Biodiversity in ecosystems is threatened by plastic waste, a significant pollution problem. The research aims to use plastic, Pleorotus ostreatus mycelium, and sugarcane bagasse develop an eco-friendly biomaterial. preparation consisted of three phases: (1) Treatment the underlying layer, (2) inoculation fungus (three different concentrations: 15%, M1; 20%, M2; 25%, M3), (3) dehydration physica...

This paper investigates the effect of filling polystyrene foam beads (EPS) on foaming temperature regulation rigid polyurethane (RPUF) composites and describes change process first 400 s reaction for two systems with high low RPUF. Different contents expandable EPS were used to regulate RPUF reduce internal structural defects composite material caused by excessive which is effectively optimized...

Self-organizing maps (SOM) have been successfully applied in many fields of research. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of SOM-based method for the analysis of Expandable PolyStyrene (EPS) batch process. To this end, a data set of EPS-batch process was used for training a SOM. Reference vectors of the SOM were then classified by K-means algorithm into six clusters, which represent product t...

We studied exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by Halomonas ventosae and Halomonas anticariensis, two novel species of halophilic bacteria. Under optimum environmental and nutritional conditions, H. ventosae strains Al12(T) and Al16 excreted 28.35 mg and 28.95 mg of EPS per 100 ml of culture medium (34.55 and 38.6 mg of EPS per gram of dry cell weight) respectively. The molecular masses of the p...

Abstract Oblique impact is the most common situation that cyclists experience during traffic accidents which human head undergoes both linear and rotational (angular) accelerations. Angular acceleration of known to be linked majority traumatic brain injuries. This paper proposes various solutions mitigate angular accelerations an anisotropic column/matrix composite foam design effective. smart ...

Abstract Solid walls are a common feature of the pre-1919 Victorian housing stock in England, however their construction results considerable heat loss, and thus large heating requirements. wall insulation these would improve energy efficiency, turn should reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, additional needed comes with an embodied carbon cost. Current studies about whole life performance...