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Oil Palm Biomass for Composite Panels: Fundamentals, Processing,
and Applications explains the preparation and utilization of oil
palm biomass for advanced composite panel products. It introduces
the fundamentals of oil palm biomass and wood-based panel products,
including basic properties, durability, deterioration, and
adhesives. It also includes in-depth information on processing and
treatments organized by biomass type, covering oil palm trunk and
lumber, veneer, empty fruit bunches (EFBs), oil palm fronds, and
other sources. Additionally, this book focuses on specific
composite panel applications, explaining the utilization of oil
palm biomass in specific products. Finally, current policy,
economic and environmental factors, and supply considerations are
discussed. The information contained in Oil Palm Biomass for
Composite Panels will be of interest to researchers, scientists and
advanced students in bio-based materials, polymer science,
composites, wood science, forestry, and biomass, as well as
industrial scientists and product designers working with oil palm
biomass, wood-based products, and sustainable materials.
This book undertakes a general review on the major infectious
diseases in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Secondly, it will set out
the future directions for better preparedness in the fight against
infectious diseases particularly the emerging new infections in the
21st Century. It also discusses the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS), also called infectious atypical pneumonia in
China, is an emerging infectious disease caused by a novel variant
of coronavirus (SARS-associated coronavirus, SARS-CoV). It is
mainly characterised by pulmonary infection with high infectivity
and fatality. SARS swept across almost every continent of the
globe, and has currently involved 32 countries and regions,
including the mainland of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America
and Europe. The condition is hard especially in China. Chinese
scientists and healthcare workers co-operated closely with
scientists around the world to fight with the disease. On April 16,
2003, World Health Organization (WHO) formally declared that
SARS-CoV was an etiological agent of SARS. Currently, there is no
specific and effective therapy and prevention method for SARS.
However, this disease can be prevented, and it is also curable and
controllable. The main treatments include corticosteroid therapy,
anti-viral agents, anti-infection, mechanical ventilation and
medical isolation. With the endeavour of the Chinese Government,
medical staffs and other related professionals, SARS has been
controlled in China. Scientists around the world, including Chinese
scientists have made a great progress in SARS research from that
time on. A review is presented of the history of SARS and the
progress in SARS research, especially in China.
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