Processes, Volume 9, Issue 2

Pesticide by-products found in soil are usually more toxic and persistent than the pesticides themselves. For example, Endosulfan lactone (EL) (a by-product of the organochloride pesticide endosulfan). EL is created by the enzymatic activity (and rel...

Oxygen plasma micro-nanostructured poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) slides were modified through silver microparticle deposition to create microarray substrates that enhance the emitted fluorescence intensity. Silver deposition relied on a commercial...

This study aimed to improve the adsorption capacity of activated carbon (AC) towards naphthalene (NAP) in aqueous solutions. Starch-based AC (SAC) and pulverized coal-based AC (PCAC) were prepared in a one-pot procedure by activation with oleic acid...

Various control approaches for building thermal controls have been studied to improve the energy use which determines a large part of the spatial thermal quality. This research compares the performance of deterministic models and a network-based mode...

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is still a global problem due to the toxicity at low dose on human health confirmed by epidemiological studies. Magnetic xerogel monoliths (MXs) were synthesized by the sol-gel polymerization using resorcinol, for...

Wind energy is a clean energy source and is receiving widespread attention. Improving the operating efficiency and economic benefits of wind power generation systems depends on more accurate short-term wind speed predictions. In this study, a new hyb...

Carbon dots have gained tremendous interest attributable to their unique features. Two approaches are involved in the fabrication of quantum dots (Top-down and Bottom-up). Most of the synthesis methods are usually multistep, required harsh conditions...

This article presents a method based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) for designing a modular feedback control law, whose synthesis guarantees the system stability, while switching to different network topologies. Such stability is achieved by me...

A new roasting process with a conveying bed was constructed and used to remove sulfur of high-sulfur bauxite. Roasting temperature, phase transformation, microcrystal, specific surface area of high-sulfur bauxite, and the mechanism of the reaction du...

Lipophilicity is one of the most important parameters determining the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties, as well as the toxicity of many compounds. The subject of the research was to determine the lipophilicity of betulin-1,4-quinone hyb...