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freshly prepared zno nanoparticles were used as an effective heterogeneous base catalyst for the synthesis of aryloximes. the conversion of arylaldehydes and arylketones into the corresponding oximes (up to quantitative yields) was achieved by simply mixing the liquid reactants and hydroxylamine hydrochloride with zno nanoparticles under solvent-free condition. the procedure was carried out und...

Condition monitoring is the foundation of a condition based maintenance (CBM). To relate the information obtained from the condition monitoring to the actual state of the system, it is usually required a stochastic model. On the other hand, considering the interactions and similarities that exist between CBM and statistical process control (SPC), the integrated models for CBM and SPC have been ...

1. Introduction Many of the recent conflicts where the United States (US) military forces have been deployed are regions that contain complex terrain (i.e. Korea, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and northern Iraq). Accurate weather forecasts are critical to the success of operations in these regions and are typically supplied by numerical weather prediction (NWP) models like the US Navy NOGAPS, CAOMPS, an...

The results of structural and tribological studies steels alloys pearlite, martensitic austenitic classes using dif-ferent types pretreatment nitriding modes are presented. tests metallophysical made it possible to evaluate the effectiveness each used treatment methods identify characteristics state nitrided layer, contributing an increase in operational properties friction wear conditions. A c...

Despite the higher capital costs of tunnels and supplementary cost maintenance, fewer deterioration models have been built compared with other highway components. Most these were limited to structural defects, not operational conditions. Moreover, there are inherent subjectivity inaccuracy developed models, which may affect maintenance process. The aim this research proposed contribution invest...