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The study has investigated the relationship between internationalisation and innovation performance of SMEs of an emerging market. It has explored the mediating effect of entrepreneurial and market orientation (EntOr, MktOr) between innovation and internationalisation. The path model is developed using structural equation modelling, and the role of mediating and moderating variables is deliberated for comprehension of results. Hayes's conditional process macro is used to path model and to show the mediation and moderation effect on the dependent variable. The findings of the current research have highlighted the importance of innovation performance for SMEs having exposure to international markets. The findings of the study have managerial connotations for SMEs, for the managers responsible for innovation performance and managers working on business strategies. The findings of the study have policy implications for government and other agencies too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nanofluids have been gaining a lot of traction within heat transfer technologies, due to their superior thermal properties over through the conventional fluids. The influence of Al2O3-water nanofluid, as such a working fluid, upon its performance of a flat-plate solar collector (FPSC) was experimentally investigated in this study. The nanoparticles had a weight fraction of 0.2 to 0.4% and a diameter of 25 nanometers. The studies were conducted out in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, at latitude of 27.2046° N and longitude of 77.4977° E. The nanofluid's mass flow rate ranged from 1 – 3 Lit/min. The findings suggest that employing nanofluids as kind of working fluid increases efficiency when compared to utilizing water as such an absorption medium. The performance has been increased 28.47 % for 0.2 weight %. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]