Machine Learning Predictions of Oil Yields Obtained by Plastic Pyrolysis and Application to Thermodynamic Analysis.

Chemical recycling via thermal processes such as pyrolysis is a potentially viable way to convert mixed streams of waste plastics into usable fuels and chemicals. Unfortunately, experimentally measuring product yields for real waste streams can be time- and cost-prohibitive, and the yields are very sensitive to feed composition, especially for certain types of plastics like poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Models capable of predicting yields and conversion from feed composition and reaction conditions have potential as tools to prioritize resources to the most promising plastic streams and to evaluate potential preseparation strategies to improve yields.

Thermodynamic feasibility of shipboard conversion of marine plastics to blue diesel for self-powered ocean cleanup.

Collecting and removing ocean plastics can mitigate their environmental impacts; however, ocean cleanup will be a complex and energy-intensive operation that has not been fully evaluated. This work examines the thermodynamic feasibility and subsequent implications of hydrothermally converting this waste into a fuel to enable self-powered cleanup. A comprehensive probabilistic exergy analysis demonstrates that hydrothermal liquefaction has potential to generate sufficient energy to power both the process and the ship performing the cleanup.

Cellular distribution of the prion protein in palatine tonsils of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni).

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that affects members of the Cervidae family, including deer (Odocoileus spp.), elk (Cervus Canadensis spp.), and moose (Alces alces spp.

Infection of C57BL/6 mice by Trypanosoma musculi modulates host immune responses during Brucella abortus cocolonization.

Brucellosis, which results in fetal abortions in domestic and wildlife animal populations, is of major concern in the US and throughout much of the world. The disease, caused by Brucella abortus, poses an economic threat to agriculture-based communities. A moderately efficacious live attenuated vaccine (B.

Effect of protein supplementation on expression and distribution of urea transporter-B in lambs fed low-quality forage.

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of ruminal protein degradability, supplementation frequency, and increasing dietary protein on the expression and distribution of urea transporter-B (UT-B) in lambs fed low-quality forage (mature crested wheatgrass hay; 4.2 to 4.7% CP).