Handbook of Natural Fibres. Types, Properties and Factors Affecting Breeding and Cultivation / by Kozłowski, Ryszard M. 650678, Mackiewicz-Talarczyk, Maria 650679, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…A broad range of natural fibers are covered in this book, including cotton, jute, kenaf, flax, hemp, sisal, ramie, curaua, pineapple, bamboo, coir, sheep wool, and more.…”
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Marine Bioprospecting: Enzymes and Stress Proteins from the Sea Anemones <i>Anthopleura dowii</i> and <i>Lebrunia neglecta</i> by Santos Ramírez-Carreto, Beatriz Miranda-Zaragoza, Nuno Simões, Ricardo González-Muñoz, Claudia Rodríguez-Almazán

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Natural Cellulosic Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Influence of Fiber Type and Loading Percentage on Mechanical and Water Absorption Performance by Hafsa Jamshaid, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Ali Raza, Uzair Hussain, Md. Lutfor Rahman, Shabnam Nazari, Vijay Chandan, Miroslav Muller, Rostislav Choteborsky

“…The paper reports experimental research regarding the mechanical characteristics of concrete reinforced with natural cellulosic fibers like jute, sisal, sugarcane, and coconut. Each type of natural fiber, with an average of 30 mm length, was mixed with a concrete matrix in varying proportions of 0.5% to 3% mass. …”
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Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug <i>Elysia crispata</i> Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth by Xochitl Guadalupe Vital, Felisa Rey, Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz, Maria Rosário Domingues, Ricardo Calado, Nuno Simões

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An Indo-Pacific damselfish (Neopomacentrus cyanomos) in the Gulf of Mexico: origin and mode of introduction by D. Ross Robertson, Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, Benjamin Victor, Nuno Simoes

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El Parque Nacional Caguanes como polígono de formación doctoral dentro de la Iniciativa Trinacional by Patricia González-Díaz, Richard McLaughlin, Victoria Ramenzoni, Norgis Hernández López, Mark Besonen, Vanessa Vázquez Sánchez, Armando Rangel Rivero, David Yoskowitz, Leandro Rodríguez-Viera, James Gibeaut, Fernando Nuno Dias Marques Simoes, Beatriz Martínez-Daranas, Daily Yanetsy Borroto-Escuela, Armando Falcón Méndez, Idania Hernández Ramos

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Toxicological Profile and Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Mucoadhesive Gel from Residues of <i>Agave sisalana</i> and <i>Punica granatum</i> by Júlia Amanda Rodrigues Fracasso, Ingrid Yuri Galindo Sikina, Luísa Taynara Silvério da Costa, Lucas Pires Guarnier, João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Fernando Yutaka de Ferreira, Luan Victor Coelho de Almeida, Beatriz de Castro Silva, Débora de Barros Barbosa, Valdecir Farias Ximenes, Desirre Venkli, Amanda Martins Viel, Lucinéia dos Santos

“…Although Brazil is the world’s leading sisal producer, approximately 95% of the leaves are discarded after fiber extraction. …”
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Oviducal gland transcriptomics of Octopus maya through physiological stages and the negative effects of temperature on fertilization by Oscar E. Juárez, Lousiana Arreola-Meraz, Edna Sánchez-Castrejón, Omar Hernando Avila-Poveda, Laura L. López-Galindo, Carlos Rosas, Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez

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Dissolved/dispersed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon spatial and temporal changes in the Western Gulf of Mexico by Gerardo Gold-Bouchot, Flor Arcega-Cabrera, Flor Arcega-Cabrera, Víctor Ceja-Moreno

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Niche position and niche breadth effects on population abundances: A case study of New World Warblers (Parulidae) by Sandra Castaño‐Quintero, Julián Velasco, Alejandro González‐Voyer, Enrique Martínez‐Meyer, Carlos Yáñez‐Arenas

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Efecto del sitio de procedencia sobre los atributos de las semillas de <em>Cakile edentula</em> (Brassicaceae), especie estabilizadora de duna costera by Ricardo Álvarez-Espino, Gabriela Mendoza-González, Candelaria Pérez-Martin, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara

