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Zhou, Yufei, Juanita Rodriguez, Nicole Fisher, and Renee A. Catullo. "Ecological Drivers and Sex-Based Variation in Body Size and Shape in the Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae)." Insects 11, no. 6 (June 23, 2020): 390. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11060390.

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The Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni; Q-fly) is an Australian endemic horticultural pest species, which has caused enormous economic losses. It has the potential to expand its range to currently Q-fly-free areas and poses a serious threat to the Australian horticultural industry. A large number of studies have investigated the correlation between environmental factors and Q-fly development, reproduction, and expansion. However, it is still not clear how Q-fly morphological traits vary with the environment. Our study focused on three morphological traits (body size, wing shape, and fluctuating asymmetry) in Q-fly samples collected from 1955 to 1965. We assessed how these traits vary by sex, and in response to latitude, environmental variables, and geographic distance. First, we found sexual dimorphism in body size and wing shape, but not in fluctuating asymmetry. Females had a larger body size but shorter and wider wings than males, which may be due to reproductive and/or locomotion differences between females and males. Secondly, the body size of Q-flies varied with latitude, which conforms to Bergmann’s rule. Finally, we found Q-fly wing shape was more closely related to temperature rather than aridity, and low temperature and high aridity may lead to high asymmetry in Q-fly populations.
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Sherwin, William B., Marianne Frommer, John A. Sved, Kathryn A. Raphael, John G. Oakeshott, Deborah C. A. Shearman, and A. Stuart Gilchrist. "Tracking invasion and invasiveness in Queensland fruit flies: From classical genetics to ‘omics’." Current Zoology 61, no. 3 (June 1, 2015): 477–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.3.477.

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Abstract Three Australian tephritid fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni - Q-fly, Bactrocera neohumeralis - NEO, and Bactrocera jarvisi - JAR) are promising models for genetic studies of pest status and invasiveness. The long history of ecological and physiological studies of the three species has been augmented by the development of a range of genetic and genomic tools, including the capacity for forced multigeneration crosses between the three species followed by selection experiments, a draft genome for Q-fly, and tissue- and stage-specific transcriptomes. The Q-fly and NEO species pair is of particular interest. The distribution of NEO is contained entirely within the wider distribution of Q-fly and the two species are ecologically extremely similar, with no known differences in pheromones, temperature tolerance, or host-fruit utilisation. However there are three clear differences between them: humeral callus colour, complete pre-mating isolation based on mating time-of-day, and invasiveness. NEO is much less invasive, whereas in historical times Q-fly has invaded southeastern Australia and areas of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In southeastern fruit-growing regions, microsatellites suggest that some of these outbreaks might derive from genetically differentiated populations overwintering in or near the invaded area. Q-fly and NEO show very limited genome differentiation, so comparative genomic analyses and QTL mapping should be able to identify the regions of the genome controlling mating time and invasiveness, to assess the genetic bases for the invasive strains of Q-fly, and to facilitate a variety of improvements to current sterile insect control strategies for that species.
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Gaire, Sushil K., Md Jamil Hossain Biswas, Maurizio Benelli, Polychronis Rempoulakis, Phillip W. Taylor, and Bishwo P. Mainali. "Effect of Chilling on Quality Control Parameters of Sterile Queensland Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)." Journal of Economic Entomology 114, no. 4 (May 22, 2021): 1674–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab092.

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Abstract Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), presents a major threat to Australian fruit production and trade. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is increasingly employed to manage Q-fly. Quality of sterile males released in SIT programs, and hence program efficacy, can be affected by pre- and post-production processes, such as mass rearing, packing, irradiation, transportation, and release. Given long distances from rear-out facilities to release sites, adult flies are usually chilled to reduce metabolism and stress during transportation. To guide SIT procedures, it is important to understand the impact of such practices on performance of sterile Q-fly. The present study assesses the effect of chilling temperature and exposure period on quality parameters of sterile Q-fly. We considered the effects of two temperature regimes (4 and 6°C) and six exposure periods (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 12 h) on chill-coma recovery time, flight ability, survival under nutritional stress, and longevity of both males and females. Flies chilled at 4°C took longer to recover than that those chilled at 6°C. Flight ability, survival under nutritional stress, and longevity all decreased as chilling period increased but did not differ between the two tested temperatures. We recommend that periods of chilling during transportation from rear-out facilities to release sites be minimized in order to retain quality of sterile Q-fly and that increased release rates be considered when longer chilling periods are required.
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Biswas, Md Jamil Hossain, Bishwo Mainali, Soo Jean Park, Phillip Taylor, and Polychronis Rempoulakis. "Electrophysiological Responses to Cuelure of Raspberry Ketone-Fed Queensland Fruit Flies." Journal of Economic Entomology 113, no. 6 (October 28, 2020): 2832–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa242.

