In this work, the performance of four electrolyte models for prediction the osmotic and activity coefficients of different aqueous salt solutions at 298 K, atmospheric pressure and in a wide range of concentrations are evaluated. In two of these models, (electrolyte Non-Random Two-Liquid e-NRTL and Mean Spherical Approximation-Non-Random Two-Liquid MSA-NRTL), association between ions of opposit...

Tropical plant species exhibit a high degree of variability in salt tolerance, probably as a result of evolution in diverse ecosystems, intensive year-round selection pressures, and high temperatures. Salinity may cause major problems for agricultural production in semiarid tropics and areas subjected to seawater intrusion, and is also a concern in any irrigated region subjected to high tempera...

Introduction Iodine is an essential nutrient found in seawater, seafood, and iodine-enriched food, such as iodized table salt. The most common forms of iodine in diet are iodide and iodate, with additional iodo-organic compounds providing a small fraction of bioavailable iodine. Iodine deficiency affects thyroid hormone production and leads to developmental diseases, goiter, and paralysis.1 Tab...

Pancreatic lipase requires colipase, a protein cofactor, to counteract the in vitro inhibition by bile salt. Lipase activity is inhibited by nonsteroidic detergents regardless of their charge and structure. Detergent-inhibited lipase is reactivated by colipase but in all cases activation is limited to a narrow range of detergent concentration. Complementary studies on the bile salt and detergen...

Electrolytes of a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL), trimethyl(isobutyl)phosphonium (P111i4) bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (FSI) with a wide range of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) salt concentrations (up to 3.8 mol kg(-1) of salt in the RTIL) were characterised using a combination of techniques including viscosity, conductivity, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), electrochemical ...

In 1996, due to persistence of mild to moderate iodine deficiency, new law on obligatory salt iodination with 25 mg of potassium iodide (KI) per kg of salt was implemented in Croatia. Along with a new law, a new program for monitoring of iodine prophylaxis was implemented. Investigations of goiter and iodine intake performed in 2002, demonstrated sufficient iodine intake in Croatia with overall...

The steady-state fluorescence quantum yields of the protonated and deprotonated forms of 8-hydroxypyrene-l,3,6-trisulfonate are determined in three solvents as a function of NaN03 concentration. The measured quantum yields, and therefore also the overall dissociation rate coefficients, decrease with increasing salt concentration. in contrast to Brijnsted‘s classical model for primary salt effec...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of 21-hydroxylase deficiency in The Bahamas and the spectrum of this disorder METHODS Patients referred for evaluation of virilization, precocious puberty, ambiguous genitalia and salt wasting had blood taken for 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OH progesterone) which was measured by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). RESULTS Nine patients had elevated...

A future, robust energy portfolio will include, together with fossil fuel technologies and nuclear systems, a mix of renewable energy systems. Within each type of system there will also be variants used to strengthen a nation's baseload and/or peak power requirements. Among renewable energies, solar thermal systems are particularly promising in terms of their capability of contributing to the b...

Depth imaging techniques still face difficulties under the edges of salt bodies. Elf encountered such a problem in a 3-D survey in the North Sea where they hoped to image a reflector that lays beneath a salt body. Based on the 3-D data, Elf created 2-D synthetic model of the salt body and surrounding subsurface. By analyzing this synthetic model using Kirchoff depth migration and raytracing tec...