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4 Citations
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27 March 2023

The μ-value or structured singular value is a prominent mathematical tool to analyze and synthesize both the robustness and performance of time-invariant systems. We establish and analyze new results concerning structured singular values for the H...

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7 Citations
3,761 Views
11 Pages

Some Bounds on Eigenvalues of the Hadamard Product and the Fan Product of Matrices

  • Qianping Guo,
  • Jinsong Leng,
  • Houbiao Li and
  • Carlo Cattani

3 February 2019

In this paper, an upper bound on the spectral radius ρ ( A ∘ B ) for the Hadamard product of two nonnegative matrices (A and B) and the minimum eigenvalue τ ( C ★ D ) of the Fan product of two M-matrices (C and D) are research...

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On Error Estimation and Convergence of the Difference Scheme for a Nonlinear Elliptic Equation with an Integral Boundary Condition

  • Regimantas Čiupaila,
  • Mifodijus Sapagovas,
  • Kristina Pupalaigė and
  • Gailė Kamilė Šaltenienė

5 March 2025

In this paper, a two-dimensional nonlinear elliptic equation with an integral boundary condition depending on two parameters is investigated. The problem is solved using the finite difference method. The error in the solution is evaluated based on th...

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6 Citations
1,579 Views
10 Pages

Maximum Entropy Criterion for Moment Indeterminacy of Probability Densities

  • Jordan M. Stoyanov,
  • Aldo Tagliani and
  • Pier Luigi Novi Inverardi

30 January 2024

We deal with absolutely continuous probability distributions with finite all-positive integer-order moments. It is well known that any such distribution is either uniquely determined by its moments (M-determinate), or it is non-unique (M-indeterminat...

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5 Citations
4,157 Views
20 Pages

Development of a Sensitive Bioassay for the Analysis of IGF-Related Activation of AKT/mTOR Signaling in Biological Matrices

  • Michael Walz,
  • Christine Höflich,
  • Christina Walz,
  • Daniela Ohde,
  • Julia Brenmoehl,
  • Mandy Sawitzky,
  • Andreas Vernunft,
  • Uwe K. Zettl,
  • Susanne Holtze and
  • Andreas Hoeflich
  • + 2 authors

24 February 2021

The bioactivity of the IGF system is not a function of isolated hormone concentrations in a given biological matrix. Instead, the biological activities of IGFs are regulated by IGFBPs, IGFBP proteases, and inhibitors of IGFBP proteases. Therefore, as...

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1 Citations
2,310 Views
27 Pages

Analysis of a Modified System of Infectious Disease in a Closed and Convex Subset of a Function Space with Numerical Study

  • Tahira Sumbal Shaikh,
  • Ali Akgül,
  • Muhammad Aziz ur Rehman,
  • Nauman Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Sajid Iqbal,
  • Naveed Shahid,
  • Muhammad Rafiq and
  • Manuel De la Sen

12 January 2023

In this article, the transmission dynamical model of the deadly infectious disease named Ebola is investigated. This disease identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan (now South Sudan) and was identified in 1976. The novelty of t...

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11 June 2025

This paper describes methods for optimal filtering of random signals that involve large matrices. We developed a procedure that allows us to significantly decrease the computational load associated with numerically implementing the associated filter...

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2 Citations
3,189 Views
21 Pages

Matrices Activated with Messenger RNA

  • Raquel Martinez-Campelo and
  • Marcos Garcia-Fuentes

Over two decades of preclinical and clinical experience have confirmed that gene therapy-activated matrices are potent tools for sustained gene modulation at the implantation area. Matrices activated with messenger RNA (mRNA) are the latest developme...

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16 Citations
3,797 Views
11 Pages

Adsorption of Quercetin on Brown Rice and Almond Protein Matrices: Effect of Quercetin Concentration

  • Mirela Kopjar,
  • Ivana Buljeta,
  • Ina Ćorković,
  • Anita Pichler and
  • Josip Šimunović

9 March 2022

Plant-based proteins are very often used as carriers of different phenolic compounds. For that purpose, complexation of quercetin with almond and brown rice protein matrices was investigated. The amount of protein matrices was constant, while the con...

