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Kinetics Of Synthesis Of Isobutyl Propionate Over Amberlyst-15, Ali̇me İzci̇, Hali̇t Levent Hoşgün Jan 2007

Kinetics Of Synthesis Of Isobutyl Propionate Over Amberlyst-15, Ali̇me İzci̇, Hali̇t Levent Hoşgün

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The esterification of propionic acid with isobutanol in the presence of Amberlyst-15 as a catalyst was studied. Isobutyl propionate synthesized in this reaction has the fragrance of rum and is used in the food industry. The experiments were carried out in a stirred batch reactor at temperatures from 318 K to 348 K. As a solvent, 1,4 dioxan was used. The effects of the amount of catalyst used, the reaction time, the stirring speed, and the reaction temperature on the synthesis of isobutyl propionate were investigated. It was observed that solid-liquid external mass transfer resistance resulting from various stirring speeds …

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Preparation And Characterization Of Ordered Tio_2 Photocatalysts: Films And Mesoporous Structures, Orçun Ergün, Osman Karslioğlu, Ayşen Yilmaz, Deni̇z Üner Jan 2007

Preparation And Characterization Of Ordered Tio_2 Photocatalysts: Films And Mesoporous Structures, Orçun Ergün, Osman Karslioğlu, Ayşen Yilmaz, Deni̇z Üner

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Two different ordered TiO_2 structures were prepared as sol-gel films coated on glass and as mesoporous structures in order to study the effect, in 2-D or in 3-D, of bulk size on photocatalytic activity. Multilayer TiO_2 films were coated on glass by the sol-gel dip coating method. The UV-VIS characteristics of the films, with respect to the number of coating layers, were monitored. UV-VIS measurements implied an ordered TiO_2 structure grown on ITO glass. The second approach involved loading TiO_2 in mesoporous SBA-15 powder. Ti-SBA-15 with Ti/Si (mole/mole) ratios between 0.05 and 0.30 were prepared and characterized by XRD and …

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Investigation Of Biodiesel Production From Canola Oil Using Mg-Al Hydrotalcite Catalysts, Oğuzhan İlgen, İsmai̇l Di̇nçer, Meltem Yildiz, Ertan Alpteki̇n, Nezahat Boz, Mustafa Çanakçi, Ayşe Ni̇lgün Akin Jan 2007

Investigation Of Biodiesel Production From Canola Oil Using Mg-Al Hydrotalcite Catalysts, Oğuzhan İlgen, İsmai̇l Di̇nçer, Meltem Yildiz, Ertan Alpteki̇n, Nezahat Boz, Mustafa Çanakçi, Ayşe Ni̇lgün Akin

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Biodiesel produced by the transesterification of vegetable oils is a promising alternative fuel to diesel because of limited fossil fuel resources and environmental concerns. The use of heterogeneous catalysts greatly simplifies the technological process by facilitating the separation of the post-reaction mixture. The purpose of the present work was to examine a heterogeneous catalyst, in particular, Mg-Al hydrotalcites, to produce methyl esters of canola oil. In this study, the transesterification of canola oil with methanol was studied in a heterogeneous system, using Mg-Al hydrotalcites as solid base catalysts. The results showed that methanol is the best alcohol for this reaction …

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Deactivation Of A Co-Precipitated Co/Al_2o_3 Catalyst, Meltem Yildiz, Ayşe Ni̇lgün Akin Jan 2007

Deactivation Of A Co-Precipitated Co/Al_2o_3 Catalyst, Meltem Yildiz, Ayşe Ni̇lgün Akin

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The effects of reaction temperature, feed ratio, space time, and CO percentage in feed on the deactivation conditions of a co-precipitated 36 wt% Co/Al_2O_3 catalyst in CO hydrogenation were investigated. Environmental-SEM-EDX and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) studies were performed on used catalysts to investigate the effect of reaction conditions on catalyst deactivation. Intensive coke deposition on the catalyst was observed at a reaction temperature of about 573 K. Increasing the H_2/CO ratio also increased the catalyst activity. Methane formed as the main product at high H_2/CO ratios. Although catalyst activity did not change significantly during the 9-h reaction period at all …

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Dielectric Behavior Of The Catalyst Zeolite Nay, Ertuğrul İzci̇, Ali̇me İzci̇ Jan 2007

