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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Neural network analysis of the effects of contaminants on properties of cement pastes

Stegemann, Julia Anna January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
132

An investigation of the potential for the bio-degradation of motor oil within a model permeable pavement structure

Brownstein, Jonathan B. January 1998 (has links)
No description available.
133

Quality control of phytopharmaceuticals : assessment and quality control of traditional Chinese medicine

Jin, Ye January 2000 (has links)
No description available.
134

Carbon Contamination Measurements in Single Silicon Crystals

Logsdon, Lawrence E. 12 1900 (has links)
The intent of this investigation was to directly measure the amount of carbon contamination in a single silicon crystal and, in so doing, develop a mathematical procedure that would be applicable to other contaminants in other substances.
135

A Qualitative Survey of the Airborne Algae, Protozoa, and Bacteria at the Denton Sewage Treatment Plant

Mahoney, Joseph L. 05 1900 (has links)
This study had a three-fold purpose. First, it was decided to determine if algae and protozoa were emitted to the air at the Denton sewage treatment plant. The information obtained could be of future importance in the fields of algal and protozoan ecology and public health. Second, it was decided to make a survey of the airborne bacteria at this plant. Some researchers have described bacterial air contamination at similar sewage treatment plants, but the one in Denton has not been studied. Third, it was hoped that in this research some relationships could be found between the bacteria and the algae and protozoa in the air in the vicinity of the sewage aeration basin. It was hypothesized that pathogenic bacteria were carried in the air with these other organisms.
136

Geochemical Tracers of Surface Water and Ground Water Contamination from Road Salt

Anderson, Jacob January 2013 (has links)
Thesis advisor: Rudolph Hon / The application of road de-icers has lead to increasing solute concentrations in surface and ground water across the northern US, Canada, and northern Europe. In a public water supply well field in southeastern Massachusetts, USA, chloride concentrations in ground water from an unconfined aquifer have steadily risen for the past twenty years. The objectives of this study are to understand spatial and temporal trends in road salt concentrations in order to identify contamination sources and fate. To this end, the methods of this project include field and lab work. Water samples were collected from surface, near-surface, and ground water from March 2012 to March 2013. The other major field data are specific conductance measurements from probes located in three piezometers. In the lab, all samples were analyzed for major ions with ion chromatography analysis. Additionally, trace elements were measured by inductively coupled plasma analysis on a subset of samples. The results of these hydrogeochemical procedures showed several important trends. First, the highest concentrations of sodium and chloride from near-surface samples were located near to roadways. Second, ground water samples taken from glacial sediments contained relatively high concentrations throughout the water column, whereas ground water samples from wetlands had high concentrations only near the surface. Third, there was no clear relationship between pH and cation concentrations. Finally, specific conductance data showed strong seasonal trends near to the surface, whereas values taken from deeper in the aquifer were steadily increasing. Based on these results, it is highly probable that road salt application is the dominate contamination source. The pathways of road salt in the watershed include runoff into surface water and infiltration into the vadose zone and ground water. Road salt appears to preferentially travel through glacial features rather than floodplain features. It is possible that sodium from road salt is sorbed to aquifer sediment and displaces other cations. However, the low values of trace metals suggest that cation exchange is not mobilizing heavy metals. Finally, the increasing specific conductance values deep in the aquifer suggest that road salt is retained within the aquifer and concentrations will likely increase in the future if the current road salt application procedures are continued. / Thesis (MS) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Número mais provável (nmp) de coliformes fecais e estreptococos fecais e isolamento de bactérias do gênero Salmonella e Clostridium perfringens de água de escaldamento em matadouro de suínos, São Paulo, 1981-1982 / Most likely number (nmp) of fecal coliforms and fecal streptococci and isolation of bacteria of the genus Salmonella and Clostridium perfringens from scalding water in swine slaughterhouse, São Paulo, 1981-1982

