The Nile tilapia is the most productive and internationally traded food fish in the world. Many Niletilapia families are needed to develop breeding programs for this species. The aim of this study was todevelop Nile tilapia families using the Oreochromis species unique breeding characteristics (male territoryestablisher and female mouth brooders) and determine the mixing rate within each family…
In this article, the microstructures of sisal fiber composites were analyzed. The porous structure of sisal fiber, crystalline morphology of matrix and fiber distribution in composites were haracterized by Voronoi diagram. The tensile properties of composites were also measured. The results show that the maleated polypropylene compatibilizer can accelerate the formation of transcrystalline inte…
Abstract. The diminishing quality of oil feedstocks coupled with increasingly more stringent environmental regulations limiting the content of sulfur in transportation fuels have given rise to a need for improved hydroprocessing technology. This review begins with a summary of the major improvements in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) catalysts and processes that ha…
Abstract. The intermolecular interactions between the model protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and a biocompatible polysaccharide, sodium alginate, have been investigated. Both the native BSA and the heat pre-denatured BSA were utilized to study, in parallel, the effect of protein conformational change during the protein–alginate complex formation. In this work, a comparison was performe…
Abstract. A combined supercritical/subcritical technology was used as a pre-treatment and hydrolysis method for ethanol production from cellulose/lignocelluloses. In a batch study for supercritical hydrolysis, which is the primary step of the combined technology, 60 mg of microcrystalline cellulose in 2.5 ml deionized water was loaded into each reactor and heated in a salt bath at a selecte…