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Advancing Sustainable Composites: Processing and Properties of Bio‐Based Epoxy Resin Reinforced With Flax Fibers

open access: yesPolymer Composites, EarlyView.
AMPRO BIO/flax fiber composites with different fiber orientations fabricated by vacuum bagging for potential use in biomedical and automotive fields. ABSTRACT Replacing traditional thermoset resins with performing bio‐based alternatives plays a crucial role in the development of new sustainable composite materials.
Elisa Toto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An insight into artisanal leather making in Ghana

open access: yesJournal of Leather Science and Engineering, 2020
The production of leather from animal skins and hides through tanning processes began in the pre-historic ages. Despite the origination of new leather making techniques such as chrome tanning which is being employed extensively today, the traditional ...
Miriam Appiah-Brempong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards zero solid waste: utilising tannery waste as a protein source for poultry feed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Zero waste is now a strongly emerging issue for sustainable industrial development where minimisation and utilisation of waste are a priority in the leather industry.
Antunes, A Paula M   +4 more
core  

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pemanfaatan tanin dari kulit kayu tingi (Ceriops tagal) sebagai bahan penyamak nabati: pengaruh penambahan alum dan mimosa

open access: yesMajalah Kulit, Karet, dan Plastik, 2015
This research aimed at determining the effectiveness of the Tingi bark’s extract as vegetable tanning material and the optimum formulations of Tingi extract for lining leather tanning, when combined with alum and mimosa.
Emiliana Kasmudjiastuti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Development of Cryogenic Method of Deep Treatment of Inulin-containing Vegetables (Topinambour) and Obtaining of Prebiotics in the Nanopowders Form [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of the work is elaboration of the principally new cryogenic method of deep processing of inulin-containing vegetables (topinambour) using cryogenic “shock” freezing and fine-dispersed comminution and getting of it nanopowders (prebiotics).There ...
Balabai, K. (Katerina)   +4 more
core  

‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source

Curtimento de peles de peixe com taninos vegetal e sintético = Tanning fish skins using vegetable and synthetic tannins

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2008
No presente experimento objetivou-se avaliar a resistência das peles de peixes submetidas ao curtimento com taninos vegetal e sintético. As peles foram distribuídas em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com seis tratamentos aplicados na etapa ...
Ariana Martins Vieira   +5 more
doaj  

Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
wiley   +1 more source

Synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering: a non-destructive technique for identifying vegetable tanned leather cultural relics

open access: yesCollagen and Leather
Leather cultural relics are valuable materials for reconstructing and understanding human civilization. However, identifying the tanning agents used in their manufacture remains challenging due to the absence of rapid, non-destructive analytical ...
Yue Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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