The performance of tubular microbial fuel cells (MFC) with and without Nafion solution as binding agent for the cathode catalyst preparation was investigated using different electrochemical techniques. The current output of both types of MFCs was monitored as a function of time using an external resistor. The current did not change much with time and was higher for the water cell (WC) than for ...

The deepwater horizon (DWH) accident led to the release of an estimated 794,936,474 L of crude oil into the northern Gulf of Mexico over an 85 day period in 2010, resulting in the contamination of the Gulf of Mexico waters, sediments, permeable beach sands, coastal wetlands, and marine life. This study examines the potential response of the Eastern oyster's microbiome to hydrocarbon contaminati...

Intramuscular fat (IMF) is recognized as the predominant factor affecting meat quality due to its positive correlation with tenderness, juiciness, and flavor. Chicken IMF deposition depends on the balance among lipid synthesis, transport, uptake, and subsequent metabolism, involving a lot of genes and pathways, however, its precise molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In the present s...

terminal drought stress during grain filling period has recently become more common in the semiarid mediterranean regions, where wheat (triticum aestivum) is grown as an important winter cereal crop. the objective of this experiment was to study the effect of terminal drought stress on grain yield, gas exchange variables, and some physiological traits of nine bread wheat cultivars. an experimen...

This study investigates the effect of carbide particle size on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and abrasive wear resistance of WC-17%Co HVOF-sprayed coatings. The characteristics of WC-1, WC-2, and WC-3 coatings with carbide sizes of 1 µm, 0.9 µm, and 0.5 µm, respectively, were also investigated. WC-1 coating experienced the maximum carbon loss of 42%, while WC-2 and WC-3 coatings un...

Recent work has shown that observations of tropical precipitation conform to properties associated with critical phenomena in other systems. Here some of these universal properties are used to probe the physics of tropical convection empirically, providing potential tests for models and parameterizations. The power law pickup of ensemble average precipitation as a function of column water vapor...

A novel electrochemical sensor was constructed by employing zirconium based metal organic framework (NH 2 -UiO-66) and walnut derived carbon (WC) as modified materials for the highly sensitive selective determination of paracetamol (Para) para-aminophenol (PAP). Characterization results texture properties NH -UiO-66/WC nanocomposite revealed that dispersive MOF particles were filled in large po...

We present new narrow-band imaging and optical spectroscopy of Wolf-Rayet stars in the Local Group dwarf galaxy IC10 (Gemini-N GMOS) and Sculptor group spiral galaxy NGC300 (VLT FORS2). 1. Gemini-N GMOS observations of IC10 IC10 is a moderately reddened dwarf irregular (or blue compact dwarf) at a distance of 0.9Mpc, with a metal content of log(O/H) 8:2 and an unusually high WC/WN ratio of 2, v...