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Microwave rapid sintering of al-metal matrix composites: A review on the effect of reinforcements, microstructure and mechanical properties
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MDPI AG
, 2016 , Article Review)
Aluminum metal matrix composites (AMMCs) are light-weight materials having wide-spread use in the automobile and aerospace industries due to their attractive physical and mechanical properties. The promising mechanical ...
Towards understanding the genetics of Autism
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Frontiers in Bioscience
, 2016 , Article Review)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) includes a group of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect communication skills, social interaction and intellectual ability. Despite evidence suggesting a strong genetic link with ASD, the ...
A review on challenging issues in Arabic sentiment analysis
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Science Publications
, 2016 , Article Review)
Understanding what people think about an idea or how they evaluate a product, a service or a policy is important for individuals, companies and governments. Sentiment analysis is the process of automatically identifying ...
A Review on Fatigue Life Prediction Methods for Metals
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Hindawi Limited
, 2016 , Article Review)
Metallic materials are extensively used in engineering structures and fatigue failure is one of the most common failure modes of metal structures. Fatigue phenomena occur when a material is subjected to fluctuating stresses ...
Interfacial engineering for high performance organic photovoltaics
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article Review)
In the past two decades, bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have gained tremendous attention due to its intrinsic merits of cheap, flexible, clean and high throughput manufacturing processibility and ...
X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopic analyses for intercalative nanohybrids with low crystallinity
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article Review)
Intercalation reactions can be achieved through ion-exchange, pillaring, and exfoliation-reassembling reactions to explore new intercalation compounds with desired electronic, electrochemical, and optical functions. Such ...
Influence of graphene oxide on mechanical, morphological, barrier, and electrical properties of polymer membranes
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article Review)
This paper expresses a short review of research on the effects of graphene oxide (GO) as a nanocomposite element on polymer morphology and resulting property modifications including mechanical, barrier, and electrical ...
Electrostatic phase separation: A review
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Institution of Chemical Engineers
, 2015 , Article Review)
The current understanding and developments in the electrostatic phase separation are reviewed. The literature covers predominantly two immiscible and inter-dispersed liquids following the last review on the topic some 15 ...
Cost-effectiveness research in cancer therapy: A systematic review of literature trends, methods and the influence of funding
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2017 , Article Review)
Objective To perform a first-time analysis of the cost-effectiveness (CE) literature on chemotherapies, of all types, in cancer, in terms of trends and change over time, including the influence of industry funding.
Design ...
The Role of CCL21/CCR7 Chemokine Axis in Breast Cancer Progression
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MDPI
, 2015 , Article Review)
Tumor-induced lymphangiogenesis facilitates breast cancer progression by generating new lymphatic vessels that serve as conduits for tumor dissemination to lymph nodes and beyond. Given the recent evidence suggesting the ...