Evaluation of Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme Performance and Proposed Alternative Mitigation for Improved Water Management on Wezeqa and Gatto Irrigation Schemes, Southern, Ethiopia by Yohannes Smeneh Ketsela, Birara Gebeyhu Reta, Amare Tadesse Muche

“…Direct measurement, laboratory analysis, field observation, and stakeholder interviews were used to collect the primary data. The average conveyance efficiency, water surface elevation ratio, canal delivery capacity, adequacy, and equity of the Wezeqa and Gatto irrigation schemes were 86.37% and 75.4%, 55% and 60.3%, 71% and 55.8%, 0.68 and 0.67, and 0.4 and 0.43, respectively. …”
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Novel Hybrid Spun Silk Yarn Developed from Eri and Mulberry Silks Under Industrial Level and Its Characterizations by Preetanat Kewcharoenwong, Kanokporn Sompornpailin

“…Under controlled yarn count and twist conditions, the hybrid silk yarns have an average tensile strength between that of single silk yarn. …”
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Influence of Using Different Preparation Methods on the Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles by Athraa Hadi, Nada Abbas

“…The EDX test indicated the existence of peaks corresponding to zinc and oxygen. The surface properties, such as root mean square roughness (Rq) and average roughness (Ra) were examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM), where Rq and Ra were 35.8 and 29.3 nm, respectively. …”
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The Impact of High Temperatures on the Strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete by Kamal Ibtisam, Ali Abed Ammar

“…The impact of elevated temperature on the compressive strength and density of RACs was investigated using an adopted central composite design of two factorials (temperature: 69.3-210.7oC and heating time: 4.7-6.8 h) based on Response Surface Methodology. An optimum of 32.48 % and 3.09 % reduction in average compressive strength and density respectively were estimated from ANOVA analysis when exposed to an optimum temperature of 217.7oC and heating time of 6.8 hours. …”
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Eddy Correlation Measurements of Ozone Fluxes over Coastal Waters West of Ireland by Philip McVeigh, Colin O'Dowd, Harald Berresheim

“…Measured fluxes were of the same magnitude as reported in previous open ocean studies ranging from approximately +0.2 to −0.5 μg m−2 s−1 (−0.017 μg m−2 s−1 on average, corresponding to a deposition velocity of 0.25 mm s−1 or a surface resistance of 4.13 s mm−1). …”
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Effect of Preheating Temperature of Substrate on the Water-Erosion Resistance of Laser-Cladded Coatings by XUE Xiang, LI Yong, WANG Xiao'en, LIU Gang, XIE Weiwei, WANG Mingyuan

“…For further enhancing the water-erosion resistance of laser-cladded coatings， a self-developed improved high-speed steel alloy powder (X2) was employed to deposit a coating on the surface of 17-4PH steel through laser cladding technology.Instruments such as a microhardness tester， an optical microscope， and a water-erosion test rig were utilized to investigate the influence of the substrate preheating temperature on the mechanical properties， microstructure， and water-erosion resistance of the laser-cladded X2 coating.Results indicated that the microstructure of the prepared cladding layers was relatively uniform and dense.When the preheating temperature ranged from 150 ～200℃， the average microhardness of the cladding layer increased by 21.6 HV0.2 compared to that when the temperature ranged from 100～150 ℃.Moreover， appropriately increasing the substrate preheating temperature could effectively improve the microhardness of the cladding layer.After water-erosion test for 80 h， the weight loss of the laser-cladded layer with the substrate preheating temperature of 150～200 ℃was only 50%of that of the laser-cladded layer without preheating treatment.The maximum depth of the water-erosion pits was only 1/10 of that of the nonpreheated laser-cladded layer， and the water-erosion resistance was significantly enhanced.…”
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Verification of ERA5 Hourly Air Temperature Data over Turkey by Meriç Yılmaz

“…In this study, produced by European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), ERA5 reanalysis hourly 2 m surface air temperature is validated over Turkey and 7 geographic regions using hourly temperature observations collected between 2011 and 2020 over 1773 ground-based meteorological observation stations operated by Turkish State Meteorological Service. …”
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Intelligent Prediction of Ore Block Shapes Based on Novel View Synthesis Technology by Lin Bi, Dewei Bai, Boxun Chen

“…During training, structural similarity loss is innovatively introduced to constrain the prediction results and solve the issue of discontinuity in generated images. Finally, neural surface reconstruction is performed using the generated multi-view images of rock blocks to obtain a 3D model. …”
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Structural and Morphological Characterization of MEH-PPV/Ag Composite by Suha Ahmad Jawad, Mustafa Mohammed Ali Hussein

