scholarly journals The Corinth Rift Laboratory or an in situ Investigation on Interactions between Fluids and Active Faults

2007 ◽  
Vol SpecialIssue ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Cornet
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Deformation Process ◽  
Active Faults ◽  
Localization Of Deformation

Earthquakes result from the sudden acceleration of a preliminary long-term slow deformation process. The objective of the Corinth Rift Laboratory (CRL) is to investigate <i>in situ</i> this quasistatic deformation process and mechanisms leading to a sudden catastrophic acceleration. Of particular interest is the characterization of the structure of the deforming zones and of the progressive localization of deformation. Special attention is given to the role of fluids but also on the influence of faults on regional fluid flow <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.s01.20.2007" target="_blank">10.2204/iodp.sd.s01.20.2007</a>

The Role of Fluid Flow Phenomena in the Czochralski Growth of Oxides.

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Czochralski Growth ◽  
Simulation Experiments ◽  
Direct Measurements ◽  
Flow Geometry ◽  
Flow Phenomena

ABSTRACTIn the Czochralski growth of single crystals from large melts, fluid flow phenomena have a major effect on interface shape, growth striations, defect density and the length of crystals which can be grown from a melt of given volume and thermal geometry. Because of the technical difficulties encountered in making direct measurements in molten oxides, simulation experiments have been extensively utilized to gain insight into melt behavior.Both temperature profile and flow geometry results from simulation experiments are discussed. This data is supported by direct melt observations and results from the characterization of grown crystals. When reviewed together, this information offers new insights into the complex behavior of Czochralski growth processes, including the role of thermal gradients, crystal rotation, and surface tension driven (Marangoni) convection.

scholarly journals Potential forMethanosarcinato contribute to uranium reduction during acetate-promoted groundwater bioremediation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn E Holmes ◽  
Roberto Orelana ◽  
Ludovic Giloteaux ◽  
Li-Ying Wang ◽  
Pravin Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Enrichment Culture ◽  
Cell Suspensions ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater ◽  
Subunit A ◽  
Sedimentary Environments

AbstractPrevious studies ofin situbioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater with acetate injections have focused on the role ofGeobacterspecies in U(VI) reduction because of a lack of other abundant known U(VI)-reducing microorganisms. Monitoring the levels of methyl CoM reductase subunit A (mcrA) transcripts during an acetate-injection field experiment demonstrated that acetoclastic methanogens from the genusMethanosarcinawere enriched after 40 days of acetate amendment. The increased abundance ofMethanosarcinacorresponded with an accumulation of methane in the groundwater. An enrichment culture dominated by aMethanosarcinaspecies with the sameMethanosarcina mcrAsequence that predominated in the field experiment could effectively convert acetate to methane. In order to determine whetherMethanosarcinaspecies could be participating in U(VI) reduction in the subsurface, cell suspensions ofM. barkeriwere incubated in the presence of U(VI) with acetate provided as the electron donor. U(VI) was reduced by metabolically activeM. barkericells, however, no U(VI) reduction was observed in inactive controls. These results demonstrate thatMethanosarcinaspecies could play an important role in the long-term bioremediation of uranium-contaminated aquifers after depletion of Fe(III) oxides limits the growth ofGeobacterspecies. The results also suggest thatMethanosarcinahave the potential to influence uranium geochemistry in a diversity of anaerobic sedimentary environments.

scholarly journals Role of annealing temperature on the sol–gel synthesis of VO2 nanowires with in situ characterization of their metal–insulator transition

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 5158-5165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-R. Jo ◽  
S.-H. Myeong ◽  
B.-J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sol Gel ◽  
Insulator Transition ◽  
In Situ Characterization ◽  
Metal Insulator Transition ◽  
Metal Insulator ◽  
Nanowire Device ◽  
Sol Gel Synthesis

The single-VO2 nanowire device synthesized via sequential morphological evolutions with oxygen reduction during annealing features a sharp metal-insulator transition.

scholarly journals Correction: Role of annealing temperature on the sol–gel synthesis of VO2 nanowires with in situ characterization of their metal–insulator transition

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (56) ◽  
pp. 31984-31984
Author(s):  
Y.-R. Jo ◽  
S.-H. Myeong ◽  
B.-J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Annealing Temperature ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Insulator Transition ◽  
In Situ Characterization ◽  
Metal Insulator Transition ◽  
Metal Insulator ◽  
Sol Gel Synthesis

Correction for ‘Role of annealing temperature on the sol–gel synthesis of VO2 nanowires with in situ characterization of their metal–insulator transition’ by Y.-R. Jo et al., RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 5158–5165.

scholarly journals Ecoacoustics: A Quantitative Approach to Investigate the Ecological Role of Environmental Sounds

Mathematics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Almo Farina
Keyword(s):  
Full Range ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Ecological Role ◽  
Dissimilarity Index ◽  
Detection And Identification ◽  
Quantitative Metrics ◽  
Ecological Complexity

Ecoacoustics is a recent ecological discipline focusing on the ecological role of sounds. Sounds from the geophysical, biological, and anthropic environment represent important cues used by animals to navigate, communicate, and transform unknown environments in well-known habitats. Sounds are utilized to evaluate relevant ecological parameters adopted as proxies for biodiversity, environmental health, and human wellbeing assessment due to the availability of autonomous audio recorders and of quantitative metrics. Ecoacoustics is an important ecological tool to establish an innovative biosemiotic narrative to ensure a strategic connection between nature and humanity, to help in-situ field and remote-sensing surveys, and to develop long-term monitoring programs. Acoustic entropy, acoustic richness, acoustic dissimilarity index, acoustic complexity indices (ACItf and ACIft and their evenness), normalized difference soundscape index, ecoacoustic event detection and identification routine, and their fractal structure are some of the most popular indices successfully applied in ecoacoustics. Ecoacoustics offers great opportunities to investigate ecological complexity across a full range of operational scales (from individual species to landscapes), but requires an implementation of its foundations and of quantitative metrics to ameliorate its competency on physical, biological, and anthropic sonic contexts.

