... most of the surfaces being still exposed, meaning that increasing the deposited Pt amount on TiO2 may not necessarily result in the increase of the photoactivity of TiO2 The deposition of silver ... Huang (1991) examined the photocatalytic oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds using CdS and found that the presence of sulfur-containing organics reduced the photo-corrosion of CdS Yan et al ... DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2012 Acknowledgement First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor Prof Bai...
... water interface 3.3.3.3 Dissolution of alumina Dissolution of alumina should also be taken into consideration when discussing the properties of alumina inaqueoussolution Dissolution of alumina ... charge of alumina changes from positive to negative with increasing pH The surface charge density of alumina particles and the dissociationof acidic groups of humic acid are enhanced by increasing ... assumption that anions of the organicacids replace the surface hydroxo groups of alumina, was used by Kummert and Stumm w103x in order to explain the specific interaction oforganicacids with the hydrous...
... (DTA) Using DTA equipment (TA-Inst 2100), samples were held in a Pt crucible and analysed against a calcined Al2O3 reference at a heating rate of 20 °C min-1.The nano-particles inaqueoussolution ... nano-particles inaqueoussolution have the same luminescent properties as those existing in glass host From a practical point of view, it is possible for the nano-particles inaqueoussolution from ... bio-distribution of the drug The nanoparticles inaqueoussolution from the GC-host also apply in non-invasive imaging by detecting the luminescence of nano-particles inside biological systems, like cells,...
... fluorescence intensity of HTA is independent of pH in the range of 6-11 Since TA (Aldrich) does not dissolve in acidic/neutral liquid, aqueoussolutionof TA was prepared by dissolving TA in the distilled ... density in the solution as a function of treatment time as shown in Fig.7 The concentration of OH radicals in the cuvette almost linearly increases with increasing the time Besides trapping of OH ... reactions as a function of the concentration of LAS aqueoussolution Regardless of the initial concentration of LAS in the solution, the degradation rate is about 60 % According to [14], it is considered...
... contain lower amounts of lysine, which is one of Microbial Production of Amino Acidsin Japan 77 the essential amino acids for those livestocks The estimated amount of l-lysine produced in the ... l-Glutamine l-Histidine l-Isoleucine l-Leucine l-Lysine l-Methionine dl-Methionine l-Phenylalanine l-Proline l-Serine l-Threonine l-Tryptophan l-Tyronsine l-Valine l-Dihydroxyphenylalanine d-Phenylglycine ... Amino Acidsin Japan Table Amino acid production in Japan and the world in 1996 Amino acid Method Japan Glycine l-Alanine dl-Alanine l-Aspertate l-Aspergine l-Arginine and analogs l-Cysteine and...
... the incorporation of multiple conservative assumptions in deterministic risk assessment It is not intended to judge the validity of the assumptions In 1998, the State of Wisconsin began developing ... typically in the range of one in ten thousand to one in one million additional cases A case study from the State of Wisconsin illustrates the effect of multiple conservative assumptions in a deterministic ... sample Each cleanup step is intended to eliminate interfering compounds by using physical or chemical properties that differ between interfering compounds and the analyte of interest The analytical...
... group of people as part of its ways, aids in the cohesion of this group, helps that particular group maintain its identity in the face of others, and therefore creates a feeling of "belonging" ... growing importance oforganic products in the food system of the Eastern Cape Province which warrants a systematic investigation into consumer preferences and buying behaviour Factors influencing ... agro-business management for more innovative packaging and displays to enhance the appeal 25 oforganic products It is also important that government finds ways of integrating organic foods issues into...
... applied in numerous studies It is well suited for determining distribution constants between environmental media and water, and for the determination of protein-binding affinities (Heringa and ... diffuse into the sampling phase depending on the type of fiber used After sampling, the fiber is injected into the inlet of a gas chromatograph for thermal desorption and determination of analytes ... SPARC.8,9 Determining SPME Sampling Kinetics The SPME sampling kinetics were studied for a number of sample types in order to (1) determine the sampling time needed to ensure equilibrium sampling, (2)...
... The resulting residue was resuspended in ice-cold water and sialic acids purified as previously described [24] The incorporation of [3H]acetate into the glycerol side chain of sialic acids was ... Sialic acidin colorectal carcinoma % Sialic acidsin resection margins Table Fluorometric-HPLC and GC-MS analysis of glycoconjugate-bound and free sialic acids isolated from the mucosa of matched ... sialic acid seen in cancer tissue compared to that in the corresponding resection margin was also observed at all stages of colorectal carcinoma (Table 2) Interestingly, the level of Neu5,9Ac2 in...
