Linkage and association analysis are both tools for mapping the locations of genes responsible for human traits. A common approach for quantitative trait linkage analysis in human pedigrees involves the use of variance component models. In the first part of this dissertation, I extended the...

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In this study, we produced biodiesel by utilising waste cooking oil as a raw material, unrefined methanol produced by a chemical plant as a transesterification agent and sodium hydroxide as a catalyst. The yield and heating value of the biodiesel produced with unrefined methanol were...

In order to enhance caproic concentration from wheat straw fermentation and elucidate the microbial community inside the system. This study investigated ethanol addition with different mode for wheat straw co-cultured with rumen fluid. The results showed that segmentation additon of ehanol...

On the basis of previous studies about lactic acid (LA) production from food waste (‘cooked’ waste from canteens and restaurants), this study explored LA production from kitchen garbage (KG, ‘raw’ waste from household kitchens) for the first time. Considerable pretreatment method for...

We consider the impact of the Covid19 Pandemic on major stock-markets. We first apply a structural break testing procedure in order to identify the date of initial impact. We then estimate the magnitude of the impact using an extended form of the GARCHX model. The overall impact is decomposed...

In order to achieve ethanol production from kitchen garbage under non-sterilized fermentation, the acid-tolerant Zymomonas mobilis named GZNS1 was selected and applied in the fermentation system. Ethanol production from kitchen garbage under non-sterilized fermentation with GZNS1 was proved to...

Adoption of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) into ethanol fermentation from food waste can replace the sterilization process. However, LAB inoculation will convert part of the substrate into lactic acid (LA), not ethanol. This study adopted lactate oxidase to convert the produced LA to pyruvate, and...