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Abstract The sterile insect technique (SIT) and male annihilation technique (MAT) are important tools for the control of Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), a major insect pest of horticultural crops in Australia. In MAT, mature Q-fly males are attracted to a toxic bait using Cuelure, a synthetic analog of raspberry ketone (RK). Substantial improvements in control could be achieved by simultaneous use of SIT and MAT, but this requires suppression of the Cuelure response in released sterile flies. Recent studies report that prerelease feeding with RK during the first 48 h after emergence can reduce the response of mature Q-fly males to Cuelure, but the mechanism underpinning this is unknown. Here, to test whether reduced sensory sensitivity to Cuelure is involved, we evaluated the effects of RK supplements, adult diet (yeast-supplemented diet throughout adult stage vs yeast-supplemented diet only for 48 h), and age on electroantennogram (EAG) and electropalpogram (EPG) responses of Q-flies to Cuelure stimuli. EAG responses did not vary with RK supplements, sex, or age of Q-flies fed yeast-supplemented diet throughout the adult stage, but the responses of Q-flies fed other diet regime decreased with age. EPG responses of both sexes of Q-flies were affected by RK supplements, age, and their interaction, but without patterns that might indicate reduced maxillary palp response of RK supplemented flies to Cuelure. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that reduced Cuelure response of male Q-flies fed RK supplements is explained by reduced electrophysiological response in antennae or maxillary palps.
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Yazdani, Maryam. "Developing Lines of Queensland Fruit Flies with Different Levels of Response to a Kairomone Lure." Insects 13, no. 8 (July 22, 2022): 666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13080666.

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The Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) is a serious horticultural pest in Australia because it is highly invasive and destructive. Among all pest management practices, sterile insect techniques (SIT) and male annihilation techniques (MAT) are important control options for many tephritid fruit fly pests, including Q-fly. However, simultaneous applications of MAT and SIT require the wild males to be responsive to a lure while the released sterile males remain largely unresponsive. In this study, a series of artificial selection experiments was conducted to develop lines of Q-fly with different levels of response to the male-specific lure Cue-lure® (CL). After only five cycles of artificial selections, lines of high responsiveness (HR) and low responsiveness (LR) males diverging significantly in their response to the lure were developed. In the field cage experiment, the number of trapped males in fruit fly traps was significantly lower in the LR line than both the HR line and the control which supports the laboratory results. However, when artificial selection was stopped at F5 and retested after two generations, the number of unresponsive males dropped drastically compared to the rate of response of wild flies. Because the selection can be conducted only on males, it would be difficult to eliminate the dominant responsive alleles in the system without continuous selection.
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Siderhurst, Matthew S., Soo J. Park, Ian M. Jamie, and Stefano G. De Faveri. "Electroantennogram responses of six Bactrocera and Zeugodacus species to raspberry ketone analogues." Environmental Chemistry 14, no. 6 (2017): 378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/en17091.

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Environmental contextQueensland fruit fly is a major pest of fruits and vegetables in eastern Australia, sometimes causing complete loss of unprotected crops. Odours that attract fruit flies can help control these pests and this study investigated how six fruit fly species smell these chemicals. The strength of fly responses to tested odours gives insight into the way flies smell and provides information for making better attractants, potentially reducing insecticide use. AbstractThe Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni, Q-fly) is a major horticultural pest in eastern Australia. The deployment of male lures comprises an important component of several detection and control strategies for this pest. A novel fluorinated analogue of raspberry ketone (RK), raspberry ketone trifluoroacetate (RKTA), has been developed with the aim of further improving Q-fly control. RKTA elicited strong electroantennogram (EAG) responses from Q-flies whereas cuelure (CL) and melolure (ML) responses were not significantly greater than a negative control. Further experimentation showed that RKTA also elicited EAG response from five other fruit fly species, included flies known to be strongly attracted to CL (B. neohumeralis, B. kraussi and B. frauenfeldi), weakly attracted to CL (B. jarvisi), or non-responsive to CL (Zeugodacus cucumis), whereas seven other compounds, RK, CL, ML, raspberry ketone difluoroacetate, raspberry ketone monofluoroacetate, anisyl acetone and trimethylsilyl raspberry ketone, elicited only weak responses comparable with a negative control. However, fly EAG responses to RKTA are likely due at least in part to trifluoroethanoic acid, which is a hydrolysis product of RKTA and elicited strong EAG responses from all six species when tested alone. Furthermore, whereas ethanoic acid, methanoic acid and trifluoroethanoic acid all elicited strong EAG responses in Q-flies, the only corresponding RK ester to elicit an EAG response was RKTA, suggesting that RKTA hydrolyses quickly, whereas CL and ML do not. This is in contrast to the idea that CL readily hydrolyses on contact with atmospheric moisture, an assertion that has been made in the literature repeatedly.
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Jembre, Yalew Zelalem, Yuniarto Wimbo Nugroho, Muhammad Toaha Raza Khan, Muhammad Attique, Rajib Paul, Syed Hassan Ahmed Shah, and Beomjoon Kim. "Evaluation of Reinforcement and Deep Learning Algorithms in Controlling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Applied Sciences 11, no. 16 (August 6, 2021): 7240. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11167240.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are abundantly becoming a part of society, which is a trend that is expected to grow even further. The quadrotor is one of the drone technologies that is applicable in many sectors and in both military and civilian activities, with some applications requiring autonomous flight. However, stability, path planning, and control remain significant challenges in autonomous quadrotor flights. Traditional control algorithms, such as proportional-integral-derivative (PID), have deficiencies, especially in tuning. Recently, machine learning has received great attention in flying UAVs to desired positions autonomously. In this work, we configure the quadrotor to fly autonomously by using agents (the machine learning schemes being used to fly the quadrotor autonomously) to learn about the virtual physical environment. The quadrotor will fly from an initial to a desired position. When the agent brings the quadrotor closer to the desired position, it is rewarded; otherwise, it is punished. Two reinforcement learning models, Q-learning and SARSA, and a deep learning deep Q-network network are used as agents. The simulation is conducted by integrating the robot operating system (ROS) and Gazebo, which allowed for the implementation of the learning algorithms and the physical environment, respectively. The result has shown that the Deep Q-network network with Adadelta optimizer is the best setting to fly the quadrotor from the initial to desired position.
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Park, Soo J., Matthew S. Siderhurst, Ian Jamie, and Phillip W. Taylor. "Hydrolysis of Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), Attractants: Kinetics and Implications for Biological Activity." Australian Journal of Chemistry 69, no. 10 (2016): 1162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ch16073.