Camps, Yolanda Mercedes Silva 21 February 1985 (has links)
Foram determinados os NMP/100 ml de bactérias coliformes fecais e estreptococos fecais e foi realizada a pesquisa de bactérias do gênero Salmonella e de C. perfringens, em águas de escaldamento de um matadouro de suínos, situado no Município de Carapicuíba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Foram registrados a temperatura e o pH de cada amostra por serem estes, fatores fundamentais para a sobrevivência bacteriana. Os NMP/100 ml da amostra variaram de <3 a 4.3 x 10 para coliformes fecais e de 2.3 x 10 a 1.1 x 10 para estreptococos fecais. Isolaram-se bactérias do genero Salmonella de 6 por cento das 50 amostras estudadas e Clostridium perfringens tipo A de 40 por cento das 25 amostras pesquisadas. Conclui-se que o tanque de escaldamento pode ser uma importante fonte de contaminação da carcaça de suínos, sendo necessário instituir uma legislação, baseada em critérios epidemiológicos, relativa ao processo de abate em geral e sobre o uso do tanque em particular. / Not available
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Potencial de contaminação de aqüífero freático por esgoto doméstico-quantificação do decaimento bacteriológico / Potential of freatic aquifer contamination by domestic sewage-quantification of the bacteriological decay

Coelho, Virginia Maria Tesone 28 November 2007 (has links)
Esta pesquisa, para fins de determinação do comportamento de microrganismos termotolerantes em águas de aqüífero freático, foi realizada em terrenos aluviais na ETE de Vila dos Remédios, Salesópolis - SP. No local foram instalados uma vala de infiltração para esgoto doméstico bruto e 55 poços de monitoração da água subterrânea, de modo a caracterizar a pluma de contaminação em seu deslocamento ao longo da área ensaiada. Seguindo as normas técnicas de coleta e análise físico-químicabacteriológica das águas subterrâneas foram executadas, com o intuito de conhecimento específico do local de pesquisa, 55 poços com amostragem e caracterização litológica do solo local até profundidade de 2,5m, prospecção geofísica eletrorresistiva de caracterização inicial e eletromagnética (EM-31) de acompanhamento do deslocamento da pluma de contaminação, amostragem e caracterização físico-química-bacteriológica do esgoto bruto e das águas subterrâneas. Dois mil litros de esgoto bruto, coletado diretamente da rede, foi introduzido no solo através de vala de infiltração, de modo a caracterizar uma injeção pontual, sem transbordamento e de maneira contínua, com uma taxa de infiltração de aproximadamente 80L/h. O deslocamento da pluma de contaminação formada no aqüífero freático saturado foi monitorado através de amostras de água coletadas sistematicamente, ao longo do tempo, cujos resultados permitiram calcular a velocidade de deslocamento da pluma, como sendo de 8,6 x 10-4 cm/s e, um decaimento de organismos termotolerantes em ambiente de aqüífero saturado de 21dias. Estes resultados permitem o cálculo direto de perímetros de proteção aplicáveis a poços e fontes naturais de captação de água subterrânea, no caso de possibilidades de contaminação por esgoto domiciliar, neste contexto litológico. / The objective of this research was to study the behavior of thermo-tolerant microorganisms in the phreatic aquifer, in alluvial terrains where the sewage was disposed. The study area was close to the sewage treatment plant of Vila dos Remédios, Salesópolis, SP. An injection trench and 55 monitoring wells were installed in the area. The sewage was discharged in the trench and samples of the groundwater were taken to study the contamination plume migration and its physic-chemical and bacteriological characteristics through the time. The wells were constructed with 2.0 meters of depth and the samples were used to characterize the lithological setting. An initial eletroresistivity survey was performed and, together with the groundwater sampling, electromagnetic survey (EM-31) was periodically conducted to evaluate the plume migration. Two thousand liters of domestic sewage \"in natura\" was introduced in the trench to characterize a punctual injection, with a continuous infiltration rate of 80L/h. The migration of the contamination plume was continuously monitored during nine months and the results allowed calculating the migration speed as being 7,67x10-4 cm/s. The thermo-tolerant microorganisms were extinguished 21 days after the sewage injection. These results allow calculating the protection perimeter applied to groundwater wells and natural springs to avoid sewage contamination in the same lithological context.
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Caracterização dos aqüíferos em meio cristalino da porção oeste da Bacia do Alto Tietê / Characterization of the aquifers in the crystalline environment on the west plot of the Alto Tiete Basin.

