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In several cases, such as shellfish areas and aquatic reserves, the usual water quaUty parameters do not apply because they are nonspecific as to detrimental effects on aquatic life. Eor example, COD is an overall measure of organic content, but it does not differentiate between toxic and nontoxic organics. In these cases, a species diversity index has been employed as related to either free-floating or benthic organisms. The index indicates the overall condition to the aquatic environment. It is related to the number of species in the sample. The higher the species diversity index, the more productive the aquatic system. The species diversity index is computed by the equation K- = (S — 1)/logjg I, where S is the number of species and /the total number of individual organisms counted. 

BloFIms. Microbiologists recognize two different populations of microorganisms. Free-floating (planktonic) populations are found in the bulk water. Attached (sessile) populations colonize surfaces. The same kinds of microorganisms can be found in either population, but the sessile population is responsible for biofouling. 

A typical pilot-operated PR valve is illustrated in Figure 5. Under normal operating conditions, the vessel pressure acts on the main valve seat at the bottom of the free-floating differential area piston, and by means of the pilot supply line is also applied to the top of the piston and under the pilot valve disc. Since the top area of the piston is larger than the nozzle area at the lower end of the piston, there is a large net load holding the piston down on the nozzle. Under static... 

Free floating In this ca.se the indoor temperature is left free to fluctuate without any mechanical cooling device. 

The use of properly designed relief panels or free floating vessel covers are usually effective for dust explosions in silos tanks, filter housings, and the like. The design basis has been pre dousIy discussed. 

Bottomhole orientation sub (BHO) A sub in which a free-floating ball rolls to the low side and opens a port indicating an orientation position. 

Consequences of Ozone Depletion. Ozone depletion over Antarctica is causing renewed concern about the consequences of increased levels of UV reaching the earth s biosphere. One area of concern involves the free-floating microscopic plants, known collectively as phytoplankton (the grass of the sea), which through the process of photosynthesis, fix carbon dioxide into living organic matter. Phytoplankton forms the basis of the marine food chain on which zooplankton (animal plankton) and all other components of the ecosystem depend for their sustenance. 

While early CEA is considered to be relatively safe, it may not always be necessary. For instance, early surgery can be deferred in patients who are medically unstable or for those whose cardiac or respiratory status requires optimization. In the NASCET study, the rate of ipsUateral stroke at 1 month for medically treated patients with high-grade stenoses was only 3.3% and was even lower (1.7%) in patients with near-occlusions. Even in patients with free-floating intraluminal thrombus, anticoagulant therapy is a well tolerated and reasonable first step, given... 

Large free-floating clot loosely attached to the inferior vena cava wall... 

The phytofiltration of Pb(II) and Cd(II) has been also studied using species of Salvinia. S. minima Baker is a small free-floating aquatic fern native to Mexico, Central America and South America. It has been proved to be an excellent aquatic phytoremediator and hyperaccumulator of Cd(II) and Pb(II).72,76 The relevance of using a compartmentalization analysis (CA) complementary to the use of BCFs and metal removal kinetics by plants has been demonstrated using S. minima... 

Recent reports on biosorbents based on diverse types of macrophytes are found widely in the literature. Free-floating aquatic plants from the genera Salvinia, Azolla, Eichhornia, Lemna, and Pistia have been described the most. S. natans biomass was able to uptake As(V) at low initial concentrations from 0.25 to 2 mg/L (74.8% and 54%, respectively). The experimental data fitted well to both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The effect of pH and biomass quantities on sorption rate has also been investigated along with some metabolic parameters.105... 

Rai, P.K., Phytoremediation of Hg and Cd from industrial effluents using an aquatic free floating macrophyte Azolla Pinnata, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 10, 430-439, 2008b. 

Nahlik, A.M. and Mitsch, W. J., Tropical treatment wetlands dominated by free-floating macrophytes for water quality improvement in Costa Rica, Ecological Engineering, 28, 246-257, 2006. 

Fig. 20.2 Chronic lithium and valproate robustly increase bcl-2 immunoreactive neurons in the frontal cortex. Male Wistar Kyoto rats were treated with either Li2C03, valproate or saline by twice daily i.p. injections for four weeks. Rats brains were cut at 30 pm serial sections were cut coronally through the anterior portion of the brain, mounted on gelatin-coated glass slides and were stained with thio-nin. The sections of the second and third sets were incubated free-floating for 3 d at 4°C in 0.01 M PBS containing a polyclonal antibody against bcl-2 (N-19, Santa Cruz Biotechnology,...

Jiao Y, Sun Z, Lee T, et al. A simple and sensitive antigen retrieval method for free-floating and slide-mounted tissue sections./. Neurosci. Methods 1999 93 149-162. 

Shiurba RA, Spooner ET, Ishiguro K, et al. Immunocytochemistry of formalin-fixed human brain tissues microwave irradiation of free-floating sections. Brain Res. Brain Res. Protoc. 1998 2 109-119. 

With regard to capsule transplantation, no ill effect on animal growth or behavior was noted as a result of capsule transplantation. Some capsules were free-floating within the peritoneal cavity and were free of fibrosis on the surface while others were adherent to the peritoneal membrane or to each other. The latter criteria served for further selection and screening of capsule chemistries. Details on the in vivo functioning of encapsulated islets have been presented elsewhere [23]. 

With respect to SCF models that focus on the tail properties only (typically densely packed layers of end-grafted chains), the molecularly realistic SCF model exemplified in this review needs many interaction parameters. These parameters are necessary to obtain colloid-chemically stable free-floating bilayers. A historical note of interest is that it was only after the first SCF results [92] showed that it was not necessary to graft the lipid tails to a plane, that MD simulations with head-and-tail properties were performed. In the early MD simulations (i.e. before 1983) the chains were grafted (by a spring) to a plane it was believed that without the grafting constraints the molecules would diffuse away and the membrane would disintegrate. Of course, the MD simulations that include the full head-and-tails problem feature many more interactions than the early ones. 

Cut frozen sections with a cryostat and mount them on glass slides coated with freshly prepared 0.02% poly-L-lysine. Free-floating sections can also be used. 

Prior sequestration of the prebiotic reactions within the micropores of weathered feldspars or other porous rock matrices also avoids many of the other problems of catalysis and dilution encountered by models of chemical biogenesis. That is, this mechanism attains viable evolutionary chemical selection among spatially discrete systems without the need to assume an unlikely capture-and-enclosure event involving a pre-existing lipid membrane. [192] Thus autocatalysis of chiral molecules could evolve before the actual appearance of free-floating lipid vesicles. 

During the summer, remove excess blanket weed twist it around a stick or rake it out. Free-floating plants such as duckweed can be lifted out with a sieve. Leave any debris or plant matter on the pond side overnight, to allow creatures to escape back into the pond, then add it to your compost pile. 

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