... (assuming other factors are independent of depth) Effectiveness is improved by the presence of a confining layer, such as a bed of fine-grained sediment, above the well screen The ROI of the well increases, ... of them are intended to increase the partitioning oforganic chemicals into vapor phases where they can be recovered by SVE processes In addition, one of the heating methods, conductive heating, ... solubility in water Mixtures of dissolved contaminants increase, slightly, the volatility of most of the individual constituents, as their solubilities often decrease in the presence of other compounds...
... period Organic farming processing in Bulgaria currently (2007) includes: Drying of herbs, spices, seeds Processing oforganic products, including cultivated herbs and spices, packing of fruit, ... unstructured supply chain of the organic products Indepth interviews with organic supply chain participants reveals the main shortcomings of the existing supply chains in the country and the ... 4.Improving the supply chain for organic products in Bulgaria In the survey several questions were asked concerning opinions of the experts for improving the supply chain for the organic products in...
... reduces the extent of Cd organicacid complexation, resulting in a lower plant availability There was an increasing trend in SPT values of Cd with increasing concentration oforganicacids provides ... uptake of Cd from the Cd treatments with increasing concentration oforganicacids seems to be the resultant of the interactions of Cd with organic ligands resulting in the formation of mobile organically ... applying to the surface of growing media of 60-dayold plants a single pulse addition of a solution (200 mL) containing radiolabelled Cd (44 µm) with varying amount of different organic acids: ...
... mutant in which amino acids following the initiating Met were changed to Ala, was used as the starting sequence to evaluate the roles of the amino acids at distinct positions in protein N-myristoylation ... Amino acids at positions 3, and are in bold type Protein Ca2+ binding/EF hand proteins Aplycalcin Hippocalcin Neurocalcin Rem-1 Visinin-like protein ADP-ribosylation factor Arf-6 Fig The combination ... metabolic labeling of model substrate proteins in an in vitro translation system In this case, to avoid the effects of amino acids at other positions in the N-terminal region on protein N-myristoylation,...
... lysine-binding-site-dependent interaction between plasmin and antiplasmin in detail by constructing seven single-site mutants of antiplasmin Fig Computer model of the C-terminal 40 amino acidsin ... lysine-binding-site-mediated interaction between plasmin and antiplasmin Molecular modelling of the C-terminal portion of antiplasmin The amino -acid sequence of the C-terminal 40 residues in antiplasmin ... of the plasmin activity was inhibited) Computer model of the C-terminal 40 amino acidsin antiplasmin A computer model of the C-terminal 40 amino acidsin antiplasmin [11] was constructed by CS...
... procedures for determination oforganic compounds in finished drinking water, source water, or drinking water in any treatment stage The method is applicable to a wide range oforganic compounds ... tune and initial calibration at the beginning of each 12-hour work shift during which analyses are performed using the following procedure 10.3.1 Inject a µL aliquot of the ng/µL solutionof DFTPP, ... concentration of analyte or surrogate in µg/L in the water sample Ax = integrated abundance of the quantitation ion of the analyte in the sample Ais = integrated abundance of the quantitation ion of the internal...
... of the combined process of the feeding rate, which is based on the bioenergetics of organism weight W (kg) and temperature T (8C), and of the diffusion rate of the chemical across the intestinal ... Potential ofOrganic Chemicals in Aquatic Food Webs derivation of a trophic dilution factor for a group of PAHs In this example, the model is fitted to available BCF and BAF data, resulting in a kM of ... Weight of organism Lipid content of organism Lipid content of lowest trophic level organisms Concentration of particulate organic carbon Concentration of dissolved organic carbon Fraction of freely...
... Rate Constants ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A number of individuals have been involved with the project Dr Zubair A Saleem of the U.S EPA, Office of Solid Waste, Washington, ... studies and incorporate the results in modeling Therefore, EPA convened a workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, on anaerobic biodegradation oforganic chemicals in 1997 Representatives from academia, industry ... the distribution of rate constants The individual rates are also reported in parentheses following the average Information from the tables in Appendix F for each compound is used in the subsurface...
... determine the rate of biodegradation of specific contaminants in groundwater during a field study Mass flux of the studied contaminant through a line/cluster of wells (a transect) is recorded instead ... reached as a final timepoint, an earlier time was chosen for the kinetics calculation, if possible; the use of zero as a denominator in the first-order rate equation would result in an “infinite” value ... leveled off at that point for the remainder of the experiment, the final concentration and time were chosen at the point where the concentration leveled off In column studies, the time field in the...