Trends in skin and hair treatments focus on natural products due to undesired effects of chemically synthetic ingredients. This study aims investigate the cosmeceutical Equisetum debile (horsetail) extracts relating anti-hyperpigmentation via tyrosinase, anti-wrinkle formation matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), anti-androgenic alopecia 5α-reductase. Ethanolic were sequentially partitioned into s...

We describe an e cient CTL model checking algorithm based on alternating automata and games. A CTL formula, expressing a correctness property, is rst translated to a hesitant alternating automaton and then composed with a Kripke structure representing the model to be checked, this resulting automaton is then checked for nonemptiness. We introduce the nonemptiness game that checks the nonemptine...

Comprehensive disinfectant decay and disinfection by-product formation (D/DBP) models in chlorination and ozonation were developed to apply to various types of raw and treated waters. Comparison of several types of models, such as empirical power function models and empirical kinetic models, was provided in order to choose more robust and accurate models for the D/DBP simulations. An empirical ...

This study examined the impact of UV, ozone (O(3)), advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including O(3)/UV, H(2)O(2)/UV H(2)O(2)/O(3) in the change of molecular weight distribution (MWD) and disinfection by-product formation potential (DBPFP). Bench-scale experiments were conducted with surface river water and changes in the UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV(254)), total organic carbon (TOC), trihalom...

INTRODUCTION Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder in which the interactions of genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences are thought to play a causal role. In humans, throughout embryonic and fetal life, brain development is exquisitely susceptible to injury caused by exposure to toxic chemicals present in the environment. Although the use of herbal supplements during pregnanc...

This TEP documents a Hardware Abstraction Architecture (HAA) for TinyOS 2.0 that balances the conflicting requirements of code reusability and portability on the one hand and efficiency and performance optimization on the other. Its three-layer design gradually adapts the capabilities of the underlying hardware platforms to the selected platform-independent hardware interface between the operat...

The occurrence of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water has become an issue of concern during the past decades. The DBPs pose health risks and are suspected to cause various cancer forms, be genotoxic, and have negative developmental effects. The vast chemical diversity of DBPs makes comprehensive monitoring challenging. Only few of the DBPs are regulated and included in analytical ...