... biofilm developed on PAC, the incubation was The amount oforganic carbon was indicator as the amount of biofilm developed on PAC shows the amount oforganic carbon on PAC after each incubation ... quilibriumC oncentration of 3,5-D P(m l ) C g Figure Adsorption isotherm of 3,5-DCP onto new PAC, PAC in the aeration tank, and PAC in the bacterial cultivations Summary and conclusions The objective of ... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.1, No.2, 2003 3.2 Effectsofdissolvedorganicmatter (DOM) on adsorption capacity of PAC DOC concentrations in the effluent ofthe control rector...
... communication) Other problems of these reactors are the release of DOM into the solution andthe adsorption of DOM onto the biofilms Furthermore, it seems impossible to determine the pool sizes andthe residence ... amounts of these fractions, and consequently, the kinetics ofthe degradation process will be very different Quantification ofthe contribution of DOM to the stable C pool in the mineral subsoil ... most DOM in the Amazon was in the larger size fraction and marine DOM consisted mainly ofthe small size fraction, they Table Effect of sampling date onthe biodegradability of total DOM and DOM...
... study were: i) The characterisa-tion ofthe different organicmatter in animal manures ii) The determination ofthe manures effectsonorganicmatter content and adsorption complex ofthe soil under ... very sandy soils under the control, sandy under the cattle manure, sandy onthe top horizon (0 - 22 cm) and sandy-clay onthe sub horizon (22 - 55 cm) under the poultry manure The clay contents ... Arriaga and Lowely, 2003; Hao et al., 2004) The information on effect of poultry and cattle manures on soil quality is limited in Côte d’Ivoire Indeed, the quantification oftheorganicmatter content,...
... Results and Discussion The results are summarized in Table I The data onthe non-fumigated seedlings show - a light-dependent accumulation of pigments, a well-known physiological adaptation (for ... light environments in continuous light or in 12:12 h cycles of light and dark at 298°K After fumigation, seedlings were combined for each sample and analyzed for their pigment content and a-tocopherol ... pigment levels The increase of pigment content with P-pinene fumigation might indicate the triggering of anti-oxidant defense mechanisms Reduction in pigment content with j3-pinene fumigation occurred...
... the filtration ofthe fractional components of DOM in MBR3 with hydrophobic GVHP membranes 73 Figure 4.10 Normalized permeate flux for the filtration ofthe fractional components of ... 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 investigate the roles of other components in MBR fouling, or analyze the ... direction ofthe feedwater is orthogonal to membrane surface All matters that are rejected by membranes remain onthe surface and contribute to the formation of a cake layer The thickness of this...
... corresponds to the conditional stability constants K' The y-intercept ofthe line gives the product ofthe conditional stability constant K' and total ligand concentration [Li,T] andthe x-intercept ... compounds in terms of zinc complexation Onthe other hand, a further examination ofthe variation of labile Zn during the incubation revealed a slight increment ofthe labile Zn concentration (from 2.1 ... Interpretation of titration data with Scatchard linear transformation (a) oneligand case (b) two-ligand case; K1' and K2' represent the conditional stability constants of strong and weak ligand, respectively;...
... contamination Evaluation of oxygen consumption Oxygen consumption for 5-day incubation (OCobs) was calculated as the difference between DO before and after incubation Then, oxygen consumption by the ... volume ofthe BOD bottle, and OCSE is the oxygen consumption by the filtrated secondary effluent RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Biodegradation of DOM in Lake Biwa Experimental results ofthe biodegradation ... and Environment Technology, Vol 9, No.2, 2011 CONCLUSIONS One ofthe possible hypotheses for the accumulation of CODMn in Lake Biwa is the deterioration of bioactivity for DOM degradation Accordingly,...
... because ofthe manipulations (especially pH) that are required in the fractionation procedure The concentration oforganic carbon andthe percentage ofthe TOC contained in each fraction ofthe samples ... fractions were 100%, 107%, and 102%, respectively Fig shows the total concentrations and proportions of each ofthe DOC fractions in solution as a function of pH for two ofthe soils (Budel and ... correlation Strong correlations also exist for the partitioning of FA; however, there is little dependency ofthe partitioning of Hyd on pH The results for these two soils are representative ofthe other...
... article as: Wong et al.: The differential mediating effectsof pain and depression onthe physical and mental dimension ofqualityof life in Hong Kong Chinese adults Health andQualityof Life Outcomes ... Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 2Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 3Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 13 14 Authors’ contributions ... population of Hong Kong Final report to the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, Government ofthe Hong Kong Wong et al Health andQualityof Life Outcomes 2010, 8:1 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/1...
