Abstract:
Wastewater containing selenium in a soluble form is treated in a bioreactor. Microorganisms in the reactor reduce the selenium to elemental selenium, which is insoluble. The elemental selenium is discharged from the reactor in waste sludge. The waste sludge is thickened and then treated with a cell lysis reagent to break down or dissolve micro-organism cells in the sludge. After lysis, the sludge is treated to physically separate out the remaining solids, which includes elemental selenium, for reuse.
Abstract:
A program management structure that includes a plurality of projects, where each project is staffed with a project manager and wherein each project includes a plurality of tasks which can have multiple interdependencies and at least one position reporting up to the project manager. A plurality of organizations is also included, where each organization is provided with a plurality of departments, each of which has a department manager and at least one staffer reporting up to the department manager and filling at least part of the at least one position. Additionally, project exceptions are reported to the project manager and functional exceptions are reported to the functional manager.
Abstract:
There is provided a process management support system and the like which supports searching continuously a business process appropriate to a change of the external environments.The system defines an action of a CLIENT 103 as a mode of progress of client operations (COPs), and correlates each COP to each SERVICE 104 of a service provider 101. In a simulation, the COP to be executed is specified based on the defined mode of progress of COPs, and a request for the SERVICE 104 is made occur from the specified COP under a predetermined condition. Then, each time the request occurs, the SERVICE 104 correlated to the specified COP is provided to the CLIENT 103 from which the request occurred.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a MAP kinase homologue gene, designated EhHOG, isolated from Eurotium herbariorum, a common fungal species from the extreme hypersaline environment of the Dead Sea, capable of improving tolerance of plants and other organisms to abiotic stresses such as osmotic, heat, dehydration, freezing-thawing, oxidative and salinity stress.
Abstract:
A system for measuring total microbiological content in an aqueous medium by adding a fluorescent dye to the aqueous medium, measuring the fluorescent signal in the aqueous medium to obtain a baseline fluorescent signal, releasing intracellular content of the microbiological matter into the aqueous medium by lysing the microbiological matter. The system then measures the fluorescent signal in the aqueous medium with the released intracellular content of the microbiological matter to obtain a second fluorescent signal. Next, the system subtracts the baseline signal from the second fluorescent signal to obtain a net fluorescent signal and equates the net fluorescent signal with a microbiological content.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a soil composition having improved water retention. The composition comprises soil particles and Bacillus subtilis UD1Q22. For example, the composition may comprise soil particles having a particle size no greater than 2 mm and at least 50% of the soil particles have a particle size in the range of 0.05-2 mm. A method for improving water retention of a soil composition is also provided. The method comprises applying an effective amount of Bacilus subtilis UD1022 to the soil composition to improve water retention of the soil composition.
Abstract:
A canopy assembly includes a canopy fabric, a plurality of tightening wires, and a fastening arrangement. The fastening arrangement includes a plurality of tension adjustment units. Each of the tension adjustment units includes a supporting frame, a ratchet gear, a main shaft connected to the ratchet gear and rotatably connected to the supporting frame, and a resilient locking member mounted on the supporting frame to move between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the resilient locking member is pivotally moved to engage with the ratchet gear so as to limit the ratchet gear to incrementally rotate in one predetermined direction with respect to the supporting frame, When the resilient locking member is in the unlocked position, the resilient locking member is pivotally moved to disengage from the ratchet gear so as to allow the ratchet gear to freely rotate with respect to the supporting frame.
Abstract:
A carrier tape for transporting a plurality of components includes a flexible substrate extending along a longitudinal axis of the carrier tape, a plurality of pockets formed in the substrate and spaced apart along the longitudinal axis of the carrier tape, and an adhesive layer. Each pocket includes a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall to a top surface of the flexible substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed on the bottom wall of each pocket in the plurality of pockets, such that when a component is placed in a pocket in the plurality of pockets, the adhesive layer in the pocket permanently bonds to the component, and such that when the adhesive is exposed to UV radiation the adhesive bond strength is sufficiently reduced so that the component can be removed from the pocket.
Abstract:
Disclosed are novel gamma secretase inhibitors of the formula. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting gamma-secretase, methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases, and methods of treating Alzheimer's Disease. Also disclosed are processes for preparing alkenes in one reaction step using a mixture of an aldehyde (or ketone) and an alkyl substituted with two electron withdrawing groups, and reacting the mixture with: (a) a sulfonyl halide (e.g., a sulfonyl chloride) and a basic tertiary amine, or, (b) a sulfonyl anhydride and a basic amine, or (c) an aryl-C(O)-halide and a basic tertiary amine, or (d) an aryl-C(O)—O—C(O)-aryl and a basic tertiary amine, or (e) an heteroaryl-C(O)-halide and a basic tertiary amine, or (f) a heteroaryl-C(O)—O—C(O)-heteroaryl and a basic tertiary amine.
Abstract:
A system for measuring total microbiological content in an aqueous medium by adding a fluorescent dye to the aqueous medium, measuring the fluorescent signal in the aqueous medium to obtain a baseline fluorescent signal, releasing intracellular content of the microbiological matter into the aqueous medium by lysing the microbiological matter. The system then measures the fluorescent signal in the aqueous medium with the released intracellular content of the microbiological matter to obtain a second fluorescent signal. Next, the system subtracts the baseline signal from the second fluorescent signal to obtain a net fluorescent signal and equates the net fluorescent signal with a microbiological content.