The World Health Organization (WHO) states that in developing nations, there are three
million cases of agrochemical poisoning. The prolonged intensive and indiscriminate use of …

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Several sequence and structural factors have been proposed to contribute toward greater
stability of thermophilic proteins. Here we present a statistical examination of structural and …

Chromium (Cr) is a trace element critical to human health and well-being. In the last few
decades, its contamination, especially hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] form in both terrestrial and …

Supercapacitors (SCs) are attracting considerable research interest as high-performance
energy storage devices that can contribute to the rapid growth of low-power electronics (eg, …

The development of novel solar power technologies is considered to be one of many key
solutions toward fulfilling a worldwide increasing demand for energy. Rapid growth within the …

Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever-…

In recent years, IP protection of FPGA hardware designs has become a requirement for many
IP vendors. In [34], Simpson and Schaumont proposed a fundamentally different approach …

Shaped zeolite nanocrystals and larger zeolite particles with three-dimensionally ordered
mesoporous (3DOm) features hold exciting technological implications for manufacturing thin, …

Anisotropic II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals and nanoparticles have become important
building blocks for (potential) nanotechnological applications. Even though a wide variety of …