COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTRA FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIOUS TREATED AND UNTREATED AGRICULTURE BIOMASS

Computer-assisted analysis of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra for characterization of various treated and untreated agriculture biomass

A computational approach was used to analyze the FTIR spectra of a wide range of treated and untreated lignocellulosic biomass (coconut husk, banana trunk, sago hampas, rice husk, and empty fruit bunch).The biomass was treated with strong sulphuric acid and NaOH, respectively.A total of 87 spectra were obtained in which the absorption bands were de

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Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean

The current knowledge society MELATONIN SPRAY CHERRY has driven an unprecedented mobility of people, especially scientists, from emerging economies to developed countries.This mobility can allow the development of human talent and the access to first class infrastructure and resources, but it can also mean a loss for emerging economies due to the p

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Three new Luticola D.G.Mann (Bacillariophyta) species from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) found in terrestrial diatom assemblages dominated by widely distributed taxa

Background Rapa Nui (Easter Island = Isla de Pasqua) is of volcanic origin, best known Bakeware for about 900 man-made stone statues known as moai.It is one of the most isolated inhabited islands on Earth and studies on the diatoms of Rapa Nui are very few.Methods Light (LM) and electron microscopic (SEM) observations of a single sample collected f

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Prelimbic cortex responds to male ultrasonic vocalizations in the presence of a male pheromone in female mice

Sensory signals are critical to perform adaptive social behavior.During copulation, male mice emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs).Our previous studies have shown that female mice exhibit approach behavior toward sound sources of male USVs and that, after being exposed to a male pheromone, exocrine gland-secreting peptide 1 (ESP1), female mice exhi

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