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2 Citations
4,768 Views
23 Pages

Formulation and Preparation of Losartan-Potassium-Loaded Controlled-Release Matrices Using Ethocel Grade 10 to Establish a Correlation between In Vitro and In Vivo Results

  • Kamran Ahmad Khan,
  • Ashfaq Ahmad,
  • Carlotta Marini,
  • Mario Nicotra,
  • Alessandro Di Cerbo,
  • Fazal-Ur-Rehman,
  • Naveed Ullah and
  • Gul Majid Khan

In the current study, matrices of losartan potassium were formulated with two different polymers (Ethocel 10 premium and Ethocel 10FP premium), along with a filler and a lubricant, at different drug-to-polymer w/w ratios (10:3, 10:4, and 10:5). The m...

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6 Citations
2,070 Views
21 Pages

Fracture of Epoxy Matrixes Modified with Thermo-Plastic Polymers and Winding Glass Fibers Reinforced Plastics on Their Base under Low-Velocity Impact Condition

  • Ilya V. Tretyakov,
  • Tuyara V. Petrova,
  • Aleksey V. Kireynov,
  • Roman A. Korokhin,
  • Elena O. Platonova,
  • Olga V. Alexeeva,
  • Yulia A. Gorbatkina,
  • Vitaliy I. Solodilov,
  • Gleb Yu. Yurkov and
  • Alexander Al. Berlin

5 July 2023

The work is aimed at studying the impact resistance of epoxy oligomer matrices (EO) modified with polysulfone (PSU) or polyethersulfone (PES) and glass fibers reinforced plastics (GFRP) based on them under low-velocity impact conditions. The concentr...

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3 Citations
2,538 Views
23 Pages

As an important part of urban vitality, street vitality is an external manifestation of street economic prosperity and is affected by the built environment and the surrounding street vitality. However, existing research on the formation mechanism of...

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1 Citations
676 Views
17 Pages

15 March 2025

Let R=Fpm[u,v] be the ring whose order is p4m, where p denotes a prime number. The algebraic structure of R is substantially influenced by the relationships among the elements u2, uv, and v2. We establish that R is formed over Fpm when p≠2 and u2=...

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2 Citations
2,849 Views
17 Pages

Principal Bundle Structure of Matrix Manifolds

  • Marie Billaud-Friess,
  • Antonio Falcó and
  • Anthony Nouy

15 July 2021

In this paper, we introduce a new geometric description of the manifolds of matrices of fixed rank. The starting point is a geometric description of the Grassmann manifold Gr(Rk) of linear subspaces of dimension r<k in Rk, which avoids the use of...

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11 Citations
6,356 Views
17 Pages

15 April 2015

The separation of PSP toxins using liquid chromatography with a post-column oxidation fluorescence detection method was performed with different matrices. The separation of PSP toxins depends on several factors, and it is crucial to take into account...

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10 Citations
2,941 Views
16 Pages

2 June 2021

We introduce a qϱ-implicit contractive condition by an implicit relation on relational quasi partial metric spaces and establish new (unique) fixed point results and periodic point results based on it. We justify the results by two suitable examples...

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7 Citations
3,467 Views
26 Pages

Using a Machine Learning Regression Approach to Predict the Aroma Partitioning in Dairy Matrices

  • Marvin Anker,
  • Christine Borsum,
  • Youfeng Zhang,
  • Yanyan Zhang and
  • Christian Krupitzer

26 January 2024

Aroma partitioning in food is a challenging area of research due to the contribution of several physical and chemical factors that affect the binding and release of aroma in food matrices. The partition coefficient measured by the Kmg value refers to...

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2 Citations
2,432 Views
12 Pages

A Characterization of Polynomial Density on Curves via Matrix Algebra

  • Carmen Escribano,
  • Raquel Gonzalo and
  • Emilio Torrano

12 December 2019

In this work, our aim is to obtain conditions to assure polynomial approximation in Hilbert spaces L 2 ( μ ) , with μ a compactly supported measure in the complex plane, in terms of properties of the associated moment matrix wi...

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13 Citations
9,848 Views
35 Pages

1 April 2025

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are among the persistent organic pollutants characterized by their persistence in the environment, high mobility, and adverse impact not only on the ecosystem but also on human health. The biggest challenge...

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23 Citations
5,675 Views
11 Pages

RuO2 pH Sensor with Super-Glue-Inspired Reference Electrode

  • Wade Lonsdale,
  • Magdalena Wajrak and
  • Kamal Alameh

6 September 2017

A pH-sensitive RuO2 electrode coated in a commercial cyanoacrylate adhesive typically exhibits very low pH sensitivity, and could be paired with a RuO2 working electrode as a differential type pH sensor. However, such sensors display poor performance...

