genetic modification of seed oils for industrial applications

... SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2013 Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to offer ... SURFACE MODIFICATION OF FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SEPARATION OF TOXIC HEAVY METALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS ZAYED BIN ZAKIR SHAWON B.Sc (Chemical Engineering) Bangladesh University of ... of MNPs endows the particles with important properties Modification of the surface of MNPs prevents agglomeration of the particles and thus stabilizes the colloidal system Functionalization of...

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... process of regulation development as well ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors appreciate the financial support of the Ministry of Environment of Korea (Project Name : Study on improvement of industrial ... 2001) This is one way of setting the effluent standards from water quality standards, that is, a kind of water quality-based approach Unfortunately, due to the lack of database of effluent quality ... could be applied on the basis of treatability Therefore, every industry under the regulation should be responsible for the regular monitoring of the effluent and forwarding the data to the environmental...

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... respectively He is a professor of School of Energy and Environment, Hebei University of Technology Since from 2005, he has taken as the dean of School of Energy and Environment of HBUT His work focuses ... except for sand samples, the present method can also be applied for other porous materials with the grain diameter of 0.1-0.6 mm For porous media with smaller grain diameters, the adaptability of ... the hydraulic characteristics of porous media and especially plays an important role in the modelling of the heat transfer of BHEs in an aquifer for geothermal applications This paper presented...

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... great potential of current knowledge to modulate levels of these important phytonutrients for the benefit of human health and will, therefore, be separately discussed in a later part of this chapter ... flavonoids impart much of the color and flavor of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, they form an integral part of the human diet (Parr and Bolwell, 2000) Rich dietary sources of flavonoids include ... al., 2006) Successful genetic engineering of biosynthetic pathways requires knowledge of the production and accumulation of the metabolites of interest, the availability of DNA sequences encoding...

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... APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION OF C PROGRAMMING FOR DSP APPLICATIONS Instead of using short and long data type, the example code uses Word16 for the 16bit integer data type and Word32 for the 32-bit data ... function returns the number of items successfully read The operator sizeof(object)has a value that is the amount of storage required by an object The values of sizeof for different data types may ... the beginning of the variables in the calling program's memory For example, the main function calls the function shift as 480 APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION OF C PROGRAMMING FOR DSP APPLICATIONS shift(xn_buf,...

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... suitable for industrial applications While many of the principles and applications are common to a large family of these models, we have focused on two of the models (the CPA and PC–SAFT equations of ... potentially be used for industrial applications Following the first introductory part of two short chapters on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and intermolecular forces, the second part of the book ... Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial of ces, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material...

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... (C off + (1 - α) (C on - C off )) + M U (C off + α (C on - C off )) d sa2 = K S (M S + M U ) + K U M S + C off (C on - C off ) + α (1 - α) (C on - C off ) d sa1 = K S (C on - C off ) + K U (C off ... = M S (1 - α) (C on - C off ) + M U α (C on - C off ) + C off (M S + M U ) h x1 = K S (M S + M U ) + C off (C on - C off ) + α (1 - α) (C on - C off ) h x0 = (C on - C off ) K S 30 Replacing s ... the damper But the amount of power required for controlling the damping level of a semiactive damper is much less than the amount of power required for the operation of an active suspension Semiactive...

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... illuminations of the current and of the previous frames, respectively Although they are functions of (x, y) and not only of (t), we omit it in the notation of (5) for the sake of simplicity At ... algorithm for night driving assistance, but they tackle the problem of reducing the effect of glares (e.g., caused by the lights of an incoming car) rather than the general enhancement of the original ... on the rear mirror of a car The frame sizes are 125 × 86 for Sequence and 160 × 120 for Sequence 2, and the frame rate is 24 frame/s for both sequences The input dynamic range of the cameras is...

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... 70% formamide, × SSC at 70ºC for 3min, dehydrated through a prefreezed ethanol series of 70, 90 and 100% for each, and air – dried The hybridization mixture for 100 µl (total volume) consisted of ... order to clarify the origin of wakegi onion collection from Vietnam and to evaluate Vietnamese wakegi onion strains as genetic resource for future breeding of onions, genetic variation among wakegi ... T M P (2006c) Genetic variation of Allium crops in Vietnam Doctor thesis of the united graduate school of agricultural sciences Kagoshima University, Japan Tashiro, Y (1980) Cytogenetic studies...

