presence of heavy metals in the aquatic systems has become a serious problem. as a result, therehas been a great deal of attention given to new technologies for removal of heavy metal ions from contaminated waters. adsorption is one of the effective methods for removal of toxic heavy metal such as chromium (vi). in the present study, adsorbent is prepared from rice husk, a low cost by product f...

Several adverse health effects, including irritant and allergic contact dermatitis, have been reported among workers who are occupationally exposed to chromium-containing compounds. Human dermal fibroblasts were used as an in vitro experimental model to study the potential mechanisms underlying hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)]-induced dermal toxicity. Exposure of the fibroblasts to 5 microM Cr(VI) ...

We show that the pseudohermitian sectional curvature Hθ(σ) of a contact form θ on a strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold M measures the difference between the lengthes of a circle in a plane tangent at a point of M and its projection on M by the exponential map associated to the Tanaka-Webster connection of (M, θ). Any Sasakian manifold (M, θ) whose pseudohermitian sectional curvature Kθ(σ) is a p...

A new low power charge recycling ROM (CR-ROM) architecture is proposed. The CR-ROM uses charge-recycling method [4] in bit lines of ROM to save the power consumption. About 90% of the total power used in the ROM is consumed in bit lines [1]. With the proposed method, power consumption in ROM bit lines can be reduced asymptotically to zero if the number of bit lines is infinite and the sense amp...

BACKGROUND Enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is suboptimal (25%-30%). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a nurse-initiated telephone call (NIC) on attendance at a CR intake appointment. METHODS By using a retrospective cohort design, data were collected on 3536 patients who underwent CABG between April ...

The chemical degradation of alloy components in sulfur-containing environments is a major concern in oil and gas production. This paper discusses the effect of elemental sulfur and its simplest anion, sulfide, on the corrosion of Cr-Mo alloy steel at pH 2 and 5 during 10, 20 and 30 h immersion in two different solutions. 4130 Cr-Mo alloy steel is widely used as tubing and tubular components in ...

The bone-cartilage, or osteochondral, interface resists remarkably high shear stresses and rarely fails, yet its mechanical characteristics are largely unknown. A complete understanding of this hierarchical system requires mechanical-property information at the length scales of both the interface and the connecting tissues. Here, we combined nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy (AFM) met...

the potential sources of cr (vi) are various effluents from metallurgy, electroplating, leather tanning, textile dyeing, paint, ink, and aluminum manufacturing industries. these industrial effluents can contain cr (vi), in the concentration range of 10 to 100 mg/l (nakano et al 2000), which is much higher than the standard limit; 0.5 mg/l in industrial wastewater (epa). in aqueous systems, chro...

Silicon and GaAs based devices are limited in their high-temperature applications as these materials lack high sensitivity to the temperature range above 200°C due to their small band gaps. Therefore, exploration of new materials with a high-temperature performance is necessary. Diamond-like carbon as a semiconducting material may be one of the promising candidates due to its many properties cl...