Raman and ATR-FTIR unmask crystallinity changes and carboxylate group and vinyl group accumulation in natural weathering polypropylene microplastics by Raihan Anshari, Motohiro Tsuboi, Harumi Sato, Kohji Tashiro, Yukihiro Ozaki

“…The ATR-FTIR spectra of NWPP yield several major new features in the 3600 –3200 cm−1 (OH stretching), 1750–1500 cm−1 (C=O/C=C/COO− stretching), and 1150–900 cm−1 (C–O/C–C stretching) regions. …”
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Obtención y caracterización de biocarbón a partir de Eichhornia crassipes usando un prototipo de reactor de pirólisis solar by Alán Gerardo Jardón-Medina, Alejandro Ortiz-Fernández

“…[Resultados]: La optimización del rendimiento se encontró a 170 ºC con un tiempo de residencia de 171.8 min. El biocarbón presentó un poder calorífico de 17.56 MJ/kg, 20.11 % en peso de carbón fijo y 6.89 de relación C/H (carbono-hidrógeno). …”
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Chemical Composition of Date-Pits and Its Potential for Developing Value-Added Product - a Review by Hossain Mohammad Zakir, Waly Mostafa I., Singh Vandita, Sequeira Venitia, Rahman Mohammad Shafur

“…BET-monolayer (i.e. strongly bound) moisture content, solids-melting peak (at moisture: 6.7 g/100 g date-pits), and melting point of oil were 4.3 g/100 g dry-solids, 106oC, and 1.8oC, respectively. The major fatty acids were lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acids and polyphenol content varied from 21.0-62.0 mg/g date-pits depending on the varieties, types of solvent and temperature used for extraction. …”
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Optimization of Lycopene Extraction from Tomato Pomace and Effect of Extract on Oxidative Stability of Peanut Oil by Dinh Thi Tran, Lan Thi Hoang Nguyen, Cuong Ngoc Nguyen, Maarten L. A. T. M. Hertog, Bart Nicolaï, David Picha

“…The best practically feasible results maximizing both lycopene yield and antioxidant activity of the extract were obtained by applying a ratio of ethyl acetate to tomato waste of 35:1 (v/w), at a temperature of 55ºC for 100 min of extraction. The extract was then added to the peanut oil to evaluate its oxidative stability during 60 days of storage at 40ºC. …”
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Host Extinction Dynamics in a Simple Parasite-Host Interaction Model by Tzy-Wei Hwang, Yang Kuang

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Influence of pressure and time on extraction process using supercritical CO2 by Mićić V., Lepojević Ž., Mandić B., Jotanović M., Tadić G., Tolić A.

“…SFE by CO2 was performed at different pressure (80, 100, 150, 200 and 300 bar) and constant temperature of 40ºC (all other extraction conditions, such are flow rate, particle diameter of Salvia officinalis, extraction time were kept constant. …”
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Size-dependent thermodynamic description of the binary Pb-Sn system by Gierlotka W.

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Investigation of the deterioration degree of parchment marked with iron gall inks by Georgia Velivasaki

“…The samples were then subjected to artificial ageing at 80oC in the presence of humidity (RH=80%). For a reliable evaluation of results, reference samples of neighboring parchment areas (no ink, identical ageing conditions) were analyzed in parallel with SEM-EDAX, FTIR and MHT thermal analysis.…”
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Methodological performance of selenium determination in ruminal fluid by hydride generation atomic absorption spectroscopy by E.C. BRAMBILLA, S.B. CSEH, E.L. FERNÁNDEZ, S. SAN MARTINO

“…La técnica que se utilizó se basó en una digestión húmeda del fluido ruminal con HClO4 (c), H2SO4 (c) y HNO3 (c) a temperaturas que van de los 120 oC a 180 oC. Luego se realiza una prerreducción del equis con HCl al 50% y se cuantificó en el HG-AAS. …”
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Calidad de agropiro alargado (Thinopyrum ponticum) en estado vegetativo en relación con la edad y longitud de las hojas by O.N. DI MARCO, H. HARKES, M.G. AGNUSDEI

“…El ensayo se realizó en invernáculo (17± 4 ºC) en un diseño BCA (n=3) de 160 macetas por bloque. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics of Produced Water from Terminals of Some Oil Industry Facilities in Nigeria by CC Obunwo, C Chukwudi

