Great advances have been made in the last 100 years in the effort to provide safe and reliable potable water. Unfortunately, organisms surviving the water treatment process still cause illnesses in the population. Acanthamoebae are ubiquitous in the environment and are resistant to commonly used disinfection methods. In addition to being pathogenic on their own, Acanthamoeba spp. are capable of acting as a host to pathogenic bacteria in potable water. The amoebae provide the bacteria with protection from chemical and physical means of disinfection. In this way many pathogens that would otherwise be killed in the water treatment process survive and are capable of infecting water customers. Most likely due to experimental limitations discussed herein, the concentration of organic carbon in solution was not found to affect the number of Acanthamoeba polyphaga surviving within reactors designed to model residential water tanks. A copper ion concentration of 1.3 mg/L was determined to be an effective disinfectant against A. polyphaga trophozoites, while free chlorine at 10 mg/L and monochloramine at 50 mg/L were deemed effective against trophozoites. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are suspected to be causative agents in copper pitting corrosion. SRB have been found in tubercles covering pits in many homes experiencing pinhole leaks, but the mechanisms of the survival of these organisms in potable water systems are poorly understood. Nutrient studies conducted show that the absence of nitrogen in solution may encourage copper corrosion by SRB. In addition, a medium specifically designed to encourage SRB growth resulted in a large increase in copper corrosion as compared to the control water. / Master of Science

Estudamos o efeito de uma tangência homoclínica na variação da entropia topológica. Provamos que um difeomorfismo com uma tangência homoclínica associada a uma peça básica com máxima entropia é um ponto de variação da entropia na topologia \'C POT. INFINITO\'. Além disso, discutimos o problema variacional na topologia \'C POT.1\' e apresentamos um exemplo de descontinuidade da entropia em dimensão três. Um resultado devido a Newhouse afirma que um difeomorfismo genérico sobre uma superfície com um conjunto homoclínico que contém uma tangência correspondente a um ponto periódico dissipativo, não pode ter medidas de SRB suportadas no conjunto homoclínico. Generalizamos este resultado para dimensões maiores, no caso em que a tangência homoclínica está associada com uma sela seccionalmente dissipativa / We study the effect of a homoclinic tangency in the variation of the topological entropy. We prove that a diffeomorphism with a homoclinic tangency associated to a basic hyperbolic set with maximal entropy is a point of entropy variation in the \'C POT THE INFINITE\' topology. We also discuss variational problem in \'C POT.1\' topology and we show an example of discontinuity of the entropy in dimension three. A result due to Newhouse states that a generic surface diffeomorphism with a homoclinic set containing a tangency associated to a dissipative periodic point, can not have SRB (Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen) measures supported on the homoclinic set. We generalize this result to higher dimensions, in the case where the homoclinic tangency is associated to a sectionally dissipative saddle

Estudamos o efeito de uma tangência homoclínica na variação da entropia topológica. Provamos que um difeomorfismo com uma tangência homoclínica associada a uma peça básica com máxima entropia é um ponto de variação da entropia na topologia \'C POT. INFINITO\'. Além disso, discutimos o problema variacional na topologia \'C POT.1\' e apresentamos um exemplo de descontinuidade da entropia em dimensão três. Um resultado devido a Newhouse afirma que um difeomorfismo genérico sobre uma superfície com um conjunto homoclínico que contém uma tangência correspondente a um ponto periódico dissipativo, não pode ter medidas de SRB suportadas no conjunto homoclínico. Generalizamos este resultado para dimensões maiores, no caso em que a tangência homoclínica está associada com uma sela seccionalmente dissipativa / We study the effect of a homoclinic tangency in the variation of the topological entropy. We prove that a diffeomorphism with a homoclinic tangency associated to a basic hyperbolic set with maximal entropy is a point of entropy variation in the \'C POT THE INFINITE\' topology. We also discuss variational problem in \'C POT.1\' topology and we show an example of discontinuity of the entropy in dimension three. A result due to Newhouse states that a generic surface diffeomorphism with a homoclinic set containing a tangency associated to a dissipative periodic point, can not have SRB (Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen) measures supported on the homoclinic set. We generalize this result to higher dimensions, in the case where the homoclinic tangency is associated to a sectionally dissipative saddle

No description available.

