... concentrations of organic substances inthe aqueous environment has been a matter of increasing interest to the water industry, scientists and the general public alike, from the point of view of possible ... While the kinetics ofthe process were not described in detail, the importance of convective transport of analyte was highlighted The advantages ofthe drop-indrop system include low consumption of ... aspiration ofthe ASP, following the first sampling cycle, ensures that both theOF and the ASP are periodically renewed, and thus theOF would be in contact with fresh aqueous sample having the initial...
... underwent thermal degradation under the extraction conditions The results indicate that although carbamates tested in this study are thermally labile, there was little observable degradation under the ... used to investigate the chemical degradation behavior of N-methylcarbamate inenvironmental water samples Propoxur was selected as a model compound to study the degradation behavior in ultrapure ... irrespective ofthe type of water matrix Light intensity could prompt degradation significantly under mild alkaline conditions, while its influence was minor at higher pH (pH > 9) Furthermore, half-lives...
... optimization ofthe MAE conditions To apply these techniques in practical applications, in this chapter I 138 demonstrated the application of these techniques inanalysisofthe residues of Nmethylcarbamate ... Fig 5-4 shows the change in concentration of each ofthe analytes inthe goldfish extracts with time From the figure, it can be seen that neither a decrease inthe concentration ofthe extracts ... not considered was the power setting for the microwave heating This setting was proportional to the number ofsamples undergoing extraction during one run Furthermore, according to previous experience...
... increased to 200°C at a rate of 25°C/min, then maintained at 200°C for min; a second ramp 230°C at rate of 5°C/min, increased to 280°C at a rate of 20°C/min; The final temperature of 280°C was held for ... 88 An interesting result observed from Fig 4-6 is that inthe same solvent, the recovery increases in going from PAHs to PCBs, and then to triazines (i.e, increasing polarity of analyte) The recovery ... direct extension of 2-level OAD with the added capability of providing information about the non-linearity ofthe main factors inthe response surface However, the method as described in a work by...
... k is the first-order rate constant, which is calculated as the negative slope ofthe regression line where the natural logarithm ofthe percentage ofthe compound remaining is plotted against ... application of LC-APCI-MS for the determination of carbamates: carbofuran and 3hydroxy-carbofuran, and theanalysisof triazine herbicides in water [8] LC-ESI-MS has been also successfully applied for the ... light intensity increases inthe order of darkness, indoor lighting and sunlight This indicates that light exposure can prompt hydrolysis in various types of natural water Thus the effect of light...
... possible trace organic contaminants prior to preparation, all of them were washed in fresh running water and then rinsed with deionized water The fish samples were grinded in a mortar and pestle with ... 60mesh sieve In order to remove possible traces of PAHs, PCBs, triazines, carbamates and other organic contaminants, 100 g of each ofthe soil sample was immersed in 200 ml 46 each of methanol, ... analysts in soil samples before spiking 2.3.2.2 Freshly spiked soils Freshly spiked soil samples were prepared by adding an appropriate volume of spiking solutions into the soils To ensure that the...
... In almost all cases higher recoveries were obtained from the spiked samples, demonstrating the effect ofthe stronger binding to the matrix in native samples [77] Furthermore, in many cases the ... principle of MAE The principle of MAE is based on heating the extractants (mostly liquid organic solvents) in contact with the sample with microwave energy [58] Partitioning ofthe analytes of ... microwave-absorbing properties ofthe solvent, the interaction ofthe solvent with the matrix, and the analyte solubility inthe solvent Preferably, the solvent should have a high selectivity towards the...
... cathode The migration of cations results inthe migration of whole buffer solution through the capillary; this migration is the EOF Since the driving force of EOF is uniformly distributed along the ... used in both the conviction of guilty offenders and the appraisal ofthe consanguinity Amino acids, peptides and proteins Proteins are very important to life, the complex molecules of proteins ... numbers), the number of double bonds and also the exact position of these double bonds, this will define the biological reactivity ofthe fatty acid molecule and even ofthe lipid containing these...
... passives inverted, inflected forms analyzed, and other modifications ofthe kind often brought under the rubric of "transformations." The LSP can this sort of thing very welL The defining words ... most ofthe duplicate relational triples Finding relational triples by text processing As the performance statistics above show, parsing is painfully slow For the simple business of finding and ... treat it as an independent piece of code Having done this, we were able to add new relations inthe com~e of developing the grammar Approximately a third ofthe definitions inthe sample could...
