Chitosan-zinc oxide composite for active food packaging Applications by Abdul Razak, S.R., Basri, Hatijah

“…From the tensile test, C-ZnO0.5 and C-ZnO1.0 films were found to be much superior by 1.5 times and 2.5 times respectively compared to bare chitosan film. Larger inhibition ring (by 47%) was exhibited by C-ZnO1.0 as compared to C-ZnO0.5 when tested against S.aureus. …”
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A multi-beam circularly polarised Fabry-Perot resonator antenna array using SIW for X-Band applications by Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Aribi, Tohid, Sedghi, Tohid, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents a novel multi-layer beamforming antenna array based on Fabry-Perot resonator that is excited by a high performance compact 4 × 4 Butler matrix using substrate integrated waveguide SIW) technology for X-band application. The adapted ring patch antenna is fed through the aperture on a rectangular SIW cavity and forms the radiating element in the antenna array. …”
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Investigation and development of a novel metrology standard for the measurement of relative intensity noise and frequency chirp of DFB lasers in optical networks by Cox, Michael Christopher

“…This is enforced further by the nonplanar ring oscillator (NPRO) technology providing superior line width stability. …”
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Palm oil and mineral oil based lubricants - their tribological and emission performance by Masjuki, H. H., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Kubo, Aizoh, Nonaka, Tetsuya

“…The test conditions for the actual engine were: constant load, 0.4 kW for wear of the piston ring but various loads for exhaust emissions and constant speed, 2800 rpm. …”
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Semi fractal three leaf clover-shaped CPW antenna for triple band operation by Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Virdee, Bal Singh, Aribi, Tohid

“…The realization of the triband antenna was achieved by using two semi fractal ring patches resembling the shape of a three leaf clover, and by introducing a pair of symmetrical L-shaped slits in its ground plane. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution Law of Shale under Uniaxial Compression by Wu, Wenjie, Chan, Chee-Ming, Gu, Yilei, Su, Xiaopeng

“…Considering the initial damage to the rock, the damage factor D initially decreases and then increases with increasing cumulative ring-down counts rather than exhibiting a monotonic increase. …”
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Synthesis 4-[2-(2-mercapto-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-ethyl]-benzenesulfonamides with subnanomolar carbonic anhydrase II and XII inhibitory properties by Bozdag, Murat, Alafeefy, Ahmed Mahmoud, Carta, Fabrizio, Ceruso, Mariangela, Al-Tamimi, Abdul-Malek S., Al-Kahtani, Abdulla A., Alasmary, Fatmah A.S., Supuran, Claudiu T.

“…All substitution patterns present in these compounds (e.g., halogens, methyl and methoxy moieties, in positions 6, 7 and/or 8 of the 2-mercapto-quinazolin-4-one ring) led to highly effective hCA II/XII inhibitors. …”
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In search of a new class of stable nitroxide: synthesis and reactivity of a peri-substituted N,N-bissulfonylhydroxylamine by Patel, Bhaven, Carlisle, Julie, Bottle, Steven E., Hanson, Graeme R., Kariuki, Benson M., Male, Louise, McMurtrie, John C., Spencer, Neil, Grainger, Richard S.

“…In an approach to stabilising a bissulfonylnitroxide radical, the cyclic, peri-substituted N,N-bissulfonylhydroxylamine, 2-hydroxynaphtho[1,8-de][1,3,2]dithiazine 1,1,3,3-tetraoxide (1), has been prepared by formal nitrogen insertion into the sulfur–sulfur bond of a sulfinylsulfone, naphtho[1,8-cd][1,2]dithiole 1,1,2-trioxide. The heterocyclic ring of 1 is shown to adopt a sofa conformation by X-ray crystallography, with a pseudo-axial hydroxyl group. …”
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Development of ultrasonic tomographic instrumentation system for monitoring flaws on pipeline by Nordin, Norsuhadat

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Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ali, Abdul, Limiti, Ernesto, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco

