The sandbag and the sunflower by Tan, Desmond Joon Liang

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The influence of seasonal variations on yield components of sunflower by Hassan, Fayyaz-Ul, Ahmad, Rana Ashfaq, Qadir, Ghulam

“…The wider adaptability of the crop and wide range of climatic conditions of Pakistan make it possible to have two crops of sunflower in a year. Field experiments, one in spring and one in autumn were conducted at the University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan to evaluate the influence of seasonal variation on yield and yield components of sunflower. …”
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Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces by nanoarchitectonics with natural sunflower pollen by Li, Jian, Deng, Jingyu, Zhou, Chenchen, Yang, Jueying, Shin, Sungmin, Binks, Bernard P., Cho, Nam-Joon

“…These advanced functional surfaces exhibit high contact angles (>150°), achieved through low surface energy chemistries and hierarchical roughness. Natural sunflower pollen is micron-sized spherical particles with nano-sized spikes on the surface. …”
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Canonization of translated children’s literature : using bronze and sunflower as an example by Yeo, Shermaine Dawn Jia Ying

“…Both of which aid in the alignment and convergence of the ideologies of Bronze and Sunflower and the target culture, which in turn prime the work for acceptance and subsequently canonization.…”
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Sunflower protein amyloid-carbon hybrid membranes for water purification by Soon, Wei Long

“…Here, the process of turning a food waste sunflower meal into protein fibers is reported. A hybrid membrane of protein and activated carbon was fabricated and tested for its wastewater filtration capacity for removing heavy metal contaminants from water. …”
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Genetic diversity among Iranian sunflower restorer and CMS lines by Nabipour, A., Avin, F.A., Ebrahimzadeh Navaii, F., Khodarahmi, M.

Detection of animal fat contaminations in sunflower oil by differential scanning calorimetry. by Mohammed Nazrim Marikkar, Jalaldeen, Mat Hashim, Dzulkifly, Mohd Zaki, Nor Nadiha, Che Man, Yaakob

“…In this study, the use of differential scanning calorimetric heating thermograms was investigated to detect the presence of lard, beef tallow, and chicken fat as contaminants in sunflower oil. Sunflower oil samples spiked separately with lard, beef tallow, and chicken fat in levels ranging from 1 to 20% (w/w) were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography to get triacyl-glycerol profiles and differential scanning calorimetric to obtain their heating profiles. …”
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The effects of solvent-exchange conditions on properties of sunflower pollen cryogels during fabrication by Soh, Megan Wenxi

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Exploring the potential of ultrasound combined with sucrose treatments for germination and growth of sunflower sprouts by Liu, Zifei, Sun, Peiwen, He, Xichen, Lin, Dingsong, Yang, Hongshun, Lin, Zejia, Chen, Lin

“…However, limited studies have explored the synergistic effects and metabolic mechanisms of ultrasound and sucrose on sunflower sprouts. This study comprehensively investigated the impacts of ultrasound, sucrose, and their combination (US-Suc) on the germination and seedling growth of sunflower seeds. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of cereal bran extract for sunflower oil stability during frying by Abayomi, W. Ajala, Ghavami, Abdollah

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of black rice, millet and barley bran extracts against oxidative degradation of sunflower oil in frying, by determining the total antioxidant activity, total phenolic content, free fatty acid content, conjugated diene content and total polar content. …”
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Effect of microwave heating on oxidative degradation of sunflower oil in the presence of palm olein by Abbas Ali, M., Bamalli Nouruddeen, Z., Ida I. Muhamad, Abd Latip, R., Hidayu Othman, N.

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate on how heat treatments by microwave oven may affect the oxidative degradation of sunflower oil (SFO) and its blend with palm olein (PO). …”
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Study of genetic diversity in sunflower promising inbred lines using morphological traits by Avin, F.A., Nabipour, A., Zali, A.

“…In order to precise description for the sunflower genetic stocks of the Oilseed Department (Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Karaj, Iran), morphological traits and oil percentage of 49 promising inbred lines including 18 R-lines and 31 B-lines were studied using sunflower descriptor. …”
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Translating narrative space in childrenas fiction Bronze and Sunflower from Chinese to English by Zhao, Meijuan, Ang, Lay Hoon, Toh, Florence Haw Ching

“…A qualitative approach is designed to study the renowned Chinese children’s literature Bronze and Sunflower and its English version. A total of 146 examples are purposively selected as the samples. …”

Distinguishing different animal fat contaminations in sunflower oil by differential scanning calorimetry by Marikkar, Jalaldeen Mohammed Nazrim, Mat Hashim, Dzulkifly, Mohd Zaki, Nor Nadiha, Che Man, Yaakob

“…In this study, the use of differential scanning calorimetric heating thermograms for monitoring the presence of natural lard (LD), beef tallow (BT), and chicken fat(CF) as adulterants in sunflower oil was investigated. Sunflower oil samples spiked separately with LD, BT, and CF in levels ranging from 1 to 20% (w/w) were analyzed using DSC to obtain their heating profiles. …”
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Influence of plant spacing and sowing time on yield of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) by Baghdadi, Ali, Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan, Nasiri, Alireza, Ahmad, Izham Hazizi, Aslani, Farzad

“…Sunflower production can be increased by optimizing agronomic practices that affect production. …”

Design and construction of a manually operated castorbean-cum-sunflower seed dehuller. by Hussain, A. A. M., Sabur, M. A., Rahman, M. M.

“…Tests have indicated that at optimal speed the hulling capacity is 0.45 kg/min, with a hulling quality of 60% for castor and 70% for sunflower seed.…”
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Effect of enzymatic transesterification on the melting points of palm stearin-sunflower oil mixtures by Lai, Oi Ming, Mohd Ghazali, Hasanah, Chong, Chiew Let

“…In our study, 1,3-specific (Aspergillus niger, Mucor javanicus, Rhizomucor miehei, Rhizopus javanicus, and Rhizopus niveus) and nonspecific (Pseudomonas sp. and Candida rugosa) lipases were used to transesterify mixtures of palm stearin and sunflower oil (PS-SO) at a 40:60 ratio in a solvent-free medium. …”
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Comparative study on microencapsulated of natural and waste sunflower oil as self-healing agent by BAHAROM, Zulkhibri, IDRIS, Maizlinda Izwana, Lee, Te Chuan, ABDULLAH, Hasan Zuhudi

“…The results in this paper indicated the distinguished potential of waste sunflower oil as compared to natural sunflower oil. …”
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Sunflower WRINKLED1 plays a key role in transcriptional regulation of oil biosynthesis by Lim, Audrey R. Q., Kong, Que, Singh, Sanjay K., Guo, Liang, Yuan, Ling, Ma, Wei

“…Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is one of the most important oilseed crops worldwide. …”
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) for Phytoremediation of Zinc in Hydroponic System / Zainab Razali …[et al.] by Razali, Zainab, Abd Wahab, Muhammad Faris, Md Kawi, Roejhan, Omar, Megawati, Chay Tay, Chia

“…One of the methods is to employ the sunflower plant to eliminate zinc in soil. However, there is insufficient information about zinc phytoremediation by sunflowers in the hydroponic system. …”
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