BACKGROUND Attachment strength of fouling organisms on silicone coatings is low. We hypothesized that low attachment strength on silicones is, in part, due to the interaction of surface available components with natural glues. Components could alter curing of glues through bulk changes or specifically through altered enzyme activity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS GC-MS analysis of silicone c...

In order to reduce the ecotoxicity of paper mill, four different enzymatic pretreatment strategies were investigated in comparison to conventional chemical based processes. In strategy I, xylanase-aided pretreatment of pulp was carried out, and in strategy II, xylanase and laccase-mediator systems were used sequentially. Moreover, to compare the efficiency of Bacillus stearothermophilus xylanas...

BACKGROUND Potato pulp constitutes a complicated system of four types of polysaccharides: cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and starch. Its composition makes it a potential and attractive raw material for the production of the second generation bioethanol. The aim of this research project was to assess the usefulness of commercial enzymatic preparations for the hydrolysis of potato pulp and to e...

This study investigated the use of anaerobic biodigestion as an ecological technique for treating organic waste in urban solid waste. Biogas production is carried out through action microorganisms, and enzymatic hydrolysis can increase biogas production, although it presents economic challenges. The aim was to pre-select microbiological groups enzymes optimize process using statistical tools. O...

In the current investigation, fresh trout viscera and smoked trimmings were enzymatically extracted using papain, alcalase, protamex, flavourzyme. Protein extraction was performed at different concentrations (0.5%, 1%, 1.5% 2%) times (30 minute, 1 hour 4 hours). The moisture, crude protein, lipid ash contents of used as raw materials, in study, respectively found 60.26±0.78%, 12.18±0.21%, 31.18...

Enzymatic Biofuel Cell (EBC) represents a promising green source since it is capable of harvesting electricity from renewable and abundantly available biofuels using enzymes as catalysts. Nevertheless, nowadays long-term stability low power output are currently the main concerns. To this end, several research studies focus on complex tridimensional highly expensive nanostructures electrode supp...

The high cost of enzymes for biomass deconstruction is a major impediment to the economic conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to liquid transportation fuels such as ethanol. We have developed an integrated high throughput platform, called GENPLAT, for the discovery and development of novel enzymes and enzyme cocktails for the release of sugars from diverse pretreatment/biomass combinations...

Summary results of the assessment of new tools for the generation of reconfigurable screen media (ShapeShifting media) and of eight experimental ShapeShifting screen media productions covering genres including news, documentary and drama, are presented from the project New Millennium, New Media. The new tools for creating interactive and reconfigurable narratives depend upon a Narrative Structu...