scholarly journals Comparison Of Empirical Models For Estimating The Mineralization Potential Of Soil Nitrogen

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1189-1202
Author(s):  
Zoubeir Bensid
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Mineralization ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
The Other ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Mineralization Process ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Significant Difference

Modeling is an attempt to describe a natural event mathematically.  The modeling of N mineralization process has a dual interest, agronomical and ecological.  The objective of this study is to evaluate several mathematical models to describe the nitrogen mineralization process of soil samples. These samples were collected from 34 sites spatially distributed in the semi-arid region of El-Madher (the Aures area, north-east of Algeria). Using an auger, the systematic surveys have been carried out and composite samples of soils were collected in the field, and subjected to physical and chemical analyzes. In order to track the kinetic organic nitrogen mineralization, similar samples were collected and taken into cool boxes have been incubated in laboratory, sieved (2 mm) and stored at 4°C before use and then incubated at 28°C for 56 weeks. To facilate comparison, all results have been statistically analyzed, by nonlinear regression and analysis of variance method. Four empirical models were tested to fitt the value found experimentally. The linear kinetics model Nm=k t Ni, the single first-order kinetics model (MI) Nm = Ni e-kt + No (1 - e-kt), the double first-order and the exponential kinetics model (MII) Nm=Ni e-kt + No (1 - e-kt) + e-ht and the hyperbolic kinetics model (MH) Nm=NoH.t/(Tc+t) Ni were used to simulate the cumulative mineralized N (NH4+-N and NO3- -N) in the laboratory incubation. In order to test the performance and robustness of the different models three goodness of fit (coefficient of determination R2, Root Mean Square RMS and Mean Relative Error RMSE) were used. Moreover, the parameters obtained by the different models determined the predictions of nitrogen mineralization. The best results were obtained using the double first-order and exponential kinetics model. The results showed no significant difference between nitrogen mineralized for 56 weeks and nitrogen predicted by various models. However, the N predicted by the MII appears to be the best compared to other models. Indeed, the overestimation of nitrogen potentially mineralizable (N0) obtained by this model was relatively lower than other models. This has been confirmed by the study of multiple correlations between net mineral nitrogen and nitrogen predicted by each model. Thus, the results obtained showed a strong positive correlation between mineralized nitrogen values and those of nitrogen predicted by the different models. The correlation coefficients values indicate the folowing order MII (r = 0.878)> MI (r = 0.748)> MH (r = 0.709). The MII model has, therefore, highlighted that two pools of organic matter that mineralize simultaneously were detected in soil. One pool is stable and the other one is labile. One pool evolves with first-order kinetics and the other with exponential kinetics.

scholarly journals Kinetic Profiling of the Hydrolytic Reaction of Benazepril: Metabolic Pathway Simulation

2018 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 1009-1013
Author(s):  
A Hemdan ◽  
Adel M Michael
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Enzyme Inhibitor ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Official Method ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Accuracy And Precision ◽  
Inhibitor Analysis ◽  
Hydrolytic Reaction ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract A simple, specific, and rapid kinetic study of benazepril (BNZ) hydrolysis was developed and validated using HPLC. BNZ was degraded using 0.1 N sodium hydroxide at room temperature to produce benazeprilat, which is an active metabolite of BNZ and acts as an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Analysis was carried out using an Athena C18 column (4.6 × 250 mm, 5 µm particle size). The mobile phase consists of a mixture of phosphate buffer (pH 4.5) and acetonitrile (53 + 47, v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. UV detection was accomplished at 242 nm using moexipril as the internal standard. The method was validated according to International Conference on Harmonization guidelines, and the calibration curve was linear over the range 10–100 µg/mL, with acceptable accuracy and precision. Kinetic profiling of the hydrolysis was shown to follow pseudo-first-order kinetics. The method was applied to the assay of BNZ in combined dosage form with no interference from other ingredients. The obtained results were statistically compared with those of the official method, showing no significant difference.

scholarly journals Zinc(II) and copper(II) complexes with pheophytin and mesoporphyrin and their stability to UV-B irradiation: Vis spectroscopy studies

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Zvezdanovic ◽  
Dejan Markovic ◽  
Sanja Milenkovic
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Order ◽  
Absorbance Spectroscopy ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Porphyrin Derivatives ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Photochemical Decomposition ◽  
Spectroscopy Studies ◽  
The One

Stability of Zn(II) and Cu(II) complexes of porphyrin derivatives (pheophytin and mesoporphyrin) to UV-B -irradiation has been studied by absorbance spectroscopy in 95% ethanol. The chosen porphyrins as well as their heavy metal complexes undergo photochemical decomposition obeying first-order kinetics. In general, pheophytin is more stable than mesoporphyrin to UV-B irradiation. On the other hand, stability of Zn(II)-complex is smaller than Cu(II)-complex both for pheophytin and mesoporphyrin; however while Cu(II)-complex with pheophytin is more stable than the one with mesoporphyrin, with Zn(II)-complex the situation is vice versa.

