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Thapar University
Education•Patiāla, Punjab, India•
About: Thapar University is a education organization based out in Patiāla, Punjab, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cloud computing & Fuzzy logic. The organization has 2944 authors who have published 8558 publications receiving 130392 citations.
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TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that street vended coconut slices, coriander sauce and ready-to-eat salads could be important potential vehicles for food-borne diseases.
Abstract: In India, the street food trade is a growing sector with its expansion linked with urbanisation and the need of urban populations for both employment and food. However, the microbiological status of popularly consumed raw street foods, general hygienic and vending practices are not known. We visited 75 vendors (50 having fixed stalls and 25 with mobile stalls) operating in three major locations: mandi (open market place), bus terminus and railway station in New Delhi and Patiala City. A total of 150 samples each of coriander sauce, of ready-to-eat salads and coconut slices collected were analysed for Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella spp. Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus were detected in 91 (60%) samples of coriander sauce, 87 (58%) samples of coconut slices and 129 (86%) samples of ready-to-eat salads. Twenty-three (15%) samples of coconut slices contained Shigella (18 Sh. dysenteraie type 1 and 5 Sh. flexneri 2a), 13 (8%) samples of ready-to-eat salads and 10 (6%) samples of coriander sau...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of different clay supports and comparison of their effect on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 has been covered, and the review represents different methodologies for TiO 2/clay synthesis and the impact of clay on the physical and photocatalyst activity.
Abstract: Pure air and water are essential requirements for sustainability of human civilization and wildlife on earth. However, due to illicit industrial practices of waste disposal, the presence of harmful effluents has increased in both air and water bodies which are harmful to both humans and wildlife. Heterogeneous photocatalysis can be a promising measure for the removal of these pollutants from both water and air. TiO2 is a highly investigated photocatalyst for such a purpose but it suffers from few demerits which hamper its practical application. Commercially available TiO2 (Degussa P25) has low photocatalytic efficiency owing to its low surface area (50 m2/g) and porosity and it is difficult to separate it from the reaction mixture which makes it less reusable. In order to overcome these limitations a variety of materials have been used as catalytic supports for TiO2. Among these clays have gained immense attention since they are cheap, highly available in the earth’s crust and possess thermal, chemical and mechanical stability. Clays provide TiO2 with the high surface area, porosity, high number of surface active sites which makes TiO2/clay nanocomposites highly active photocatalyst than pure TiO2. The review represents different methodologies for TiO2/clay synthesis and the impact of clay on the physical and photocatalytic activity of TiO2. Also, the role of different clay supports for TiO2 and comparison of their effect on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 has been covered.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied a two-tier analysis constituting bibliometric and content analyses for developing the intellectual structure of sustainable manufacturing (SM) literature and produced a comprehensive framework to provide a granular understanding of SM literature.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of some of the research published on the use of SFS in controlled low-strength materials and concrete, including concrete properties such as compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, freezing-thawing resistance and shrinkage.
Abstract: With ever increasing quantities of industrial by-products and waste materials, solid waste management has become the principal environmental concerns in the world. Scarcity of land-filling space and due to its ever increasing cost, utilization/recycling of by-products/waste has become an attractive alternative to disposal. Several types of by-products and waste materials are generated. Each of these waste products has specific effects on the properties of cement-based materials (CLSM and Concrete). The utilization of such materials in concrete/CLSM not only makes it economical, but also do help in reducing disposal problems. Reuse of bulk wastes is considered the best environmental alternative for solving the problem of disposal. One of such industrial by-products is Spent Foundry Sand (SFS). Spent foundry sand is a by-product of ferrous and non-ferrous metal casting industries. Foundries successfully recycle and reuse the sand many times in a foundry. When the sand can no longer be reused in the foundry, it is removed from the foundry and is termed as spent foundry sand. Published literature has shown that SFS could be possibly used in manufacturing Controlled Low-Strength Materials (CLSM) and concrete. This paper presents an overview of some of the research published on the use of SFS in controlled low-strength materials and concrete. Effect of SFS on CLSM characteristics like plastic properties, compressive strength, permeability, and leachate analysis, and concrete properties such as compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, freezing–thawing resistance, and shrinkage are presented.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Gaurav Sharma | 82 | 1244 | 31482 |
Vinod Kumar | 77 | 815 | 26882 |
Neeraj Kumar | 76 | 587 | 18575 |
Ashish Sharma | 75 | 909 | 20460 |
Dinesh Kumar | 69 | 1333 | 24342 |
Pawan Kumar | 64 | 547 | 15708 |
Harish Garg | 61 | 311 | 11491 |
Rafat Siddique | 58 | 183 | 11133 |
Surya Prakash Singh | 55 | 736 | 12989 |
Abhijit Mukherjee | 55 | 378 | 10196 |
Ajay Kumar | 53 | 809 | 12181 |
Soumen Basu | 45 | 247 | 7888 |
Sudeep Tanwar | 43 | 263 | 5402 |
Yosi Shacham-Diamand | 42 | 287 | 6463 |
Rupinder Singh | 42 | 458 | 7452 |