Solidification, microstructure and mechanical properties of mg-nd-gd-zn-zr cast magnesium alloy with yttrium, erbium and samarium additions by M Elaswad, Ashraf Mahmood

“…Moreover, UTS increased by 21.4 % and 7.5 % for YS at 0.5 wt.% of Er. Addition of 1.5 wt. % of Sm led to increase UTS and YS by 14.5% and 15.9% respectively. …”
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Static Shear Strength of Single-Lap Joint Using EggshellToughened Epoxy as Adhesive Agent by Collin Fong, Collin Fong, Desmond Daniel Chin, Desmond Daniel Chin, Hilton Ahmad, Hilton Ahmad

“…The volume fraction of eggshell powder in the epoxy resin is 0%, 2.5%, 5%, and 10% by epoxy weight. The epoxy resin system was made of EPIKOTE Resin 828 and Hardener 651 with a mixing ratio of 5:2 by weight. …”
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Static Shear Strength of Single-Lap Joint Using EggshellToughened Epoxy as Adhesive Agent by Collin Fong, Collin Fong, Desmond Daniel Chin, Desmond Daniel Chin, Hilton Ahmad, Hilton Ahmad

“…The volume fraction of eggshell powder in the epoxy resin is 0%, 2.5%, 5%, and 10% by epoxy weight. The epoxy resin system was made of EPIKOTE Resin 828 and Hardener 651 with a mixing ratio of 5:2 by weight. …”
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First-generation Nigerian mothers living in the UK and their experience of postnatal depression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Ling, Lydia Success, Eraso, Yolanda, Di Mascio, Verity

“…Minority ethnic groups such as Black African mothers are considered to be at greater risk of developing PND and data estimates that immigrant mothers are twice more likely to develop PND than native mothers. The unique experiences and needs of this culturally diverse group remain little explored in the UK. …”
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Unfavorable effect of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on maternal and fetal essential fatty acid status: a potential marker of fetal insulin resistance 2 by Min, Yoeju, Lowy, Clara, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Thomas, Beverley, Offley-Shore, Brigid, Crawford, Michael

“…However, the type 1 diabetes group had lower plasma choline phosphoglyceride DHA (3.7 ± 0.9%; P < 0.01) than did the control group (5.2 ± 1.6%). Likewise, RBC DHA was lower in the type 1 [choline: 3.4 ± 1.5% (P < 0.01); ethanolamine: 5.9 ± 2.5% (P < 0.05)] and type 2 [choline: 3.5 ± 1.6% (P < 0.05)] diabetes groups than in the control group (choline: 5.5 ± 2.2%; ethanolamine: 7.5 ± 2.5%). …”

The combination of papaya seed and orange peel as natural coagulant for greywater treatment by Muhamad, Mimi Suliza, Wan Daruddin, Wan Khairunnisa, Mohd Apandi, Najeeha, Mohamed Sunar, Norshuhaila

“…The orange peel coagulant was most effective in removing 80.5% of turbidity, 64.6% of TSS, and 54.6% of COD at a pH of 7.5, a dosage of 10 mg/L, rapid mixing at 100 RPM for 5 minutes, and slow mixing at 40 RPM for 5 minutes. …”
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Privacy and law enforcement by Brown, Ian, Korff, Douwe

“…It describes a number of key aspects of policing in the period 1994 to 2004 and provides an assessment of likely trends and technology applications to 2009. …”
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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Magnesium ZRE1 (Mg-Zn-Zr) Alloy with Rare Earth Element (Samarium) Addition by Ikhwan Shah Tisadi Tukiat, Ikhwan Shah Tisadi Tukiat, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, Khaireez, Haikal, Sami Al-Alimi, Sami Al-Alimi, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Ruhaizat, Nasha Emieza

“…The influences of rare earth (RE) samarium (Sm) added contents to ZRE1 (Mg-Zn-Zr) magnesium (Mg) cast alloy over strength properties to be investigated. Sm at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 wt.% were added separately as an alloying element to ZRE1 alloy. …”
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A low power and fast CMOS arithmetic logic unit by Zulkifli, Nur Umaira

“…The result is being analyzed by different values of supply voltage applied to the circuit which ranging from 5V to 1V. The results obtained shows that the minimum power consumption is for Vdd equal to 1V with 0.533μW. …”
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Effect of Buoyancy, Compressive Strength, and Shear Strength of Polyurethane-Clay Composite (PU-CC) Doped with Polyurethane Filler Waste in Soft Clay Application by Atil, Aida Atiqah, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Roseli, Adyla Illyana, Mohamed Yusop, Fatimah, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Marsi, Noraini, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Yahya, Nur Faezah, Leman, Abdul Mutalib

