scholarly journals Incorporation of Biochar to Improve Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Polymer Composites

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2663
Author(s):  
Chinmoyee Das ◽  
Sandeep Tamrakar ◽  
Alper Kiziltas ◽  
Xinfeng Xie
Keyword(s):  
Conductive Filler ◽  
Filler Material ◽  
Thermochemical Conversion ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Thermal And Electrical Properties ◽  
Inorganic Mineral ◽  
Mineral Fillers ◽  
Composite Properties ◽  
Review Current

The strive for utilization of green fillers in polymer composite has increased focus on application of natural biomass-based fillers. Biochar has garnered a lot of attention as a filler material and has the potential to replace conventionally used inorganic mineral fillers. Biochar is a carbon rich product obtained from thermochemical conversion of biomass in nitrogen environment. In this review, current studies dealing with incorporation of biochar in polymer matrices as a reinforcement and conductive filler were addressed. Each study mentioned here is nuanced, while addressing the same goal of utilization of biochar as a filler. In this review paper, an in-depth analysis of biochar and its structure is presented. The paper explored the various methods employed in fabrication of the biocomposites. A thorough review on the effect of addition of biochar on the overall composite properties showed immense promise in improving the overall composite properties. An analysis of the possible knowledge gaps was also done, and improvements were suggested. Through this study we tried to present the status of application of biochar as a filler material and its potential future applications.

Schizoecologic Cartographies

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-124
Author(s):  
Hanjo Berressem
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Meta Model ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ecological Parameters ◽  
Striated Space

The chapter first defines the status of the diagram that underlies Schizoanalytic Cartographies as a formal diagram of an informal world. As such, it is itself a figure of the various complementarities that are defined within it. Using foldings of the diagram to organize the text, the chapter subsequently provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between and the superpositions of its four functors: Flows, Phyla, Territories and Universes. Next, it presents the diagram’s inherently ecological parameters. By way of tracing the vectors between its various positions, it defines the diagram as a meta-model of the expressive relation between the world and its creatures. After showing Guattari’s recalibration of the distinction between smooth and striated space, it exemplifies the notion of an expressive ecology in four sections that perform the squaring of concepts (chlorophyll), of the unconscious (Lacan), of aesthetics (Balthus) and of media studies (the analog and digital divide).

scholarly journals Review—Current Concepts in Inflammatory Skin Diseases Evolved by Transcriptome Analysis: In-Depth Analysis of Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Schwingen ◽  
Mustafa Kaplan ◽  
Florian C. Kurschus
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Bioinformatic Analysis ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Inflammatory Skin Diseases ◽  
Biologically Relevant ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Inflammatory Skin ◽  
Review Current

During the last decades, high-throughput assessment of gene expression in patient tissues using microarray technology or RNA-Seq took center stage in clinical research. Insights into the diversity and frequency of transcripts in healthy and diseased conditions provide valuable information on the cellular status in the respective tissues. Growing with the technique, the bioinformatic analysis toolkit reveals biologically relevant pathways which assist in understanding basic pathophysiological mechanisms. Conventional classification systems of inflammatory skin diseases rely on descriptive assessments by pathologists. In contrast to this, molecular profiling may uncover previously unknown disease classifying features. Thereby, treatments and prognostics of patients may be improved. Furthermore, disease models in basic research in comparison to the human disease can be directly validated. The aim of this article is not only to provide the reader with information on the opportunities of these techniques, but to outline potential pitfalls and technical limitations as well. Major published findings are briefly discussed to provide a broad overview on the current findings in transcriptomics in inflammatory skin diseases.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Status Quo and Paths of Informatization Teaching Ability of Teachers in Rural Primary and Middle Schools in Hotan Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Yongtang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Teaching Ability ◽  
The Status

This study conducted an in-depth analysis of the informatization teaching ability of teachers in rural primary and secondary schools in Hotan area through the literature method and questionnaire survey method. The investigation is mainly conducted in the aspects of teachers’ informatization awareness, teachers’ informatization ability, informatization application status, and existing problems, etc., analyzing the constraints existing in the informatization teaching of rural elementary and middle schools teachers, and making targeted improvements Strategies for teachers’ informatization teaching ability in rural elementary and middle schools: raising awareness of informatization teaching; informatization teaching training; informatization evaluation system; establishing a systematic and complete management system.

scholarly journals Talking beyond the text: identifying and fostering critical talk in a middle school classroom

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jennifer L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Student Talk ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Text Talk ◽  
Teacher's Knowledge ◽  
The Continuum

This qualitative inquiry examined eighty-one transcribed student and teacher discussions and interviews and researcher field notes to determine the type of talk that occurred as the teacher invited small groups of students to take part in dialogue prompted by literature. Four themes emerged from the data: teacher's knowledge, processing time, various forms of scaffolding, and oral rubrics. During in-depth analysis of ten selected transcripts, additional themes of the nature of critical talk emerged. First, students explored critical concepts such as recognizing a need for action, becoming aware of injustices, and challenging the status quo. Also, student talk scaled the ladder of abstraction, offering concrete examples that made their discussions more applicable to their lives, while at the same time traveling up the ladder, abstracting the is sues to begin to explore larger more systemic causes of particular injustices. Second, some students believed that they were changed by the interactions while others felt as if they had gained new understandings of particular concepts, issues, or beliefs. A continuum of the type of student talk shows how students' talk moves among social talk, fundamental text talk, socio-interpretive text talk,critical talk, and critical conversations. As students traverse along the continuum, various needs can be met. As teachers recognize where students' talk is on the continuum, they can lead students to deeper literature study discussions. In order to help students take a more critical approach when discussing texts, teachers must scaffold the talk and provide the time for students to grapple with critical concepts.

