawy M.

“…70% biodiesel) were prepared to power a single cylinder diesel engine. The engine results as compared to diesel fuel, show a reduction in the rate of change of CO by 33.8% for D50B50. …”
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Investigation of the rheological properties of nanosilica-reinforced polyacrylamide/polyethyleneimine gels for wellbore strengthening at high reservoir temperatures by Shamlooh M.

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Thermally assisted efficient electrochemical lithium extraction from simulated seawater by Yanxi, Yu

“…Furthermore, the coupled thermal-driven membrane process in the system can also produce freshwater (13.2 kg m-2 h-1) as a byproduct. …”
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Tribo-mechanical properties evaluation of HA/TiO2/CNT nanocomposite by Zalnezhad, Erfan

“…The microstructure and morphology of the HA/TiO2/CNTs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Hardness test results show that S3.0 displayed the highest surface hardness (285 HV) compared to other samples. …”
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Sea water salinity detection using circular fringes formation based on diffraction of laser light by Ali H.

“…The main disadvantage of these voltage based sensors is that output voltage depends on temperature, ambient light and water clarity. In this paper a simple system for salinity detection in sea water is proposed and demonstrated using laser light and ultrasound. …”
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Towards energy efficient and quality of service aware cell zooming in 5G wireless networks by Lateef, Hafiz Yasar

“…The extensive performance evaluation of our proposed dynamic cell zooming algorithm shows that our proposed algorithm can significantly decrease both system energy consumption and outage probability.…”
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Association between Soft Drink Consumption and Bone Mineral Density among Qatari Women- Analysis of Qatar Biobank Data by Hamid, Aamna

“…Results: While most of the participants did not drink soft drinks (68%), around one third reported consuming soft drinks. A total of 16.4% of participants reported consuming soft drinks < 1 time/ week and 15.6% of participants reported consuming soft drinks ≥ 1 time/ week. …”
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Mathematical modeling assisted investigation of forward osmosis as pretreatment for microbial desalination cells to achieve continuous water desalination and wastewater treatment by Yuan, Heyang

“…It achieved 70.6% COD removal from a synthetic wastewater and 94.0% conductivity decrease in a salt solution containing 35gL-1 NaCl. …”
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Assessment of the Protection of Shareholders in Egypt by Shazly, Yassin El

“…Expanding shareholder protection laws may have a positive impact on companies as well as on the Egyptian national income. …”
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Enhancing desalination and wastewater treatment by coupling microbial desalination cells with forward osmosis by Yuan, Heyang

“…The coupled system also achieved higher COD removal than a standalone FO cell. …”
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Optimal Proactive Resource Allocation at the Extreme Edge by El Khatib, Rawan F.

“…Extensive simulation results show that OPRA outperforms a reactive baseline by yielding a 50% decrease in the subtask dropping rate and 97% decrease in the service capacity.…”
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Multicarrier Microgrid Operation Model Using Stochastic Mixed Integer Linear Programming by Mehrjerdi, Hasan

“…Different events are modeled to evaluate the system resilience. The model is expressed as a stochastic mixed integer linear programming problem. …”
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Theoretical insight into effect of cation–anion pairs on CO2 reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts by Sun Hee, Yoon

“…This study presents theoretical insight into the mechanism of the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to formic acid (HCOOH) on Bi (012) surfaces in the presence of alkali metal cations (M+: Cs+, K+, and Li+) and/or halide anions (X−: Cl−, Br−, and I−) using density functional theory (DFT). …”
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Impact of Pulsed Dielectrophoretic Supply on the Function of Microorganisms in Membrane Bioreactors by Larbi B.

“…A comparison between the continuous and intermittent voltage supply for the 50 V further proved the Joule heating impact on the bacteria viability.…”
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