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A multi-borehole 3-D ERT monitoring system for aquifer characterization using river flood events as a natural tracer
No full textI. Coscia, S. Greenhalgh, N. Linde, A. Green, T. Günther, J. Doetsch and T. Vogthttp://www.earthdoc.org/detail.php?pubid=40923http://www.eage.org/events/index.php?evp=3166&ActiveMenu=18&Opendivs=s3,s17&act=det&prev=&ses=110
Strain signals before and during paroxysmal activity at Stromboli volcano, Italy
No full textIn the last decades, Mt. Stromboli produced four vulcanian eruptions, in 2003 and 2007 and July and August 2019, recorded by INGV monitoring network. Specifically, last three events are studied through records from borehole strainmeters, which allow to infer details on source dynamics. These events are preceded by a slow strain buildup, starting several minutes before the paroxysms, which can be used in future for early warning. Eruptions consist of two or more strain pulses, with oscillations ranging from several seconds, as in 2007, to some minutes, as in 2019, and lasting from several minutes to 1 hr after the explosions
Exploiting knowledge of immune selection in HIV-1 to detect HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses
No full textSince HLA-restricted cytotoxic T-cell responses select specific polymorphisms in HIV-1 sequences and HLA diversity is relatively static in human populations, we investigated the use of peptide epitopes based on sites of HLA-associated adaptation in HIV-1 sequences to stimulate and detect T-cell responses ex vivo. These "HLA-optimised" peptides captured more HIV-1 Nef-specific responses compared with overlapping peptides of a single consensus sequence, in interferon-γ enzyme linked immunospot assays. Sites of immune selection can reveal more immunogenic epitopes in HLA-diverse populations and offer insights into the nature of HLA-epitope targeting, which could be applied in vaccine design
A horizontal crack in a layered structure satisfies deformation for the 2004-2006 uplift of Campi Flegrei
No full textSources responsible for volcanic unrest produce characteristic surface deformation. Given a sufficient number of distributed observation points, inversion is the preferred procedure for retrieving the source parameters of location and volume or pressure change. Most often the solutions have been for point sources embedded in a homogeneous half-space. Recent work indicates that layered structures, particularly those with soft superficial layers, significantly perturb the deformation pattern compared with that for the homogeneous medium. We apply the methods of L. Crescentini and A. Amoruso to data for the most recent mini-uplift in the Campi Flegrei caldera and show that models using a homogeneous medium cannot adequately fit all the data. Incorporating a layered structure appropriate for Campi Flegrei allows a significantly better fit, avoiding characteristic discrepancies which are revealed by a synthetic test. Failure to use such structure results in incorrect source parameters, possibly leading to misleading geophysical interpretations
The use of two complementary DNA assays, AFLP and MLSA, for epidemic and phylogenetic studies of pectolytic enterobacterial strains with focus on the heterogeneous species Pectobacterium carotovorum
No full textAmplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers and multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) were used to analyse 63 bacterial strains, including 30 soft-rot-causing bacterial strains collected from Syrian potato fields and 33 reference strains. For the MLSA, additional sequences of 41 strains of Pectobacterium and Dickeya, available from the NCBI GenBank, were included to produce a single alignment of the 104 taxa for the seven concatenated genes (acnA, gapA, proA, icd, mtlD, mdh and pgi). The results indicate the need for a revision of the previously classified strains, as some potato-derived Pectobacterium carotovorum strains were re-identified as P.similar to wasabiae. The strains that were classified as P.similar to carotovorum during the analyses demonstrated high heterogeneity and grouped into five P.similar to carotovorum highly supported clusters (PcI to PcV). The strains represented a wide range of host plants including potatoes, cabbage, avocados, arum lilies, sugar cane and more. Host specificity was detected in PcV, in which four of the six strains were isolated from monocotyledonous plants. The PcV strains formed a clearly distinct group in all the constructed phylogenetic trees. The number of strains phylogenetically classified as subspecies P.similar to c.similar to subsp.similar to brasiliensis in PcIV dramatically increased in size as a result of the characterization of new isolates or re-identification of previous P.similar to carotovorum and P.similar to atrosepticum strains. The P.similar to carotovorum strains from Syria were grouped into PcI, PcII and PcIV. This grouping indicates a lack of correlation between the geographical origin and classification of these pathogens.Islamic Development Ban
