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TiO2 deposited on a membrane of Ag fibers was prepared as a photoelectrochemical cell electrode. Ag fibers were made by reduction of Ag complexes on cellulose fibers, followed by burning out the template. TiO 2 photocatalyst layers were grown on the fibers by electrophoretic deposition of TiO2 nanoparticles. Ag fibers could be uniformly deposited. Photocatalytic tests by dye decomposition and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) under UV illumination demonstrate that Ag fibers act as a good substrate that provides both high surface area and good separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and causes the enhancement of photocatalytic activity in comparison with a thin film of... 

MADI is new engineering material with very desirable properties such as higher strength at the same hardness compared to regular ductile iron, significantly better fatigue performance than regular ductile iron or austempered ductile iron, better machinability than regular austempered ductile iron and similar to as cast ductile iron. In this study,fatigue properties of Machinable Austempering Ductile was investigated using rotary -bend fatigue testing device. Chemical composition of sample was selected on the base of previous work which results in good mechanical properties and low hardness after austempering process. The results of this study,indicates that for an austempered ductile iron... 

Solid slugs tracking in melt in the casting is very important. In this study a model for particle transport trajectories is presented. In this model an explicit method was used to evaluate the position of the particles. Comparison between results of present work and other models has good agreement sand this model can expect determining the location of solid particles in the melt. This model is applied to SUTCAST software  

In this work, for the first time, different forms of nanocomposites based on rGO and MWCNT were prepared in conjoining with the bioactive glass (BioGlass). In the carbonic layers, a highly toxic nanoparticle, CoNi2S4, was intercalated, and the role of this nanoparticle in the alkaline phosphatase activity, relative cell viability on different cell lines, and also the effect on the cell walls and cell morphologies were investigated. From another perspective, the ability of the chemotherapy drug loading to the prepared nanocomposites was investigated, and the use of leaf extracts was thought of as a green method to lower the cytotoxicity and regulate the genotoxicity of the generated... 

Objectives: Accurate estimation of post-operative clinical parameters in scoliosis correction surgery is crucial. Different studies have been carried out to investigate scoliosis surgery results, which were costly, time-consuming, and with limited application. This study aims to estimate post-operative main thoracic cobb and thoracic kyphosis angles in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system. Methods: Distinct pre-operative clinical indices of fifty-five patients (e.g., thoracic cobb, kyphosis, lordosis, and pelvic incidence) were taken as the inputs of the adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system in four categorized groups, and post-operative... 

A novel form of nanocomposite based on bioactive glass (BG) and CuAl LDH has been devised and manufactured for the first time in this paper. The produced nanocomposites, BG@CuAl LDH and BG@CuAl LDH@RO, were employed to examine the ability of the alkaline phosphatase activity to regulate the expression of COL 1, OCN and RUNX2 (ALP) gene expressions. The role of leaf extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis [RO]) on enhanced osteogenic gene expression has been investigated. Also, the relative cell viability has been analyzed by MTT assay on the hBMSCs, HEK-293 and PC12 cell lines after 24 and 48 hours of treatment. The results showed significantly increased gene expressions in different... 

A computational approach to predict the main binding modes of two adrenalin derivatives, arachidonoyl adrenalin (AA-AD) and arachidonoyl noradrenalin (AA-NOR) with the β-lactoglubuline (BLG) as a nano-milk protein carrier is presented and assessed by comparison to the UV-Vis absorption spectroscopic data using chemometric analysis. Analysis of the spectral data matrices by using the multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) algorithm led to the pure concentration calculation and spectral profiles resolution of the chemical constituents and the apparent equilibrium constants computation. The negative values of entropy and enthalpy changes for both compound indicated... 

In recent years, the technological advancement of supercapacitors has been increasing exponentially due to the high demand in electronic consumer products. As so, researchers have found a way to meet that demand by fabricating graphene. As developments are made toward the future, two big advancements to be made are large-scale fabrication of graphene and fabricating graphene as a flexible electrode. This would allow for use in larger products and for manipulation of the unique properties of graphene to accommodate superior design alternatives. While large scale production is still mentioned, this review is specifically focusing on different methods used to fabricate graphene as a flexible... 

Organ-on-chip devices have provided the pharmaceutical and tissue engineering worlds much hope since they arrived and began to grow in sophistication. However, limitations for their applicability were soon realized as they lacked real-time monitoring and sensing capabilities. The users of these devices relied solely on endpoint analysis for the results of their tests, which created a chasm in the understanding of life between the lab the natural world. However, this gap is being bridged with sensors that are integrated into organ-on-chip devices. This review goes in-depth on different sensing methods, giving examples for various research on mechanical, electrical resistance, and bead-based... 