... and questionable allocation policies have contributed to weakening the reputation of basic and applied research all over the globe There are numerous studies on research evaluation and policy ... helpful discussions Source of support: Charité Faculty funding References 10 Conclusion As a conclusion, the use ofthe presently described approach to assess research quantityandquality may be ... interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions BGK TCF, DQ and CS conceived the study protocol, participated in the process ofthe design ofthe methodology...
... investigate the effect of forest tree species substitution on (i) the biodegradability and mineralization of carbon and nitrogen ofthe soil organic matter, and (ii) consequently onthe mobility and availability ... carbon than the other plots, suggesting that both thequalityandquantityoforganicmatter have to be considered as main parameters controlling organicmatter biodegradability and mineralization ... position At the end ofthe incubation (Fig 4), the tendencies observed onthe initial set data were confirmed and emphasised The F1 axis explained 66% ofthe total variance and opposed the soils...
... and because it is related to the volume ofthe wood and with functional processes such as transport andthe age ofthe tree [19, 59] Extrapolation of these findings should be done with caution ... bioelement concentration by the dry weight of either the tree or each component biomass ofthe stand [28, 66] Castanea sativa exhibited differential characters in the storage and concentrations of nutrients ... variations when considering the relative mass of leaves The transfer of N to the perennial parts ofthe tree may represent 30–50% ofthe amount required for the biomass production ofthe following...
... Methodology ofthe study An overview ofthe rest ofthe paper To sum up, these elaborations have not only justified the major contents and structure ofthe study but will also work as the guidelines ... elaboration ofthe introduction, the literature, the implementation andthe results ofthe research This final part will sum up the major findings, unfold some pedagogical implications and evaluate the ... interaction” and partly “interpersonal skills” In other words, these conducted Group work in classes only get the medium level in fostering cooperation among students The second feature of one effective...
... as the electronic configuration in which the HOMO contains a hole h, while the LUMO contains the corresponding electron e, thus simulating the creation of an electron–hole pair [30] Initially the ... for the eye The dashed line corresponds to the band-gap for the undoped Si-nw Fig 11 shows how the FE for the B and P codoped Si-nw changes as function ofthe position ofthe dopants within the ... concentrate onthe dependence ofthe doped Si-nw properties onthe dopant concentration, we note first that on augmenting the number of atoms in the cell (thus lowering the dopant concentration),...
... (Soft Quality) 164 TheQuality Function andthe Economy ofthe Firm 164 Conclusion 166 Part V Consequences of Standardization 14 Onthe Origin of Procedures 171 Procedures during the Dawn of ... for the 21st Century? 146 13 Quality Professionalism andthe Ideology of Control 149 What Is Professionalism? 149 The Ideology ofQuality 151 Influence ofthe Military andthe Ideology ofQuality ... Parties? 114 The Economics of Standardization 116 The Limits of Standardization 117 Standards andthe Law: A Powerful Combination 119 Standards Proliferation in an Age of Regulation 120 Will It...
... serum with h of incubation at 37 °C Chromatin degradation in the serum of a DNase1 KO mouse was accelerated by the addition of aprotinin andthe specific inhibitor for the activation ofthe plasminogen ... secretion of these nucleases into the medium, which was abrogated after deletion ofthe N-terminal rER signal peptide It is therefore conceivable that the NLS of DNase1l3 might only be functional ... allow the identification ofthe residual nuclease activity by, for example, the estimation ofthe molecular mass ofthe nuclease Therefore, we attempted to establish a DPZ procedure for the identification...
... (Soft Quality) 164 TheQuality Function andthe Economy ofthe Firm 164 Conclusion 166 Part V Consequences of Standardization 14 Onthe Origin of Procedures 171 Procedures during the Dawn of ... for the 21st Century? 146 13 Quality Professionalism andthe Ideology of Control 149 What Is Professionalism? 149 The Ideology ofQuality 151 Influence ofthe Military andthe Ideology ofQuality ... Parties? 114 The Economics of Standardization 116 The Limits of Standardization 117 Standards andthe Law: A Powerful Combination 119 Standards Proliferation in an Age of Regulation 120 Will It...
... collection, the end ofthe duodenum andthe cranial part ofthe cecum were tied and both ends were cut One end ofthe small intestine was at the stand and a conical tube was placed at the other end Then ... serum IgG concentrations of CONT, CLA1, CLA2, Effectsof Combination Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid with Vitamin A (Retinol) and Selenium onthe Response ofthe Immunoglobulin Production in Mice ... IgA than those ofthe CLA-only group However, the level of serum IgE was no significantly different between the control and experimental groups CLA increased the production of IgA and IgG while...