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Determination Of Hexavalent Chromium In Aqueous And Alkaline Soil Extracts, Tsvetomil Voyslavov, Stefan Tsakovski, Sonya Ganeva Jan 2016

Determination Of Hexavalent Chromium In Aqueous And Alkaline Soil Extracts, Tsvetomil Voyslavov, Stefan Tsakovski, Sonya Ganeva

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A fast, simple, and reliable method for determination of hexavalent chromium species in soil aqueous and alkaline extracts has been developed. The procedure is based on the ion-pair extraction of Cr(VI) with methyltrioctylammonium chloride (Aliquat 336) into xylene. The extract is analyzed by flame (FAAS) or electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). The method allows the detection of up to 2 mg kg$^{-1}$ Cr(VI) by FAAS and up to 25 $\mu $g kg$^{-1}$ Cr(VI) by ETAAS. The relative standard deviation varied in the range 2%-12% depending on the Cr(VI) levels in the samples. The analysis of certified reference material CRM041-30G Chromium …

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Preparation Of Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ @ Montmorillonite Composite As An Effective Sorbent For The Removal Of Lead And Cadmium From Wastewater Samples, Hande Tinas, Ece Çalişkan, Ni̇l Özbek, Süleyman Akman Jan 2016

Preparation Of Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ @ Montmorillonite Composite As An Effective Sorbent For The Removal Of Lead And Cadmium From Wastewater Samples, Hande Tinas, Ece Çalişkan, Ni̇l Özbek, Süleyman Akman

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A magnetic Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ @ montmorillonite composite was prepared and used for the separation of lead and cadmium from aqueous solutions. For this purpose, magnetite (Fe$_{3}$O$_{4})$ was generated by co-precipitation of FeSO$_{4}$ and FeCl$_{3}$ onto montmorillonite. The effects of various experimental parameters such as pH of the solution, amount of sorbent, initial concentration of analytes, and contact time on the sorption efficiencies of lead and cadmium ions were investigated and optimized by applying a batch technique. The concentrations of analytes were determined by high resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The maximum adsorption occurred at pH 2.0. The adsorption capacity …

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Spectrophotometric Determination Of Mercury Using Vortex-Assisted Liquid-Liquid Microextraction, Tatiana Antolova, Serhii Zaruba, Jana Sandrejova, Livia Kocurova, Andriy B. Vishnikin, Yaroslav Bazel, Vasil Andruch, Ioseph S. Balogh Jan 2016

Spectrophotometric Determination Of Mercury Using Vortex-Assisted Liquid-Liquid Microextraction, Tatiana Antolova, Serhii Zaruba, Jana Sandrejova, Livia Kocurova, Andriy B. Vishnikin, Yaroslav Bazel, Vasil Andruch, Ioseph S. Balogh

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A novel method for the determination of mercury(II) is suggested. The procedure is based on the formation of an ion associate between the bromide complex of Hg(II) and Astrazon Red 6B dye and vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction of the ion associate formed, with subsequent spectrophotometric detection. The variables that affect the procedure, such as pH, the concentration of ligand and dye, the type and volume of extraction solvent, and the rate and time of vortex mixing, were optimized. Under optimum conditions (pH 2.0, 0.01 mol L$^{-1}$ KBr, 2 $\times $ 10$^{-4}$ mol L$^{-1}$ AR6B, 50 $\mu $L of the extraction mixture …

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A Simple And Efficient Approach For Preconcentration Of Some Heavy Metals In Cosmetic Products Before Their Determinations By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Nai̇l Altunay, Ramazan Gürkan Jan 2016

A Simple And Efficient Approach For Preconcentration Of Some Heavy Metals In Cosmetic Products Before Their Determinations By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Nai̇l Altunay, Ramazan Gürkan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In the current study, a simple and efficient analytical method for preconcentration and determination of Cd(II), Pb(II), and Sn(II) in some cosmetic samples, using ultrasonic assisted-cloud point extraction and flame atomic absorption spectrometry, was developed. The method is based on the ternary complex formations of Sn(II), Pb(II), and Cd(II), which are available in the form of neutral and/or anionic hydroxo complexes (Sn(OH)$_{3}^{-}$, Pb(OH)$_{3}^{-}$, Cd(OH)$_{2}$, and/or Cd(OH)$_{3}^{-})$, with Victoria Pure Blue BO (VPB$^{+})$ in the presence of cetylpyridinium chloride at pH 8.5, and then extraction of the formed ternary complexes into the micellar phase of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate (Tween 60). Using …

