The UCD community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters! (@ucd_oa) Some rights reserved. For more information, please see the item record link above. Abstract 12 This study investigated an important issue of aluminium (Al) release in a novel reuse of 13 Al-based water treatment sludge (Al-WTS) in constructed wetland system (CWs) as...

Quantitative estimates of denitrification are needed in designing artificial wetlands to optimize nitrate (NOj-) removal. Acetylene blockage and ~SN-tracer methods were employed to quantify denitriflcation in constructed wetlands receiving agricultural tile drainage, using plastic tubes to enclose in situ mesocosms. Estimates were also made through NO;disappearance from mesocosm water columns. ...

The perceived soundness of an analogy is influenced by shared relational structure between the analogs with higherorder relational (HOR) structure being the primary determinant (Gentner, Rattermann, & Forbus, 1993). We conducted a replication and extension to investigate whether the same pattern holds when deciding whether to extend a relational category label from a base example to a target. P...

INTRODUCTION Orthodontic diagnosis includes the interpretation of the relations between the craniofacial and cervical system, given the potential impact of the irregularities from one system to another. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine morphological characteristics of the cervical spine, depending on the parameters of the vertical craniofacial growth and gender in adult subjects...

Consider the much-discussed case of the distracted driver, who is alleged to successfully navigate his car for miles despite being completely oblivious to his visual states. Perhaps he is deeply engrossed in the music playing over the radio or in philosophical reflection, and as a result he goes about unaware of the scene unfolding before him on the road. That the distracted driver has visual e...

Alkanolamines are anthropogenic compounds used extensively not only in the processing of sour natural gas but in other operations such as the petrochemical and fossil-fuel fired industries to reduce and prevent the emission of green house gases into the environment. Alkanolamines also find uses as corrosion inhibitors, emulsifying agents and in pharmaceutical formulations (Dobberpuhl and Johnso...

Global wetlands are believed to be climate sensitive, and are the largest natural emitters of methane (CH4). Increased wetland CH4 emissions could act as a positive feedback to future warming. The Wetland and Wetland CH4 Inter-comparison of Models Project (WETCHIMP) investigated our present ability to simulate large-scale wetland characteristics and corresponding CH4 emissions. To ensure inter-...

The importance of Ireland’s wetlands for waterbirds is well documented (Crowe 2005, Boland & Crowe 2012), and the most recent population estimates indicate that more than one million wildfowl and waders winter in Ireland (Crowe et al. 2008). The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) in Northern Ireland and Britain, together with the equivalent scheme in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Wetland Bird Surv...

Human centromeres are defined by megabases of homogenous alpha-satellite DNA arrays that are packaged into specialized chromatin marked by the centromeric histone variant, centromeric protein A (CENP-A). Although most human chromosomes have a single higher-order repeat (HOR) array of alpha satellites, several chromosomes have more than one HOR array. Homo sapiens chromosome 17 (HSA17) has two j...

Whereas depressed mood, hopelessness, and previous suicide attempts have been well established as risk factors for suicidal behavior in schizophrenia (Siris, 2001), the role of psychotic symptoms and their quality has remainedmore controversial (Hawton et al., 2005; Hor and Taylor, 2010). Existing studies have focused on quantitative aspects of psychotic symptoms, to the exclusion of qualitativ...