Sustainability in skin care: Incorporation of avocado peel extracts in topical formulations

SM Ferreira, Z Falé, L Santos - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The avocado peel is an agro-industrial by-product that has exhibited a massive increase in
its production in the last few years. The reuse and valorisation of this by-product are …

Narrow pH tolerance found for a microbial fuel cell treating winery wastewater

T Liu, AV Nadaraja, J Friesen, K Gill… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims The use of microbial fuel cells (MFC) to treat winery wastewater is promising; however,
an initial acidic pH, fluctuating chemical oxygen demand (COD) levels and a lack of natural …

RS–DFID Africa capacity-building initiative programme grant: harnessing unsteady phase-change heat exchange in high-performance concentrated solar power …

B Winchester, AM Maghrabi… - Interface …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Royal Society and UK Department for International Development supported a
consortium of three universities across sub-Saharan Africa and Imperial College London …

[PDF][PDF] Energy services market: Conceptual framework and mechanism of forming

VI Deshko, OM Kovalko, OV Novoseltsev… - International Journal of …, 2020 - academia.edu
The energy services market is the youngest, compared to other types of energy markets, but
also the most actively expanding worldwide in two priority areas: energy efficiency and …

Stable performance of microbial fuel cell technology treating winery wastewater irrespective of seasonal variations

T Liu, AV Nadaraja, J Shi, DJ Roberts - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The seasonality of wastewater production is a challenge for biological treatment systems
due to the seasonal variation of wastewater volume and contaminant concentration. This …

Performance of microbial reverse-electrodialysis cells for power generation at different external resistance

AJ Effendi, S Hidayat, Syafrudin… - Air, Soil and Water …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, the effect of external resistance on the microbial reverse-electrodialysis cell
(MRC) performance using organic-rich wastewater as an electron donor was examined. The …

Harvesting electrical current from intact plant leaves

Y Shlosberg, M Meirovich, O Yehezkeli, G Schuster… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Efforts to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy technologies, especially solar energy
conversion, continue to improve the potential to produce useful amounts of energy without …

Active Charcoal From Waste of Avocado Seeds As a Chromic (Cr) Metal Adsorbent Using Chloride Acid (Hcl) and Sulfuric Acid (H2So4) Activator

D Guntama, I Mahardini, R Purnamasari… - Journal of Community …, 2020 - journal.unpas.ac.id
Avocado seeds are one of the wastes generated from restaurants that serve avocado juice.
This avocado seed waste can be used as activated charcoal by carbonization at high …

Simultaneous wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation with constructed wetland incorporating microbial fuel cell

JY Ng - 2023 - eprints.utar.edu.my
Constructed wetland (CW) and microbial fuel cell (MFC) complement each other well due to
the similar configuration in both systems. Therefore, incorporation of CW and MFC had …

Athlete-agent agency experiences of rugby and soccer players in South Africa

DTM Moeletsi, W Hollander - African Journal for Physical Activity and …, 2023 - journals.co.za
Athlete-agent relationships require that agents have the necessary competencies to deliver
on tasks assigned and agreed upon with players. These include representing players on …