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Russett, Jill Lynne. "Women's perceptions of high risk drinking: Understanding binge drinking in a gender biased setting." W&M ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154159.
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Luo, Xianghua. "Formation studies on N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in natural waters." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4404.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 3, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Caudy, Michael S. "Explaining drinking patterns and heavy drinking among racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002143.
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Pariseau, Sarah Elizabeth King. "Powerful Spirits: Social Drinking in Eighteenth-Century Virginia." W&M ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626517.
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Bachmann, R. T. "Growth studies of an autochthonous drinking water microorganism : Aquabacterium commune." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486754.
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Results from the optimisation of the DPASV technique showed that a drop size of 4 appeared to give the best overall performance in terms of precision in multi-elemental (Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu) trace analysis. A deposition time of 60 s was sufficient to accurately determine the concentration of Zn, Cd, Pb and Cu between 1-200 ppb. It is suggested to use ultrapure 0.1M KNO3 instead of 3M KCI as electrolyte in the reference electrode to minimise sample contamination. 1/10 KM samples for multi-elemental analysis by ICP-MS should be diluted by a factor of 10 to ensure that the total dissolved solids concentration remains well below 0.2 % (w/v). Greater dilution factors may improve the accuracy of Na, Mg and K measurements but may result in a loss of elements present at low ppb concentrations. From studies on 1/1 KM it is concluded that the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ and subsequent formation of Fe(III)PO4 Fe(III) OOH and Fe2O3 can be considered the dominant precipitation reactions in autoclaved and non-autoclaved 1/1 KM. It was suggested that filter-sterilised FeSO4 should be added separately to the autoclaved, cooled medium in order to minimise the premature formation of Fe3+ precipitates as well as the oxidation of Fe2+ under oxic conditions. ICP-MS and DPASV results indicated that Zn concentration in 1/10 KM increases after autoclaving. Cadmium, Pb and Cu concentrations were found to be less than 0.1 ppb (near LoD). ICP-MS data have also shown that common borosilicate glass components such as B, Ba, Na, A1 and Zn are present at elevated levels. In order to avoid sample contamination in metal uptake studies it is recommended to use PP or Teflon. DPASV experiments with EDTA in a 3M buffer showed that 0.538 μM EDTA complexed 35 % less Pb2+ than theoretically possible. It is likely that heavy metal contaminants were present in the 3M buffer using up the remaining binding sites of the EDTA. The experiment in general demonstrated that DPASV is a suitable technique to study metal complexation and monitor the labile (bioavailable) metal fraction in aqueous solutions. The addition of 4 μM and 10 μM EDTA to non-autoclaved 1/10 KM resulted in a residual labile Zn2+ ion concentration of 0.8 and 0.3 nM, respectively. Labile Cd2+ and Pb2+ ion concentrations after EDTA addition were below the LoD. After autoclaving labile metal ions could not be detected, proving that EDTA retained its metal complexing capability. Based on ICP-MS and Visual MINTEQ results it is concluded that 10 μM EDTA was sufficient to complex Ca and Fe and prevent both from precipitating before and after autoclaving. However, 4 μM EDTA may be sufficient if FeSO4 is added to 1/10 KM after autoclaving.
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Ligon, Samantha M. "The Fashionable Set: The Feasibility of Social Tea Drinking in 1774." W&M ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626196.
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Northrop, Debra L. (Debra Lynn). "Lead in drinking water : analysis of a compliance project for NTNC schools." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69260.
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Ariga, Kenichi 1972. "Political institutions in rural drinking water provision : the case of Baybay, the Philippines." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63214.
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Hui, Rebecca (Rebecca C. ). "Visualizing and modeling Peri-Urban drinking water supply and planning in Pune, Maharashtra." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115692.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Page 128 blank.
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As cities grow and rural fringes are urbanized, an in-between village state is emerging, that scholars are attempting to categorize as "Peri-Urban". Yet there are no existing models to quantify the population movements, infrastructure needs, and social characteristics of this rapidly emerging condition. The lack of diagnosis for the Peri-Urban State leads to uneven distribution of water resources, pollution of surface and groundwater, and unclear administrative lines. This thesis presents a dialectical field research and Census data mapping approach for visualizing peri-urban and rurban patterns at the district (Zilla Parishad) scale using Pune district in Maharashtra as a case study. We adapt Census of India demographic definitions of the rural-urban dichotomy along with distance-based definitions used in Maharashtra, and compare them with Census data on water and sanitation services. Our key findings from our research are the following: From interviews with village Gram Panchayats, we create a framework for identifying peri-urban drivers and processes. Through GIS spatial analysis, we identify extensive settlement patterns and size relationships with access to amenities. District field research and interviews identified village concerns associated with four main spatial processes of peri-urbanization in Pune district: i) megacity growth; 2) highway corridor development; 3) industrial zone development; and 4) smaller block town (taluka) expansion. The analysis returned to the construction of 2 Indices for Pune Zilla Parishad: The Water Supply and Waste Index, and a Dire Situations Index. These findings and maps were then reviewed by the Pune Zilla Parishad, Maharashtra State Government, and the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation for feedback. Our frameworks are being evaluated for integration into Maharashtra's long-term water strategic planning. New, annually updated water and sanitation datasets at the national and state levels will make this combination of field and mapping research increasingly valuable for visualizing regional peri-urban and rurban conditions in the districts of India.
by Rebecca Hui.
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Stokkeland, Knut. "Studies on alcoholic liver disease /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-853-3/.
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Collins, Jennifer Cathryn. "Patterns of Family Connectedness and Trajectories of Problem Drinking." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1376928967.
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Sargent-Michaud, Jessica. "Arsenic in Drinking Water and Public Opinion on Wildlife Management as Case Studies Illustrating Natural Resource Policy." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2002. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/Sargent-MichaudJ2002.pdf.
