Waxed paper sputum cartons obtained from the manufacturers contained very few organisms. Similar cartons which had been stored in hospital wards were often contaminated with hospital dust. This contamination was sometimes sufficiently marked to be misleading. Coliform organisms are particularly liable to cause confusion. Waxed cartons are useful for collecting sputum, but they must be properly ...

the effects of chemical and physical treatments on the storage life of bitter lemons in jiroft, kerman province, were investigated. after harvesting, the lemons were treated by curing, fungicide, waxed paper, shrink wrap or using a combination of these treatments. the samples were stored in standard citrus fruit boxes for three months at 85-90% relative humidity at a temperature of 3°c. once a ...

Herein, we evaluated the use of paper towel, waxed paper, and Parafilm M® (Heathrow Scientific, Vernon Hills, IL, USA) as alternative substrates for screen-printed sensor manufacturing. Morphological study was performed to evaluate the adhesion of the ink on these uncommon substrates, as well as the morphology of the working electrode. The electrochemical characterization was carried out using ...

The present study was conducted in Brgy. Dangcol, Balanga City, Bataan to evaluate the effect of bagging whole panicle (cluster) carabao mango fruit with waxed paper bag as compared traditional method and without terms yield quality well cost-benefit analysis. Results revealed that fruits bagged per cluster using (T3) obtained highest number marketable (130.60) total weight 34.21 kg while XL no...