The use of biostimulants has become a common practice in agriculture. However, there is little peer-reviewed research on this topic. In this study we tested, under controlled and replicated conditions, the effect of one biostimulant derived from seaweed extraction (Bio-1) and another biostimulant derived from microbial fermentation (Bio-2). This experiment utilized 2-years-old almond plants ove...

A bench-scale auger reactor was designed for use as a laboratory-scale fast pyrolyzer for producing bio-oil from Japanese cedar. An analytical pyrolysis method was performed simultaneously to determine the distribution of pyrolysis products. The pyrolysis temperature was found to have the greatest influence on the bio-oil characteristics; bio-oil yields increased as the pyrolysis temperature in...

In a previous paper, we showed that the abnormality of ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma in 10 patients with von Willebrand's disease could be corrected by a factor in normal plasma that was present in the same fractions as factor VIII procoagulant activity (antihemophilic factor, AHF, VIII(AHF)) when prepared by chromatography on Bio-Gel 5 M (Bio-Rad Laboratories,...

BACKGROUND Bio-cathode denitrifying microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a promising bio-electrochemical system (BES) where both the reactions of anodic oxidation and cathodic reduction are catalyzed by microorganisms. In this nitrogen removal process, a complete biological denitrification from nitrate (NO3 (-)) to molecular nitrogen (N2) was achieved by four reduction steps, forming nitrite (NO2 (-)),...

Bio-molecule when isolated from its natural ecological condition is subjected to rapid decay. This decay leads to change in polarization and permittivity of molecule. This study presents an experimental analysis of the decay pattern of pM concentration of insulin using whispering gallery mode (WGM) dielectric resonator (DR) method. Analysis is carried out by comparing the permittivity, relaxati...

In this study, we investigated the acid (HCl) and alkali (KOH) chemical activation of açaí seeds (Euterpe Oleraceae, Mart.) pre-treatment before pyrolysis at temperatures 350–450 °C in order to assess how reactions proceed when affected by temperature. Chemical composition bio-oil aqueous phase were determined GC-MS FT-IR. The bio-char is characterized XRD. For with KOH, XRD analysis identified...

A variety of plant-based materials can be used in innovative methods to treat water pollution through bio-adsorption. This work evaluated, under lab conditions, the presence native microorganisms orange peel (OP) and elodea (Egeria densa, ELO), aerobic degradation biostability bio-adsorbents, contribution bio-adsorption Pb (II) Cr (III). The microbial characterization OP ELO were conducted usin...

Advanced remote sensing techniques and algorithms are combined to produce and analyse an improved 12-year multi-sensor time series of bio-optical properties for the Adriatic Sea. First, a multi-sensor series of normalized water-leaving radiance is created with an optically-based merging technique applied to SeaWiFS and MODIS data. Then, two empirical algorithms, embedded in a dynamic algorithm ...

Materials and Methods Materials and characterisation. 1,2-Diphytanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPhPc) was purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids (Beijing distributor). DNA6 and DNA8 were purchased from Takara Bio Inc. (Dalian) and all the other DNA oligomers were purchased from Sangon Biotech (Shanghai). Micro Bio-Spin P6 gel columns (Tris buffer) were purchased from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA). All...

A novel bio nanocomposite of Carboxymethyl Starch (CMS)-Chitosan (CS)-Montmorillonite (MMT) was developed for Curcumin delivery. To improve Curcumin entrapment into Cs-CMS-MMT, different ratios of Chitosan (Cs), Carboxymethyl Starch (CMS) and MMT were used. Particle size and Curcumin entrapment efficiency (EE) were highly affected by different formulation variables. Polysaccharide concentration...