scholarly journals All the Faces of Grochowiak

2020 ◽  
pp. 325-346
Author(s):  
Andrzej Juchniewicz
Keyword(s):  
Mature Stage ◽  
World War ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Creative Life

The hereby reviewed book by Jacek Łukasiewicz entitled Poeta Grochowiak has been an impressive and monumental undertaking, yet it fulfils only some of the pro­mises made by its author. According to the reviewer, the fact of its release offers grounds for a discussion of the status of theory and the validity of abandoning it in favour of a reading devoid of methodological regime which elevates the importance of pleasure. The main problem which emerges after reading Łukasiewicz’s opus magnum is the issue of selecting the recipient of the monograph (a regular person or a specialist), which in turn conditions the mode of study of the poet’s output. Łukasiewicz’s monograph amplifies the conviction that Grochowiak’s poetic works should be read using new methodologies, which could indicate the poet’s innova­tion in terms of increasing the value of objects and animals as the most important components of his universe. According to the reviewer, what requires justification the most is the need to comment on nearly all poems from the poet’s released collec­tions, which is supposed to be facilitated by the researcher’s identification of seve­ral categories around which his narration centred. The book was divided into two parts. The first part is predominantly chronological, while the second part follows a contextual organisation, which considering the book’s size causes problems in the form of repeated discussions of several poems. The reviewer noted the fact that some were subjected to careful reading several times while other, especially those not released, did not receive a sufficient amount of attention. Additionally, Łukasie­wicz did not attempt to define the gravity of the topic of the most recent world war in Grochowiak’s output or to reconstruct the poet’s polemic with Julian Przyboś during the mature stage of the former’s creative life. An in-depth analysis is also demanded for poems discussing the suffering of animals and inter-species commu­nity, which Łukasiewicz deemed noteworthy yet his comments to those do not help readers find indications of eco-critical awareness in Grochowiak’s works. The new monograph devoted to the output of the author of Kanon sheds new light on many problems and biographical contexts as the critic knew the poet, yet some issues re­quire further study. Poeta Grochowiak as the crowning of Łukasiewicz’s efforts into the study of the poet’s output is impressive, yet there is no doubt that a panoramic view does not guarantee noticing every detail, and it is in details that Grochowiak’s poetic sensitivity is lodged.

scholarly journals Boosting growth through intra-regional cooperation: Macedonia and Albania

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasminka Varnalieva ◽  
Nehat Ramadani
Keyword(s):  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
East Europe ◽  
South East Europe ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Economic Growth Rates ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the status of economic cooperation among countries in the South East Europe (SEE) with particular attention on the cooperation between Macedonia and Albania. In line with the SEE 2020 Strategy adopted by the EU aspiring countries in 2013, increased intra-regional cooperation among the countries should be used as a preparation for a smooth and faster European and Euro-Atlantic integration. This paper provides an in-depth analysis and statistics of the overall economic cooperation, trade patterns and capital movement among the countries and identifies major obstacles for increased cooperation that could result in higher economic growth rates. The paper concludes that while the cooperation among countries of former Yugoslavia is stronger, the level of cooperation between Macedonia and Albania is still very low and could be significantly increased provided certain policy instruments are implemented.

Sugarcane sucrose metabolism: scope for molecular manipulation

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. L. Grof ◽  
James A. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Metabolism ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
The Status ◽  
Biochemical Research ◽  
Review Reports ◽  
Molecular Manipulation ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Physiological And Biochemical ◽  
Review Current

Improvement of the sucrose content of commercial sugarcane by conventional breeding has reached a plateau, primarily due to the narrow gene pool, and the potential to introduce novel genes or manipulate native genes to influence metabolism may have significant application. This review reports on progress in developing new, and optimising existing, transformation processes for sugarcane, and confirms that the requisite molecular tools for modifying sugarcane metabolism are as yet poorly developed when compared with those currently being applied to dicotyledonous model and crop species. Drawing from the considerable base of biochemical research into sucrose metabolism in sugarcane, a number of target steps for metabolic manipulation are reviewed. Specifically, we review current research into the physiological and biochemical elucidation of the key processes of sucrose synthesis, transport and cleavage. Given the focus of this review on molecular manipulation, particular emphasis is placed on the status of research into the isolation of genes encoding the key enzymes and transporters in the sucrose accumulation process.

The Practice and Case Law of Israel in Matters Related to International Law

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rotem M. Giladi
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
The State ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Regular Practice

On February 24, 1998, the government submitted the International Treaties (Approval by the Knesset) Bill, 1998 to the Knesset. This governmental bill represents the culmination of fifty years of exchange between the Executive and the Legislature concerning the constitutional authority to conclude international agreements on behalf of the State of Israel.Normally, it would have been preferable to await the completion of the enactment process before commenting on the new legislative arrangements. Due to the constitutional importance of the Bill and the fact that it raises several important questions, the regular practice will be abandoned in this case.Despite the availability of an abundance of materials on the treatymaking practice of the State of Israel and the status of treaties under municipal Israeli law both in English and in Hebrew, an in-depth analysis of the Bill requires an extensive expositionde lex lataon both these questions. Only then will the provisions of the Bill be presented. This will take the form of an issue-by-issue analysis, with conclusions drawn in each segment. The review will conclude with several additional observationsde lege ferenda.

Risk Analysis of Smart Terminals in Mobile Application of Power System and the Protection Solution Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 260-261 ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
Zhi Peng Shao ◽  
Shi Da Lu ◽  
Mu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Solution Design ◽  
Internet Application ◽  
Android Operating System

Introduce the status of mobile internet application in electric power corporations and current security protection methods. An in-depth analysis is made to demonstrate the possible hidden risks in the electric power smart terminals. Propose a set of electric power smart terminals protect solution and the implementation based on android operating system.

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