The fouling of ships and propellers results in a reduction of speed, increased fuel consumption, and consequently, losses of both time and money. The previous studies found that a speed reduction of 0.03 knots would occur due to increased friction resulting from 10μm increase in surface roughness. This would increase fuel consumption by 1%, energy savings can then be easily converted into emiss...

GOLL, M., AND COFFEY, G. 1948 Mildew of paint surfaces. Paper presented before the Technical Conferences of the Chemical Institute of Canada. GOLL, M., AND HYDE, R. 1952 The influence of paint formulation on mildew. Paint, Oil and Chemical Review, April 24. GOLL, M., SNYDER, H. D., AND BIRNBAUM, H. A. 1952a The developments in diagnosis of paint mildew. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the So...

Harbours with limited water exchange are hotspots of contaminant accumulation. Antifouling paints (AF) contribute to this accumulation by leaching biocides that may affect non-target species. In several leisure boat harbours and reference areas in the Baltic Sea, chronic exposure effects were evaluated using caging experiments with the snail Theodoxus fluviatilis. We analysed variations in ecol...

The use of tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPT) in some household products are prohibited by "Act on the Control of Household Products Containing Harmful Substances" in Japan. In this study, methods for determination of TBT and TPT in water soluble paints and adhesives were developed by GC-MS. These compounds in paints and adhesives, which were mainly composed of vinyl acetate, urethane and...

BACKGROUND Methylisothiazolinone (MI) contact allergy is severely affecting consumers with allergic contact dermatitis, owing to its presence in cosmetics, household detergents, and water-based paints, in particular. Data on the true isothiazolinone concentrations in these products are scarce, and labelling may be incorrect. OBJECTIVES To report on the MI concentrations in such products marke...

Contemporary muralism is one of the most widespread manifestations urban art in cities nowadays. Loss colour (fading) due to degradation pictorial materials main deterioration this type artwork. However, application protective coatings considered slow down fading. In study, two acrylic-based were applied selected areas a real mural painted with six different alkyd paints and acrylic paint. The ...

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) of whole arm chromosome probes is a robust technique for mapping genomic regions of interest, detecting chromosomal rearrangements, and studying three-dimensional (3D) organization of chromosomes in the cell nucleus. The advent of laser capture microdissection (LCM) and whole genome amplification (WGA) allows obtaining large quantities of DNA from single...

In recent years, the dirt pick up problem and loss quality of brightness of traffic marking paints have widely attracted municipal authorities’ attention. Reflective traffic paints and road marking are some of the most technologically advanced pieces of safety and traffic signs that should be there to have safe streets [1-5]. The most important problem regarding with today’s traffic marking pai...

Easy-to-use dipstick tests for lead have been developed by immobilizing nanoparticle-DNAzyme conjugates on lateral flow devices and their application for detecting lead in paints is demonstrated.