The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 resulted in serious damage to local marine and coastal environments. In addition to the physical removal and chemical dispersion of spilled oil, biodegradation by indigenous microorganisms was regarded as the most effective way for cleaning up residual oil. Different microbiological methods were applied to investigate the chang...

A comparison between the physical, chemical, microbiological and technological properties of unpackaged pork Longissimus dorsi thawed at low ultrasound intensities and the properties of pork thawed by immersion in water (control) was carried out. Concurrently, the microbiological aspects of thawed meat were analysed. Ultrasound thawing was done at a constant frequency of 25 kHz and at low ultra...

1. The effect of human and rabbit sera on the cataphoretic mobility of glass and quartz particles, and of paraffin oil droplets, was studied in serum dilutions (with 0.85 per cent NaCl) from 1:50 to 1:1,000,000, over a pH range of 3.6 to 9.3. 2. Under the conditions described, these various types of particles adsorbed protein partially or completely from the most dilute solution giving these pa...

China has been, is, and will be challenging the rest of the world to diplomatic, military and other races, not to speak of economic competition. Multiple impacts of Chinese expansion seem to be posing a new problem, which might erode the fundamental premises of the traditional theories of economic development and social transformation. Needless to say, it is not only China itself but also its t...