Mechanisms of UV-Light Promoted Removal of As(V) by Sulfide from Strongly Acidic Wastewater

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (21) ◽  
pp. 12583-12591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linghao Kong ◽  
Xianjia Peng ◽  
Xingyun Hu
Keyword(s):  
Uv Light ◽  
Acidic Wastewater

UV light irradiation improves the aggregation and settling performance of metal sulfide particles in strongly acidic wastewater

2019 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 114860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianjia Peng ◽  
Zhilin Xia ◽  
Linghao Kong ◽  
Xingyun Hu ◽  
Xianliang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Uv Light ◽  
Metal Sulfide ◽  
Light Irradiation ◽  
Uv Light Irradiation ◽  
Settling Performance ◽  
Acidic Wastewater

UV-Light-Induced Aggregation of Arsenic and Metal Sulfide Particles in Acidic Wastewater: The Role of Free Radicals

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (18) ◽  
pp. 10719-10727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linghao Kong ◽  
Xianjia Peng ◽  
Xingyun Hu ◽  
Jingyi Chen ◽  
Zhilin Xia
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Metal Sulfide ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Acidic Wastewater

Electron microscopy of keratinocytes cultured on a collagen substrate used as an allograft for the treatment of chronic wounds

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1104-1105
Author(s):  
Debby A. Jennings ◽  
Michael J. Morykwas ◽  
Louis C. Argenta
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cell Suspension ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Type I ◽  
Single Cell Suspension ◽  
Collagen Substrate ◽  
Dermal Collagen

Grafts of cultured allogenic or autogenic keratlnocytes have proven to be an effective treatment of chronic wounds and burns. This study utilized a collagen substrate for keratinocyte and fibroblast attachment. The substrate provided mechanical stability and augmented graft manipulation onto the wound bed. Graft integrity was confirmed by light and transmission electron microscopy.Bovine Type I dermal collagen sheets (100 μm thick) were crosslinked with 254 nm UV light (13.5 Joules/cm2) to improve mechanical properties and reduce degradation. A single cell suspension of third passage neonatal foreskin fibroblasts were plated onto the collagen. Five days later, a single cell suspension of first passage neonatal foreskin keratinocytes were plated on the opposite side of the collagen. The grafts were cultured for one month.The grafts were fixed in phosphate buffered 4% formaldehyde/1% glutaraldehyde for 24 hours. Graft pieces were then washed in 0.13 M phosphate buffer, post-fixed in 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated, and embedded in Polybed 812.

A photoelectron microscope study of surfaces

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
W. Engel ◽  
M. Kordesch ◽  
A. M. Bradshaw ◽  
E. Zeitler
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Mercury Lamp ◽  
Object Surface ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
Physical Features

Photoelectron microscopy is as old as electron microscopy itself. Electrons liberated from the object surface by photons are utilized to form an image that is a map of the object's emissivity. This physical property is a function of many parameters, some depending on the physical features of the objects and others on the conditions of the instrument rendering the image.The electron-optical situation is tricky, since the lateral resolution increases with the electric field strength at the object's surface. This, in turn, leads to small distances between the electrodes, restricting the photon flux that should be high for the sake of resolution.The electron-optical development came to fruition in the sixties. Figure 1a shows a typical photoelectron image of a polycrystalline tantalum sample irradiated by the UV light of a high-pressure mercury lamp.

Immunolabelling of glomerular deposits in kidney biopsies routinely fixed in glutaraldehyde

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 910-911
Author(s):  
Ś Lhoták ◽  
I. Alexopoulou ◽  
G. T. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Uv Light ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Light Chains ◽  
Microscopical Level ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Light Microscopical Level ◽  
Dense Deposits ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
Glomerular Deposits ◽  
Prognostic Importance

Various kidney diseases are characterized by the presence of dense deposits in the glomeruli. The type(s) of immunoglobulins (Igs) present in the dense deposits are characteristic of the disease. The accurate Identification of the deposits is therefore of utmost diagnostic and prognostic importance. Immunofluorescence (IF) used routinely at the light microscopical level is unable to detect and characterize small deposits found in early stages of glomerulonephritis. Although conventional TEM is able to localize such deposits, it is not capable of determining their nature. It was therefore attempted to immunolabel at EM level IgG, IgA IgM, C3, fibrinogen and kappa and lambda Ig light chains commonly found in glomerular deposits on routinely fixed ( 2% glutaraldehyde (GA) in 0.1M cacodylate buffer) kidney biopsies.The unosmicated tissue was embedded in LR White resin polymerized by UV light at -10°C. A postembedding immunogold technique was employed

Sorbitol enhances the physicochemical stability of B12 vitamers

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 439-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Hadinata Lie ◽  
Maria V Chandra-Hioe ◽  
Jayashree Arcot
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Heat Exposure ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Physicochemical Stability ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Stability

