Studies Of Convective Drying Using Numerical Analysis On Local Hardwood

In wood industry, drying of wood is the most energy extensive process that incurs a lot of cost and time. Pengering kayu adalah salah satu proses yang menggunakan tenaga yang banyak dalam industri pembalakan

Studies Of Convective Drying Using Numerical Analysis On Local Hardwood [TA419.A2 L478 2007 f rb].

Pengering kayu adalah salah satu proses yang menggunakan tenaga yang banyak dalam industri pembalakan. Walaubagaimanapun, proses ini amatlah penting kerana proses ini boleh meningkatkan sifat mekanik kayu dan juga menghindari kayu daripada serangan serangga perosak dan serangan fungi. In wood industry, drying of wood is the most energy extensive process that incurs a lot of cost and time. This process however is one of the most important, which enhances the mechanical properties and protects the wood against insect and fungal attack

Modification of a Constitutive to Glucose-Responsive Liver-Specific Promoter Resulted in Increased Efficacy of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 8-Insulin Gene Therapy of Diabetic Mice

We have previously used a hepatotropic adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector with a modified human insulin gene to treat diabetic mice. The HLP (hybrid liver-specific promoter) used was constitutively active and non-responsive to glucose. In this study, we examined the effects of addition of glucose responsive elements (R3G) and incorporation of a 3′ albumin enhancer (3′iALB) on insulin expression. In comparison with the original promoter, glucose responsiveness was only observed in the modified promoters in vitro with a 36 h lag time before the peak expression. A 50% decrease in the number of viral particles at 5 × 109 vector genome (vg)/mouse was required by AAV8-R3GHLP-hINSco to reduce the blood sugar level to near normoglycemia when compared to the original AAV8-HLP-hINSco that needed 1 × 1010 vg/mouse. The further inclusion of an 860 base-pairs 3′iALB enhancer component in the 3′ untranslated region increased the in vitro gene expression significantly but this increase was not observed when the packaged virus was systemically injected in vivo. The addition of R3G to the HLP promoter in the AAV8-human insulin vector increased the insulin expression and secretion, thereby lowering the required dosage for basal insulin treatment. This in turn reduces the risk of liver toxicity and cost of vector production

A STUDY OF THE REDD-PLUS MECHANISM AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION EFFORTS IN ASEAN COUNTRIES WITH FOREST RESOURCES

Master'sMASTER OF SCIENCE (ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT) (MEM

Evidence of Hormonal, Laboratory, Biochemical and Instrumental Diagnostics of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas. Ch 8.5 pp 953-960

3The Pancreas An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery953-960United Kingdo

Epidemiology and Classification of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas

3The Pancreas An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery919-929United Kingdo

A study of computational fluid dynamics on membrane module in membrane distillation

Membrane distillation is one of the recently interest rising membrane separation processes used for the separation of seawater and saline wastewater, and etc. Membrane distillation has the advantage of adopting the low grade waste energy and/or renewable energy such as solar and geothermal energy due to the nature of thermal driven process and low temperature range. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a numerical simulation tool that is able to perform the calculation in order to investigate and simulate the performance of the processes that involve fluid, heat and mass transfer. In this study, a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) experiment will be studied using hollow fiber membrane module. A three dimensional (3D) CFD simulation will be examined for its viability in the investigation of the DCMD. Furthermore, various CFD multiphase models will be studied for its suitability in predicting heat and mass behavior within the membrane