We model a municipal solid waste (MSW)-to-ethanol facility that employs dilute acid hydrolysis and gravity pressure vessel technology and estimate life cycle energy use and air emissions. We compare our results, assuming the ethanol is utilized as E85 (blended with 15% gasoline) in a light-duty vehicle, with extant life cycle assessments of gasoline, corn-ethanol, and energy crop-cellulosic-eth...

introduction: bronchiectasis is a common problem in children especially under 5 years. early diagnosis of disease and its causes could be useful in early treatment and preventing probable complications. this study aimed at evaluating the cystic fibrosis (cf) in patients with  bronchiectasis. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 374 children with bronchiectasis were studied. the diagnosis was ma...

This paper is based on data compiled in the course of developing, for InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), a WTE Guidebook for managers and policymakers in the Latin America and Caribbean region. As part of this work, a list was compiled of nearly all plants in the world that thermally treat nearly 200 million tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and produce electricity and heat. An estimated ...

Concerns about acquisition of antibiotic resistance have led to increasing demand for new antimicrobial therapies. OligoG CF-5/20 is an alginate oligosaccharide previously shown to have antimicrobial and antibiotic potentiating activity. We investigated the structural modification of the bacterial cell wall by OligoG CF-5/20 and its effect on membrane permeability. Binding of OligoG CF-5/20 to ...

swMATH [?] is currently one of the most comprehensive specialized information services and search engines for Mathematical SoftWare (MSW). It was the intention of the project to support the user community by providing information about MSW and searching relevant MSW. Currently swMATH lists information of more than 13,000 items and 120,000 publications which refer to MSW. Maintaining and updatin...

Energy recovery from Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) generated in New Delhi is studied. The two options available viz., recovery of Biogas and energy due to the firing of MSW as fuel are reviewed. Continuous recovery of energy from the city’s MSW through Biogas needs a lot of planning with respect to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of landfills. The yield of Biogas with respect...

PURPOSE To evaluate the complications and visual results in a consecutive series of patients having cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the first year of life. SETTING St. Erik's Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. METHODS This retrospective study comprised 28 children (31 eyes) who had cataract surgery with primary IOL implantation. RESULTS The median age at surg...

Landslides have been classified as the most dangerous threat around world, causing huge damage to properties and loss of life. Increased human activity in landslide-prone areas has a major contributor risk landslide occurrences. Therefore, machine learning used studies develop predictive model. The main objective this study is evaluate suitable sampling ratio for model Langat River Basin (LRB) ...

The design and preparation of hydrophobic, wear-resistant, thermally conductive multifunctional composites is an important direction scientific research application. In this study, A-CF/EP/FEP were prepared by incorporating APDMS-modified carbon felt (A-CF) into epoxy resin (EP) fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) mixed resin. low surface energy FEP, good adhesion EP, the supporting framework ...