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Advanced Composites with Natural Reinforcement by Jim, Low, Ian J., Davies, Yu, Dong, Uddin Ahmed, Shaikh Faiz, Hao, Wang, Md Akil, Hazizan

“…These natural fillers or fibres such as sisal, coir, basalt, hemp, flax, and wool offer great renewability, biodegradability, abundance, cost effectiveness, and low specific gravity as opposed to synthetic fibres like glass and carbon. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability in Fish Assemblages in a Coastal and Estuarine System in the Tropical Eastern Pacific during the Anthropause by Yareli Hernández-Álvarez, Georgina Ramírez-Ortiz, Francisco Flores-de-Santiago, Felipe Amezcua-Linares, Victor Muro-Torres, Daniel Arceo-Carranza, Felipe Amezcua

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New <i>Botrylloides</i>, <i>Botryllus</i>, and <i>Symplegma</i> (Ascidiacea: Styelidae) in Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea by Lilian A. Palomino-Alvarez, Marie L. Nydam, Rosana M. Rocha, Nuno Simões

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Swim Bladder of Farmed <i>Totoaba macdonaldi</i>: A Source of Value-Added Collagen by Honorio Cruz-López, Sergio Rodríguez-Morales, Luis M. Enríquez-Paredes, Luis Jesús Villarreal-Gómez, Conal True, Leticia Olivera-Castillo, D. Alejandro Fernández-Velasco, Lus M. López

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Does depth divide? Variable genetic connectivity patterns among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa coral populations across the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean by Alexis B. Sturm, Ryan J. Eckert, Ashley M. Carreiro, Allison M. Klein, Michael S. Studivan, Danielle Dodge Farelli, Nuno Simões, Patricia González‐Díaz, Juliett González Méndez, Joshua D. Voss

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Effect of bio-fibers and inorganic fillers reinforcement on mechanical and thermal characteristics on carbon-kevlar-basalt-innegra fiber bio/ synthetic epoxy hybrid composites by Mohit H, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Femiana Gapsari, Suchart Siengchin, Hadi M. Marwani, Anish Khan, Abdullah M. Asiri

“…The present investigation deals with the fabrication of four other eight-layer laminates by reinforcing bio fillers (coir, sisal, and hemp), Titanium carbide (TiC) nanoparticles, and ranging the stacking sequence of synthetic fabrics (carbon, Kevlar, Basalt, and Innegra) with bio/synthetic epoxy from wet layup technique. …”
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Integrated Performance Evaluation of Aerogel-Based Fibre-Enhanced Thermal Renders Applied on Building Walls by Marco Pedroso, José Dinis Silvestre, Maria da Glória Gomes, Ahmed Hawreen, Jéssica D. Bersch, Inês Flores-Colen

“…The cost optimisation of aerogel-based renders enabled a reduction from 2477.4 to 1021.7 EUR∙m⁻³ for the reference formulation, and the sisal-optimised render led to the best-integrated performance. …”
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PERCEPÇÃO AMBIENTAL DA CAATINGA: UM ESTUDO DE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL COMUNITÁRIA by Daise Oliveira Carneiro, Maria Auxiliadora Freitas dos Santos

“…Este artigo objetiva apresentar uma reflexão acerca da percepção ambiental da caatinga e de integrantes da pesquisa desenvolvida na Associação dos Moradores de Queimada do Cedro, Conceição do Coité - Território de Identidade do sisal (BA). São lugares de fala que expressam percepções atreladas aos sentimentos, enredos e histórias de vida com o território do viver sertanejo e sua relação com a produção agrícola. …”
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Composition and Properties of Fibre Extracted from Pseudostem of Banana (Musa Sp.) by S Shivashankar, R P Nachane, S Kalpana

“…The strength characteristics of Nendran fibre like, mean breaking load, mean breaking extension and tenacity were comparable to those reported for other naturally occurring plant fibres such as pineapple, jute and sisal. The study highlighted the importance of exploiting banana pseudostem after harvest of banana bunch for fibre production on a commercial scale. …”
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