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Ivanov, Josselyn. "Drinking fountains : the past and future of free public water in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99098.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Drinking fountains have a rich history as pieces of urban infrastructure in the United States. Installed in prominent public squares to reduce disease, help the poor, and promote a temperance agenda, early American drinking fountains often fulfilled dual roles as public art and functional public good. But today's drinking fountains, when installed at all, are purely utilitarian: undesigned in terms of both form and urban placement. Shoved between bathrooms and trashcans and usually broken, drinking fountains have fallen on hard times in the public realm. Many Americans express skepticism of public water sources, reflecting underlying attitudes about distrust of government and public infrastructure. There are compelling reasons to rethink our relationship with drinking fountains. Today, the United States confronts a new set of challenges: neglected urban spaces, lifestyle-related disease, privatization of public goods, socio-economic inequality, and plastic pollution. Drinking fountains may be uniquely suited to help confront these problems by cutting down on bottle waste, providing accessible water for homeless populations, reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, facilitating exercise, and adding interest and beauty to public spaces - but they will only be able to achieve these goals through thoughtful design and maintenance. In surveys, people were more likely to drinking from outdoor drinking fountains if they believed that they were clean, safe, and beautiful; the importance of appeal in decision-making has been understood by corporations like Coca-Cola for decades, but has been little-considered in promoting public water. Further, drinking fountains, seemingly insignificant urban elements, are key indicators of cultural attitudes about the public good: do we care only for ourselves and our families, or do we pool our resources and work together to bring benefits to the entire community? Addressing the problems in current American drinking fountains and drinking fountain perceptions could elevate them to address some of today's most pressing problems.
by Josselyn Ivanov.
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Ikegami, Takao. "Problems of municipal drinking water supply and evaluation of a chlorinated by-products policy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74774.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.
Bibliography: leaves 75-84.
by Takao Ikegami.
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Pratt, David Camak. "The Sacred Ginmill Closes: Heavy Drinking, White Masculinity and the Hard-Boiled Detective in American Culture." W&M ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1516639674.
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Through close readings of fiction, film, and television, “The Sacred Ginmill Closes” provides a cultural history of the heavy-drinking hard-boiled detective in his twentieth-century cultural prime. Emergent in the Prohibition era, hard-boiled fiction comprised a cultural response to both the real and imagined effects of national prohibition. In portraying the Prohibition era’s corrupt and violent public sphere, early hard-boiled fiction by authors like Dashiell Hammett contrasted heavy drinking masculine authority figures, often private detectives, with transgressively greedy and excessively thirsty women whose participation in the public sphere and in masculine behaviors like heavy drinking represented both the cause and ongoing effects of the temperance movement’s culminating legislative success. Having helped to pass a Constitutional amendment, temperance women were perceived not only to have eliminated the saloon, the semi-public space for masculine homosocial conviviality. According to the alcoholic semiotics of hard-boiled detective fiction, women also corrupted the public sphere by infusing that previously masculine sphere with transgressive feminine greed, represented by the excessive alcoholic thirst of the genre’s femmes fatales. The gendered semiotics of heavy drinking in hard-boiled detective fiction outlived the genre’s origins in the Prohibition era. Raymond Chandler’s post-Repeal novels cemented the symbolic role of the alcoholic femme fatale, and she and the heavy-drinking detective survived through the post-World War II era despite (and in fact because of) changing ideas about heavy drinking that gained prominence along with the mutual help organization Alcoholics Anonymous. The racial erasures in the genre’s nostalgia for an imagined masculine saloon past were of little consequence for heavy-drinking hard-boiled masculinity’s continued cultural relevance through the mid-twentieth century. By the mid-1970s, however, second-wave feminism and new public health concerns about the harm heavy drinkers caused others fundamentally challenged the moral authority of the heavy-drinking hard-boiled masculine hero. While heavy-drinking detectives like Lawrence Block’s private eye Matthew Scudder grappled with the social harm of which they were capable when drinking, hard-boiled detectives also fought increasingly against masculine serial-killer antagonists rather than the femmes fatales that once had been the genre’s very embodiment of corruption and violence. The proliferation of hard-boiled women detectives since the late twentieth century, and especially heavy-drinking women detectives in recent texts like the HBO series True Detective, suggest that the gendered alcoholic semiotics of mid-twentieth century hard-boiled detective fiction no longer reflect widely shared ideas about white American masculinity and femininity.
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Lindqvist, Ann-Sophie. "Nandrolone decanoate, behaviour and brain : animal experimental studies /." Göteborg : Dep. of Psychology, Univ., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/68.
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Radford, Peter. "“Drinking Deeply with Delight”: An Investigation of Transformative Images in Isaiah 1 and 65-66." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2016. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/386339.
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ReligionPh.D.
This project examines the images used in the beginning and ending chapters of Isaiah. The purpose of this project is to trace the transformation of specific images from their introduction in Isaiah 1 to their re-interpretation in Isaiah 65-66. While this analysis uses the verbal parallels (shared vocabulary) as a starting point, the present project seeks to move beyond the analysis of verbal parallels. The discovery and analysis of these transformed images forges a deeper connection between the first and last chapters of Isaiah. The three images are as follows: The first image occurs in Isaiah 1:2-4 where YHWH is described as a spurned parent. This image is transformed and reinterpreted in Isaiah 66:13 where YHWH is described as a comforting mother. The second image occurs in Isaiah 1:15 which pictures YHWH as an unresponsive deity. This image is transformed in Isaiah 65:24 where YHWH is presented as an attentive god. The third image occurs in 1:21 where Zion is pictured as a prostitute. This image is transformed in 66:10-11 where Jerusalem is presented as a birthing and nursing mother. On this basis the present project proposes a rhetorical and literary purpose behind the repetition/transformation of images in Isaiah 65-66. These purposes are explored in conjunction with the analysis of each image. In addition, this project identifies effective reading strategies for the book as a whole and contributes to a growing trend that sees Isaiah as a literary unity.
