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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"cashew"”.
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Molecular systematics of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae)
Anacardiaceae Lindl., the cashew family, is an economically important, primarily pantropically distributed family of 82 genera and over 700 species. This family is well known for its cultivated edible fruits and seeds (mangos, pistachios, and cashews), dermatitis causing taxa (e.g., Comocladia, …
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Effect of Starch Substitution and Fermentation Time on Volatile and Sensorial Properties in Vegan Cashew Cheese Spreads
… to their dairy counterparts. Our in-house cashew-based and fermented vegan cheeses demonstrated good flavor attributes. However, the fact that cashews are expensive greatly limits cashew vegan cheese from commercialization. To our knowledge, very little work on cashew-based fermented vegan …
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A study of cashew nut shell liquid purification and the synthesis of nonionic surfactants from the component phenols
… major phenolic lipids from natural and technical Cashew Nut-Shell Liquids were isolated by various techniques including precipitation, chemical purification, distillation, phase separation and chromatography. Cardanol, 3-pentadecyl phenol and cardol were polyethoxylated under base catalysed …
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The role of the cashew nut industry in the socio-economic development of Mongu district of western province, Zambia, 1972-2011.
… To the contrary, this study argues that the cashew nut industry had significant socio-economic effects on the local people of Mongu district. The study demonstrates that the cashew nut industry was commercialised in 1972 and grew rapidly from 1985 to 1992 under the management of the Zambia …
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Assessment of Warehouse Receipt System Role in Improving Small Holder Farmers Income; A Case of Cashew Nuts Farmers in Mtwara Region
… the small holder farmer’s income (case study cashew nuts farmers in Mtwara Region) More specifically, the study intended to analyze the relationship between production, price, storage and cashew nuts farmers income increase at Mtwara region to analyze the relationship between policy made for …
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An analysis of demand and price relationships between peanuts and cashew nuts in the United States, with emphasis on the salted nut trade
… concerns the competitive position of peanuts and cashews in the salted nut trade of the United States. The effect of the price support and production control program for peanuts is evaluated in regard to the demand and price relationships between salted peanuts and cashews. This research analyses …
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Hidrólise de resíduos lignocelulósicos utilizando extrato enzimático celulolítico produzido por Trichoderma reesei atcc 2768
… reesei ATCC 2768 cultived in shaker using cashew apple bagasse and coconut shell bagasse, as substrate for fermentation, was used to investigate the enzymatic hydrolysis of these substrates after pre-treatment with 1 M NaOH, wet-oxidation as well as a combination of these treatments. …
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A study of the mannich reaction with certain phenols, of the causes of formation of coloured products and the prevention of their occurence
… 3-pentadecylphenol and the component phenols of cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) have been prepared. Mannich bases have also been prepared from methylamine, formaldehyde with phenol and with m-cresol, from diethylenetriamine, formaldehyde and phenol, m-cresol, resorcinol, 3-pentadecylphenol and the …
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The Effectiveness of Warehouse Receipt System on Improving Smallholder Cashewnut Income in Tanzania:Case study of Tandahimba District
… system in coffee and cotton and later on in cashew in 2007 after the introduction of Warehouse Receipt Act number 10 of 2005 and its regulation of 2006. The introduction of Warehouse receipt system is part of the implementation of National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), …
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An Investigation on the Factors that Contribute to the Influence of Warehouse Receipt System on the Price of Raw Cashew nut: A case of Smallholder Growers in Mtwara Region
… the influence of WRS on the market price of raw cashew nuts (RCN). The investigation is based on the determinants of supply, demand, and productivity that affect market price under WRS. The study was conducted in Mtwara region, in southern Tanzania. Two cooperative unions were purposively …
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Molecular Mechanisms Governing the Pharmacology of LDT409 for the Treatment of Metabolic Disease
… from phenolic lipids that are abundant in cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), a by-product of the cashew nut industry. In fact, these compounds retained structural similarity to fatty acids that are known to endogenously activate PPARs. We identified several active phenolic lipid derivatives as …
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Analysis of Tanzania's Export Performance within Integration Blocks: a Revealed Comparative Advantage and Market Share Analysis Case Study of SADC.
… and significant market shares. These are cashew nuts, gold, coffee and tea. Out of these four commodities, the best performing were gold and cashew nuts both of which showed extremely high values of Revealed Comparative Advantage indices as well as market shares.The worst performing …
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Biochemical characteristics and antimicrobial potential of seed and nut oils against Staphylococcus aureus
… activities of oils and extracts from walnut, cashew and pumpkin were investigated on methicillin resistant and susceptible strain MRSA 252 and S. aureus ATCC 6538 using the disc agar diffusion technique. Results revealed that the tested bacteria were sensitive to the three oils. Walnut and …
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The financial feasibility of tree-planting under agroforestry: a case study from the Groundnut Basin of Senegal
… three agroforestry systems are: kad and millet, cashew and groundnuts, and a Eucalyptus block plantation. For each system, costs and benefits accruing to the farmer are identified and estimated. The financial attractiveness of each system is measured using two criteria: present net worth (PNW) …
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Efficacy of agroecological approaches to ameliorate trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation
… timed counts at ZBNF and agrichemical cashew orchards, and I interviewed farmers. I show that cashew flower visitation rate, and the abundance and species richness of flower visitors was higher for ZBNF than agrichemical farming. However, this did not necessarily translate into higher …
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Estudo da copolimerização de estireno e cardanol em meios homogêneo e heterogêneo
… industry, cardanol, a liquid byproduct of cashew nuts, has shown great potential. The main advantage of cardanol is the ability of changing materials hydrophobicity, and due to unsaturation, it is polymerizable. Besteti et al. (2011) showed the copolymer obtained by the reaction between …
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Sensitivity Study on Modification of Vertical Distribution of Strength and Stiffness in Wood Shear Wall Building Models
… effects and utilize the 10-parameter hysteresis CASHEW model. It is observed that the Parabolic strength distribution allows for dissipation of energy over the height of the building, has less collapse risk than other strength distributions studied, and reduces occurrence of concentrated …
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A Compositional Semantic Theory for Service Composition
… theory for a service composition language called Cashew-A. The semantic theory will be useful for both verification and execution of composite Web services.
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Analytical Modeling of Wood-Frame Shear Walls and Diaphragms
… specialized structural analysis program, such as CASHEW. The analytical responses of several shear walls and diaphragms employing this new model are validated against measured data from experimental testing. A less complex analytical model of shear walls and diaphragms, QUICK, is developed for …
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The search for small molecule inhibitors of histone acetylation
… Anacardic acid is a natural compound found in cashew nut shell liquid. Its structure<br/>consists of salicylic acid and a long hydrophobic alkyl tail, which suggests that the compound<br/>would be rather insoluble and unable to permeate cells. However, it has been discovered that<br/>anacardic …
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