... because there are continuous industrial and municipal inputs Other less volatile PTOCs such as the lower chlorinated PCBs and chlorinated benzenes are however also volatile and released into the ... However, some of this organic content can be inthe form of thin organic coatings on the mineral substrates In fact, partitioning of PTOCs onto aquatic particulates may not be so much of a sorption ... reflect these sources and in- lake processes of sediment focusing Lake sediment cores can be analyzed to determine changes in historical inputs of PTOCs andto find out the rate at which these chemicals...
... the viewpoint of mass balance, the four possible pathways to increase DOM inthe lake are as follows: (1) increase inthe DOM loading from the watershed, (2) increase in internal production of ... evaluated the influence of phosphorus concentration on the biodegradation of DOM and discussed the possibility of pathway (4) to happen inthe northern basin of Lake Biwa MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials ... ofthe role of biodegradation activity inthe accumulation of CODMn in Lake Biwa Fig - Yearly changes inthe estimated DP and k inthe northern basin of Lake Biwa where lines show 5-year moving...
... which are then used for the biosynthesis of microbial cell materials (2) complete mineralisation to obtain energy and inorganic nutrients Depending on the analytical tools used to monitor the degradation ... different amounts of these fractions, and consequently, the kinetics ofthe degradation process will be very different Quantification ofthecontributionof DOM tothe stable C pool inthe mineral subsoil ... maintenance to achieve reproducible degradation rates (McDowell, personal communication) Other problems of these reactors are the release of DOM into the solution andthe adsorption of DOM onto...
... kinds of foulants are inherently interrelated as they exist in a single system, the focus of this thesis is mainly on DOM fouling in MBR systems Therefore, it is not the task of this thesis to either ... composition ofthe adsorbed material on /in the membrane was very close to that ofthe DOM inthe MBR system, indicating that DOM was the dominant foulant It was suggested that internal fouling caused ... thesis to either investigate the roles ofother components in MBR fouling, or analyze the extremely complex correlations between DOM andother foulants in MBR mixed liquor On theother hand, a lab-scale...
... Biodegradability of zinc binding sites in river water DOM Fig represents the variation of DOC, UV254 and SUVA during the river water incubation for weeks inthe preliminary study During the first days of incubation, ... shown in Fig and Table 1, Zn titration data obtained for DOM inthe original river water sample seems to fit into two linear portions indicating two classes of binding sites In contrast, DOMs inthe ... shifted the DOM composition to more biologically recalcitrant compoundsin terms of zinc complexation On theother hand, a further examination ofthe variation of labile Zn during the incubation...
... structure of avin upon binding tothe apoprotein and its specic interactions with the apoprotein In particular, we hoped to further conrm the presence ofthe FR and FO forms ofthe enzyme under the ... three rings, andthe pyridine nucleotide binding site indicated by PN Inthe FR conformation, the buried avin is adjacent tothe nicotinamide of bound NADPH andthe redox active disulde, Cys135 and ... thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), andofthe native mutant protein E159Y inthe oxidized and reduced states For comparison the chemical shifts of free FAD and those ofother members ofthe class of pyridine...
... molecule plasminogen in response to plasminogen activator or urokinasetype plasminogen activator, and is inhibited by plasminogen activator inhibitor [25] However, deregulation of these factors is ... reduction in VTE incidence [91-93] Inthe Malignancy andLowMolecular Weight- Heparin Therapy (MALT) trial, cancer patients were randomly assigned to 6-weeks of either the LMWH nadroparin (n = ... medical inpatients, of which 190 had cancer, the use of dalteparin (5,000 IU SC OD) for 14 days reduced the combined incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic VTE from 4.96% inthe placebo group to...
... a 10% increase in body weightandthe appearance of generalized edema The pharmacokinetics were compared by examining the peak anti-factor Xa heparin level andthe area under the anti-factor Xa ... administered medications will be absorbed into the circulation of critically ill patients These observations are important for the design of future studies of both thromboprophylaxis andother interventions ... analysis ofthe anti-factor Xa heparin levels found after subcutaneous administration of 2500 U dalteparin in a group of critically ill patients In their study, patients with edema were defined by...
... occupied 54% to total On theother hand, the adsorption isotherms of PAC inthe dialysis membrane with molecularweight cut-off of 300,000 and 2,000,000 Da were almost the same and their adsorption ... reactor was suspended into 495 ml ofthe glucose medium in an Erlenmyer flask as an inoculum Then, g of PAC was added into the flask and shaken at 120 rpm and 20±0.5 oC After the depletion of ... Figure shows the adsorption isotherm of new PAC, PAC inthe aeration tank, and PAC after 1st and 4th incubation The adsorption capacity of PAC decreased with incubation time Inother word, the adsorption...
... species which stand in fast equilibrium with the monomer and dimer [15] Dimerization involves the tyrosines ofthe YY-loop and residues ofthe active site, leading to an intrinsically inactive species ... described below The theoretical relaxation data ofthe monomer andthe haddock model ofthe dimer were computed using HydroNMR [49,50], andthe dissociation constant ofthe dimer (Kd), giving the relative ... of phosphorylation However, the structure ofthe YwlE dimer suggests that the active site of each molecule is occupied by the residues oftheother molecule forming the dimer, and therefore the...