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Schuler, Catherine B. "Peer Evaluations of College Women’s Heavy Drinking as Portrayed on Instagram." Xavier University Psychology / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1621268695886851.
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Li, Sylvana Y. "Chlorine Transport and Decay Studies of a Pilot-Scale Drinking Water Distribution Dead End Pipe System." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin974838364.
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Brumback, Tyler. "Priming Expectancies: Effects on Neurophysiological Indices of Expectancy Violations and Drinking Behavior." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3535.
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Investigations of the anticipated effects of alcohol indicate that cognitive frameworks are highly correlated with drinking and other variables associated with alcohol use, explaining up to 50% of the variance in drinking outcomes (Goldman, Darkes, & Del Boca, 1999; Goldman, 2002; Goldman et al., 2006; Goldman, Reich, & Darkes, 2006). Furthermore, alcohol expectancies appear to mediate the relationship between a variety of risk factors, such as sensation seeking, and alcohol outcomes (Darkes, Greenbaum, & Goldman, 2004). The current study examined the relationship of these cognitive networks with a physiological index of expectancy violation
Participants were presented with statements reflecting a wide range of alcohol outcome effects, which either violated or confirmed the participant’s own set of alcohol expectancies, while the ERPs evoked by these stimuli were recorded. As predicted, the P300 amplitude elicited by negative alcohol expectancy stimuli was positively correlated with the degree of endorsement of positive/arousing expectancies on the self-report measure. That is, the higher the individual’s positive/arousing expectancies, the larger the P300 elicited by stimuli asserting the negative effects of alcohol. There was no significant correlation, however, between P300 amplitude elicited by positive alcohol expectancy stimuli and the degree of endorsement of negative/sedating expectancies on the selfreport measure.
In addition, individual differences relating to alcohol expectancies were examined as well. These results were able to identify specific stimuli that violated expectancies for each individual, as well as those that tended to violate expectancies in systematic ways across subjects. These findings provide a way forward for more precise assessment and prediction based on the well developed cognitive model of Alcohol Expectancies.
In sum, variations in the amplitude of the P300 were consistent with the model of Alcohol Expectancies. Words imputing negative/sedating effects of alcohol elicited a large P300 in individuals with higher positive alcohol expectancies. By indexing the brain’s electrophysiological response sensitive to expectancy violations, these findings demonstrate concordance between verbal measures of alcohol expectancies, which by their very nature are introspective, and a psychophysiological index of expectancy thought to operate automatically and to be independent of overt responding.
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Soloski, Kristy Lee. "Identifying and predicting trajectories of binge drinking from adolescence to young adulthood." Diss., Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17326.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Family Studies and Human Services
Jared A. Durtschi and Sandra M. Stith
Early binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks on a single occasion) is associated with a greater risk of later substance abuse or dependence, and other non-alcohol related problems in adulthood, (e.g., adult civil or criminal convictions). Identifying alcohol use trajectories has mainly been limited to within single developmental periods (i.e., adolescence or emerging adulthood) or between developmental periods up until around the legal drinking age. Using N = 1,864 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) dataset, this paper sought to identify trajectories of binge drinking beginning in adolescence and into adulthood using growth mixture modeling. Family factors (e.g., parent-child communication, shared activities, connectedness, and parental control) were used to predict the various trajectories. Two class trajectories were identified, a low initial-escalating group (87%), and a high initial-deescalating group (13%). Being male and having more close friends using alcohol were predictive of a greater likelihood of being in the high initial-deescalating group. Results can inform therapeutic interventions in an effort to affect an adolescent’s trajectory of use and reduce the risk of long-term heavy alcohol use.
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Fube, Lum M. "Predictors of Binge Drinking in High School Youths in Montgomery County, Maryland." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5336.
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Underage drinking is a major problem in the United States, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. About 43,000 deaths a year result from binge drinking in youths at a cost of $24 billion in 2010 to the U.S. economy. The purpose of this quantitative dissertation was to examine the predictors of binge drinking in high school youths in a highly racial diverse community of Montgomery County, Maryland. The social ecological model was the theoretical framework used for this study due to the presence of both personal and contextual factors that influence behavior. Using binary logistic regression to analyze data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System 2014, the association between being bullied, suicidality, substance use, protective factors, and binge drinking was tested. Results from single models indicated that there was an association with all independent variables predicting binge drinking. Based on effect size, Asians had the highest risk (For RQ1, OR =3.57; RQ2, OR= 3.08; RQ4, OR=1.72) of binge drinking for all independent variables except marijuana use in which Blacks had the highest risk; OR = 2.02. In the combined model, the results were that adolescents 14 or 15 years old making up 49.3% of the population had the highest risk of binge drinking; OR = 3.184. The results of this study could be used to promote positive social change by highlighting more efficient intervention programs to prevent adolescents from binge drinking and could also enable county and state Public Health officials to design programs to properly allocate resources based on evidence and need, especially in racially diverse communities.
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Carter, Ashlee C. "Cue reactivity and the role of social alcohol expectancies in the college-aged drinking population." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001809.
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Santana, Mark Vincent Eli. "The Effect of Urbanization on the Embodied Energy of Drinking Water in Tampa, Florida." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5772.
