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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL AND DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE USING MINERAL ADMIXTURES
Abstract: This study explores the partial replacement of OPC with Fly Ash (FA), Rice Husk Ash (RHA), Glass Powder (GP), Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA) at varying percentages of 10%, 20%, 30% with the addition of 1% chemical admixture with water-cement ratio of 0.45. The influence of these replacements on the fresh properties, mechanical and durability properties is evaluated at 7, 28, and 56 days of curing. The results indicate that …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 5, 2024 · pp. 148–160 Read article
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Experimental Evaluation of MDM@Gd2O3:Eu3+ and Protein@MDM@Gd2O3:Eu3+ Functional Nanomaterial
Abstract: Lanthanide cation like Eu3+ (europium Xe 4f66s0) doped functional nanomaterials of lanthanide oxides especially of gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) as nanorods capped with monodispersed macromolecule (MDM) like polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) coated with natural biopolymers like proteins as human serum albumin (HSA) have been the most demanding and applied nanomaterials in areas of the biosensor, optical distinguisher, electronic fluoresces, upconversion, and surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) nanomaterials and others. The Gd3+ and Eu3+lanthanide cations …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 6, 2024 · pp. 214–223 Read article
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Infrared Radiation: A Non-Invasive Approach to Cholesterol Measurement
Abstract: Cholesterol levels and Diabetes have become prevalent worldwide. People who are physically disabled or unresponsive need to have their glucose and cholesterol levels constantly checked because it is hard to get accurate readings through invasive procedures or blood samples. Based on the proposed model, Hyperglycemia and Cholesterol amounts might be found without touching or taking blood specimens. The Arduino UNO and basic infrared sensors are used to make this happen. …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2024 · pp. 28–34 Read article
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Enhancement of Soil Fertility Using Natural Fiber-Based Engineering Composite Materials for Higher Crop Production: A Review Paper
Abstract: Enhancement of Soil fertility using engineering composite materials via efficient nutrient management strategies is essential as is rising natural fiber based composite material crop production every land area unit to satisfy next diets and fiber consumption. Major developments have improved the production's nutrient-use economy Improved crop flexibility to applied nutrients, decreased off shore nutrient move, and greater predictions of the nutrients available to plants in the root zone have all …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 6, 2024 · pp. 79–87 Read article
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Millets as a Sustainable Crop for Nutritional Security: Addressing Malnutrition Challenges
Abstract: Millets are cereal crops belonging to the Poaceae family, which is the scientific name for the grass family. They are classified into two main groups: major millets which include Sorghum, Pearl, Finger millet, and minor millets, such as Little, Foxtail, Proso, Barnyard, and Kodo millet. India is the chief producer of millets, with an annual production of more than 17 million tonnes. This accounts for 80% of Asia’s millet production …
Published in International Journal of Nutritions · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 33–46 Read article
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Hidden Gems of Dragon Fruit: Its Role in Pharmacognosy and Therapeutics
Abstract: The Cactaceae family includes the medicinal plant Hylocereus spp., also known as dragon fruit. The skin’s unique morphology, which reflects the body’s oval form, is characteristic of dragon fruit. Dry conditions are ideal for dragon fruit growth. Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is a fantastic functional food that has attracted attention recently due to its numerous therapeutic benefits, including antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, hepatoprotective, and anti-hyperlipidemic properties. It also …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 92–101 Read article
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Influence of Agricultural Waste Materials in Concrete: A Sustainable Approach
Abstract: Urbanization and resource depletion have intensified the need for sustainable alternatives to traditional construction materials. The concrete industry, a major contributor to environmental issues due to cement production, is turning to waste materials to mitigate its impact. This review paper focuses on the use of agricultural waste as a partial replacement for cement and aggregates in high-strength concrete (HSC), with an emphasis on its influence on both fresh and hardened …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 26–32 Read article
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Evaluating EC and TDS Concentration over Temperature Effect for Different Packed Bed Unit Treatment
Abstract: In this research, we evaluated the concentration of Electrical conductivity, Total Dissolved Solid and the effect of Temperature for the different packed bed units set up for treatment. The bio-adsorbents used were plantain stem fiber, banana stem fiber and palm fruit fiber and the investigation was aimed to examine the effect of EC, TDS and temperature on the performance of the bio-adsorbents in a packed bed unit The investigation was …
Published in Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering · Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2023 · pp. 37–48 Read article
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Catalysed Biofuels Using Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats
Abstract: It is a first to use biochemical modification of fats to create fuel for transport. The chemical transformation is required to produce products that are more useful and have qualities similar to those of crude oil-derived fuels. Biodiesel (a combination of methyl esters produced by transesterification) and green diesel are the two forms of fuels discussed (paraffins produced by hydrogenation of oils). Three bio-lubricant synthesis strategies are also discussed. Biofuels …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 30–34 Read article
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RF Based 3-Axis Robotic Arm using MEMS
Abstract: This 3-axis MEMS accelerometer are used in various applications like human–machine interactive games; for this application, hand gesture problem is used. This setup includes a number of 3-axis accelerometers on fingers and back of the palm to measure dynamic and static gestures, a programmable microcontroller to detect hand postures of American Sign Language and send them to a host via serial communication and analog multiplexer. The apparatus consists of sensors …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 15–20 Read article
