Sodium carbonate (commonly called as soda ash or washing soda) is the primary product of the chemical industry since the year one. It was used in antiquity for the manufacture of soap and glass, using the mineral appears in some lakes of Africa, Asia and North America being a natural soda, so-called trona (Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O). In Europe, the most important was the soda ash produced in Spain, No...

in this study, the main papermaking characteristics of soybean straw (glycine max) as an agricultural residue were investigated. the fiber biometry and chemical composition of soybean straw were determined. the properties of pulps from soda, soda-aq and monoethanolamine (mea) processes were compared. the average fiber length, fiber diameter, lumen diameter, and cell wall thickness were found to...

Soda lignin does not have thermal flowing characteristics and it is impossible for it to be further thermally molded. To achieve the fusibility of soda lignin for fiber preparation by melt-spinning, an effective method for soda lignin modification was conducted by cooking it with polyethylene glycol (PEG) 400 at various ratios. The higher the ratio of PEG that was used, the more PEG molecular c...

This study identified factors that influence regular soda consumption among 707 female students, aged 13-18 years, attending North Los Angeles County public high schools. Participants completed a group-administered Theory of Planned Behavior-based questionnaire. Almost all of the participants, 96.3%, reported that they currently drink soda; 50.1% reported drinking 2 glasses of soda or more per ...

BACKGROUND The frequency of soda consumption remains high in the United States. Soda consumption has been associated with poor bone health in children, but few studies have examined this relation in adults, and to our knowledge, no study has examined the relation of soda consumption with risk of hip fractures. OBJECTIVE We examined the association of soda, including specific types of soda, an...

Sarah A. Roache and Lawrence O. Gostin’s recent editorial comprehensively presents soda taxation rationales from a public health perspective. While we essentially agree that soda taxes are gaining momentum, this commentary expands upon the need for a better understanding of the policy processes underlying their development and implementation. Indeed, the umbrella concept of soda taxation actual...

Globally, soda taxes are gaining momentum as powerful interventions to discourage sugar consumption and thereby reduce the growing burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Evidence from early adopters including Mexico and Berkeley, California, confirms that soda taxes can disincentivize consumption through price increases and raise revenue to support government programs. The Unit...

The Fur titration assay (FURTA) recently developed by I. Stojiljkovic and coworkers (J. Mol. Biol. 236:531-545, 1994) was applied to clone iron-regulated genes of Bordetella pertussis. After sequence analysis, one of the clones obtained by this selection procedure was shown to contain an open reading frame with significant sequence similarities to Mn-containing superoxide dismutases (SodA). The...

background and purpose:consumption of baking soda, as a primary material for preparation of bread dough, has been banned due to its health complications in iran. so bread production in our country faced difficulties and one part of them is related to health issues which are bread production. also, in some cases, baking soda is used in the bread production. this study was done to study the envir...

cellulose is a raw material which is extensively used in the manufacture of paints, papers, textiles, agricultural products and cosmetics. the waste of sugar beet pulp after titration is a source of cellulose. the current study was carried out to study the possibility of cellulose production from sugar beet pulp waste at titration stage as a 3×3×2 factorial study on the basis of a randomized co...