Thermal reactions of mesityl oxide

1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 955 ◽  
Author(s):  
NJ Daly ◽  
MF Gilligan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Methyl Bromide ◽  
Hydrogen Bromide ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mesityl Oxide ◽  
Thermal Reactions ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics

Mesityl oxide (4-methylpent-3-en-2-one) thermally decomposes in the range 412-490� give methylbutenes, carbon monoxide, isobutene, and methane as major products. The initial 20% of reaction follows first- order kinetics and is described by the equation k1 = 1014.22exp(-63240/RT) s-1. A Rice-Herzfeld chain is proposed. Addition of hydrogen bromide leads to two reactions, one producing isobutene, carbon monoxide, and methyl bromide, and the other leading to polymerization. Likely steps in the polymerization are proposed.

scholarly journals Hepatic uptake and metabolism of galactose can be quantified in vivo by 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxygalactose positron emission tomography

2008 ◽  
Vol 295 (1) ◽  
pp. G27-G36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sørensen ◽  
Ole Lajord Munk ◽  
Frank Viborg Mortensen ◽  
Aage Kristian Olsen ◽  
Dirk Bender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Removal Rate ◽  
Hepatic Uptake ◽  
Metabolic Clearance ◽  
Blood Concentrations ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Saturation Kinetics ◽  
Uptake And Metabolism

Metabolism of galactose is a specialized liver function. The purpose of this PET study was to use the galactose analog 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxygalactose (FDGal) to investigate hepatic uptake and metabolism of galactose in vivo. FDGal kinetics was studied in 10 anesthetized pigs at blood concentrations of nonradioactive galactose yielding approximately first-order kinetics (tracer only; n = 4), intermediate kinetics (0.5–0.6 mmol galactose/l blood; n = 2), and near-saturation kinetics (>3 mmol galactose/l blood; n = 4). All animals underwent liver C15O PET (blood volume) and FDGal PET (galactose kinetics) with arterial and portal venous blood sampling. Flow rates in the hepatic artery and the portal vein were measured by ultrasound transit-time flowmeters. The hepatic uptake and net metabolic clearance of FDGal were quantified by nonlinear and linear regression analyses. The initial extraction fraction of FDGal from blood-to-hepatocyte was unity in all pigs. Hepatic net metabolic clearance of FDGal, KFDGal, was 332–481 ml blood·min−1·l−1 tissue in experiments with approximately first-order kinetics and 15.2–21.8 ml blood·min−1·l−1 tissue in experiments with near-saturation kinetics. Maximal hepatic removal rates of galactose were on average 600 μmol·min−1·l−1 tissue (range 412–702), which was in agreement with other studies. There was no significant difference between KFDGal calculated with use of the dual tracer input (KdualFDGal) or the single arterial input (KarterialFDGal). In conclusion, hepatic galactose kinetics can be quantified with the galactose analog FDGal. At near-saturated kinetics, the maximal hepatic removal rate of galactose can be calculated from the net metabolic clearance of FDGal and the blood concentration of galactose.

scholarly journals Quantitative analysis of proton-linked transport system. β-Galactoside exit in Escherichia coli

1980 ◽  
Vol 188 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
I R Booth ◽  
W A Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Solute Accumulation ◽  
External Ph

The exit of lactose and thiomethyl-beta-D-galactoside from Escherichia coli ML308-225 has been studied to determine the role of carrier-dependent (zero-trans efflux) and carrier-independent (leak) processes. On the basis of its sensitivity to p-chloromercuribenzene sulphonate the exit of lactose was found to be almost wholly mediated by the carrier. Consistent with this conclusion was the finding that the rate of exit of this sugar was dependent on the external pH, being considerably slower at acid pH. On the other hand exit of thiomethyl-beta-D-galactoside was found to be composed of both carrier-dependent and carrier-independent processes. Both processes exhibited first-order kinetics with the rate constants for zero-trans efflux and leak being 0.137 min-1 and 0.079 min-1, respectively. The relevance of these findings for out earlier proposal for the methods of attenuation of solute accumulation is discussed [Booth, Mitchell & Hamilton (1979) Biochem. J. 182, 687–696].

