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Laura Blanco Daphne Hermosilla Carlos Negro Nathalie Swinnen David Prieto Ángeles Blanco 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2017,24(20):16631-16638
To reduce fresh water consumption in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant, the effluent from a biological treatment must be demineralized to be re-used in the resin polymerization process. Demineralization is a critical process, since the quality and the stability of the PVC resins are highly influenced by the water quality used in the process. The main target values for water parameters are the following: conductivity <10 μScm?1, TOC < 10 mg L?1, and Al < 0.1 mg L?1. To achieve this quality, several reverse osmosis membranes from different materials and suppliers were tested and compared in the demineralization treatment. Polyamide membranes showed higher salt rejection compared to cellulose acetate membranes yielding both types similar flux and permeability. Two-pass reverse osmosis treatment was necessary to reach conductivities lower than 10 μS cm?1. On the other hand, a good quality effluent for reuse was obtained by combining RO and ionic exchange resins. Results showed that good quality PVC resins in terms of color, granulometry, porosity, and bulk density were obtained when demineralized water from two-pass reverse osmosis was used as fresh water, proving the feasibility of the effluent reuse in the PVC industry. 相似文献
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Wolf U. Blanckenhorn James W. A. Grant Daphne J. Fairbairn 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,42(1):63-70
The monopolization of resources plays an important theoretical role in the literature on competition for food and mates.
We used 12 groups of male water striders (Aquariusremigis) to: (1) test the general prediction that monopolization of both food and mates decreases as the temporal clumping of resources
increases, (2) compare the efficiency of two indices of resource monopolization, coefficient of variation and Q (Ruzzante et al. 1996), and (3) quantitatively assess the resource queue model of Blanckenhorn and Caraco (1992). Each group
of six males competed for both food items and mates released from the upstream end of a laboratory stream. The mean inter-arrival
time for resource units (food or females) was 10 min, with four levels of temporal clumping (variance in inter-arrival time:
0, 25, 50 or 320 min2). As predicted, the monopolization of both food and mates decreased as the temporal clumping of resource arrival increased,
although monopolization was greater for food than for mates. Q detected the difference in monopolization of food and mates, whereas the coefficient of variation did not, because Q is independent of mean resource abundance. The resource queue model successfully predicted monopolization of both resource
types, explaining 89% and 76% of variation in the proportion of food and mates acquired by the six males. The success of the
model suggests that the scaling of handling time to the variance in resource inter-arrival time should play an important role
in any general theory of resource monopolization.
Received: 28 February 1997 / Accepted after revision: 26 September 1997 相似文献
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Fernandes CE Das A Nath BN Faria DG Loka Bharathi PA 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2012,184(5):2677-2689
We investigated the influence on bacterial community and biochemical variables through mechanical disturbance of sediment-akin
to small-scale mining in Kalbadevi beach, Ratnagiri, a placer-rich beach ecosystem which is a potential mining site. Changes
were investigated by comparing three periods, namely phase I before disturbance, phase II just after disturbance, and phase
III 24 h after disturbance as the bacterial generation time is ≤7 h. Cores from dune, berm, high-, mid-, and low-tide were
examined for changes in distribution of total bacterial abundance, total direct viability (counts under aerobic and anaerobic
conditions), culturability and biochemical parameters up to 40 cm depth. Results showed that bacterial abundance decreased
by an order from 106 cells g − 1 sediment, while, viability reduced marginally. Culturability on different-strength nutrient broth increased by 155% during
phase II. Changes in sedimentary proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids were marked at berm and dune and masked at other levels
by tidal influence. Sedimentary ATP reduced drastically. During phase III, Pearson’s correlation between these variables evolved
from non-significant to significant level. Thus, simulated disturbance had a mixed effect on bacterial and biochemical variables
of the sediments. It had a negative impact on bacterial abundance, viability and ATP but positive impact on culturability.
