Though powder metallurgy route of product fabrication receives recognition for near-net-shape abilities, economic constraints often demand involvement of minimal machining in the process. To overcome difficulties associated with machining of sintered/sinter-hardened steels, concept of machining ...

This chapter introduces the topic of green ports and establishes the background and motivation for this volume. The chapter provides an overarching view of the key elements of environmental issues in shipping, particularly from the port perspective. This is followed by a discussion of the curren...

During the production of textile materials, the functional, comfort, and aesthetic properties are mainly improved in textile wet processing operations. This major step involves a huge amount of water for washing and dissolution media; consequently, it gets loaded with auxiliary chemicals and unf...

Over the last years, the lodging industry started to implement a wide spectrum of green practices to mitigate its pressure on the environment and to respond to the growing consumers’ environmental concerns. Recently, scholar’s attention to guest perception of hotels green practices has been gr...

In this work, a highly efficient synthetic route for TS-1 zeolites has been developed in a flow system, a greener preparation method is further proposed by recycling the mother liquid. The prepared TS-1 by recycling the mother liquid contained no extraframework Ti species with uniform size and h...

Green technology innovation has received continuous attention from the business sector in recent years, yet few studies have examined the internal mechanisms and contingent conditions that link green technology innovation to a firm's financial performance. Using data from 209 listed compani...

To capture heavy metals in aqueous solution, it is imperative to develop viable and safe heavy metals uptake techniques. Herein, we report a polymer matrix nanocomposite adsorbent with 2 and 5 %wt. nanofiller contents based on functionalized mesoporous fibrous silica KCC-1, chitosan, and oleic a...

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...

Ripening of ‘Nanguo’ pears (Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim.) can be slowed down by cold storage, but the peel of fruit is prone to browning when they are returned to room temperature. In this study, effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment on peel browning (PB) of ‘Nanguo’ pears, as well a...

The seminal discovery of browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) holds great promise for the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome. DJ-1 is evolutionarily conserved across species, and mutations in DJ-1 have been identified in Parkinson's disease. Higher levels of DJ-1 are associated w...

The role of Reactive Carbonyl Species (RCS) derived from the Maillard reaction and ascorbic acid degradation on brown color formation was investigated in orange juice during storage. Eight RCS were monitored in aseptic juice over an 8-week period under refrigerated (4 °C) and accelerated condit...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of DJ-1 deficiency on brown adipose tissue (BAT) function in mice. DJ-1 knockout (KO) mouse models and wild-type littermates placed on a normal diet or high-fat diet were utilized to demonstrate the direct consequences of DJ-1 deletion on BAT c...

ObjectiveIncreasing the amounts of functionally competent brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adult humans has the potential to restore dysfunctional metabolism and counteract obesity. In this study, we aimed to characterize the human perirenal fat depot, and we hypothesized that there would be region...

Development of firm flesh browning, a physiological disorder, in ‘Empire’ apples during long term controlled atmosphere (CA) storage, can be enhanced by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), an inhibitor of ethylene perception. The disorder develops earlier in stem-end tissues than in calyx-end tissue...

‘Yali’ pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd. cv. Yali) is susceptible to core browning after a long term of cold storage. In this study, the effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) with different concentrations (0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0 μL L−1) on the quality and core browning of ‘Yali’ pear fruit were...

AimsPrevious work has demonstrated that ketogenic diets promote white fat browning; however, the exact mechanisms underlying this phenomenom have yet to be elucidated. Recently, an in vitro study showed that supraphysiological concentrations of β-hydroxybutyrate (βHB) had a strong influence on...

ObjectivesThe thermogenic brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been proposed as a potential target to prevent or treat obesity and related metabolic diseases. BAT secretes adipokines to regulate the thermogenic program in an autocrine or paracrine manner. Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1), a glycoprotein inv...

We investigate the black hole evaporation process in Lovelock gravity with diverse dimensions. By selecting the appropriate coefficients, the space-time solutions can possess a unique AdS vacuum with a fixed cosmological constant Λ=−(d−1)(d−2)2ℓ2. The black hole solutions can be divided into tw...

Studies have investigated CCR5 haplotypes (HHA, HHB, HHC, HHD, HHE, HHF*1, HHF*2, HHG*1, HHG*2), defined by seven 5′UTR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), CCR2-V64I and CCR5Δ32, in HIV-1 disease. CCR5 cis-regulatory regions were sequenced, CCR2-V64I and CCR5Δ32 genotyped, and compared in...

A non-singular magnetic black hole in nonlinear electrodynamics has been introduced recently whose Lagrangian contains an exponential factor [15]. We show that such regular black holes are available without resorting to a transcendental factor. A much simpler example of regular magnetic black ho...