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Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly), Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), is a major insect pest of horticultural crops in Australia. Cuelure is the most commonly used attractant for monitoring as well as for management of Q-fly populations through the male annihilation technique and mass trapping. There has been some concern that cuelure is susceptible to hydrolysis, which would limit its usefulness under conditions of high humidity and give rise to inconsistent fly population monitoring. To give some insight into the hydrolysis of cuelure and two closely related compounds, melolure and a newly developed lure, 4-(4-(2,2,2-trifluoroacetoxy)phenyl)-2-butanone (RKTA), the kinetics of hydrolysis of these compounds were quantitatively investigated by gas chromatography–flame ionization detection. From the experimental data, we found the hydrolysis half-lives of cuelure, melolure, and RKTA, at a water concentration of 25 mol L–1, to be ~20 days, 22 h, and 1.2 min respectively. When extrapolated to a water concentration of 1.3 mmol L–1, corresponding to atmospheric conditions of 100 % relative humidity at 25°C, the half-lives are ~1660, ~51, and ~1.4 years respectively.
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Adnan, Saleh Mohammad, Iffat Farhana, Jess R. Inskeep, Polychronis Rempoulakis, and Phillip W. Taylor. "Accelerated Sexual Maturation in Methoprene-Treated Sterile and Fertile Male Queensland Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), and Mosquito Larvicide as an Economical and Effective Source of Methoprene." Journal of Economic Entomology 112, no. 6 (August 10, 2019): 2842–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz214.

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Abstract Queensland fruit flies Bactrocera tryoni (‘Q-fly’) have long adult prereproductive development periods, which can present challenges for sterile insect technique (SIT) programs. Holding the sterile flies in release facilities is expensive for control programs. Alternatively, releases of sexually immature males can lead to substantial mortality of sterile males before they mature. Recent studies have reported effectiveness of dietary supplementation with a mosquito larvicide (NOMOZ) that contains S-methoprene, a juvenile hormone analogue, for accelerating sexual development of fertile Q-fly males. However, it is not known whether effects on sterile flies are comparable to effects on fertile flies, or whether effects of methoprene-containing larvicide are comparable to effects of analytical standard methoprene such has been used in most studies. Here we address both knowledge gaps, investigating the effects of analytical standard methoprene and NOMOZ mixed with food and provided for 48 h following emergence on sexual development and longevity of fertile and sterile Q-flies. Compared with controls, fertile and sterile male Q-flies that were provided diets supplemented with methoprene from either source exhibited substantially accelerated sexual development by 2–3 d and longer mating duration. Unlike males, females did not respond to methoprene treatment. Although fertile and sterile flies were generally similar in sexual development and response to methoprene treatment, sterile flies of both sexes tended to have shorter copula duration than fertile flies. Neither methoprene supplements nor sterilization affected longevity of flies. The present study confirms effectiveness of dietary methoprene supplements in accelerating sexual development of both fertile and sterile male (but not female) Q-flies, and also confirms that low-cost mosquito larvicides that contain methoprene can achieve effects similar to those for high-cost analytical grade methoprene as prerelease supplements for Q-fly SIT.
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Halder, Jaydeep, and A. B. Rai. "Synthesis and development of pest management modules against major insect pests of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata)." Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 90, no. 9 (October 28, 2020): 1673–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i9.106594.

