Feasibility Study on Optimising the Efficacy of a Population Age Estimation Model for South China by Combined Machine Learning for the Second and Third Molars.

Dental age estimation, as an important part of forensic anthropology, has a wide range of applications for its results in legal practice. Given the lowered legal age for criminal responsibility in China and the increasing juvenile delinquency, we establish a morphological database targeting the second (M2) and third molars (M3) of the Southern Chinese population. Full mouth orthopantomography from 1486 individuals aged 8.

A review on selective production of value-added chemicals via catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.

Increasing fossil fuel consumption and global warming has been driving the worldwide revolution towards renewable energy. Biomass is abundant and low-cost resource whereas it requires environmentally friendly and cost-effective conversion technique. Pyrolysis of biomass into valuable bio-oil has attracted much attention in the past decades due to its feasibility and huge commercial outlook.

Study on the mechanism of co-catalyzed pyrolysis of biomass by potassium and calcium.

The effects of K and Ca on the pyrolysis of rice straw were studied. The results showed that impregnating a certain amount of Ca is beneficial to the uniform distribution of K, and mixing a certain amount of K is also beneficial to the uniform distribution of Ca. Ca and K would combine with the silicon-aluminum compound in the sample during the pyrolysis and become invalid.

Influence of torrefaction pretreatment on corncobs: A study on fundamental characteristics, thermal behavior, and kinetic.

The effects of torrefaction pretreatment on corncobs properties and its pyrolysis kinetic parameters were investigated in this study. Proximate and ultimate analyses indicated that torrefaction increased the H/C ratio and higher heating value of corncobs, and reduced its oxygen content. Although the mass yield was also reduced, the corresponding energy yield was relatively higher.

Catalytic co-pyrolysis of Alternanthera philoxeroides and peanut soapstock via a new continuous fast microwave pyrolysis system.

Continuous fast microwave catalytic co-pyrolysis of Alternanthera philoxeroides and peanut soapstock was studied using HZSM-5 as catalyst. The effects of catalyst temperature, feedstock-to-catalyst ratio, and A. philoxeroides-to-peanut soapstock ratio on the yield and composition of bio-oil were studied.

Production of bio-oil from agricultural waste by using a continuous fast microwave pyrolysis system.

In this study, a continuous fast microwave-assisted pyrolysis system was developed to produce bio-oil, gas, and biochar from rice straw and Camellia oleifera shell. The effects of different pyrolysis temperatures (400 °C, 500 °C, and 600 °C) and feed rates (rice straw: 25, 45, and 66 g/min; C. oleifera shell: 100, 200, and 400 g/min) on bio-oil production were investigated.

Ex-situ catalytic upgrading of vapors from fast microwave-assisted co-pyrolysis of Chromolaena odorata and soybean soapstock.

Fast microwave-assisted catalytic co-pyrolysis of Chromolaena odorata (C. odorata) and soybean soapstock with HZSM-5 as an ex-situ catalyst was investigated. Effects of catalytic temperature, feedstock: catalyst ratio and C.