Dielectric Behavior Of The Catalyst Zeolite Nay, Ertuğrul İzci̇, Ali̇me İzci̇

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Zeolites are crystalline hydrated aluminosilicates of alkaline and alkaline earth metals. The basic zeolite structure is an anionic frame of Si and Al T-atoms, which are tetrahedral and coordinated with oxygen atoms. The electrical properties of zeolites are of enormous technical importance due to their manifold applications as solid catalysts. Zeolite NaY was used in this investigation. Zeolite NaY is a synthetic zeolite and it has a faujasite structure. The electrical conductivity, dielectric permittivity, and loss factor of Na ion exchanged zeolite NaY was carried out in the 10^4-10^6 Hz frequency region at room temperature and different water contents using …

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Alcohols As Alternatives To Petroleum For Environmentally Clean Fuels And Petrochemicals, Ti̇mur Doğu, Di̇lek Varişli Jan 2007

Alcohols As Alternatives To Petroleum For Environmentally Clean Fuels And Petrochemicals, Ti̇mur Doğu, Di̇lek Varişli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this review article, some of the challenging research areas related to the development of novel catalysts and catalytic processes for the chemical fixation of CO_2 by converting it to alcohols and ethers, and for the conversion of alcohols to olefins and other hydrocarbons are reviewed. Ethanol, methanol, and the ethers derived from them, such as DEE and DME, have good burning characteristics and may be considered attractive transportation fuel alternates. New processes for catalytic selective oxidation and dehydration of alcohols may open up new pathways for the production of olefins and other petrochemicals from non-petroleum feedstock. Developments in CO_2 …

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Examination Of Some Commercial Sorptive Organobentonites, Müşerref Önal Jan 2007

Examination Of Some Commercial Sorptive Organobentonites, Müşerref Önal

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

For controlling organophilic partition nanophase (OPN) formation in some commercial sorptive organobentonites (OBs), 4 sample were selected randomly and examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), element analysis (EA), and nitrogen adsorption/desorption (N_2-AD) techniques. Since the d(001) values of the OB samples are between 1.94 and 3.36 nm, the pseudotrilayer or paraffin-type alkylammonium configuration located between the 2:1 layers of smectites is dominant. The bending and stretching type FTIR bands of the smectite surface and alkylammonium cations (AACs) are evidence of the formation of the OPN in the OBs. …

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The Effect Of Ionic Electrolytes And Ph On The Zeta Potential Of Fine Coal Particles, Kemal Doymuş Jan 2007

The Effect Of Ionic Electrolytes And Ph On The Zeta Potential Of Fine Coal Particles, Kemal Doymuş

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Many environmental problems are attributed to coal combustion and utilization, a subject receiving increasing attention worldwide. Some of these problems could be minimized or even avoided if coal cleaning, properly applied, was considered an economical and effective technique for removing hazardous elements or reducing their concentrations before combustion. The coal samples used in this study were separated into particle sizes of 4, 12, and 40 mesh. Then these samples were subjected to sink-float treatment in a ZnCl_2 solution of 1.3 density. The sample used for zeta potential determination was prepared by grinding both sink and float coal samples down to …

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Synthesis Of New 5-Aryl Pyrido [3´, 2´: 4, 5] Thieno [2, 3-E] [1, 2, 3, 4] Tetrazolo [1, 5-C}] Pyrimidine Derivatives, Abolghasem Davoodnia, Mehdi Bakavoli, Mahsan Bashash, Mina Roshani, Rahele Zhiani Jan 2007

Synthesis Of New 5-Aryl Pyrido [3´, 2´: 4, 5] Thieno [2, 3-E] [1, 2, 3, 4] Tetrazolo [1, 5-C}] Pyrimidine Derivatives, Abolghasem Davoodnia, Mehdi Bakavoli, Mahsan Bashash, Mina Roshani, Rahele Zhiani

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The synthesis of new 5-arylpyrido [3', 2': 4, 5] thieno [2, 3-e][1, 2, 3, 4] tetrazolo[1, 5-c] pyrimidine derivatives is described.

