BACKGROUND Although numerous studies have used wastewater as substitutes to cultivate microalgae, most of them obtained weaker algal viability than standard media. Some studies demonstrated a promotion of phytohormones on algal growth in standard media. For exploiting a strategy to improve algal biomass accumulation in effluent from anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste (ADE-KW), the agricultura...

The potential of elasticity imaging to detect high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) lesions on the basis of their distinct biomechanical properties is promising. However, information on the quantitative mechanical properties of the tissue and the optimal intensity at which to determine the best contrast parameters is scarce. In this study, fresh canine livers were ablated using combinations ...

PURPOSE The heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) plays an important role in chaperoning oncogenic client proteins in multiple myeloma (MM) cells, and several Hsp90 inhibitors have shown antitumor activities both in vitro and in vivo. However the precise mechanism of action of Hsp90 inhibitor in MM has not been fully elucidated. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We evaluated the antitumor activities of KW-2478, a ...

Oilseed rape straw (ORS) is a kind of biorefractory waste widely existing in the rural area of China, which is highly suitable to mix with kitchen waste (KW) and duck droppings (DD) in two-phase anaerobic digestion (AD). This research introduced the importance of KW and DD addition to improve the biogas production and biodegradation of ORS. A set of comparative experiments were conducted on two...

integrated energy systems utilizing renewable sources are sustainable and environmentally substitutes for conventional fossil-fired energy systems. a new multigeneration plant with two inputs, such as biomass and solar energy, and four useful outputs, such as cooling, heating, power, and distilled water, is presented and investigated in this paper. the proposed system includes evacuated tube so...

This study investigates the emission of a heavy-duty diesel engine generator fueled with waste cooking oil (WCO)based biodiesel blends (W) and operated at 1.5 and 3.0 kW loads. A brand of pure fossil diesel was adopted as the base fuel, with 20% and 40% WCO-based biodiesel added into the based fuel to form W20 and W40 blends, respectively. The emission characteristics of PM, metals and PAHs wer...

We investigated the effect of KW-4679 ((Z)-11-[(3-dimethylamino)propylidene]-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b, e]oxepin-2- acetic acid monohydrochloride), an orally active anti-allergic drug, on antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness using two different indicators, pulmonary resistance (RL) and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn), in actively sensitized guinea pigs. Oral administration of KW-4679 (0.1 and 1...

Few investigations have been made to determine what factors influence people in withholding knowledge from their colleagues. We created a construct, knowledge withholding (KW), defined as the likelihood that individuals contribute less knowledge to others in the organization than they could. We have formulated a model, based on social exchange theory and social cognition theory, to analyze the ...

The HPLC capacity factors(k’) measured on a C18 column, using methanol-water mobile phase of different compositions, were determined for 15 heterocyclic nitrogen compounds. The linear relationship between the log k’ values and the percentage of the methanol in the eluent was studied for each compound. The log kw' values of these compounds were obtained by extrapolating the retention data in bin...