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Fabrication of blend polyvinylidene fluoride/chitosan membranes for enhanced flux and fouling resistance
(Elsevier, 2018-01)The fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes was studied using chitosan as a hydrophilic additive for flux enhancement and stability. Chitosan (CS) was blended with PVDF at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5% (w/w) ... -
Feedstock Availability, Composition, New Potential Resources for Biohydrogen, Biomethane, and Biobutanol Production via Biotechnological Routes
(Springer, 2017)Booming population, higher standard of living, and growing industrialization continue to exert a demand for energy. The continuous and unlimited use of fossil fuels to meet the growing energy demand would deplete the finite ... -
Formulating Interest Subsidy Program to Support the Development of Electricity Generation from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Biomass: An Indonesian Case Study
(EDP Science, 2018)This paper analyses financial feasibility and cost-benefit and formulates the relevant subsidy program that is currently implemented by the government. We find that providing interest subsidy is financially feasible only ... -
Fouling mechanisms in ultrafiltration under constant flux: Effect of feed spacer design
(Elsevier, 2020-09)The impact of feed spacer design on membrane fouling mechanism in ultrafiltration (UF) process under constant flux mode was systematically investigated. Thecombined intermediate pore blocking and cake filtration model was ... -
Functional groups docking on PVDF membranes: Novel Piranha approach
(Pergamon, 2017-11)Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes play a key role in several industrial applications due to their favorable properties, including their high chemical stability. Tuning the properties of PVDF membranes enables a sharp ... -
Global and Environmental Health- Risks and Challenges
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,, 2017)This book is written in an attempt to place all the global and environmental health risks and challenges in our modern world in one volume. Topics as environment and health, pollution, global warming, population explosion, ... -
Green Marketing: A Marketing Mix Point of View
(UNIMAP, 2015-02)This paper tries to provide an overview of green marketing from marketing mix point of view. The aim of green marketing is to include environmental issues in the marketing efforts. The idea is that marketers provide consumers ... -
Green marketing: A study of consumers’ attitude towards environment friendly products
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-09-20)Increasing awareness on the various environmental problems has led a shift in the way consumers go about their life. There has been a change in consumer attitudes towards a green lifestyle. People are actively trying to ... -
Host Selection of Peach Rootborer Capnodis tenebrionis L. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to Stone-Fruit Trees in Jordan *)
(Entomological Society of America, 2003-03-01)Field and laboratory experiments were conducted during April 2006 to December 2008 to investigate host selection of peach rootborer (PRB) to stone-fruit trees. PRB adults selected significantly peach trees for feeding and ... -
Hydrochemical processes governing groundwater quality of sedimentary aquifers in Central Saudi Arabia and its environmental implications
(Springer, 2015-02-14)The present study deals with the interpretation of the major processes governing the groundwater chemistry in parts of Qassim and Riyadh province of Saudi Arabia. The study area that is dominated by agricultural activities ... -
Hydrogeological vulnerability and pollution risk mapping of the Saq and overlying aquifers using the DRASTIC model and GIS techniques, NW Saudi Arabia
(Springer, 2015-07)Saq and overlying aquifers serve as important sources of water supply for agricultural and domestic usage in Saudi Arabia. Due to urbanization and growth in the agricultural sector, groundwater resources are over-exploited ... -
Imidazole, a new tunable reagent for producing nanocellulose, part I: Xylan-coated CNCs and CNFs
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-10)Imidazole is reported to be an effective reactant for the production of nanocellulose from hardwood pulp. The morphologies and surface properties of the nanocellulose can be simply tailored according to the water content ... -
Impact of green HR practices on environmental sustainability of a UAE based organization
(EM International, 2018)Sustainability can be defined as the way in which organizations manage their business so that it benefits their people, economy and environment. It is unarguably one of the most important pillars on which a business has ... -
Impact of the Surface Properties of cellulose nanocrystals on the crystallization kinetics of poly (butylene succinate)
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-03)The hydrophilicity of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is a major challenge for their processing with hydrophobic polymers and matrices. As a result, many surface modifications have been proposed to hydrophobize CNCs. The ... -
The Importance of Credit Program Scheme on Waste to Energy Program in Indonesia: Case Study on Tofu Industry
(EDP Science, 2018-04)This study aimed to provide a basis for future policy making in supporting the waste to energy from tofu in Indonesia. The policy studied was the credit program scheme for tofu industry. The financial feasibility, as well ... -
Indoor air quality (iaq) in the uae research in environmental health and safety
(2017)Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has been one of the most important aspects that environmentalists consider. Since UAE residents spend 80%-95% of their time indoors to escape high temperatures. Individuals should pay attention to ... -
Integrated application of geoelectrical techniques for structural investigations: case study of Wadi Marsad Graben, Jordan
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)An integrated geoelectrical survey has been conducted at the Wadi Marsad area, south of Jordan, to map the dominant structural features associated with the Arabian-African plate movements. The area is known to be tectonically ... -
Ionic liquid-mediated technology to produce cellulose nanocrystals directly from wood
(Elsevier, 2015-09)We report for the first time the direct extraction of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) from wood by means of a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM][OAc]) treatment. A native cellulosic product could be recovered in 44% ... -
Isolation, Identification and Manipulation of Almond Borer Pheromones
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,, 2011)Laboratory and field experiments were carried out during the period from 2003 to 2005 to isolate and identify the pheromones of Almond Borer (AB), Capnodis carbonaria, test the attraction of AB to the isolated pheromone ... -
Leaching of PVP from PVDF/PVP blend membranes: Impacts on membrane structure and fouling in membrane bioreactors
(Springer US, 2016-05)Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes are widely used in membrane industry, especially for membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Many PVDF membranes contain residual polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) that acts as a pore-forming additive. ...