in this work, old newspaper fibers (onf) bleached with h2o2, treated with koh and treated with naocl were investigated as potential adsorbents. the characterization of the produced fibers using ft-ir, sem and particle size distribution have been carried out and tested for the removal of ni (ii) from aqueous solutions. the results indicated that the fibers treated with koh give the highest %remo...

ABSTRACT This work deals with using of evolutionary algorithm SOMA for static optimization of a batch reactor for the purpose to improve its behavior in uncontrolled state and for its subsequent evolutionary predictive control. The main aim of this work is to show that evolutionary algorithms are capable of successful optimization of very difficult and complex engineering problems. The importan...

A competitive (nonmetabolizable) inhibitor of glucose uptake, alpha-methylglucoside, was used to limit the growth of Escherichia coli. Cell division during such a nutritional shift-down was studied in batch cultures and with the "baby-machine" technique. Following a brief delay, the rate of division was maintained for 60 to 70 min in batch cultures and for an extended period in the baby machine...

A torus reactor was used to perform hydrolysis of casein with a protease immobilized on beads. Chitosan beads with two different sizes were tested as immobilization matrices. The mechanical resistance of beads in the torus reactor was tested for different times and rotation speeds. Chitosan beads were considered to be suitable as an immobilizing support. The more stable hydrolysis rates in succ...

Biologically derived polyesters known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) represent a potentially "sustainable" replacement to fossil-fuel-based thermoplastics. However, current commercial practices that produce PHA with pure microbial cultures grown on renewable, but refined, feedstocks (i.e., glucose) under sterile conditions do not represent a sustainable commodity. Here, we report on PHA produc...

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are known to be temporarily stored by microorganisms in activated sludge, especially in anaerobic-aerobic processes. Due to the problems resulted from the disposals of plastic wastes and excess sludge of wastewater treatment plants, the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by treating activated sludge and determining the effect of process variables were the main issues of t...

Whole embryo culture (WEC) technique has been developed in 1950's by New and his colleagues, and applied for developmental biology (1). Although development and growth of mammalian embryos are critically dependent on the function of the placenta, WEC technique allows us to culture mouse and rat embryos ex vivo condition during limited periods corresponding to midgestation stages during embryoni...

Yeast cells were cultivated at different growth rates in a chemostat by alterations in the flow of the limiting nutrient glucose and in batch cultures where variations in growth rate were achieved by alterations in the composition of nutrients. It was observed that the stage in the cycle at which S-phase was completed varied with growth rate. The faster the growth rate, the earlier the stage in...

Survival under nutrient limitation is an essential feature of microbial cells, and it is defined by the chronological lifespan. We summarize recent findings, illustrating how crucial the choice of the experimental setup is for the interpretation of data in this field. Especially the impact of oxygen supply differs depending on the culture type, highlighting the differences of alternatives like ...

Available research on the relationship between organizational culture (OC) and knowledge management success (KMS) has never demonstrated two points which are really critical issues in China, one is the specialized effect of process-orientation dimension of OC on KMS, and the other is the mediating role of knowledge sharing between OC and KMS. By adopting methods of logical reasoning and literat...