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Field experiment was conducted in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir.) during summer seasons of 2018 and 2019 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh with a view to develop adaptable and rational pest management technology for the major insect pests of pumpkin. Among the three pest management modules, viz. biointensive module (M1), integrated module (M2) and chemical module (M3) synthesized and formulated against major insect pests of pumpkin including red pumpkin beetle (Raphidopalpa foveicollis), white fly (Bemisia tabaci) and mirid bugs (Nesidiocoris cruentatus), the integrated module (M2) comprising sprayings of DDVP 76% EC @0.75 ml/l at 20 and 30 days after sowing (DAS), Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki @ 2 g/l at 40 DAS, Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.33 ml/l at 50 DAS, Lecanicillium lecanii @5 g/l at 60 DAS and Azadirachtin 300 ppm @5 ml/l at 70 DAS was most effective in reducing the red pumpkin beetle (75 and 67.27% during 2018 and 2019, respectively), white fly (44.12 and 66.55) and mirid bug population on leaves (74.24 and 84.62) with maximum increase in the yield (291 q/ha) over chemical (287 q/ ha), biointensive modules (269 q/ha) and untreated control (208 q/ha). Considering economics of the treatments, integrated module (M2) recorded highest cost benefit ratio of 1:7.06 followed by biointensive module (1:3.41) and chemical module (1:2.77).
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Bostock, Esta. "Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae), a fly of forensic interest : advances in chronobiology and biology." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26168/.

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Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae) is a common species found amongst indoor and outdoor crime scenes and plays an important role in the decomposition of human remains and can be used following the forensic entomology approach for the estimation of the post mortem interval particularly in indoor cases. Several questions concerning the biology and the chronobiology of this species remain open. Circadian clocks have evolved to synchronize physiology, metabolism and behaviour to the 24-h geophysical cycles of the Earth. The understanding of the circadian clock mechanism is a crucial element of forensic entomology because it is able to control routines such as feeding, mating, ovipositing or emergence times. To describe the behaviour and the potential role that the circadian clock may have on both the locomotor activity and emergence times of the M.scalaris, using Trikinetics technology, used previously in Drosophilia studies allows for factual data rather than observational data seen in many journals. The activity rhythms of M.scalaris were monitored using light/dark photoperiods at 20 °C. Males and females both demonstrate that there are significant differences between dark and light conditions and further results establish that the flies are both diurnal and nocturnal in activity. The pupa emergence shows that there are different rhythms during full darkness conditions and light/dark conditions. In addition our experiments demonstrated that the activity of this species is clock regulated. Differences in locomotor activity between male and female flies were observed in the absence of food in continuous dark (DD), in contrast the activity of the two sexes don’t differ in continuous light (LL) or in presence of food both in DD and in LL conditions. Cold White, Blue, Green, Red and Yellow lights were used to test the light attractiveness. Males and females show different behaviour. In contrast females seem to be attracted to red light and they don’t present any directional behaviour under other light. Colonisation of carrion by insects allow for the post mortem interval (PMI) to be determined. However it is thought by some, that flies are not active during the night time period and therefore are not able to oviposit during this time. To put that into a forensic context, if eggs were located on a cadaver, the conclusion would be that death occurred during the previous day or before. Determining nocturnal oviposition in forensically important flies is of fundamental importance so that the PMI can be determined correctly by the forensic entomologist. Our experiments have demonstrated that M.scalaris were able to oviposit in dark conditions during the night. Insects colonise a cadaver in a predictable pattern otherwise known as the succession. Succession patterns may vary due to intrinsic and environmental factors, for example, has the cadaver been buried or is it located above ground. Colonisation in buried remains depend on the slower decomposition rate of buried bodies, reduced dispersion of the decomposition odours but as well the reduced accessibility to the body. Phoridae are commonly found amongst the entomofauna of exhumed bodies or coffins. The phorid M.scalaris has been reported as being able to dig up to 6 feet. Little information is available about the kind of soil this fly is able to dig through to reach a cadaver; two different kinds of soil were investigated: sand and sandy loam garden soil. The results showed that M.scalaris was able to excavate garden soil but not sand. Insect development rate is mainly temperature dependent, although other parameters like photoperiod, overcrowding and food availability can affect the developments. In addition several studies demonstrated that drugs and other chemicals can affect the growth of larvae, feeding on the dead body, leading to Inc.orrect mPMI estimations. Amitriptyline is a commonly used antidepressant in cases of major depressive disorder. It is a tricyclic molecule absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and metabolized into the liver. This molecule shows a high toxicity results in cases of overdose. Studies on the effect of Amitriptyline on insect development and accumulation/excretion have been performed in the 1990’s on Parasarcophaga ruficornis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and on Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) whereas no data are available for other taxa. The results of these studies demonstrated the non-effect of the molecule on the growth rate. In the same years Amitriptyline and derivates have been isolated from empty puparia of Megaselia scalaris and from skin and faecal material of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) collected from a mummified body in New England. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect that Amitriptyline, often found on cadavers, may have on the development of Megaselia scalaris. Our experiment showed that Amitriptyline had no effect on the size but saw a decrease in the developmental time of M.scalaris, so the mPMI estimation can be affected if based on the larval size and not on the complete development. The results reported and discussed in this thesis improve the knowledge about the biology of M.scalaris and its applicability in the forensic context.
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Napolitano, Lia Munhoz Benati. "Estudo através da técnica de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica, em bandas X e Q, dos compostos dinucleares Cu2(TzTs)4 e [Cu(flu)2DMF]2." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76132/tde-24032010-171758/.