Adaptation to calcium deprivation in the rat: effects of parathyroidectomy.

1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (3) ◽  
pp. E336
Author(s):  
J T Pento ◽  
L C Waite ◽  
P J Tracy ◽  
A D Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Response ◽  
Calcium Transport ◽  
Parathyroid Tissue ◽  
Adaptation Period ◽  
Short Term ◽  
High Calcium

The role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the adaptive response in gut calcium transport to calcium deprivation has been studied in the rat using both the in vitro everted duodenal sac and the in situ ligated duodenal segment technique. Intact or parathyroidectomized (PTX) young rats were placed on a low calcium (0.01%) diet for 7-, 14-, or 21-day adaptation periods and compared with control rats maintained on a high calcium (1.5%) diet. Prior PTX (3 days before the start of the adaptation period) abolished the adaptive response (enhanced calcium transport) induced by calcium deprivation for a 7-day adaptation period, but did not abolish a response after a 21-day period. A 14-day adaptation period gave equivocal results. It is concluded that PTH appears to be necessary for short-term (7-day) adaptation, but not for long-term (21-day) adaptation to calcium deprivation. However, if accessory parathyroid tissue is present, the data could be interpreted differently: the essentiality of PTH for the adaptive response might be independent of the length of the adaptation period. The data also contribute to a possible resolution of the controversy concerning the involvement of PTH in the regulation of intestinal calcium transport in the rat.

scholarly journals In Situ IR Characterization of CO Interacting with Rh Nanoparticles Obtained by Calcination and Reduction of Hydrotalcite-Type Precursors

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Basile ◽  
I. Bersani ◽  
P. Del Gallo ◽  
S. Fiorilli ◽  
G. Fornasari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Size ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen Temperature ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
In Situ Ir ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Co Disproportionation ◽  
Ft Ir Spectroscopy

Supported Rh nanoparticles obtained by reduction in hydrogen of severely calcined Rh/Mg/Al hydrotalcite-type (HT) phases have been characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy of adsorbed CO [both at room temperature (r.t.) and nominal liquid nitrogen temperature] and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The effect of reducing temperature has been investigated, showing that Rh crystal size increases from 1.4 nm to 1.8 nm when the reduction temperature increases from 750°C to 950°C. The crystal growth favours the formation of bridged CO species and linear monocarbonyl species with respect to gem-dicarbonyl species; when CO adsorbs at r.t., CO disproportionation occurs on Rh and it accompanies the formation of RhI(CO)2. The role of interlayer anions in the HT precursors to affect the properties of the final materials has been also investigated considering samples prepared from silicate-instead of carbonate-containing precursors. In this case, formation of RhI(CO)2 and CO disproportionation do not occur, and this evidence is discussed in terms of support effect.

Long-term maintenance capecitabine and celecoxib improved clinical outcomes by targeting colorectal cancer micrometastasis

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 14513-14513
Author(s):  
M. Zhang ◽  
S. Curley ◽  
C. Ng ◽  
B. Kurland ◽  
S. Krishnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Complete Response ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Stage Iv Disease ◽  
Disease Site ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Patients

14513 Background: Role of mainteance therapy after achieving complete response (CR) remain undefined for patients with metasatic colorectal cancer. We studied prognostic and treatment factors including maintenance capecitabine and celecoxib (XCEL) in all 19 unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer patients (pts) who had CR from the prior XCEL study. Methods: Event charts are used to summarize the timeline of the various treatments. Kaplan-Meier survival estimates and univariate log-rank tests were used to evaluate RFS and OS as time from CR. Prognostic and treatment factors included: tumor size, metastasis number (9 solitary disease), site (13 being extrahepatic), stage on diagnosis (stage II versus III/IV), disease free interval prior to stage IV disease, surgery (5 R0, 3 R1–2 resections), lactate dehydrogenase levels, first-line irinotecan chemotherapy, radiation (9 pts ≥ 45 Gy, 3 Pts < 45 Gy), and maintenance XCEL (duration 0–50.3 months). Results: Nine of 19 patients experienced recurrence (median 13 months after CR), and 4 died during the follow-up period (median 31 months after CR). The 2-year RFS for the unresected and R1–2 resected patients was 71% versus 20% for the R0 resected patients (p = 0.07). This paradoxical RFS pattern corresponded to a RFS advantage for maintenance XCEL (p = 0.002), but not any other prognostic or treatment factors. All relapses occurred in situ following discontinuation of XCEL except for the surgical cases. Patients undergoing maintenance XCEL also benefited in OS (p = 0.04). The median OS from XCEL and from onset of metastasis reached 51.9 months (95% CI, 45 months- not reached [NR]) and 73.3 months (95% CI, NR-NR months) respectively. Conclusions: Maintenance XCEL targets colorectal micrometastases and produces a paradoxical RFS and OS advantage among the high-risk unresected/R1–2 resected patients than R0 resected patients. Prospective studies are warranted to validate roles of maintenance XCEL in the treatment of colorectal micrometastases. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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