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Journal of Applied Research and Technology

February 2016 Volume 14, Number 1

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Number of articles: 8

  1. Chemical sensor network for pH monitoring

    Claudia Manjarrés, David Garizado, Maria Obregon, Natalia Socarras & Maria Calle, Universidad del Norte, Colombia; Cecilia Jimenez-Jorquera, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM), CSIC, Spain

    Monitoring of water sources is a major concern worldwide. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) may be used for this monitoring. However, current systems employ mainly physical sensors for variables such ... More

    pp. 1-8

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  2. An integrated study of the workspace and singularity for a Schönflies parallel manipulator

    J. Jesús Cervantes-Sánchez, José María Rico-Martínez & Víctor Hugo Pérez-Muñoz

    This paper presents a simple and systematic approach to formulate the inverse position problem of a Schönflies parallel manipulator. As a result, the inverse position problem is solved in closed... More

    pp. 9-37

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  3. 2-Imino-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl) ethanesulfonic acid Schiff base anchored silver nanocomplex mediated by sugarcane juice and their antibacterial activities

    Elias Emeka Elemike, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Nigeria; Enock Olugbenga Dare, Department of Chemistry, Federal University Lafia, Nigeria; Inyang David Samuel, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Nigeria; Jude Chinedu Onwuka, Department of Chemistry, Federal University Lafia, Nigeria

    In this present investigation, 2-imino-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)ethane sulphonic acid was anchored on a silver nanoparticle mediated by sugarcane sap. The Schiff base was synthesized from 2... More

    pp. 38-46

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  4. Effect of tempering time on the ballistic performance of a high strength armour steel

    Pradipta Kumar Jena, Ponguru Senthil P. & Siva Kumar K.

    The investigation describes and analyses the effect of tempering time on the mechanical and ballistic performance of a high strength armour steel. The steel is subjected to tempering at 300 More

    pp. 47-53

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  5. Microstructure of polyacrylonitrile-based activated carbon fibers prepared from solvent-free coagulation process

    Norhaniza Yusof, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; Dipak Rana, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Membrane Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada; Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; Takeshi Matsuura, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Membrane Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada

    Polyacrylonitrile precursor fibers prepared using a solvent-free coagulation process were stabilized, carbonized, and physically activated by carbon dioxide into activated carbon fibers (ACFs). The... More

    pp. 54-61

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  6. Stability of a ring of coupled van der Pol oscillators with non-uniform distribution of the coupling parameter

    Miguel Angel Barron

    The stability of a ring of coupled van der Pol oscillators is studied in this work considering a non-uniform distribution of the coupling parameter along the ring. The stability analysis is based... More

    pp. 62-66

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  7. Design partitioning and layer assignment for 3D integrated circuits using tabu search and simulated annealing

    Sadiq M. Sait, Feras Chikh Oughali & Mohammed Al-Asli

    3D integrated circuits (3D-ICs) is an emerging technology with lots of potential. 3D-ICs enjoy small footprint area and vertical interconnections between different dies which allow shorter... More

    pp. 67-76

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  8. Physico-chemical characterization of collagen scaffolds for tissue engineering

    B.H. León-Mancilla, Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; M.A. Araiza-Téllez, Laboratorio de Biomateriales Dentales, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; J.O. Flores-Flores, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; M.C. Piña-Barba, Laboratorio de Biomateriales, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    The objective was to research the physical and chemical properties of collagen scaffolds (CS) obtained from bone matrix Nukbone More

    pp. 77-85

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