Ecologic Study of Water Hardness and Cerebrovascular Mortality in Japan

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Miyake ◽  
Masayuki Iki
Keyword(s):  
Water Hardness ◽  
Ecologic Study

Evaluating complex mental health care in outpatient care in rural Lower Saxony: an ecologic study

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Bramesfeld ◽  
K Kopke ◽  
M Walle ◽  
J Radisch ◽  
D Büchtemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Outpatient Care ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Ecologic Study

DIP quality influenced by process water quality

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
DENNIS VOSS ◽  
HANS-JOACHIM PUTZ ◽  
SAMUEL SCHABEL
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Tension ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Water Hardness ◽  
Process Water ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Effects Of Ph ◽  
Contamination Levels

The need for deinking mills to reduce their fresh water consumption has resulted in higher loads of various contaminants in the process water. Lower recovered paper quality also leads to higher contamination levels in the mills. This higher load has an influence on achievable target brightness. The objective of the work was to determine and explain the main reasons for relatively poor deinked pulp quality or poor deinking potential based on the influence of recovered paper composition and process water quality. The process water parameters significantly affect the deinking potential of recovered paper. The test results showed the negative effects of increased water hardness. For standard recovered paper mixtures, flotation selectivity is higher with increasing flotation pH-value. Good results were realized for standard recovered paper with low hardness, low surface tension, and high pH-value. The results for recovered paper containing flexo newsprint could be slightly improved with low hardness, low surface tension, and low pH-value. The results of the test program using design of experiments showed interacting effects of pH-value and surface tension on luminosity and flotation selectivity.

The effects of water hardness on the hatching and viability of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) eggs

Aquaculture ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelito C. Gonzal ◽  
Emiliano V. Aralar ◽  
Josefina Ma.F. Pavico
Keyword(s):  
Silver Carp ◽  
Water Hardness ◽  
Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix

The Shortage of Benzathine Penicillin and Its Impact on Congenital Syphilis Incidence: An Ecologic Study in the City of Rio de Janeiro

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Ueleres Braga ◽  
Rachel Sarmeiro Araujo ◽  
Ana Sara Semeão de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Congenital Syphilis ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Benzathine Penicillin ◽  
Ecologic Study ◽  
Binomial Regression ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The City ◽  
Strength Of Association

Abstract Background The Pan American Health Organization indicates that increased incidence of congenital syphilis (CS) can be attributed to the lack of penicillin. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the benzathine penicillin shortage and the significant increase in the incidence of congenital syphilis in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2013 to 2017. Methods We used a mixed ecologic study design (temporal and multiple groups). Analysis units were the neighborhoods (spatial) and quarters (temporal) during those years. The study population consisted of CS patients who were living in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The benzathine penicillin supply measure for use in gestational syphilis considered the ratio between (1) the number of bottles dispensed to health facilities in each neighborhood and (2) the number of bottles necessary to treat pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis and their respective partners residing in each neighborhood. To evaluate the association between shortages and a significant increase in CS incidence, the negative-inflated zero-binomial regression model (longitudinal model) was used. Results During the study period, the incidence rate of CS in Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods was on average 19.6 per 1000 live births. In the simple analysis, shortage was associated with a 2.17-fold increase in the risk of a significant increase in CS incidence. After adjustment for the sufficient minimum set, the strength of association increased to 2.23 (95% confidence interval, 1.15–4.30). Conclusions We conclude that the benzathine penicillin shortage had an impact on the increase in the incidence of CS in Rio de Janeiro.

scholarly journals Rapid Water Softening with TEMPO-Oxidized/Phosphorylated Nanopapers

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Mautner ◽  
Thawanrat Kobkeatthawin ◽  
Florian Mayer ◽  
Christof Plessl ◽  
Selestina Gorgieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adsorption Capacity ◽  
Cellulose Nanofibrils ◽  
Water Hardness ◽  
Organic Liquids ◽  
Oxidized Cellulose ◽  
Water Softening ◽  
Aqueous Suspensions ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Exchange Resins ◽  
Very High

Water hardness not only constitutes a significant hazard for the functionality of water infrastructure but is also associated with health concerns. Commonly, water hardness is tackled with synthetic ion-exchange resins or membranes that have the drawbacks of requiring the awkward disposal of saturated materials and being based on fossil resources. In this work, we present a renewable nanopaper for the purpose of water softening prepared from phosphorylated TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (PT-CNF). Nanopapers were prepared from CNF suspensions in water (PT-CNF nanopapers) or low surface tension organic liquids (ethanol), named EPT-CNF nanopapers, respectively. Nanopaper preparation from ethanol resulted in a significantly increased porosity of the nanopapers enabling much higher permeances: more than 10,000× higher as compared to nanopapers from aqueous suspensions. The adsorption capacity for Ca2+ of nanopapers from aqueous suspensions was 17 mg g−1 and 5 mg g−1 for Mg2+; however, EPT-CNF nanopapers adsorbed more than 90 mg g−1 Ca2+ and almost 70 mg g−1 Mg2+. The higher adsorption capacity was a result of the increased accessibility of functional groups in the bulk of the nanopapers caused by the higher porosity of nanopapers prepared from ethanol. The combination of very high permeance and adsorption capacity constitutes a high overall performance of these nanopapers in water softening applications.

Effect of vegetation on limestone solution in a small High Arctic basin

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Ko Woo ◽  
Philip Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Partial Pressure ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Hardness ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Arctic Basin ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Total Hardness ◽  
Equilibrium Partial Pressure ◽  
Biogenic Carbon

To evaluate the effect of tundra vegetation on limestone solution processes, the present study was carried out in a small basin in southwestern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. A test reach was selected along the stream, and water samples were collected at regular intervals from a seepage point entering the reach, a soil water pit at the bottom of a vegetated slope along the test reach, and from the stream at the outlet of the reach. Hydrochemical characteristics of the samples were described by several measured and calculated variables including water temperature, pH, calcium and total hardness, bicarbonate concentration, equilibrium partial pressure of carbon dioxide, and indices of saturation with respect to calcite and dolomite. Throughout the growing season of 1975, all samples indicated higher concentrations in water hardness and in bicarbonate than those reported in nonvegetated areas of the Arctic. A rising trend was apparent in these data, with the concentrations reaching a seasonal maximum in late summer. These phenomena are attributed to the production of biogenic carbon dioxide, which increased the aggressiveness of the water. The partial pressure of carbon dioxide in soil water was directly increased by this process, while the addition of soil water to the stream caused noticeable downstream increase in partial pressure of carbon dioxide and a corresponding reduction in saturation with respect to calcite and to dolomite. The influence of vegetation was therefore very marked in both surface and in subsurface flows.

An Ecologic Study of Nitrate in Municipal Drinking Water and Cancer Incidence in Trnava District, Slovakia

2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Gulis ◽  
Monika Czompolyova ◽  
James R. Cerhan
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Ecologic Study
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