A tensor invariant is defined on a quaternionic contact manifold in terms of the curvature and torsion of the Biquard connection involving derivatives up to third order of the contact form. This tensor, called quaternionic contact conformal curvature, is similar to the Weyl conformal curvature in Riemannian geometry and to the Chern-Moser tensor in CR geometry. It is shown that a quaternionic c...

The resonance frequency, amplitude, and phase response of the first two eigenmodes of two contact-resonance atomic force microscopy (CR-AFM) configurations, which differ in the method used to excite the system (cantilever base vs sample excitation), are analyzed in this work. Similarities and differences in the observables of the cantilever dynamics, as well as the different effect of the tip-s...

Titanium Nitride (TiN) is a wear resistant and complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) compatible material that is increasingly being investigated for MEMS applications. Incorporating any new material into a MEMS device requires the development of a processing strategy. This paper discusses a wet-etching strategy for patterning and releasing TiN features on Cr sacrificial layers. Filtered arc ...

This study investigated the elimination of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution utilizing a composite from magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4) capped with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The structure of the prepared composite system was examined by Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffractometry (XRD), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Separation of the Fe3O4/CTAB com...

Reductive adsorption of chromium (Cr) has been investigated, employing coal-based activated carbon with batchwise study. The was carried out by varying parameters such as pH the aqueous solution and contact time. Cr(III) hardly adsorbed on carbon, it precipitated at high region. High amounts Cr(VI) obtained range 4.5 – 5.5. In process, reduction to occurred especially acidic region, thus most C...

background : hexavalent chromium ( cr (vi)) is an important contaminant in surface and groundwater and its removal from contaminated water and wastewater has received interest in recent years. this study aimed to explain the removal process of cr (vi) from aqueous solution using nano hydroxyapatite (n-hap) as an adsorbent material. methods: cr (vi) removal experiments with the prepared n-hap we...

Cajal-Retzius (CR) cells play a fundamental role in the development of the mammalian cerebral cortex. They control the formation of cortical layers by regulating the migration of pyramidal cells through the release of Reelin. The function of CR cells critically depends on their regular distribution throughout the surface of the cortex, but little is known about the events controlling this pheno...

The Lower Llandoverian metasedimentary rocks of the Prades Mountains, southwestern Catalonia, Spain, consist of interstratified anorthite-rich beds, chert beds, phosphate beds, sulfide-rich black shale (with mainly pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite), massive sulfide lenses and calc-silicate beds. These metasedimentary rocks are anomalously enriched in V and Cr, and have disseminated minerals of...

Let M̄ be a complex space form of constant holomorphic sectional curvature c and let M be an n-dimensional CR-submanifold of (n− 1) CR-dimension in M̄. ThenM has an almost contact metric structure (F,U ,u,g) (see Section 2) induced from the canonical complex structure of M̄. Hence on an n-dimensional CR-submanifold of (n− 1) CRdimension, we can consider two structures, namely, almost contact struc...

in the present study, an indigenous medicinal plant, tridax procumbens (asteraceae) was used as bioadsorbent for the removal of cr (iii) ions from synthetic wastewater and the method was also applied for real sample analysis. the biosorption of cr (iii) was a two-stage batch reactor process. in the first stage, raw biomaterial was used to the conversion of cr (vi) into cr (iii). the amount of t...