Proceedings, Volume 69, Issue 1

The population growth and the limited reservoir of fossil resources have ignited the attention of scientific communities and entrepreneurs to produce alternative products with raw-materials from renewable sources. In this work, proteins derived from...

The European food sector generates about 250 million ton/year of by-products and waste, of which around 10% is from fruit and vegetable processing, with a heavy environmental burden. The agri-food residues (AFRs) contain a significant fraction of cel...

Considering the rising demand to diminish energy consumption and CO2 emissions, the biobased segmented block copolymer, poly(butylene succinate-co-dilinoleic succinate) (PBS-DLS) with 70:30 (wt %) ratio of hard to soft segments was obtain using Candi...

Health and safety issues should be addressed during the development and investigation of industrial processes. In order to develop a sustainable process and fully evaluate its benefits and drawbacks for its optimization, it is crucial to determine it...

Chronic wounds (CW) have numerous entry ways for pathogen invasion and prosperity, damaging host tissue and hindering tissue remodeling. Essential oils exert quick and efficient antimicrobial (AM) action, unlikely to induce bacterial resistance. Caje...

Microbial contamination represents an undesirable event in various domains. Bioactive natural compounds possess plenty of health benefits, including antimicrobial, antifungal and antioxidative activity; however, they are chemically unstable and susce...

Polylactic acid (PLA) belongs to the few thermoplastic polymers that are derived from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugar cane. PLA is often used in 3D printing by fused deposition modeling (FDM) since it is relatively easy to print, doe...

Worn car tires are disruptive waste, and the issue of their management is crucial for the natural environment. In many countries, the primary method of end-of-life tire utilization is energy recovery. However, more effective and beneficial for the en...

The objective of this work is the development of a methodology to determine the useful life based on the storage temperature of NBR O-rings using a reliability-based approach that allows one to predict the use suitability at different supposed storag...

The recycling of waste tires is a significant environmental and economic issue. One of the leading recycling routes is the shredding of tires, resulting in the generation of ground tire rubber. This material can be easily introduced into various poly...