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  • 1
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum is the causative agent of both the cutaneous and visceral forms of leishmaniasis in southwest Europe; the dog is the main reservoir. In order to identify the L. (L.) infantum zymodemes present in Spain, a total number of 85 Leishmania stocks isolated from dogs (31), HIV-positive patients (46) with visceral or cutaneous leishmaniasis, a patient with visceral leishmaniasis complicating renal transplantation (1) and immunocompetent patients (7) with visceral or cutaneous leishmaniasis, have been characterized by isoenzyme typing. All canine stocks were MON-1, which is the most widespread zymodeme in the Mediterranean area. In immunocompetent patients three zymodemes were found: MON-1 (2), MON-24 (2) and MON-34 (3). Nine different zymodemes were obtained in stocks from HTV co-infected patients, indicating a higher variability of L. (L.) infantum amongst them: MON-1 (in 21 stocks), MON-24 (7), MON-28 (1), MON-29 (3), MON-33 (7), MON-34 (1) and MON-183 (4). Two new zymodemes, MON-198 (1) and MON-199 (1), were described among HIV patients from Spain. The stock from the renal transplanted patient was MON-1. The exclusive presence of certain zymodemes in immunocompromised patients and their absence in typical cases of cutaneous and visceral
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1365-2427
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: 1. The development of a population of Thiocystis minor (formerly Chromatium minus) in the deepest, anoxic layers of Moncortès Lake (Lleida, Spain) was studied by means of an in situ, laser particle analyser. Particle size distribution was measured at hourly and monthly time intervals.2. The population was located between the redoxcline (∼3 m below the mean population depth) and the oxycline (∼6 m above the mean population depth) with a seasonal vertical displacement (SVD) of up to 6 m (from April to October).3. Diel vertical migration of the population was followed in three field campaigns, when the population was most abundant. The largest vertical displacement was 2.8 m (in 11.5 h) and the fastest vertical displacement was 0.6 m h−1. Sudden changes in the irradiance reaching the bacterial population were detected by the cells, which moved up or down, rapidly modifying the mean vertical position of the population.4. There was positive phototaxis with an ascent during the morning and a descent during the afternoon/night. The whole population was active while migrating upwards (towards higher light intensity) or downwards (towards lower redox concentration).
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1365-3091
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: A hydrothermal plume forms in Lake Banyoles, NE Spain, as a result of convection above a springwater-fed suspension cloud ponded on the lake floor. The plume propagates upwards reaching a level of neutral buoyancy from where a turbidity current spreads out laterally. Two-dimensional temperature and particle concentration measurements show the fate of the hydrothermal plume and its associated turbidity current and reveal its seasonal development. Silt particles transported by the plume have been used as tracers to determine the maximum and equilibrium heights of the plume. When the lake is stratified, the vertical transport of sediment is confined to the lake hypolimnion, as the thermocline limits the vertical propagation of the plume. In contrast, when the lake water column is mixed, the plume reaches the surface of the lake. The field measurements have been compared with models for thermal convection from finite isolated sources. Measurements of the flow velocity at the source of the hydrothermal plume (i.e. the rim current velocity) indicate that cold hypolimnetic water is entrained by the plume. Sedimentation rates measured from sediment traps at the zone where the turbidity current develops vary between 10 and 25 g m−2 day−1, and result from continuous silt particle sedimentation from the turbidity current. Sedimentation rates in traps are higher for stations situated close to the source than those further away (〈5 g m−2 day−1). Moreover, the results demonstrate that double diffusive sedimentation from the turbidity current was dominant over grain-by-grain settling, causing a mixed distribution of sediments in the region where the turbidity current spreads. The deposition of silt particles could explain the occurrence of silt layers interbedded with biocalcarenites in the littoral zones of the lake and the stratigraphy identified by seismic profiles and cores taken from the lake floor.
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  • 4
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    Flow, turbulence and combustion 59 (1997), S. 255-268 
    ISSN: 1573-1987
    Keywords: coagulation ; fragmentation ; shear rate ; concentration ; Couette ; latex
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract A population balance model has been proposed to describe simultaneous coagulation and fragmentation of fractal aggregates during shear-flocculation induced by means of a Couette-flow system. Given enough time, a floc-size distribution achieves the steady state, which reflects the balance between coagulation and fragmentation forces. Experimental results obtained recently show that higher shear rate values shift the steady state to smaller aggregate sizes. Also, for a fixed value of the shear rate, when the volume fraction of the particles increases, the steady state size increases if the flow is laminar, and decreases if the flow is turbulent. In order to model the fragmentation of the aggregates, a power dependence between the breakage rate coefficient and the shear rate has been proposed. The model is adjusted by using two different parameters: the effective probability of success for collisions αeff, and the break up coefficient for shear fragmentation, B′. The dependence of these two parameters on the shear rate and the volume fraction of the particles is discussed.
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