Plant Biotechnology 26‚ 67–70 (2009) Minireview Production of natural rubber from Para rubber tree Yasuyuki Hayashi Bridgestone Corporation‚ Kodaira‚ Tokyo 187-8531‚ Japan E-mail: hayashi.yasuyuki@bridgestone.co.jp Tel: 81-42-342-6514 Fax: 81-43-498-2392 Received December 22‚ 2008; accepte January 27‚ 2009 (Edited by H. Suzuki) Abstract Natural rubber is one of the most important polymers produced by plants because it is a strategic raw material used in more than 40‚000 products. It
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Have you ever lied to someone so you would not be embarrassed? In the short story‚ “Hearts and Hands” by O Henry‚ there is a character who gets on a train on his way to jail. He unexpectedly sits across from an old friend of his named Miss Fairchild who recognizes him. Mr. Easton got in trouble with the law‚ but doesn’t want Miss Fairchild to know. He is escorted by the marshall‚ who out of the kindness of his heart‚ covers for Mr. Easton and says that he (the Marshall) did it. Miss Fairchild is
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B2B Assignment 1 Green Rubber Case Study 1.0 Introduction Green Rubber Global (GRG)‚ a subsidiary of the Petra Group‚ own the global patent for the ‘DeLink’ technology‚ a compound that can be used to create a new product called ‘Green Rubber’. This revolutionary process transforms scrap (including vulcanized) rubber into a new recycled compound that possesses many of the desirable characteristics of virgin rubber‚ while doing so at a reduced cost to business and the environment. GRG was formed
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Rubber Boom Slavery Dating back hundreds of years the indigenous people of South and Central America had discovered the many uses of rubber‚ taken from what is known as a "Hevea brasiliensis" or more commonly‚ a rubber tree. When the latex is extracted from the tree it is hardened and formed into rubber which natives would use for numerous tasks such as making shoes‚ handles for tools‚ and even rubber balls for sports (Dean 23). Due to its useful yet uncanny features it created an immediate
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ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Natural rubber is produced by over 2000 plants species and its main constituent is poly (cis-I‚4-isoprene).a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon. Since 1914 there have been efforts to investigate microbial rubber degradation: However‚ only recently have the first proteins involved in this process have been identified and characterized and have the corresponding genes cloned. Analysis of the degradation product of natural rubber and synthetic rubbers isolated from various bacterial
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The Colorado State University (CSU) Theater brings to light a whole new dimension of the original propaganda film Reefer Madness. They basically turn the film into a musical comedy that pokes fun at the hysteria caused by the original work. However‚ I don’t think it is the artist’s main purpose to just make fun of the ludicrous allegations made by the 1936 production. Instead‚ I think the artists were trying to illustrate how some people will go to the extreme to convince us of their ways even when
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easy to change. However‚ people in general can change themselves and their lives. Nothing has to stay the same. The O. Henry Biography showed how people in general can change for the better. In the biography‚ it stated‚ “In 1896‚ he was falsely accused of embezzlement‚ taking money from the bank for personal use.” This shows how O. Henry’s life wasn’t really going his way. After O. Henry was mistakenly accused of embezzlement‚ he ran away to New Orleans and then went to Honduras to escape the police
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measuring its mass and volume. Hypothesis When the rubber stopper is dropped into the overflow can‚ the volume displaced (mL) will be equal to the number of grams of the rubber stopper. I think this will be the outcome because I learned before that 1g=1ml‚ so for every gram dropped into the overflow can‚ 1 ml should be displaced (the volume). Therefore I think the density of each rubber stopper would be 1g/ml. Materials - 5 different rubber stoppers - Triple Beam Balance - Graduated Cylinder -
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Dante’s The Divine Comedy‚ we are educated of diverse ways to relate to life through Hell‚ Purgatory and Paradise. This voyage Dante takes his readers on is one of uncertainty‚ ambivalence and inconstancy‚ as if we are touring an encyclopedia to increase this circle of knowledge. Realizing that moral truths are put into place to help us choose right from wrong‚ one’s journey has to hit a low point before the personal journey will get better. While reading The Divine Comedy I: Hell‚ Dante exclaims
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The genre that this particular episode of Parks and Recreation; Gryzzlbox falls into the comedy genre. It states how character quirks highlight craziness of everyday situations. The type of comedy that this specifically belongs to is nonetheless; Put Down comedy is mostly what this episode has; which states how characters exercise power over the character in a humorous way. Put down comedy is seen throughout this particular episode for example Leslie Knope trashes the person that is claimed “never
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