Abstract This study aimed to explore and improve the different economic values of Pinus koraiensis (Siebold Zucc.) by examining variations in 6 growth traits 9 physicochemical wood properties among 53 P. half-sib families. Growth assessed included height, diameter at breast volume, degree stem straightness, form, branch number per node, while density, fiber length width, width ratio, cellulose,...

This study was conducted to find the effects of fruit ripening and extraction method on the quantity and quality of the Koroneiki olive oil. The oil samples extracted in six ripening stages were used for further quality analysis. Quality assessment of the oil was conducted according to the standard methods and the composition of fatty acids was measured by gas chromatography. The results showed...

The shrinking water supply together with our continuously increasing demand for this resource has stimulated a renewed interest in reverse osmosis (RO) as a water treatment unit process. A wider use of RO membranes, however, is impeded by a group of phenomena that lead to permeate flux decline, deterioration of permeate water quality, shortening of membrane life, and thus to a substantial incre...

Chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae play an important role in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. The study focuses on Chironomidae trophic guilds and morphological types as indicator traits reconstructions habitat changes shallow water bodies. Mentum ventromental plates are mouthparts whose shape depends food type feeding behavior. strongly vary the mode life habits, representing almost ...

Feeding agro-industrial by-products and unconventional forages, rich in potentially anti-nutritional factors, may influence the quality of the raw milk and the dairy products prepared therefrom. The aim of the present study was to determine side-effects on physicochemical properties of milk, yoghurt and cheese of feeding diets where one third were feeds either rich in lipids (tomato pomace and ...

As indicated by its title, the book ‘Chemistry for Environmental Scientists’ aims at covering a very broad field of knowledge. After a short and general introduction, it is divided in four chapters, namely ‘Chemistry under environmental conditions’, ‘Fundamentals of physical chemistry’, ‘Chemistry of the elements and its [sic] compounds in the environment’ and ‘Chemical processes in the environ...

Bernd Zimmermann,1 Kristina Chadova,2 Diemo Ködderitzsch,2 Stefan Blügel,1 Hubert Ebert,2 Dmitry V. Fedorov,3,4 Nguyen H. Long,1 Phivos Mavropoulos,1 Ingrid Mertig,3,4 Yuriy Mokrousov,1,* and Martin Gradhand5,† 1Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, Germany 2Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University Mun...