Viability, culturability, and ATP could act as important indicators reflecting the disturbance in the system at short time
intervals. Culturability, which improved by an order, could perhaps be a fraction that contributes to restoration of the system
at bacterial level. This baseline information about the potential mining site could help in developing rational approach towards
sustainable harnessing of resources with minimum damage to the ecosystem. 相似文献
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Photo-induced degradation of diuron in aqueous solution by nitrites and nitrates: kinetics and pathways 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The photo-induced degradation of diuron (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea) in aqueous solution under simulated solar irradiation has been investigated in the presence of NO3-/NO2- ions. The degradation rates were compared by varying environmental parameters including substrate and inducer concentrations, oxygen content and pH. The photoproducts were identified by extensive LC-ESI-MS and LC-ESI-MS-MS studies after SPE preconcentration on prepacked cartridges. In both NO3- and NO2- conditions, oxidation of the N-(CH3)2 terminus group is the main process leading to the N-monodemethylated (NHCH3), N-formyl (N(CH3)CHO) and the uncommon and unstable carbinolamine (N(CH3)CH2OH) by-products. Cl/OH substituted and nitrated phenylureas are formed minorily. Degradation pathways involving OH* and NO2* (or dimer) radicals as reactive species are proposed. 相似文献
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Application of a Physical Input–Output Table to Evaluate the Development and Sustainability of Continental Water Resources in Spain 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Continental waters are complex resources in terms of a measurable physical quantity, and measuring them requires a good knowledge of total water availability. In this research, an accounting physical input–output table (PIOT) was applied to evaluate total water resources and gross annual availabilities at each stage of the natural-artificial water cycle. These stages are considered subsystems of a continental water resource system describing water transfers for an average year within 13 administrative basins of Spain. Water transfers between various subsystems are characterized by internal flows decreasing the water resource availabilities. The PIOT analysis establishes these internal flows, and the origins and final uses of the total resources for each subsystem. The input-output balance registered an unsustainable negative net accumulation in eight water basins. The PIOT analysis also allowed the calculation of significant indicators such as water resource developments (RDI) and their sustainable use (SUI). RDI and SUI demonstrate that groundwater is a critical resource affecting the environment (e.g., wetlands in the upper Guadiana) and the water supply (e.g., irrigation in the Segura basin). The results of this model suggest that above-/below-ground hydrological links are important when decisions have to be made in order to provide a satisfactory supply of water in Spain. The model integrates the different water basins under territorial criteria, and therefore it may be useful for the Spanish National Hydrological Plan. 相似文献
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Chalvatzaki Eleftheria Chatoutsidou Sofia Eirini Kopanakis Ilias Melas Dimitris Parliari Daphne Mihalopoulos Nikos Lazaridis Mihalis 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(23):29276-29286
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The deposited dose in the human respiratory tract and its influencing factors were investigated for 8 urban/suburban locations within Greek cities. A... 相似文献
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Kim Bronsgeest Eline E. R. Lust Lidewij Henneman Neeltje Crombag Caterina M. Bilardo Daphne Stemkens Robert-Jan H. Galjaard Esther Sikkel Sanne H. van der Hout Mireille N. Bekker Monique C. Haak 《黑龙江环境通报》2023,43(7):873-880
Objectives
First-trimester ultrasound screening is increasingly performed to detect fetal anomalies early in pregnancy, aiming to enhance reproductive autonomy for future parents. This study aims to display the current practice of first-trimester ultrasound screening in developed countries.Method
An online survey among 47 prenatal screening experts in developed countries.Results
First-trimester structural anomaly screening is available in 30 of the 33 countries and is mostly offered to all women with generally high uptakes. National protocols are available in 23/30 (76.7%) countries, but the extent of anatomy assessment varies. Monitoring of scan quality occurs in 43.3% of the countries. 23/43 (53.5%) of the respondents considered the quality of first-trimester ultrasound screening unequal in different regions of their country.Conclusions
First-trimester screening for structural fetal anomalies is widely offered in developed countries, but large differences are reported in availability and use of screening protocols, the extent of anatomy assessment, training and experience of sonographers and quality monitoring systems. Consequently, this results in an unequal offer to parents in developed countries, sometimes even within the same country. Furthermore, as offer and execution differ widely, this has to be taken into account when results of screening policies are scientifically published or compared. 相似文献10.
The extreme sensory environment of subterranean caves presents an adaptive challenge for troglobitic organisms. Although caves provide distinct selective pressures (e.g., darkness, food scarcity), advantages often come with living in isolated places. The cave-adapted (hypogean) form of the teleost Astyanax mexicanus lacks predators in its natural environment, unlike its ancestral surface (epigean) form that inhabits the nearby rivers. This species provides a unique opportunity for comparative studies because A. mexicanus has invaded the cave environment multiple times, providing us with independent comparative adaptive experiments. Here, we examine kinematic parameters that characterize the escape responses of various forms of A. mexicanus. We demonstrate that populations differ in details of fast start performance, but that surface fish do not perform better than cavefish in escape responses. Our results are more consistent with genetic drift or divergent selection among caves than with relaxation of selection in determining the evolution of escape behavior in this system. 相似文献