Let f be a C2 local diffeomorphism, of a closed surface M without zero Lyapunov exponents. We have proved that the number of ergodic hyperbolic measures of f with SRB property is less than equal to the number of homoclinic equivalence classes. We use an adaptation of Katok closing lemma for endomorphisms and prove ergodic criterion, introduced in [HHTU], for endomorphisms. We also prove some folklore results on uniqueness of SRB measures, in the presence of topological transitivity / Seja f um endomorfismo C2 non-singular (difeomorfismo local), de uma superfície fechada M e µ uma medida probabilidade Borel f-invariante e ergódica com expoentes de Lyapunov Não nulo. Nós provamos que o número de medidas hiperbólicas com propriedade SRB é para f so menor ou igual ao número de classes equivalentes homoclínicos. Usamos uma adaptaão do closing lema de Katok por endomorfismos e provamos critrio ergódico, introduzido em [HHTU], para endomorfismos. Também provamos alguns resultados folclóricos em unicidade de medidas SRB, na presena de transitividade topológica vii

Let f be a C2 local diffeomorphism, of a closed surface M without zero Lyapunov exponents. We have proved that the number of ergodic hyperbolic measures of f with SRB property is less than equal to the number of homoclinic equivalence classes. We use an adaptation of Katok closing lemma for endomorphisms and prove ergodic criterion, introduced in [HHTU], for endomorphisms. We also prove some folklore results on uniqueness of SRB measures, in the presence of topological transitivity / Seja f um endomorfismo C2 non-singular (difeomorfismo local), de uma superfície fechada M e µ uma medida probabilidade Borel f-invariante e ergódica com expoentes de Lyapunov Não nulo. Nós provamos que o número de medidas hiperbólicas com propriedade SRB é para f so menor ou igual ao número de classes equivalentes homoclínicos. Usamos uma adaptaão do closing lema de Katok por endomorfismos e provamos critrio ergódico, introduzido em [HHTU], para endomorfismos. Também provamos alguns resultados folclóricos em unicidade de medidas SRB, na presena de transitividade topológica vii

Submitted by Maria Aparecida (cidazen@gmail.com) on 2017-07-17T12:51:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Pericles Carvalho.pdf: 1223900 bytes, checksum: f4ce61e56294f3bb3b3e192efa2993f2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-17T12:52:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pericles Carvalho.pdf: 1223900 bytes, checksum: f4ce61e56294f3bb3b3e192efa2993f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-02 / This paper begins with the definition of SRB measures, and the introduction of several concepts in ergodic theory necessary for the development of the presented results. We prove the existence and uniqueness of SRB measures for uniformly expanding transformations in compact connected manifolds whose Jacobian is H¨older continuous. Then, we present the definition of hyperbolic sets, hyperbolic attractors and their respective fundamental properties. As a main result, we prove the existence of SRB measures for hyperbolic attractors contained in compact manifolds, and its uniqueness if the hyperbolic attractor is transitive. First, it is shown the existence of invariant measures absolutely continuous along the unstable foliation. Then, we note that the restriction of this measure over certain subsets have the SRB property. Using the transitivity of the hyperbolic attractor, it is shown that there exists a unique subset such that this restriction is an SRB measure. We conclude that the system supports a unique SRB measure. / Este trabalho inicia-se com a definição de medida SRB, e a apresentação de diversos conceitos da teoria ergódica importantes para o desenvolvimento dos resultados apresentados. É demonstrada a existência e unicidade de medidas SRB para transformações expansoras em variedades compactas e conexas cujo jacobiano é Holder. Em seguida, apresenta-se a definição de conjuntos hiperbólicos, atratores hiperbólicos e suas respectivas propriedades fundamentais. Como resultado principal, é demonstrada a existência de medidas SRB para atratores hiperbólicos, bem como sua unicidade para o caso de atratores hiperbólicos transitivos, ambos dentro de variedades compactas. Primeiramente, é mostrado que existem medidas invariantes absolutamente contínuas ao longo da folheação instável. Em seguida, verifica-se que a restrição desta medida sob determinados conjuntos possuem a propriedade SRB. Utilizando a transitividade do atrator hiperbólico, mostra-se que existe um único conjunto tal que esta restrição seja uma medida SRB. Conclui-se que o sistema admite uma única medida SRB.

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction, brought about by the action of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) was used in the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) in a fluidised bed bioreactor. Biologically produced hydrogen sulphide and bicarbonate ions, by SRB, facilitated the precipitation of heavy metals and the generation of alkalinity in the synthetic acid mine water, respectively. The SRB that had been selected were able to utilize acetate as the sole carbon source and were capable of growing in the bioreactors at low pHs, facilitating an increase in the influent pH from 2.75-7.0 to 5.4-7.8, after a 24-hour hydraulic retention time (HRT). The precipitation efficiencies for Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr and Al after a HRT of 24 h as metal sulphides ranged between 84- 99% for influent pH values of between 4 and 7, and above 54% for influent pH values between 2.75 and 4. Microbial metabolic activity decreased with decreasing influent pH. This was inferred from the decreasing differences in chemical oxygen demand (COD) depletion rate over a 24 h HRT, as influent acidity levels approached pH 2.75. Molecular studies, using PCR-DGGE analysis on the microbial consortium in the bioreactor, revealed the presence of at least 8 different bacterial species in the consortium. Attempts at sequencing these bands yielded inconclusive results, with the bands showing sequence homology to a large number of previously uncultured and undescribed bacteria. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed the presence of bacteria of different morphology, as well as the presence of biofilms, which account for the heavy metal and low pH tolerances that the bacteria sustained.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Microbiology, 2008. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-246).

No description available.