Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-10-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:50:00Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 caetano_mct_me_jabo.pdf: 257399 bytes, checksum: 9345f2ab37f9803a090aa70b6aad44ad (MD5) / O desenvolvimento dos centros urbanos tem conduzido a um aumento desordenado na geração de resíduos e conseqüente poluição ambiental. Tendo em vista o potencial agronômico dos resíduos gerados pelas cidades, o presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar a influência do composto de lixo (CL), composto de poda de árvore (CP) e substrato comercial (SC), associados a diferentes lâminas de irrigação no desenvolvimento de porta-enxerto (limão-cravo) de citros. O delineamento experimental adotado foi em blocos casualizados em um esquema fatorial 6x3, sendo seis diferentes combinações de substratos: S1 – 100% SC; S2 – 80% SC + 20% CP; S3 – 60% SC + 30% CP + 10% CL; S4 – 40% SC + 40% CP + 20% CL; S5 – 20% SC + 50% CP + 30% CL e S6 – 60% CP + 40% CL associados a três lâminas de irrigação: 50% (I1), 100% (I2) e 150% (I3) da evapotranspiração diária medida pelo atmômetro. Os parâmetros avaliados das plantas foram: altura, número de folhas, diâmetro do caule, matéria fresca aérea e matéria seca aérea. Os resultados permitiram concluir que a irrigação abaixo da evaporação medida pelo atmômetro causaram efeito negativo no desenvolvimento das plantas e que a reposição de água com 150% (I3) foi a que favoreceu o desenvolvimento. Os substratos S2, o qual se utilizou 80% de SC associado à 20% CP foi os que proporcionou melhor desenvolvimento dos porta-enxertos. Os substratos com porcentagem de composto de lixo superior a 30% mostraram-se inadequados para o desenvolvimento dos porta-enxertos / The development of urban centers has led to an inordinate increase in the generation of waste and consequent environmental pollution. Considering the agronomic potential of the waste generated by cities, the present work objective was to check the influence of garbage compound (GC), pruning of tree (PT) and commercial substrate (CS), associated to different irrigation blades in the rootstocks (Rangpur Lime) citros development. The experimental delineation adopted was in random blocks in a fatorial scheme 6x3, being six different substrates combinations: S1 – 100% CS; S2 – 80% CS + 20% PT; S3 – 60% CS + 30% PT + 10% GC; S4 – 40% CS + 40% PT + 20% GC; S5 – 20% CS + 50% PT + 30% GC e S6 – 60% PT + 40% GC associated to different irrigation blades: 50% (I1), 100% (I2) e 150% (I3) of the daily evapotranspiration measured by the atmometer. The evaluated plants parameters were: height, leaves number, stem diameter, fresh matter and dry matter of the air part. The results allowed to conclude that the irrigation below the evaporation measured by the atmometer caused negative effect in the plants development and the water replacement with 150 % (I3) was the one that favored the development. The substrates S2, which is used 80% of SC associated with 20% CP was that the enhanced growth of the rootstocks. The substrates with garbage compound percentage superior to 30 % appeared unsuitable for the rootstocks development

Thesis (MTech (Chemical Engineering))--Peninsula Technikon, 2001 / Certain fungi have been shown to excrete extracellular enzymes, including peroxidases, laccases, etc. These enzymes are useful for bioremediation of aromatic pollutants present in industrial effluents (Leukes, 1999; Navotny et aI, 1999). Leukes (1999) made recent significant development in the form of a capillary membrane gradostat (fungal) bioreactor that offers optimal conditions for the production of these enzymes in high concentrations. This system also offers the possibility for the polluted effluent to be treated directly in the bioreactor. Some operating problems relating to continuous production of the enzymes and scale-up of the capillary modules, were, however, indentified. In an attempt to solve the above-mentioned identified problems the research group at Peninsula Technikon considered a number of alternative bioreactor configurations. A pulsed packed bed bioreactor concept suggested by Moreira et at. (1997) was selected for further study. Their reactor used polyurethane pellets as the support medium for the fungal biofilm and relied upon pulsing of the oxygen supply and recycle of nutrient solution in order to control biomass accumulation. These authors reported accumulation due to the recycle of proteases that were believed to destroy the desired ligninases. We experimented with a similar concept without recycle to avoid backrnixing and thereby overcome protease accumulation. In our work, a maximum enzyme productivity of 456 Units.L1day·1 was attained. Since this was significantly greater than the maximum reported by Moreira et aI, 1997 (202 Units.L-1day-I) it appeared that the elimination of recycle had significant benefits. In addition to eliminating recycle we also used a length / diameter (L / D) ratio of 14: 1 (compared with 2.5: 1 used by Moreira et aI, 1997) in order to further reduce backrnixing. Residence time distributions were investigated to gain insight into mechanisms of dispersion in the reactor. It was found that the pulsed packed bed concept presented problems with regard to blockage by excess biomass. This led us to consider the advantages of a fluidized bed using resin beads. Accordingly, growth of fungi on resin beads in shake flasks was investigated with favorable results. An experimental program is proposed to further investigate the fluidized bed concept with a view to extending the operation time of the bioreactor. From our literature survey to date, packed bed fungal bioreactors are still the best reactor configuration for continuous production ofligninolytic enzymes. An interesting study of the application of laccases to the degradation of naphthalene and MTBE is described in an addendum to this thesis.