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Increasing urbanization has serious implications for resource and energy use. One of these resources is drinking water. The increased amount of impervious surfaces associated with urban development is responsible for increased runoff during rain events, which may have a negative impact on the quality of nearby bodies of water, including drinking water sources. The growing populations associated with urbanization require a higher water demand. In addition, urban drinking water systems use energy to collect, treat, and distribute a safe reliable effluent to users. Therefore, this study focuses on the degree to which urbanization influences the embodied energy of drinking water in the city of Tampa via three objectives: (1) determine the degree to which the embodied energy of drinking water treatment is influenced by water quality possibly caused by urbanization, (2) determine the influence of urban form on the embodied energy of water supply, and (3) determine the effect of the state of water infrastructure on the embodied energy of drinking water.
The influence of the water quality of the Hillsborough River Reservoir on the embodied energy of drinking water at the David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility was determined and quantified via statistical analysis methods and life cycle energy analysis. Results show that energy due to electricity and fuel use (direct energy) is responsible for 63% of the embodied energy of drinking water treatment in the city of Tampa. However, the 37% of energy due to treatment chemical usage (indirect energy) is substantial and most influenced by influent water quality. Two constituents, total organic carbon and conductivity, are responsible for influencing 14.5% of Tampa’s drinking water treatment embodied energy.
The effect of smart growth on the embodied energy of water supply was studied via the comparison of four future development scenarios within the Tampa WSA. The water consumption was estimated for each scenario and integrated into EPANET, a water distribution modeling software. After running each scenario, the embodied energy was calculated. The smart growth scenarios had 1-4% higher embodied energies than the business-as-usual scenario (urban sprawl). This was due to the location of added demand relative to the location of the water treatment facility. Nevertheless, while smart growth does not inherently minimize the embodied energy of water supply, it can result in the minimization of per capita water use due to the addition of more multi-family homes.
About 16 pipe replacement scenarios were used to determine the degree to which the state of water infrastructure affects drinking water supply embodied energy. These scenarios were simulated using EPANET. The replacement of all pipes in the city of Tampa is estimated to result in an embodied energy decrease of about 20%. However, taking into account the energy use associated with pipe installation, only replacement of pipes that are older than 20 years with recycled ductile iron yields a net energy savings.
The results of these studies show the influence of the roles that influent water quality, future urban development and infrastructure condition play on the embodied energy of drinking water in the Tampa WSA. However, future studies could look more in depth into these relationships via more definitive studies on the effect of land use on the Hillsborough River, and expanding the future development scenario studies to the metropolitan scale.
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Alhaddad, Hasan. "Pharmacological Studies of Compounds Targeting Glutamate Transporter 1 for the Attenuation of Alcohol-Drinking Behavior in Alcohol Preferring Rats." University of Toledo Health Science Campus / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1370438659.
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Thuruthy, Nisha. "Condition Assessment Technologies for Drinking Water and Wastewater Pipelines: State-of-the-Art Literature and Practice Review." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76758.
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Aging and deteriorating drinking water and wastewater pipelines have become a major problem in the United States, warranting significant federal attention and regulation. Many utilities have begun or improved programs to manage the renewal of their water and wastewater pipes and are proactively managing their pipeline assets rather than reactively fixing them. However, the extensive size of drinking water and wastewater systems and the severity of the deterioration problem are such that it is important to prioritize renewal, by assessing the condition of the pipelines and resolving the most severe situations first.
There is a variety of condition assessment technologies and methodologies available and in current use. This research incorporates an extensive literature review on actual cases of use of these various condition assessment technologies and techniques. This research also compiles information gathered through interviews and data mining work with utilities across the United States. The combination of case studies collected through literature review and case studies collected directly from utility sources about actual application of drinking water and wastewater pipeline condition assessment practices used have made it possible to synthesize the current practices and trends regarding pipeline condition assessment in the United States. The synthesis also allows for the identification of key lessons learned that should be considered by utilities when implementing condition assessment of pipelines. Recommendations have also been made for research priorities for filling utility needs.Master of Science
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Lefébure, Anne, and Emma Engvall. "Social marketing design and evaluation of responsible drinking : A case study of the Swedish organization IQ-initiativet AB." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-37516.
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The field of marketing does not only consist of traditional marketing and the focus on promoting products and services to increase sales. In recent years a new branch within the marketing field has been established with the focus of promoting behaviours that will benefit the individual and the society as a whole; social marketing. Our purpose with this paper is not only to introduce the reader to social marketing but to describe and explain how social marketing campaigns are created and how the campaigns can be evaluated. The purpose is fulfilled through the use of a qualitative method, namely a case study. Our research question guiding our study is “How can social marketing be understood through the use of an empirical case study?” Our unit of study is the Swedish company IQ-initiativet AB which uses social marketing as a tool to encourage responsible drinking among Swedes. In order to uncover the case of IQ and to answer our research question we used three subquestions. Firstly “How can a social marketing campaign be recognized?”, secondly “How is a social marketing campaign created?” and finally “How is a social marketing campaign evaluated?” To adapt these sub-questions to IQ we performed four in-depth interviews with representatives from IQ, their PR-firm Forsman & Bodenfors and evaluation company Xtreme Nordic. The questions mainly concerned IQ’s national campaigns, which have been shown through various media channels. An interview was also done with the organization IOGT-NTO who promotes a completely sober society in order to get a perspective of the current situation of alcohol consumption in Sweden. From interviews, other sources and earlier research within the field we conclude that even though social marketing is about behavioral change, creating that change is difficult and evaluating an eventual change is even more difficult. IQ focuses on promoting responsibledrinking but cannot link a change in reduced drinking to their specific campaigns. However that does not stop them to do their job. With this case we provide in-depth insight into how one Swedish organization works for healthier drinking behavior. Although the case does not provide empirical generalizations, it provides theoretical contributions that are beneficial for several different stakeholders. Social marketers, campaign organizers/evaluators, commercial marketers and students can benefit from this comprehensive review of social marketing theory and view how it has been appliedin the real life case of IQ. A comprehensive analysis of social marketing is presented in order to increase awareness of the tools that are available for promoting positive behavioral changes in society. The case of IQ exhibits fully functional social marketing campaigns which facilitates understanding and learning for readers by viewing theory in action. The work presented here promotes the development of problem solving skills in order to avoid the common difficulties related to social marketing campaigns and hopes to inspire those interested in future research opportunities.