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137 Citations
6,349 Views
16 Pages

Facile and Ultrasensitive Determination of 4-Nitrophenol Based on Acetylene Black Paste and Graphene Hybrid Electrode

  • Quanguo He,
  • Yaling Tian,
  • Yiyong Wu,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Guangli Li,
  • Peihong Deng and
  • Dongchu Chen

13 March 2019

4-nitrophenol (4-NP) is a hazardous waste and a priority toxic pollutant identified by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Hence, in this paper, a voltammetric sensor was proposed for the direct and sensitive detection of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) a...

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31 Citations
6,871 Views
20 Pages

In Vitro Assessment of the Impact of Industrial Processes on the Gastrointestinal Digestion of Milk Protein Matrices Using the INFOGEST Protocol

  • Nathalie Atallah,
  • Barbara Deracinois,
  • Audrey Boulier,
  • Alain Baniel,
  • Delphine Jouan-Rimbaud Bouveresse,
  • Rozenn Ravallec,
  • Christophe Flahaut and
  • Benoit Cudennec

30 October 2020

The goal of this study was to determine the impact of industrial processes on the digestion of six milk protein matrices using the harmonized INFOGEST in vitro static digestion protocol. First, this method was optimized to simple protein matrices usi...

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22 Citations
8,314 Views
19 Pages

14 April 2015

The goal of this study was to investigate how alterations in extracellular matrix (ECM) biophysical properties modulate corneal keratocyte phenotypes in response to specific wound healing cytokines and Rho GTPases. Rabbit corneal keratocytes were...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,352 Views
12 Pages

Inverses and Determinants of n × n Block Matrices

  • Müge Saadetoğlu and
  • Şakir Mehmet Dinsev

3 September 2023

Block matrices play an important role in all branches of pure and applied mathematics. In this paper, we study the two fundamental concepts: inverses and determinants of general n×n block matrices. In the first part, the inverses of 2×2 b...

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42 Citations
18,196 Views
15 Pages

Structural Characterization of Calcium Alginate Matrices by Means of Mechanical and Release Tests

  • Mario Grassi,
  • Chiara Sandolo,
  • Danilo Perin,
  • Tommasina Coviello,
  • Romano Lapasin and
  • Gabriele Grassi

12 August 2009

In this paper we have concentrated on the characterization of calcium alginate hydrogels loaded with a model drug (myoglobin) by means of a mechanical approach; in addition, release tests of myoglobin from alginate hydrogels were performed. At a fixe...

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9 Citations
2,962 Views
16 Pages

Neonicotinoid Microsphere Immunosensing for Profiling Applications in Honeybees and Bee-Related Matrices

  • Mang Xu,
  • Liza Portier,
  • Toine Bovee,
  • Ying Zhao,
  • Yirong Guo and
  • Jeroen Peters

26 September 2022

Neonicotinoids are the most commonly used insecticides due to their effectiveness. However, non-targeted insects, especially bees, are also affected by neonicotinoids. Therefore, neonicotinoid application can contribute to the declining bee populatio...

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40 Citations
4,533 Views
10 Pages

Growth Factor Release within Liquid and Solid PRF

  • Katharina Zwittnig,
  • Barbara Kirnbauer,
  • Norbert Jakse,
  • Peter Schlenke,
  • Irene Mischak,
  • Shahram Ghanaati,
  • Sarah Al-Maawi,
  • Dániel Végh,
  • Michael Payer and
  • Tomislav A. Zrnc

29 August 2022

Aim: The purpose of this study was to obtain data concerning growth factor release within liquid and solid platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) matrices and to estimate the amount of potential interindividual variations as a basis for further preclinical and c...

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3 Citations
1,915 Views
28 Pages

The Complexity of the Super Subdivision of Cycle-Related Graphs Using Block Matrices

  • Mohamed R. Zeen El Deen,
  • Walaa A. Aboamer and
  • Hamed M. El-Sherbiny

The complexity (number of spanning trees) in a finite graph Γ (network) is crucial. The quantity of spanning trees is a fundamental indicator for assessing the dependability of a network. The best and most dependable network is the one with the...