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Catalytic Combustion Of Ethyl Acetate, Tuğba Gürmen Özçeli̇k, Süheyda Atalay, Erden Alpay Jan 2007

Catalytic Combustion Of Ethyl Acetate, Tuğba Gürmen Özçeli̇k, Süheyda Atalay, Erden Alpay

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The catalytic combustion of ethyl acetate over prepared metal oxide catalysts was investigated. CeO, Co_2O_3, Mn_2O_3, Cr_2O_3, and CeO-Co_2O_3 catalysts were prepared on monolith supports and they were tested. Before conducting the catalyst experiments, we searched for the homogeneous gas phase combustion reaction of ethyl acetate. According to the homogeneous phase experimental results, 45% of ethyl acetate was converted at the maximum reactor temperature tested (350 °C). All the prepared catalysts were tested in order to find the best catalyst for the complete combustion of ethyl acetate. According to the results, all these catalysts produced higher conversion rates than that …

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A Convenient And Efficient Synthesis Of N-Acylsulfonamides In The Presence Of Silica Phosphoric Acid Under Heterogeneous And Solvent-Free Conditions, Ahmad Reza Massah, Mina Dabagh, Maryam Afshar, Ahmad Reza Momeni, Hamid Aliyan, Hamid Javaherian Naghash Jan 2007

A Convenient And Efficient Synthesis Of N-Acylsulfonamides In The Presence Of Silica Phosphoric Acid Under Heterogeneous And Solvent-Free Conditions, Ahmad Reza Massah, Mina Dabagh, Maryam Afshar, Ahmad Reza Momeni, Hamid Aliyan, Hamid Javaherian Naghash

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Reaction of sulfonamides with carboxylic acid anhydrides and chlorides in the presence of silica phosphoric acid provided N-acyl sulfonamides in good to high yields. All reactions were performed under mild conditions in solvent-free and heterogeneous systems and the products were obtained in high purity after a simple work-up. Silica phosphoric acid could be reused for 3 times without visible loss of activity.

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Fused Heterocycles: Synthesis Of Some New Imidazopyridines As Anti-Mycobacterial Agents, Bi̇rgül Özden Kasimoğullari, Zafer Cesur Jan 2007

Fused Heterocycles: Synthesis Of Some New Imidazopyridines As Anti-Mycobacterial Agents, Bi̇rgül Özden Kasimoğullari, Zafer Cesur

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The reaction of semicarbazones bearing an imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ring system with mercaptoacetic acid was investigated. The anti-mycobacterial activity of the compounds thus obtained were evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H_{37}Rv, using rifampin as the standard. Only IVe showed activity at 6.25 \mu g mL^{-1}.

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Preconcentration Of Trace Elements On Amberlite Xad-4 Resin Functionalised With 1,2-Bis (O-Aminophenylthio) Ethane And Their Determination By Faas In Environmental Samples, Ömer Dalman, Volkan Numan Bulut, İsmai̇l Deği̇rmenci̇oğlu, Mehmet Tüfekçi̇ Jan 2007

Preconcentration Of Trace Elements On Amberlite Xad-4 Resin Functionalised With 1,2-Bis (O-Aminophenylthio) Ethane And Their Determination By Faas In Environmental Samples, Ömer Dalman, Volkan Numan Bulut, İsmai̇l Deği̇rmenci̇oğlu, Mehmet Tüfekçi̇

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The use of chemically modified XAD-4-1,2-bis (o-aminophenylthio) ethane chelating resin for preconcentrating Cr^{6+}, Mn^{2+}, Fe^{3+}, Co^{2+}, Cu^{2+}, Cd^{2+}, Zn^{2+}, Pb^{2+}, and Ni^{2+} was studied using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) for metal monitoring in environmental samples. Cd^{2+}, Zn^{2+}, Pb^{2+}, and Ni^{2+} ions were quantitatively recovered at the rate of 96.0%, 101.0%, 101.0%, and 95.0%, respectively (RSD < 5%), from the studied solutions. The procedure is based on the retention of analytes on a short column of 1,2-bis (o-aminophenylthio) ethane-XAD-4 chelating resin from a buffered sample solution and subsequent elution with 1 M HNO_3. Various parameters, such as pH, eluent type, and concentration, flow rate of sample solution and matrix interference effect on the retention of the metal ions have been studied. The optimum pH for the sorption of the above-mentioned metal ions was about 6. The adsorption and batch capacity of adsorbent and loading half time (t_{1/2}) for Ni^{2+}, Zn^{2+}, Cd^{2+}, and Pb^{2+} were established. The limit of detection was 3.0 \mu g L^{-1} for Pb^{2+} and Ni^{2+}, 0.6 \mu g L^{-1} for Cd^{2+}, and 0.3 \mu g L^{-1} for Zn^{2+}. The validation of the procedure was carried out by analysis of certified reference materials and standard addition. The proposed enrichment method was applied to environmental samples from Trabzon.

