Spores of marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1 are capable of oxidizing Mn(II) and Co(II), which results in the precipitation of Mn(III, IV) and Co(III) oxides and hydroxides on the spore surface. The spores also bind other heavy metals; however, little is known about the mechanism and capacity of this metal binding. In this study the characteristics of the spore surface and Cu(II) adsorption to thi...

Capillary-to-fiber geometrical relations constitute an integral component of peripheral gas exchange. Determination of capillary length and surface area density necessitates quantification of capillary orientation (i.e., tortuosity and branching). In skeletal muscle, capillary tortuosity increases in a curvilinear fashion at reduced sarcomere length, and this compensates for decreased capillary...

Stem density, basal area, vegetation cover and vegetation surface area were compared as measures of the proportions of plant species present in North Okarito Forest, South Westland, for use in determining bird preferences for plant species. In general, stem density estimates of the proportions of canopy species were about 10 times lower than basal area estimates. The converse was true for estim...

In comparison to the previous researches, ZrO2 nanoparticles with higher surface area (85 m2/g) have been synthesized in this research. The as-prepared ZrO2 nanoparticles by co-precipitation method were characterized with X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The surface area of the s...

Microtomography can measure the X-ray attenuation coefficient in a 3-D volume of snow with a spatial resolution of a few microns. In order to extract quantitative characteristics of the microstructure, such as the specific surface area (SSA), from these data, the greyscale image first needs to be segmented into a binary image of ice and air. Different numerical algorithms can then be used to co...

We report the enhanced capacitance of the Multi-Walled Carbon NanoTubes (MWCNTs) after a chemical unzipping process in concentrated sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and potassium permanganate (KMnO4). The effects of the test duration and temperature were investigated on the unzipping process of the MWCNTs to synthesize the graphene oxide nanoribbons. The SEM and TEM studies were carried out on untreated a...

In this study, the transport equation for scalar iso-surface area density ( $\varSigma$ ) in a turbulent, temporally developing mixing layer is examined. Exploring spatial and temporal evolution of terms vital to improving our understanding turbulent flows characterized by distinct interfaces, e.g. flame surface or turbulent/non-turbulent interface. Previous work reported authors identified tha...

land surface temperature (lst) is an important factor in global change studies. the information about lst has an important role in the range of issues and themes in earth sciences such as global environment change, human-environment interaction and more specifically to urban climatology. this research has been undertaken to analyze the potential of multispectral satellite data for retrieving th...