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37 Citations
5,623 Views
16 Pages

12 June 2021

This paper addresses the implementation and optimization of an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) for the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) sensorless control using an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller. A various optimization levels based on arithmetic...

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3 Citations
1,361 Views
14 Pages

6 September 2024

Let u,v, and w be indeterminates over Fpm and let R=Fpm+uFpm+vFpm+wFpm, where p is a prime. Then, R is a ring of order p4m, and R≅Fpm[u,v,w]I with maximal ideal J=uFpm+vFpm+wFpm of order p3m and a residue field Fpm of order pm, where I is an app...

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10 Citations
3,581 Views
16 Pages

28 September 2020

An HPLC-DAD separation method for the simultaneous quantification of ten compounds from Moringa oleifera plant was developed. The method was validated with pure solvent and different matrices of M. oleifera products. This method was found to be linea...

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12 Citations
3,711 Views
11 Pages

26 March 2021

International authorities classify ricin toxin present in castor seed as a potential agent for use in bioterrorism. Therefore, the detection, identification, and characterization of ricin in various sample matrices are considered necessary actions fo...

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19 Citations
4,897 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Fibrin Concentration on the In Vitro Production of Dermo-Epidermal Equivalents

  • Andrés Montero,
  • Cristina Quílez,
  • Leticia Valencia,
  • Paula Girón,
  • José Luis Jorcano and
  • Diego Velasco

Human plasma-derived bilayered skin substitutes were successfully used by our group to produce human-based in vitro skin models for toxicity, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical testing. However, mechanical weakness, which causes the plasma-derived fibrin m...

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4 Citations
2,490 Views
12 Pages

Multifunctional Ingredient from Aqueous Flavonoidic Extract of Yellow Onion Skins with Cytocompatibility and Cell Proliferation Properties

  • Ștefania Adelina Milea,
  • Oana Crăciunescu,
  • Gabriela Râpeanu,
  • Anca Oancea,
  • Elena Enachi,
  • Gabriela Elena Bahrim and
  • Nicoleta Stănciuc

6 August 2021

Significant quantities of onion are cultivated annually, such that industrial processing leads to an appreciable amount of by-products, estimated at around 500,000 tons. Onion skins are considered an important source of naturally occurring antioxidan...

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6 Citations
3,003 Views
11 Pages

12 November 2019

Takada’s group developed a method for estimating the yearly transition matrix by calculating the mth power roots of a transition matrix with an interval of m years. However, the probability of obtaining a yearly transition matrix with real and...

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20 Citations
3,978 Views
19 Pages

Polyelectrolyte Based Sensors as Key to Achieve Quantitative Electronic Tongues: Detection of Triclosan on Aqueous Environmental Matrices

  • Cátia Magro,
  • Paulo Zagalo,
  • João Pereira-da-Silva,
  • Eduardo Pires Mateus,
  • Alexandra Branco Ribeiro,
  • Paulo Ribeiro and
  • Maria Raposo

29 March 2020

Triclosan (TCS) is a bacteriostatic used in household items that promotes antimicrobial resistance and endocrine disruption effects both to humans and biota, raising health concerns. In this sense, new devices for its continuous monitoring in complex...

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1,150 Views
8 Pages

Infinite Dimensional Maximal Torus Revisited

  • Mohamed Lemine H. Bouleryah,
  • Akram Ali and
  • Piscoran Laurian-Ioan

4 December 2024

Let Tm be the maximal torus of a set of m×m unitary diagonal matrices. Let T be a collection of all maps that rigidly rotate every circle of latitude of the sphere with a fixed angle. T is also a maximal torus, and we shall prove in this paper...

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5 Citations
3,124 Views
17 Pages

Hybrid Silica Materials Applied for Fuchsine B Color Removal from Wastewaters

  • Ion Fratilescu,
  • Zoltán Dudás,
  • Mihaela Birdeanu,
  • Camelia Epuran,
  • Diana Anghel,
  • Ionela Fringu,
  • Anca Lascu,
  • Adél Len and
  • Eugenia Fagadar-Cosma

28 March 2021

Hybrid materials, with applications in fuchsine B color removal from wastewaters, were obtained by in situ incorporation of platinum nanoparticles and/or Pt-porphyrin derivatives into silica matrices. The inorganic silica matrices were synthesized by...

