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Embodied water for urban economy: A three-scale input-output analysis for Beijing 2010
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
The scheme of a three-scale input-output analysis is presented in this study to investigate the water use profile of the urban economy in Beijing. Defined as total water including direct and indirect water, embodied water ...
Unravel the impact of anchoring groups on the photovoltaic performances of diketopyrrolopyrrole sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells
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American Chemical Society
, 2015 , Article)
Two D-?-A dyes, one with a strong electron withdrawing cyanoacrylic acid DPP 20 and one with a weak acceptor carboxylic acid DPP 21 have been synthesized and characterized for their application in dye-sensitized solar ...
Novel 1,5-diphenyl-6-substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(5H)-ones induced apoptosis in RKO colon cancer cells
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
Novel 1,5-diphenyl-6-substituted-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(5H)-ones were synthesized and characterized. All compounds were screened for their anti-proliferative activities in five different cancer cell lines. The results ...
Understanding electricity generation in osmotic microbial fuel cells through integrated experimental investigation and mathematical modeling
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2015 , Article)
(Graph Presented). Osmotic microbial fuel cells (OsMFCs) are a new type of MFCs with integrating forward osmosis (FO). However, it is not well understood why electricity generation is improved in OsMFCs compared to regular ...
Processing geo-dispersed big data in an advanced mapreduce framework
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
Big data has emerged as a new era of information generation and processing. Big data applications are expected to provide a lot of benefits and convenience to our lives. Cloud computing is a popular infrastructure that has ...
Food insecurity among children in Northern Jordan: Prevalence, socio-economic determinants, and impact on school performance
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Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
, 2015 , Article)
Background: Food insecurity has been associated with diverse health consequences for children in developed and developing countries, and the interest on food insecurity prevalence and consequences on children have been ...
Time-frequency features for pattern recognition using high-resolution TFDs: A tutorial review
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
This paper presents a tutorial review of recent advances in the field of time-frequency (t, f) signal processing with focus on exploiting (t, f) image feature information using pattern recognition techniques for detection ...
An Efficient Distributed Trust Model for Wireless Sensor Networks
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2015 , Article)
Trust models have been recently suggested as an effective security mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Considerable research has been done on modeling trust. However, most current research work only takes ...
Effect of expanded graphite on the phase change materials of high density polyethylene/wax blends
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Phase change materials fabricated from high density polyethylene (HDPE) blended with 40 or 50 wt% commercial wax (melting point of 43.08�C) and up to 15 wt% expanded graphite (EG) were studied. Techniques including scanning ...
Effect of stator winding connection of five-phase induction machines on torque ripples under open line condition
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
One of the main challenges in designing high-power drive systems is the quality of the developed torque. High-torque-ripple magnitudes result in serious vibration and acoustic noise problems that affect the lifetime of a ...