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Esta tese relata um estudo pormenorizado, efetuado através da técnica de Ressonância Paramagnética Eletrônica (RPE) em bandas X (~ 9.5 GHz) e Q (~ 34.5 GHz), de amostras nas formas cristalina e pulverizada dos compostos dinucleares Cu2(TzTs)4, C40H36Cu2N8O8S8, e [Cu(flu)2DMF]2, C62H50Cu2F12N6O10. Tratamentos meticulosos dos espectros de RPE pertinentes a tais compostos propiciaram determinar tanto o parâmetro de interação antiferromagnética, J0, entre pares de íons Cu(II) existentes em uma unidade dinuclear (Hex = J0 S1·S2) como também os valores principais alusivos às matrizes g e D; onde a primeira refere-se à interação Zeeman [Hz = BB0(g1·S1 + g2·S2)] e a última reporta as interações spin-spin anisotrópicas (Hani = S1·D·S2) entre pares de íons Cu(II) presentes em uma unidade dinuclear. Ademais, medidas de RPE realizadas com um monocristal do composto Cu2(TzTs)4 permitiram detectar e estimar, no contexto interdinuclear, o fraco acoplamento de exchange, |J\'| = (0.060 ± 0.015) cm-1, existente entre unidades dinucleares vizinhas: este acoplamento existente entre uma unidade dinuclear e o meio randômico constituído pelas unidades dinucleares vizinhas conduz à decoerência (i.e. uma transição de fase quântica que colapsa a interação dipolar quando a magnitude do acoplamento de exchange isotrópico entre as unidades dinucleares vizinhas iguala-se à magnitude do acoplamento dipolar intradinuclear). No âmbito concernente ao composto [Cu(flu)2DMF]2, foi possível simular acuradamente as sete linhas de ressonância características do desdobramento hiperfino advindo de n = 2 núcleos equivalentes de centros paramagnéticos Cu2+ (I = 3/2) e, por conseguinte, os valores principais pertinentes à matriz de interação hiperfina A (Hhyper = S1·A·I1 + S2·A·I2) puderam ser precisamente determinados.
We report detailed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies at X-band (~ 9.5 GHz) and Q-band (~ 34.5 GHz) of powder and single-crystal samples of the dinuclear compounds Cu2(TzTs)4, C40H36Cu2N8O8S8, and [Cu(flu)2DMF]2, C62H50Cu2F12N6O10. Meticulous investigations of their EPR data allow determining the antiferromagnetic interaction parameter, J0, between Cu(II) ions in the dinuclear unit (Hex = J0 S1·S2) as well as the principal values of both matrices g and D, where the first one is related to the Zeeman interaction [Hz = BB0(g1·S1 + g2·S2)] and the latter is associated with the anisotropic spin-spin interactions (Hani = S1·D·S2) between Cu(II) ion pairs in a dinuclear unit. In addition, EPR measurements of single-crystal samples of the compound Cu2(TzTs)4 allow detecting and estimating very weak exchange couplings between neighbour dinuclear units with an estimated magnitude |J\'| = (0.060 ± 0.015) cm-1: this coupling with the environment leads to decoherence (i.e. a quantum phase transition that collapses the dipolar interaction when the isotropic exchange coupling with neighbor dinuclear units equals the magnitude of the intradinuclear dipolar coupling). With reference to [Cu(flu)2DMF]2 compound, it was possible to simulate precisely the seven-line copper hyperfine splitting arising from n = 2 nonequivalent nuclei related to paramagnetic Cu2+ (I = 3/2) centers and, as a consequence of these accurate simulations, the principal values of the hyperfine interaction matrix A (Hhyper = S1·A·I1 + S2·A·I2) could be reliably obtained.
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Cramer, Jeffrey Grant. "Strain Path Effect on Austenite Transformation and Ductility in Q&P 1180 Steel." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6650.

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The ductility of Q&P 1180 steel was studied with regard to retained austenite transformation under different strain paths. Specimens were tested in uniaxial tension in a standard test frame as well as in situ in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Then digital image correlation (DIC) was used to compute the effective strain at the level of the individual phases in the microstructure. Stretching experiments were also performed using limiting dome height (LDH) tooling, where specimens were strained in both biaxial and plane strain tension. The experiments were done incrementally, for each strain path, and the retained austenite at each level of strain was measured using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Retained austenite levels in the uniaxial tension case dropped from an initial measured level of about 8% to about 2% during an initial strain increment of 0.02, but then stabilized as the specimen was strained to 0.1. In the plane strain and biaxial tension cases retained austenite also dropped significantly during an initial strain increment of about 0.04, but then continued to decrease as the specimens were strained to failure. Biaxial tension, in particular, was the most effective strain path for transforming retained austenite to martensite, resulting in a final volume fraction of 0.3% at an effective strain of 0.3. Retained austenite in the plane-strain tension case dropped at a faster rate than in the biaxial tension case, but finished at about 1% at a strain of 0.1. The greatest limit strains were seen in the biaxial tension case, which may be partly explained by the more effective conversion of retained austenite than was seen in the uniaxial tension case.
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Gibbs, Parker Kenneth. "Strain Path Effect on Austenite Transformation and Ductility in TBF 1180 Steel." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7127.

