AN INTRODUCTION AND RECENT ADVANCES IN THE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF EARLY SYNTHETIC DYES AND ORGANIC PIGMENTS IN CULTURAL HERITAGE

An Introduction and Recent Advances in the Analytical Study of Early Synthetic Dyes and Organic Pigments in Cultural Heritage

This article reviews the research recently undertaken to characterise and identify early synthetic dyes (ESDs) and synthetic organic pigments (SOPs) as well as study their degradation pathways with a focus on cultural heritage applications.Since the invention of the first fully synthetic Laundry Set dye in 1856, these materials have been used in a

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NEXUS BETWEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY, NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, CO2 EMISSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

This paper examines the nexus amid renewable energy, non-renewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth in South Africa.VECM and Granger causality approach were employed in the paper.Empirical result suggested that carbon emissions granger cause GDPC uni-directionally.Essentially, From the various empirical estimation, it is discov

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Peritoneal Dialysis Tailored to Pediatric Needs

Consideration of specific pediatric aspects is essential to achieve adequate peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment in children.These are first of all the rapid growth, in particular during infancy and puberty, which must be accompanied by a positive calcium balance, and the age dependent changes in body composition.The high total body water content an

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Global trends and factors associated with the illegal killing of elephants: A hierarchical bayesian analysis of carcass encounter data.

Elephant poaching and the ivory trade remain high on the agenda at meetings of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).Well-informed debates require robust estimates of trends, the spatial distribution of poaching, and drivers of poaching.We present an analysis of trends and drivers of an indicato

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