The aim of this study is to investigate the mineralization of C.I. Acid Orange 7 (AO7) by biological process in oxygen limited condition under GAC-biofilm configured sequencing batch reactor (SBCR) operation. The granular activated carbon (GAC) used was immobilized with azo dye-degrading microbe...

The decolorization of C.I. Acid Orange 7 (AO7), an anionic monoazo dye of acid class was investigated using UV/H2O2 process in an annular continuous-flow photoreactor (ACFP) as a function of oxidant, dye concentrations, reactor length and volumetric flow rate. The removal efficiency of AO7 was a...

This study discusses the possibility of using corona pre-treated polypropylene (PP) non-woven fabric as a support for immobilization of colloidal TiO2 and Ag nanoparticles in order to remove dye C.I. Acid Orange 7 from aqueous solution. Dye removal efficiency by sonocatalysis, photocatalysis and...

A novel process in which electrochemistry (EC) was coupled with ferrous ion activation of peroxydisulfate (Fe2+/S2O82−) was proposed for the decolorization of Acid Orange 7. In this process, the reaction between peroxydisulfate and externally added ferrous ion results in the production of sulfat...

IntroductionNitric oxide (NO) deficiency is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Nitrite, a NO donor, is considered as a new therapeutic agent in diabetes. This study aims at determining effects of long-term nitrite administration on browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) in type 2 diabe...

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is specialized in heat production, but its metabolism in ob/ob mice is still a matter of debate. We aimed to verify ob/ob mice BAT using C57Bl/6 male mice (as the wild-type, WT) and leptin-deficient ob/ob mice (on the C57Bl/6 background strain), at three months of age ...

Reliable data on polyphenol in teff, an increasingly important food crop, is currently lacking. This study investigated the structural and quantitative profile of soluble and bound polyphenols in white and brown teff grown in Ethiopia and USA using LC-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. Thirty-...

The hydrogen bonds between water and oxygen-containing functional groups are key factors controlling water re-adsorption and drying behaviour of brown coal. However, the changes of hydrogen bonds are hard to investigate because of the overlap of H2O IR vibration bands with those due to coal hydr...

To treat obesity, suppression of white adipose tissue (WAT) expansion and activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) are considered as potential therapeutic targets. Recent advances have been made in the induction of brown fat-like adipocytes (beige) in WAT, which represents an attractive potentia...

AimsType 2 diabetes and obesity are associated with chronic hypoxia, which contributes to adipose tissue dysfunction and development of insulin resistance and metabolic disorders. We assessed long-term effects of hyperoxia on browning of adipocytes and carbohydrate metabolism in a murine model o...

Propolis, a resin produced by bees, is widely used in industrial products, including food, cosmetics, supplements, and pharmaceuticals. Extracts (ethanolic and hydroethanolic) and fractions, yielded by accelerated solvent extraction methodology, were obtained from different samples of Brazilian ...

The CO2/CH4 adsorption behaviors in brown coal at the temperatures of 298, 313, and 373 K and in the pressure range of 0.005–10 MPa were investigated by molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), and grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations. The absolute adsorption isotherm...

The stoichiometric dissociation constants of carbonic acid (K1C∗ and K2C∗) were determined by measurement of all four measurable parameters of the carbonate system (total alkalinity, total dissolved inorganic carbon, pH on the total proton scale, and CO2 fugacity) in natural seawater and seawate...

Being plentiful and readily available in many parts of the world, brown coal is probably one of the most potential substitutes for activated carbon. Many reports include the brown coal drying stage prior to adsorption despite the fact that it may lead to coal shrinkage and reduction of its pore ...

A simple and fast analytical method for the determination of Cr, Pb and Cd in brown sugar by GF AAS using slurry sampling was developed and in house validated for the first time. Analytical curves were prepared by external standardization for Cr, and by matrix simulation for Pb and Cd and they w...

SummaryRecent research focusing on brown adipose tissue (BAT) function emphasizes its importance in systemic metabolic homeostasis. We show here that genetic and pharmacological inhibition of the mevalonate pathway leads to reduced human and mouse brown adipocyte function in vitro and impaired a...

A novel method for producing germinated brown rice (GBR) was developed by cyclic cellulase conditioning and germination treatment. Changes in the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content and the cooking and taste qualities of GBR were analysed. The results indicated GABA accumulation reached its high...

This work explored the potential of magnetic sawdust carbon nanocomposites for cationic dyes removal from aqueous medium. EDTA modified magnetic sawdust carbon nanocomposites ([email protected]3O4/SC ncs) were prepared by biogenic green reduction and precipitation approach. The surface propertie...

The main objective of this work was to investigate the biosorption performance of nonviable Penicillium YW 01 biomass for removal of Acid Black 172 metal-complex dye (AB) and Congo Red (CR) in solutions. Maximum biosorption capacities of 225.38 and 411.53 mg g−1 under initial dye concentration o...

Proteus vulgaris NCIM-2027 cells immobilized on Luffa cylindrica (Loofa) completely decolorized C.I. Reactive Blue 172 at 37 °C and pH 8.0 under 5-h static incubation with high total organic carbon (TOC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction. The repeated-batch decolorization experiments a...