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"Inhibition is one of themechanisms used for mitigating the metallic corrosion, particularly in an acid environment. The present work aims toinvestigate theinhibiting effect of N-benzyl-N/-phenyl thiourea (BPTU) on thecorrosion of low carbon steel in a 0.1 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution using a Tafelextrapolation and linear polarization techniques. The study reveals that BPTUacts as an excellent anodic inhibitor for low carbon steel in a HClsolution. The protective efficiency of the compound was found to be more than97% even at higher temperatures. The study demonstrated that BPTU gets adsorbedon the steel surface, following Temkin?s adsorption isotherm and the inhibitionis controlled by a chemisorptionmechanism. The investigation shows that the results obtained from the Tafelextrapolation and linear polarization techniques for the corrosion of mildsteel in HCl medium were in good agreement. The influence of temperatures andconcentrations of BPTU on the corrosion of low carbon steel are alsoexamined in the present work."

"Inhibition is one of the mechanisms used for mitigating the metallic corrosion, particularly in an acid environment. The present work aims to investigate the inhibiting effect of N-benzyl-N/-phenyl thiourea (BPTU) on the corrosion of low carbon steel in a 0.1 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution using a Tafel extrapolation and linear polarization techniques. The study reveals that BPTU acts as an excellent anodic inhibitor for low carbon steel in a HCl solution. The protective efficiency of the compound was found to be more than 97% even at higher temperatures. The study demonstrated that BPTU gets adsorbed on the steel surface, following Temkin’s adsorption isotherm and the inhibition is controlled by a chemisorption mechanism. The investigation shows that the results obtained from the Tafel extrapolation and linear polarization techniques for the corrosion of mild steel in HCl medium were in good agreement. The influence of temperatures and concentrations of BPTU on the corrosion of low carbon steel are also examined in the present work."

"In this work, Myrmecodia pendans, or sarang semut, was successfully extracted as a potential organic inhibitor. Various concentrations of Myrmecodia pendans extract in 1 M H2SO4 solution were applied in the range of 100?500 mg/L for corrosion inhibition. Gas chromatography?mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) showed that the Myrmecodia pendans extracts contained a high-benzenediol compound with rich oxygen atom content, which played an important role in the inhibition process. The 300 mg/L Myrmecodia pendans extract had the highest effect, decreasing the rate of corrosion from 177.73 mpy to 47.4 mpy. This was attributed to the chemical compounds present in the Myrmecodia pendans extract on the surface of mild steel, which prohibited the corrosion rate"

"Batteries on the markettoday still use liquid-type electrolytes, which can result in safety issuescaused by electrolyte leakage. Therefore, studies that search for solid-stateelectrolytes are important for resolving these issues. In this research, acomposite of lithium phosphate-montmorillonite-polyvinylidene fluoride (Li3PO4-MMT-PVDF)has been characterized with the aim of detecting the electrochemicalperformance of Li3PO4 with the addition of MMT. Li3PO4samples were prepared through a solid-state reaction, which was then mixed with MMT, which hada composition ranging from 5 wt% to 20 wt%, and 1 wt% PVDF as a binder. Thischaracterization was conducted with structural, morphological, andelectrochemical aspects. The structural test showed that the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern was dominated by Li3PO4 peaks and MMT aluminosilicates. The electrochemical characterization indicatedthat the conductivity value of the composites was greater than that of Li3PO4.The highest conductivity was achieved with a 15 wt% MMT addition, with adielectric-constant value of 74.9 at a frequency of 10 kHz."

"Cold formedsteel has relatively high width-to-thickness ratio elements, which causes it tobuckle easily. Combining it with timber laminas would be an effective solutionfor reducing this buckling problem. This research focuses on the connectionsystem of a cold formed steel-timber composite, which was obtainedby attaching several timber laminas to the web part of cold formedsteel using screws. The connection used two bolts that were 8 mm in diameter,as well as two different kinds of side plates: steel and plywood. Cold formedsteel 75Z08 and Swietenia mahagoni(moisture content 12.2%; specific gravity 0.77) were used for connections andwere loaded in parallel and perpendicular directions. In addition, theconnections of cold formed steel (without timber laminas) usingself-drilling screw fasteners were tested until failure. Numerical analysispredicting the load-slip curve and apparent yield load of the composite joints wascarried out using the DOWEL program and the European Yield Theory,respectively. The test results showed that the connection system with steelside plates is capable of accommodating the strength increase of compositemember, as it has a maximum load carrying capacity and initial slip modulus ofabout 4.5 and 2 times larger than those of the cold formed steel connections, respectively. In the caseof a connection system with plywood side plates, its joint properties aresimilar to those of the cold formed steel connection, except that it has largerjoint deformation."

