Ensiling, a lactic acid fermentation process, is mainly used to preserve biomass. In addition, it has been shown affect seed viability of some plant species. The extent which this makes ensiling suitable as weed control measure, however, not yet determined. Both the range controllable species and parameters an process that safely kills seeds are still undefined. We aimed determine effect varyin...

The study of potential health effects of combustion effluents involves identifying the substances present and estimating the probable health hazards of each. Unfortunately, this second step cannot be done by using present techniques. Approximations of health hazards by bacterial and human cell assays are being used to set priorities for further biological studies and to suggest needs for modifi...

The suitability of date-seed/snail shells as a carburizer for enhanced mechanical properties mild-steel using the packed carburization technique was investigated in this work. Standard tensile, impact and hardness test samples prepared from were subjected to pack-carburization process mixtures date-seed snail shell ratio 60:40 respectively at 800, 900, 1 000 °C 3 hours. carburized quenched wate...

Abstract Ecological restoration aims at supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, urban greening is a great opportunity to achieve this goal. This facilitated by species-rich seed mixtures based on local provenances, which are designed for certain nutrient moisture regimes functional plant traits. Such grassland might be cultivated crushed waste bricks, would new component of water-holdin...

Innovations in the agro-industrial sector are determined by development of biotechnologies from stage growing raw materials to their processing and storage. In compliance with phytosanitary requirements (including use radiation technologies) for grain, issues ensuring preservation dry composite mixtures storage conditions bitechnological techniques prolonging shelf life when adding phytosources...

The aim of this communication was to expand the results of numerical analyses performed by Sun et al. on their experimental solubility of fenofibrate in aqueous mixtures of ethanol and acetone at 298.15 K, in terms of the evaluation of the preferential solvation of this compound by the organic solvents and water in the saturated mixtures based on the inverse Kirkwood-Buff integrals (IKBI). ...

rutting of hot mix asphalt pavements due to increased number of heavy vehicles, especially in tropical regions, causes several performance problems. large stone asphalt mixtures have more stiffness and shear resistance and so more rutting resistance compared to conventional mixtures. hence, using these mixtures in thick layers of hot mix asphalt pavements at tropical regions could be an appropr...