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Sohel, Nazmul. "Epidemiological and Spatial Association between Arsenic Exposure via Drinking Water and Morbidity and Mortality population based studies in rural Bangladesh /." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Universitetsbiblioteket [distributör], 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-121788.
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Matias, Fernando M. G. "Studies on the influence of chemical disinfection, ultraviolet irradiation and pipe matrix on biofilm composition in drinking water distribution systems." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27887.
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There has recently been a shift in water treatment practices in Canada to a source-to-tap approach on water quality. With this approach comes the understanding that our water distribution systems are covered in biofilms which could contain potentially hazardous opportunistic pathogens. Meanwhile, regulations on control of disinfection byproducts in drinking water have also induced the phase-out of chlorine and its replacement with either chlorine dioxide or monochloramine in conjunction with UV treatment. These changes are based solely on the reduction of known disinfection byproducts and have not considered the impact of changing the disinfection regime on the ecology of biofilms within the distribution system. The objective of this study was to determine what, if any, influence changes in water disinfection would have on the mix of bacterial species in the distribution system biofilms with particular reference to cast iron and polycarbonate as pipe substrata.
Classical culture-based methods can reveal only a fraction of the bacterial content of biofilms because of our rudimentary understanding of the nutritional requirements of the organisms present and their inter-dependency. In contrast, newer techniques in molecular biology have become the norm for studying microbial ecology as they are not subject to the limitations of the culture methods, and thus can provide a much better profile of bacterial populations in biofilms. Although these methods have their own biases, PCR-DGGE was selected to monitor any changes in the profiles of the biofilms obtained under different disinfectant regimes and identify similarities and differences. Identification of the bacterial species would then be obtained by the sequencing of cloned bands, and matching them to the online databases, BLAST and RDP II.
Clear differences were observed in the biofilms from the two pipe materials tested. Aquabacterium parvum, Escherichia coli, Dechloromonas sp., Methylobacillus flagellatus, Phyllobacterium sp., Rhodocyclus sp., and Sphingomonas sp., were only identified in biofilms from cast iron coupons, while Chitinophaga sp., was found in biofilms from only polycarbonate coupons. This confirms that the pipe material can influence the types of organisms growing on its surface.
In general, the bacterial profiles were similar in the presence or absence of upstream UV treatment, except for the uncultivable Flavobacterium spp., which was detected only in the absence of UV treatment. This indicated that UV treatment has a relatively minor impact on altering the biofilm composition.
While a direct comparison between the impacts of the chemical disinfectants was not possible due to the design of the experimental set-up, the data obtained showed that several aspects of the bacterial profiles remained similar irrespective of the dosage levels of chlorine, chlorine dioxide, and monochloramine used.
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Hunt, William Michael. "Effects of participant engagement on alcohol expectancies and drinking outcomes for a computerized expectancy challenge intervention." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000482.
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Janszky, Imre. "Non-conventional risk and prognostic factors in coronary heart disease : studies on heart rate variability, alcohol consumption, inflammation and depression /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-328-0/.
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Koernig, Frida. "Reconsidering Participation : A Critical Review of Integrated Approaches in the Management of Water Resources and Contaminated Drinking Water." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-273968.
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Participation is often seen as fundamental in development studies and for development projects. There are also critical ideas claiming that there are power relations which should be taken into account before embracing participation as good in itself. From the basis of the critical ideas found in the book Participation: The New Tyranny? this paper examines the cases of ‘Integrated Water Resources Management’ and ‘Integrated Approach for Mitigation of Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water in Bangladesh’ in order to determine whether the critical ideas in the book are applicable when analysing texts about these cases. After determining that there are indications of power imbalances between the facilitators and the local population in the two cases, this paper finally argues that the critical ideas are applicable and that there is a need for more and broader discussions and dialogues between various actors involved in development projects. Also mentioned in this paper is the importance of raising awareness of power relations and incorporating different views when planning and implementing development projects.
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Garber, Lynn B. "Women and Alcoholism: Self-efficacy for drinking refusal and social support for abstinence as predictors of treatment outcomes." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1286032820.
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Atkinson, A. M. "The role of the media in shaping young people's drinking cultures, practices and related identity making : studies of multiple media platforms." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/8033/.
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This PhD submission presents a series of peer-reviewed journal articles (and other supporting publications) that synthesise an original programme of research that examined the ways in which the media platforms (magazines, television, marketing, Social Network Sites (SNS)) young people (11-21 years) engage with portrayed alcohol, it’s use and related practice. Young people’s own perspectives, interpretations and experiences were also explored, in order to better understand the role of the media in shaping young people’s drinking cultures, practices and related identity making, in ways that are gendered. The underlying theory is presented, the methodological approach employed critically reviewed, and researcher positionality considered. Published findings are then presented that highlight how entertainment media, marketing and peer content on SNS act as important sources of information through which young people learn what is socially acceptable and normative drinking practice for men and women, and how to ‘do’ and perform gender through alcohol-related practice. The research found that although mediated gendered norms around alcohol are reflected and reproduced in young people’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours, young people also appropriated and rejected alcohol-related messages within their own identity making. The use of the media and social media platforms (e.g. SNS) in disseminating health messages on alcohol to young people and young people’s acceptability of such approaches is also addressed. How the research has contributed to knowledge and the implications of the research for public health, gender studies and policy are also considered. The articles presented in this PhD, supporting documents, conference presentations and public engagement, provide a coherent, significant and novel multi-disciplinary contribution to knowledge on the role of the alcohol, media, and alcohol marketing in young people’s drinking cultures, and practices, and in shaping their identities. All the research conducted for the publications was undertaken during employment at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University.
