The effects of heavy metals, endocrine disruptors, and other contaminants on activated sludge and wastewater treatment operations have been studied extensively. However, the potential for infiltration of bacterial species not native to activated sludge has not been extensively examined. This project investigated the effect of the contamination of activated sludge wastewater treatment systems by Bacillus anthracis. From a pure culture of Bacillus megaterium inoculations of two bench-scale, sequencing batch reactors with different solids retention times was studied. Microbial enumeration testing was initially done on the mixed liquor alone, but to further detail the Bacillus path through the reactor, further testing was done to examine the supernatant. The data indicated that little effect would be caused from Bacillus inoculation of activated sludge reactors as population diversity returned to normal within a period of time equal to approximately one quarter of the solids retention time.

Thesis (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Theses (Dept. of Archaeology) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv., 2002. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv., 2007. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Orientador: Claudio Bianor Sverzut / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T10:50:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Teixeira_RicardoRodrigues.pdf: 2062039 bytes, checksum: a4971055a27800f110bd3f6cbcdef9ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A cultura do tomateiro tem grande importância econômica e alimentar no país. A partir do momento da colheita ocorrem perdas cumulativas de qualidade em decorrência de fatores agroclimáticos como alta temperatura e variações constantes na umidade relativa do ar, além dos fatores relacionados ao manuseio pós-colheita, como danos mecânicos, local de manuseio e equipamentos inadequados para sanitização, classificação e embalagem, treinamento de colhedores e beneficiadores, além do armazenamento e transporte precários. Através de estudos das diversas tarefas que são necessárias a partir do momento da colheita dos tomates, foram analisados os processos para gerar subsídios para utilização de uma unidade móvel de beneficiamento de tomates de mesa com intuito de diminuir a perda pós-colheita, tendo como conseqüência um menor tempo de exposição do produto a condições adversas, mantendo a qualidade dos mesmos e consequentemente, aumentado sua vida de prateleira. A unidade móvel pode ser utilizada não somente para diminuição das perdas e manutenção da qualidade, mas também para melhorar o ambiente de trabalho, proporcionando uma infra-estrutura de apoio aos trabalhadores no campo. / Abstract: The tomato crop has economic and alimentary importance in Brazil. Since the harvesting the losses begins and goes cumulatively decreasing the quality of the product because, at first place, of the climate factors such as temperature, air humidity variation and at second, after harvested, because of the handling done during process from the field to the market, which means: selection, warehousing, cleaning, package, transportation and selling.. By studding the tasks necessary after the tomato harvesting, many information were analyzed given subsidies to use an itinerant unity to do the handling process of in nature tomato in order to avoid post harvest losses and, in consequence, letting the product less exposed to adverse conditions that occurs in the post harvest, kipping the quality and increasing the shelf life. In addition, the itinerant unity gives better work conditions as support for the field work too. / Universidade Estadual de Campi / Tecnologia Pós-Colheita / Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-04T15:33:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Fl?vio Guerra Barroso.pdf: 2034037 bytes, checksum: 1635fb4534d6b8f1c27887b03f88ac56 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-04T15:33:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Fl?vio Guerra Barroso.pdf: 2034037 bytes, checksum: 1635fb4534d6b8f1c27887b03f88ac56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico. CNPQ / The biological contamination by invasive alien species is considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. However, in Brazil the information on this subject are still scarce, especially regarding the occurrence, distribution and influence of alien species on native communities, mainly in protected areas. The objective of this study was to identify exotic plant species present in the intensive use zone of Serra dos ?rg?os National Park and determine their occurrence, distribution and influence on the native plant community. The study area is located in Teres?polis and concentrates on the barragem road, which cuts across the zone of intensive use. To determine the occurrence of exotic plant species were allocated, randomly, 30 plots of 10 x 10 m along the road, located at different distances in edge-interior gradient of forest in order to identify the penetration and distribution of these species in the forest. Individuals with circumference at breast height (cbh) above 8 cm were included in the sample. To characterize plant community, phytosociological parameters were calculated as basal area, density, frequency, dominance and rates of coverage and importance. For the herbaceous layer, sub-plots of 5 x 5 m plots were installed within the existing plots, and those sampled by the method of points. We found 1,274 individuals of shrub-tree layer, distributed in 53 families, and 362 individuals of the herbaceous layer, distributed in 15 families. Only two exotic species were sampled: Impatiens walleriana Hook. f. e Hedychium coronarium J. K?nig, both herbaceous. These species were restricted to plots of class A, with penetration less than 10 meters. Its distribution is aggregated and, in the plots, they were found only in low densities, but with high frequency, suggesting behavior of weeds. The presence of these species have no influence on the tree-shrub layer but in the herbaceous layer, values of richness and abundance showed a negative correlation in the presence of these exotic species. / A contamina??o biol?gica por esp?cies ex?ticas invasoras ? considerada uma das maiores amea?as ? biodiversidade mundial. No entanto, no Brasil as informa??es sobre este assunto ainda s?o escassas, principalmente em rela??o ? ocorr?ncia, distribui??o e influ?ncia de esp?cies ex?ticas sobre as comunidades nativas, especialmente em ?reas protegidas. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as esp?cies vegetais ex?ticas presentes em um trecho da zona de uso intensivo do Parque Nacional da Serra dos ?rg?os e determinar sua ocorr?ncia, distribui??o e influ?ncia sobre a comunidade vegetal nativa. A ?rea de estudo localiza-se na sede Teres?polis do parque e concentra-se na estrada da barragem, que corta toda a zona de uso intensivo. Para determinar a ocorr?ncia de esp?cies vegetais ex?ticas foram alocadas 30 parcelas de 10 x 10 m ao longo da estrada, situadas a diferentes dist?ncias no gradiente borda-interior de mata a fim de identificar a penetrabilidade e distribui??o dessas esp?cies na floresta. Indiv?duos arb?reos com CAP igual ou superior a 8 cm foram inclu?dos na amostragem. Para caracterizar comunidade vegetal foram calculados par?metros fitossociol?gicos como ?rea basal, densidade, freq??ncia, domin?ncia absolutas e relativas e os ?ndices de cobertura e import?ncia. Para o estrato herb?ceo, sub-parcelas de 5 x 5 m foram alocadas dentro das parcelas j? existentes, e os indiv?duos foram amostrados atrav?s do m?todo de pontos. Foram encontrados 1.274 indiv?duos do estrado arbustivo-arb?reo, distribu?dos em 53 fam?lias, e 362 indiv?duos do estrato herb?ceo, distribu?dos em 15 fam?lias. Apenas duas esp?cies ex?ticas foram amostradas: Impatiens walleriana Hook. f. e Hedychium coronarium J. K?nig, ambas herb?ceas. Essas esp?cies estavam restritas as parcelas da classe A, com penetrabilidade inferior a 10 metros. Sua distribui??o ? agregada e, nas parcelas, elas foram encontradas somente em baixas densidades, por?m com alta freq??ncia, sugerindo um comportamento invasor. A presen?a dessas esp?cies parece n?o exercer influ?ncia sobre o estrato arbustivo-arb?reo por?m, no estrato herb?ceo, valores de riqueza e abund?ncia apresentam uma correla??o negativa quanto a presen?a dessas esp?cies ex?ticas.