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... potential usefulness of allozymes for the definition of the spatial structure of genetic variation Unless there is a special project aimed the delineation of seed zones on the basis of allozyme gene ... need for regulation of transfer of propagation material was recognized; that is why seed zones were and are often based on some kind of ecological classias fication Since the variation of soil ... of clusters (seed zones) The kriging standard deviations summed over all alleles were used for quantification of the precision of allele frequency estimates, and thus also for the precision of...

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... Duration of Exposure h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for days h/day for ... number of areas of specialization have evolved as a result of the different applications of toxicological information that exist within society today It might be argued, however, that the professional ... (1996), Toxicant Profile for Chloroform similar rodent species like the mouse and rat have very similar dose–response curves and the same relative organ sensitivities to chloroform For example, an...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 16:20

... diffusion For example, the rate of transfer of chloroform out of pulmonary blood is directly proportional to its concentration in the blood Essentially, pulmonary excretion is the reverse of the ... objective of biotransformation is to promote the excretion of chemicals by the formation of water-soluble metabolites or products Biotransformation can also alter the biological activity of chemicals, ... remain there for a considerable period of time) The stimulation of enzyme activity, called induction, is most often the result of the increased amount of enzyme present If it is the result of an increased...

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... the site of formation of these bioactivated forms of the chemical, usually receives the brunt of their effects Morphologic Considerations The liver can be described as a large mass of cells packed ... of morphological signs of necrosis are massive swelling of the cell, marked clumping of nuclear chromatin, extreme swelling of mitochondria, breaks in the plasma membrane, and the formation of ... accumulation of lipids in the cell These include: Inhibition of Lipoprotein Synthesis A number of chemicals are capable of inhibiting synthesis of the protein moiety needed for synthesis of lipoproteins...

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... understood Because of this, assessment of potential immunotoxic effects of drugs, chemicals, and other agents is not a simple task Often, measurement of a variety of components of the immune system ... heterogeneous nature of inhaled particles, the aerodynamic diameter is calculated for the population of particulates of interest This value is based on the settling velocity of the population of particles ... seven tissues was remarkably rapid, and for many industrial chemicals, it is often within minutes of exposure It is often interesting to note that the levels of the inhaled solvent remained fairly...

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... gametes At the time of fertilization, or zygote formation, the fusion of gametes once again forms a cell with a full complement of 46 chromosomes Genetic Alteration Tests for genotoxicity in ... establishing priorities for future testing of chemicals of unknown cancer-causing potential This factor has been one of the primary driving forces behind the rapid expansion of genetic toxicology ... Monitoring and Biomarkers for Genetic Damage Cytogenetic analysis (chromosome evaluation) of human lymphocytes has been a standard industrial technique for monitoring human genetic damage However,...

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... component of several enzymes and is necessary for the utilization of iron Iron, in turn, is necessary for the production of hemoglobin Magnesium, manganese, and molybdenum are cofactors for a number of ... sources of information for the toxicity and general characteristics of metals REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READING ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists), Documentation of Threshold ... number of these essential metals are potentially toxic For example, cobalt is a necessary component of vitamin B12 and is required for the production of red blood cells and the prevention of pernicious...

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... Chloroform may be produced at low levels during the chlorination/disinfection of water As with other volatile solvents, inhalation is considered the main exposure route for chloroform Much of the ... observation forms the basis for the practice of sampling expired air as a measure of possible occupational exposure in some industrial medical surveillance programs 374 PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS OF ORGANIC ... toxicological evaluation of the other potential adverse effects of solvents, the often complex nature of industrial exposure situations complicates most objective evaluations of malignancy with regard...

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... Validity of Information in the Literature Any assessment of the intrinsic toxicity of a chemical begins with a comprehensive search of the scientific literature for relevant studies While all of the ... amount of freeze-dried horse serum required for therapy Monoclonal antibodies have not yet gained much acceptance for immunotherapy of intoxications or envenomations, probably for a combination of ... substantially Developing estimates of risks for each of the possible adverse effects of each chemical of interest is usually impractical A simpler approach is to estimate risks for the health effect to...

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... procedure of appeal must be established in this respect Condition of execution of the function of occupational health professionals • Professional independence Occupational health professionals ... mechanism of toxicity to humans and the relevance of animal data in predicting human toxicity The case of antimony trioxide also emphasizes the need for inclusion of up-to-date toxicological information ... (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Toxicological Profile for Lead Draft for Public Comment (update), U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Aug 1997 ASTM (American Society for...

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