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Austin, Wesley A. "Adolescent alcohol use and educational outcomes." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001775.
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Below, Maureen C. "Examining the Distinction and Concordance between Implicit Measures of Alcohol Expectancies: Toward Agreement on Their Meaning and Use." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002270.
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Steiner, Kristi Kalei. "Renewal Engineering Technologies for Drinking Water and Wastewater Pipeline Systems - A State of the Art Literature and Practice Review." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76763.
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Over the last few years, several advancements have been made in water and wastewater pipe renewal technologies that have allowed utilities to utilize innovative renewal techniques that decrease project costs, the impact of the project on the surrounding citizens and environment, and allow for expedited pipeline renewals compared to traditional open trench methods. The challenge now is in getting utilities to implement new innovative technologies within their system. This thesis provides background information on a number of the technologies available for the renewal of water and wastewater system pipelines. It then provides State of the Art Literature and State of the Art Practice Reviews based on technology use trends in literature and technology use trends in utility practice. The information from both reviews is then synthesized to provide a clear view of the state of the water and wastewater pipeline renewal technology industry, including the trends by pipe material, drivers for renewal, and technology type.Master of Science
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Tellez, Sanchez Sarita Lucia. "Household Water Filter Use Characterization in Rural Rwanda: Signal Interpretation, Development and Validation." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3026.
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Access to safe drinking water is an important health factor in many developing countries. Studies have shown that unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation practices leads to diarrheal disease, which is one of the leading causes of death of children under five in developing countries. Provision and proper use of household water filters have been shown to effectively improve health.
This thesis is focused on the refinement and validation of algorithms for data collected from pressure transducer sensors that are used in household water filters (the Vestergaard Frandsen LifeStraw Family 2.0) deployed in Rwanda by the social enterprise DelAgua Health. Statistical and signal processing techniques were used to detect the use of the LifeStraw water filters and to estimate the amount of water filtered at the time of usage. An algorithm developed by Dr. Carson Wick at Georgia Institute of Technology was the baseline for the analysis of the data. The algorithm was then refined based on data collected in the SweetLab at Portland State University, which was then applied to field data.
Laboratory results indicated that the mean error of the improved algorithm is 11.5% as compared with the baseline algorithm mean error of 39%. The validation of the algorithm with field data yielded a mean error of 5%. Errors may be attributed to real-world behavior of the water filter, electronic noise, ambient temperature, and variations in the approximation made to the field data. This work also presents some consideration of the algorithm applied to soft-sided water backpacks.
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Scheurer, Marco [Verfasser], and Wolfgang [Akademischer Betreuer] Ruck. "Artificial sweeteners - Studies of their environmental fate, drinking water relevance, use as anthropogenic markers, and ozonation products / Marco Scheurer. Betreuer: Wolfgang Ruck." Lüneburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1034292315/34.
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Dahl, Helen. "Ethyl glucuronide, a new biochemical marker for acute alcohol intake : studies on possible causes for false-negative or false-positive results /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-644-1/.
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Ray, John M. "Implicit Affect and Alcohol Outcome Expectancies." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3533.
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Expectancy theory provides a useful framework within which to examine the link between cognitive representations of anticipated alcohol related outcomes and affective processes that ought to shape behavior at the level of implicit, or automatic, processing. The role of affect in alcohol expectancies is an important one as it reflects the approach-avoid contingency associated with reward learning presumed to underlie addictive processes. This study examined the relationship between affect and expectancy operation by using suboptimally presented alcohol related cues to prime affectively congruent evaluations of otherwise unrelated targets. Hypotheses predicted that drinkers who reported higher positive and arousing expectancies for alcohol outcomes would make affective evaluations (but not semantic categorizations) more accurately when target stimuli were preceded with an alcohol picture or word prime. Analysis of drinking and expectancy variables revealed positive relationships between drinking frequency and social/physical pleasure expectancies, as well as tension reduction expectancies. No relationships were found between drinking quantity and expectancies. Evaluation response accuracy was not related to alcohol expectancies. Discussion centers on potential reasons for lack of findings, including experimenter error and design limitations.
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Sangchai, Chanvuth. "The causal effect of alcohol consumption on employment status." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001754.
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Sharikova, Anna V. "UV Laser and LED Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Detection of Trace Amounts of Organics in Drinking Water and Water Sources." Scholar Commons, 2009. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/15.
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A UV Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) system, previously developed in our laboratory, was modified and used for a series of applications related to the development and optimization of UV LIF spectroscopic measurements of trace contaminants in drinking water and other water sources. Fluorescence spectra of a number of water samples were studied, including those related to the reverse osmosis water treatment and membrane fouling, domestic and international drinking water, industrial toxins, bacterial spores, as well as several fluorescence standards. Of importance was that the long term detection of the trace level of Dissolved Organic Compounds (DOC) was measured, for the first time to our knowledge, over a one week period and with a time resolution of 2.5 minutes. A comparison of LIF emission using both 266 nm and 355 nm excitation was also made for the first time. Such real-time and continuous measurements are important for future water treatment control.
The LIF system was modified to accommodate UV Light Emitting Diodes (LED) as alternative excitation sources, and tested for the detection of trace organic species in water. In addition, a compact system using LED excitation and a spectrometer was xviii developed and underwent initial testing.
The original LIF system had two laser sources, 266 nm and 355 nm. The additional sources incorporated in the system were UV LEDs emitting at 265 nm, 300 nm, 335 nm and 355 nm.
