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Alimentary oligofructose (OF) overload induces acute laminitis in dairy heifers. We examined the correlation between acute bovine laminitis and antioxidant levels by measuring the activities of malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT), reduced glutathione (GSH), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in dairy heifers with acute bovine laminitis. A total of 12 clinically healthy non-pregnant Chinese Holstein...
Plant hormones are trace organic molecules that play important roles in plant growth, development and stress resistance. 24-epibrassinolide (Br24) and strigolactones (Gr24) were reported to alleviate the toxicity of heavy metals and restrict their translocation into plants. In this study, the effects of Br24 and Gr24 with or without iron plaque (IP) induction on the uptake and accumulation of cadmium...
Controlled irrigation and drainage (CID) has received considerable attention as a reliable management practice for improving water quality and water productivity in rice production. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of CID on water productivity, nitrogen, and phosphorus losses in paddy fields. Treatments include alternate wetting and drying (AWD; lower limit of irrigation to -200 mm and upper...
Five types of kitchen waste (KW) from China – including hop pot (HP), fast food (FF), Hebei cuisine (HC), university canteen (UC), and other mixed KW (Other) – were investigated as feedstock for potential biogas and methane production. The biodegradability of KW was measured using batch anaerobic digestion (AD) tests and feedstock at an inoculum ratio (F/I) of 0.5. Gompertz and Cone models were used...
To evaluate potential interactive effects of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on biomarker responses, groups of the freshwater fish crucian carp (Carassius auratus) were exposed to single and binary combinations of copper (Cu) (0.01-0.16 mg L-1) with fluorene (Fl) or fluoranthene (Fluo) (2-10 mg kg⁻¹) for 96 h. Dose-dependent increases in the activities of phases I and II metabolic...
For pretreating waste-activated sludge, the combined alkali and microwave pretreatment is a promising hybrid method. To make this pretreatment more economical, moderate conditions were applied for central composite design of the experiments. A quadratic model was established to describe the influence of NaOH dosage and microwave processing time on methane production. The optimal condition was 0.12...
Based on 2005-15 water quality data and measured flood data in 2006-12 at Tongguan Bridge Section, storm-period water-quality characteristics and different time-scale water-quality characteristics have been analyzed for the Weihe River and its basins. The interannual and quarterly mean concentrations of COD, NH₃-N, DO, and river pH value are calculated to evaluate pollution characteristics. Water...
The hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) in biogas is poisonous and corrosive, so it is usually removed in the early stage of biogas upgrading. Dosing iron compounds directly into the anaerobic fermenter is an in-situ method for rough desulphurization. But it is difficult to estimate the appropriate amount of iron compound to add and overdosing is usually inevitable. Five kinds of iron compounds (FeCl₂, FeCl₃,...
A common approach to increasing biogas production is enhancing the hydrolysis of wheat straw by removing the lignin-using chemicals. However, partial organic matter will also dissolve into chemical solutions during pretreatment, which leads to the loss of organic matter for the anaerobic digestion process. The enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw and loss of total organic carbon increased with NaOH...
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