in this research, water and steam absorption behavior and also effect of maleic anhydride polypropylene (mapp) on these behaviors in wood fiber-polypropylene composite were compared. for this purpose, the composites were manufactured from 60% fibers and 40% polypropylene in presence and absence of ma. the oven dried samples with dimensions of 2.5×2.5×1 cm were immersed in distilled water and ex...

Red mud (RM) was produced during alumina production from bauxite known as the Bayer process. Arsenic was detected in the solid phase of RM (RMsf) which was disposed in the disposal area. This study investigates the effectiveness of using Zero-valent iron (ZVI), ferrihydrite, ferrous sulfate (FeSO4), waste acid (WA) or CO2 for immobilization of arsenic in the RMsf. To test the effect of the amen...

The mechanism(s) underlying stress-induced colonic hypersensitivity (SICH) are incompletely understood. Our aims were to assess the acute and delayed (24 h) effect of water avoidance (WA) stress on visceral nociception in awake male Wistar rats and to evaluate the role of two stress-related modulation systems: the substance P/neurokinin-1 receptor (SP/NK(1)R) and the corticotropin-releasing fac...

A new in vitro experimental system was developed to study the morphogenesis of discrete regions of a single extraradical mycelium of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus intraradices, growing simultaneously in six different agar-based media. The media were (i) unamended water agar (WA), (ii) WA+PO(4)(3-) (PO(4)(3-)), (iii) WA+NO(3)(-) (NO(3)(-)), (iv) WA+NH(4)(+) (NH(4)(+)), (v) WA+NH(...

In this study 98 rhizospheric actinomycetes were isolated from different wheat and tomato fields, Punjab, Pakistan. The isolates were characterized morphologically, biochemically, and genetically and were subjected to a comprehensive in vitro screening for various plant growth promoting (PGP) traits. About 30% of the isolates screened were found to be the promising PGP rhizobacteria (PGPRs), wh...

hydrothermal treatment of wood material products with many interesting properties such as enhanced dimensional stability, lower equilibrium moisture content and increased biological durability. the effects of hydrothermal treatment on dimensional stability, oven dry density and water absorption of beech wood (fagus orientalis) naturally grown, has been studied in present research that extremely...

Estimates of streambed water flux are needed for the interpretation of streambed chemistry and reactions. Continuous temperature and head monitoring in stream reaches within four agricultural watersheds (Leary Weber Ditch, IN; Maple Creek, NE; DR2 Drain, WA; and Merced River, CA) allowed heat to be used as a tracer to study the temporal and spatial variability of fluxes through the streambed. S...

This research studied the effect of recycled steel fibers extracted from twisted cable waste on fresh and hardened states high-performance concretes. Accordingly, slump, water absorption (WA), compressive strength (CS), flexural (FS), split tensile (STS) were measured in laboratory using mixtures generated by response surface methodology (RSM). The RSM-based central composite design (CCD) was u...

Figure 1: Trace/3 ADC, FA and RA maps of Cho, Cr, NAA and water in subject 1. 7040 Age Dependence of the Metabolite Diffusion Tensor in Human Brain using Proton-Echo-Planar-Spectroscopic-Imaging Alec Landow, Elena Ackley, Stephen R. Dager, Dennis Shaw, Mindy Dixon, and Stefan Posse Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Department of Neuro...

nanocomposites based on polyamide 6/polypropylene  )pa6/pp 67/33) blend containing 2.5 to 10 phr of nano-caco3  and 5 phr of maleated polypropylene )pp-g-mah) as compatibilizer were prepared by melt compounding followed by injection molding. the mechanical properties, water absorption, as well as shrinkage behavior were characterized and the morphology was studied using scanning electron micros...