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Remediation Of Cr(Vi) Via Combined Self-Reduction And Adsorption Bychemically Modified Carbon Sorbents, Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Amr. A. Yakout, Asmaa M. Halbas, Maher M. Osman Jan 2016

Remediation Of Cr(Vi) Via Combined Self-Reduction And Adsorption Bychemically Modified Carbon Sorbents, Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Amr. A. Yakout, Asmaa M. Halbas, Maher M. Osman

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), is a highly toxic species, while trivalent chromium, Cr(III), is an essential trace element for humans and other organisms. In the present work, a simple, rapid, and efficient procedure for water treatment of Cr(VI) is described. Active carbon (AC) was chemically treated with HCl and NaOH for the formation of surface modified Acidic-AC and Basic-AC sorbents, respectively. In addition, AC sorbent was treated with HNO$_{3}$ as an oxidizing agent and sodium sulfite as a reducing agent for the formation of Ox-AC and Rd-AC sorbents, respectively. The modified AC sorbents were tested to identify their potential applications in …

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An Application Of Coacervate-Based Extraction For The Separation And Preconcentration Of Cadmium, Lead, And Nickel Ions Prior To Their Determination By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry In Various Water Samples, Anies Awad Satti, İlknur Durukan Temuge, Sema Bektaş, Çi̇ğdem Arpa Şahi̇n Jan 2016

An Application Of Coacervate-Based Extraction For The Separation And Preconcentration Of Cadmium, Lead, And Nickel Ions Prior To Their Determination By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry In Various Water Samples, Anies Awad Satti, İlknur Durukan Temuge, Sema Bektaş, Çi̇ğdem Arpa Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Cloud point extraction (CPE), which is the most popular coacervate-based extraction method, was utilized for the separation and preconcentration of trace amounts of cadmium, lead, and nickel. Quinalizarin was used as complexing agent and Triton X-114 was used as surfactant. After extraction, analyte ions were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The detection limits (3$s)$ of 1.8 $\mu $g L$^{-1}$ for Cd(II), 3.2 $\mu $g L$^{-1}$ for Pb(II), and 2.8 $\mu $g L$^{-1}$ for Ni(II) were obtained using 50 mL of solutions. The relative standard deviation was calculated as 4.3% for 10 $\mu $g L$^{-1}$ Cd(II), 4.9% for 50 $\mu …

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Analytical Capabilities Of Two-Phase Hollow-Fiber Liquid Phase Microextraction For Trace Multielement Determination In Aqueous Samples By Means Of Portable Total Reflection X-Ray Instrumentation, Eva Margui, Manuela Hidalgo Jan 2016

Analytical Capabilities Of Two-Phase Hollow-Fiber Liquid Phase Microextraction For Trace Multielement Determination In Aqueous Samples By Means Of Portable Total Reflection X-Ray Instrumentation, Eva Margui, Manuela Hidalgo

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Liquid phase microextraction (LPME) procedures have been widely used in combination with atomic and emission spectroscopic techniques for the isolation and preconcentration of trace elements. However, its application in combination with total reflection X-ray spectrometry (TXRF) is still scarce. In this paper, we evaluate the possibilities and drawbacks of a two-phase hollow fiber LPME procedure in combination with TXRF for the simultaneous determination of trace amounts of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd in aqueous samples. After extraction of the analytes by using the optimum conditions (sample volume: 25 mL, complexing agent: APDC, organic solvent: hexylbenzene, extraction time: 2 …

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Separation And Preconcentration Of Pb(Ii) And Cu(Ii) Ions Via Carrier Element-Free Coprecipitation Using An Acetohydrazide Derivative, Süreyya Oğuz Tümay, Murat Yazar, Duygu Özdeş, Hakan Bektaş, Celal Duran Jan 2016

Separation And Preconcentration Of Pb(Ii) And Cu(Ii) Ions Via Carrier Element-Free Coprecipitation Using An Acetohydrazide Derivative, Süreyya Oğuz Tümay, Murat Yazar, Duygu Özdeş, Hakan Bektaş, Celal Duran