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TBF 1180 steel was studied under various conditions focusing on the correlation of ductility and amount of retained austenite. Samples were prepared from sheet stock and then strained using limiting dome height tooling (LDH), a standard uniaxial test frame, and a tensile stage for use in an electron microscope. The steel was observed in plane, biaxial, and uniaxial strain to determine its effect on retained austenite transformation and ultimately, ductility. Retained austenite was observed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an electron backscatter detector (EBSD) to distinguish the different phases present. Initial austenite levels were around 5% by volume and was quickly reduced as the sample was strained. The biaxial samples were the slowest to transform, having about 2.5% austenite at .05 effective strain, which allowed the specimen to reach an effective strain of .3 with 1.1% austenite remaining. In contrast, the plane strain samples had the fastest rate of transformation having only 1.2% austenite at .05 effective strain and .7% austenite at a final effective strain of .18. Both forms of uniaxial, (in-situ and ex-situ), were near identical, as expected, and exhibited an austenite transformation curve between that of the plane and biaxial curves. The uniaxial austenite level at .05 strain was 2.1% and was able to reach about .15 strain with a final austenite percentage around 1%. It was concluded that the biaxial strain path had the greatest ductility due in part to its slower austenite transformation rate while plane and uniaxial strain paths were not as ductile with their faster austenite transformation rates.
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Silva-Pinto, Giulian da. "Percepção e produção das vogais anteriores arredondadas [y], [ë] e [ê] do francês por locutoras nativas do português brasileiro (L1), proficientes em francês (L2)." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2016. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br:8080/handle/prefix/3378.