“…AFM tests show that when different amounts of silver are added to a polymer matrix, the film's surface roughness (root mean square) goes up from an average of 83.51 to 511.3 nm. …”
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Influence of the C/Sn Ratio on the Synthesis and Lithium Electrochemical Insertion of Tin-Supported Graphite Materials Used as Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries by Cédric Mercier, Raphaël Schneider, Patrick Willmann, Denis Billaud

“…For the materials with C/Sn ratios of 42 and 24, SEM and TEM experiments demonstrated that Sn aggregates of ca. 250 nm length and composed of Sn particles with an average diameter of ca. 50 nm were homogeneously distributed at the surface of graphite. …”
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Carpet Back Sizing Quality Assessment by Measuring the Amount of Resin Using Image Processing and Machine Learning Approaches by Mohammad Ehsan Momeni Heravi, Mohammad Hossein Moattar

“… The mechanical properties of the carpet, such as dimensional stability, bending stiffness, handle and creeping on the surface during use, have a direct relationship with the amount of resin applied to the back of the carpet in the sizing process. …”
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Synthesis of Silver/Zinc@Lignin nanoparticles using peanut shells: photocatalytic and biological activity by Mahshid Shafiee, Zahra Sabouri, Asma Mostafapour, Majid Darroudi

“…The optical properties of NPs were analyzed through UV–Vis and PL measurements, while X-ray analysis approved their crystal structure. The surface characteristics and chemical composition of NPs were identified using FTIR analysis. …”
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Hydraulic performance evaluation of head works using FLOW 3D by Mukesh Kafle

“…Velocity vectors, pressure profiles, entrained air volume for barrage and under-sluice were assessed and evaluated. The average velocity over the barrage crest was observed more than 9 m/s at full gate opening. …”
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Low interface state density and large capacitive memory window using RF sputtered NiO nanoparticles decorated MgZnO thin film by Mritunjay Kumar, Jay Chandra Dhar

“…Abstract NiO nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized using glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique over MgZnO thin film was used to design a novel memory device. The NiO NPs with average diameter ~ 9.5 nm was uniformly distributed over the MgZnO thin film surface. …”
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Investigation of Friction for Nanocoated and Uncoated Ti-6Al-4V Substrates via the Modified Pin-on-Disk Technique for Transfemoral Implants by Muntadher Saleh Mahdi, Dunya Abdulsahib Hamdi

“…While the pin-on-disc test indicates that nanocoated Ti-6Al-4V specimens have a significantly higher average coefficient of friction than uncoated specimens, surface roughness is the primary contributor. …”
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Annual, seasonal and spatial differences in the growth rate of Baltic cod larvae and early juveniles in relation to zooplankton biomass fluctuations in 2006-2014 by Spich Katarzyna, Fey Dariusz Piotr

“…In this study we examined the differences in the growth rate of larval and juvenile cod (age 2 – 136 d; SL: 4.1 – 39.2 mm) between the years 2006 and 2014, sub-areas of the Baltic Sea (Bornholm Basin, BB; Słupsk Furrow, SF; Gdansk Basin, GB), and seasons (spring and summer). The average growth rate for all specimens was 0.25 mm/d, with significantly lower values between 2012 and 2014 than between 2006 and 2011. …”
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Optimization of solid-state fermentation technology of functional Monascus by SUN Qiuwan, HONG Housheng

“…Under the optimal conditions, the average yield of acidic Monacolin K was 21.00 mg/g, which was 85.95% higher than that before optimization (2.95 mg/g). …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and tetracycline under visible light by fabricated carbon quantum dot decorated TiO2 nanotubes by Jyoti Rawat, Charu Dwivedi, Pankaj Sharma

“…Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis shows that the CQDs/TNTs composite exhibits an increased surface area, average pore diameter, and a greater number of active sites, thus enhancing its photocatalytic efficiency. …”
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Preparation and Electrocatalytic Characteristics Research of Pd/C Catalyst for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell by Qiao Xia Li, Ming Shuang Liu, Qun Jie Xu, Hong Min Mao

“…The results indicate that the catalysts had an average particle size of 3.3 nm and showed the better catalytic performance, when NaBH4 was used as the reducing agent. …”
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Anew mid-ripening table grape cultivar Puyuan Qinxiang by XIANG Jiang, CHENG Jianhui, WEI Lingzhu, ZHENG Ting, WU Jiang

“…The average weight of single berry is 9.45 g, and the maximum weight is 12.00 g. …”
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