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    Insecticidal and Histological Effects of Extracts from Leaves of Juglans regia L. Against Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Isolated from Soft Wheat in Post-harvest
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025) Bennacer, Amel; Sahir-Halouane, Fatma; Smaili, Oussama; Oukali, Zahia; Mouhouche, Faiza; Bennacer, Nour El Houda; Chaib, Ratiba; Kumar, Ramar Muhan
    In Algeria, the cultivation of soft wheat (Triticum aestivum Linn.) plays a crucial role in the food chain. However, the crop faces a threat from Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), which causes substantial economic losses. This study aims to discover novel bioactive compounds derived from Juglans regia Linn., a walnut tree grown in Algeria, to combat S. oryzae. This study focuses on extraction, phytochemical characterization, insecticidal effect against S. oryzae adults, and histological impact. GCMS analysis of the petroleum ether (EPJ) and chloroform (CHJ) fractions indicated the presence of a diverse range of bioactive molecules, including myrtenal (1.17%), eugenol (46.17%), methyl ester (25.84%), lycophyll (5.16%), and hexadecane (1.22%), which are derived from terpenoids, phenols, and fatty acids. LCMS/MS analysis of the ethyl acetate (AEJ) and butanolic (BTJ) fractions identified compounds mainly associated with hydrocinnamic acids, flavonols, flavones, and naphtoquinones, such as 3-caffeoylquinic acid, epi-catechin isomer, kaempferol-3-glucoside, and hydro-juglone derivative. Furthermore, the efficacy of the five extracts (hydromethanolic extract and the four fractions) against S. oryzae adults was evaluated at 625, 315, and 75 µg/mL concentrations over 7 days. EPJ and BTJ demonstrated the highest effectiveness among these extracts, as indicated by their relatively low LC50, LC90, LT50, and LT90 values. These results highlight the potential of EPJ and BTJ, derived from walnut leaves, as biocontrol agents against S. oryzae. Histological analysis of the treated insects revealed significant alterations in various tissues compared to untreated adults. This research gives the first evidence that J. regia grown in Algeria is a promising biocontrol agent against pest beetles in stored soft wheat.
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    A miniaturized quad band hexagon patch antenna for GSM1800, C band and WiMAX applications
    (2022) Mouhouche, Faiza; Djaf, Kahina; Dehmas, Mokrane; Chibane, Kahina; Ksentini, Safa
    In this article, a miniaturized patch antenna using fractal DGS and SRR DMS for GSM1800, C band and WiMAX applications is presented and investigated. Antenna miniaturization and multiband are accomplished by employing a fractal loop on the DGS structure and a split ring resonator slot in the patch. The proposed radiator has a hexagonal shape that operates at 6.8 GHz. To achieve downsize of 20.58, 38.22, 55.14 and 72.75% an antenna is designed using DGS and DMS structures for quad-band application appearing at 1.85, 3.05, 4.2, and 5.4 GHz. Simulated and tested data are investigated. The prototype antenna has adequate advantages, with a simple structure, compact size, multiband, and uniform radiation patterns.
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    A compact double-inverted Ω-shaped dual-band patch antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications
    (Frequenz : journal of RF-engineering and telecommunications, 2022) Djafri, Kahina; Mouhouche, Faiza; Dehmas, Mokrane; Challal, Mouloud
    In this study, a new compact dual-band antenna with overall size of 11 × 14.46 × 1.6 mm3 has been designed, fabricated and tested. The proposed antenna consists of two inverted Ω-shaped strips loaded with two different comb structures. The fist comb of six elements connected to the first Ω-shaped radiating branch is used to decrease the second band lower cut-off frequency and cover the intended WLAN and WiMAX applications. In order to cover the 2.45 GHz WLAN band and further reduce the antenna dimensions, a second comb structure of 14 elements is attached to the upper radiating branch. The fabricated antenna covers the frequency bands from 2.42 to 2.6 GHz and from 4.25 to 6.77 GHz with a reflection coefficient of |S 11| ≤ −10 dB. The antenna shows an omnidirectional radiation pattern in the H-plane and a monopole-like radiation pattern in the E-plane. The measured results agree well with the simulated ones which indicate that the proposed antenna is suitable to be used in the WLAN/WiMAX applications
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    Gain Enhancement of Monopole Antenna using AMC Surface
    (Advanced Electromagnetics, 2018) Mouhouche, Faiza; Azrar, Arab; Dehmas, Mokrane; Djafer, Kahina
    A CPW rectangular-ring antenna over an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) is presented in this work. The AMC is a designed as a dual-band structure having an array of unit cells and operates at 2.45GHz and 5.20 GHz. A CPW antenna uses this dual-band AMC structures as a back-plane. Performance comparison is carried out with and without incorporation of AMC. The simulated and measured results show that the combination of the AMC reflector and the antenna provide directional properties at both frequency bands. It has been found that the antenna gain increases by about 5 dB
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    Quad-band microstrip patch antenna for WLAN/WIMAX/C/X applications
    (IEEE, 2017) Challal, Mouloud; Mouhouche, Faiza; Djafri, Kahina; Boutejdar, Ahmed
    This work proposes a novel quad-band microstrip patch antenna for wireless local area network (WLAN), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), C and X applications. It is composed of a modified rectangular patch antenna and two parasitic elements which are both printed on one side of a FR4 substrate, a ground plane on other side on which a U-shaped slot is etched. The proposed antenna, with a total size of 31×33 mm 2 , is fabricated and experimental results illustrate that the -10 dB impedance bandwidth can completely cover the 4.4-4.58 GHz, 5.4-5.6 GHz, 7.2-8.3 GHz and 9.6-10.3 GHz, applications. The simulation results are in good agreement with the measurement ones
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    Gain improvement of CPW-Fed monopole antenna over dual-band AMC structure
    (IEEE, 2017) Mouhouche, Faiza; Azrar, A.; Dehmas, M.; Djafri, K.