... seemingly paradoxical result can be explained inthe following way The chance of finding a seed-match and of producing a local alignment of significant similarity rises with the length ofthe ... (Figure S3 in Additional file 1) Therefore, requiring a minimum distance in bitscore between the best and second best hit is Page of 15 very effective in removing most ofthe remaining reads that ... location ofthe human and chimp hits for each read is verified by using liftover [50] to map the coordinates ofthe human hit to the chimpanzee genome and the coordinate ofthe chimpanzee hit to the...
... prove the global existence ofthe solutions of a delay differential equation, while inthe second example, we will obtain the bound ofthe solutions of an integral equation For the sake of proving ... general theorems and establish some new integral inequalities Also we will give some examples so as to illustrate the validity ofthe present integral inequalities Main results Inthe rest ofthe ... and Feng Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:20 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/20 Page of 15 Theorem B: Under the hypothesis of Theorem B, if...
... Strikingly, the definite article the is used most Such expressions as the earth, the world appear to be the fixed principles of using the articles inthe field of 30 grammar In grammar, the ... action, responding to the arguments ofthe opponents and foreseeing opposing dangers 33 Secondly, in quoting the declarations of independence of America in 1776 and the declaration ofthe French ... discourse analysis involves the study of language in use A wide range of linguistic texts are explored inthe study of discourse These might be in either spoken or written form, including a conversation...
... However, they mainly focus on the theory of SVA To the best of my knowlege, very little research so far has been done in Vietnam on the error analysisinthe area of English SVA Inthe thesis by ... school students inthe use of subject- verb agreement in English writing Aims ofthe study The study reported in this thesis aims to: - Identify the errors in using SVA in English writing made by ... three main parts Part I: Introduction Inthe introductory part, the rationale ofthe study is presented The aims, subjects, scope and method ofthe study are then identified The design ofthe study...
... about later in Rheme In other words, Theme is the starting point ofthe utterance or point of departure ofthe message In many cases (Unmarked), the Theme of a Declarative sentence will be the grammatical ... that ofthe Interrogatives is the Interrogative word and that ofthe Imperatives is the Imperative form ofthe verb And Rheme is the remainder ofthe message, and also the part in which the Theme ... Interpersonal Themes, on the other hand, reveal something ofthe attitude ofthe speaker or the writer And Textual Theme is the link between the clause contains that Theme and the rest ofthe discourse...
... successful metabolic engineering of freezing tolerance in plants should include such an analysisofthe dynamics of metabolism to gain comprehensive information about the effects of individual overexpression ... suggest increasing the maximum activities of enzymes participating in sucrose cycling Assuming that Rsch is optimized for cold acclimation, we suggest, on the basis ofthe results ofthein silico ... uptake per hour Data points were spline-interpolated to obtain timecontinuous information on net photosynthesis during the whole period of cold exposure The rate of raffinose synthesis, rSuc fi Raf,...
... predominantly in indoor air samples. 93) The dominant path of phthalates intake was the ingestion of foodstuffs compared to inhalation of indoor air by children.94) n-Tetradecane is an alkane with the ... to inferior indoor air quality from the viewpoint ofenvironmental hygiene, but it is not sufficient Continuous efforts should be made to improve the health of both ofthe individuals and the ... on the health effects of these particles.119) Heavy Metal/Lead Although the lead concentration in indoor air is lower in Japan than in other developed countries, the source of lead contamination...
... the subjects interviewed Exploring the generality of such a categorization in other geographical scenes, incorporating theanalysisof places considered ‘‘unattractive,’’ is one ofthe aims of ... place themselves on the other side ofthe aesthetic spectrum and name, in their opinion, the three ‘‘most unattractive’’ places inthe city These places were assessed with the same variables as the ... evidence ofthe existence of this association in urban settings Within this framework, the overview guiding the design of this study is establishing categories of urban places from the perspective of...
... from the earthen shrimp ponds and leakage from sludge piles during rainfalls Inthe south of Thailand, the most obvious impact from the leaking of brackish water to the surroundings is the loss of ... environmental work inthe sector, including legislation and environmental regulations • Other relevant information on the institutional situation • An analysisofthe combined effects of different ... cultivation into intensive farming ofthe Black tiger shrimp and became the leading shrimp producing nation inthe world Other Southeast Asian countries followed the Taiwanese example and in many...
... analysis By comparing the ratio ofthe peak area ofthe sample to the internal standard and calibration curve, we obtained the concentration of each sample RESULTS AND DISSCUSSION I Analysis Method ... 13.4 minutes respectively The retention time for the internal standard, Maleic acid, was 12.6 minutes Through theanalysisof LC-MS, the peak shown at 15.5 minutes was proved to be an impurity of ... applied on the assay of Glycolic acid, dl-Malic acid, Lactic acid and Citric acid Recoveries of AHAs in synthetic samples are shown in Table The recovery rates of these four AHAs in cosmetics...