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Structural evaluation, preliminary in vitro stability and electrochemical behavior of apatite coatings on Ti6Al4V substrates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Medical-grade alloys, such as Ti-6Al-4V, have been used for fixation of fractured bone and for the total replacement of defective bone. Their bioactivity could be improved by applying a bone-like apatite layer onto their ...
Dynamic security metrics for measuring the effectiveness of moving target defense techniques
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Moving Target Defense (MTD) utilizes granularity, flexibility and elasticity properties of emerging networking technologies in order to continuously change the attack surface. There are many different MTD techniques proposed ...
A hybrid electro-coagulation/forward osmosis system for treatment of produced water
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Oil and gas exploration produce large volumes highly contaminated produced water (PW) which exhibits a major environmental challenge. This work investigates the application of a novel hybrid system by combining electro-coagulation ...
Optimal Boundary Control for Selective Catalytic Reduction Distributed Parameter Model
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
This paper is devoted to design a model-based boundary optimal controller for selective catalytic reduction system. The mathematical model consists of coupled parabolic-hyperbolic PDEs with an ODE. The main objective is ...
Enhancement of biogas production from agricultural wastes via pre-treatment with advanced oxidation processes
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
The effects of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including Fenton, ozone, and ozone combined with Fe(II) and H2O2 on disintegration/solubilization of three mixed agricultural solid wastes and subsequent anaerobic digestion ...
Examining citizens' perceived value of internet of things technologies in facilitating public sector services engagement
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
With the advancement of disruptive new technologies, there has been a considerable focus on personalisation as an important component in nurturing users' engagement. In the context of smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT) ...
The relationship between oil prices and rig counts: The importance of lags
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
This study deals with a timely and relevant issue in the oil market in the wake of the recent drastic drop in oil prices, which is the relationship between changes in oil prices and changes in rig counts, while accounting ...
Cross-country analysis of alternative five factor personality trait profiles
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
The aim of our study was to examine the typical personality profiles of the Alternative Five Factor Model with its new factor-facet version questionnaire (Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire, 2010) on a large, ...
Effect of annealing temperature on the performance of printable carbon electrodes for perovskite solar cells
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with mesoporous TiO2 electron transport layers have reached >22% efficiency at laboratory scale (<1 cm2), however, these layers are fabricated using spin-coating, which is not conducive ...
Isolation, identification and biodiversity of antiscalant degrading seawater bacteria using MALDI-TOF-MS and multivariate analysis
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Article)
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) is a commonly used desalination technique owing to its lesser environmental and economic impacts as compared to thermal desalination techniques. Antiscalants are used in SWRO to reduce ...