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Este estudo investiga a aquisição das vogais anteriores arredondadas [y], [q] e [E] do francês por locutoras brasileiras adultas, proficientes em francês (L2). De acordo com a literatura (ALCÂNTARA, 1998; RESTREPO, 2011), a aquisição das vogais anteriores arredondadas do francês por aprendizes adultos brasileiros mostra-se uma tarefa complexa, tanto em termos de percepção quanto de produção. Diante disso, neste trabalho, procuramos contribuir ao entendimento dessa complexidade e fomentar os poucos estudos brasileiros envolvendo sujeitos proficientes em francês (L2) e a aquisição dos referidos sons. Desse modo, buscamos responder de que maneira os locutores brasileiros adultos, proficientes em francês (L2), lidam com sons alheios à fonologia da sua LM, no que concerne à sua percepção e produção. Para tanto, objetivamos, especificamente, detectar o grau de acuidade com o qual as vogais-alvo são identificadas e discriminadas pelas participantes avaliadas, bem como definir o comportamento acústico desses sons em sua fala, de modo que seja possível explicar uma provável produção autêntica dos segmentos franceses investigados em função de as informantes os identificarem, discriminarem e articularem. Diante disso, dois grupos de informantes participam desta pesquisa: o composto pelas brasileiras, três professoras-pesquisadoras de FLE no ensino superior público brasileiro, residentes em Pelotas/RS, e o formado por uma locutora francesa nativa, da região parisiense, a qual constitui o grupo controle e cujos dados se somam aos disponíveis na literatura. Para a coleta dos dados de produção em ambos os grupos, foram elaborados quatro experimentos, três envolvendo vogais orais francesas e o outro vogais orais do PB, as quais se encontravam em palavras e logatomas do francês e do PB, produzidos dentro de frases-veículo. Para a coleta dos dados de percepção relativos às vogais do francês, foram construídos quatro experimentos, dois testes de identificação e dois testes de discriminação. A metodologia utilizada na construção desses experimentos foi baseada, em parte, naquela elaborada por Restrepo (2011), com adaptações para atender aos objetivos específicos deste trabalho. As coletas ocorreram em ambiente acústico controlado (cabine acústica), com a utilização de um gravador digital Zoom H4N e de um par de fones de ouvido modelo AKG K 44. Os dados coletados foram analisados acústica e estatisticamente, por meio dos softwares Praat (versões 6.0.08 e 6.0.19) e SPSS Statistics (versão 17.0), respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos, interpretados à luz do modelo HipCort (MCCLELLAND et al.,1995), um modelo dinâmico de formação da memória e do aprendizado, confirmam nossa tese do potencial êxito de nossas informantes na aquisição dos sons investigados, pois identificam, discriminam e produzem acuradamente as vogais anteriores arredondadas do francês, demonstrando terem se distanciado de uma possível influência de sua LM. Os resultados alcançados contribuem, portanto, para se refutar a existência da atuação de restrições biológicas ligadas a uma concepção de aquisição da linguagem calcada nos pressupostos do paradigma simbólico, indo ao encontro de estudos que evidenciam a possibilidade de aprendizes tardios apresentarem um nível de competência fonético-fonológica em L2 comparável àquele do falante nativo.
This study investigates the acquisition of front rounded vowels [y], [q], and [E] of French by adult female speakers who are proficient in French (L2). According to the literature (ALCÂNTARA, 1998; RESTREPO, 2011), the acquisition of front rounded vowels of French by Brazilian adult learners is a complex challenge, either in terms of perception or in terms of production. From this point, in this study we sought to contribute to the understanding of this complexity and develop the not many Brazilian studies involving individuals with proficiency in French language (L2) and the acquisition of its sounds. Thus, our challenge was to answer in what way adult Brazilian speakers, with proficiency in French (L2), deal with foreign sounds, different from the ones of their ML phonology, when it comes to their perception and production. Therefore, we aimed to detect, specifically, the level of perceptiveness with which the target vowels are identified and distinguished by the considered participants, as well as defining the acoustic behaviour of these sounds in their speaking, in a possible way to explain a probable authentic production of the investigated French segments according to the identification, distinction, and articulation of the participants. Then, two groups of volunteers participated in this research: one counts with the presence of three Brazilian women, professors and researchers of FFL in superior public education, residents in Pelotas/RS; the second group is formed by a native French speaker from Parisian region, who participates of the control group, which data is added to the one available in literature. For the collecting of data of production in both groups, four experiments were elaborated, three involving French oral vowels, and the last one involving oral vowels of BP, which were found in words and non-words from French and BP, produced inside of carrier sentences. For the collecting of information of perception related to the French vowels, four experiments were formed, two tests of identification, and two tests of distinction. The methodology used in the construction of these experiments was based on the one elaborated by Restrepo (2011), with adaptions to attend to the specific objectives of this study. The collection of the material occurred in a controlled acoustic environment (acoustic compartment), with the use of a digital recorder Zoom H4N and a pair of earphones model AKG K 44. The collected data was analysed acoustically and statistically with the softwares Praat (6.0.08 and 6.0.10 versions) and SPSS Statistics (17.0 version), respectively. The results achieved were interpreted with the HipCort model (MCCLELLAND et al, 1995), a dynamic model of formation of memory and learning. They confirmed our thesis of the potential outcome of our participants in the acquisition of the investigated sounds, because they could identify, distinguish, and produce accurately the front rounded vowels of French, demonstrating the distance of a possible influence from their ML. The results contribute, so, to refute the existence of an operation of biological restrictions connected to a conception of acquisition of language based on the presupposition of the symbolic paradigm, which meets the studies that evince the possibility of late learners to present a level of phonetic and phonologic competences in L2 comparable to the native speaker.
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Fit To Fly: Exercises, Relaxation, Health, Q & A. New Holland Publishers,, 2004.

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Bédoyère, Camilla De la. Why Why Why Can't Penguins Fly? (Why Why Why? Q and A Encyclopedia). Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, 2005.

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Fernández-Ayala, Daniel J. M., and Alberto Sanz. "Coenzyme Q and Aging in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster." In Coenzyme Q in Aging, 141–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45642-9_7.

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CHEBABHI, Ali. "A Novel IDPC using Suitable Controllers (Robust and Intelligent Controllers)." In Improved Indirect Power Control (IDPC) of Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS), 86–120. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789811412677119010006.

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This chapter presents an improved Indirect power control (compared to the conventional one illustrated in chapter: 03) based on robust and suitable controllers (Robust and Intelligent controllers) to control the d-q axes currents (Ird and Irq) respectively. In order to overcome the speed/efficiency trade-off and divergence from peak power under fast variation of wind speed; three intelligent controllers (based on, T1-FLC, T2-FLC and NFC) are proposed to control the rotor direct and quadrature currents (Ird and Irq) instead of PID controllers, for grid-connected doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). The same wind-turbine (DFIG (4kW) and turbine (4.5 kW)) used in last chapter will be developed again in order to make a comparative study between the wind-system performance algorithms. The SVM strategy (to ensure the fixed switching frequency and to minimize the harmonics) is used in RSC for switching signals generation to control the inverter. In this chapter, mathematical model of each proposed controller is described in detail. The MPPT strategy is also developed in the three proposed algorithms in order to extract the maximum wind power by keeping the reactive power equal to zero value. The main aim of the proposed control is to improve the wind system performance despite the sudden wind speed variation and the DFIG’s parameter variation in transient and steady states. The simulation results using the Matlab/Simulink environment (under three proposed modes and using robustness tests) show that the intelligent controller offered high power quality in spite of wind-speed variation have superior dynamic performance and are more robust during parameter variation.
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Mitchell, Graham. "Respiration." In How Giraffes Work, 261–91. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197571194.003.0012.

