Laboratory scale studies were conducted to investigate the feasibility of Industrial by-products as potential alternative medium to conventional gravel in the drainage layer of leachate collection system as permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) for landfill leachate treatment. Industrial by-products were used to treat effectively the landfill leachate, which is an innovative in-situ remediation te...

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has been addressing the neglected post-harvest sector in Ethiopia through promoting improved storage facilities and introducing handheld motorized crop shelling threshing machines. However, technologies are poorly adopted by farmers although traditional methods often result high grain losses low-quality produces due to low awareness of service providers on ...

ince the mechanical picker-sheller has come into widespread use for harvesting field corn, farmers generally are confronted with the problem of safe storage of highmoisture shelled corn. The moisture content of field-shelled corn is often too high for direct binning, and storing such grain in regular farm bins without first lowering the moisture level is almost certain to result in spoilage. Mo...

UNLABELLED Large volumes of fine particulate matter or "dust" (soil, hulls, and shells) generated when hulls and shells are removed from almond kernels complicate cleaning and sanitation procedures in the huller-sheller (HS) environment. This study evaluated the efficacy of 3 aqueous quaternary ammonium sanitizers (AQuats) and an isopropyl alcohol-based quaternary ammonium sanitizer (IPAQuat) f...

The spatial distribution and patterns of habitat use of littoral fish species in Lake Constance were studied using electric fishing and trammel net sampling to assess fish abundance and biomass in three depth strata at six different sampling sites within the littoral zone. Distribution differences among depth strata were found to be often more pronounced than among different sampling sites. Juv...

In this article, I observe the relational production of place online through the mobile practices of an elearning course that combined interactions in physical and online environments. I use actor-network theory as analytical framework to explore element interrelations of this e-learning course, an International Cooperation project organized by Capacity Building International (InWEnt). The cour...

Seed from maize (corn) Zea mays provides a ready source of 9-lipoxygenase that oxidizes linoleic acid and Iinolenic acid into 9(5)-hydroperoxy-1 0(8, 12(Zl-octadecadienoic acid and 9(SJ-hydroperoxy-1 0(£), 12(Zj, 15(Zl-octadecatrienoic acid, respectively. Corn seed has a very active hydroperoxide-decomposing enzyme, allene oxide synthase (AOS), which must be removed prior to oxidizing the fatty...

Commingling of rice cultivars commonly occurs during harvest, drying, and storage operations. As different cultivars often have different functional properties, there is a need to study the impact of commingling on these properties. Two long-grain, hybrid cultivars, Clearfield (CL) XL745 and CLXL729, and two long-grain, pure-line cultivars, CL151 and Wells, were used to prepare hybrid/pure-line...