J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 1998, 72, 369-371 Contents of Volume 72 Number 1 67 Decolorisation of Crude Palm Oil by Acid-Activated Papers Spent Bleaching Earth 1 The Conversions of 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene over Beta Kun-She Low, Chnoong-Kheng Lee & Lee- Yong Kong Zeolite: Effect of Si02/Al203 Ratio ( Malaysia ) Shiao-Jung Chu & Yu-Wen Chen (Taiwan) 74 Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Trickle Bed Reactor 1 Inert COD Fractions in Two-Stage Treatment of a Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent J. L. Llano, R. Rosal, H. Sastre & F. V. Diez (Spain) G. Eremektar, F. G. Babuna & D. Orhon (Turkey) 85 Book Reviews 15 Dynamic Behavior of a Continuous Stirred Bioreactor 88 Patent Abstracts under Control Input Saturation M. A. Barron & R. Aguilar (Mexico) 91 Calendar of Meetings 19 Structural Effects in Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons over a Vanadia-Molybdenum-Niobia Catalyst A. A. Adesina, N. IV. Cant, A. Saberi-Moghaddam, 93 Microbial Removal of Alkanes from Dilute Gaseous C. H. L. Szeto & D. L. Trimm (Australia) Waste Streams: Mathematical Modeling of Advanced Bioreactor Systems 23 Kinetics of Peroxidase Interactions in the Presence of a J. W. Barton, S. M. Hartz, K. T. Klasson & Protective Additive B. H. Davison (USA) 7. D. Buchanan & J. A. Nicell (Canada) 99 Influence of Support on Surface Basicity and Catalytic 33 Synergism between Bronsted Acid Sites and Metal Activity in Oxidative Coupling of Methane of Li-MgO Sulfide Particles on the Hydrosulfurization of Deposited on Different Commercial Catalyst Carriers Thiophene on Ultrastable Y Zeolite Catalysts W/USY V. R. Choudhary, S. A. R. Mulla & B. S. Uphade and Ni/USY (India ) R. Cid, J. Godoy, J. Neira (Chile) & A. L. Agudo (Spain ) 105 Photodegradation of Pentachlorophenol on ZnO J. Villasenor, P. Reyes & G. Pecchi (Chile) 38 An NMR Spectroscopic Investigation of the Oxidation Reactions of DL-Selenomethionine 111 Study of Lactic Acid Extraction with Higher Molecular Weight Aliphatic Amines H. A. Zainal, W. R. Wolf & R. M. Waters (USA) B. Choudhury, A. Basha & T. Swaminathan (India) 45 Differential Photohydrodehalogenation Reactivity of 117 Kinetics and Mechanism of Reaction between Acrylic Bromobenzenes (1,2,4-Tribromobenzene, 1,2,3,5- Acid or Methacrylic Acid and Some Oxiranes in the Tetrabromobenzene) and Pentachlorobenzene: Presence of Y,A^-Dimethylaniline Catalyst Sunlight-Based Remediation M. Kucharski & R. Lubczak (Poland) P. K. Freeman & C. M. Haugen (USA) 125 Surface Basicity and Acidity of Alkaline Earth- 50 Synthesis of Some Novel 2-Oxo-pyrano(2,3-Z?)- and Promoted La203 Catalysts and Their Performance in 2-Oxo-pyrido(2,3-6)quinoline Derivatives as Potential Oxidative Coupling of Methane Antimalarial, Diuretic, Clastogenic and Antimicrobial V. R. Choudhary, S. A. R. Mulla & V. H. Rane (India) Agents M. Sekar & K. J. R. Prasad (India) 131 Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Activity in the Deep Oxidation of Acetone of Cr,Al-Pillared 55 Coupled Transport of Copper through Different Saponites Commercial Supports Containing LIX 984 as Carrier A. Gil, M. A. Vicente, R. Toranzo, M. A. Banares M. E. Campderros, Adolfo O. Acosta & Jose Marchese & L. M. Gandia (Spain) (Argentina) 137 Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in a New Three-Phase 60 In-situ Epoxidation Using Dioxiranes: Evaluation of Stirred Airlift Reactor Reactivity and Selectivity W. Bang (France), /. Nikov (Bulgaria), H. Delmas A. O’Connell, T. Smyth & B. K. Hodnett (Ireland) (6 A. Bascoul (France) 369 © 1998 SCI. