Purchasing and supply leaders continually search for ways to improve the quality, delivery, and cost of production inputs. Their participation in these proactive supply chain activities can be a significant driver of purchasing and supply management’s use of information technology (IT). Using a transaction cost analysis perspective, we surveyed purchasing and supply professionals at the directo...

This study is to investigate on the long term performance of submerged membrane adsorption hybrid system (SMAHS) for organic matter removal from synthetic wastewater representative of biologically treated wastewater using low dose of powder activated carbon (PAC). A simple periodic backwash system is used to declog the hollow fiber membrane. In this reactor, bioreaction takes place due to the g...

Automated carbon analyzers often are configured to provide estimates of both total organic carbon (TOC) and nonpurgeable organic carbon (NPOC). We show there can be an overestimation of total carbon in the presence of moderate to large quantities of dissolved inorganic carbon. This leads to overestimates of TOC, which is measured as the difference between total carbon and inorganic carbon. Wate...

The aim of the study was to clarify 1) the distribution of 6 α-tocopherol (α-Toc)-associated gene expressions in 20 major tissues, including metabolic, reproductive, endocrine, immune, and digestive and absorptive tissues, in relation to α-Toc status and 2) the change in expression patterns of the genes induced when α-Toc was orally administered to Japanese Black (JB) calves. This study examine...

In this study, we investigated the compositions of vitamin E tocochromanol [tocopherol (Toc) and tocotrienol (T3)] in crude refined rice bran oil (RBO) produced Japan other countries, including Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, based on high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. All RBO analyzed contained ?-, ?- ?-Toc ?- ?-T3. Japanese RBO, although not also ?-T3. Furthermore, total Toc contents...

Concern about environmental protection has increased over the years from a global viewpoint. To date, the prevalence of adsorption separation in the environmental chemistry remains an aesthetic attention and consideration abroad the nations, owning to its low initial cost, simplicity of design, ease of operation, insensitivity to toxic substances and complete removal of pollutants even from dil...