Abstract. The stability of B12 vitamers is affected by interaction with other water-soluble vitamins, UV light, heat, and pH. This study compared the degradation losses in cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin and methylcobalamin due to the physicochemical exposure before and after the addition of sorbitol. The degradation losses of cyanocobalamin in the presence of increasing concentrations of thiamin and niacin ranged between 6%-13% and added sorbitol significantly prevented the loss of cyanocobalamin (p<0.05). Hydroxocobalamin and methylcobalamin exhibited degradation losses ranging from 24%–26% and 48%–76%, respectively; added sorbitol significantly minimised the loss to 10% and 20%, respectively (p < 0.05). Methylcobalamin was the most susceptible to degradation when co-existing with ascorbic acid, followed by hydroxocobalamin and cyanocobalamin. The presence of ascorbic acid caused the greatest degradation loss in methylcobalamin (70%-76%), which was minimised to 16% with added sorbitol (p < 0.05). Heat exposure (100 °C, 60 minutes) caused a greater loss of cyanocobalamin (38%) than UV exposure (4%). However, degradation losses in hydroxocobalamin and methylcobalamin due to UV and heat exposures were comparable (>30%). At pH 3, methylcobalamin was the most unstable showing 79% degradation loss, which was down to 12% after sorbitol was added (p < 0.05). The losses of cyanocobalamin at pH 3 and pH 9 (~15%) were prevented by adding sorbitol. Addition of sorbitol to hydroxocobalamin at pH 3 and pH 9 reduced the loss by only 6%. The results showed that cyanocobalamin was the most stable, followed by hydroxocobalamin and methylcobalamin. Added sorbitol was sufficient to significantly enhance the stability of cobalamins against degradative agents and conditions.

4 Pattern Recognition for Healing Burns to Compute Evidence: Space Syntax and Machine Learning Analysis of Burns Center Karachi

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Javaria Manzoor Shaikh ◽  
JaeSeung Park
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Depth Map ◽  
Routine Tasks ◽  
Hyper Plane ◽  
First Time ◽  
Learning Analysis

Usually elongated hospitalization is experienced byBurn patients, and the precise forecast of the placement of patientaccording to the healing acceleration has significant consequenceon healthcare supply administration. Substantial amount ofevidence suggest that sun light is essential to burns healing andcould be exceptionally beneficial for burned patients andworkforce in healthcare building. Satisfactory UV sunlight isfundamental for a calculated amount of burn to heal; this delicaterather complex matrix is achieved by applying patternclassification for the first time on the space syntax map of the floorplan and Browder chart of the burned patient. On the basis of thedata determined from this specific healthcare learning technique,nurse can decide the location of the patient on the floor plan, hencepatient safety first is the priority in the routine tasks by staff inhealthcare settings. Whereas insufficient UV light and vitamin Dcan retard healing process, hence this experiment focuses onmachine learning design in which pattern recognition andtechnology supports patient safety as our primary goal. In thisexperiment we lowered the adverse events from 2012- 2013, andnearly missed errors and prevented medical deaths up to 50%lower, as compared to the data of 2005- 2012 before this techniquewas incorporated.In this research paper, three distinctive phases of clinicalsituations are considered—primarily: admission, secondly: acute,and tertiary: post-treatment according to the burn pattern andhealing rate—and be validated by capable AI- origin forecastingtechniques to hypothesis placement prediction models for eachclinical stage with varying percentage of burn i.e. superficialwound, partial thickness or full thickness deep burn. Conclusivelywe proved that the depth of burn is directly proportionate to thedepth of patient’s placement in terms of window distance. Ourfindings support the hypothesis that the windowed wall is mosthealing wall, here fundamental suggestion is support vectormachines: which is most advantageous hyper plane for linearlydivisible patterns for the burns depth as well as the depth map isused.

Development of a UV Light Source using Pr:LuAG Thin Film Target Pumped by Electron Beam

2015 ◽  
Vol 135 (9) ◽  
pp. 1049-1054
Author(s):  
Norio Ichikawa ◽  
Kohei Ikeda ◽  
Yoshinori Honda ◽  
Hiroyuki Taketomi ◽  
Koji Kawai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Light Source ◽  
Uv Light

Synthesis of HTCMgFe for the degradation of indigo carmine through heterogeneous photo-Fenton treatment

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (62) ◽  
pp. 3273-3282
Author(s):  
I. Cosme-Torres ◽  
M.G. Macedo-Miranda ◽  
S.M. Martinez-Gallegos ◽  
J.C. González-Juárez ◽  
G. Roa-Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Treatment Time ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Indigo Carmine ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Chromophore Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Catalytic Sites ◽  
Scanning Electron

AbstractThe heterogeneous catalyst HTCMgFe was used in the degradation of the IC, through the heterogeneous photo-fenton treatment, this material in combination with H2O2 and UV light degraded the dye in 30 min at pH 3. As the amount of HTCMgFe increases the degradation it was accelerated because there are more active catalytic sites of Fe2+ on the surface of the material, which generates a greater amount of •OH radicals. The HTCMgFe was characterized by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray energy dispersive elemental analysis (EDS). The UV-vis spectrum shows that the absorption bands belonging to the chromophore group of the IC disappear as the treatment time passes, indicating the degradation of the dye.

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