The development of antimicrobial coatings for footwear components is of great interest both from industry and consumer's point of view. In this work, antimicrobial leather materials were developed taking advantage of chitosan intrinsic antimicrobial activity and film forming capacity. Considering the specificities of the leather tanning industry, different coating technologies, namely drum, cal...

OBJECTIVES To introduce the Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence's new Knowledge Integration using Web-based Intelligence (KIWI) technology, and to pefrom preliminary evaluation of the KIWI technology using a case study. The purpose of this new technology is to support surveillance activities by monitoring unstructured data sources for the early detection and awareness of potential p...

Sample 1: insole from black boot 120 Sample 2: tissue lining leather of black boot 640 Sample 3: insole from red boot 11 Sample 4: tissue lining leather of red boot 1.3 or leather sofas and armchairs manufactured in China. This substance has a wide-spectrum biocide activity and it is contained in paper bags, and progressively it can evaporate and contaminate the leather, textiles, food, cosmeti...

Received: February 25, 2016 Revised: May 08, 2016 Accepted: June 16, 2016 Abstract: Background: The leather industry contributes vast amounts of pollution damaging to aquatic and terrestrial environments. Leather dust is a chromium-contaminated waste produced from the shaving and buffering processes involved in leather tanning. Microorganisms have been investigated for their usefulness in biore...

Brazil is a country that has vast wealth of fruit species and using natural products as tool for teaching been reported an interesting possibility student learning. Objective: The objective this work to present DNA extraction protocol in Science teaching. Methodology: methodological proposal consists the genetic material accessible low-cost materials, namely: a) passion fruit; b) Tomato; c) Pap...

Animal skin that has been processed to retain its flexibility, toughness, and waterproof nature is known as leather, and the leather industry is New Zealand's seventh largest industry. New Zealand leather is made by processing the skins of animals slaughtered in the meat processing industry, and hence the majority of skins tanned are those of sheep and cattle. Animal skins are converted to leat...

While the efficacy of classical subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) has been proven by a multitude of double-blind placebo-controlled trials for various allergens and clinical conditions such as allergic rhinoconjuncitivis, allergic bronchial asthma or insect venom anaphylaxis, patients suffering from food allergy are still left with the simple recommendation of avoidance. This ...

Uttarakhand, a state in the northern region of India which is traversed by Himalayas, grows variety horticultural crops (e.g., fruits, vegetables, spices, and flowers) experienced with large-scale horticulture production at national and/or international levels. Due to wide variation climatic conditions growing patterns, its pattern varies from harvest one province another terms range, productio...

A large case-control study of bladder cancer (2982 cases; 5782 controls) included information about occupational exposure to leather. Occupational histories of exposed white study subjects were reviewed and 150 were determined to have had "true" on the job exposure to leather. The odds ratio estimate (OR) of bladder cancer associated with such exposure in white subjects (n = 8063) was 1.4 (95% ...