"Ballast is one of themain structures for the railway tracks. It can resist the lateral movementunder dynamic loading transferred by the passing trains with repeatedly. Undersome circumstances, ballast can suffer degradation or breakdown due to therepeated loading and maintenance. Ballast is easily exposed to the weatherbecause it is laid on the track. Acid rain affects the performance of therailway track near the industrial and urbanarea. As a result, it starts to foul and the small chips from ballast filledthe void, as well as reduce the shear strength of ballast particles. Thissituation can contribute into the increasing of maintenance frequency andcosting. This paper examines the potential of rubber inclusions in increasingthe shear resistance of rubber-ballast composites in simulated water and acid soakedconditions with several configuration. This lab-based exploratory work is only static load simulation in conventional shear boxsetup measuring 60 mm × 60 mm.The aggregates size is 10 times smaller than actual size of ballast. In orderto identify the shear resistance deterioration of rubber-aggregates mixtureunder poor drainage conditions by soaked a batch of aggregates in water andacid solution for 2 weeks to simulate accelerated weathering effects. The shearresistance did not rise dramatically with the rubber reinforcement. Thissusceptible shear strain plots indicate ductile behaviour on theaggregates-rubber composites. This is evident by the linear rise of shearstress with strain up to approximately 10% for the control samples (CS) untilit reaches a constant value. Note that all the specimens including CS are in aloose state during the testing because there were no tamping been applied onthe samples. Overall the circular patch (CP) specimen was the most favourablethan the other configurations. Both mechanisms contributed to the reducedoverall subsistence, accompanied by an increase in the shear resistance. Theinclusion of rubber elements apparently prevented the dilation of the granularmaterial when approaching the shear failure and the reducing the settlement."

"In recent times, thedemand for the real time audio and video applications in wireless networks isvery high due to widespread use of latest wireless communication technologies.Many of these applications require different Quality of Service (QoS) in termsof delay and throughput in the resource constrained wireless networks. In orderto handle the resources effectively and to increase the QoS, proper packetscheduling algorithms need to be developed. Low-latency Queuing (LLQ) is a packet scheduling algorithm whichcombines Strict Priority Queuing(SPQ) to Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CB-WFQ). LLQ places delay sensitive applications suchas voice and video in the SPQ and treat them preferentially over other trafficby allowing the application to be processed and sent first from the SPQ. In this paper, an Enhanced LLQ (ELLQ) is proposed.An additional SPQ is introduced for scheduling the video applicationsseparately along with the dedicated SPQ for voice applications. The performanceof the proposed algorithm is compared with other existing algorithms throughsimulations using the OPNET modeler. Simulation and Statistical results showthat the proposed algorithm has given 1.5 times performance improvement interms of throughput and delay than the existing algorithms for the real timeaudio and video applications."

"In this study, modeling of the crossing point temperature (CPT) phenomenon in the low-temperature oxidation of coal was carried out using COMSOL Multiphysics®. Low-temperature oxidation can lead to spontaneous combustion of coal stockpiles. The CPT phenomenon was modeled with the kinetics data obtained from a prior laboratory experimental study. The coupling of the heat-transfer phenomenon through conduction and convection determined the thermal evolution model. In this case, coal received the initial heat of the oven temperature increases. As the coal temperature rose, the heat generated from oxidation was released into the environment via conduction and convection. Meanwhile, oxidation products and oxygen were transferred by convection and diffusion. The effects of moisture and the humidity were not considered. The outcomes of modeling were validated through comparison with the results of experimental tests, and the modeling result agreed well with the experiment tests, with temperature deviations of about 0.9%. The effects of airflow rate, oxygen concentration, porosity, and the initial temperature on low-temperature coal oxidation were also examined."

"FinFET (Fin Field-EffectTransistor) technology has recently seen a major increase in adoptionfor use in integrated circuits because of its high immunity to short channeleffects and its further ability to scaledown. Previously, a major research contribution was made to reduce the leakage current in theconventional bulk devices. So many different alternatives like bulk isolation and oxide isolation are all having some pros andcons. Here in this paper, we present a novel pile gate FinFET structure toreduce the leakage current, as compared with Bulk FinFET without using any pstop implant orisolation oxide as in theSilicon-on-Insulator (SOI). The major advantage of this type ofstructure is that there is no need of high substrate doping, a 100% reduction in therandom dopant fluctuation (RDF) and an increase in the ION/IOFFvalue. It can be very useful to improve the drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) at smallertechnological nodes. All the work is supported by 3D TCAD simulations, using Cogenda TCAD."

"East Java Province inIndonesia is the centre of the eastern Indonesia region and it has a fairlyhigh economic significance, which has contributed 14.85% to the national GrossDomestic Product (GDP). The role of Large and Medium Scale ManufacturingIndustry (LMSMI) clusters in this province is very important and strategic asone of the main drivers for economic progress and it becomes a part of theefforts to improve the society's life. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluatethe performance of LMSMI clusters continuously. The purpose of this study is toinvestigate the productivity changes of LMSMI clusters in East Java Province,Indonesia, so that they will be able to survive, grow and compete in facingglobal competition. The method used in this study is the method of DEA-basedMalmquist Productivity Index. The result of this study indicates that 50% ofthe LMSMI clusters in East Java Province are in the category of improvedproductivity, while the remaining clusters are in the category of decliningproductivity."