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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"PEELS"”.
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Valorization of banana peels to obtain a bioplastic from acetylated starch
… the total. Among these organic wastes are banana peels, which can be valorized to be transformed into bioplastic. The objective of this research is to develop a bioplastic film on a laboratory scale, from the starch extracted from banana peels using the acetylation method. To evaluate the quality …
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Fracture path transitions in peels tests of medium carbon steel spot welds
Fracture path transition, from interfacial fracture to a pulled button, in peel tests of spot welds in SAE 1039 steel was evaluated to determine the controlling material properties. Welds were tested in the as welded condition and after tempering at various temperatures to develop a range of …
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Impact of Phytosanitary Irradiation on Polar Antioxidants in Peels of ‘Granny Smith’ Apples
… antioxidant capacity in ‘Granny Smith’ apple peels. The results indicated that there were no significant changes in vitamin C content immediately following irradiation. However, after four months of storage, gamma-treated peels showed a decrease in ascorbic acid and an increase in …
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Green approach to treat institutional wastewater by using cassava peels starch (CPS) as coagulant aid
The quality of water is superior for the stability of the ecosystem. Institutional wastewater contains pollutants and exceed the level of contaminants beyond standards. Applications of natural coagulants are widely in practice due to abundant source, low price, environment-friendly and rapid …
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Effect of location and drying methods on nutrient composition, apparent digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of South African Mutton Merino Lambs fed different levels of dried marula fruit peels
… on nutrient composition of dried marula fruit peels and apparent digestibility, and growth performance as well as carcass characteristics of South African mutton merino lambs fed different levels of dried marula fruit peels. Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) is a medium sized tree belonging to the …
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Comparison of Chlorophyll, Carotenoid, and Alpha-tocopherol in E-beam, Gamma, and X-ray Treated 'Granny Smith' Apples
… modality on the lipophilic antioxidants in peels of ‘Granny Smith’ apples. Freshly harvested ‘Granny Smith’ apples were treated with gamma (0.2 kGy), X-ray (0.495 kGy), and e-beam (0.77 kGy) radiation and stored in air at 1 ⁰C for up to four months. Non-irradiated apples were used as control …
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Guard Cell Regulation of Stomatal Response: Chloroplast Function and Abscisic Acid Metabolism in Guard Cells of Commelina Communis and Vicia Faba
… purified guard cells by sonication of epidermal peels of Vicia faba L. and by treatment at pH 4 of epidermal peels of Commelina communis L. The guard cells were free of mesophyll cells and chloroplasts and of living epidermal cells as shown by fluorescence microscopy and uptake of neutral red. …
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Identification, quantification and nutritional characterization of agro-industrial by products in Namibia as potential supplements of the bush-based feeds
… cake) and four horticultural by-products (potato peels, herb wastes, cull vegetables, and winery and spirits by-products). Cereal by-products can be available throughout the year and majority is sold at a price range of N$0.20-N$2.90/kg. Pearl millet bran and hominy chop had the highest yearly …
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Rice preparation for cadmium and arsenic reduction while maintaining a healthy microbial load
… use of food waste materials, orange and lemon peels, were evaluated for their adsorption capacities by pre-soaking specified amount of adsorbent and water in the rice grain. Both materials resulted to be efficient for the adsorption of both cadmium and arsenic, although to varying degrees, with …
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Optimization of heterogeneous bio-based catalysts and synthesis of inorganic equivalent for large-scale biodiesel production
… eggshells, cow bones, fish scales and banana peels were investigated, characterized and optimized to manufacture high performing Lewis base catalysts to obtain high biodiesel yield in a transesterification reaction. Initially eggshell, fish scale and cow bone catalysts all of which are …
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Corporate Social Responsibility To-Come: A Derridean Interruption of Transparency
… from the Triple Bottom Line, this dissertation peels back the underlying rhetoric of planet, people, profit to discover an ethical project with gaps, fissures, and inconsistencies, in need of a future-oriented version that lives up to this challenge CSR sets out for itself in such precarious …
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Depositional and Diagenetic History of the Middle Ordovician Carbonates of the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia
… deposition and subsidence. Two-hundred acetate peels from six measured stratigraphic sections in Shenandoah County, Virginia were examined to interpret the depositional and diagenetic history. Two major lithofacies have been recognized within the New Market Limestone and three have been …
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Effect of Simulated Tidal Patterns on Growth and Growth Line Formation in the Little Neck Clam, PROTOTHACA STAMINEA
… and 3 tides per day) for forty-one days. Acetate peels of shell cross sections were used for growth line counting. Photomicrographs and measurements showed a striking difference in the growth and number of growth lines between the 4 tidal groups. Generally, those with the least number of tidal …
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The Race to Presidency: Toward Race and Citizenship in "A More Perfect Union"
… I approach Obama’s use of myth and narrative peels back revelations about ideology and race in America. Ultimately, Obama rhetoric unveils the assumptions and biases of Whiteness in American ideology. These assumptions of Whiteness that presuppose the Dream apply to our understanding of …
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Growth Lines in CHIONE FLUCTIFRAGA and PROTHACA STAMINEA (Bivalvia): Precision of Counting and Comparisons of Size, Age, Intertidal Location and Taxa
… were re-collected after 47 days. Acetate peels of shell cross sections were use for growth line counting.</p> <p>Precision of counting was analyzed·by having six persons count lines on the same specimens. There was a significant difference between counters on number of lines per specimen, …
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Ontogenic Resistance To Uncinula Necator In Developing Berries Of Grapevine (Vitis Spp.): Using Germplasm Diversity To Study The Mechanism
… investigation of protein expression of berry peels correlated to the gain of resistance. The protein expression profiling was successful in identifying 142 proteins differentially expressed during early berry development from four selected genotypes of Vitis, including 45 whose expression most …
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Effectiveness of Neighbourhood Based Organizations in Solid Waste Management: The Case Study of Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania
… most waste came from food remains and vegetable peels (p= 0.282), broken glass (p= <0.001), textiles (p=<0.001), kitchen waste (p=0.001), and paper wrappers (p=0.512). Frequent collection of wastes is required because they were generated in the large quantity and most of them are biodegradable. …
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3D print quality in the context of PLA color
… dimensional tolerance, how easily the raft peels from the print, and the surface roughness. The thermal properties of the different colors of PLA were analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) up to 230° C. The integrals of peaks and troughs from the DSC - representing heat …
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Desenvolvimento e otimização do processo de extração de pectina a partir do resíduo de maracujá da caatinga (Passiflora cincinnata Mast.) utilizando tecnologia do ultrassom de alta intensidade
… would be through the use of fruit and vegetable peels from the food chain, to extract high-value bioactive molecules such as pectins, structural anionic heteropolysaccharides that have potential for application in numerous areas. Conventional or traditional pectin extraction methods have numerous …
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Plantas Medicinais usadas pela População do Município de Sertãozinho – Paraíba: um Recurso Didático no Ensino Médio.
… number of indications of therapeutic uses. The peels and the roots went to the parts predominantly consumed. The didactic collection is initially composed by 28 species and it will be enlarged along the time by the students. In the same way that the small stonemason with the planting of the …
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