Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Thermal comfort standards are required to provide comfortable indoor condition which has a positive effect on the occupant. However, the Predicted Mean Vote – Percentage People Dissatisfied (PMV-PPD) model which is used to determine the indoor comfort in most of the international standards fails often, especially in naturally ventilated buildings. …”
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Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Self-Compacted Geopolymer Concretes With Nano Silica and Steel Fiber Additives by Hasar, Ugur Cem

“…Finally, sample C7, which has 1% SF with a smaller diameter and 2% NS in reference to the mass of the binder, has the optimum NS and SF additives, producing maximum absorbance values.…”
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Performance and computational studies of two soluble pyran derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in HCl by Khattabi M.

“…The present study is aiming to explore the effect of 4-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3-(3-quinolin-8-yl-acryloyl)-pyran-2-one (HMQP) and 3-[3-(4-Dimethylamino-phenyl)-acryloyl]-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyran-2-one (DMPHP) on mild steel (MS) corrosion in acid solution (1 M HCl). …”
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Inverse Weibull Distribution with Type II Censored Data by Alshaikh, Fatima A.

“…We found that the parameter estimators are almost unbiased, while the MRL and TVaR estimators are asymptotically unbiased. Moreover, the mean squared error of all estimators decreased for larger sample sizes and it increased when the censoring proportion is increased for a fixed sample size. …”
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Thermal characterization of phase change materials based on linear low-density polyethylene, paraffin wax and expanded graphite by Sobolciak, Patrik

“…A similar decrease in sensible heat with increased loading of EG was observed for PCMs containing 50 wt.% of EG. …”
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Evaluation of the inhibition performance of piperazine-based polyurea towards mild steel corrosion: The role of keto-enol tautomerization by Abdulazeez, Ismail

“…The use of synthetic polyurea materials with a low dosage shall provide a promising approach to reduce mild steel corrosion in harsh environments.…”
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Electrochemical and thermodynamic study on the corrosion performance of API X120 steel in 3.5% NaCl solution by Shahzad, Khuram

“…The overall results revealed that PEI significantly decreases the corrosion rate of API X120 steel with inhibition efficiency of 94% at a concentration of 100 μmol L−1. …”
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Electrochemical Investigation of C-Steel Corrosion Inhibition, In Silico, and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Investigations Using Pyrazole Derivatives by Shaban, Mahmoud M.

“…The compounds under investigation were adsorbed on a C-steel surface in 1 M HCl following the Langmuir isotherm model. …”
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Effect of temperature and erosion on pitting corrosion of X100 steel in aqueous silica slurries containing bicarbonate and chloride content by Mahdi, E.

“…A heating plate was used to change and maintain the temperature of electrolyte during electrochemical tests. …”
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Local supersaturation and the growth of protective scales during CO2 corrosion of steel: Effect of pH and solution flow by Sk, Mobbassar Hassan

“…By correlating in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements with electrochemical measurements using a rotating disc electrode, we demonstrate the critical dependence on the local supersaturation of the kinetics of formation of a protective crystalline scale on the surface of carbon steel during CO2 corrosion in brine at elevated temperature. …”
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The nexus between debt structure, firm performance, and the financial crisis: non-linear panel data evidence from Japan by Zeitun, Rami

“…This study seeks to analyze the non-linear relationship between a firm's debt structure and performance based on evidence from Japan through the use of a panel data fixed effects model for a sample of 1,670 listed firms. …”
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Non-linear relationship between real commodity price volatility and real effective exchange rate: The case of commodity-exporting countries by Boubakri, Salem

“…However, for periods when a country is better integrated financially, we observe a decrease in the impact of real commodity price volatility on REER, especially for the two panels of food and beverages as well as energy. …”
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An efficient green ionic liquid for the corrosion inhibition of reinforcement steel in neutral and alkaline highly saline simulated concrete pore solutions by Sliem, Mostafa H.

“…The effect of the green ionic liquid compound, Quaternium-32 (Q-32), on the corrosion inhibition performance of reinforcement steel, in a simulated concrete pore solution, was investigated at different temperatures and pH values, using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). …”
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Mechanical and physical behavior of newly developed functionally graded materials and composites of stainless steel 316L with calcium silicate and hydroxyapatite by Ataollahi Oshkour, Azim

“…It has been found that the FGMs emerged a better compressive mechanical properties compared to both the composite systems. …”
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Solar Technology and District Cooling System in a Hot Climate Regions: Optimal Configuration and Technology Selection by Ismaen, Rabah

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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay, Ganji

“…In multivariable adjusted analysis, no association was found between serum 25(OH)D concentration and bone mass when serum 25(OH)D was categorized. In a continuous variable analysis, the association between 25(OH)D and bone mass was significant, non-linear, inverse ‘U’. …”
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay, Ganji

“…In multivariable adjusted analysis, no association was found between serum 25(OH)D concentration and bone mass when serum 25(OH)D was categorized. In a continuous variable analysis, the association between 25(OH)D and bone mass was significant, non-linear, inverse ‘U’. …”
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Influence of temperature on tire-pavement noise in hot climates: Qatar case by Okan, Sirin

“…There is an apparent trend of decreasing temperature coefficient with increasing mean texture depth of dense graded asphalt pavements. …”
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Event-triggered fault detection for discrete-time LPV systems by Golabi, Arash

“…In this paper, a new event-triggering mechanism is proposed for the problem of fault detection (FD) in discrete-time linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems. …”
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