agricultural waste fibers have been found to be suitable as reinforcement in cement-based composites, but studies on oil palm fiber as reinforcement in gypsum-cement wall panels are scarce. a mixture of two equal weights of gypsum and cement, with water-binder ratios of 0.45 and 0.55 were prepared. in each mix a varying percentage of fiber contents of 2%, 3% and 4% by weight of the binders were...

Background and Objectives: The extruded snacks with high content of calorie and fat and low content of protein, fiber is considered as a deleterious and harmful foodstuff for most of the consumers. Today, various techniques have been proposed to improve the quality of snacks. The use of fruits processing by-products to extruded snacks is one of the most important technologies that is proposed. ...

in order to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative forage characteristics of different sainfoin ecotypes, a field experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications at the research station of agricultural college of shahrekord university. in this experiment, the amount of wet and dry weight of above-ground plants, plant height, and the protein and f...

A series of studies were conducted to investigate the effect of LCP inclusion on the processability of short glass fiber reinforced toughened nylon 6,6. The objective was to identify the role of each component phase and obtain composite synergism arising from a multi-component system. It was found that a hybrid composite offered superior processability over the glass fiber reinforced polymers a...

Research has shown that consumption of high fiber breakfast cereal is associated with improved subjective well-being, especially increased energy. One possible explanation of these results is through metabolism by gut bacteria and concomitant production of metabolites that influence psychological and gastrointestinal (GI) welfare. This was examined in the present study to determine whether cons...

the importance of dietary fiber in normal and therapeutic diets has been acknowledged by numerous authors in recent years. dietary fiber has different physiological effects on human health. the recommended daily intake of dietary fiber is about 30 g, but less than this is often consumed. wheat bran is an excellent source of dietary fiber and is used to fortify foods. the nutritional benefits of...

The mechanical properties of newly developed aspen fiber–polypropylene composites (APC) were experimentally explored and numerically predicted at the temperatures and humidity that are typical for domestic housing applications. The mechanical properties of APCs with five different fiber-loadings were evaluated at the room temperature, 4 �C, and 40 �C. Environmental effects on the mechanical pro...