Free standing diamond thin films grown by the oxyracetylene frame method have been investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The radial distribution of the sp2-hybridized carbon species on the films and, consequently, the film quality, have been determined. While XPS does not seem to be an appropriate technique to distinguish between very smal...

Magnetic Cellulose/Fe3O4/Co3O4 nanocomposite as a new catalyst was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM, TEM, ICP-AES and VSM techniques. The catalytic activity of this heterogeneous catalyst was studied through one-pot synthesis of 1-((benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylamino)(aryl)-methyl)naphthalen-2-ol derivatives from three component reactions of aromatic aldehydes, 2-aminobenzothiazole,...

A new hybrid nanomaterial was developed by immobilization of phosphomolybdate anions on the surface of modified magnetite nanoparticles with quaternary phosphonium cations. Silica coated magnetic nanoparticles supported phosphonium cations, Ph3P+-SCMNPs, were prepared by covalent attachment of chloropropylsilyl groups on the surface of silica coated magnetite nanoparticles...

OBJECTIVE To determine the survival and clinical effectiveness of leflunomide (LEF) compared with methotrexate (MTX) and sulfasalazine (SSZ) for RA in an observational study. METHODS An observational database of 1088 patients and 5141 patient years of DMARD treatment (2680 courses) from two academic hospitals was filtered for treatment with LEF, MTX, and SSZ. LEF treatment groups were matched...

In this paper, utilization of clustering algorithms for data fusion in decision level is proposed. The results of automatic isolated word recognition, which are derived from speech spectrograph and Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) analysis, are combined with each other by using fuzzy clustering algorithms, especially fuzzy k-means and fuzzy vector quantization. Experimental results show that the ...

objective: silicon is an effective element in bone biomineralization; hence si-substituted hydroxyapatite can be a relevant bioceramic as bone materials substitution. materials and methods: stoichiometric hydroxyapatite (ha) and si-substituted hydroxyapatite (si-ha) with different contents of si substitution were synthesized successfully by a hydrothermal method using ca(no3)2, (nh4)3po4 or (n...