Effect of a Different Number of Amine-Functional Groups on the Gas Sorption and Permeation Behavior of a Hybrid Membrane Comprising of Impregnated Linde T and 4,4′- (Hexafluoroisopropylidene) Diphthalic Anhydride-Derived Polyimide
No full textThe bottleneck of conventional polymeric membranes applied in industry has a tradeoff between permeability and selectivity that deters its widespread expansion. This can be circumvented through a hybrid membrane that utilizes the advantages of inorganic and polymer materials to improve the gas separation performance. The approach can be further enhanced through the incorporation of amine-impregnated fillers that has the potential to minimize defects while simultaneously enhancing gas affinity. An innovative combination between impregnated Linde T with different numbers of amine-functional groups (i.e., monoamine, diamine, and triamine) and 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride (6FDA)-derived polyimide has been elucidated to explore its potential in CO2/CH4 separation. Detailed physical properties (i.e., free volume and glass transition temperature) and gas transport behavior (i.e., solubility, permeability, and diffusivity) of the fabricated membranes have been examined to unveil the effect of different numbers of amine-functional groups in Linde T fillers. It was found that a hybrid membrane impregnated with Linde T using a diamine functional group demonstrated the highest improvement compared to a pristine polyimide with 3.75- and 1.75-fold enhancements in CO2/CH4 selectivities and CO2 permeability, respectively, which successfully lies on the 2008 Robeson’s upper bound. The novel coupling of diamine-impregnated Linde T and 6FDA-derived polyimide is a promising candidate for application in large-scale CO2 removal processes
Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
No full textIn this pilot study we examine the performance of text-based profiling in recovering a set of validated inventor-author links. In a first step we match patents and publications solely based on their similarity in content. Next, we compare inventor and author names on the highest ranked matches for the occurrence of name matches. Finally, we compare these candidate matches with the names listed in a validated set of inventor-author names. Our text-based profile methodology performs significantly better than a random matching of patents and publications, suggesting that text-based profiling is a valuable complementary tool to the name searches used in previous studies.innovation; industry-science links; text-based profiling;
Disputatio theologica, de providentia divina, quae a. D. t. o. m. consentiente amplissimâ facultate theologicâ, in illustri Finnonum Aboënsi Athenaeo, praeside Enevlado Svenonio, q. G. al. s. s. theol. doct. & p. p. nec non p. t. univers. rectore magnifico & reg. al. inspectore dexterrimo. Respondente Matthia J. Waghner Angermanno s s theol. studioso. s. r. m.tis alumno, publicae censurae submittitur. Ad diem 19. April. anni hrisogonias 1662. In auditorio superiori maximo, horis ab 8. antemeridianis.
No full textDedikaatio: Ericus von der Linde, Gustavus von der Linde, Ericus Langhmann.Gratulaatio: Praeses [= Enevaldus Svenonius], Abraham G. Thauvonius, Johannes Warg.Painovuosi nimekkeestä.Arkit: 1 arkintunnukseton lehti, E4, 1 arkintunnukseton lehti.Nimekkeessä on kreikkaa
Nonhelical inverse transfer of a decaying turbulent magnetic field
No full textIn the presence of magnetic helicity, inverse transfer from small to large scales is well known in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence and has applications in astrophysics, cosmology, and fusion plasmas. Using high resolution direct numerical simulations of magnetically dominated self-similarly decaying MHD turbulence, we report a similar inverse transfer even in the absence of magnetic helicity. We compute for the first time spectral energy transfer rates to show that this inverse transfer is about half as strong as with helicity, but in both cases the magnetic gain at large scales results from velocity at similar scales interacting with smaller-scale magnetic fields. This suggests that both inverse transfers are a consequence of a universal mechanisms for magnetically dominated turbulence. Possible explanations include inverse cascading of the mean squared vector potential associated with local near two-dimensionality and the shallower k^2 subinertial range spectrum of kinetic energy forcing the magnetic field with a k^4 subinertial range to attain larger-scale coherence. The inertial range shows a clear k^{-2} spectrum and is the first example of fully isotropic magnetically dominated MHD turbulence exhibiting weak turbulence scaling
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