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A new method based on the combination of carrier element-free coprecipitation and flame atomic absorption spectrometric determination has been investigated for simultaneous separation and preconcentration of Pb(II) and Cu(II) ions in some environmental solid and liquid samples. The 2-{3-(4-methylbenzyl)-4-[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl} -N'-(phenylmethylene) acetohydrazide (MITA) was utilized as an organic coprecipitating agent without using a carrier element for coprecipitation of the analyte ions. The effects of experimental conditions including aqueous solution pH, MITA quantity, sample volume, standing time, and centrifugation rate and time were investigated in detail and optimized. The influences of some foreign ions were also evaluated on the quantitative recoveries of …

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Solidified Floating Organic Drop Microextraction For Speciation Of Se (Iv) And Se (Vi) In Water Samples Prior To Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Detection, Demi̇rhan Çitak, Mustafa Tüzen Jan 2016

Solidified Floating Organic Drop Microextraction For Speciation Of Se (Iv) And Se (Vi) In Water Samples Prior To Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Detection, Demi̇rhan Çitak, Mustafa Tüzen

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A simple and fast solidified floating organic drop microextraction (SFODME) method is suggested for the speciation of Se (IV) and Se (VI) in water samples prior to electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric (ETAAS) detection. For that purpose, 1-phenylthiosemicarbazide (PTC) was used as chelating agent and undecanol was used as extraction solvent. The pH of solution, extraction solvent volume, amount of ligand, effect of time for complex formation, and effect of possible foreign ions were also evaluated for quantitative and effective extraction of analyte. Under optimized parameters, detection limit (0.19 $\mu $g L$^{-1})$, limit of quantification (0.60 $\mu $g L$^{-1})$, relative standard …

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Biosorption Potential Of Surface-Modified Waste Sugar Beet Pulp For The Removal Of Reactive Yellow 2 (Ry2) Anionic Dye, Si̇bel Tunali Akar, Sema Çeli̇k, Di̇lek Tunç, Yasemi̇n Yeti̇moğlu Balk, Tamer Akar Jan 2016

Biosorption Potential Of Surface-Modified Waste Sugar Beet Pulp For The Removal Of Reactive Yellow 2 (Ry2) Anionic Dye, Si̇bel Tunali Akar, Sema Çeli̇k, Di̇lek Tunç, Yasemi̇n Yeti̇moğlu Balk, Tamer Akar

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Tetra-$n$-butylammonium bromide modified sugar beet pulp (TBAB-SBP) with good biosorption and regeneration potential was prepared for removal of dye from contaminated solutions. The decolorization performance of TBAB-SBP was investigated using Reactive Yellow 2 (RY2) as a model dye. The characterization of the modified biosorbent was investigated by IR, SEM, zeta potential, and BET surface area analysis to discuss the decolorization mechanism. The effects of initial pH, biosorbent amount, contact time, dye concentration, and flow rate on the treatment process were examined. The experimental kinetic data were well predicted by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm with a maximum monolayer …

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Ionic Liquid Based Microextraction Combined With Derivatization For Efficient Enrichment/Determination Of Asulam And Sulfide, Habibollah Eskandari, Mahnaz Shahbazi-Raz Jan 2016

Ionic Liquid Based Microextraction Combined With Derivatization For Efficient Enrichment/Determination Of Asulam And Sulfide, Habibollah Eskandari, Mahnaz Shahbazi-Raz

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study reports 2 new simple derivatization-based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) methods for spectrophotometric ultratrace determination of asulam and sulfide. 1-Naphthol (in the presence of nitrite) and N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (in the presence of Fe(III)) were used to derivatize asulam and sulfide, respectively. In the enrichment methods, the formed derivatives were preconcentrated into microdroplets of the in situ formed water insoluble ionic liquid (IL), 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate. Monitoring was performed at 526 nm for asulam and at 664 nm for sulfide, after dissolution of the IL-rich phases into the basic ethanolic solution and ethanol for asulam and sulfide, respectively. Beer's law was obeyed …

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Development Of A Method For The Determination Of Cadmium Levels In Seawater By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using An Online Cloud-Point Extraction System, Rafael Vasconcelos Oliveira, Uelber Silva Vieira, Mardson Vasconcelos Maciel, Thais Souza Neri, Graziele Santos Sales, Rebeca Moraes Menezes, Valfredo Azevedo Lemos Jan 2016

Development Of A Method For The Determination Of Cadmium Levels In Seawater By Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using An Online Cloud-Point Extraction System, Rafael Vasconcelos Oliveira, Uelber Silva Vieira, Mardson Vasconcelos Maciel, Thais Souza Neri, Graziele Santos Sales, Rebeca Moraes Menezes, Valfredo Azevedo Lemos