... (A) and (B) are the pH and Eh7 inthe experiments with the addition of inhibitor (the arrow indicates the time of addition); curves (C) and (D) are the pH and Eh7 inthe control experiment in ... surface ofthe cytoplasmic membrane [30] The identication of proteins located on the extracellular surface and involved inthe decrease in Eh would be of interest for increasing our understanding of ... initial Eh7 ofthe sterile MRS media Moreover, maximal care was taken inthe experiment to avoid introducing oxygen into the ltrate Consequently, the restoration ofthe initial Eh7 inthe ltrate...
... addition ofthe peptides tothe liposomes, the entrapped calcein (70 mm) was released into the buffer by lysis This relieves self-quenching ofthe dye within the liposomes, increasing the fluorescence ... or C-terminus ofthe peptides into the core ofthe bilayer Inother words, partial conformational flexibility may be a prerequisite for import ofthe peptides into membranes or the cytosol For ... through the peptidoglycan layer and then kill the target micro-organism by interacting with and permeabilizing the cytoplasmic membrane To further study this hypothesis, we examined the ability of...
... for updating and enriching existing maps The operational use of such data for an annual mapping ofthe clear felling of Pinus pinaster stands over the million Landes forest in Aquitaine Region ... rapidly progressing during the last ten years with the increasing need to dene indicators of sustainable management andto implement certication procedures In addition, the preparation ofthe European ... stress index They dened an Equivalent Water Thickness (EWT) which was found to be one ofthe factors inuencing the signal inthe SWIR domain A combination of SWIR and NIR bands is necessary to retrieve...
... confirms that the routine radiological management of Ewing’s sarcoma should include radiography and MRI ofthe affected region, together with whole skeleton bone scintigraphy and CT ofthe chest ... chest MRI is essential inthe determination ofthe true extent ofthe tumor It is important to bear in mind that early recognition of an unusual appearance and location of Ewing’s sarcoma is necessary ... established Therefore, a biopsy ofthe tumor with histopathological analysis is needed to confirm the diagnosis Staging, prior to biopsy, is essential to document the local and distant spread of the...
... inclusion and exclusion criteria, interventions and results Inthe case of missing data inthe included studies, we contacted the original investigators and conducted the intention to treat analysis ... consideration in designing clinical trials Incorporating qualitative research into clinical trials may help interpret research findings [32] The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... trials [31] Double blinding was not practised in these trials as it is not practical to mask the practitioners and/ or the patients during moxibustion andother acupoint stimulation interventions lack...
... equivalent to ml of LOF per spinach The application ofthe LOF tothe soil is right after transplanting the water spinach inthe pot The water spinach was watered everyday from the seedling to transplanting ... expecting to get good results for the soil and plant analysis after the applications ofthe lime and LOF inthe experiments The rates ofthe LOF applications increases from the control, 5, 7.5, and ... built during his stay in Indonesia To his classmates in K42 andto all the Filipino students for sharing the happy days and hard times inthe last four years of his life in Vietnam To Mrs Herminia...
... behavior of OM in soils andaquatic systems Mandal et al (2000) examined the effects of Ca and Mg on Ni binding by FA They concluded that bound Ni tends to be released inthe form of Ni2 + ion inthe ... particular pH increasing pH The y-axes in Fig 2a and c are in log form and thus show the striking increase in soluble HA as a function of pH For the 18 soils studied, the increase in soluble HA inthe ... binding of Cu and Pb occurs relative tothe binding of Cd, Ni, and Zn by solid constituents Our results indicate that proton 405 competition and/ or proton promoted dissolution greatly affect the...
... The working pressure inthe analysis chamber was maintained below × 10−7 Pa during the specimen analysis To eliminate the effect of sample surface charging the shift ofthe XPS peak of carbon ... observed inthe XRD In general, the sensitivity ofthe sensor is affected by the operating temperature Fig shows the relationship between the gas sensitivity andthe operating temperature of WO3 thin ... almost the highest value at 70◦ C When the operating temperature is inthe range of 70–85◦ C, the sensitivity increases a little With further increasing ofthe operating temperature, the sensitivity...
... the combined process ofthe feeding rate, which is based on the bioenergetics of organism weight W (kg) and temperature T (8C), andofthe diffusion rate ofthe chemical across the intestinal wall, ... in controlled laboratory studies and then used in equations 11 andto assess the effect ofthe metabolic rate on the food web bioaccumulation andthe BAF in higher trophic levels In absence of ... application ofthe BAF-QSAR is inthe derivation of water quality guidelines (WQG) In essence, the BAF represents the relationship between the concentration inthe water and that inthe organism of a...
... throughfall inputs (Fig 8) The leaching rate of DIN was higher inthe old-growth forest than intheother two, as shown by a steeper slope ofthe regression line in Fig 8a −1 −1 Inthe pine and mixed ... ofthe precipitation fell inthe rainy season (March to August, Fig 1) Correspondingly, from 80% to 92% of DIN input in precipitation occurred in this period ofthe year (Fig 5) Monthly DIN inputs ... DIN uptake inthe tree canopy on the −1 −1 order ofto kg N yr must have occurred inthe two young forests, which represented from 15% to 28% of their total DIN input in precipitation But, in...