This master´s dissertation deals with the French compound words in ad text in the age of 70 years and after 2000. Dissertation is divided into two parts. The theoretical part describes the function of language in advertising, the levels of language, theories of advertising communication. Then, we defined the main elements of the magazine and compound words.In the second part, we continue with the analysis of lexemes stripped of Elle magazine, designed for both the period and taking into account promotional incentives for different types of compounds.

The use of bidentate ligands in organometallic chemistry is best illustrated by the successful application in homogeneous catalysis1 and bio-medical2 systems. For catalytic systems the use of bidentate phosphines have revolutionised the way in which homogeneous catalysis is viewed, with the use of functionalised organic ligands to induce favourable catalytic product formation such as the production of L-Dopa3. To this end, the investigation of tropolone type ligands and complexes will be discussed further in this chapter. The possible application of tropolone systems will be investigated in the context of possible catalytic and bio-medical applications. In 1945 Dewar4 predicted that 2-hydroxy-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-one (Tropolone, Eq. 1.1.I), would show certain aromatic properties; he specifically referred to the natural products known at that time, stipitatic acid and colchicine5 as representative of this class of compounds. Thus Dewar was the first person to point to a new field in organic chemistry, which to date has not been fully explored due to the diversity of uses of tropolone and its derivatives. / Prof. A. Roodt

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Water is an important resource. It is used for domestic, industrial, agricultural and recreational purposes. The quality of water is, however, significantly deteriorating due to the accumulation of organic species in aqueous system. Domestic, industrial and commercial activities comprise the biggest source of organic pollutants in municipal water. The increase of water pollution by these organics has led to the development of several water purification measures. Among others, water treatment technologies that are in place consist of ion exchange, activated carbon adsorption, reverse osmosis, molecular sieves and zeolites. However, none of these techniques have been reported to remove organic pollutants to parts-per-billion (ppb) or microgram-per-litre (ìg/L) levels. Recently, it has been reported that cyclodextrin nanoporous polymers are capable of absorbing these pollutants from water to such desirable levels. Cyclodextrins (CDs), basically starch derivatives, are cyclic oligomers consisting of glucopyranosyl units linked together through á-1,4-glycosidic linkages. They behave as molecular hosts capable of interacting with a range of guest molecules in a noncovalent manner within their cylindrical hydrophobic cavities. These interactions are a basis for the inclusion of various organic species. However, the high solubility of cyclodextrins in aqueous medium limits their application in the removal of organic pollutants from water. To make them insoluble, they are converted into highly cross-linked polymers. This is achieved by polymerizing the cyclodextrins with suitable difunctional linkers. In this project, a wide variety of monofunctionalized CDs have been effectively prepared using efficient modification strategies and successfully characterized by Infra-red (IR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. From these monofunctionalized CDs and corresponding linkers, insoluble nanoporous polymers with different physical properties were synthesized (Scheme 1). / Dr. B.B. Mamba

A series of homogeneous halogen containing polymers have been studied whilst sliding against mild steel and oxides present on mild steel. The degradation characteristics of P. V. C. and C1d P. V. C. have been correlated in terms of current mechano-chemical comminution theory and the process causing the wear of P. V. C., C1d P. V. C., P. T. F. E. and P. C. T. F. E. described in relation to the chemical and physical conditions at the sliding interface. In addition the potential importance of the chemical role of oxide free iron surfaces in wear processes has been demonstrated by interacting an analogue compound of P. T. F. E. (n-C5F12) with clean iron under ultra high vacuum conditions. The resulting fragmentation of the perfluorinated compound is discussed and a simplified degradation mechanism suggested.