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A new system was developed for the preconcentration and determination of cadmium levels in water following online cloud-point extraction and analysis by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The method uses cloud-point extraction of the complex formed between Cd(II) ions and the reagent 2-(5-bromo-2'-thiazolylazo)-$p$-cresol (Br-TAC) using Triton X-114 as a surfactant. The main steps of the procedure, extraction, filtration, and detection were conducted online. Parameters that influence the experimental conditions of online preconcentration systems were examined, including pH, concentration of reagent and surfactant, and flow of sample and eluent. The limit of detection of the method is 0.2 $\mu $g L$^{-1}$. The …

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Characterization And Photocatalytic Properties Of Tio$_{2}$/Chitosan Nanocomposites Synthesized By Hydrothermal Process, Funda Okuşluk, Fatma Bi̇lge Emre Jan 2016

Characterization And Photocatalytic Properties Of Tio$_{2}$/Chitosan Nanocomposites Synthesized By Hydrothermal Process, Funda Okuşluk, Fatma Bi̇lge Emre

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Nanocomposites of TiO$_{2}$/chitosan (nTC) were synthesized by hydrothermal process at 200 $^{\circ}$C. Photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposites was studied with degradation of malachite green (MG) in aqueous medium. Structural and physico-chemical properties of the obtained nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, SEM, BET, FTIR, and particle size analyzer. Complete photodegradation of MG was successfully achieved with the aid of the nanocomposites. The optimum photocatalytic degradation conditions, irradiation time, irradiation power, and amount of catalyst were studied. Photocatalytic activity of the synthesized nanocomposites in terms of degradation of MG was compared with that of undoped TiO$_{2}$ (synthesized by our team) and chitosan …

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Synthesis And Photochromism Of New Asymmetrical Diarylethenes With A Variable Heteroaryl Ring And A Quinoline Unit, Hongyan Xu, Renjie Wang, Congbin Fan, Gang Liu, Shouzhi Pu Jan 2016

Synthesis And Photochromism Of New Asymmetrical Diarylethenes With A Variable Heteroaryl Ring And A Quinoline Unit, Hongyan Xu, Renjie Wang, Congbin Fan, Gang Liu, Shouzhi Pu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Three new asymmetrical photochromic diarylethenes containing a variable heteroaryl ring and a quinoline unit were synthesized and their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Their properties, including photochromism, acidichromism, and fluorescence, were investigated systematically. For these diarylethenes, the one with an indole moiety had the largest absorption maximum, cyclization quantum yield, photoconversion ratio, emission peak, and fluorescent modulation efficiency. In addition, these diarylethenes exhibited an evident dual switching behavior induced by the stimulation of acid/base and UV/Vis. Addition of trifluoroacetic acid to solution of the diarylethenes produced protonated derivatives with notable changes in their absorption spectra. These results …

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Density Functional Study Of The Structure And Water Adsorption Activity Of An Al$_{30}$O$_{30}$ Star-Shaped Alumina Nanocage, Mehdi Zamani Jan 2016

Density Functional Study Of The Structure And Water Adsorption Activity Of An Al$_{30}$O$_{30}$ Star-Shaped Alumina Nanocage, Mehdi Zamani

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Molecular and electronic structures of a novel Al$_{30}$O$_{30}$ star-shaped alumina nanocage (SANC) were studied using the recently developed CAM-B3LYP density functional method. Comparison of the stretching vibrational modes of this compound with the corresponding modes related to an Al$_{20}$O$_{30}$ perfect cage and Al$_{50}$O$_{75}$ tubular alumina nanomaterials showed a shift to lower frequencies, while the bending modes moved to higher frequencies. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the SANC had 65% nonbonding character, whereas the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) was 72% antibonding. The HOMO and LUMO of the SANC arose mostly from Al 3s and 2p atomic orbitals. The …

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Comparative Study For The Separation, Preconcentration, And Determination Of Copper And Cadmium In Real Samples By Using Two Different Ligands, Hami̇de Elvan Bayrak, Volkan Numan Bulut, Mehmet Tüfekçi̇, Hacer Bayrak, Celal Duran, Mustafa Soylak Jan 2016