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. Printed in Great Britain 370 Contents of Volume 72 143 Solid Circulation in a Liquid Spout-Fluid Bed with 221 Dispersed Phase Hold-Up in Mechanically Agitated Multi Draft Tubes Gas-Liquid Contactors F. F. Ar & B. Z. Uysal (Turkey) T. Murugesan (India) 149 Production and Quality Analysis of Pr55gag Particles 111 Kinetic and Technical Studies on Large-Scale Culture Produced in Baculovirus-Infected Insect Cells of Rhodiola sachalinensis Compact Callus Aggregates P. E. Cruz, C. C. Peixoto, J. L. Moreira with Air-lift Reactors & M. J. T. Carrondo (Portugal) J. Xu, J. Xie, A. Han, P. Feng & Z. Su (P. R. China) 159 Reciprocal Effect of Pb(II) and Surfactant onto their 235 Kinetics of the Direct Reaction between Ozone and Sorption in Weak Acid Polyacrylic Cation Exchanger Phenolic Aldehydes J. Snukiskis, D. Kauspediene & A. Geneniene F. J. Benitez, J. Beltran-Heredia, T. Gonzalez & F. Real ( Lithuania) (Spain) 164 Convenient Synthesis of (Thiocyanomethyl)-thio 245 Sterol Composition and Biosynthesis in the Sponge Heteroaromatics as Antifungal Agents Spheciospongia vesparia L. Muthusubramanian, R. B. Mitra, S. Rajkumar R. Arreguin-Espinosa, B. Arreguin, & V. S. S. Rao (India) A. Herndndez-Santoyo & A. Rodriguez-Romero (Mexico ) 169 Photocatalytic Degradation of Diuron [3-(3,4- Dichlorophenyl)-l,l-dimethylurea] on the Layer of 249 Covalent Immobilization of Porcine Pancreatic Lipase Ti02 Particles in the Batch Mode Plate Film Reactor on Amorphous AIPO4 and Other Inorganic Supports H. Krysovd, J. Krysa, K. Macounovd & J. Jirkovsky F. M. Bautista, M. C. Bravo, J. M. Campelo, A. Garcia, (Czech Republic) D. Luna, J. M. Marinas <& A. A. Romero (Spain) 176 Hydrothermal Synthesis of Gallosilicate (MFI) 255 Phosphoric Acid Activation of Nutshells for Metals 2^olite: Factors Influencing Crystallization Kinetics and Organic Remediation: Process Optimization and Crystal Size/Growth C. A. Tales, W. E. Marshall & M. M. Johns (USA) V. R. Choudhary & A. K. Kinage (India) 264 Studies on the Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde 183 Formation and Extraction of Rh-Sn-Cl Complexes over Pd/C Catalysts with an Alkylated 8-Hydroxyquinoline L. Zhang, J. M. Winterbottom, A. P. Boyes E. Benguerel & G. P. Demopoulos (Canada) & S. Raymahasay (UK) 190 Effect of the Operating Conditions on the 273 A Comparison of Floating and Sunken Media Conversion of Syngas into Liquid Hydrocarbons over Biological Aerated Filters for Nitrification a CrjOs-ZnO/ZSMS Bifunctional Catalyst A. Mann, L. Mendoza-Espinosa & T. Stephenson (UK) J. Erena, J. M. Arandes, J. Bilbao, M. Olazar (Spain) & H. I. de Lasa (Canada) 280 Partial Hydrogenation of Cyclopentadiene over Amorphous NiB Alloy on a-Alumina and Titania- 197 Electrochemical Behaviour and Corrosion of Lead in Modified a-Alumina Some Carboxylic Acid Solutions W.-J. Wang, M.-H. Qiao, H.-X. Li & J.-F. Deng S. S. Abd-El Rehim, N. H. Amin, L. I. AH (P. R. China) <Sc N. F. Mohamed (Egypt) 202 Book Review 285 Patent Abstracts 288 Calendar of Meetings 203 Patent Abstracts 206 Calendar of Meetings Number 3 Number 4 Papers Reviews 207 Estimating Growth Kinetics of Penicillium 289 Treatment and Reuse of Wastewater from the Textile chrysogenum through the Use of Respirometry Wet-Processing Industry: Review of Emerging C. T. Goudar & K. A. Strevett (USA) Technologies P. C. Vandevivere (Belgium), R. Bianchi (Italy) & 213 Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction of a Sulphide-Rich W. Verstraete (Belgium) Environment G. Percheron, S. Michaud, N. Bernet & R. Moletta 303 Waste Gas Biotreatment Technology (France) C. Kennes (Spain) & F. Thalasso (Mexico) Contents of Volume 72 371 Papers 347 Reactive Solvent Extraction of Amino Acids with 320 A Novel Synthesis of High-Area Alumina via Cationic Extractants H202-Precipitated Boehmite from Sodium Aluminate N. A. Kelly, M. Lukhezo, B. G. Reuben, L. J. Dunne & Solutions M. S. Verrall (UK) E. A. El-Katatny (Egypt), S. A. Halawy (Saudi Arabia), M. A. Mohamed (Egypt) & M. /. Zaki 356 Experimental Evaluation of a Kinetic Method for the ( Kuwait) Study of Non-catalysed Heterogeneous Reactions in Solid-Liquid Systems: Leaching of Apatite by Dilute Nitric Acid 329 Use of a Liquid Chemical Waste to Produce a F. Kovanda & I. Rousar (Czech Republic) Clay-Carbon Adsorbent I. L. Gee, C. J. Sollars, G. Fowler, S. K. Ouki 365 Patent Abstracts R. Perry (UK) 367 Calendar of Meetings 339 Extraction of Gold from Cyanide or Chloride Media 368 Corrections by Cyanex 923 F. J. Alguacil, C. Caravaca & S. Martinez (Spain) 369 Contents of Volume 72 9