In rice, OsBBX14, a B-box (BBX) transcription factor, reportedly delays heading. Here, we revealed that OsBBX14 positively regulates rice photomorphogenesis. The OsBBX14-overexpressing (OsBBX14-OX) seedlings were hypersensitive to light, especially blue light, and exhibited dwarfism, while the O...

Integrated photocatalytic composite adsorbents (IPCA) are used to degrade toxic organic and inorganic compounds in presence of UV/visible light irradiation. The compound preserves all the existing features of individual components and at the same time overcome drawbacks like rapid recombination ...

PurposeTo evaluate the role of toluidine blue (TB) staining patterns in diagnosis of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in comparison to that of impression cytology.

SummaryCarcinoma in situ (CIS) is difficult to visualize with white light cystoscopy (WLC), whereas blue light cystoscopy (BLC) using photosensitizing agents improves detection rates. We retrospectively reviewed transurethral biopsies of bladder tumors in which both WLC and BLC evaluations were ...

Efficient anode materials are essential to electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) for organic wastewater treatment. In this regard, blue TiO2 nanotube arrays (Blue-TNA) anode was prepared for the first time in formic acid electrolyte by electrochemical self-doping and applied for e...

The Tencel fabrics were treated by the atmospheric pressure plasma with air for different length of time and dyed with the C.I. Reactive Black 5 at 1%, 5% and 10% o.m.f. The effect of the prolonged plasma treatment time was characterized by both the weight loss and the whiteness index analyses, ...

The use of by-product in effluent treatment is interesting due to its low cost and high availability. In this study the potential of malt bagasse, a by-product of brewing process, was evaluated as biosorbent of reactive blue BF-5G dye. The malt bagasse was characterized by point of zero charge (...

Heparin–Toluidine Blue (C.I. Basic Blue 17) interaction was studied using UV–vis spectroscopic analysis of the titration of the functional groups present on the polyanion chain. The study took into consideration both the pH and relative amount of the dye as a function of the Heparin repeat uni...

Mineralization of an anthraquinone dye, C.I. Reactive Blue 19 (RB19), by single ozonation, single sonolysis, and ozonation combined with sonolysis (O3/US) was carried out in a laboratory-scale experiment. O3/US treatment rendered a more effective result than the other two methods. The effect of ...

The capacity and mechanism with which nonviable Aspergillus niger removed the textile dye, C.I. Direct Blue 199, from aqueous solution was investigated using different parameters, such as initial dye concentration, pH and temperature. In batch experiments, the biosorption capacity increased with...

The aim of this paper was to investigate the efficiency of the ozone-enhanced electrocoagulation (EC) process in the decolorization of C.I. Reactive Blue 19 in water using iron electrodes. We determined the effects of various operating parameters such as initial pH, initial dye concentration, cu...

In this paper, the ability of three decolorization techniques including sonochemistry, electrochemistry and sonoelectrochemistry for decolorization of C.I Reactive Blue 49 in aqueous solutions have been compared. Various parameters affecting decolorization efficiency, such as pH, initial concent...

The need for cheap and efficient low-cost methodologies for water treatment is of great interest, since global fresh water demand is constantly increasing. In this context, this article reports comprehensive results on the oxidation kinetics of C.I. Reactive Blue 182 dye in aqueous solutions, us...

Proline is one of the amino acids that compose proteins and has various roles under non-stress and stress conditions. In this study, we investigated the effect of proline on the growth and browning of two plants, tobacco and rice, by exogenous application and endogenous increase of proline. Exog...

Non-enzymatic browning during storage of fruit juice causes the development of brown color and off-flavors that ultimately lead to a decrease in consumer acceptability. This study investigates the role of Reactive Carbonyl Species (RCS) from the Maillard reaction on browning formation in apple j...

Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction is a new sample pretreatment technology based on traditional liquid liquid extraction. In this paper, the application of low-toxicity extractants such as low-density extractants, auxiliary extractants, stripping agents and ionic liquids in this technology...

Metal loaded semiconductors in general possess greater photocatalytic activity than pure semiconductors. Hence, with an attempt to achieve higher photocatalytic activity, Au–TiO2 photocatalysts were prepared by deposition–precipitation method and used for the photocatalytic degradation of an a...

A novel, simple, less time-consuming and cost-effective wet chemical technique was used to synthesis TiO2 nanoparticles and TiO2–SiO2 nanocomposites using Titanium tetra isopropoxide (TTIP) as a precursor relatively at low temperature in acidic pH. Titania sol was prepared by hydrolysis of TTIP...

A hyper-structured molecule (HSM) CRA-DR1 and a model molecule Ph-DR1 for photorefractive (PR) application under non-electric field were designed and synthesized via highly reactive “click” reaction between alkynyl derivatives of calix [4]resorcinarene (CRA) or resorcinol and an azide derivati...

Heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst and its industrial application are increasingly given importance for its non-selective mineralization of organic pollutants in broad pH range. Current study, utilized an aromatic hydroxamic acid derivative 2-hydroxypyridine-N-oxide (HpO), for the construction o...