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Synthesis And Isolation Of 1-Cyclohex-1,2-Dien-1-Ylbenzene From 1-(2-Iodocyclohex-1-En-1-Yl)Benzene And 1-(2-Iodocyclohex-2-En-1-Yl)Benzene, Mustafa Ceylan, Yakup Budak, M. Burcu Gürdere, İrfan Özdemi̇r, Esra Findik Jan 2007

Synthesis And Isolation Of 1-Cyclohex-1,2-Dien-1-Ylbenzene From 1-(2-Iodocyclohex-1-En-1-Yl)Benzene And 1-(2-Iodocyclohex-2-En-1-Yl)Benzene, Mustafa Ceylan, Yakup Budak, M. Burcu Gürdere, İrfan Özdemi̇r, Esra Findik

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The key compounds, 1-(2-iodocyclohex-1-en-1-yl) benzene (12) and 1-(2-iodocyclohex-2-en-1-yl) benzene (13), for the generation of 1-cyclohex-1,2-dien-1-ylbezene (20) were synthesized starting with cyclohexanone. Separate reactions of 12 and 13 with KOtBu in benzene in a sealed tube at 180 °C gave 6 products: 1-cyclohex-1-en-1-ylbenzene (8), 2-phenylcyclohexanone (10), 1,8-diphenyl-2,3,4,4a,4b,5,6,7-octahydrobiphenylene (21), 8a-phenyl-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,8a-octahyd-rotriphenylene (22), 1,2-diphenylcyclohexene (23), and 1-(2-tert-butoxycyclohex-1-enyl) benzene (24). In addition, reactions of 12 and 13 under the same conditions in the presence of diphenylisobenzofuran and furan as trapping reagents afforded the [4 + 2] cyclo-adducts 30, 31, and 32 in good yields, respectively.

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Dinuclear Molybdenum Tetracarbonyl Complexes Of Tetradentate Nitrogen Ligands And Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding In The Crystal Structure Of N,N´-Bis-[1-(Pyridin-2-Yl)Ethylidene]-Ethane-1,2-Diamine, Ayfer Menteş, Seda Sezek, M. Emre Hanhan, Orhan Büyükgüngör Jan 2007

Dinuclear Molybdenum Tetracarbonyl Complexes Of Tetradentate Nitrogen Ligands And Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding In The Crystal Structure Of N,N´-Bis-[1-(Pyridin-2-Yl)Ethylidene]-Ethane-1,2-Diamine, Ayfer Menteş, Seda Sezek, M. Emre Hanhan, Orhan Büyükgüngör

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Multidentate N-ligands (Schiff bases) were prepared by the condensation of 2-acetylpyridine or 2-benzoylpyridine, and 1,2-diaminoethane or 1,6-diaminohexane (2:1 ratio) in ethanol. These ligands were reacted with Mo(CO)_6 to obtain dinuclear metal tetracarbonyl compounds. Both terminal amine groups were seen to form imines from the reaction of mono-ketones with diamines in 2:1 or 1:1 ratios. The structures of these ligands and metal complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, and FT-IR, ^1H-NMR, ^{13}C-NMR, and LC-MS spectral techniques. N,N'-bis[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene]ethane-1, 2-diamine, which was obtained by the reaction of 2-acetylpyridine and 1,2-diaminoethane, was also characterized by single crystal X-ray structure analysis. The crystal packing is …

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Synthesis Of The Amide Derivatives Of 3-[1-(3-Pyridazinyl)-5-Phenyl-1h-Pyrazole-3-Yl]Propanoic Acids As Potential Analgesic Compounds, Erden Banoğlu, Murat Şüküroğlu, Burcu Çalişkan Ergün, Sultan Nacak Baytaş, Eda Aypar, Mustafa Ark Jan 2007