This thesis presents a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) study of high pressure gas turbine blade design with different realistic inlet temperature and velocity boundary conditions. The effects of blade shaping and inlet conditions can only be fully understood by considering the aerodynamics and heat transfer concurrently; this is in contrast to the sequential method of blade design for aerodynamics followed by cooling. The inlet boundary conditions to the NGV simulations are governed by the existence of discrete fuel injectors in the combustion chamber. An appreciation of NGV shaping design under engine realistic inflow conditions will allow for an identification of the correct three dimensional shaping parameters that should be considered for design optimisation. The Rolls-Royce efficient Navier-Stokes solver, HYDRA, was employed in all computational results for a transonic turbine stage. The single passage unsteady method based on the Fourier Shape Correction is adopted. The solver is validated under both rich burn (hot steak only) and the case with swirl inlet profiles for aerothermal characteristics; good agreement is noted with the validation data. Post processing methods were used in order to obtain time-averaged results and blade visualisations. Subsequently, a surrogate design optimisation methodology using machine learning combined with a Genetic Algorithm is implemented and validated. A study of the effect of NGV compound lean on stage performance is carried out and contrasted for uniform and rich burn inlets, and subsequently for lean burn. Compound lean is shown to produce a tip uploading at the rotor inlet, which is beneficial for rich burn, but detrimental for lean burn. It is also found that for rich burn, fluid driving temperature is more dominant than HTC in determining rotor blade heat transfer, the opposite sense to the uniform inlet. Also, for a lean burn inlet, there is another role reversal, with HTC dominating fluid driving temperature in determining heat transfer. A novel NGV design methodology is proposed that seeks to mitigate the combined effects of inlet hot streak and swirling flow. In essence, the concept two NGVs in a pair are shaped independently of each other, thus allowing the inlet flow non uniformity to be suitably accommodated. Finally, two numerical NGV optimisation studies are undertaken for the combined hot streak and swirl inlet for two clocking positions; vane impinging and passage aligned. Due to the prohibitive cost of unsteady CFD simulations for an optimisation strategy, a suitable objective function at the NGV exit plane is used to minimise rotor tip heat flux. The optimised shape for the passage case resulted in the lowest tip heat flux distribution, however the optimum shape for the impinging case led to the highest gain in stage efficiency. This therefore suggests that NGV lean and clocking position should be a consideration for future optimisation and design of the HP stage.

Abstract Vision is capable of providing an animal with a wealth of information very fast. Visually guided behaviours are numerous, ranging from foraging to navigation. Vision can be quite reliable in bright light, but the signals produced by the photoreceptors become progressively more unreliable with falling light intensities. In this thesis the usefulness of a novel virtual reality-based environment for insect vision research is reviewed, and the low-light vision of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, is assessed using the optomotor behavioural paradigm and intracellular photoreceptor recordings. The optomotor reaction is visual behaviour where an animal responds to a rotation of its environment by following the movement of its surroundings with its eyes or - like insects - by rotating its body in the direction of the movement. Placing the cockroach on a trackball in the middle of the virtual reality apparatus and projecting a rotating pattern of vertical stripes around it invariably causes an optomotor reaction if the cockroach is able to see the moving pattern. Presenting the cockroaches with the stimulus pattern at different low light levels and observing their abilities to follow the movement reveal the lowest light intensity at which they are able to use vision in guiding their behaviour. The compound eye photoreceptor signals at this behavioural threshold consist of singlephoton absorption events called ‘bumps’ at the extremely low rate of one bump every ten seconds. Furthermore, the role of the simple eyes or ocelli in the low-light vision of the cockroach is studied in the virtual reality by covering the compound eyes, the ocelli, or both. The ocelli seem to measure the light intensity and communicate this information to the compound eyes, and also have a direct effect on the general activity level of the cockroach.

Abstract Arthropod photoreceptors are versatile sense organs. Any investigation of these organs has to consider that their structure and functional limitations at the moment of fixation depend on many factors: species, sex, developmental and nutritional state of the animal, time of day and ambient light. The microscopic image of an arthropod photoreceptor is always a sample frozen in time and space. Quite often publications on arthropod photoreceptors only provide the name of the species studied, but nothing beyond that. At least the developmental status of the study animals ought to be noted, possibly even the sex and body size. Forty publications on insect and 54 on crustacean photoreceptors were checked for the information that was given about the investigated animals: Out of these papers 40% provide only information on the name of the studied species and nothing else. The aim of this thesis, thus, was to investigate, to what extent the developmental state and the sex of the animal as well as the ambient light conditions affect the structure of the eye of a given species. Five species of arthropods were chosen: (a) the semi-terrestrial isopod Ligia exotica and two aquatic Branchiuran fishlice, Argulus foliaceus and A. coregoni, to represent the Crustacea, and (b) the stick insect Carausius morosus and the spittle bug Philaenus spumarius, both terrestrial, to represent the Insecta. The addition of new ommatidia was studied in a paper on L. exotica, which also dealt with the site of newly added ommatidia. It was found that all of these species had two sessile, large compound eyes firmly positioned on their heads (but fishlouse compound eyes were bathed in haemocoelic liquid). In all species, the compound eye was found to be of the apposition type. The gross structural organization of the ommatidia stayed approximately the same during the whole post-embryonic development. Lateral ocelli of the A. coregoni nauplius eye changed from elongated to spherical between the metanauplius and the 8th stage pre-adult. The sex of the specimens was not found to affect the structure of the eye. In all species, it turned out that the larger the animal and hence the eye, the better its sensitivity. The addition of new ommatidia in the L. exotica compound eye was concluded to take place in the anterior and ventral marginal areas of the eye.