Forecasting the Remaining Duration of an Ongoing Solar Flare by Jeffrey W. Reep, Will T. Barnes

“…Abstract The solar X‐ray irradiance is significantly heightened during the course of a solar flare, which can cause radio blackouts due to ionization of the atoms in the ionosphere. As the duration of a solar flare is not related to the size of that flare, it is not directly clear how long those blackouts can persist. …”
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Comparative Study of Heavy Metals in Soil and Selected Medicinal Plants by Afzal Shah, Abdul Niaz, Nazeef Ullah, Ali Rehman, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Zakir, Muhammad Suleman Khan

“…Essential and nonessential heavy metals like iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), and lead (Pb) were analyzed in four selected medicinal plants such as Capparis spinosa, Peganum harmala, Rhazya stricta, and Tamarix articulata by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS). These medicinal plants are extensively used as traditional medicine for treatment of various ailments by local physicians in the area from where these plants were collected. …”
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Adsorption of Cr(VI) onto Hybrid Membrane of Carboxymethyl Chitosan and Silicon Dioxide by Yanling Deng, Naoki Kano, Hiroshi Imaizumi

“…The concentrations of Cr(VI) in solution are determined by ICP-AES (inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry). The present study investigates the adsorption mechanisms of Cr(VI) onto the hybrid membrane. …”
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Possibility of persistent current in S-states by Chanchal Yadav, Brijender Dahiya, Vinod Prasad

“…Abstract In this study, we investigate the profound impact of the Pöschl–Teller double-ring-shaped Coulomb (PTDRSC) potential to induce persistent currents within the S-states of the hydrogenic atom. The confinement of the system is achieved through an impenetrable spherical boundary. …”
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Characterization of Pt-Pd/C Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidation in Alkaline Medium by S. S. Mahapatra, J. Datta

“…The enhanced electrocatalytic activity of the electrodes is ascribed to the synergistic effect of higher electrochemical surface area, preferred OH− adsorption, and ad-atom contribution on the alloyed surface.…”
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Optimization of metal polymer friction pair composition for hydrogen wear reduction through thermal stabilization analysis by Dmytro Volchenko, Ivan Kernytskyy, Yuriy Royko, Mykola Ostashuk, Nataliia Fidrovska, Vasyl Skrypnyk, Dmytro Zhuravlev, Nataliia Klochko, Vasyl Rys, Oksana Berezovetska, Saurav Dixit, Anna Stefańska, Eugeniusz Koda, Subhav Singh, Kamal Sharma, Rajesh Mahadeva

“…The research establishes a correlation between the equivalent diffusion coefficient and the concentration of diffusing hydrogen atoms from the metal, such as the pulley or drum rim. …”
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Robust Visual Tracking with Discrimination Dictionary Learning by Yuanyun Wang, Chengzhi Deng, Jun Wang, Wei Tian, Shengqian Wang

“…With the learnt dictionary, a target candidate is represented with a linear combination of dictionary atoms. The discriminative information in learning samples is exploited. …”
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Coating and Characterization of Mock and Explosive Materials by Emily M. Hunt, Matt Jackson

“…The energetic material coating process entails suspending either wet or dry energetic powders in a stream of inert gas and contacting the energetic powder with atomized droplets of a lacquer composed of binder and organic solvent. …”
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Trace Elements Concentrations in Water and Aquatic Biota from Ase Creek in Niger Delta by CL Overah, CMA Iwegbue, EK Ossa, GE Nwajei

“…The aforementioned samples were analysed for heavy metals such as selenium, arsenic, chromium, lead, molybdenum, bismuth and cadmium using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) of model Pye Unicam 2900. …”
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Nucleophilicity at copper(-I) in a compound with a Cu–Mg bond by Ross A. Jackson, Nicholas J. Evans, Dawid J. Babula, Thomas M. Horsley Downie, Rex S. C. Charman, Samuel E. Neale, Mary F. Mahon, David J. Liptrot

“…The Cu-Mg bond acts as a source of the cupride anion, transferring the NHC-copper fragment to electrophilic s-, p-, and d-block atoms to make known and new copper-containing compounds.…”
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An Advanced Microturbine System with Water-Lubricated Bearings by Susumu Nakano, Tadaharu Kishibe, Tomoaki Inoue, Hiroyuki Shiraiwa

“…Water was also utilized to improve electrical output and efficiency through water atomizing inlet air cooling (WAC) and a humid air turbine (HAT). …”
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Synthesis of Fe-MCM-41 Using Iron Ore Tailings as the Silicon and Iron Source by Xin Li, Honghao Yu, Yan He, Xiangxin Xue

