Browsing Research Units by Publisher "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH"
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A robust Gaussian process regression-based model for the determination of static Young's modulus for sandstone rocks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Static Young's modulus (Es) is one of the leading mechanical rock properties. The Es can be measured from experimental lab methods. However, these methods are costly, time-consuming, and challenging to collect samples. ... -
Adsorption of 4-Nitrophenol onto Iron Oxide Bentonite Nanocomposite: Process Optimization, Kinetics, Isotherms and Mechanism
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)Despite its importance in chemical industry, 4-Nitrophenol (4-NP) is a persistent organic pollutant that has serious effects on the ecosystem. In the present study, Box–Behnken design in response surface methodology was ... -
Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)This paper examines migrant workers' subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the World Cup, Qatar has been roundly criticized for the living and working ... -
Biocrude oil and high-value metabolite production potential of the Nitzschia sp.
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article)Diatom biomass could be an alternative feedstock for producing bio-oil through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technique. Additionally, diatom biomass could have high-value metabolites, such as pigments and polyunsaturated ... -
Box-Behnken approach for optimization of Cr(III) removal from a real tanning effluent using powdered marble
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)During the tanning step, 30-40% of trivalent chromium remains in the solid and liquid wastes, generating highly polluted sewage. In this study, powdered marble was used as a low-cost adsorbent to remove trivalent chromium ... -
Comparison of machine learning models for predicting groundwater level, case study: Najafabad region
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Water resources, consisting of surface water and groundwater, are considered to be among the crucial natural resources in most arid and semiarid regions. Groundwater resources as the sustainable yields can be predicted, ... -
Complex treatment of oily polluted waters by modified melamine foams: from colloidal emulsions to a free oil removal
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)This study deals with the efficient, low-cost, and scalable treatment of oily polluted waters including colloidal emulsions, oil-in-water mixtures, and free oil removal using melamine foams (MFs) modified by ferric chloride ... -
Correction to: The maxima in northerly wind speeds and wave heights over the Arabian Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Red Sea derived from 40 years of ERA5 data (Climate Dynamics, (2021), 56, 3-4, (1037-1052), 10.1007/s00382-020-05518-6)
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Other)In the original version of the article, in both the Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 the plots (a) and (b) were repeated twice. -
Design and Development of a Smart Vibration Absorber
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Conference Paper)High-rise buildings have become normalized for urban cities as it minimizes the available land used to house many tenants. The stability of the buildings is often subjected to extraneous loading from the wind and ground. ... -
Dimethoxytriazine-Triazole Linked Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Sorbent for Cationic Dyes Adsorption
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Organic dye has always been considered one of the most serious water pollutants. Therefore, the great challenge nowadays is to synthesize effective adsorbents for removal of these contaminants. Herein, we prepared successfully ... -
Dry mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of vegetable wastes with animal manures using leach bed reactor
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Anaerobic digestion is an environmentally sustainable technology for converting a variety of organic solid feedstocks to energy in the form of methane. To improve methane yield, the digestion of more than one waste is ... -
Effect of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer on kinematic viscosity and thermal stability of jojoba, date seed, and waste cooking oils in lubricant applications
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)Vegetable oils possess excellent lubricant properties, but one reason limiting their application as lubricants is their low kinematic viscosity. This study investigated how the addition of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer ... -
Elemental distributions in the marine sediments off Doha, Qatar: role of urbanisation and coastal dynamics
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Article)This research investigates the present status and decadal variability of element distributions in the marine sediments off Doha, on the east coast of Qatar. Twenty elements were considered from 11 sediment sampling stations ... -
Enhanced Removal of Diesel Oil Using New Magnetic Bentonite-Based Adsorbents Combined with Different Carbon Sources
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)In this work, new magnetic bentonite-based adsorbents combined with different carbon sources, namely, reduced graphene oxide and multiwall carbon nanotubes, were synthesized via co-precipitation method. The synthesized ... -
Focused review on factors affecting martensitic stainless steels and super martensitic stainless steel passive film in the oil and gas field
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Article Review)Martensitic and super martensitic stainless steels are widely used in the oil and gas industry for general corrosion mitigation in the presence of sweet corrosion (CO2) and sour corrosion (H2S), providing a cost-effective ... -
Gender and the return migration process: Gulf returnees in Ghana
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Labour migration in the context of South-South migration is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing ... -
Highly sensitive and selective colorimetric sensing of CO2 for biomedical applications
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in unhealthy people differs greatly from healthy people. High-precision CO2 detection with a quick response time is essential for many biomedical applications. A major focus of ... -
The investigation of treatment design parameters on carbon integration networks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Carbon Integration methods help identify the appropriate allocation of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) streams into CO2-using sinks, and are especially useful when a number of CO2 sink options are present simultaneously. The ... -
Isolation of bacterial strains from compost teas and screening of their PGPR properties on potato plants
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)The beneficial effect of compost and compost tea on plant growth and protection is mainly associated with the microbial diversity and the presence of bacteria with plant growth-promoting effect. PGPR are considered as ... -
Modified os sepiae of Sepiella inermis as a low cost, sustainable, bio-based adsorbent for the effective remediation of boron from aqueous solution
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)The occurrence of boron in low concentration is essential; however, a higher concentration of boron source in water has a toxic effect on humans as well as have retard effect on agricultural plant growth. Thus, the affordable ...