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Improvement in the Characteristic of Clayey Soil asnSubgrade Stabilized with Natural Fibre :A Review
Abstract: In geotechnical engineering, clayey soil is considered to be the most complicated deposits in the field of construction purposes. Due to its low bearing strength, shearing strength, high compressibility ,volume change and swell-shrink properties it becomes difficult to construct building and pavement structures which cause a great concern for engineers while designing. Construction of pavements should be done as it is strong and durable for their design life by overcoming …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 31–37 Read article
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Effect of lime content of lime-stabilized A-4 Soils in the Unconfined Compressive Resistance
Abstract: This paper is part of a research project carried out between Geotechnical Office of Dr. Barbero & collaborators and Weg Ingeniería, from Italy and Argentina, respectively. Given the multiple applications of soils improvement with lime, in this research we proceed to develop correlations on the bases of results obtained by geotechnical tests, according to international standards, realized in A-4 soils at different contents of lime. The goal is to have …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 20–32 Read article
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Industrial Tank Pressure, Temperature and Humidity Controller using Microcontroller
Abstract: In this paper, a computer based pressure, temperature and humidity viewing and controller using microcontroller has been discussed. The article achievement is an authoritative part in manufacturing in instruction to protect the excellence of amenity. Hotness sensor measures the hotness, humidity and compression sensors measure moisture and weight respectively and corresponding similarity indication, which is additionally treated by the microcontroller. The statistics will be showed on the liquid crystal display …
Published in Journal of Microcontroller Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 24–27 Read article
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Boron Nitride Nanoplatelets and Aluminium Nitride Incorporated Organic Organic Eutectic Phase Change Materials with Enhanced Thermal Conductivity with Low-Loading Nanoadditives
Abstract: Miniaturized high performance electronic appliances generate tremendous heat during the duty cycle, has led research community to explore advanced thermal management strategies. Operating electronics at high temperature may result in malfunctioning of compact appliances. Thus, phase change materials (PCM) are applied to maintain isothermal temperature by implementing phase transition through latent heat. To improve the thermal conductivity and to deduce at suitable phase transition temperature of novel eutectic PCM, nanoplatelets …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Bio Solvent EOR: Performance Assessment of Plant Extracts as Asphaltene Inhibitor
Abstract: Changes in pressure and temperature during oil production and transportation most notably during CO2 injection for enhanced recovery could lead to changes in the oil composition and deposition of asphaltene. Deposition of asphaltene near the wellbore region, production tubing and production facilities could cause severe flow assurance problem. Physical removal of asphaltene is costly and in most cases it is not preferred. A more favorable option is to prevent the …
Published in Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 9–24 Read article
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Comparison of Physicochemical Concentration on Temperature Effect of Crude Oil Contaminated Water Environment
Abstract: The bio-adsorbents used are plantain stem fiber, banana stem fiber and palm fruit fiber and the investigation was aimed to examiner the effect of temperature on the performance of the bio-adsorbents in a packed bed unit for the mitigation (reduction or removal) of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) from the fresh water medium using agro based fibre, which was prepared by subjecting the agro materials into sun and room dried before …
Published in Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology · Vol. 13, Issue 3, 2023 · pp. 1–17 Read article
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Nail Image Processing for Early Symptom Detection of Diseases based on Supervised Learning
Abstract: Digital Image Processing of human nail can be used for the prediction of various systemic and dermatological diseases. The proposed system – Nail Image Processing System using SVM (NIPS-S) helps us to create a model for the analysis of human nail and predict various diseases. The input to the proposed system is the Human Palm Image. The nail portion is segmented and a combination of nail color, shape and texture …
Published in Journal of Computer Technology & Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 49–61 Read article
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Server Based Operating System (OS) Research Direction for Future Smart World Using Internet of Things
Abstract: AbstractCommunication and data processing over Internet has become a research issue to the researchers of Internet of Things (IoT). Cloud computing is already familiar at present. Cloud computing offers servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics and more, over the Internet (“the cloud”). Companies offering these computing services over Internet (“the cloud”) and typically, charge for cloud computing services based on usage, similar to how you are billed for water or …
Published in Journal of Computer Technology & Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 26–32 Read article
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Virtuality Keyboard by AI
Abstract: As everyone knows, computer vision is used to process images in machine learning. Today, for this wonderful task, we are using OpenCV and the cv-zone library in Python. Everyone is familiar with OpenCV, and the cv-zone is essentially a library for hand detection, pose detection, face detection, and other related tasks. By this, we created a keyboard named as “Virtuality Keyboard”. It is just another example of today's computer trend …
Published in Journal of Computer Technology & Applications · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 24–36 Read article
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Pharmacological, Characterization and Utilization of Ginger
Abstract: Ginger also known as Zingiber is the most important species used here, as India is the largest producer of it. Rhizome is the most important part of this plant which is used, having 50% carbohydrates, 6–8% free fatty acids and volatile oils like palmitic, oleic, linoleic acids as well as oleo resins, other amino acids and proteins. It is most important flavouring agent which is used worldwide. Ginger has many …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 27–30 Read article