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Investigating relationships between stakeholders' pressure, eco-control systems and hotel performance
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
Stakeholders' pressure motivates the deployment of systems of environmental management control. Nevertheless, few insights are available regarding the impact of stakeholders' pressure on the extent to which eco-control ...
A non-communication based protection algorithm for multi-terminal HVDC grids
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
This paper introduces a non-communication based protection algorithm for Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current (MTHVDC) transmission lines. The algorithm relies on using electrical current data at one end for ...
Modeling and control for new LLCL filter based grid-tied PV inverters with active power decoupling and active resonance damping capabilities
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
LLCL filters utilization decreases single-phase transformerless inverter's AC-Side volume significantly. Conversely, the inherent 2nd order power harmonic ripples burden inverters' DC-Side. In fact, the passive solution ...
Simulation of wellbore construction in offshore unconsolidated methane hydrate-bearing formation
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
The unconsolidated nature of offshore methane hydrate-bearing formation poses challenges to sustainable methane gas production as the weak formation is susceptible to disturbance during wellbore construction. This could ...
Enhancement of optical features and sensitivity of MEH-PPV/VOPcPhO photodetector using CdSe quantum dots
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
In the present work, spectroscopic features and sensitivity of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) and vanadyl 2, 9, 16, 23-tetraphenoxy-29H, 31H-phthalocyanine (VOPcPhO) based photodetector ...
Ammonium removal from synthetic wastewater promoted by current generation and water flux in an osmotic microbial fuel cell
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Recovering useful resources from wastes represents a new approach of clean production with significant environmental and economic benefits. Ammonium nitrogen, which is an important inorganic contaminant and also a resource ...
HA/rGO/Pd nanocomposite thin film coating on SST 304 - Synthesize, characterization, and properties investigations
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The present study describes the synthesis of HA/rGO/Pd nanocomposite thin film coating on stainless steel 304 using electrodeposition method. In this regard, an attempt is made to investigate the corrosion and biocompatibility ...
An exploratory study of teachers' perceptions of prosocial behaviors in preschool children
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to assess the occurrences of prosocial behaviors in preschool children according to the perceptions of their teachers, examine if variations of prosocial behaviors exist among boys and girls, ...
Downpayment, mobility and default: A welfare analysis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
In this paper, I study the impact of the relaxation of downpayment requirements on home-ownership and default risk in the context of a static spatial life cycle model. Given its quantitative success in matching the U.S. ...
Production, purification, and characterization of thermostable alkaline xylanase from Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis NASTPD13
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2018 , Article)
Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis NASTPD13 used herein as a source for thermostable alkaline xylanase were isolated from Paudwar Hot Springs, Nepal. NASTPD13 cultured at 60°C, pH 7 and in presence of inorganic (ammonium sulfate) ...