    A CPW rectangular-ring antenna over an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) is presented in this work. The AMC is designed as a dual-band structure having an array of unit cells and operates at 2.45GHz and 5.20 GHz. A CPW antenna uses this dual-band AMC structures as a back-plane. Performance comparison is carried out with and without the incorporation of AMC. The simulated and measured results show that the combination of the AMC reflector and the antenna provide directional properties at both frequency bands. It has been found that the antenna gain increases by about 5 dB
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    Compact dual-band reject UWB monopole antenna using EBG structures
    (IEEE, 2017) Mouhouche, Faiza; Azrar, A.; Dehmas, Mokrane; Djafri, K.
    In this paper, a compact dual band notched UWB monopole antenna is presented for WiMAX and X-band satellite applications. Dual band rejection characteristics are achieved by engraving the complementary hexagonal spit ring metamaterial on the radiating element and two modified mushrooms-like EBG structure above the ground plane on the vicinity of feed line. The antenna prototype is fabricated and tested. A good agreement between the simulated and measured results. The radiation pattern and time domain of the proposed design are relatively stable
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    Design a Compact UWB Monopole Antenna with Triple Band-Notched Characteristics Using EBG Structures
    (2018) Mouhouche, Faiza; Azrar, A.; Dehmas, Mokrane; Djafri, K.
    in this paper, a compact ultra-wideband (UWB)monopole antenna with triple band-notched characteris-tics is presented. These triple band rejections are pro-duced by inserting the Complementary Co-directionalSplit-Ring Resonator (CC.SRR) on the radiating elementfor WiMAX/WLAN (3.4–3.95 GHz/5.35–5.9 GHz) andElectromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) structure in the vicinityof transmission line for X-band satellite communications(6.7–7.7 GHz). The proposed antenna with a total size of18 × 20.9 × 1.63 mm3has been constructed and tested. Anequivalent RLC circuit model is proposed and investi-gated. The simulated and measured results show thatthe proposed antenna has an impedance bandwidth(VSWR < 2) extanding from 3.05 GHz to 14 GHz with triplenotched bands of [3.3–3.9 GHz], [5.25–5.86 GHz] and [6.7–7.7 GHz]. The triple band notched characteristics and thegood radiation patterns make the proposed antenna agood candidate for the UWB applications
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    A compact superformula based ultra-wideband antenna shape with two notched bands
    (wiley, 2018) Mouhouche, Faiza; Azrar, A.; Dehmas, Mokrane; Djafri, Kahina
    In this paper, a compact superformula ultra‐wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with dual band notches is proposed. The developed structure achieves UWB performance as well as a compact size of 20 × 26 × 1.62 mm3. Furthermore, to avoid interferences with WiMAX and satellite communication systems, dual notched band is obtained by engraving two co‐directional triangular split ring defects on the radiating element. The simulated and measured results show that the proposed antenna has an impedance bandwidth extending from 3.05 to 20 GHz with dual notched bands at [5.15‐5.68 GHz], and [7.15‐7.65 GHz] used in WiMAX and satellite communication, respectively. The proposed design realizes omnidirectional radiation pattern in H‐plane, and a dipole‐like pattern in E‐plane. The antenna exhibits an acceptable gain in the whole UWB range except at notched bands.
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    Analysis of a printed X-Shaped monopole antenna
    (IEEE, 2017) Dehmas, Mokrane; Hamza, A. A.; Challal, Mouloud; Benmahdjoub, I.; Azrar, A.; Djafri, K.; Mouhouche, Faiza
    This paper presents a study of a printed X-shaped monopole antenna. The analysis has started from considering a strip fed conventional single band Rectangular Microstrip Antenna (RMSA) resonating at 2.45 GHz commonly used in WLAN applications. The antenna has been transformed to a monopole structure that has yielded a larger bandwidth. In the second part, triangular slots were introduced to the RMSA to obtain an X-shaped antenna and their effects were investigated. An X-shaped monopole structure presenting a bandwidth of 3.39 GHz (1.96-5.35 GHz) has been obtained. The analysis suggested a possibility of performing size reduction. This part resulted in a final X-shaped monopole printed structure with an enhanced bandwidth of 6.2 GHz (1.8-8.0 GHz) and a significant external size reduction of 55.48 %. The final antenna which can be used in various applications (WLAN, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, LTE 4G, surveillance systems, medical imaging, etc.) has been fabricated and its reflection coefficient measured. Good agreement was noticed between the simulated and measured results.