The strength of SiO2 added MgO ceramics to withstand flashover-treeing appearance under electron bombardment in vacuum by Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy

“…From this study when 6 wt% SiO2 added MgO was used, the insulation property of MgO was significantly increased 5.5 times of withstanding the appearance of first flashover. …”
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Compact UWB mimo antenna with band-notched characteristic by Malekpour, Narges, Honarvar, M. Amin, Dadgarpur, Abdolmehdi, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…Notched frequency band between 5.15 and 5.85 GHz is achieved with a parasitic rectangular strip on the bottom side, which is connected to the radiating patch through a via hole. …”
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New approach to suppress mutual coupling between longitudinal-slotted arrays based on SIW antenna loaded with metal-fences working on VHF/UHF frequency-bands: study, investigation,... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The resulting isolation is shown to be is better than -83 dB across 200 MHz to 1.0 GHz with gain greater than 1.5 dBi, and side-lobe level less than 40 dB. The proposed SIWLSAA is compact and has dimensions of 40×10×5 mm3 (0.026…”
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Wideband microstrip quasi-elliptic function bandpass filter with high out-of-band rejection by Virdee, Bal Singh, Riaz, Muhammad, Shukla, Pancham, Onadim, Muhittin, Ouazzane, Karim

“…This configuration yields a wideband response with low insertion loss of 0.73 dB, high return-loss <20 dB, and out-of-band rejection level >40 dB across 2-4.5 GHz and 5.74-16 GHz. The planar filter structure can be easily manufactured using standard PCB technology.…”
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Gäfgen : opening the door to a reassessment of Article 3 violations? by Avetisyan, Grigor

“…This article comments on the possibility of the reassessment of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights in light of the case of Gäfgan v Germany (No. 22978/05) 30/7/08. In 2002, the applicant in Gäfgan v Germany kidnapped and suffocated a boy. …”
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The European Court and Soviet political repression : a trap for potential applicants? by Tishaev, Furkat

“…This article discusses the case of Kiladze v Georgia and points out the potential limitations of the judgment's application to Russian victims in the light of the distinctions between the two domestic legislative regimes. …”
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Informing policymakers of the progress in strengthening the chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation regime by Shang, Lijun, Novossiolova, Tatyana, Edwards, Brett, Whitby, Simon, Crowley, Michael, Dando, Malcolm

“…Then section 4 gives a review of the feedback we received about the report and the final section 5 contains our reflections on the project as a whole.…”
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Characterization of the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of ochraceous darkies, Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Euphaeidae) and phylogenetic analysis by Marylin Miga, Marylin Miga, Jahari, Puteri Nur Syahzanani, Sivachandran Parimannan, Sivachandran Parimannan, Heera Rajandas, Heera Rajandas, Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Yap Jing Wei, Yap Jing Wei, Shamsir, Mohd Shahir, Mohd Salleh, Faezah

“…The intergenic spacer region, S5, is absent in this mitogenome, supporting the lack of this region as a specific character in damselflies. …”
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Characterization of the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of ochraceous darkies, Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Euphaeidae) and phylogenetic analysis by Marylin Miga, Marylin Miga, Jahari, Puteri Nur Syahzanani, Sivachandran Parimannan, Sivachandran Parimannan, Heera Rajandas, Heera Rajandas, Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Yap Jing Wei, Yap Jing Wei, Shamsir, Mohd Shahir, Mohd Salleh, Faezah

“…The intergenic spacer region, S5, is absent in this mitogenome, supporting the lack of this region as a specific character in damselflies. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of irradiated waste eggshells as oil adsorbent by Hasrin, N. I., Othman, S. A.