Synthesis Of The Amide Derivatives Of 3-[1-(3-Pyridazinyl)-5-Phenyl-1h-Pyrazole-3-Yl]Propanoic Acids As Potential Analgesic Compounds, Erden Banoğlu, Murat Şüküroğlu, Burcu Çalişkan Ergün, Sultan Nacak Baytaş, Eda Aypar, Mustafa Ark

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A series of structurally diverse amide derivatives of 3-[1-(3-pyridazinyl)-5-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-3-yl]propanoic acids were prepared and tested for their in vivo analgesic activity using an acetic acid induced writhing test. All the test compounds displayed approximately equipotent analgesic activity to aspirin. The results showed that the analgesic activity of 5a, 5f, 5n, and 5o is significantly higher than that of 5d.

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Elliptical Micro-Ring Organic Lasers, P. R. Korade, John Ballato, R, V. Gregory Jan 2007

Elliptical Micro-Ring Organic Lasers, P. R. Korade, John Ballato, R, V. Gregory

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Multimode laser action was observed from optically excited 2,5-dioctyloxy poly(para-phenylene-vinylene), DOO-PPV, micro-rings coaxially deposited around glass optical fibres of elliptical cross-section. The laser emission was found to be dependent upon the incident angle of the excitation and exhibited linewidths of approximately 1.2 Å, quality factors (Q) exceeding 5000, and thresholds below 0.3 μJ pulse. Such elliptical organic micro-ring lasers offer increased tailorability in emission properties over more conventional analogues of circular cross-section. Also discussed is the potential for such low-threshold lasers to serve as integrated sources for fibre lasers and amplifiers.

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In Vivo Imaging Of Transport And Biocompatibility Of Single Silver Nanoparticles In Early Development Of Zebrafish Embryos, Kerry J. Lee, Prakash D. Nallathamby, Lauren M. Browning, Christopher J. Osgood, Xiao-Hong Nancy Xu Jan 2007

In Vivo Imaging Of Transport And Biocompatibility Of Single Silver Nanoparticles In Early Development Of Zebrafish Embryos, Kerry J. Lee, Prakash D. Nallathamby, Lauren M. Browning, Christopher J. Osgood, Xiao-Hong Nancy Xu

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Real-time study of the transport and biocompatibility of nanomaterials in early embryonic development at single-nanoparticle resolution can offer new knowledge about the delivery and effects of nanomaterials in vivo, and provide new insights into molecular transport mechanisms in developing embryos. In this study, we directly characterized the transport of single silver nanoparticles into an in vivo model system (zebrafish embryos) and investigated their effects on early embryonic development at single-nanoparticle resolution in real time. We designed highly purified and stable (not aggregated and no photodecomposition) nanoparticles and developed single-nanoparticle optics and in vivo assays to enable the study. We …

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Tio2 Breakdown Under Pulsed Conditions, G. Zhao, R. P. Joshi, V. K. Lakdawala, E. Schamiloglu, H. Hjalmarson Jan 2007

Tio2 Breakdown Under Pulsed Conditions, G. Zhao, R. P. Joshi, V. K. Lakdawala, E. Schamiloglu, H. Hjalmarson

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Model studies of current conduction and breakdown in TiO2 were carried out. Our simulation results indicate that electrical breakdown of TiO2 under multiple-pulsed conditions can occur at lower voltages as compared to quasi-dc biasing. This is in agreement with recent experimental data and is indicative of a cumulative phenomena. We demonstrate that the lower breakdown voltages observed in TiO2 under pulsed conditions is a direct rise-time effect, coupled with successive detrapping at the grain boundaries. 2007 American Institute of Physics.

