Abstract. We assess the CALIPSO Version 4.2 (V4) aerosol typing and assigned lidar ratios over ocean using optical depth (AOD) retrievals from Synergized Optical Depth of Aerosols (SODA) algorithm retrieved columnar ratio estimated by combining SODA AOD attenuated backscatter (CALIPSO–SODA). Six types – clean marine, dusty dust, polluted continental/smoke, elevated smoke are characterized CALIP...

Alkaline highly mineralized environments are a source of microorganisms that produce enzymeswhich in demand biotechnology, food industry, medicine, and agriculture. The extracellular hydrolytic enzymes these resistant to high pH mineralization. Within the framework two scientific projects, phylogenetic diversity bacterial community alkaline media anthropogenic origin, is, soda sludge Bereznikov...

Pliny the Elder recorded that Phoenician sailors came ashore and, not finding any local materials suitable for supporting their cooking pots above the sandy shore, used lumps of trona (natural soda or sodium carbonate) that formed part of their ship’s cargo. As the trona was heated in the fire it combined with the sand to give a material that flowed. This story may not be entirely accurate but ...

BACKGROUND End-stage renal disease rates rose following widespread introduction of high fructose corn syrup in the American diet, supporting speculation that fructose harms the kidney. Sugar-sweetened soda is a primary source of fructose. We therefore hypothesized that sugary soda consumption was associated with albuminuria, a sensitive marker for kidney disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a strict aerobe which is likely exposed to oxygen reduction products including superoxide and hydrogen peroxide during the metabolism of molecular oxygen. To counterbalance the potentially hazardous effects of elevated endogenous levels of superoxide, most aerobic organisms possess one or more superoxide dismutases or compounds capable of scavenging superoxide. We have...

Tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum Dunal) is a solanaceous weed, armed with prickles on stems, leaves, petioles, and calyxes. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (26) and was introduced in the 1980s into Florida, where it thrives as a perennial, particularly in the southern part of the state (11). It has spread rapidly throughout Florida, now occurring on more than 405,000...

A system for the regeneratlon of caustic soda solutlons used In etching aluminum Invokes the hydrolysis of sodium aluminate to llberate free sodium hydroxide and produce a dry, crystalllne hydrated alumlna byproduct. The system has been used extenslvely In Japan, and, by adjusting process parameters, can be adapted to North American practice. By otlllting the system in a typical plant, soild ai...

Information requirements determination (IRD) is arguably one of the most challenging and important tasks of information systems development (ISD). This paper reports on an action research study which involved the use of a soft management science/operational research approach, namely Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) and its accompanying technique, cognitive mapping, applied to t...