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... In this study, aluminum-based P-inactivation agent (Al-PIA) was used as a high-efficiency microbial carrier, and the biological Al-PIA (BA-PIA) was prepared by artificial aeration. Laboratory static experiments were conducted to study the effect of BA-PIA on reducing nitrogen and phosphorus contents in water. Physicochemical characterization and isotope tracing method were applied to analyze the r ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; density functional theory; exhibitions; topology; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks (2D COFs) have attracted considerable interest because of their potential for a broad range of applications. Different combinations of the monomeric units can lead to potentially novel materials with varying physico-chemical properties. In this study, we investigate the electronic properties of various 2D COFs with square lattice topology based on a tigh ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; Alzheimer disease; drugs; environment; models; nanocapsules; particle size; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent cause of dementia in aging people. 7-Methoxytacrine (7-MEOTA) is one of the approved drugs for the treatment of this disease. In the current study, a 7-MEOTA delivery system was prepared based on the polycaprolactone nanocapsules (7-MEOTA@PCL), and its physico-chemical properties were investigated. The drug amount loaded in nanocapsules has been estimated ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; corrosion; decontamination; electrochemistry; electrodes; liquids; mass transfer; wastes; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Molten salts such as 2LiF-BeF₂ (FLiBe) have been proposed as coolants for advanced nuclear fission and fusion reactors. Critical to the design, licensing and operation of these reactors is characterization and understanding of the chemical behavior and mass transport of activation and fission products, corrosion products, and other solutes in the coolant. Electrochemical techniques are a powerful ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; bran; feeds; health foods; milling byproducts; nutrient content; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The incorporation of cereal bran or bran constituents can improve the nutritional profile of products and serve as a means to utilize milling by-products that otherwise may only go towards feed [...] ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; mass transfer; nanofiltration; polymerization; solutes; solvents; water treatment; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Tailored design of high-performance nanofiltration (NF) membranes is desirable because the requirements for membrane performance, particularly ion/salt rejection and selectivity, differ among the various applications of NF technology ranging from drinking water production to resource mining. However, this customization greatly relies on a comprehensive understanding of the influence of membrane fa ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; dietary supplements; food research; traditional medicine; Sub-Saharan Africa; Show all 5 Subjects
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... This manuscript reviews the literature by giving a brief history of spices in general, how they played an important role in the past for the discovery of the world. The review paper gives the value of spices today then makes a difference between the group of spices on which it is focused (local, indigenous, less-known or under-utilised spices) and the conventional spices. The utilisation value of ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; bioavailability; continental shelf; gravity; magnetic susceptibility; sulfides; toxicity; Spain; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Mining activities are essential to our society, but ore extraction and treatment produce waste that must be stored in safe places without harm to the environment. For a long time, seafloor disposal has been viewed as a cheap option with barely visible impacts. In Portmán Bay, SE of Spain, large amounts of tailings from open pit sulphide mining were discharged directly into the coastal sea over 33 ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; chemical communication; density; exhibitions; heat; nitrogen content; salting; salts; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The introduction of an azo bridge into an energetic compound is an efficient strategy to improve its nitrogen content, heat of formation and detonation performances. 3,3′-(5-Methyl dinitroacetate-1,2,4-oxadiazolyl)-4,4′-azofurazan exhibits unusual reactivity with several bases while preparing its corresponding azo bridged energetic salts. These interesting phenomena were explained by both experime ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; bismuth; drugs; electrochemistry; electrodes; oxidation; riboflavin; sensors (equipment); solvents; voltammetry; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Considerations attest to the growing importance of riboflavin in food, biological, and pharmaceutical fields, accurately detecting its content is of great significance for guiding nutritional health, diagnosis/treatment of related diseases, pharmacological research, and supervision of food/drug quality. Bismuth tungstate (Bi₂WO₆) has been prepared with varied morphologies and exposed as capable el ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; design; exhibitions; gases; journals; mathematical models; membrane permeability; nanosheets; surfaces; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Research on gas separation membrane has targeted upon maximizing the selectivity and permeance. The development of 2D materials (e.g., MXene) gives a novel avenue to surpass the “trade-off” among the membrane selectivity and permeability. However, randomly stacked nanosheets and the regulation of interlayer spacing for MXene nanosheets hinder the development of MXene membrane. To this end, we desi ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; adsorption; anion exchange resins; desorption; ion exchange; models; municipal wastewater; phosphorus; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Adsorption represents one of the most promising process for phosphorous (P) removal and recovery from municipal wastewater, but questions about its long-term stability remain. The goals of this work were (i) to assess changes in morphology and adsorption performances of hybrid anion exchanger (HAIX) Layneᴿᵀ after 2.5 years of operation in a 10 m³ d⁻¹ demonstration plant fed with secondary-treated ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; area; carbon nanoparticles; carbon nanotubes; couplings; journals; metals; physical properties; synergism; wills; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have a common use as a nanostructured substrate to support and stabilize metal nanoparticles (MNPs), generating hybrid materials whose properties can be a combination of individual materials’ properties, generate synergistic effects, or even manifest new properties. Recently, it was reported that the physical and chemical properties of these hybrid nanomaterials vary depend ...
