Application of spheroidal agglomerates of γ-Al2O3 in the fluoride removal from aqueous medium

Aplicación de aglomerados esferoidales de γ-Al2O3 en la remoción de fluoruro de medio acuoso

RAFAEL ROMERO TOLEDO VICTOR RUIZ SANTOYO ULISES ZURITA LUNA GUSTAVO RANGEL PORRAS MERCED MARTINEZ ROSALES (2019, [Artículo])

En el presente estudio se investigó un adsorbente aglomerado esferoidal de γ-Al2O3 obtenido a partir de pseudoboehmita para la eliminación eficaz de fluoruro de un medio acuoso. Las propiedades superficiales se caracterizaron por diversas técnicas: XRD, fisisorción de N2, FE-SEM/EDS, RMN 27Al, adsorción de piridina por FT-IR, PZy tamaño de partícula. Se llevaron a cabo experimentos en lotes y se compararon con una alúmina activada comercial (AA). El proceso se llevó a cabo a pH 5, 7 y 9, a 25 y 35 ºC. Los resultados experimentales indicaron que los aglomerados esferoidales de γ-Al2O3 eliminan hasta 15 mg/g, con una capacidad de adsorción mayor que AA de 13 mg/g, a pH 5, estudiados a 25 y 35 ºC. El proceso de adsorción de F-en γ-Al2O3 y AA siguió la cinética de pseudo-primer orden y la isoterma de Langmuir. Los resultados muestran un adsorbente eficaz para la eliminación de F-.

A spheroidal agglomerate γ-Al2O3 adsorbent obtained from pseudoboehmite for effective removal of fluoride from aqueous medium was investigated in the present study. The surface properties were characterized by several techniques: XRD, physisorption of N2, FE-SEM/EDS, 27Al NMR, FT-IR Pyridine adsorption, PZ and particle size. Batch experiments were conducted and they were compared with a commercial activated alumina (AA). The process was carried out at pH 5, 7, and 9, then at 25 and 35 ºC. Batch experimental results indicated that the spheroidal agglomerates of γ-Al2O3 remove up to 15 mg/g with a higher adsorption capacity than AA of 13 mg/g, at pH 5, studied at 25 and 35 °C. The F−adsorption processes in γ-Al2O3 and AA followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm. The results showed an adsorbent effective for removal of F−.

BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA Fluoride γ-Al2O3 Spheroidal agglomerates Adsorbent Water Fluoruro γ-Al2O3 Aglomerados esferoidales Adsorbentes Agua

AFECTIVIDAD, CUIDADO Y SUBJETIVACIÓN ENTRE HOMBRES. ACERCAMIENTO ETNOGRÁFICO A "UNIÓN", UN GRUPO DE ALOHÓLICOS ANÓNIMOS DE OAXACA

Roberto Ignacio Galdames Coloma (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

"Los grupos AA a través de rituales, un discurso común en la tribuna, la práctica del apadrinamiento, la solidaridad promovida y un código de relacionamiento, establecen un contexto en el cual las acciones de cuidado entre hombres son socialmente permitidas y valoradas. El objetivo central de esta investigación es analizar de qué manera los participantes del grupo de Alcohólicos Anónimos "Unión" producen y reproducen prácticas de cuidado, incluyendo relaciones de afecto y sostén emocional con otros hombres y explorar que impacto tiene estos en sus subjetividades".

Alcoholismo - Tratamiento - Oaxaca, México. Alcohólicos anónimos - Estudio de casos - Oaxaca, México. Alcohólicos - Rehabilitación - Oaxaca, México. Tesis - Maestría en Antropología Social, Pacífico Sur. CIENCIAS SOCIALES SOCIOLOGÍA PROBLEMAS SOCIALES ENFERMEDAD ENFERMEDAD

Genetic effects of Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b dwarfing alleles on plant height and agronomic traits of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding lines

Zine El Abidine Fellahi Abderrahmane Hannachi Susanne Dreisigacker deepmala sehgal Hamenna Bouzerzour (2023, [Artículo])

Pleiotropic Effects Reduced Height Genes CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA PLANT HEIGHT TRITICUM AESTIVUM YIELD COMPONENTS ALLELES BREEDING LINES

Determining factors of durum wheat bread loaf volume and alveograph characteristics under optimal, drought and heat stress conditions

Maryke Labuschagne Carlos Guzman Jose Crossa Angeline van Biljon (2023, [Artículo])

Loaf Volume Durum Wheat Flour Protein Content CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ALVEOGRAPHS HARD WHEAT HEAT STRESS DROUGHT STRESS

First-principles calculations focused on the study of MXenes with potential applications in energy storage devices

