Several types of lignocellulosic raw materials including wheat straw, sisal bagasse and sugarcane bagasse have different contents of cellulosic components. In our studies, aimed at isolating cellulose-degrading actinobacteria from Brazilian soils, a promising strain was selected and identified as Streptomyces sp. SLBA-08. This strain was tested for cellulase production under submerged fermentat...

This paper presents in a comprehensive way the thermal behavior of natural and hot-.washed sisal fibers, based on the fundamental components of lignocellulosic materials: cellulose, xylan and lignin. The research highlights the influence exerted on the thermal stability of sisal fibers by other constituents such as non-cellulosic polysaccharides (NCP) and mineral matter. Thermal changes were in...

Sisal (Streams and Iterations in Single Assignment Language) is a general-purpose applicative language intended for use on both conventional and novel multiprocessor systems. In this report we discuss the project’s objectives, philosophy, and accomplishments and state our future plans. Four significant results of the Sisal project are compilation techniques for high-performance parallel applica...

Five steroidal sapogenins (tigogenin, neotigogenina, hecogenin, gloriogenin, and dehydrohecogenin) were characterised by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) from a hydrolysed extract of sisal waste. In addition, pure hecogenin, an important raw material for the pharmaceutical industry, was obtained from this waste by selective liquid-liquid extraction of saponins with only...

Interest in natural fiber polymer composite has increased worldwide due to their low cost, low density and good thermal resistivity. Sisal fiber is used as reinforced in mat form and epoxy as matrix in this composite. In present work, thermogravimetric analysis and fracture behavior of composites were studied. The percentage mass loss and physical changes of composite was observed through furna...

The aim of this study is to compare the metallic and natural fiber reinforced polymer composite bone plates used in humerus fractures. A 3D finite element model was developed to analyze the performance of both types of plates. This study proposed on fabrication of natural fiber powdered material (like Sisal (Agave sisalana), Banana (Musa sapientum) and Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)) Reinforced ...

The cost of hardware cache-coherence, both in terms of execution delay and operational cost, is substantial for scalable systems. Fortunately, compiler generated cache management can reduce program seri-alization due to cache-contention; increase execution performance; and reduce the cost of parallel systems by eliminating the need for more expensive hardware support. In this paper, we use the ...

In this report, we address the issues of compilation and execution of a functional program, SISAL (Streams and Iterations in a Single Assignment Language), on the MP-1TM SIMD (Single Instructionstream Multiple Data-stream) parallel machine. SISAL has been successful on many shared memory multiprocessors (SMM) as well as sequential machines. However, the compiler has not been available for distr...

There are many paradigms being promoted and explored for programming parallel computers, including modified sequential languages, new imperative languages and applicative languages. SISAL is an applicative language which has been designed by a consortium of industrial and research organisations for the specification and execution of parallel programs. It allows programs to be written with littl...

Agave sisalana Perrine (family: Agavaceae), popularly known as Sisal is a commercially used fibre yielding plant. This herbaceous plant occupies sixth place among fibre plants, representing 2% of the world’s production of plant fibre. Approximately 240.7 tonnes of sisal is globally produced. Sisal industry in India is largely unorganised. Sisal is mainly grown in arid and semi-arid regions acro...