Corn starch wastewater is nontoxic and rich in nutrients, thus, could be regarded as a potential feedstock for lutein biosynthesis by microalgae. For this bioconversion process, the pretreatment process and utilization improvement of nutrients in wastewater are the two key issues. In this study,...

Corn starch wastewater is nontoxic and rich in nutrients, thus, could be regarded as a potential feedstock for lutein biosynthesis by microalgae. For this bioconversion process, the pretreatment process and utilization improvement of nutrients in wastewater are the two key issues. In this study,...

Microalgal biomass is an essential source of renewable energy and the production of high-valued bio-products. Nannochloropsis sp. is a marine microalgae which contains high valued bio-compounds. However, it contains elevated moisture which hinders extraction of important significant...

Microalgal carbohydrates are a sustainable carbon-rich feedstock for microbial conversion into biofuels. In this investigation, Chlorella vulgaris JSC-6 was used for carbohydrates production from CO2 and fatty acids under different cultivation strategies to meet the requirements of a CO2-neutral...

In this study, the potential of microalgae to remove nutrients from swine wastewater and accumulate carbohydrates was examined. Chlorella sorokiniana AK-1 and Chlorella vulgaris ESP-31 were grown in 10% unsterilized swine wastewater and obtained a maximum carbohydrate content and productivity of...

The integrated algal biorefinery (IABR) was deliberated as a feasible alternative to fossil fuels. After the processes of algae cultivation and pretreatment, the algae biomass with different carbohydrate/lipid contents is split into the carbohydrate process for producing fuel/chemicals and the...

The impact of legislation in shaping social norms has captured both scholarly and practitioner attention in the past decades. However, limited understanding exists on how social legislation can create economic value for firms and thereby strengthen the business case for such legislation. We...

Equity is overvalued when its market value is far above its underlying value. Jensen (2005) proposes that overvaluation leads to value-destroying opportunistic earnings management. In this study I examine how equity overvaluation affects a firm's financial opacity and its stock crash risk. I...

This study presents a newly designed endwall equipped with novel-type vortex generators (NVGs) in a 180 degree sharp-turn channel for heat exchange devices. Two types of NVGs with different heights are applied in this study, i.e., V-type and arc-type forms. The NVGs are arranged parallel and...

In this paper, we create a Q-index to capture the speed of Bitcoin adoption and show the variationin the adoption speed across 84 countries. We find that the adoption speed is related to a set ofsocial-economic factors, and that developed countries lead in learning and adopting Bitcoin