Antioxidant Properties and Environmental Stability of Curcumin-Loaded Zein-Tea Saponin Nanoparticles by Bingxin XU, Chaoran LIU, Xinyi FENG, Shuangshuang WANG, Han WANG, Jianing NIU, Lei DAI

“…The curcumin-loaded zein-tea saponin (Zein-TS-Cur) nanoparticles were prepared using the antisolvent co-precipitation method, and the encapsulation efficiency, loading capacity, fluorescence intensity, particle size, PDI, Zeta-potential, antioxidant properties, and storage stability of the composite nanoparticles were determined to screened for the optimal preparation ratio,and to investigate their environmental stability. …”
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Electrochemical and computational investigation of Cicer arietinum extract as renewable and environmentally green corrosion inhibitor for aluminium in acidic environment by Hala. M. Hassan

“…Furthermore, the Density Functional Theory (DFT) method determined the quantum chemical parameters. …”
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NANODIMENSIONAL AND SUPERDISPERSED PARTICLES IN FOUNDRY TECHNOLOGIES by O. S. Komarov, V. I. Volosatikov, I. B. Provorova, T. D. Komarova, K. E. Baranovsky

“…Analysis of existence of initial raw materials for production of the superdispersed powders Al(OH)3  and Al2O3 in the Republic of Belarus is given, and also parameters of technological process of their production by sol-gel method are determined. Data on degree of efficiency of additions of powders to the traditional modifiers eliminating chill in castings of gray cast iron is provided.…”
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Encapsulation of Beta vulgaris extract by electrospraying and evaluation of antimicrobial potential by Marjana Radünz, Helen Cristina dos Santos Hackbart, Taiane Mota Camargo, Chirle de Oliveira Raphaelli, André Luiz Radünz, Eliezer Avila Gandra, Elessandra da Rosa Zavareze

“…The extract and capsules were characterized, as well as the encapsulation efficiency determined. Antibacterial activity was determined against gram-positive bacteria (Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus) and gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella Typhimurium, Escherichia coli) by the disk diffusion method using the minimum inhibitory concentration and the minimum bactericidal concentration. …”
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Effects of Coatings Containing Organic Ashes on the Corrosion Performance of Reinforcements by I. Sanrı Karapınar

“…The samples were cured both in tap water and 3.5% NaCl solution for 180 days, and the mass losses of the steel bars were determined. Also, the inhibition efficiency of the coating was determined by using the galvanic cell method and accelerated corrosion tests. …”
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CFD Simulation of Thermal and Thermally Stressed State of the DKVR-10-13 Boiler Drum by Olha Yu. Chernousenko, Artur Yu. Rachynskyi, Oleksandr V. Baraniuk

“…The research was carried out for two operating modes of the boiler unit - nominal and at 60% capacity with numerical methods using the ANSYS-Fluent application program package. …”

Antivirus and antibacterial filters for face masks based on silver quantum dots by Jokanović Vukoman, Zdravković Nemanja, Petrović Božana, Živković Marija, Biočanin Vladimir, Aleksić Ema, Milutinović Jovana, Petrović Tamaš

“…Wettability properties were determined by measuring contact angles with water, and a color fastness test was performed. …”
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Biogenic Synthesis of Ag Nanoparticles, ZnO Nanoparticles, and Ag@ZnO Nanocomposites as Photocatalysts for the Degradation of Brilliant Blue Dye by Vinidu Gamage, Gobika Thiripuranathar, Upul Nishshanka, Namal Priyantha, Manisha De Alwis Goonatilleke, Beth Guiton, Siyath Gunewardene, Sumedha Jayanetti

“…The biogenic WA-mediated ZnO NPs show a remarkable photodegradation efficiency of 65.8% under the optimum conditions of catalytic load, pH, and dye concentration, whereas WA-mediated Ag NPs and Ag@ZnO NC show 13.9% and 63.7% photodegradation efficiency, respectively, at 240 min. …”
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SYNTHESIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF 8-BENZYLIDENHYDRAZINO-1-n-PROPYLTHEOBROMINES by D. G. Ivanchenko, M. I. Romanenko, T. A. Sharapova, K. V. Aleksandrova, A. M. Kamyshny, N. M. Polishchuk

“…Pathogens’ presence in biofilms makes IRI diagnostics more complicated and significantly reduces the efficiency of antimicrobial therapy. Earlier it has been determined that 1.8-disubstituted of theobromine show rather high diuretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, hypolipidemic and antimicrobial activity. …”
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Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for 41Ar measurement by FENG Yajie, ZHANG Ruiqin, NIU Yazhou, LI Qi, TONG Lili, WANG Shilian, ZHAO Yungang, FAN Yuanqing, ZHANG Xinjun