Wenjun Li; Maria Chountoulesi; Lemonia Antoniadi; Apostolis Angelis; Jiandu Lei; Maria Halabalaki; Costas Demetzos; Sofia Mitakou; Leandros A. Skaltsounis; Chengzhang Wang
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; antioxidants; films (materials); food chemistry; humans; microstructure; oleocanthal; oleuropein; olives; polyphenols; zeta potential; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Oleocanthal, oleacein, oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol comprise characteristic polyphenols of olive with high biological value. However, stability problems hinder their further investigation. Thus, in the present study they were incorporated in nanoliposomes by thin film hydration method. The particles sizes, PDI, zeta-potential and physicochemical stabilities of nanoliposomes were evaluated by ligh ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; butter alternatives; byproducts; chocolate; cocoa butter; food chemistry; mangoes; rancidity; seeds; sweets; texture; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The present finding provides a new cocoa butter substitute in confectionary, which is derived from mango by-product (mango seed kernel). The study involves physicochemical characterization and the use of GCMS, FTIR, SEM, TGA, and NMR to prove that mango seed kernel derived fat is a good substitute for cocoa butter. Its texture, organoleptic properties and rancidity were also investigated. Its prop ...
Victoria Armario-Najera; Amaya Blanco-Perera; Shilpa R. Shenoy; Yi Sun; Silvia Marfil; Jordana Muñoz-Basagoiti; Daniel Perez-Zsolt; Julià Blanco; Nuria Izquierdo-Useros; Teresa Capell; Barry R. O’Keefe; Paul Christou
... KEY MESSAGE: Rice-produced SD1 retains its physicochemical properties and provides efficient pre-exposure HIV-1 prophylaxis against infection in vitro. Scytovirin (SVN) is an HIV-neutralizing lectin that features two structural domains (SD1 and SD2) that bind to HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. We expressed SD1 in rice seeds as a potential large-scale production platform and confirmed that rice-deriv ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; accidents; dry deposition; human health; iodine; liquids; models; nuclear power; particle size; power plants; radioactivity; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The volatile nuclides, ¹³¹I, ¹³²I, and ¹³²Te, which were released in large quantities during the early stage of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, are the most dominant ones in determining the impact on the public and the environment. Since the behavior of these nuclides in the environment and their effects on human health differ depending on their physicochemical forms, it is ne ...
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; acid orange 7; decolorization; ecological balance; electrical conductivity; electron transfer; hydrochars; magnetism; oxidoreductases; sewage sludge; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A novel magnetic hydrochar synthesized from Fenton sludge (FS) and sewage sludge (SS) was employed in the anaerobic decolorization of acid orange 7 (AO7). The stable presence of Fe₃O₄ in magnetic hydrochar was confirmed by physicochemical characterization. The degradation efficiency of AO7 in the anaerobic system with the addition of hydrochar prepared in an optimal proportion (SS:FS=1:3, named as ...
Dilpreet Singh; Antonella Marrocco; Wendel Wohlleben; Hae-Ryung Park; Avantika R. Diwadkar; Blanca E. Himes; Quan Lu; David C. Christiani; Philip Demokritou
physicochemicalproperties, etc ; aerosols; cytotoxicity; epithelium; humans; lungs; occupational health and safety; particulates; risk; sequence analysis; toxicology; working conditions; Show all 12 Subjects
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... The present study investigates potential nanomaterial releases and occupational health risks across the lifecycle of nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs), namely, insulations and coatings. We utilized real-world degradation scenarios of a) sanding (mechanical), b) incineration (thermal), and c) accelerated UV-aging (environmental) followed by incineration. Extensive physicochemical characteriza ...
... Composting, as an effectively bio-oxidative process, has been widely used for converting organic waste to organic fertilizer. However, the low fertilizer efficiency of composting product limited its application in agriculture. To improve the growth-promoting effect of composting product, the present study investigated the bioaugmentation strategy of inoculating indole-3-acetic-acid (IAA)-producing ...