electrochemically generated iron can remove most contaminants present in water and wast water, by precipitation, adsorption, electrostatic interaction, and complex formation (generally called electrocoagulation-ec). in the present paper, pretreatment of brackish water having high total hardness (th), alkalinity (a),  and cl¯ ions, is studied by application of a dc-electrical current ot the iron...

in large regions of the world, biomass is a very important source of energy. the global bioenergy market based on forest biomass is growing rapidly. about 92 % of the bioenergy in sweden comes from forests. biomass from forests is not homogenous. the locations, transport distances, and transport methods, can differ very much and the industries that need biomass as input prefer raw materials wit...

A convolution-based calibration procedure has been developed to use an amorphous silicon flat-panel electronic portal imaging device (EPID) for accurate dosimetric verification of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatments. Raw EPID images were deconvolved to accurate, high-resolution 2-D distributions of primary fluence using a scatter kernel composed of two elements: a Monte Carlo gen...

The motivation for this study was to reduce physics workload relating to patient- specific quality assurance (QA). VMAT plan delivery accuracy was determined from analysis of pre- and on-treatment trajectory log files and phantom-based ionization chamber array measurements. The correlation in this combination of measurements for patient-specific QA was investigated. The relationship between del...

background: aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the gated volumetric modulated arc therapy (vmat/rapidarc) using 2d planar dosimetry, dynalog files and compass 3d dosimetry system. materials and methods: pre-treatment quality assurance of 10 gated vmat plans was verified using 2d array and compass 3d dosimetry system. advantage of compass over 2d planar is that it provides the clin...

We are investigating the feasibility of interstitial (iPDT), using multiple linear light sources positioned within the tumour. In an on-going feasibility study, 16 patients with incurable SCC at the base tongue have been treated with iPDT as a last treatment option. Preliminary results are encouraging with a long-term complete response in 8 out of 16 patients who have failed standard treatment....

the objective of this study was to investigate dehydration kinetics of barberry (berberis vulgaris l.) at different drying temperatures (60 ºc, 70 ºc, 80 ºc), air velocities (0.3 m s-1, 0.5 m s-1, 1 m s-1) with two types of pretreatment. drying time and colour quality during dehydration were experimentally determined. barberries were dried from the initial moisture content of 73.44% (w.b.) to t...

The essential oils and polysaccharides from guava leaves have important functions. In the process of microwave extraction plant polysaccharides, pretreatment with lithium salts solution is helpful to increase rate. experiment was conducted using a single factor method. Results were optimized by principal component analysis response surface optimization. optimal conditions were: LiCl dosage 45 ?...

As the largest "repository" of microplastics, soil is affected by structure, microplastics category and particle size. In this study, method combining indoor simulation modeling field verification proposed. The reflectance microplastic samples was collected ASD FieldSpec4 Hi-Res spectrometer, NOR, MSC, SNV were used for spectral pretreatment, differential transformations different orders are to...

Background: Aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the gated volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT/RapidArc) using 2D planar dosimetry, DynaLog files and COMPASS 3D dosimetry system. Materials and Methods: Pre-treatment quality assurance of 10 gated VMAT plans was verified using 2D array and COMPASS 3D dosimetry system. Advantage of COMPASS over 2D planar is that it provides the clin...