Blast furnace slag (BFS)/sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA) blends were assessed for the production of alkali-activated pastes and mortars. SCBA was collected from a lagoon in which wastes from a sugar cane industry were poured. After previous dry and grinding processes, SCBA was chemically characterized: it had a large percentage of organic matter (ca. 25%). Solutions of sodium hydroxide and sodium...

Considered to be the cleanest liquid fuel, bioethanol can be a reliable alternative to fossil fuels. It is produced by fermentation of sugar components of plant materials. The common onions are considered to be a favorable source of fermentation products as they have high sugar contents as well as contain various nutrients. This study focused on the effective production of ethanol from an endem...

Two studies have examined the effect on energy intake and macronutrient selection of increasing increments of mandatory high-fat or high-sugar snacks into the diet in men. The present study used a within-subject, repeated-measures design. In each experiment, six lean and six overweight, unrestrained men were each studied over three 7 d treatment periods, during which they were given mandatory s...

OBJECTIVE Health logos are introduced to distinguish foods with 'healthier' nutrient composition from regular foods. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of changed food compositions according to health logo criteria on the intake of saturated fat, sugar and sodium in a Dutch population of young adults. DESIGN Foods in the Dutch food composition table were evaluated against nutrient...

background and objectives: the most important determining factor in sugar beet root yield is seed quality. seeds with germination percentage are lower; the germination is slow and non-uniform, will produce plants that initial growth is slow. according to various studies indicate that harvest time is an important factor influencing the quality of sugar beet seed. in the early harvest of sugar be...

In their study, absolute quantities of milk consumed decreased by 25% and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption increased almost 3-fold over a 10-year period. Soda consumption, but not the consumption of other beverages, predicted the greatest increase in body mass index (BMI). Because changes in BMI rather than incident obesity were measured, the authors are appropriately careful not to ascribe...

in most of the sugar beet cultivated areas including kermanshah, iran, late season irrigation is cut- off earlier than usual which causes drought stress in the crop. since root yield still increses in sept. and oct. these areas, withholding irrigation in this period reduce root yield and quality of sugar beet. for this reason, an experimente was conducted during 2004- 2005 based on split plot d...

to determinate the most proper n.p.k. fertilizer level  for increasing the quality and quantity of polygerm seeds of sugar beet , an experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design with three replications in 1998-2000 at research farm of faculty of agriculture, azad university of ardabil (hassan barog). fertilizer treatments were: n30p60k60, n90p90k90, n0p0k0, n90p150k150, n90p120k...