Agro-industrial byproducts represent a serious environmental problem and the industries producing these residual materials have incurred expenses for their proper disposal and generally increase the pollution due to the high content of organic substances and might represent legal problems. However, the residues such as grape wastes are potential source of phenolic compounds which are widely kno...

In the introduction to the Technical Note, ‘‘Instantaneous secondary organic aerosol yields and their comparison with overall aerosol yields for aromatic and biogenic hydrocarbons’’, Jiang (2003) states that ‘‘[t]o model the formation of secondary organic aerosol, SOA, a concept called aerosol yield (or SOA yield), loosely defined as the SOA mass formed per unit mass of reactive organic gas (RO...

This study examines the effects of different ZrB2 content on various mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of ZrB2/Y-TZP composite. Composites with ZrB2 content of up to 20 wt-% were particularly beneficial at the lower sintering temperature range by achieving greater densification and better hardness than Y-TZP monolith. In contrast to the trends estimated from rule of mixture, the...

Aging Antarctic icefish is difficult because of their lack scales and poorly calcified bones. Icefish ages must therefore be estimated from otoliths. We describe a method reading daily micro-increments in connection with shape, size mass analyses the otoliths South Georgia Pseudochaenichthys georgianus . Changes otolith morphology correlate fish age group. The micro-increment analysis capable e...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have revealed that body mass index (BMI) inversely influenced serum glycated albumin (GA), which may cause an underestimation of GA-monitored short-term hyperglycemic control. OBJECTIVE This study was to investigate the association between anthropometric variables (BMI and waist circumference (W)) and accurate adiposity variables (percentage of body fat (%fat), fat m...