The presence of guaiacol in cork stoppers is responsible for some cases of cork taint causing unpleasant alterations to wine. We have performed a characterization of the cork-associated microbiota by isolating 55 different microorganisms: eight yeast, 14 filamentous fungi or molds, 13 actinomycetes and 20 non-filamentous bacteria. A screening for degradation of vanillic acid and guaiacol produc...

Despite all the benefits of garbage collection, memory leaks remain a problem for Java programs. A memory leak in Java occurs when a program inadvertently maintains references to objects that it no longer needs, preventing the garbage collector from reclaiming space. At best, leaks degrade performance. At worst, they cause programs to run out of memory and crash. Small continuous leaks in long-...

Tree barks are among the less studied forest products notwithstanding their relevant physiological and protective role in tree functioning. The large diversity in structure and chemical composition of barks makes them a particularly interesting potential source of chemicals and bioproducts, at present valued in the context of biorefineries. One of the valuable components of barks is cork (phell...

A. Lindsay,1 E. P. O’Reilly,1,2 A. D. Andreev,3 and T. Ashley4 1Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland 2Department of Physics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland 3Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom 4QinetiQ, St. Andrew’s Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3PS, United Kingdom Received 27 November 2007; revised manuscript re...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 2 Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork, Ireland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 5 School of Nursing and Midwifer...

G. Huyet; 1, D. O’Brien1, S. P. Hegarty1, J. G. McInerney1, A. V. Uskov2, D. Bimberg3, C. Ribbat3, V. M. Ustinov4, A. E. Zhukov4, S. S. Mikhrin4, A. R. Kovsh4, J. K. White5, K. Hinzer5, and A. J. SpringThorpe6 1 Physics Department, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland 2 NMRC, National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Lee Malting, Cork, Ireland 3 ...

Louise C Kenny professor, Anu Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland [email protected] Lesley McCowan professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Competing interests: None declared. Provenance and peer review: C...

Studies were undertaken to determine the adsorption behavior of α-cypermethrin [R)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl(1S)-cis3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, and (S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (1R)-cis-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate] in solutions on granules of cork and activated carbon (GAC). The adsorption studies were carried out using a batch equilibriu...

Background Cork oak (Quercus suber) is one of the most important forest species in Portugal. Cork oak produces a thick cork bark which is harvested for industrial uses. Cork quality is the most important factor that affects its uses technical performance and economic value. Cork quality is associated with many features, the most relevant being the porosity resulting from the phellogen’s differe...

Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus suber L), a renewable and biodegradable raw bioresource concentrated mainly in the Mediterranean region. Development of its potential uses as a biosorbent will require the investigation of its chemical composition; such information can be of help to understand its interactions with organic pollutants. The present study investigates the summative ch...