Jesus, Ivanety Pereira Santos de 22 December 2005 (has links)
A área de estudo situa-se na Bacia do Alto Tietê a jusante da cidade de São Paulo, entre as coordenadas UTM 7420 e 7382 km Latitude - 298 e 328 km Longitude perfazendo uma área de 1.140 km2. O trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar os aqüíferos fissurais da região, correlacionando os parâmetros hidrogeológicos com diversos fatores que condicionam à produtividade. A área abrange compartimentos geológicos distintos constituídos por rochas supracrustais de baixo a médio grau metamórfico, intrudidas por suítes graníticas. Sobre estas rochas ocorrem sedimentos da Bacia de São Paulo e os aluviões de planícies. A metodologia empregada neste estudo envolveu a compilação e integração geológica, incluindo análise dos mapas geológicos existentes e trabalhos de campo, análise de padrões de lineamentos e fraturamento, incluindo parâmetros como conectividade, densidade, distância e comprimento . A caracterização hidrogeológica envolveu o cadastramento de 317 poços, os quais foram correlacionados com os diversos parâmetros lito lógicos, estruturais e hidrogeológicos relacionados à produção de águas. A análise estatística mostrou, de modo geral, que não existe correlação significativa entre os parâmetros e a produtividade. Entretanto, de acordo com os resultados, estabeleceu-se uma ordenação de produtividade conforme os tipos litológicos: Calcários > sedimentos > filitos > (micaxistos+quartzitos) > (granitos+gnaisses). Conforme o contexto geológico na área, neste trabalho foram propostos três sistemas hidrogeológicos que são: Sistema Aquífero Granitóide (granitos e gnaisses); Sistema Aquífero Metassedimentar (filitos, micaxistos, quartzitos e calcários); e Sistema Aquífero Sedimentar (lamitos argilosos/arenosos e areias/cascalhos). Estes sistemas distinguem-se pela associação litológica, o padrão estrutural, a produtividade dos poços e pela fácies hidroquímicas. Os parâmetros hidráulicos foram avaliados por meio dos programas AQFIS3, AQTSOLVE e PUMPEST. As transmissividades (T) calculadas compreendem de forma decrescente as litologias de Quartzitos> Filitos> Micaxistos> Granitos> Calcários> Gnaisses. Avaliou-se a análise química de 44 amostragens d\'água utilizando os parâmetros relativos aos ânions (F-, Cl-, Br-, NO3-, HPO4-, SO4-, HCO3-; cátions (Na, Mg, K, Ca); além da: condutividade elétrica, Dureza Total, pH, Eh, T, Sílica e Oxigênio Dissolvido. A caracterização química das águas subterrâneas da área permitiu identificar a presença de três fácies dominante: bicarbonatadas cálcicas, sódicas e potássica, sulfatadas cloretadas. A interpretação da modelação hidrogeoquímica com uso do programa PHREEQE e NETPATH, possibilitou que se estabelecesse a evolução da água apresentando quase sempre subsaturada e por vezes sobressaturadas ou em equilíbrio com relação aos diversos minerais pertencentes às rochas existentes. / An area of 1140 km2 in the Alto Tietê basin, downstream from the city of São Paulo, between UTM coordinates 7420/7382 km South and 298/328 km West, was studied in order to characterize the fissural aquifers of the region and correlate hydrogeological parameters with diverse other factors conditioning productivity. The area includes geological compartments made up of Precambrian supracrustal rocks of low to medium metamorphic grade, intruded by granitic suites. Upon these rocks, occur Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the São Paulo Basin and alluvial plains. This study involved geological compilation and integration, with analysis of geological maps as well as field work and analysis of fracture patterns (orientation, connectivity, density, distance and length), which were correlated with the production of the wells assessed in each lithology. A statistical analysis showed that, in general, there is no significant correlation between the parameters and productivity. Hydrogeological characterization of data from 317 wells based on parameters related to water production allowed the ordering of productivity as follows: Limestones > sediments > phyllites > micas-chists+quartzites, granites+gneisses. According to the geological contexts in the area, three hydrogeological systems are proposed: the Granitoid (granites and gneisses) aquifer system; the Metasedimentary (phyllites, mica-schists, quartzites and limestones) aquifer; and system the Sedimentary (argillaceons/arenaceous mudstones and sand/graved). These systems may be distinguished by their lithological associations, structural patterns, well productivitys and hydrochemical facies. Hydraulic parameters were appraised by means of the programs AQFIS3, AQTSOLVE and PUMPEST. The calculated transmissivibility (T) decreases as follows: quartzites > phyllites > mica-schists > granites > limestones > gneisses. The chemical analyses of 44 samples of water were evaluated using the relative parameters related to the anions F-, Cl-, Br-, NO3-, HPO4-, SO4- and HCO3- and the cations Na, Mg, K and Ca, as well as electrical conducti vity parameters total durablity pH, Eh, T, Silica and Dissolved Oxygen. The chemical characterization of the groundwaters of the area allowed the identification of three dominant facies: calcium bicarbonate; sodic potassic; and sulfate chloreted. The interpretation of the hydrogeochemical modeling using the PHREEQE and NETPATH programs revealed that the water is undersaturated most of the time but sometimes oversaturated or in equilibrium with respect to minerals in the existing rocks.
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Bioaerossóis na indústria farmacêutica / Bioareorols in the pharmaceutical industry