Activated carbon powder was analyzed at one of the petro-chemical units in Iran, to determine the usefulness of this material in waste water treatment. Two types of commercial activated carbon powder were used giving different results, attributed to different constituents. For every experiment, 4 kg of activated carbon was used in the pilot plant column. Analysis results on the effect of parameters, e.g., inlet volumetric flow rate of waste water and activated carbon structure, on the plant performance were presented. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (Prague, Czech Republic 8/24-28/2008)  

In the present work, a mathematical model was developed based on finite difference method to predict the microporosity distribution in A356 aluminum alloy casting. Heat, mass, and gas conservation equations were solved in this model. Moreover, Darcy's equation was considered in the mushy zone. Results show that the distribution and concentration of microporosities in cast parts vary with both cooling rate and initial gas content. Simulation results were compared with experimental data where proportionally good agreement with experimental results was found. Finally, a complex cast part was simulated presenting the ability of the model to predict the porosities in industrial cast parts  

This paper introduces a new hybrid electro membrane bioreactor (HEMBR) for reverse osmosis (RO) pretreatment and advanced treatment of effluent by simultaneously integrating electrical coagulation (EC) with a membrane bioreactor (MBR) and its performance was compared with conventional MBR. Experimental results and their statistical analysis showed removal efficiency for suspended solids (SS) of almost 100% for both reactors. HEMBR removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) improved by 4% and membrane fouling was alleviated according to transmembrane pressure (TMP). The average silt density index (SDI) of HEMBR permeate samples was slightly better indicating less RO membrane fouling. Moreover,... 

The theory of network coordination presents an effective approach to improve the business processes within supply networks. The automation of the negotiation process among buyers and suppliers has become an important policy in the transactional networks. This leads to assessing the roles of both quantifiable and non-quantifiable parameters in coordination mechanisms with the aim of achieving higher performance. Here, we develop an e-based supply chain multi-agent model for the design of mass-customized on-line services. The model addresses the bullwhip effect in multi-stage supply chain and also clarifies the evaluation of inventory policies in various supply and demand uncertainties. To... 

We proposed a modeling procedure to calculate the impact of temperature on the detection efficiency in photodetectors based on CdTe materials. Temperature increase impacts on the electrical properties of the materials such as carrier mobility and carrier recombination lifetime. This impact which can be effective in some cases has been normally ignored in the modeling approaches presented in the literature. Here we show that increasing the temperature from 190 K to 300 K not reduces the mobility of both electrons and holes but also significantly reduces the carrier lifetime. The result will impact on electric-field within the depletion width of the device, drift and diffusion lengths which... 

Hexyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (HTPB) is used as an efficient ionic liquid catalyst in the chemoselective addition of malononitrile to carbonyl group moiety of chalcones through the three-component reaction of aryl aldehydes, acetophenone derivatves, and malononitrile to produce (E)-2-(1,3-diarylallylidene)malononitriles at ambient temperature. The method is simple, solvent-free, environmentally friendly, and gives excellent yields in a short reaction times. © 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim  

In this study, effectiveness of non-ionic block copolymers such as Lugalvan BNO12 and Triton X series (Triton X100 & Triton X405) has been reported for graphene dispersion in aqueous solutions. Stability of the aqueous graphene dispersions is investigated using UV–visible spectroscopy, Rheological, and Conductivity studies. Adsorption isotherms are constructed to determine the amount of polymers adsorbed on the surface of graphene by the spectroscopic analysis. Lugalvan BNO12 has been found to be adsorbed in higher amounts on the graphene surface compared to the Triton X series polymers. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy investigations... 

We proposed two different time-dependent modeling approaches for variation of device characteristics of perovskite solar cells under stress conditions. The first approach follows Sah-Noyce-Shockley (SNS) model based on Shockley–Read–Hall recombination/generation across the depletion width of pn junction and the second approach is based on thermionic emission model for Schottky diodes. The connecting point of these approaches to time variation is the time-dependent defect generation in depletion width (W) of the junction. We have fitted the two models with experimental data reported in the literature to perovskite solar cell and found out that each model has a superior explanation for... 

Although simvastatin (SIM) has been proven to be a powerful agent against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, poor water solubility, short half-life, and low bioavailability have made it futile while using conventional drug delivery system. Hence, this study aims to investigate therapeutic efficacy of SIM-loaded nano-niosomes on MI/R injury. Surface active agent film hydration method was used to synthesize nano-niosomes. The physicochemical properties of nano-niosomes were characterized using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Moreover, niosomes were characterized in entrapment efficiency (EE) and releasing pattern. Male Wistar rats were... 

Fabrication of scaffolds with enhanced mechanical properties and desirable cellular compatibility is critical for numerous tissue engineering applications. This study was aimed at fabrication and characterization of a nanofiber skin substitute composed of collagen (Col)/sodium alginate (SA)/ polyethylene oxide (PEO)/Rhodotorula mucilaginosa sp. GUMS16 produced exopolysaccharides (EPS) were prepared using the biaxial electrospinning technique. This study used collagen extracted from the bovine tendon as a natural scaffold, sodium alginate as an absorber of excess wound fluids, and GUMS16 produced exopolysaccharides as an antioxidant. Collagen was characterized using FTIR and EDS analyses. The...