Polymers used in textiles were found to be effective as actuator materials with large deformation. Particularly, the polymers with low dielectric constants used to be considered inactive to electric field were turned out to be efficient actuator materials. They were classified into three types; (1) polymer gels swollen with solvents, (2) plasticized polymers, (3) bulk polymers. From the viewpoi...

Half lives of a range of Lepidopteran sex pheromone components incorporated into plasticized polyvinylchloride (PVC)-resin formulations were determined under a range of conditions in a laboratory wind tunnel and in the field in Egypt, Pakistan and India. Increasing aliphatic chain length by two methylene groups increased half lives by a factor of approximately 7.5 at 27 1C. Half lives of satura...

DB is a whitish to yellowish resin, characterized initially in terms of solubility, acid value, molecular weight (Mw), polydispersity index (Mw/Mn) and glass transition temperature (Tg). Neat plasticized films of DB (Damar Batu) are investigated for mechanical, water vapor transmission and moisture absorption properties. To improve the mechanical properties of the free films dibutyl sebacate, a...

Soft denture liners are used in complete and partial removable dentures to distribute functional loads homogeneously on the denture-bearing tissues. These materials are recommended in cases of irregular bone resorption, bony undercuts, thin atrophic mucosa, immediate prosthesis, healing after implant placement, and for patients with bruxism and xerostomia. The resilient lining materials can be ...

In this study, Damar Batu (DB) − a novel biomaterial− is evaluated for its potential application in pharmaceutical coating. DB is a whitish to yellowish resin, characterized initially in terms of solubility, acid value, molecular weight (Mw), polydispersity index (Mw/Mn) and glass transition temperature (Tg). Neat plasticized films of DB are investigated for mechanical, water vapor transmission...

Why is it that different organisms do so many different things with sulfur?  Sulfur exists in many different oxidation states  Reduced sulfur is required for many biomolecules  Sulfur forms can serve as an electron sources or as electron acceptors  Oxidation states of sulfur  Sulfur assimilation in bacteria and yeasts  Sulfur-containing biomolecules  Sulfide Oxidation  Sulfate Reduction...

in order to study the effect of different levels of nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers on yield, yield components, content of some elements, qualitative and quantitative traits of spring safflower (serin cv.) an experiment was conducted at agriculture and natural resource research station of ardabil in 2008. this experiment was carried out in factorial experiment in completely randomized block des...

Biodesulfurization of coal has been carried out in batch culture of single strain and mixed culture of sulfur oxidizing bacteria. The pure cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Thiobacillus ferrooxidans utilized inorganic sulfur content of Malaysian coal. The chemolithotroph bacteria were able to grow on coal and metabolize the coal's sulfur content. The batch cultures of coal with 3-5 perce...

Lambs fed semipurified diets supplemented with DL-methionine, hydroxy analog of methionine, calcium sulfate, sodium sulfate or elemental sulfur gained faster, consumed more dry matter, and digested and retained greater weights of nitrogen and sulfur (P<.01) than lambs fed a sulfur deficient diet. Lambs fed a sulfur deficient diet had severe weight losses in 40 days and were removed from the exp...