Chrysosporium queenslandicum: a potent keratinophilic fungus for keratinous waste degradation by Tarun Kumar Kumawat, Anima Sharma, Seema Bhadauria

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Molecular detection of Mycoplasma spp. from camel’s milk by Ammar M. Al-AAlim, Omar H. Sheet, Zahraa M. AL-Jumaa, Mohammad A. Hamad

“…The dromedary camels are essential because of their multiple uses for transport, wool, meat, and milk production. Camel’s milk is considered exceptional nutrition, so it uses for therapeutic and high nutrition. …”
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Storing and Evaluation of the Records of Livestock Enterprises in Database by Hasan Çelikyürek, Kadir Karakuş, Murat Kara

“…Among the important technical data kept in livestock enterprises; ram, bull, and goat and their reproduction, growth-development, yield records (animal weight and wool yield in small ruminants, body weight gain, feed consumption, lactation and milk yield), reproductive performance measures, slaughter and carcass dimensions and characteristics records such as meat quality, animal diseases and vaccination practices can be shown as important technical data in livestock enterprises. …”
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Vadja koduhaldjate lemmikud ja vaenlased by Enn Ernits

“…It is possible to distinguish between seven main ways of torturing or disturbing domestic animals in the behaviour of a house spirit: (1) it rides it or causes the animal to sweat (in 6 texts), (2) licks and sucks an animal’s sweat, skin, or wool (in 4 texts), (3) tickles the animal (in one text), (4) generally disturbs the animal with its actions, (5) smears the animal with manure, (6) throws the horse by its legs under the manger, (7) steals milk from the udder or bites the udder. …”
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Ottoman list of small livestock raised in Kadiluk Srebrenica in 1596 by Bulić Dejan M.

“…Bearing in mind their production potential, and after the percentage representation of sheep and goats in the mentioned part of kazâ of Srebrenica was established, the approximate annual production of milk, wool and goat's hair was estimated. Based on three models, the percentage of sheep and goats was determined. …”
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Study on two-phase nozzle and turbine by Chikao TANAKA, Takumi KAWAMURA, Tsugue ITO, Humio INOUE, Sachiyo HORIKI, Masahiro OSAKABE

“…The experimental and analytical results showed that: (1) the non-equilibrium degree changed from nozzle throat to exit.; (2) steel wool in the convergent part of nozzle could effectively reduce the non-equilibrium and suppressed the pulsation of two-phase jet; (3) the practical two-phase jet velocity was obtained from the maximum turbine efficiency and compared with the prediction with non-equilibrium model.…”
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Retinal arterial macroaneurysms in patients recovered from COVID-19 by Epitácio Dias da Silva Neto, Taurino dos Santos Rodrigues Neto, Lívia da Silva Conci, Rony Preti, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro, Leandro Cabral Zacharias

“…He presented a cotton wool spot in the right eye and two peripheral exudative retinal arterial macroaneurysms in the left eye. …”
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Llama and Alpaca Management in Germany—Results of an Online Survey among Owners on Farm Structure, Health Problems and Self-Reflection by Saskia Neubert, Alexandra von Altrock, Michael Wendt, Matthias Gerhard Wagener

“…More than half of the participants stated that they kept the camelids as hobby animals (64.3%), although they used them for wool production (55.7%) and/or for breeding (51.8%). …”
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Chemical composition and in vitro ruminal fermentation of common tree forages in the semi-arid range lands of India by A SANTRA, S A KARIM

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Meat quality of white and natural colored male lambs raised in the Pampa Biome by Pablo Tavares Costa, Jaqueline Schneider Lemes, Gilson de Mendonça, Michelle da Silva Gonçalves, Rômulo Tavares Costa, Thiago Pereira Vieira

“…However, it is not known whether wool fibre color variations within the same breed can influence the instrumental and sensory characteristics of the meat. …”
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Lower conjunctival fornix packing for mydriasis in premature infants: a randomized trial by Morley MG, Ratanapakorn T, Thanathanee O, Yospaiboon Y