First-principles calculations focused on the study of MXenes with potential applications in energy storage devices

Victor Hugo Medina Macias (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

First-principles studies of Ti/Ta-based ordered alloy MXenes have demonstrated their viability as anode material in Li-ion batteries due to their promising electrochemical properties. However, the influence of surface functional groups on the atomic-scale lithiation processes remains unknown. In this thesis, we employ first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the thermodynamic stability, structural characteristics, and electrochemical properties of O-, F-, Cl-, and OH-functionalized Ti2Ta2C3 ordered alloy MXenes during Li intercalation. Our calculations reveal surface functionalization with O, F, Cl, and OH is thermodynamically stable, indicating their viability as functional groups. Also, we identify the H3 high symmetry site as the most favorable configuration for Li intercalation. To evaluate electrochemical performance, electrochemical characterization is carried out employing open circuit voltage (OCV) curves. Our findings demonstrate changes in storage capacities depending on the functional group, with O-functionalized MXenes exhibiting larger storage capacities in contrast to other functional groups in Ti2Ta2C3 MXene anode materials. The theoretical single-layer gravimetric storage capacities for O-, F-, and Cl-functionalized Ti2Ta2C3 MXene anodes are 91.77, 52.38, and 24.21 mAh/g, respectively. OH-functionalized MXenes failed to show thermodynamic stability during lithiation and favored Li cluster formation over an intercalation process. These results show how functional groups affect the potential performance of Ti2Ta2C3 MXene materials in energy storage applications and provide insights for correctly selecting the functional group of the host material.

Mediante cálculos de primeros principios se ha demostrado la viabilidad del MXene formado por la aleación ordenada Ti/Ta como material anódico en baterias de iones de litio, esto debido a sus propiedades electroquímicas prometedoras. Sin embargo, la influencia de los grupos funcionales superficiales en el proceso atómico de litiación permanecen desconocidos. En esta tésis, empleamos cálculos de primeros principios basados en la Teoría del Functional de la Densidad (DFT) para investigar la estabilidad termodinámica, las características estructurales y las propiedades electroquímicas del MXene de aleación ordenada Ti2Ta2C3 funcionalizado con grupos O, F, Cl y OH, durante el proceso de intercalación de iones de litio. Nuestros cálculos demuestran la estabilidad termodinámica de la funcionalización superficial con grupos O, F, Cl y OH, indicando su viabilidad como grupos funcionales. Adicionalmente, identificamos el sitio de alta simetría H3 como la configuración más estable para la intercalación de Li. Para evaluar el rendimiento electroquímico, se realizó la caracterización electroquímica empleando curvas de voltage de circuito abierto (OCV). Nuestros hallazgos demuestran cambios en la capacidad de almacenamiento dependiendo del grupo funcional, siendo el MXene funcionalizado con oxígenos el que exhibe mayores capacidades de almacenamiento en contrastre con los otros grupos funcionales presentes en el MXene Ti2Ta2C3. Las capacidades gravimétricas de almacenamiento para los ánodos de Ti2Ta2C3 de una sola capa funcionalizados con O, F y Cl son 91.77, 52.38 y 24.21 mAh/g, respectivamente. Los MXenes funzionalizados con grupos OH no mostraron estabilidad termodinámica durante el proceso de litiación y favorecieron la formación de clusters de Li en su lugar. Estos resultados demuestran cómo los grupos funcionales cambian el rendimiento potencial de MXenes de Ti2Ta2C3 en aplicaciones de almacenamiento de energía y proporciona información para seleccionar correctamente el grupo funcional del material base.

MXene, MXene de aleación ordenada, Bateria de Li-ion, Material anódico MXene, ordered alloy MXene, Li-ion battery, Anode material INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS TECNOLOGÍA DE MATERIALES PROPIEDADES DE LOS MATERIALES PROPIEDADES DE LOS MATERIALES

Cloning of the broadly effective wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr42 transferred from Aegilops tauschii

Guifang Lin Hui Chen Bin Tian Sunish Sehgal Jingzhong Xie Philomin Juliana Narinder Singh Sandesh Kumar Shrestha Ravi Singh Harold Trick Jesse Poland Robert Bowden guihua bai bikram gill (2022, [Artículo])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ALLELES CLONES GENE EXPRESSION GRASSES MUTATION RUSTS WHEAT BASIDIOMYCOTA DISEASE RESISTANCE GENETICS MOLECULAR CLONING PLANT BREEDING PLANT DISEASES

Algorithmic differentiation of linear mixed models with variance-covariance structures

Fernando Henrique Toledo Jose Crossa Juan Burgueño Keith Gardner Rosa Angela Pacheco Gil (2023, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MATHEMATICAL MODELS ALGORITHMS LINEAR MODELS