“…Then, the treated and untreated Polyurethane-Clay Composite (PU-CC) was prepared at the different ratios of PU waste filler (2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, and 10%). The physical properties of treated and untreated Polyurethane-Clay Composite (PU-CC) were examined utilizing buoyancy force, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), and direct shear strength, respectively. …”
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Lipid-soluble nutrient status of healthy Omani school children before and after intervention with oily fish meal or re-esterified triglyceride fish oil by Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Sedlak, Eva, Hussein, Izzeldin, Min, Yoeju, Al-Shammakhi, Saleh M., Al-Oufi, Hamed S., Al-Mazroui, Ahmed, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

“…They were severely deficient (<27.5 nmol/L; 10.5% boys and 28.5% girls), deficient (27.5- 44.9 nmol/L; 47.6% boys and 49.4% girls) or insufficient (50 – 74.9 nmol/L; 34.6% boys and 21.5% girls) in vitamin D. 7.3% boys and 0.6% girls had optimal status (≥ 75 nmol/L). …”
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Experimental and theoretical DFT study of hydrothermally synthesized MoS2-doped-TiO2 nanocomposites for photocatalytic application by Jameel, Muhammad Hasnain, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Roslan, Muhammad Sufi, Mohd Zuhan, Mohd Khairul Nizam, Rizvi, Syed Zuhaib Haider, Agam, Mohd Arif, Al-Anazy, Murefah mana, Yousef, Sayed

“…The optical conductance was increased from 2.5 to 9.8 Ω− 1 cm− 1 with a bandgap decrement of 2.4–0.5 eV in the ultraviolet–visible spectrum region. …”
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Regulation of n-3 PUFA biosynthesis in proliferating and differentiated PC12 pheochromocytoma cells by Msika, Ora

“…NGF also inhibited the last step in 22:5n-6 formation from LA. NGF alters differently the expression of several genes involved in the FA metabolism; ElovJ5, EJovJ2, Fads2 and Ppara genes encoding, respectively, for ELOVL5 elongase, ELOVL2 elongase, Delta6 desaturase (D6D) and the nuclear transcription factor PPARa. …”
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The characterization of mechanical behaviour on kenaf fibre / polypropylene composites by Mat Husin, Muhammad Muslimin

“…The optimum tensile stress was at 40 wt.% KF (5 wt.% NaOH, 5 wt.% MAPP) with the value 21.38 MPa. …”
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Towards the development of a model of user engagement with packaged software by Finnerty, Cecilia

“…If an individual is happy with a piece of software, he is more likely to use it productively. If an organisation can assess the level of engagement with software prior to its introduction, it may take corrective action to ensure that its introduction is successful. …”
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Challenges Facing ASEAN and East Asia in a Turbulent Time by Doan, Xuan Loc

“…This paper reviews the impact of the current crisis on the economies of ASEAN and East Asia, the policy response, and their likely outcomes, in the context of the presentations made at the ASEAN-AAF meeting.…”
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Surface wave reduction in antenna arrays using metasurface inclusion for MIMO and SAR systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…With the proposed technique, the maximum improvement achieved in attenuating mutual coupling between neighbouring antennas is: 8.5 dB (8-8.4 GHz), 28 dB (9.6-10.8 GHz), 27 dB (11.7-12.6 GHz), 7.5 dB (13.4-14.2 GHz), 13 dB (16.5-16.8 GHz) and 22.5 dB (18.5-20.3 GHz). …”
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Improved heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound adsorption using functionalised rice husk biochar by Azman, Nur Azzyyati, Mohd Fuzi, Siti Fatimah Zaharah, Abdul Manas, Nor Hasmaliana, Wan Azelee, Nur Izyan, Nasratun Masngut, Nasratun Masngut

“…The parameters, including RHB mass of (5–10) g, DS concentration of (1–5)% w/v, and sonication period of (1–5) min, were analysed using Design Expert. …”
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Experiment on the effects of storage duration of biodiesel produced from crude palm oil, waste cooking oil and Jatropha by Nanihar, Nadiarulah, Khalid, Amir, Mustaffa, Norrizal, Jaat, Norrizam, Sapit, Azwan, Razali, Azahari, Mohamed Sunar, Norshuhaila

“…In this study, there are three types of blending which is 5vol% blends ( 5vol% plant oil 95vol% diesel), 10vol% blending (10vol% plant oil and 90vol% diesel) and 15vol% blending (15vol% plant oil and 85vol% diesel) each called CPO5 (crude palm oil 5vol%), CPO10 (crude palm oil 10vol%),CPO15 (crude palm oil 15vol%), JO5 (jatropha oil 5vol%), JO10 (jatropha oil 10vol%),and JO15 (jatropha oil 15vol%) respectively. …”
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Improving thermal conductivity of fired clay brick using sawdust waste by Deraman, Rafikullah, Abdullah, Abd Halid bin, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Abas, Nor Haslinda, Suratkon, Azeanita Binti, Hasmori, Mohd Fikri

“…The percentages of sawdust waste used as an additive are 2.5%, 5% and 7.5% by weight. The laboratory works performed involve the geotechnical gradation, physical, mechanical, chemical composition and thermal conductivity of fired clay brick. …”
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