“…The γ-ray full-energy peak efficiency increases with the increase of CsI(Tl) scintillator thickness. …”
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قياس كفاءة القطاع المصرفي العراقي الخاص 2011- باستخدام نموذج التحليل الحدودي العشوائي للمدة 2007 by وسام حسين علي العنيزي

“…Ali Al Aneizy Al_wesam_83@yahoo.com Abstract The research aims to measure the Iraqi private banking sector efficiency for the period 2007-2011, after the implementation of financial liberalization and banking procedures in Iraq and using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method and determined efficient banks, in addition to determine banking sector efficiency in general, to achieve the goals of the research, we application SFA on 20 private Iraqi bank data for the period 2007 to 2011 by using two models : the pooled and random effects model using production function in bank sector, the results showed that Iraq Trade bank is the best bank, which achieved the highest percentage efficiency for investments and loans outputs and the Iraqi banking sector has achieved increasing efficiency ratios during the period 2007-2011 for investments and loans outputs'. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF COMPENSATION, LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT CV. ARTHENIS TRAVEL by Khoiriyatul Ulumiyah, Priyo Utomo, Syamsul Arifin, Devangga Putra Adhitya Pratama, Waloyo Waloyo

“… Purpose: The purpose of the present research is to outline the impact of compensation, leadership and encouragement for staff efficiency at CV. Arthenis Travel.  Design/Methodology/Approach: Descriptive quantitative methods is used in this study. …”
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Efficacy of Post-Operative X-Rays after Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures: What is their Role? by Vivek Nair MD, Vikranth Mirle BS, Kelly Hynes MD, Jason Strelzow MD

“…Overall, five asymptomatic radiographs were determined to have changed management (1.3% of all asymptomatic xrays), while 18 clinically correlated xrays were determined to have resulted in a change in management or clinical decision making(38.3%). …”
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Optimization of the operating mode of a squirrel-cage induction motor by D. A. Vasiliev, L. A. Panteleeva, E. I. Gracheva

“…To implement energy-efficient modes of operation of AM, operating in the resources of a rational electric drive, it is necessary to determine the numerical values of the parameters of the AM equivalent circuit, the currents flowing through the circuit element. …”
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Clinical Case of Echinococcosis of the Orbit. Modern Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment by D. S. Gorbachev, A. N. Kulikov, S. S. Kozlov, A. A. Kolbin, A. V. Voronov, A. V. Kudryavtseva, I. S. Kovalevskaya, A. I. Yakovenko, M. A. Burnasheva, N. N. Haritonova, N. V. Zemlyanukhin

“…The role of radiation methods for diagnosing echinococcosis using ultrasound, CT and MRI is described in detail. …”
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USE IN THE TREATMENT OF BIOFLAVONOIDS PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME (EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH) by O. А. Glazunov

“…Research aim: to study therapeutic and preventive effect of “Kvertulin” on a paradontium in rats with the metabolic syndrome. Materials and methods: an experimental metabolic syndrome was reproduced in white rats of Wistar line. …”
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Risk Assessment Approach of Toll Road Operator by A. Yu. Talavirya, M. B. Laskin

“…State authorities have the right to control the quality of the road management by the operator; the state can charge penalty points for low operational efficiency, leading to traffic congestion. The return on investment in infrastructure projects is of a long-term nature, therefore, the task of assessing the risks of possible losses by the toll road operator is quite relevant.Materials and methods. …”
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State of care in patients with endometrial cancer in Zaporizhzhia region since 2008 to 2015 year by O. P. Kolesnik, A. V. Kadzhoian, A.O. Kabakov

“…Thus, the best survival rate is determined among women with the first stage of neoplastic process, it made 81.0 %, also the highest indexes where determined in age group from 45 to 65, which made 76.8 %. …”
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Seasonal Changes in the Sorption Activity of Water-soluble Polysaccharides in Scotch Pine Cones (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) by D. K. Gulyaev, V. D. Belonogova

“…The sorption activity of polysaccharides was determined by the methylene blue. The molecular weight of polysaccharides was identified by the viscosimetric method.Results and discussion. …”
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Spatial distribution and source apportionment of nitrogen in typical plain river networks and bacterial community response by Aiju You, Aiju You, Qiaoxi Zheng, Pengcheng Yao, Pengcheng Yao

“…Therefore, it is of great significance to explore the mechanisms by which different anthropogenic contamination sources-namely domestic, aquaculture, industrial, and agricultural-affect nitrogen content, as well as the composition of nitrifying, denitrifying, and other bacterial communities.MethodsThis study determined δ15N and δ18O by bacterial denitrification, and quantitatively evaluate the contribution of pollution source through MixSIAR. …”
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