The LED spectral emission was studied in detail, in terms of spectral variability and power output. It was found that all LEDs had some emission in the visible spectrum, and an optical filter was used to remove it.
The signal-to-noise ratio for the LED-based systems was determined and compared with that of the LIF system. The fluorescent signal of the LED-based system was smaller by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, despite the fact that the LED pulse energy was 2 to 3 orders of magnitude less than the laser's. As such, the fluorescent signal from the LED was greater than expected. Therefore, a UV LED may be a compact and much cheaper optical source for future water measurement instruments.
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Brough, Kate Elizabeth. "Studies of Brisbane municipal water quality using Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79902/1/Kate_Brough_Thesis.pdf.
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This research established innovative methods and a predictive model to evaluate water quality using the trace element and heavy metal concentrations of drinking water from the greater Brisbane area. Significantly, the combined use of Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics can be used worldwide to provide comprehensive, rapid and affordable analyses of elements in drinking water that can have a considerable impact on human health.
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Pettersson, Camilla. "Parents' possibility to prevent underage drinking : studies of parents, a parental support program, and adolescents in the context of a national program to support NGOs." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Hälsoakademin, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-11294.
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Underage drinking is common among Swedish adolescents and is related to problems for individuals, families, and society. From a public health perspective, it is of great importance that knowledge be gained about alcohol prevention. The overall aim of this thesis is, within the context of a national support program for NGOs, to study parents, a parental support program, and adolescents with regard to preventing underage drinking. The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) has a government commission to distribute funds to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for alcohol and drug prevention efforts. Study I of the thesis describes and analyses this program with a special emphasis on research and development for an evidence-based practice. It is a research strategy case study with 135 projects and 14 embedded in-depth studies. The results reveal that this program to support NGOs has been successful in engaging a wide range of NGOs in prevention efforts. A trustful partnership between practitioners, national agencies, and researchers has also been developed, which has improved the quality and results of the different projects. Studies II, III, IV, and V all used data from a longitudinal questionnaire study with parents and adolescents within one of the 14 in-depth studies: the study of IOGT-NTO’s parental program Strong and Clear. Additional data, such as telephone interviews and other parental questionnaires, are also used. Study II aims to analyse the significance of socio-demographic factors for parental attitudes and behaviour regarding adolescent alcohol consumption to see if any group of parents is especially important for intervention efforts. The results showed that fathers were more likely than mothers to have non-restrictive attitudes towards underage drinking and to have children who had drunk or tasted alcohol at home. Study III examines reasons for non-participation in the program. Parents with a low educational level were found more likely to be non-participants than highly educated parents. When parents stated their reasons for non-participation it emerged that they did not perceive a need for the intervention and that there were practical obstacles to their participation. Study IV is an effect study of Strong and Clear and showed that the program contributed to maintaining parents’ restrictive attitude toward underage drinking, postponing alcohol debut, and preventing drunkenness among the adolescents. Study V, only presented in the thesis, examined parents’ perceptions about Strong and Clear. Parents primarily thought it had led to their speaking more often about alcohol with their children, and had been a help in this conversation. Many also stated that the program had influenced their ability to set limits for their children. The school and IOGT-NTO were considered as suitable providers of Strong and Clear. This thesis showed that a national support program for NGOs including research and development contributes to a more evidence-based public health practice.
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Cotrino, Camilo Romero. "Control of Hydrogen Sulfide from Groundwater Using Packed-Bed Anion Exchange and Other Technologies." Scholar Commons, 2006. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3786.
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Hydrogen sulfide imparts odors and taste to drinking water and can be corrosive to distribution systems. Groundwater sources used to produce drinking water tend to have sulfide concentrations ranging from below 0.1 to over 3 mg/L. Under anaerobic conditions, hydrogen sulfide can be formed from reduction of sulfate and elemental sulfur through chemical or biological reactions. Therefore, to decrease the potential for hydrogen sulfide in water systems, control of all forms of sulfur should be consistent.
Hydrogen sulfide in groundwater can be controlled through conversion or removal mechanisms. Conversion reactions result from chemical or biological reactions that oxidize hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur or sulfate, depending on the reaction conditions. Removal reactions include stripping, anion exchange, or formation of a precipitate that can be removed through solid/liquid separation processes.
In many groundwater treatment systems, hydrogen sulfide is controlled through aeration, chlorine oxidation, or a combination of these two methods. In addition to chlorine, other oxidizers can be used including hydrogen peroxide, UV, ozone, or potassium permanganate. The main factors that influence whether hydrogen sulfide is oxidized to elemental sulfur and/ or sulfate are pH, temperature, and the type and dose of oxidant.
In recent years alternative treatments technologies such as anion exchange, have become available. It is interesting to note that this technology was proposed as early as the middle of last century. Although large scale anion exchange has not been implemented, its application for the removal of hydrogen sulfide is feasible based on anion exchange principles.
This research was designed to evaluate feasible options for controlling hydrogen sulfide from groundwater sources. The feasibility of using anion exchange was investigated through pilot-scale testing of four groundwater sources. In addition, the performance of typical and alternative chemical oxidizers to control hydrogen sulfide was evaluated.
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Chastain, James R. Jr. "A Heuristic Methodology for Locating Monitoring Stations to Detect Contamination Events in Potable Water Distribution Systems." Scholar Commons, 2004. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/988.
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The requirements to protect public water systems from intentional contamination have expanded in the years following September 11, 2001. The areal extent and non-linear nature of water demand and movement in the distribution system makes efficient location of sampling points difficult. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that contamination conceptually can occur at any point and at any time within the distribution system. Small to mid-sized water systems are especially at a disadvantage in addressing this issue due to limited resources available to them.
