OBJECTIVE The study compares visual evaluation of an amount of food and an amount of nonedible objects in patients affected by Anorexia Nervosa and control subjects. METHOD 59 anorexic subjects were asked to evaluate an amount of candies and plastic bricks shown to them. Their answers were compared to both the real number of objects and the parallel evaluations given by 56 control subjects. ...

A novel thermotolerant lipase from Bacillus aerius was immobilized on inexpensive silica gel matrix. The immobilized lipase was used for the synthesis of biodiesel using castor oil as a substrate in a solvent free system at 55°C under shaking in a chemical reactor. Several crucial parameters affecting biodiesel yield such as incubation time, temperature, substrate molar ratio, and amount of lip...

Abstract Biodiesel is a reliable and promising replacement of fossil diesel. It stable, less toxic can be produced from sustainable resources, including variety raw materials. Currently, the most widely used are vegetable oils (edible nonedible), due to their availability. The present paper considers potential obtaining fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) corn oil, which byproduct bioethanol product...

The production of methyl esters (biodiesel) by the transesterification Podocarpus falcatus oil (PFO) with methanol was optimized response surface methodology (RSM) using Box-Behnken design. effects parameters such as temperature, reaction time, and alcohol/oil molar ratio yield viscosity responses were investigated. optimum conditions for biodiesel follows: temperature at 65°C, time 180 min, 10...

Energy conservation is important for most of the developing countries, including rest of the world. The rapid depletion in world petroleum reserves and uncertainty in petroleum supply due to political and economical reasons, as well as the sharp escalations in the petroleum prices have stimulated the search for alternatives to petroleum fuels. The situation is very grave in developing countries...

--The global fuel crisis in the recent times has generated awareness amongst many countries of their vulnerability to oil embargoes and shortages. Considerable attention has been focused on the development of alternative fuel sources. The Motor vehicle population has also increased tremendously over the last decade in India. Environmental degradation is another outcome of growth in motor vehicl...

Almost one-quarter of the world's population has basic energy needs that are not being met. Efforts to increase renewable energy resources in developing countries where per capita energy availability is low are needed. Herein, we examine integrated dual use farming for sustained food security and agro-bioenergy development. Many nonedible crop residues are used for animal feed or reincorporated...

The antioxidative activity of a total of 92 phenolic extracts from edible and nonedible plant materials (berries, fruits, vegetables, herbs, cereals, tree materials, plant sprouts, and seeds) was examined by autoxidation of methyl linoleate. The content of total phenolics in the extracts was determined spectrometrically according to the Folin-Ciocalteu procedure and calculated as gallic acid eq...