Due to their non-toxic nature, biodegradability and production from renewable resources, research has shown an increasing interest in the use of biosurfactants in a wide variety of applications. This paper reviews the characterization of rhamnolipid and sophorolipid biosurfactants based on their hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity and their ability to form microemulsions with a range of oils without ...

background: the aim was to investigate the relationships among lean mass (lm), fat mass (fm), and bone mineral density (bmd) in women stratified by body mass index (bmi) (bmi – normal-weight, overweight, obese) and to determine threshold at which body fat assumes negative relationship with bmd. methods: this was a cross-sectional study in 471 healthy caucasian women, aged 18-67 years. bmd, lm, ...

With the rapid development of edge intelligence in wireless communication networks, mobile-edge networks (MENs) have been broadly discussed academia. Supported by considerable geographical data acquisition ability mobile Internet Things (IoT), MENs can also provide spatial locations-based social service to users. Therefore, suggesting reasonable points-of-interest (POIs) users is essential impr...

Denne studien undersøker om det er en sammenheng mellom fysisk aktivitet og ensomhet blant unge studenter, kontrollert for andre faktorer som har vist seg å ha med i gruppen. Undersøkelsen utgangspunkt at følelse kan føre til rekke negative helsekonsekvenser studenter gruppe være spesielt utsatt ensomhet. Utvalget (N=1733) bestod av aldrene 18 34 år (M = 21,9, SD 2,5) der 51,4% hadde høy 44,8, ...

Two reform movements transformed American criminal law in the quarter century that began in the late 1960s. Their origins and effects were starkly different, and their conflict meant that, on core choices about the basis for criminal liability, one movement had to win and the other had to lose. The first movement was the wave of criminal code reform inspired by the American Law Institute’s Mode...

Background: One of the main reasons of environmental contaminations is the broad application of herbicides. Controlled release technologies such as encapsulation of herbicides are as an effective tool to reduce environmental contaminations. The aim of the present study was successful nanocapsulation of Gallant Super (GS), its characterization and compare the physiological responses of Spirodela...

Patrik Wyss, Shaihan J Malik, Vincent O Boer, Johanna J Bluemink, Alexander Raaijmakers, Mustafa Cavusoglu, Peter Luijten, Johannes J Hoogduin, Giel Mens, and Anke Henning Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands...

Objective: Infertility has great psychological effects on infertile couple’s marital life, especially for women during infertility treatment. Studying the important psychological factors and their relations with each other on a larger scale could rehabilitate the mental health of infertile women and facilitate the stressful process of infertility treatment. This systematic review aimed to study...

The present study explores the representation of woman’s character in literary works and also encompasses retelling Greek mythology from Madeline Miller’s female protagonist’s perspective. Gender stereotypes established by require that women must be submissive marginalized. Those characters are not according to these termed as negative characters. Moreover, this women’s stereotypical characteri...