This paper proposes a heuristic methodology to identify strategic locations within the system that can be established as critical detection points for such occurrences. The process uses off-the-shelf software and is structured to be accessible to small and mid-sized water system managers. This methodology is different from others proposed in the literature in that it uses computer simulations to create a database of water system response to contamination at every node in the system. A process is developed to mine this database systematically after considering concentration thresholds and "time since injection" parameters. Finally, using pivot tables and graphs, a network of monitoring locations is identified to provide efficient coverage of the system under the conditions imposed.
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Bradlow, Anthony. "Clinical and laboratory studies into possible relationships between alcohol and musculoskeletal disorders, with emphasis on rheumatoid arthritis, primary osteoarthritis of the hip and Dupuytren's contracture." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25598.
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Marcinkutė, Jolita. "Kelmės rajono geriamojo vandens kokybės analizė 2004-2010 metais." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100614_090903-56394.
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Pagrindinis geriamojo vandens šaltinis Lietuvoje – požeminis vanduo. Geros kokybės geriamasis vanduo yra svarbus veiksnys kiekvieno žmogaus gyvenime.
Šio darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti Kelmės rajono vandenviečių tiekiamo geriamojo vandens kokybę ir jo tinkamumą vartoti 2004–2010 metais.
Šiame darbe nagrinėjami Kelmės rajono vandenviečių tiekiamo geriamojo vandens toksiniai (cheminiai) (fluoridai, nitratai, nitritai), indikatoriniai (bendroji geležis, manganas, permanganato indeksas) ir mikrobiologiniai (kolonijas sudarantys vienetai, žarniniai enterokokai, žarninės lazdelės (E. coli)) kokybės rodikliai 2004–2010 m. laikotarpiu.
Kai kurių analizuojamų vandenviečių vandens kokybė neatitinka normų dėl per didelio fluoridų bei bendrosios geležies kiekio. Nustatyta fluoridų koncentracija 2004–2010 metais DLK (DLK=1,5 mg/l) viršijo Gailių, Kelmės, Kukečių, Šedbarų ir Verpenos vandenvietėse. Bendrosios geležies koncentracija DLK (DLK=0,2) viršijo Budraičių, Gailių, Kukečių, Liolių, Maironių, Pagryžuvio, Šedbarų, Tytuvėnų vandenviečių vandenyje.
Mangano koncentracija DLK (DLK=0,05 mg/l) viršijo tik Gailių vandenvietės vandenyje.
Nitratų ir nitritų vidutinė koncentracija analizuojamu laikotarpiu DLK neviršija nei vienoje vandenvietėje.
Analizuojamu 2004–2010 metų laikotarpiu vidutinės permanganato indekso vertės Kelmės rajono vandenvietėse DLK neviršijo (DLK=5 mg/l).
Vandens kokybė Pagal mikrobiologinius rodiklius analizuojamose Kelmės rajono neatitiko reikalavimų pagal KSV... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The main source of drinking water in Lithuania is the groundwater. Quality of drinking water and harmful substances in drinking water is an important factor in everyone‘s life. The aim of this Diploma paper – to analyze quality of drinking water in watering–places in Kelmė district and its suitability for consumption in 2004–2010. In many watering–places of Kelmė district in drinking water was found to much fluoride and iron. Average concentration of fluoride in 2004–2010 exceeded MAC (Maximum Acceptable Concentration) in Gailiai, Kelmė, Kukečiai, Šedbarai and Verpena watering–places. Average concentration of iron exceeded MAC in Budraičiai, Gailiai, Kukečiai, Lioliai, Maironiai, Pagryžuvys, Šedbarai, Tytuvėnai watering–places. Average concentration of manganese in 2004 – 2010 exceeded MAC in Gailiai watering–place. Average concentration of organic matter (permanganate index), nitrate and nitrite did not exceeded MAC. In some watering–places was found temporary microbiological pollution. In water found colony–forming units. The survey in Kelmė district towns showed that most respondents water quality regarded as good. However, information about the quality of drinking water and its changes is inadequate. Sediments are the worst characteristic of drinking water in Kelmė district watering–places. Concentration of nitrate in Kelmė district wells in most cases exceeded MAC. In many wells of Kelmė district water was very hard (°d–>21) and hard (°d–>14).
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Wagner, Marcius Comparsi. "O efeito do consumo de álcool sobre progressão da perda de inserção periodontal : estudo de Porto Alegre." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/174469.
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Background: Conflicting evidence of an association between alcohol consumption and periodontal disease has been suggested in the literature. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of alcohol consumption on periodontal attachment loss (PAL) over a period of 5-years. Methods: A multistage probability sampling strategy was used to draw a representative sample of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Five hundred sixty one individuals (238 males and 323 females) that were 19-65 years-old, had no medical history of diabetes and at least 6 teeth were included. Participants were clinically examined and interviewed in 2001 and 2006. Alcohol consumption was assessed by asking participants about the usual number of drinks consumed in a week. Standard formulas were used to calculate the amount of pure alcohol consumed per day in grams. Drinkers were categorized into occasional (<3g/day) and regular drinkers (≥3g/day). Individuals showing ≥4 teeth with proximal PAL ≥3 mm over the 5-years follow-up period were classified as having disease progression. Linear models were used to estimate the relative risk. Results: Male regular drinkers had higher risk of having PAL progression than never-drinkers. After adjusting for important co-factors regular drinkers had 1% increased risk per grams/day of pure alcohol consumption (RR: 1.01, 95%CI 1.00-1.02), which means between 5 to 7% increased risk per drink per day. Male occasional drinkers were not at higher risk of having disease progression. No association between alcohol consumption and periodontitis was observed for females. Conclusion: Alcohol consumption increased the risk of PAL progression in male regular drinkers. The impact of alcohol cessation initiatives on the periodontal health should be evaluated.