Search for dissertations about: "blue stain."

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words blue stain..

  2. 1. Surface modification of birch and acetylated birch wood by silicone nanofilaments

    Author : Haiyan Yin; Magnus Wålinder; Agne Swerin; Andra Dédinaité; Jan Van den Bulcke; KTH; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Acetylated wood; surface modification; superhydrophobicity; plastron; wetting; silicone nanofilaments; UV irradiation; mold resistance; blue stain.; Acetylerat trä; ytmodifiering; superhydrofobicitet; plastron; vätning; silikon-nanofilament; UV-bestrålning; mögelresistens; blånad.; Building Materials; Byggnadsmaterial;

    Abstract : The increasing awareness of sustainability motivates the development of building materials from renewable resources. The requirements of wood-based products with improved durability, for example, enhanced liquid repellence and UV and biological resistance, are still a challenge. READ MORE

  4. 2. Carbon castles vs. beetle-fungus armies : phenology of the spruce bark beetle and Norway spruce resistance in times of climate change

    Author : Petter Öhrn; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In recent years, carbon sequestration in European forests has decreased due to extensive droughts and bark beetle outbreaks brought on by climate change. The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus (L.)) is a natural disturbance agent in forests where Norway spruce (Picea abies (Karst)) is dominant. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pulmonary tuberculosis and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia

    Author : Getachew Aderaye; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The objective of this study initially was to determine the prevalence of culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis in TB suspects and investigate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the prevalence, clinical and radiological presentation and diagnosis of tuberculosis. During the study, it soon became clear that the HIV sero-prevalence in tuberculosis (TB) suspects who could not be verified to be culture-positive was too high to deserve an explanation. READ MORE