“…The levels of the physico-chemical properties of produced water in the two locations, showed that mean temperature, pH, TDS, TSS, salinity and turbidity levels were: 24.40± 0.35oC – 25.50 ± 0.35oC; 7.49 ± 0.28 – 7.89 ± 0.30; 8428 ±2332mg/l – 9205 ± 2100mg/l; 8.50 ± 3.40mg/l – 14.30 ± 5.10mg/l; 6108± 1250mg/l – 7422 ± 2280mg/l and 16.00 ± 5.00 NTU – 37.00 ± 9.60 NTU respectively. …”
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Isotermas de adsorción y cinética de secado de ciertas hortalizas y aromáticas cultivadas en Misiones by S. V García, M.E Schmalko, A. Tanzariello

“…Las isotermas de adsorción se determinaron utilizando el método estático, exponiendo las muestras a atmósferas generadas con soluciones salinas saturadas a 30 º C hasta alcanzar el equilibrio másico. Para determinar la cinética de secado, se utilizó una capa delgada de material que fue secada en un secadero de flujo transversal a 60 º C. …”
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Effect of Drying and Broccoli Leaves Incorporation on the Nutritional Quality of Durum Wheat Pasta by Natalia Drabińska, Mariana Nogueira, Ewa Ciska, Henryk Hubert Jeleń

“…Pasta enriched with broccoli leaf powder (BLP) at 2.5% (B2.5) and 5% (B5), and control pasta without BLP (C), which differed in drying conditions: fresh pasta without drying (F), pasta dried at 50 o C for 8 h (L), and pasta dried at 80 o C for 3 h (H) were formulated. …”
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El calentamiento global y sus manifestaciones en la criósfera de las altas montañas del norte argentino. by Ana Lía Ahumada

“…Las temperaturas del siglo XX se han incrementado en la Cordillera de los Andes en 0,62o C entre 1901-1997, incrementándose en 0,4o C por encima de lo esperado durante los 90 por efecto del Calentamiento Global. …”
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Sequencing Analysis of Invasive Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Isolates Secondary to Gastrointestinal Colonization by Gaetano Maugeri, Maddalena Calvo, Dafne Bongiorno, Dalida Bivona, Giuseppe Migliorisi, Grete Francesca Privitera, Guido Scalia, Stefania Stefani

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Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics of Produced Water from Terminals of Some Oil Industry Facilities in Nigeria by CC Obunwo, C Chukwudi

“…The levels of the physico-chemical properties of produced water in the two locations, showed that mean temperature, pH, TDS, TSS, salinity and turbidity levels were: 24.40± 0.35oC – 25.50 ± 0.35oC; 7.49 ± 0.28 – 7.89 ± 0.30; 8428 ±2332mg/l – 9205 ± 2100mg/l; 8.50 ± 3.40mg/l – 14.30 ± 5.10mg/l; 6108± 1250mg/l – 7422 ± 2280mg/l and 16.00 ± 5.00 NTU – 37.00 ± 9.60 NTU respectively. …”
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EL CALENTAMIENTO GLOBAL Y SUS MANIFESTACIONES EN LA CRIÓSFERA DE LAS ALTAS MONTAÑAS DEL NORTE ARGENTINO. by Ana Lía Ahumada

“…Las temperaturas del siglo XX se han incrementado en la Cordillera de los Andes en 0,62o C entre 1901-1997, incrementándose en 0,4o C por encima de lo esperado durante los 90 por efecto del Calentamiento Global. …”
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Isolation of Aspergillus from edible-nest swiftlet feces in bird houses of Central Java by Siti Gusti Ningrum, Eykel Arief Fortuna Ginting, Indra Rahmawati

“…One milliliter of supernatant was placed onto Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) with chloramphenicol (50 mg/L) and incubated at a temperature of 25 ºC for a duration of one week. The results showed that all samples had a high percentage of Aspergillus niger (100%), Aspergillus flavus (100%), and Aspergillus fumigatus (100%) isolates. …”
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The neurosyphilis is not history. A case presentation. by Erélido Hernández Valero, Julio López Arguelles

“…He was entered and disorientation stigmas, nape rigidity and fever emerged of up to 39oC, twelve days later He was received in neurology room where, after a series of studies, he was diagnosed with neurosyphilis.…”
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Production and characterization of Al-xNi in situ composites using hot pressing by Yamanoglu R.

“…To produce in situ intermetallic formation, aluminium-nickel powder mixtures with different ratios ranging from 5 to 40 wt% Ni were consolidated at 550ºC for 15 minutes under 40 MPa pressure. The interlayer phase formed during sintering was determined using X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. …”
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