High quality diet improves lipid metabolic profile and breeding performance in the blue-footed booby, a long-lived seabird

ERICK GONZALEZ MEDINA (2018, [Artículo])

Understanding the role of diet in the physiological condition of adults during reproduction and hence its effect on reproductive performance is fundamental to understand reproductive strategies in long-lived animals. In birds, little is known about the influence of the quality of food consumed at the beginning of the reproductive period and its short-term effects on reproductive performance. To assess the role of diet in the physiological condition of female blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii (BFBO), during reproduction we evaluated whether individual differences in diet (assessed by using δ13C and δ15N values of whole blood from female birds and muscle tissue of the principal prey species) prior to egg laying and during incubation influenced their lipid metabolic profile (measured as triglyceride levels and C:N ratio) and their reproductive performance (defined by laying date, clutch size and hatching success). Females with higher δ15N values in their blood during the courtship and incubation periods had a higher lipid metabolic profile, earlier laying date, greater clutch size (2–3 eggs) and higher hatching success. Females that laid earlier and more eggs (2–3 eggs) consumed more Pacific anchoveta (Cetengraulis mysticetus) and Pacific thread herring (Opisthonema libertate) than did other females. These two prey species also had high amounts of lipids (C:N ratio) and caloric content (Kcal/g fresh weight). The quality of food consumed by females at the beginning of reproduction affected their physiological condition, as well as their short-term reproductive performance. Our work emphasizes the importance of determining the influence of food quality during reproduction to understand the reproductive decisions and consequences in long-lived animals. © 2018 González-Medina et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

nitrogen 15, triacylglycerol, lipid, animal experiment, Article, breeding, carbon nitrogen ratio, clutch size, controlled study, courtship, diet, egg laying, female, food intake, hatching, lipid metabolism, muscle tissue, nonhuman, prey, reproduction CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Protein retention assessment of four levels of poultry by-product substitution of fishmeal in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) diets using stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ15N) as natural tracers

DANIEL BADILLO ZAPATA (2014, [Artículo])

This is second part from an experiment where the nitrogen retention of poultry by-product meal (PBM) compared to fishmeal (FM) was evaluated using traditional indices. Here a quantitative method using stable isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N values) as natural tracers of nitrogen incorporation into fish biomass is assessed. Juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were fed for 80 days on isotopically distinct diets in which 0, 33, 66 and 100% of FM as main protein source was replaced by PBM. The diets were isonitrogenous, isolipidic and similar in gross energy content. Fish in all treatments reached isotopic equilibrium by the end of the experiment. Two-source isotope mixing models that incorporated the isotopic composition of FM and PBM as well as that of formulated feeds, empirically derived trophic discrimination factors and the isotopic composition of fish that had reached isotopic equilibrium to the diets were used to obtain a quantitative estimate of the retention of each source of nitrogen. Fish fed the diets with 33 and 66% replacement of FM by PBM retained poultry by-product meal roughly in proportion to its level of inclusion in the diets, whereas no differences were detected in the protein efficiency ratio. Coupled with the similar biomass gain of fishes fed the different diets, our results support the inclusion of PBM as replacement for fishmeal in aquaculture feeds. A re-feeding experiment in which all fish were fed a diet of 100% FM for 28 days indicated isotopic turnover occurred very fast, providing further support for the potential of isotopic ratios as tracers of the retention of specific protein sources into fish tissues. Stable isotope analysis is a useful tool for studies that seek to obtain quantitative estimates of the retention of different protein sources. © 2014 Badillo et al.

nitrogen 15, nitrogen, protein intake, animal behavior, animal experiment, animal food, animal tissue, aquaculture, Article, biomass, controlled study, energy metabolism, food composition, juvenile animal, nonhuman, poultry by product meal, protein a CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Herramientas biológicas para el análisis de toxicidad y detección de efectos asociados a contaminantes, en sistemas acuáticos epicontinentales, costeros y aguas de uso antropogénico: desarrollo, adaptación y calibración de tecnologías

YOLANDA PICA GRANADOS SONIA GONZALEZ REBOLLAR (2011, [Documento de trabajo])

El objetivo del proyecto fue, desarrollar y adaptar metodologías basadas en la respuesta biológica para la detección de efectos asociados a contaminantes convencionales y emergentes, entre otros, en ambientes epicontinentales, costeros y en aguas de uso antropogénico, que sean de utilidad en estudios ecotoxicológicos, de evaluación de riesgo ambiental de factores determinantes para los florecimientos algales potencialmente tóxicos en cuerpos de agua.

Ecotoxicología Algas Informes de proyectos BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA