Comparing Methods of Barometric Efficiency Characterization for Specific Storage Estimation

Ground Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 844-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Turnadge ◽  
Russell S. Crosbie ◽  
Olga Barron ◽  
Gabriel C. Rau
Keyword(s):  
Specific Storage ◽  
Barometric Efficiency

A new Python package to estimate hydraulic and poroelastic groundwater properties using standard pressure records

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Rau ◽  
Daniel Schweizer ◽  
Chris Turnadge ◽  
Philipp Blum ◽  
Todd Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Earth Tide ◽  
Barometric Pressure ◽  
Earth Tides ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Geomechanical Properties ◽  
Groundwater Response ◽  
Barometric Efficiency ◽  
Standard Pressure ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Python Package

<p>Determining subsurface hydraulic and geomechanical properties crucially underpins groundwater resource investigation and management. While standard practice relies on active testing, passive approaches require less effort and cost but are underutilised. We present the new Python package named HydroGeoSines (HGS) which quantifies hydraulic and poroelastic subsurface properties using the groundwater response to natural forces (such as Earth tides and atmospheric pressure changes) embedded in standard measurements. All implemented methods are drawn from the peer-reviewed literature. The package includes basic handling of time series, such as joining and aligning records and handling gaps. HGS uses standard atmospheric and groundwater pressure records to estimate the Barometric Response Function (BRF) groundwater state of confinement, hydraulic conductivity, specific storage, barometric efficiency (BE) and porosity. If Earth tides are required, they can be calculated on-the-fly using the PyGTide package which is based on ETERNA and included. HGS allows easy compensation and correction of pressure or hydraulic heads from barometric pressure or Earth tide influences. Further, HGS includes import from and export to common data formats as well as visualisation of data and results. We demonstrate the use of HGS using example datasets from around the world. Since HGS unlocks sophisticated methods for use by anyone with Python skills, we anticipate that it will support subsurface investigations and add value to standard monitoring practice.</p>

Experience with Vortex Separators for Combined Sewer Overflow Control

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Brombach ◽  
C. Xanthopoulos ◽  
H. H. Hahn ◽  
W. C. Pisano
Keyword(s):  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Operational Reliability ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflow ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Impervious Area ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Sewer Overflow ◽  
Overflow Control

In 1987 the first vortex solids separator facility in Germany was installed for combined sewer overflow (CSO) control. The separation efficiency was optimized in the hydraulic laboratory using scaled down models with artificial tracers to simulate typical sewage particulates. The station has two parallel operating vortex separators and serves a connected and impervious area of about 11 hectares (ha) and 1,500 people. The specific storage volume of the station is 7.2 m3 per ha. Two evaluation programs were conducted. The first evaluation phase noted the operational reliability, hydraulic loads, overflow frequencies and water mass balances. The second phase monitored separation efficiencies. The evaluation showed that vortex solids separators are now ready for use in CSO control.

scholarly journals J-CO: A Platform-Independent Framework for Managing Geo-Referenced JSON Data Sets

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 621
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Psaila ◽  
Paolo Fosci
Keyword(s):  
Query Language ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Current State ◽  
Execution Engine ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Cloud Servers ◽  
Computational Resources

Internet technology and mobile technology have enabled producing and diffusing massive data sets concerning almost every aspect of day-by-day life. Remarkable examples are social media and apps for volunteered information production, as well as Open Data portals on which public administrations publish authoritative and (often) geo-referenced data sets. In this context, JSON has become the most popular standard for representing and exchanging possibly geo-referenced data sets over the Internet.Analysts, wishing to manage, integrate and cross-analyze such data sets, need a framework that allows them to access possibly remote storage systems for JSON data sets, to retrieve and query data sets by means of a unique query language (independent of the specific storage technology), by exploiting possibly-remote computational resources (such as cloud servers), comfortably working on their PC in their office, more or less unaware of real location of resources. In this paper, we present the current state of the J-CO Framework, a platform-independent and analyst-oriented software framework to manipulate and cross-analyze possibly geo-tagged JSON data sets. The paper presents the general approach behind the J-CO Framework, by illustrating the query language by means of a simple, yet non-trivial, example of geographical cross-analysis. The paper also presents the novel features introduced by the re-engineered version of the execution engine and the most recent components, i.e., the storage service for large single JSON documents and the user interface that allows analysts to comfortably share data sets and computational resources with other analysts possibly working in different places of the Earth globe. Finally, the paper reports the results of an experimental campaign, which show that the execution engine actually performs in a more than satisfactory way, proving that our framework can be actually used by analysts to process JSON data sets.

scholarly journals Migrating Home Computer Audio Waveforms to Digital Objects: A Case Study on Digital Archaeology

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-98
Author(s):  
Mark Guttenbrunner ◽  
Mihai Ghete ◽  
Annu John ◽  
Chrisanth Lederer ◽  
Andreas Rauber
Keyword(s):  
Working Condition ◽  
Original System ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Audio Tape ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Home Computer ◽  
Storage Media ◽  
Home Computers ◽  
Digital Archaeology

Rescuing data from inaccessible or damaged storage media for the purpose of preserving the digital data for the long term is one of the dimensions of digital archaeology. With the current pace of technological development, any system can become obsolete in a matter of years and hence the data stored in a specific storage media might not be accessible anymore due to the unavailability of the system to access the media. In order to preserve digital records residing in such storage media, it is necessary to extract the data stored in those media by some means.One early storage medium for home computers in the 1980s was audio tape. The first home computer systems allowed the use of standard cassette players to record and replay data. Audio cassettes are more durable than old home computers when properly stored. Devices playing this medium (i.e. tape recorders) can be found in working condition or can be repaired, as they are usually made out of standard components. By re-engineering the format of the waveform and the file formats, the data on such media can then be extracted from a digitised audio stream and migrated to a non-obsolete format.In this paper we present a case study on extracting the data stored on an audio tape by an early home computer system, namely the Philips Videopac+ G7400. The original data formats were re-engineered and an application was written to support the migration of the data stored on tapes without using the original system. This eliminates the necessity of keeping an obsolete system alive for enabling access to the data on the storage media meant for this system. Two different methods to interpret the data and eliminate possible errors in the tape were implemented and evaluated on original tapes, which were recorded 20 years ago. Results show that with some error correction methods, parts of the tapes are still readable even without the original system. It also implies that it is easier to build solutions while original systems are still available in a working condition.

scholarly journals Analysis of multi-well pumpingtest under atmosphere pressure and anisochronous schedule of pumping rate

2017 ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
R. S. Shtengelov ◽  
E. A. Filimonova ◽  
I. S. Shubin
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Pumping Test ◽  
Hydraulic Parameters ◽  
Pumping Rate ◽  
Atmosphere Pressure ◽  
Barometric Efficiency ◽  
Groundwater Basin ◽  
Depression Cone

Interpretation problems of long-term anisochronous multi-well pumping test under oscillating atmosphere pressure is analyzed. The barometric efficiency and corrections of measured drawdowns are calculated to Udomlya groundwater basin, evaluation of space and temporal moving of depression cone is investigated. Obtained hydraulic parameters is used for numerical model of groundwater basin and forecasting of periodical compensation wells pumping for recharge lake-coolers of Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant.

scholarly journals Uncertainty in geological and hydrogeological data

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 2675-2706 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Nilsson ◽  
A. L. Højberg ◽  
J. C. Refsgaard ◽  
L. Troldborg
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Effective Porosity ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Specific Yield ◽  
Model Structure ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Hydrogeological Data

Abstract. Uncertainty in conceptual model structure and in environmental data is of essential interest when dealing with uncertainty in water resources management. To make quantification of uncertainty possible it is necessary to identify and characterise the uncertainty in geological and hydrogeological data. This paper discusses a range of available techniques to describe the uncertainty related to geological model structure and scale of support. Literature examples on uncertainty in hydrogeological variables such as saturated hydraulic conductivity, specific yield, specific storage, effective porosity and dispersivity are given. Field data usually have a spatial and temporal scale of support that is different from the one on which numerical models for water resources management operate. Uncertainty in hydrogeological data variables is characterised and assessed within the methodological framework of the HarmoniRiB classification.

Abstract 1656: Vegf Induces vWF Release via A VEGFR2/Tyr1175-PLC- gamma1 Pathway

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Xiong ◽  
Yingqing Huo ◽  
Chao Chen ◽  
Xiaofan Lu ◽  
Jincai Luo
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Growth Factor Receptor ◽  
Initial Contact ◽  
Vegf Receptor ◽  
Chimeric Receptor ◽  
Vegf Receptors ◽  
Early Passage ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
C Terminus

Many endothelial inflammatory and prothrombotic mediators are stored in and rapidly released from Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs), endothelium-specific storage organelles upon stimulation. The von Willebrand factor (vWF), a major component inside WPBs, mediates the initial contact of platelets with the injured vessel wall and thus plays an important role in haemostasis and thrombosis. It has previously been shown that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) triggers a rapid release of vWF. However, specific VEGF receptors and their potential downstream pathways involved in this process have not been carefully determined. To dissect the role of VEGF receptors in vWF release activation, we utilized two approaches: one is to use receptor-specific ligands and the other is to use a chimeric receptor approach. The ligands for VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), but not VEGF receptor 1 (VEGFR1), stimulated vWF release. The predominant role of VEGFR2 in vWF release regulation was further confirmed by using a chimeric receptor approach in which the extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor was substituted for that of VEGFR1 or VEGFR2, and was then expressed in early-passage HUVECs. Further, the knockdown of phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1) suppressed VEGF-triggered intracellular calcium increase and blocked VEGF-induced vWF release. In addition, the two products of PLCγ1 hydrolysis, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG), are both required for VEGF-induced vWF release. Finally, combined with point mutagenesis, the responsible binding sites for PLCγ1 and their importance in VEGFR2-activated vWF release have been determined. Point mutation of a single tyrosine residue Tyr1175, a putative binding site for PLCγ1 on the C-terminus, abolished VEGFR2-activated vWF release. This study presents the first evidence that the PLCγ1 is essential for VEGF-triggered vWF release mediated through a VEGFR2/Tyr1175 pathway.

An empirical specific storage-depth model for the Earth's crust

2021 ◽  
Vol 592 ◽  
pp. 125784
Author(s):  
Xingxing Kuang ◽  
Chunmiao Zheng ◽  
Jiu Jimmy Jiao ◽  
John A. Cherry ◽  
Jianxin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Earth’S Crust ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Earth's Crust

scholarly journals ABCB transporters in a leaf beetle respond to sequestered plant toxins

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1934) ◽  
pp. 20201311
Author(s):  
Paulina Kowalski ◽  
Michael Baum ◽  
Marcel Körten ◽  
Alexander Donath ◽  
Susanne Dobler
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Specific Storage ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Chrysochus Auratus ◽  
Defensive Glands ◽  
The One ◽  
Uptake And Transport

Phytophagous insects can tolerate and detoxify toxic compounds present in their host plants and have evolved intricate adaptations to this end. Some insects even sequester the toxins for their defence. This necessitates specific mechanisms, especially carrier proteins that regulate uptake and transport to specific storage sites or protect sensitive tissues from noxious compounds. We identified three ATP-binding cassette subfamily B (ABCB) transporters from the transcriptome of the cardenolide-sequestering leaf beetle Chrysochus auratus and analysed their functional role in the sequestration process. These were heterologously expressed and tested for their ability to interact with various potential substrates: verapamil (standard ABCB substrate), the cardenolides digoxin (commonly used), cymarin (present in the species's host plant) and calotropin (present in the ancestral host plants). Verapamil stimulated all three ABCBs and each was activated by at least one cardenolide, however, they differed as to which they were activated by. While the expression of the most versatile transporter fits with a protective role in the blood–brain barrier, the one specific for cymarin shows an extreme abundance in the elytra, coinciding with the location of the defensive glands. Our data thus suggest a key role of ABCBs in the transport network needed for cardenolide sequestration.

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