Decolourization of Methylene Blue by Persulfate

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Wei Hu ◽  
Shen Xin Li ◽  
Cheng Duan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Uv Irradiation ◽  
Reaction Temperature ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Dye Wastewater ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Pseudo First Order

The decolourization of dye wastewater by persulfate was studied using methylene blue as a model dye wastewater. Effects of several parameters, such as dose of oxidant, ionic strength, pH, temperature and UV irradiation, were investigated in detail. The results showed that the decolourization reaction of methylene blue by persulfate could be fitted to a pseudo-first order kinetics model. In addition, when the oxidant amount used is 2 times of methylene blue, pH 3.43 and reaction temperature for 60°C, after uv light under the irradiation of 20 min, methylene blue decolorization rate can reach more than 98%. The results are useful for the treatment of dye wastewater.

scholarly journals A multicompartmental model to describe marker excretion patterns in ruminant faeces

1985 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Dhanoa ◽  
R. C. Siddons ◽  
J. France ◽  
D. L. Gale
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Exponential Term ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Multicompartmental Model ◽  
Double Exponential ◽  
Outflow Rate ◽  
Single Exponential ◽  
Cattle And Sheep

1. A multicornpartmental model, which assumes first-order kinetics, is proposed to describe digesta flow along the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants.2. Solution of the model yields a multiplicative equation, containing a single-exponential term and a double-exponential term, for describing faecal outflow rate.3. The logarithmic transformation of the equation was fitted to eighty-two excretion curves obtained after the administration of marker into the rumen of cattle and sheep, and compared with other published models.4. It was found to be superior to the other models in that it fitted all the data sets successfully.

Decolourization of Kiscolon Scarlet 2KN by Persulfate

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 256-260
Author(s):  
Wei Hu ◽  
Shen Xin Li ◽  
Wang Ying ◽  
Cheng Duan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Uv Irradiation ◽  
Reaction Temperature ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Dye Wastewater ◽  
First Order ◽  
Decolorization Rate ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Pseudo First Order

The decolourization of dye wastewater by persulfate was studied using kiscolon scarlet2KN as a model dye wastewater. Effects of several parameters, such as dose of oxidant, pH, temperature and UV irradiation, were investigated in detail. The results showed that the decolourization reaction of kiscolon scarlet2KN by persulfate could be fitted to a pseudo-first order kinetics model. In addition, when the oxidant amount used is 70 times of kiscolon scarlet2KN, pH 5.71 and reaction temperature for 70°C, kiscolon scarlet2KN decolorization rate can reach more than 98%. The results are useful for the treatment of dye wastewater.Keywords:Kiscolon scarlet 2KN, Decolourization, Persulfate

Efficient degradation of tetracycline by ultraviolet-based activation of peroxymonosulfate and persulfate

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiamin Hu ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Qingguo Wang ◽  
Qian Ye ◽  
Hao Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degradation Kinetics ◽  
Oxidative Capacity ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Primary Radical ◽  
First Order ◽  
Uv Illumination ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Pseudo First Order ◽  
The Difference

Abstract In this study, the difference in oxidative capacity for removing antibiotics and the mechanism between the Cu(II)/peroxymonosulfate (PMS)/UV and Cu(II)/persulfate (PDS)/UV systems were compared under various conditions. The optimal Cu(II) concentration in the Cu(II)/PMS/UV system was 30 μM, and in the Cu(II)/PDS/UV system was 50 μM. With the PMS or PDS concentration increasing, higher tetracycline (TC) degradation in these two systems occurred. Investigation on the mechanism revealed that •OH was the primary radical in the Cu(II)/PMS/UV system, while SO4−• was the primary radical in the Cu(II)/PDS/UV system where •OH also played an important role. In these two systems, it was observed that Cu(I) was generated by PMS or PDS activated via UV illumination; however, oxygen alone could not promote TC removal. The degradation of TC was increased with the increasing pH level. In addition, TC degradation in the Cu(II)/PMS/UV system followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics model during the entire reaction period. It was found that the TC degradation kinetics in the Cu(II)/PDS/UV system can be divided into two parts (0 to 7 min and 10 to 50 min) and these two parts had good agreement with the pseudo-first-order kinetics model, respectively.

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