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In this study, thermal-chemical and biodegradation behaviour of green composites based on flax fibres untreated and treated with alginic acid treated, and poly hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate (PHBV) were studied under composting ...
Steenkamp, Paul A; Steenkamp, Lucia H(Elsevier Science BV, 2019-08)
Organic extracts (methanol:acetonitrile (1:1 v/v)) of the dried and grounded secondary tubers of Devil's Claw, Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn., produced extracts rich in iridoid glucosides. An UPLC-MS ...
Seaweeds are found abundance in most seashores. They contain relatively high lipid contents and are exhibiting medicinal properties. The present work focused on the use of seaweed species Ulva linza, U. tubulosa, U. fasciata, ...
Chicken feathers were separated into barb and rachis fractions and subject to analytical pyrolysis at 550°C in order to identify the protein degradation products and potential toxic compounds that could arise. Under these ...
Keratin-based waste materials such as wool and waste chicken feathers are driving investigations to beneficiate them. The poultry industry in South Africa generates about 230 million kg of waste chicken feathers per annum, ...
Nonwoven fabrics are mostly used in modern disposable hygienic products where their primary purpose is to offer excellent absorbency as well as comfort to consumers. Scientists, both on the academic and industrial level, ...
Nolan, M; Schulman, M; Botha, A; Human, A; Roth, Robin L; Crampton, Michael C; Bertschinger, H(Elsevier, 2019-02)
Commercial and regulatory limitations associated with native porcine zona pellucida (pZP) vaccines formulated with Freund’s adjuvants may be overcome by developing effective recombinant ZP vaccines (reZP) and identifying ...
Kekana, Petrus T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, D(NISCAIR, 2019-02)
Ultrafiltration of black liquor was studied in three different modules, namely, radial cross flow, rectangular cross flow and stirred cell over a wide range of operating conditions. Effects of different cut-off membranes ...
Absorbent hygiene products are made up of different types of raw materials, renewables and non-renewables, to create the absorbent core which acts as a fluid storage structure in the product. With the addition of superabsorbent ...
Sunburn is a physiological disorder that affects the visual quality of apple (Malus Domestica) fruit. In South Africa, producers estimate yield losses of up to 50% in green cultivars due to sunburn damage. Recent research ...
This chapter provides the results of the research conducted in South Africa on Banana fruits - ripe, rejected at packaging site, banana peels from rejected fruits at packaging site, cattle manure collected at pasture land, ...
Kok, E; Van Dijk, J; Voorhuijzen, M; Staats, M; Lommen, A; Venema, D; Pla, M; Barros, Maria EC(Elsevier, 2019-09)
The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess potato omics profiles of new varieties for meaningful differences from analogous profiles of commercial varieties through the SIMCA one-class classification model. ...
Environmental concerns, rapid oil consumption, the high price of oil, and limited oil reserves are driving research into cheap, biodegradable, sustainable, renewable, and abundantly available green materials. Waste chicken ...
The threat of oil pollution increases with the development of large-scale off-shore petroleum industrial activities. Recently, reducing waste materials through reuse has contributed to sustainable manufacturing in many ...
Deep Learning has become a common applied technique to improve results in a variety of detection scenarios, including Synthetic Aperture Radar ship detection. One of the most common Deep Learning techniques, Convolutional ...
As part of a broader objective to extract cellulose from sawdust waste material for the production of nano-crystalline cellulose, conventional industrially available processes such as the Kraft and pre-hydrolysis Kraft ...
Mango seed, a waste material that is disposed of after consumption of mangos, was studied for its potential use as a resource for extraction of starch. The study revealed that mango seeds are a good source of starch: ...
The suitability of different technology solutions for the beneficiation of biowaste is dependent on the physical and chemical properties of the specific waste stream. This research was undertaken as part of the EU FP7 ...
Increasing consumption of chicken results in generation of large amounts of wastes that need to be disposed of properly. Chicken feathers constitute about 5–10% of the weight of the chicken and thus they comprise a significant ...
The present chapter is focused on the development of environmentally friendly materials (biodegradable plastics) from recycled petroleum based plastics. Petroleum based plastics are collected from the landfill sites, washes, ...