... Especially, the band shift of Fe–O stretching (from 610 to 595 cm− 1) and that of N–H bending vibration from 1638 to 1681 cm− is the most significant These data indicated possible binding of iron ions ... concentration C0 and decreases with C0 As can be seen from Table 1, maximum adsorption capacities qmax are 63.33 and 52.55 mg/g and percentages of ion recovery % r are 90.47 and 75.07% for Pb(II) and Ni ... showed the peaks of C, O and Fe, which were three major constituents of CS and magnetite EDS spectra of chitosan/magnetite composite beads after adsorption of Ni(II) (Fig 9b) and Pb(II) (Fig 9c)...
... western side of the region faces the Seto Inland Sea, around which are Fig.1 - Location of study area and distribution of citrus groves in Matsuyama region - 112 - Journal of Water and Environment ... were collected from points Four samples of leachate were collected from the upper part of the grove The collection points Le.1, Le.2, Le.3, and Le.4 have elevations of 76m, 69m, 66m, and 60m, respectively ... concentrations of dissolved Al and Mn became lower The pH value further increased and it reached basic conditions in the reservoir, and dissolved Al and Mn were removed more from the water On the other hand,...
... recorded Using the best concentration of H2SO4 (4.5M), a mixture of maize cobs and groundnut shells in the ratio of 1:1, 1:2, 2:1, 1:3 and 3:1 were leached and the hydrolyzed samples were filtered ... Collection and Processing of Substrate Used Maize cobs and groundnut shells were collected in polythene bags from the farm of Government Technical School, Kontagora, Niger State, Nigeria and transported ... amount of groundnut shells with structures, which contain high degree of crystallinity and polymerization thereby, limit accessibility to acid attack Ratio 3:1 of maize cobs and groundnut shells and...
... diffractometer using Cu K radiation, with an accelerating voltage of 40 kV and a current of 30 mA, scanned from 2θ of to 70o The optical absorption of the materials was determined using diffuse reflectance ... Thermocontroller NOx chamber N2 gas Figure 1: Scheme of NOx adsorption apparatus A quantity of g of sample powder was pelletised at a pressure of tonnes and then placed in a solid sample holder inside ... spectra of Zr/APS materials compared to the APS The UV–vis diffuse reflectance absorption spectrum of Zr/APS materials lies between the spectrum of APS and that of bulk-ZrO2 The blue shift of the...
... concentration of Se (500 mg/l) Standards are obtained from the National Bureau of Standards, IAEA, and commercial sources 2.2 Materials Coconut fruits and 5% (v/v) vinegar were obtained from commercial ... comparison of the number of γ-rays emitted per unit time by the MAC material to the number of γ-rays emitted per unit time by the calibration standards Standards are prepared from certified solutions of ... sources Se powder black, AC powder (50–70 mesh) and H2SO4 were obtained from Merck (Germany) N2, O2 and H2 gases (purity 99%) were obtained from PT Aneka Gas (Indonesia) All chemicals and solvents...
... on estimation of sex from foot bones and foot dimensions [9-13], individualistic and unique features of the foot and footprints [13-18], and the use of radiographic comparisons of the foot [19-23] ... SK A study of correlations and estimations of stature from hand length, hand breadth and sole length Anthropol Anz 1984, 42:271-276 38 Qamra SR, Deodhar SD, Jit I A metric study feet of north-west ... of stature from the foot and its segments in a sub-adult female population of North India Kewal Krishan1,*, Tanuj Kanchan2 and Neelam Passi1 Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160...
... qualitative study of perspectives from the UK and India Globalization and Health 2011 7:17 Author details Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ... results from the interviews and the discussion The paper concludes with key messages Page of Methods A total of 19 interviews were carried out with stakeholders; of these, eight were from the UK and ... tele-radiology and tele-pathology), concerns regarding quality and litigation, the main advantages being saving time and money from the UK side, and generating revenues from the Indian side, and protectionism...
... were excluded from the control group (Fig 1) From a total of 1285 patients, 501 were excluded (48 for being younger than 18 years and 453 for having a duration of stay in the ICU of day or less) ... clinical history obtained from clinical registrations, from direct information from the patient, or from information from the patient’s proxies ICU variables included severity of disease at admission, ... five dimensions and the EQ VAS and ranging from to 100, was also calculated and used to describe the overall QoL of the patients [22] R94 All questionnaires were administered by one of the authors...
... step of mass loss Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 88, 151–165 Morán, J I., Alvarez, V A., Cyras, V P., & Vazquez, A (2008) Extraction of cellulose andpreparationof nanocellulose from ... cellulose (after 30 bleachingand also called as RH cellulose) and MCC were scanned in the reflection ´ ˚ mode using an incident X-ray of CuK␣ with wavelength of 1.54 A ◦ min−1 from 2Â = to 40◦ ... to determine the ash content of rice husk TGA scans were carried out from 35 to 700 ◦ C at a heating rate of 10 ◦ C min−1 and under inert atmosphere of N2 in a flux of 50 mL min−1 (TA Instruments...
... husband for his unconditional love and persistent support Last but not least, thanks to National University of Singapore, Ministry of Education, Singapore and Institute of Materials Research and ... deposited by pyrolysis of 17.0 (a) and (b), 85.1 (c) and (d), and 425.5 (e) and (f), µg cm-2 H2PtCl6 at 400 oC 44 Figure 2.7 Cyclic voltammograms of the 1st (solid curves) and 100th (dashed ... spectra of Ag (a) 150-nm and (b) 75-nm bipyramid [11] 1.3 Preparationof nanostructured metals The preparationof nanostructured metals can be generally divided into two stages: (i) nucleation and...