“…The synthesized sample had high surface area, and part of iron atoms is retained in the framework with formation of tetrahedron after removal of the template by calcinations. …”
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Enhanced irradiation swelling resistance in low activation Ti8VCrMnFeCu2 high entropy alloys: Exploring the role of heterogeneous nanoparticles by Yao Yu, Xiao Liu, Qianqian Wang, Qigui Yang, Ye Dong, Te Zhu, Peng Zhang, Runsheng Yu, Mingpan Wan, Xingzhong Cao

“…This study demonstrates that Cu nanoprecipitates can effectively serve as traps for helium bubbles, as they capture helium atoms and inhibit their diffusion.…”
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PENGUJIAN KANDUNGAN UNSUR HARA DALAM KOMPOS YANG BERASAL DARI SERASAH TANAMAN JAGUNG MANIS (Zea mays saccharata) by SURTINAH SURTINAH

“…To measure the content of macro nutrients, the test method used is the Kjeldahl method for nitrogen content, while for P, K, CaO, MgO and Fe Atomic absortion spectrophotometric used method (AAS), and the content of C - Organic tested by Spectrophotometric method. …”
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Morphology and Optical Investigations of InAs-QD/GaAs Heterostructures Obtained by Ion-Beam Sputtering by S. N. Chebotarev, A. S. Pashchenko, V. A. Irkha, M. L. Lunina

“…The current paper demonstrates that a temperature increase in a range from 450 to 550°C at ion current of 120 μA and energy of 150 eV leads to an expansion of average sizes of InAs hut-quantum dots. According to atomic force and electron microscopy, photoluminescence, and capacity-voltage measurements it was found that an increase of ion-beam current from 60 to 120 μA at a temperature of 500°C and energy of 150 eV slightly enlarges the average sizes of quantum dots from 15 nm to 18 nm while their dispersion is about 30%. …”
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Tailored topotactic chemistry unlocks heterostructures of magnetic intercalation compounds by Samra Husremović, Oscar Gonzalez, Berit H. Goodge, Lilia S. Xie, Zhizhi Kong, Wanlin Zhang, Sae Hee Ryu, Stephanie M. Ribet, Shannon S. Fender, Karen C. Bustillo, Chengyu Song, Jim Ciston, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Colin Ophus, Chris Jozwiak, Aaron Bostwick, Eli Rotenberg, D. Kwabena Bediako

“…However, crystallographic incommensurability and atomic-scale interfacial disorder can severely limit the types of materials amenable to this strategy, as well as the performance of these systems. …”
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Infant Exposure to Metals through Consumption of Formula Feeding in Mekelle, Ethiopia by Tadele Eticha, Melat Afrasa, Getu Kahsay, Hailekiros Gebretsadik

“…The infant feeding samples were dry-ashed in a muffle furnace followed by digestion in nitric acid and the resulting solutions were analyzed by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Cadmium was not detected in the samples while the levels of lead and zinc ranged from not detected value to 0.103 mg/kg and from 27.888 to 71.553 mg/kg, respectively. …”
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Improved Efficiency of Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Insertion of Ultrathin SiO2 Buffer Layers by Chien-Jung Huang, Kan-Lin Chen, Po-Wen Sze, Wen-Ray Chen, Teen-Hang Meen, Shi-Lun Wu

“…Compared to the different thicknesses of the buffer layer, the FOLED with the buffer layer of 4 nm showed the highest luminous efficiency. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation of indium tin oxide (ITO)/SiO2 topography reveals changes at the interface between SiO2 and N,N′-bis-(1-naphthl)-diphenyl-1,1′-bipheny-4,4′-diamine (NPB), resulting in ultrathin SiO2 layers being a clear advantage for a FOLED. …”
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Effect of Sizing Agents on Surface Properties of T800 Grade CF and Thermal Aging Time on Mechanical Properties of T800 Grade CF/Epoxy Composites by Tian Yang, Yan Zhao, Hansong Liu, Shu Xiong

“…The results showed that the sample with low molecular weight exhibited low roughness and high proportion of activated carbon atoms. The flexural strength, flexural modulus, and interlaminar shear strength of CCF800/5228 composites were measured at 25°C and 150°C by thermal ageing time 0, 100 h, 250 h, 500 h, and 1000 h. …”
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Poly[diaqua[μ2-1,4-bis(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)piperazine][μ2-4-(2-carboxylatoethyl)benzoato]cobalt(II)] by Frederick C. Ezenyilimba, Robert L. LaDuca

“…The layer motifs stack in an AAA pattern mediated by O—H...N hydrogen-bonding interactions between the aqua ligands in one layer and 3-bpmp piperazinyl N atoms in the abutting layer.…”
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