“…The impedance bandwidth of the antenna is enhanced with the inclusion of meander-line slots in the patch and four double split-ring resonators on the underside of the radiating patches. …”
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Interaction suppression technique for high-density antenna arrays for mm-wave 5G MIMO systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…High isolation between adjacent radiation elements was achieved by embedding a crisscrossed decoupling structure comprising slotted microstrip-lines and locating in the ground-plane under each slot a dielectric ring. The proposed periodic array behaves as artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surfaces as incident waves in the substrate are fully reflected with a near zero degrees reflection phase. …”
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High-gain end-fire bow-tie antenna using artificial dielectric layers by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Denidni, Tayeb A., Virdee, Bal Singh

“…By loading the antenna with a 2 × 5 array of enhanced end-coupled split-ring (EECSR) unit-cells results in significant enhancement in the antenna gain performance. …”
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Super-wideband antenna with multiple notched-band functionality through L-X bands by Mashal, Abdur Rehman, Ullah, Shakir, Hafiz, Farrukh, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The proposed antenna comprises a standard circular patch which is loaded with various slot artifacts that include multiple split-ring resonators (SRR), a rotated Gamma-shaped slot, and embedded in the feedline is a rotated S-shaped slot. …”
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Nanoparticle-coated Vivaldi antenna array for gain enhancement by Faeghi, Pouya, Ghobadi, Changiz, Nourinia, Javad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This is achieved by loading the antenna with Complementary Split Ring Resonators (CSRR) and periodic array of open loop meander-line unit cells. …”
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Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher by Zalkepali, N U H H, Mahmud, N N H E N, Awang, N A, Muhammad, N A M, Zamri, A Z M

“…Employing the tunable bandpass filter in the laser ring cavity gives the wide-tuning of the wavelength range of 19.69 nm, 31.86 nm, and 36.59 nm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution Law of Shale under Uniaxial Compression by Wenjie Wu, Wenjie Wu, Chee-Ming Chan, Chee-Ming Chan, Yilei Gu, Yilei Gu, Xiaopeng Su, Xiaopeng Su

“…Considering the initial damage to the rock, the damage factor D initially decreases and then increases with increasing cumulative ring-down counts rather than exhibiting a monotonic increase. …”
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Optimisation of insulator design for improved electric field performance by Ahmad, Hairilasri

“…The techniques employed are as follow: i) different configuration of metal end fittings design, ii) improve of insulator weather shed shape and iii) installation of corona ring at appropriate location. From the observation, all the techniques proposed have significant effect on electric field distributions. …”
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Hardware implementation for cardiac electrical excitation and conduction using an FPGA by Adon, Nur Atiqah

“…In this research, one dimensional (1D) ring-shaped cable model with 80 compartments of the cell model designed using MATLAB Simulink blocks is able to be converted into synthesizable VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) of Hardware Description Language (VHDL) code by using an FPGA-based rapid-prototyping approach of MATLAB HDL Coder in order to simulate an action potential signal and its conduction through a hardware-implemented Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). …”
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Investigation of Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser using graphene oxide-saturable absorber by Hamida, Belal Ahmed, Eltaif, Tawfig, Omer, Mahamat, Khan, Sheroz

“…The GO-SA chip is a chip placed as a sandwich between two fiber ferrules and incorporates a ring laser cavity to generate a pulse train. Results indicate that the cavity of passive Q-switching EDFL is capable of providing pulses at 1532nm with a pulse width within a range of 5.32μs to 2.6μs, a repetition rate of 59.5kHz to 71.74kHz, a pulse energy of 364.64nJ to 668.95nJ, and an output power ranging from 0.062mW to 0.136mW, when the configuration is pumped by a 980nm laser diode, the power of which gradually increases from 21.7mW to 47.9mW. …”
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Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial strains isolated from petroleum contaminated soil by Mustaffa, Nooraidah, Jamal, Parveen, Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola, Kabashi, Nassereldeen A., Ali, Fathilah, Othman, Rashidi, Redzwan, Ghufran

“…All the twelve isolated bacteria and a commercially available bacteria, Pseudomonas Putida (PP) were then tested on their ability to degrade PAH by using phenanthrene (a three ring polycyclic PAH) which selected to be the model polycyclic PAH. …”
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