Development and application of an Enzymatic Hydrolysis test to assess the biodegradability of organic waste material [PDF]
, 2007 A novel and rapid biodegradability test method has been developed based on the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. The test method consists of three phases, in which the first two phases consist of the pH buffer addition, and then autoclaving of the ...
Godley, Andrew R. +4 more
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Development and evaluation of a rapid enzymatic hydrolysis test method to assess the biodegradability of organic waste [PDF]
, 2008 The amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) that can be disposed of in a landfill must be reduced, in accordance with the landfill allowance trading scheme (LATS) in England and Scotland (LAS in Wales).
Wagland, Stuart T.
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Biodegradability determination of municipal waste: an evaluation of methods [PDF]
, 2004 The Environment Agency is required to monitor the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill. Reliable methods are needed to measure the biodegradability of municipal waste, both as mixed municipal waste and as individually ...
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Comparison of a novel enzymatic biodegradability test method with microbial degradation methods [PDF]
, 2008 A novel enzymatic hydrolysis test (EHT) has been evaluated as a surrogate for conventional microbial biodegradability methods, using 37 assorted organic waste samples collected from diverse sources.
Godley, Andrew R. +4 more
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Application of DR4 and BM100 Biodegradability tests to treated and untreated organic wastes [PDF]
, 2007 The aerobic DR4 and anaerobic BM100 biodegradability tests are currently applied in England and Wales for monitoring the reduction in biological municipal waste (BMW) achieved by mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plants (Environment Agency 2005 ...
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Application of Polymer Hydrogels in the Prevention of Postoperative Adhesion: A Review
Gels, 2023 Postoperative adhesion is a common post-surgery complication formed between the surface of the body cavity, ranging from a layer of connective tissue to a fibrous bridge containing blood vessels and nerve tissue.
Jie Cai, Jiaming Guo, Shige Wang
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Multifunctional inorganic nanomaterials for cancer photoimmunotherapy
Cancer Communications, 2022 Phototherapy and immunotherapy in combination is regarded as the ideal therapeutic modality to treat both primary and metastatic tumors. Immunotherapy uses different immunological approaches to stimulate the immune system to identify tumor cells for ...
Lu Tang +7 more
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Advanced Science, 2020 The photochemical activity of black phosphorus (BP) in near‐infrared (NIR) light controlled in situ biomineralization is investigated. Owing to the excellent NIR absorption, irradiation with NIR light not only promotes degradation of BP into PO43−, but ...
Jundong Shao +4 more
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Research progress in corrosion behavior of biomedical magnesium alloys
Cailiao gongcheng, 2020 As a biodegradable material,magnesium alloys has been attracted by more researchers, recently. Due to good biocompatibility, mechanical properties and biodegradable absorption charac-teristics, it has been honored as revolutionary biological materials ...
WAN Tian +6 more
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Molecules, 2018 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are bio-based microbial biopolyesters; their stiffness, elasticity, crystallinity and degradability are tunable by the monomeric composition, selection of microbial production strain, substrates, process parameters during ...
Martin Koller
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