Mark Lynch

The dried orange peel (OP) showed a moderate surface area of 5.98 m 2 g –1 with a total pore volume of 4.89 × 10 –3 cm 3 g –1 ( Figure 4 ), whereas MF developed a higher surface area than the raw peel (6.97 m 2 g –1 ) and the largest pore volume (5.55 × 10 –3 cm 3 g –1 ). In contrast, NA at 600 °C under N 2 exhibited the lowest BET surface area (2.36 m 2 g –1 ) and a slightly reduced pore volume (3.44 × 10 –3 cm 3 g –1 ).

A new poll conducted by the University of Maryland and George Washington University found that 82% of U.S- based researchers who focus on the Middle East self-censor when they speak professionally on their area of expertise. Among 93 respondents to the most recent Middle East Scholar Barometer, which was fielded Nov. 10-17, 81% said they hold back critiques of Israel, while 11% said they did the same with critiques of Palestinians.

Open AccessArticle by Kevin Masterson 1,*, Ian Major 2, Mark Lynch 1 and Neil Rowan 1 1 Bioscience Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, N37 HD68 Athlone, Ireland 2 PRISM Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, N37 HD68 Athlone, Ireland * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.