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Inactive Sulfide Mounds Of The Manus Basin: Invertebrate Composition And Potential For A Chemoautotrophic Food Web, Kristin Lynn Erickson Jan 2007

Inactive Sulfide Mounds Of The Manus Basin: Invertebrate Composition And Potential For A Chemoautotrophic Food Web, Kristin Lynn Erickson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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A Mössbauer Spectral Study Of The Gdco₄₋ₓfeₓb Compounds, Fernande Grandjean, Raphäel P. Hermann, Eustachy S. Popiel, Gary J. Long Jan 2007

A Mössbauer Spectral Study Of The Gdco₄₋ₓfeₓb Compounds, Fernande Grandjean, Raphäel P. Hermann, Eustachy S. Popiel, Gary J. Long

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The iron-57 Mössbauer spectra of the GdCo4-xFexB compounds, where x is 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 1, 2, 2.5, and 2.6, have been measured at room temperature and reveal relatively small iron hyperfine fields of approximately 12-18 T, relatively large quadrupole interactions of approximately +0.9 and -1 mm/s, and three very different types of spectra for x=0.10 and 0.15, x=0.25, 1, and 2, and x=2.5 and 2.6. The differences result from both the different easy magnetization directions in these compounds and the different cobalt and/or iron occupancies of the crystallographic 2c and 6i sites. The spectra have …

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Quantification Of Steroid Sex Hormones Using Solid-Phase Extraction Followed By Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Youssef Filali-Meknassi, Muriel Auriol, Craig D. Adams, Rao Y. Surampalli Jan 2007

Quantification Of Steroid Sex Hormones Using Solid-Phase Extraction Followed By Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Youssef Filali-Meknassi, Muriel Auriol, Craig D. Adams, Rao Y. Surampalli

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this study, the occurrence of trace amounts of natural and synthetic steroid estrogens in the aquatic environment was studied using liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray mass spectrometry, following solid-phase extraction (SPE). the SPE was performed with C18 and NH2 cartridges. the first objective was to develop a reliable method for analyzing steroid estrogens (resulting from human and animal excretions) in different matrices. the method developed was then applied to quantify the occurrence of natural and synthetic hormones (estrone [E1], 17β-estradiol [βE2], 17α-estradiol [αE2], estriol [E3], and 17α-ethinylestradiol [EE2]) in environmental samples in surface water and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) …

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Mlds: A Flexible Location Directory Service For Tiered Sensor Networks, Sangeeta Bhattacharya, Chien-Liang Fok, Chenyang Lu, Gruia-Catalin Roman Jan 2007

Mlds: A Flexible Location Directory Service For Tiered Sensor Networks, Sangeeta Bhattacharya, Chien-Liang Fok, Chenyang Lu, Gruia-Catalin Roman

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Many emergent distributed sensing applications need to keep track of mobile entities across multiple sensor networks connected via an IP network. To simplify the realization of such applications, we present MLDS, a Multi-resolution Location Directory Service for tiered sensor networks. MLDS provides a rich set of spatial query services ranging from simple queries about entity location, to complex nearest neighbor queries. Furthermore, MLDS supports multiple query granularities which allow an application to achieve the desired tradeoff between query accuracy and communication cost. We implemented MLDS on Agimone, a unified middleware for sensor and IP networks. We then deployed and evaluated …

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Real-Time Query Scheduling For Wireless Sensor Networks, Octav Chipara, Chenyang Lu, Gruia-Catalin Roman Jan 2007

Real-Time Query Scheduling For Wireless Sensor Networks, Octav Chipara, Chenyang Lu, Gruia-Catalin Roman

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Recent years have seen the emergence of wireless sensor network (WSN) systems that require high data rate real-time communication. This paper proposes Real-Time Query Scheduling (RTQS), a novel approach to conflict-free transmission scheduling for real-time queries in WSNs. We show that there is an inherent trade-off between prioritization and throughput in conflict-free query scheduling. RTQS provides three new real-time scheduling algorithms. The non-preemptive query scheduling algorithm achieves high throughput while introducing priority inversions. The preemptive query scheduling algorithm eliminates priority inversion at the cost of reduced throughput. The slack stealing query scheduling algorithm combines the benefits of preemptive and non-preemptive …

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Extending Bpel For Interoperable Pervasive Computing, Gregory Hackmann, Christopher Gill, Christopher Gill, Gruia-Catalin Roman Jan 2007

Extending Bpel For Interoperable Pervasive Computing, Gregory Hackmann, Christopher Gill, Christopher Gill, Gruia-Catalin Roman