“…For the eyes receiving lower conjunctival fornix packing (study group), one small piece of the cotton wool soaked with one drop of 2.5% phenylephrine and one drop of 1% tropicamide was packed in the lower conjunctival fornix for 15 minutes. …”
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Again on Lith. SPALVÀ: accent and etymology by Birutė Kabašinskaitė, Gert Klingenschmitt

“…There is no doubt that Lith. spalvà (4) ‘colour’, Latv. spalva ‘feather, plumage; hair of quadrupeds, fur; bristle; colour of fur, colour of bristles’ and their cognate Latv. spilva ‘cotton grass, seed wool (e. g of cotton grass); [pl.] down’ is derived from the IE. root *(s)pelh- ‘to split, separate, sever’. …”
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Purtscher-like retinopathy following total knee arthroplasty: A report of 2 cases by Siyang Chaili, Audrey Mok, Sean D. Adrean

“…Both patients experienced decreased vision and were found to have characteristic findings of Purtscher-like retinopathy including vessel attenuation, cotton wool spots and nerve fiber layer infarcts following their respective operations in the absence of other injury. …”
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Evaluation of Submereged Membrane Bioreactor (SMBR) in Municipal and Textile Wastewater Treatment of Shahinshahr, Isfahan by Farzad Hashemzadeh, Abbas Akbarzadeh

“…Finally, for 10 days, the sewage of the textile wool factory was examined. Pilot performance for municipal wastewater at the maximum concentration of MLSS mg/L 2310, percentages of removal of biological parameters COD, BOD, TSS, VSS equal to 94.65%, 96.03%, 96.72%, 95.58%, for mixed wastewater, respectively Urban and textile in MLSS equal to 2920 mg/L, 94.1%, 95.2%, 97%, 95.9% have been reported, respectively. …”
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Reflection and refraction characteristics of a spherical acoustic black hole by Koichi MORI, Kazuki FUKAYA

“…To evaluate reflection and transmission of ABH quantitatively, sound pressure around ABH was measured and angle averaged reflection coefficient and angle averaged insertion loss (Elliott et al., 2014) were calculated. Also, Glass Wool Sphere made of the same material as core of ABH and Rigid Sphere made of the same material as shell of ABH were measured in the same way and ABH was compared with them. …”
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More Than Just Concrete: Acoustically Efficient Porous Concrete with Different Aggregate Shape and Gradation by Louena Shtrepi, Arianna Astolfi, Elena Badino, Giovanni Volpatti, Davide Zampini

“…Moreover, different mounting conditions were investigated, considering the combination of single panels in multiple layers, adding an air gap between the panel and the backing, and inserting a layer of rock wool in the air gap itself. The results show weighted absorption coefficients (<i>α_w</i>) in the range of 0.30 to 0.75 depending on the thickness and mounting conditions. …”
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The Civil War and “National Orthodoxy” (Bolshevik Persecution of Icons and Relics of Saints) by Pavel Rogozny

“…However, during the autopsies of the relics, which took place in the presence of representatives of the clergy, scattered rotten bones, cotton wool, wire frames resembling the outlines of a person were found in the shrines of the saints. …”
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Potentiality of waste human hair towards removal of chromium(VI) from solution: kinetic and equilibrium studies by Naba Kumar Mondal, Sambrita Basu

“…Keratin is a fascinating protein and useful biopolymer, which is usually found in wool, human hair, nails, feathers, etc. The present research deals with the potentiality of human hair towards removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution through batch mode. …”
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Assessing the Validity of Animal-Based Indicators of Sheep Health and Welfare: Do Observers Agree? by Clare J. Phythian, Eleni Michalopoulou, Jennifer S. Duncan

“…The very low apparent prevalence (&lt;0.8%) of sheep with specific outcomes such as pruritis, wool loss, myiasis, thin body condition, diffuse or severe skin lesions limited kappa analysis for these indicators. …”
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The Conservation of Native Domestic Animal Breeds in Nordic Countries: From Genetic Resources to Cultural Heritage and Good Governance by Ulla Ovaska, Auli Bläuer, Charlotte Kroløkke, Maria Kjetså, Juha Kantanen, Mervi Honkatukia

“…A solution to this has been sought in special products, such as cheese or wool, and other businesses, such as animal-assisted care and tourism. …”
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