Publications by authors named "N El Kadi"
Textile production has doubled in the last 20 years, but only 1% is recycled into new fibers. It is the third largest contributor to water pollution and land use, accounting for 10% of global carbon emissions and 20% of clean water pollution. A key challenge in textile recycling is blended yarns, such as polycotton blends, which consist of polyester and cotton.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLaparoscopic donor nephrectomy was introduced in 1995 as a means of minimally invasive surgeries that entail kidney extraction from healthy individuals. Since then, it has widely overtaken the traditional open surgical approaches, especially in live donor nephrectomy procedures worldwide. Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery is considered a more optimized surgical approach utilizing a single incision instead of four.
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- The study explores a Fenton-based advanced oxidation process for removing color from reactive-dyed waste cotton, aiming to enhance textile recycling.
- Test samples of black and blue cotton were treated with a Fenton solution, resulting in significant color removal efficiencies of 61.5% and 72.9%, respectively.
- Although discoloration was effective, mechanical testing showed decreased tensile strength and thermal stability in the treated fabrics, indicating some degradation of the cotton structure along with the dye removal.
Background: Renewable materials made using environmentally friendly processes are in high demand as a solution to reduce the pollution created by the fashion industry. In recent years, there has been a growing trend in research on renewable materials focused on bio-based materials derived from fungi.
Results: Recently, fungal cell wall material of a chitosan producing fungus has been wet spun to monofilaments.