Currently, pollution due to textile materials is a crisis that threatens the whole world. Due concern for environment, our society has faced challenges when it comes finding eco-friendly substitutes fibers and leather materials. This can be achieved using renewable or recycled polymers are either readily biodegradable easily at end of product's life. Thus, material made from natural resources, ...

Abstract Background Captive rearing is often critical for animals that are vulnerable to extinction in the wild. However, few studies have investigated extent which captivity impacts hosts and their gut microbiota, despite mounting evidence indicating host health affected by microbes. We assessed influence of on microbiome Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli ), a flightless bird endemic New Zealand. ...

Reference to material in this report should be cited thus: McLennan, J. 1997. Ecology of brown kiwi and causes of population decline in Lake Waikaremoana catchment.

the oxidation of lipids change organoleptical properties, nutritional value and shelf life of oils, and produce undesirable compounds that are not safe for customer”s health. there is many methods for prevention of oxidation such synthetic antioxidants, (bha, bht, tbhq, gallatester).synthetic antioxidants, have undesirable effects such cancer, motation in human body, therefore it was removed fr...

An aerial 1080 poison operation for possums at Waipoua Forest in spring 1990 applied cereal pellets lured with cinnamon. Numbers of brown kiwi, moreporks, fernbirds, kokako and common diurnal birds were monitored before, during and after the operation, while small numbers of insects and kauri snails were tested for 1080 uptake. Of the birds only blackbird and tomtit showed possible declines aft...