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RECYCLING OF CHEMICAL PULP FROM WHEAT STRAW AND CORN STOVER

BioResources, 2007
Handsheets produced from corn stalks and wheat straw soda AQ pulps were recycled in the lab. Pulping of corn stalks resulted in a low pulp yield, low bonding strength, and low recyclability.
James Barsness, Ulrike Tschirner, Tamara Keeler   +2 more
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Principle and application of plant mutagenesis in crop improvement: a review

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2016
The first step in plant breeding is to identify suitable genotypes containing the desired genes among existing varieties, or to create one if it is not found in nature.
Yusuff Oladosu, Mohd Y. Rafii, Norhani Abdullah, Ghazali Hussin, Asfaliza Ramli, Harun A. Rahim, Gous Miah, Magaji Usman   +7 more
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Evaluation of Dietary Supplement Intake (Yeast Tablets) on Pregnant Albino Rats and Their Fetuses (Implications of Yeast Tablets on Rats & Fetuses)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2018
Histopathological studies in placenta, liver, kidney, apoptotic DNA damage and p53 mutation estimation of pregnant rats and their offspring exposed to dietary supplement yeast tablets, were carried out.
Amel Ramadan Omar, Eman Youssri Salah El-Din, Heba Ali Abdelrahman, Hanan Ramadan Mohamed   +3 more
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SHEAR STRENGTH OF HEAT-TREATED TALI (ERYTHROPHLEUM IVORENSE) AND IROKO (CHLOROPHORA EXCELSA ) WOODS, BONDED WITH VARIOUS ADHESIVES

BioResources, 2009
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on the shear strength of tali (Erythrophleum ivorense) and iroko (Chlorophora excelsa) woods, bonded with some structural adhesives.
Hamiyet Sahin Kol, Günay Özbay, Suat Altun   +2 more
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Characterization of grid-connected photovoltaic systems in Curitiba, Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2018
In the search for new options for the establishment of the energy matrix of Brazil, the Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (GCPVS) are configured as an alternative to urban centers, because they allow the power generation at distributed mode, that is ...
Fabianna Stumpf Tonin, Jair Urbanetz Junior   +1 more
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Corneal Repair and Regeneration: Current Concepts and Future Directions

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019
The cornea is a unique tissue and the most powerful focusing element of the eye, known as a window to the eye. Infectious or non-infectious diseases might cause severe visual impairments that need medical intervention to restore patients' vision.
Mohammadmahdi Mobaraki, Reza Abbasi, Sajjad Omidian Vandchali, Maryam Ghaffari, Fathollah Moztarzadeh, Masoud Mozafari   +5 more
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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULOSE/HYDROUS NIOBIUM PHOSPHATE HYBRID

BioResources, 2010
In recent years, increasing attention has been directed to the use of renewable resources, particularly of sugarcane bagasse. Considering the abundant availability of such lignocellulosic materials, relatively few attempts have been made regarding their ...
Paulo H. Fernandes Pereira, Herman Cornelis Jacobus Voorwald, Maria Odila H. Cioffi, Maria Lucia Caetano Pinto Da Silva   +3 more
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SHOULD WE BE REFINING FIRST, THEN DISCARDING FINES, THEN BLEACHING?

BioResources, 2009
Pulp fibers’ bleaching technology has been developing mainly by applying increasingly intensive delignification in the cooking department and implementation of elemental-chlorine-free chemicals in the bleaching department. The resulting effluents load is
Arnis Treimanis
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Modulation of the regioselectivity of Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase via biocatalyst engineering for the Ethanolysis of oil in fully anhydrous medium

BMC Biotechnology, 2017
Background Enzymatic ethanolysis of oils (for example, high oleic sunflower oil containing 90% of oleic acid) may yield two different reaction products depending on the regioselectivity of the immobilized lipase biocatalyst.
Erick Abreu Silveira, Sonia Moreno-Perez, Alessandra Basso, Simona Serban, Rita Pestana Mamede, Paulo W. Tardioli, Cristiane Sanchez Farinas, Javier Rocha-Martin, Gloria Fernandez-Lorente, Jose M. Guisan   +9 more
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Direct effects of organic pollutants on the growth and gene expression of the Baltic Sea model bacterium Rheinheimera sp. BAL341

Microbial Biotechnology, 2019
Summary Organic pollutants (OPs) are critically toxic, bioaccumulative and globally widespread. Moreover, several OPs negatively influence aquatic wildlife. Although bacteria are major drivers of the ocean carbon cycle and the turnover of vital elements,
Christofer M. G. Karlsson, Elena Cerro‐Gálvez, Daniel Lundin, Camilla Karlsson, Maria Vila‐Costa, Jarone Pinhassi   +5 more
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