PURPOSE Molecular characterization of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in the bone marrow (BM) of breast cancer (BC) patients has been hindered by their rarity. To enrich for these cells using an antigen-independent methodology, we have evaluated a size-based microfiltration device in combination with several downstream biomarker assays. METHODS BM aspirates were collected from healthy volunte...

beer is the most consumed beverage after tea, carbonates, milk and coffee in the world and it continues to be a popular drink. one of the important reason for its popularity is that beer is a drink with a pleasant flavor, an attractive color and also because of its clarity. so, membrane separation technology has become widely used in the food processing industryto attain these characteristics.a...

Isolation of the industrially interesting milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) components from dairy streams is challenging, and a full exploitation their benefits can be gained by better understanding behaviour fraction during processing. In this study, microfiltration cream before churning comprehensive compositional analysis process revealed new insights on MFGM partitioning phase inversion in b...

Microfiltration and ultrafiltration are used for the purification process of stevia extract to retain steviosides remove tannins. The main objective this study was obtain operating conditions that resulted in lowest stevioside rejection highest tannin rejection. using microfiltration membrane carried out at transmembrane pressure (1.20, 1.40, 1.65, 1.80, 1.90 bar), cross flow velocity (0.04, 0....

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Many devices have been marketed in order to improve the organoleptic characteristics of tap water resulting from disinfection with chlorine derivates. The aim of the presented study was to assess the degree of contamination by non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria (NF-GNB) of drinking water dispensed from microfiltration devices at point-of-use. METHODS Water sample...

In Sarawak, a state of Malaysia on Borneo Island, clean water supply coverage is estimated to be 81.4% in 2020, whereby those without access are rural residents. Although the aims achieve full by 2025, budget limitations make this impossible. This research proposes decentralized system that harvests rainwater and river households with water. The selected study area Pelaman Monggak, village Bau ...

This study investigates the performance of an integrated osmotic and microfiltration membrane bioreactor (O/MF-MBR) system for wastewater treatment and reclamation. The O/MF-MBR system simultaneously used microfiltration (MF) and forward osmosis (FO) membranes to extract water from the mixed liquor of an aerobic bioreactor. The MF membrane facilitated the bleeding of dissolved inorganic salts a...

Low-pressure membranes (including microfiltration and ultrafiltration) for natural organic matter removal in drinking water treatment have gained increasing interest the Nordic countries. Microfiltration can produce stable quality requires less space than conventional treatment. Hollow fibre coupled with chemical coagulation was tested at a Finnish surface plant to study its feasibility environ...