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

The widespread deployment of mobile devices like PDAs and mobile phones has created a vast computation and communication platform for pervasive computing applications. However, these devices feature an array of incompatible hardware and software architectures, discouraging ad-hoc interactions among devices. The Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) allows users in wired computing settings to model applications of significant complexity, leveraging Web standards to guarantee interoperability. However, BPEL's inflexible communication model effectively prohibits its deployment on the kinds of dynamic wireless networks used by most pervasive computing devices. This paper presents extensions to BPEL that address these restrictions, transforming BPEL into a …

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A Duality Theory With Zero Duality Gap For Nonlinear Programming, Yixin Chen Jan 2007

A Duality Theory With Zero Duality Gap For Nonlinear Programming, Yixin Chen

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Duality is an important notion for constrained optimization which provides a theoretical foundation for a number of constraint decomposition schemes such as separable programming and for deriving lower bounds in space decomposition algorithms such as branch and bound. However, the conventional duality theory has the fundamental limit that it leads to duality gaps for nonconvex optimization problems, especially discrete and mixed-integer problems where the feasible sets are nonconvex. In this paper, we propose a novel extended duality theory for nonlinear optimization that overcomes some limitations of previous dual methods. Based on a new dual function, the extended duality theory leads …

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Mercury Blast Dictionaries: Analysis And Performance Measurement, Jeremy Buhler Jan 2007

Mercury Blast Dictionaries: Analysis And Performance Measurement, Jeremy Buhler

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This report describes a hashing scheme for a dictionary of short bit strings. The scheme, which we call near-perfect hashing, was designed as part of the construction of Mercury BLAST, an FPGA-based accelerator for the BLAST family of biosequence comparison algorithms. Near-perfect hashing is a heuristic variant of the well-known displacement hashing approach to building perfect hash functions. It uses a family of hash functions composed from linear transformations on bit vectors and lookups in small precomputed tables, both of which are especially appropriate for implementation in ardware logic. We show empirically that for inputs derived from genomic DNA sequences, …

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Network Access In A Diversified Internet, M. Wilson, F. Kuhns, J. Turner Jan 2007

Network Access In A Diversified Internet, M. Wilson, F. Kuhns, J. Turner

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There is a growing interest in virtualized network infrastructures as a means to enable experimental evaluation of new network architectures on a realistic scale. The National Science Foundation's GENI initiative seeks to develop a national experimental facility that would include virtualized network platforms that can support many concurrent experimental networks. Some researchers seek to make virtualization a central architectural component of a future Internet, so that new network architectures can be introduced at any time, without the barriers to entry that currently make this difficult. This paper focuses on how to extend the concept of virtualized networking through LAN-based access …

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Optimal Discrete Rate Adaptation For Distributed Real-Time Systems With End-To-End Tasks, Yingming Chen, Chenyang Lu, Xenofon Koutsoukos Jan 2007

Optimal Discrete Rate Adaptation For Distributed Real-Time Systems With End-To-End Tasks, Yingming Chen, Chenyang Lu, Xenofon Koutsoukos

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Many distributed real-time systems face the challenge of dynamically maximizing system utility in response to fluctuations in system workload. We present the MultiParametric Rate Adaptation (MPRA) algorithm for discrete rate adaptation in distributed real-time systems with end-to-end tasks. The key novelty and advantage of MPRA is that it can efficiently produce optimal solutions in response to workload changes such as dynamic task arrivals. Through oline preprocessing MPRA transforms a NP-hard utility optimization problem to a set of simple linear functions in different regions expressed in term of CPU utilization changes caused by workload variations. At run time MPRA produces optimal …

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Fair Efficiency, Or Low Average Delay Without Starvation, Christoph Jechlitschek, Sergey Gorinsky Jan 2007

Fair Efficiency, Or Low Average Delay Without Starvation, Christoph Jechlitschek, Sergey Gorinsky

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Elastic applications are primarily interested in minimal delay achievable for their messages under current network load. In this paper, we investigate how to transmit such messages over a bottleneck link efficiently and fairly. While SRPT (Shortest Remaining Processing Time) is an optimally efficient algorithm that minimizes average delay of messages, large messages might starve under SRPT in heavy load conditions. PS (Processor Sharing) and ViFi (Virtual Finish Time First) are fair but yield higher average delays than under SRPT. We explore the class of fair algorithms further and prove that no online algorithm in this class is optimally efficient. Then, …

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