Comparative Study For The Separation, Preconcentration, And Determination Of Copper And Cadmium In Real Samples By Using Two Different Ligands, Hami̇de Elvan Bayrak, Volkan Numan Bulut, Mehmet Tüfekçi̇, Hacer Bayrak, Celal Duran, Mustafa Soylak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Two new solid phase extraction methods have been developed for simultaneous separation and preconcentration of Cu(II) and Cd(II) in some food and environmental samples before their determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). One of these methods is based on the absorption of the Cu(II) and Cd(II) complexes with [3-(cyanomethyl)-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4$H$-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl]carbamate (L1) and the other is based on the absorption of the Cu(II) and Cd(II) complexes with 4-(4-methylphenyl)-5-{[pyridine-4-yl-4$H$-1,2,4-triazole-3-yl)thio]methyl}-4$H$-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (L2) on Amberlite XAD-1180 resin. The metal complexes are retained on resin at pH 6.0 and eluted with 1.0 mol L$^{-1}$ HCl in acetone in both methods. After the optimum conditions were determined, …

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Durability Of Carbon/Conducting Polymer Composite Supported Pt Catalysts Prepared By Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Deposition, Gamze Bozkurt, Fulya Memi̇oğlu, Ayşe Bayrakçeken Yurtcan Jan 2016

Durability Of Carbon/Conducting Polymer Composite Supported Pt Catalysts Prepared By Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Deposition, Gamze Bozkurt, Fulya Memi̇oğlu, Ayşe Bayrakçeken Yurtcan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Polypyrrole (PPy)/carbon (C) composites were synthesized by oxidative chemical polymerization and used as support material for Pt nanoparticles. PPy/C supported Pt nanoparticles were prepared by using a promising catalyst preparation method, supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO$_{2})$ deposition. The prepared materials were characterized by using BET, TGA, XRD, and TEM techniques. Cyclic voltammetry was used in order to determine the electrocatalytic activity of the prepared catalyst for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions that occur in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The Pt loading obtained over the composite material was around 10{\%}. TEM results showed highly dispersed and small nanoparticles over …

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Synthetic Protocols On 6$H$-Benzo[$C$]Chromen-6-Ones: A Review, Ofentse Mazimba Jan 2016

Synthetic Protocols On 6$H$-Benzo[$C$]Chromen-6-Ones: A Review, Ofentse Mazimba

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

6$H$-Benzo[$c$]chromen-6-ones serve as core structures of secondary metabolites and are of considerable pharmacological importance. Natural sources produce limited quantities, hence the need for synthetic procedures for 6$H$-benzo[$c$]chromen-6-ones, which are herein reviewed. The literature describes protocols such as the Suzuki coupling reactions for the synthesis of biaryl, which then undergoes lactonization, reactions of 3-formylcoumarin (chromenones) with 1,3-bis(silylenol ethers), radical mediated cyclization of arylbenzoates, metal or base catalyzed cyclization of phenyl-2-halobenzoates and 2-halobenzyloxyphenols, and benzoic acid coupling with benzoquinone using electrophilic metal-based catalyst. The efficient and simple procedures are those involving the reactions of Michael acceptor (chromenones and chalcones) with 1,3- and …

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Board Member Perceptions Of Small Nonprofit Organization Effectiveness, Laura L. Maurer Jan 2016

Board Member Perceptions Of Small Nonprofit Organization Effectiveness, Laura L. Maurer

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

In contemporary American society, the nonprofit board is accountable for ensuring that an organization has sufficient resources to carry out its mission. Filling the gap between demands for services and the resources to meet them is often a struggle for small nonprofit organizations, a problem of nonprofit organization effectiveness. I conducted a hermeneutic phenomenological study that examined how board members of small local nonprofits in the focal community perceived nonprofit organization effectiveness. A review of the literature revealed that nonprofit organization effectiveness involved the action of contributing to the organization and the motivation behind the action, both of which were …

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Efficient Generalized Inverse For Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations, S. Kadiam Bose, D. T. Nguyen Jan 2016

Efficient Generalized Inverse For Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations, S. Kadiam Bose, D. T. Nguyen

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Solving large scale system of Simultaneous Linear Equations (SLE) has been (and continue to be) a major challenging problem for many real-world engineering and science applications. Solving SLE with singular coefficient matrices arises from various engineering and sciences applications [1]-[6]. In this paper, efficient numerical procedures for finding the generalized (or pseudo) inverse of a general (square/rectangle, symmetrical/unsymmetrical, non-singular/singular) matrix and solving systems of Simultaneous Linear Equations (SLE) are formulated and explained. The developed procedures and its associated computer software (under MATLAB [7] computer environment) have been based on "special Cholesky factorization schemes" (for a singular matrix). Test matrices from …

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New Frontiers In Chemical Energy And Environmental Engineering, Srinath Suranani, Sandeep Kumar, Sundergopal Sridhar Jan 2016

New Frontiers In Chemical Energy And Environmental Engineering, Srinath Suranani, Sandeep Kumar, Sundergopal Sridhar

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

(First paragraph) Energy is one of the major building blocks of modern society. Industries are attributed to be the main source of environmental pollution. The problems associated with the energy and environment have now become the subject of international debate. Engineers play vital role in devising environmental pollution mitigating techniques and developing sustainable energy technologies.

