Solvent selection is key in extractive distillation process development and solvent effects are often predicted based on the activity coefficients at infinite dilution. For close-boiling polar systems with strong or specific interacting species, standard simulation tools, e.g. using UNIFAC or CO...

More efficient and selective extraction systems are especially attractive in the solvent extraction process. A synergistic green solvent extraction system of vanadium(V) in a black shale acid leaching solution that uses a mixture of diisooctylphosphinic acid (Cyanex272) and trialkylamine (N235) ...

The recombinant yellow fever-17D–dengue virus, live, attenuated, tetravalent dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV) is licensed in several dengue-endemic countries. Although the vaccine provides protection against dengue, the level of protection differs by serotype and warrants further investigation. We char...

Recombination-activating gene 2 (rag 2) allies with recombination-activating gene 1 (rag 1) and regulates the V(D)J recombination of immunoglobulin (Ig) and T-cell receptor (TCR) genes. Being a key player in the adaptive immune response of vertebrates, functional characterization of rag 2 from y...

Rapid development of Bohai and Yellow Sea Economic Rim has led to the concern of emerging contamination of marine environments. This study investigated the spatial distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in Bohai and Yellow Sea areas. A large scale sampling from Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea ...

The exposure of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) materials to ultraviolet (UV) light can result in the destruction of the molecular structure and consequently a reduction of their mechanical properties. In this study, polybenzimidazole (OPBI) with panchromatic UV absorption was prepared by solution po...

The removal of phenol and crystal violet dye using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) modified with deep eutectic solvent (DES) was investigated. DES (mixture of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide and glycerol) was prepared and characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C NMR). The DES was there...

Two types of ZnO nanostructures have been synthesized successfully in high yield by using either sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a capping agent via a facile and low temperture chemical precipitation method. The synthesized ZnO samples show well crystallized wurtzite he...

C.I. Acid Red 73 is a reactive azo dye with a variable potential carcinogenicity. The mechanism mediating interactions that occur between the dye and DNA have not been completely understood thus far. In this study, molecular docking techniques were applied to describe the most probable mode of D...

The reactivity of calcite in phosphoric acid solutions of concentrations between 0 and 0.5 M was monitored during 15 min with complementary in-situ and ex-situ analytical techniques such as Raman and infrared spectroscopies, XRD and SEM analysis. The Raman and infrared spectra show the character...

This work aims to study the effect of the addition of reactive or unreactive aluminosilicate sources on the geopolymerisation reaction, and therefore on the geopolymer's working properties. To this end, six formulations with different metakaolin content, as well as the potential addition of...

Low initial strength, slow strength increase, slow curing, high temperature susceptibility, poor water damage resistance, and poor storage stability are the major shortcomings of traditional cold mix asphalt (CMA). Unlike the traditional CMA, reactive liquid asphalt (RLA) was produced to overcom...

ObjectiveEpithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a protein expressed on surfaces of healthy epithelia, and is overexpressed in dysplasias and carcinomas. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) utilizing antibodies that react with EpCAM, such as MOC-31 and Ber-EP4, distinguish reactive mesothelial cells...

The present study aims at exploiting Bacillus amyloliquefaciens for the biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and also investigates role of bacterial enzymes in the biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Bacterial synthesized as well as metal doped titanium dioxide nanoparticle...

In this work, chitosan (Chi) was cross-linked with glyoxal (Gly) and deposited onto glass plate to be a superior adsorbent film for two structurally different reactive orange 16 (RO-16) and methyl orange (MO) dyes by using non-conventional adsorption system without filtration process. The charac...

Peach fruit were dipped in five different concentration hypotaurine solutions (5, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mg L−1) for 30 min.75 mg L−1 hypotaurine was selected by measuring the mesocarp browning index. Hypotaurine treatment effectively reduced the mesocarp and internal browning as well as soluble sol...

This research paper explores the high temperature gasification reactivity of brown coal char and its potential for promoting the gasification of high-ash-fusion temperature bituminous coal under entrained-flow gasification conditions. Using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the C-CO2 gasificatio...

A biosorbent was developed by mixing the macro-fungus Agaricus bisporus and Thuja orientalis cones and successfully used for the biosorption of Reactive Blue 49 (RB49) dye. The biosorbent system was evaluated in batch and continuous biosorption process. A series of batch studies was carried out ...

Biosorption potential of biomass obtained from Capsicum annuum seeds to remove a reactive textile dye from contaminated solutions was investigated. Reactive Blue 49 was chosen as model dye. Initial pH, biomass dosage, contact time, initial dye concentration and temperature were evaluated in batc...

The treatment of effluent is a fundamental part of processing of textile materials due to large volumes produced and the presence of toxic dyes in it. Micellar solubilization followed by ionic flocculation of carboxylate anionic surfactants occurs in two stages. Firstly, solubilization of organi...