Wood surface roughness, free energy (SFE), wettability, and bonding quality for water-based acrylic coatings were investigated. The samples tested in this study included Pinus radiata, sylvestris, Larch, Hemp oak, Catalpa tree, Camphor. Sandpaper with grits of 180, 240, 320, 400, 500 was utilized to sand wood surfaces. van OSS-Chaudhury-Good equation (vOCG) used calculate the SFE values. modifi...

Abstract. Ag8Ge1-xMnxTe6 solid solutions with different manganese content (x = 0; 0.05; 0.1; 0.2) were prepared by alloying and further pressing the powders under a pressure of 0.6 GPa. By X-ray diffraction studies have shown that introduction atoms leads to compressibility lattice. All p-type samples had high resistance below transition at temperatures 180 - 220 K. An increase in electrical co...

The ethanolic extract of roots of Saccharum spontaneum Linn. Was evaluated for its antilithiatic activity in rats. Lithiasis was induced by oral administration of ethylene glycolated water (0.75%) in adult male wistar albino rats for 28 days. The ionic chemistry of urine was altered by ethylene glycol (EG), which elevated the urinary concentration of calcium, oxalate, urea, uric acid and creati...

Abstract Nowadays, due to pollution in world excessive consumption of mineral fertilizers, the limiting or minimizing their use has become a major strategy for environmentalists. The research work objective was reduce quantities especially NPK by gradually replacing nitrogen fertilizers with fulvic acid and biochar. Four different combinations were used as soil application (NPK 1 : 120, 160 143...

In this study, concentrations of cadmium using 3778 samples encompassing the total size Spain (about 505 km2) were investgated. Two novel spatial methods namely Moran eigenvector spatially varying coefficient (MESVC) and filtered unconditional quantile regression (SF-UQR) employed with aim avoiding problem local collinearity which is prevalent in models. Additionally, coefficients applied to as...

In India, agricultural soil has been deteriorated by various on-going practices involving application of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and effluents. Presently, Amritsar (Punjab), an agricultural land, is undergoing rigorous cultivation of wheat and rice crops which consequently increased the application of chemical pesticides and fertilizers for high yield. These agricultural practices are ...

Antagonism of the discriminative stimulus properties of 10 mglkg cocaine was studied in rats by use of the dopamine Dl antagonist SCH 23390 and the Dl antagonist haloperidol. Whereas SCH 23390 and haloperidol were by themselves unable to antagonize the cueing properties of cocaine, the combination of both dopamine antagonists resulted in a complete blockade of the cocaine cue. In the presence o...