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Using Topic Modelling Algorithms For Hierarchical Activity Discovery, Eoin Rogers, John D. Kelleher, Robert J. Ross Jan 2016

Using Topic Modelling Algorithms For Hierarchical Activity Discovery, Eoin Rogers, John D. Kelleher, Robert J. Ross

Conference papers

Activity discovery is the unsupervised process of discovering patterns in data produced from sensor networks that are monitoring the behaviour of human subjects. Improvements in activity discovery may simplify the training of activity recognition models by enabling the automated annotation of datasets and also the construction of systems that can detect and highlight deviations from normal behaviour. With this in mind, we propose an approach to activity discovery based on topic modelling techniques, and evaluate it on a dataset that mimics complex, interleaved sensor data in the real world. We also propose a means for discovering hierarchies of aggregated activities …

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Java Computer Animation For Effective Learning Of The Cholesky Algorithm With Transportation Engineering Applications, Ivan Makohon, Duc T. Nguyen, Mecit Cetin Jan 2016

Java Computer Animation For Effective Learning Of The Cholesky Algorithm With Transportation Engineering Applications, Ivan Makohon, Duc T. Nguyen, Mecit Cetin

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

In this paper, the well-known Cholesky Algorithm (for solving simultaneous linear equations, or SLE) is re-visited, with the ultimate goal of developing a simple, user-friendly, attractive, and useful Java Visualization and Animation Graphical User Inter-face (GUI) software as an additional teaching tool for students to learn the Cholesky factorization in a step-by-step fashion with computer voice and animation. A demo video of the Cholesky Decomposition (or factorization) animation and result can be viewed online from the website: http://www.lions.odu.edu/~imako001/cholesky/demo/index.html. The software tool developed from this work can be used for both students and their instructors not only to master this technical …

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Kicm: A Knowledge-Intensive Context Model, Fredrick Mtenzi, Denis Lupiana Jan 2016

Kicm: A Knowledge-Intensive Context Model, Fredrick Mtenzi, Denis Lupiana

Conference papers

A context model plays a significant role in developing context-aware architectures and consequently on realizing context-awareness, which is important in today's dynamic computing environments. These architectures monitor and analyse their environments to enable context-aware applications to effortlessly and appropriately respond to users' computing needs. These applications make the use of computing devices intuitive and less intrusive. A context model is an abstract and simplified representation of the real world, where the users and their computing devices interact. It is through a context model that knowledge about the real world can be represented in and reasoned by a context-aware architecture. This …

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Using Icicle Trees To Encode The Hierarchical Structure Of Source Code, Ivan Bacher, Brian Mac Namee, John D. Kelleher Jan 2016

Using Icicle Trees To Encode The Hierarchical Structure Of Source Code, Ivan Bacher, Brian Mac Namee, John D. Kelleher

Conference papers

This paper presents a study which evaluates the use of a tree visualisation (icicle tree) to encode the hierarchical structure of source code. The tree visualisation was combined with a source code editor in order to function as a compact overview to facilitate the process of comprehending the global structure of a source code document. Results from our study show that pro- viding an overview visualisation led to an increase in accuracy and a decrease in completion time when participants performed counting tasks. However, in locating tasks, the presence of the visualisation led to a decrease in participants’ performance.

