CHARACTERISTICS AND RATES OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN CLAYS OF DIFFERENT MINERAL AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION IN RELATION TO SAFETY PREDICTION FOR ESB CLAY MATERIALS

Microbial activity in clay barrier materials during radioactive waste disposal can lead to a violation of important physicochemical properties of the barrier system as a whole, thereby reducing the safety of the storage facility.This work evaluates the activity of the microbial complex of five bentonite and two kaolin clays.All clay materials were

Tissue-specific endothelial cells are more than simply a barrier lining capillaries and are proved to be capable of remarkable plasticity to become active collagen matrix-producing myofibroblasts (MFs) in solid organs with fibrosis.Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) also participate in the development of hepatic fibrosis, gear but the exact

In the microgird (MG) system, cooperation of microgrids is a very essential issue.Hence, a multi-microgrid (MMG) system has been proposed to allocate the energy and information exchange for each MG.However, the uncertainties of generations and loads are gear very difficult to deal with when considering the utilization of renewable energy (RE) resou

This work represents a first step in the definition of a framework aimed at finding, by means of efficient global optimization based on metamodels, an optimal configuration of physical parameters for the ICON (ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic) Limited Area Mode at high resolution (about 1.1 km) over Southern Italy, to be used for operational runs.The obj

Background/Aims Colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is burdened by its associated high risk of adverse events and long procedure time.Recently, a waterjet-assisted knife was introduced to simplify and speed up the procedure.The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of waterjet-assisted ESD (WESD) compared to that o