... understanding of the metabolic profiles of drugs in animals and humans plays a critical role in drug discovery and development (Kumar and Surapaneni, 2001) However, the metabolic profiles of few ... Characterization of circulatory and excretory metabolites of meisoindigo in rat plasma, urine and feces by LC-MS/MS (Manuscript in preparation) Huang M and Ho PC (2009) Identification of metabolites of meisoindigo ... IT-MS, TOF and Q-TOF have also been widely and increasingly used Typically the limit of quantitation with LC-MS/MS varies between 0.01 and ng/ml of drug in a biological sample, which is often sufficient...
... Electron micrographs of P4VP-PEGMA nanoparticles (B-5) crosslinked with (a) wt.% of DVB, and (b) wt.% of EGDM, (c) wt.% of PEGDM (n=13), and (d) wt.% of PEGDM (n=9) (wet-casted from dilute suspensions ... Jing, and other supporting staff for administrative work and laboratory support of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as well as Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, ... at pH and pH ([DVB] = 4.0 wt.%) 181 Figure 5.8 Plot of all values of kf fitted from adsorption kinetic experiments using 2-p model refers to the standard deviation of the population of kf fitted...
... successful coupling of the RGD to the surface of the liposomes Assay of particle sizes and morphological observation of RGD-M-LCL The average size of liposomes processed by the microfluidizer was ... RGD-LCL of 0.625 mg/mL), (D) matrine (0.0625 mg/mL), (E) RGD-LCL (1.25 mg/mL), and (F) RGD-M-LCL (equivalent to matrine of 0.0625 mg/mL and RGD-LCL of 1.25 mg/mL) Figure Representative results of ... RGD-M-LCL and measurement of its particle size RGD-M-LCL was freeze-dried by a cryoprotectant of sugar in a sugar-lipid quality ratio of 2.0 (22), then was redissolved with DMEM The size of the...
... was supplemented with 200 mg of KH2PO4, 14 mg of MgCl2•4H2O, mg of Na2MoO4•4H2O, mg of CaCl2•2H2O, 2.5 mg of MnCl2•6H2O, and 10 mg of FeCl2•4H2O, which was modified from Lay et al (1999) NaHCO3 ... produce moles of hydrogen with mole of n-butyrate or moles of hydrogen with mole of acetate from mole of hexose In most cases using soluble defined substrates, hydrogen production yield and major ... abundant alcohol, and small amounts of 2propanol, butanol and 2-pentanol were also detected Effects of VS concentration and mixing ratios on hydrogen fermentation The hydrogen production potential of...
... The BET (Brunauer, Emmett and Teller) surface area is 70.19m²/g, pore volume of 0.00062cm3/g and pore size of 126Å Preparationof AC-Fe AC from coconut shell was taken from MAPECOH, Inc (Philippines) ... Chemicals Ltd, Japan) Preparationof Adsorbents Preparationof LA In this study, laterite was collected from Ogasawa Island (Tokyo, Japan) It was sieved to a particle size of 0.45-0.71mm Then, ... LA/AC-Fe ratio of 0.3m/0.2m, flow rate of to 6mL/min (or space velocity of 0.98-1.47m3/m3h), pH of 7-8, and initial arsenic concentration of 0.1-0.5mg/L, to obtain a breakthrough time of more than...
... documentation is to include a description of the equipment that leaked, date of detection, date of repair, dates of follow−up inspection, and an explanation of what caused the leak This documentation ... documentation is to include a description of the equipment that caused the leak, date of detection, date of repair, date of follow−up inspection, and an explanation of what caused the leak This documentation ... control device or the cost of replacement of part of the control device exceeds 50% of the cost of replacing the entire control device with a control device that is capable of complying with the respective...
... (t) and FS (t) are the earnings from term transformation of bank i andof the bond portfolio, respectively Combining (11) and (12), we see that a bank’s earnings from term transformation depend ... the course of time, depending on the current and past shape of the term structure Savings banks and cooperative banks are said to rely heavily on earnings from term transformation And, in fact, ... specific and regulatory effects are far more important For savings and cooperative banks, earnings from term transformation are an important source of interest income, and timely changes in earnings from...
... the morning from London, Bristol, Birmingham, and all parts of the North and West, and also from Scotland andfrom all parts of the north of Ireland Should this object be attained, the intended ... and their districts—viz.: Hounslow—between and 10 at night from London; between and in the morning from Bristol Maidenhead—between 11 and 12 at night from London; between and in the morning from ... shopkeepers in the city of Bristol, Common Council of the city of Bristol, Mayor, Burgesses and Commonality of the city of Bristol, Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the city of Bristol." On March...
... properties of muscle phosphofructokinase Mol Cell Biochem 57, 147–154 Hand SC & Somero GN (1983) Phosphofructokinase of the hibernator Citellus beecheyi, temperature and pH regulation of activity ... Phosphofructokinase: mechanism of the pH-dependent inactivation and reactivation of the rabbit muscle enzyme J Biol Chem 251, 5630–5636 Bock PE & Frieden C (1976) Phosphofructokinase: role of ligands ... activation energy of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction induced by the allosteric ligand and not by changes in the extent to which the binding of allosteric ligand modifies the affinity of enzyme for substrate...
... (Keio University)’ and a grant from New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (Development of a Technological ... Rv2228c (or MT2287) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mle, ML1637 of Mycobacterium leprae; Mav, MAP1980c of Mycobacterium avium; Nfa, nfa16400 of Nocardia farcinica, and Tfu, Tfus02000308 of Thermobifida ... EDTA, 150 mm NaCl, and mm dithiothreitol, and used for further analyses The concentration of the purified protein was determined from the extent of UV absorption with A2800:1% values of 0.83 for the...