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Carbon Cycling In Santa Barbara Basin Sediments: A Modeling Study, David J. Burdige, Tomoko Komada, Cédric Magen, Jeffrey P. Chanton Jan 2016

Carbon Cycling In Santa Barbara Basin Sediments: A Modeling Study, David J. Burdige, Tomoko Komada, Cédric Magen, Jeffrey P. Chanton

OES Faculty Publications

The primary input of organic matter to almost all marine sediments comes from deposition at the sediment surface. However, in many continental margin settings, reduced carbon can also be added to sediments from below—for example, from “deep” geologic hydrocarbon reservoirs derived from ancient source rocks or from the decomposition of deeply buried gas hydrate deposits. To examine the impact of these two differing reduced carbon inputs on sediment biogeochemistry, a modified reaction-transport model for anoxic marine sediments is described here and applied to data from sediment cores in Santa Barbara Basin to a depth of 4.6 m. Excellent model fits …

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Siderophore-Based Microbial Adaptations To Iron Scarcity Across The Eastern Pacific Ocean, Rene M. Boiteau, Daniel R. Mende, Nicholas J. Hawco, Matthew R. Mcilvin, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, Peter N. Sedwick Jan 2016

Siderophore-Based Microbial Adaptations To Iron Scarcity Across The Eastern Pacific Ocean, Rene M. Boiteau, Daniel R. Mende, Nicholas J. Hawco, Matthew R. Mcilvin, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, Peter N. Sedwick

OES Faculty Publications

Nearly all iron dissolved in the ocean is complexed by strong organic ligands of unknown composition. The effect of ligand composition on microbial iron acquisition is poorly understood, but amendment experiments using model ligands show they can facilitate or impede iron uptake depending on their identity. Here we show that siderophores, organic compounds synthesized by microbes to facilitate iron uptake, are a dynamic component of the marine ligand pool in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Siderophore concentrations in iron-deficient waters averaged 9 pM, up to fivefold higher than in iron-rich coastal and nutrient-depleted oligotrophic waters, and were dominated by amphibactins, …

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Women In Science 2016, Clark Science Center's Summer Research Fellows Program Jan 2016

Women In Science 2016, Clark Science Center's Summer Research Fellows Program

SURF Abstracts (Women in Science)

Women in Science 2016 summarizes research done by Smith College’s Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) Program participants. Ever since its 1967 start, SURF has been a cornerstone of Smith’s science education. In 2016, 150 students participated in SURF (144 hosted on campus and nearby eld sites), supervised by 56 faculty mentor-advisors drawn from the Clark Science Center and connected to its eighteen science, mathematics, and engineering departments and programs and associated centers and units. At summer’s end, SURF participants were asked to summarize their research experiences for this publication.

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An Alignment-Free "Metapeptide" Strategy For Metaproteomic Characterization Of Microbiome Samples Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing, Damon H. May, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Molly P. Mikan, H. Rodger Harvey, Elhanan Borenstein, Brook L. Nunn, William S. Noble Jan 2016

An Alignment-Free "Metapeptide" Strategy For Metaproteomic Characterization Of Microbiome Samples Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing, Damon H. May, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Molly P. Mikan, H. Rodger Harvey, Elhanan Borenstein, Brook L. Nunn, William S. Noble

OES Faculty Publications

In principle, tandem mass spectrometry can be used to detect and quantify the peptides present in a microbiome sample, enabling functional and taxonomic insight into microbiome metabolic activity. However, the phylogenetic diversity constituting a particular microbiome is often unknown, and many of the organisms present may not have assembled genomes. In ocean microbiome samples, with particularly diverse and uncultured bacterial communities, it is difficult to construct protein databases that contain the bulk of the peptides in the sample without losing detection sensitivity due to the overwhelming number of candidate peptides for each tandem mass spectrum. We describe a method for …

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The Contribution Of Marine Aggregate-Associated Bacteria To The Accumulation Of Pathogenic Bacteria In Oysters: An Agent-Based Model, Andrew M. Kramer, J. Evan Ward, Fred C. Dobbs, Melissa L. Pierce Jan 2016

The Contribution Of Marine Aggregate-Associated Bacteria To The Accumulation Of Pathogenic Bacteria In Oysters: An Agent-Based Model, Andrew M. Kramer, J. Evan Ward, Fred C. Dobbs, Melissa L. Pierce

OES Faculty Publications

Bivalves process large volumes of water, leading to their accumulation of bacteria, including potential human pathogens (e.g., vibrios). These bacteria are captured at low efficiencies when freely suspended in the water column, but they also attach to marine aggregates, which are captured with near 100% efficiency. For this reason, and because they are often enriched with heterotrophic bacteria, marine aggregates have been hypothesized to function as important transporters of bacteria into bivalves. The relative contribution of aggregates and unattached bacteria to the accumulation of these cells, however, is unknown. We developed an agent-based model to simulate accumulation of vibrio-type bacteria …

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