“…In this study, chicken eggshells waste was used and it undergoes irradiation process with four different amount of dose which was 0.5 kGy, 1.0 kGy, 1.5 kGy, and 2.0 kGy by using Gamma Cell Irradiator. …”
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Certain building materials with respect to their thermal properties as well as to their impact to environment by Antonyová, Anna, Antony, Peter, Abdullah, Abdul Halid, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Daud, Zawawi, Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab

“…The temperature was measured directly in connection of material with the Peltier module as well as in the distances of 5mm, 27.5mm, 50mm and 95mm from the Peltier module. …”
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Physicochemical properties of argessi (Chrozophphora Brochiana) kenaf (Hibiscus Cannabinus) and loofah (Luffa Cylindrica) seed oils by Hussein, Ismail Hassan, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Che Man, Yakoob

“…Percent crude oil content of the three plant species ranges were: 37 - 41, 20 – 23.5 and 19 – 24, respectively. Argessi and kenaf had yellowish and loofah had greenish oil colour. …”
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A high-protein and low-glycemic formula diet improves blood pressure and other hemodynamic parameters in high-risk individuals by Röhling, Martin, Kempf, Kerstin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Führer-Sakel, Dagmar, Halle, Martin, McCarthy, H. David, Martin, Stephan, Scholze, Jürgen, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys, Predel, Hans-Georg

“…Compared to CON, INT significantly reduced more SBP (−7.3 mmHg 95% CI [−9.2; −5.3] vs. −3.3 mmHg [−5.9; −0.8], p 0.049) and DBP (−3.7 mmHg [−4.9; −2.5] vs. −1.4 mmHg [−3.1; 0.2], p 0.028) after 12 months. …”
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Thermo properties of quaternary molten salt heat transfer fluid for heat recovery system by Tukimon, Mohd Faizal

“…As for the “Heater off” condition, Sample 5 has lost the least heat to the surrounding compared to other selected samples. …”
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Development of N,N’-diacetylchitobiose as coating containing antimicrobial agent for ready-to-eat food product by Zainal Abidin, Munira

“…The GlcNAc2 obtained was tested for its antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains and showed minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) at 5 and 10% w/v against Escherichia coli K-12 and Listeria monocytogenes 10403S, respectively. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of laser irradiated polyaniline/rice husk (silica) nanocomposites for electrical conductivity applications by Mezan, Salim Oudah

“…Direct current (DC) electrical conductivity was calculated for the best ratio conductivity values were found to be at PANI / RHACCl (SiO2) NCs after laser irradiation (1: 0.5 = 1.10x10-1 S cm-1, 2: 0.5 = 1.36x10-1 S cm-1 and 3: 0.5 = 2.08x10-1 S cm-1) in the time 40 min…”
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The investigation of soil dielectric influence towards terrestrial background radiation by Mohd Jafery, Khawarizmi

“…Selangor Kangkong soil dominated the higher value of complex permittivity (2.6-4.5) and the lowest was found in Peat (1.5 -2.5). …”
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Anti-proliferative effect of methyl gallate isolated from mangifera pajang kosterman in selected cancer cell lines by Che Rahim, Azlen

“…The potential of anti-proliferative activity was investigated by using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay against breast (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231), prostate (PC-3), pancreatic (Capan-2) and colon (HCT-116) cancer cell lines. …”
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Mylk3 null C57BL/6N mice develop cardiomyopathy, whereas Nnt null C57BL/6J mice do not by Williams, Jack L., Paudyal, Anju, Awad, Sherine, Nicholson, James, Grzesik, Dominika, Botta, Joaquin, Meimaridou, Eirini, Maharaj, Avinaash, Stewart, Michelle, Tinker, Andrew, Cox, Roger D., Metherell, Louise A.

“…The C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N mice have well-documented phenotypic and genotypic differences, including the infamous nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (Nnt) null mutation in the C57BL/6J substrain, which has been linked to cardiovascular traits in mice and cardiomyopathy in humans. …”
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Admissibility decision by Grand Chamber by Gavron, Jessica

“…This article discusses the Sargsyan v Azerbaijan case. The applicant, Minas Sargsyan, was an Armenian refugee forced to flee from his home in 1992 during the Armenian - Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (the NKAO). …”
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