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24 Pages

Optimising Extraction of Specific Food Allergens from Challenging Food Matrices for Immunoassay Quantification

  • Max D. Bermingham,
  • Rhys T. Meredith,
  • Hayley Mills,
  • Sarah Maddocks,
  • Martin D. Chapman,
  • James A. Blaxland and
  • Maria A. Oliver

14 October 2025

Simultaneous extraction of multiple clinically relevant, specific allergens from complex, processed foods for immunoassay quantification remains challenging. Moreover, shared extraction buffers remain elusive, which limits the effectiveness of multip...

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2 Citations
3,071 Views
35 Pages

A Table of Some Coherency Matrices, Coherency Matrix Factors, and Their Respective Mueller Matrices

  • Colin J. R. Sheppard,
  • Artemi Bendandi,
  • Aymeric Le Gratiet and
  • Alberto Diaspro

Many books on polarization give tables of Mueller matrices. The coherency matrix has been found useful for interpretetion of the Mueller matrix. Here we give a table of Mueller matrices M, coherency matrices C, and coherency matrix factors F for diff...

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21 Citations
5,004 Views
21 Pages

23 October 2018

Given that human amniotic membrane is a valuable biological material not readily available for corneal epithelial tissue engineering, gelatin is considered as a potential alternative to construct a cellular microenvironment. This study investigates,...

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16 Citations
3,926 Views
13 Pages

19 January 2022

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) specifically targeting pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) and containing silver nanoparticles have been prepared by free radical polymerization reaction using methyl methacrylate (MMA) as a functional monomer, PCNB a...

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4 Citations
2,293 Views
15 Pages

First Report of the Joint Exposure to Glyphosate and Glufosinate of a Male Population in the Province of Córdoba (Argentina)

  • Iohanna Filippi,
  • Rocío I. Bonansea,
  • Mariana Butinof,
  • Ricardo A. Fernández,
  • Marta Llorca,
  • Marinella Farré,
  • Sonia E. Muñoz and
  • María V. Amé

14 December 2023

Despite potential health implications, data on the presence of Glyphosate (GLY) and other non-GLY herbicides in human matrices remain scarce. This study aimed to develop a simple and cost-effective methodology for detecting and quantifying GLY, its p...

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1,366 Views
32 Pages

Evaluation of Graphene Nanoplatelets and Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots Added to a Polymeric Fiber Matrix Used as Biofilm Support in Anaerobic Systems

  • Alexa Mariana Salgado-Arreguín,
  • Juan Manuel Méndez-Contreras,
  • Carlos Velasco-Santos,
  • Norma Alejandra Vallejo-Cantú,
  • Erik Samuel Rosas-Mendoza,
  • Albino Martínez-Sibaja and
  • Alejandro Alvarado-Lassman

This study aimed to evaluate the incorporation of graphene-based additives, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and graphene oxide quantum dots (GOQDs), into polymeric fiber matrices used as biofilm supports in anaerobic digestion systems, determining addi...

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6 Citations
3,836 Views
12 Pages

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Matrix to Optimize Cycling Stability of Lithium Ion Battery Anode from SiOx Materials

  • Xuan Bie,
  • Yawei Dong,
  • Man Xiong,
  • Ben Wang,
  • Zhongxue Chen,
  • Qunchao Zhang,
  • Yi Liu and
  • Ronghua Huang

This study prepared silicon oxide anode materials with nitrogen-doped carbon matrices (SiOx/C–N) through silicon-containing polyester thermal carbonization. Melamine was introduced as a nitrogen source during the experiment. This nitrogen dopin...

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1 Citations
2,238 Views
9 Pages

2 November 2022

Sample preparation remains both a challenging and time-consuming process in the field of bioanalytical chemistry. Many traditional techniques often require multi-step processes, which can introduce additional errors to the analytical method. Given th...

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5 Citations
1,929 Views
18 Pages

A Numerical Simulation of Moisture Reduction in Fine Soil Subgrade with Wicking Geotextiles

  • Chuanyi Ma,
  • Haojie Feng,
  • Chuan Wang,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Yiyi Liu,
  • Jinglei Li,
  • Xia Liu,
  • Shasha Li,
  • Hongguang Jiang and
  • Yixin Li

12 January 2024

A new wicking geotextile is proposed to control the water content of fine-grained soil subgrade. By comparing the spatial distribution of volumetric water content and matric suction before and after the installation of the wicking geotextile, the eff...

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