Two new pre-treatment methods (water-washing/carbonation and carbonation/phosphate stabilisation) of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator residues were evaluated by column leaching tests under aerobic conditions and anaerobic conditions (which were changed to aerobic conditions after 10 months). A mixture of bottom ash and fly ash (5:1 ratio) was pre-treated using each method. Shredded incom...

Activation of G-protein coupled receptors by agonists is thought to involve the stabilisation of a ternary complex of agonist/receptor/G-protein, leading to effector activation, but this mechanism may be an oversimplification, as follows: (a) Agonist binding to the free receptor (uncoupled from G-proteins) is not a neutral event, but includes a component of the activation process and may be des...

Sludge stabilisation and mineralisation during periods of operation between 10 and 21 years were investigated in three different systems receiving sludge from urban wastewater treatment plants situated in Denmark. Samples were taken along the entire profiles, in order to compare the effectiveness of the sludge stabilisation process. Particular attention was given to the stabilisation process oc...

The distal end of the ulna is an uncommon site for primary bone tumours. We report the case of a 23-year-old male, with a giant-cell tumour of the distal end of the ulna treated with en-bloc resection and stabilisation of the ulnar stump using one half of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon. The amount of bone removed from the distal end of the ulna was 9.0 centimeters long. The functional and on...

In this study, we compared three long-term fundamental frequency estimates – mean, median and base value – with respect to how fast they approach a stable value, as a function of language, speaking style and speaker. The base value concept was developed in search for an f0 value which should be invariant under prosodic variation. It has since also been tested in forensic phonetics as a possible...

BACKGROUND Pedicled fl aps can still be a useful part of the reconstructive surgical toolbox. Their stabilisation is crucial to prevent shearing forces causing fl ap failure. This can be challenging using traditional dressings so different stabilisation methods have been described including plaster of Paris and topical negative pressure dressings. These are disadvantaged by limiting fl ap obser...

PURPOSE To describe a technique involving posterior 360-degree stabilisation of the upper thoracic spine: spinal cord decompression, posterior vertebral body replacement, and then posterior instrumentation and intercostal posterolateral vertebral stabilisation. METHODS Three men and 4 women aged 41 to 77 (mean, 58) years underwent posterior 360-degree stabilisation of the upper thoracic spine...