Groundwater and sediment samples (~1 m depth) at sites representative of different groundwater pathways were collected to determine the aqueous speciation of sulfur and the fractionation of sulfur isotopes in aqueous and solid phases. In addition, selected sediment samples at 5 depths (from oxic to anoxic layers) were collected to investigate the processes controlling sulfur biogeochemistry in ...

Quantification of outputs of antibacterial agents from fish farms is necessary to assess their environmental impact. In effluents, antibacterial agents are dissolved or associated with mineral or organic materials, the heaviest of which quickly settle at the exit of the fish farm. Oxolinic acid (OA) is one of the quinolones the most frequently used in turbot farms. For the first time, procedure...

Introduction Dissolved gases,with dissolved oxygen serving as the primary marker,have been widely documented to influence dissolution experiments. The dissolved gases can cause changes in the performance of the dissolution medium by changing pH,forming bubbles on the dosage form or altering the interaction of the medium and the active pharmaceutical ingredient [1]. Extensive studies have been p...

To help understand the mechanism and control of Hg uptake in Hg-methylating bacteria, we investigated the effect of sulfide on Hg methylation by pure cultures of the sulfatereducing bacterium Desulfobulbus propionicus (1pr3). Our previous research in natural sediments has suggested that Hg methylation occurs most rapidly when sulfide concentrations favor formation of neutral dissolved Hg-S spec...

The effect of temperature, concentration of dissolved CO2 and water activity on the growth of Lactobacillus sake was investigated by developing predictive models for the lag phase and the maximum specific growth rate of this specific spoilage organism for gas-packed cooked meat products. Two types of predictive model were compared: an extended Ratkowsky model and a response surface model. In ge...

To help understand the mechanism and control of Hg uptake in Hg-methylating bacteria, we investigated the effect of sulfide on Hg methylation by pure cultures of the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobulbus propionicus (1pr3). Our previous research in natural sediments has suggested that Hg methylation occurs most rapidly when sulfide concentrations favor formation of neutral dissolved Hg-S spe...

estuaries are considered as highly dynamic ecosystem that include the mixing or transition zone between river freshwater and saline water from oceans and seas. estuaries are very important aquatic systems by preserving the coastal biota. flocculation of metals during mixing of freshwater with saline water can be considered as the most important estuarine processes. due to flocculation process, ...

We show that a large class of continuous time processes admits a Banach autoregressive representation. This fact allows us to obtain various limit theorems for continuous time processes. In particular we prove the law of iterated logarithm for processes which satisfy a stochastic differential equation. Résumé Nous montrons qu’une vaste classe de processus à temps continu possède une représentat...

We develop a phase-eld model for the solidiication of a pure material that includes convection in the liquid phase. The model permits the interface to have an anisotropic surface energy, and allows a quasi-incompressible thermodynamic description in which the densities in the solid and liquid phases may each be uniform. The solid phase is modeled as an extremely viscous liquid, and the formalis...