Guilherme Neves Ferreira 27 April 2009 (has links)
Este estudo teve como finalidade, testar uma barreira contra a contaminação microbiológica em placas de contato, utilizadas em monitoramento de salas limpas para fabricação de produtos farmacêuticos estéreis. Durante o ano de 2007, foram realizados testes de contato com a utilização da mencionada barreira, e os resultados foram comparados com dados dos anos de, 2004, 2005 e 2006, quando a barreira não foi utilizada. Os ambientes utilizados para os testes foram duas salas limpas de uma planta farmacêutica localizada no Rio de Janeiro. Nos mencionados ambientes é necessário o uso de uma vestimenta especial, de forma a evitar que partículas do corpo dos operadores, bactérias e fungos, migrem para a superfície externa do uniforme e coloquem em risco a esterilidade dos produtos. Sendo assim, foi proposta a colocação de uma camiseta diretamente sobre a pele do operador durante todo o ano de 2007 de forma a evitar ou reduzir a possibilidade de migração dessas partículas; e os resultados foram comparados com os anos de 2004, 2005 e 2006, quando a camiseta não foi usada. Os testes demonstraram que houve uma redução de cerca de 50% na ocorrência de placas contaminadas. Com relação ao número total de colônias formadas, a redução foi de 75% na comparação com os anos de 2004 e 2005 e de 50% com relação ao ano de 2006 / This study had as objective to test a barrier against microbiological contamination in contact plates that are used in sterile pharmaceutical products clean rooms monitoring. During 2007 the tests were performed and compared with data from, 2004, 2005 and 2006, when the mentioned barrier was not used. The test environments were two clean rooms from a pharmaceutical plant located at Rio de Janeiro. In the mentioned environments the use of special garments is necessary for avoiding that particles from operators bodies, bacteria and most remain in contact with the room environment, adding risk to the sterilized products. So, it was proposed the use of undershirt between the garment and the operator skin for reducing the contact plates contamination during the regular rooms monitoring. This undershirt was used during 2007 and the results were compared with the samples of 2004, 2005 and 2006 when the undershirt was not used. The results demonstrated that it was obtained a reduction of about 50% in relation to contaminated plates. In relation to the total number of colonies the reduction was 75% in comparison with 2004 and 2005, and 50% in comparison with 2006

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