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This chapter discusses the respiratory system of giraffes. The respiratory system supplies oxygen, removes of carbon dioxide and produces the airflow needed to make sounds. Giraffes do not have the velocity of airflow through the airways to vibrate vocal cords sufficiently to generate sounds able to be heard by humans but can produce sounds able to be heard by giraffes. Air reaches alveoli for gas exchange through a long trachea, which is relatively narrow (~4 cm in diameter). Dead space volume is large. A short trunk and rigid chest wall reduce the capacity of the thorax and consequently lung volume is small. Respiratory rate is low (~10 min-1), but tidal volume is relatively big, and alveolar ventilation rate (VA; ~60 L min-1) delivers sufficient air despite the large dead space volume. Laryngeal muscles act to prevent food from entering the trachea a process controlled by the (short) superior and (long) inferior (recurrent) laryngeal nerves. Air that has been delivered to alveoli comes into contact with pulmonary artery blood (=cardiac output, Q; ~40 L min-1). The VA: Q ratio is ~1.5 (cf 0.8 in humans). Gas exchange occurs by diffusion. The surface area for diffusion is related to the number of alveoli which increase in number during growth from ~1 billion in a newborn giraffe to 11 billion in an adult. Gas carriage of oxygen and carbon dioxide is a function of erythrocytes which are small (MCV = 12 fL) but numerous (12 × 1012 L-1) and each liter of blood contains ~150 g of hemoglobin.
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H monthly, seasonal, wa rtteurreyse ar t , ooraavnen ra ugaeltHay ti dornolsohgo ic rt aflald ls r o ( uDgrhatcsuapreetusaul. al1 ly 98o0u , t K of le pmheaSse1o9r8l7a ) g . are Aegqruiaclu ly lt uvraarliuam ble a . n perceptions of these conditions tdhreo ug o h cc ts u . rrM en e c te eoroof lo g m ic e a te lod ro ro lo uggihctasl re asnudltfargorm ic u p lt ruerca i­ l m on etperoercoilpoigtiacta io lddrroouugghhttto li n a ks various characteristics of pitation deficiencies; agricultural droughts are largely and potential nesvhaopro ta tr gaenss , gdriifcfuelrteun ra cles im bpea tw cts, focusing the result of soil moisture deficiencies. More time deficits, and piration (ET), seoeinlawca tu te arlien la o ps th es erbceo fo mrpeopnreenctispio ta fttihoenhdyedfr ic oileongciiceasla sy re s te d m et e (e c . tge . d , cdheapreancd te ern is tto ic nsop re fvoa rt i h li . ngAw plant’s demand for water is reservoirs, groundwater). As a result, impacts are out growth, and s t he ofphtyhse ic al sp eeactih fi ecrcpolnadnitt , i ons, biological of phase with those in other economic sectors. Also, the soil. and biological p it rsopsetratg ie esooffw riv a e te rs r ) i n is hoyfd te ro nlougsiecdalfo st rom ra ugletispy le st eam nd s ( ceo .g m ., preets in er gvopiu rs r­ , dorfocu ro gphst sh Aonu ld opaecrcaotu ional definition of agricultural poses (e.g., power generation, flood control, irri­ example, adted fi icfifeen re tnstub st natge fo srotfhe cr voap riable susceptibility gation, recreation), further complicating the sequence stage wil soil moisture idneavneleoaprm ly egnrt. o w Fo th r a in n d th q es ueansttiofriacgae ti osnyso te f m im sepsaccatlsa . te Csodm ur pientg it idornoufg or htw , aatnedrrseoq il u ir m em oi lsthuarveeliist tle su impact on final crop yield if top-conflicts between water users increase significantly. moisture en ctosn . ti Hnouw es e , v ffi ear ci , einft th teodm ef e ic eiten early growth The frequency and severity of hydrological drought result. substantial yie c ld y o lo fsss ub m so aiyli ( s19o6f6 te ) n de dfeifniendedaadtrotuhgehtr iv yeerarbaassionnescian le . whW ic hhiptphlee the The impacts of drought are crop specific because a ru gngo re ff g . atLeow ru -n fl oofwfifsre less than the long-term average betw m ee onstcrw op ea s. thPelra -s netn in s g it idvaetepshaenndolm og aitcuarla ti s o ta ngepserv io a d ry stfiomremapney ri osd tr efaam lls s . bIefqu th eenca ie cstuhaalvfelobweefnordea te srem le icnteeddahlisgohv te a m ry p between crops and locations. A period of hydrological drought lioswc on a si cdeerrtead in tothbreesihnop ld ro , gr th es esn . d se rnysic ti ovnedi era g ti roonts ur wt hmeasy tr ecsositnhca id teocw cu it rhsiancarsis ti occailatw io enatw stage for one he it r h -b Hio li w ty e v th ear, ttm he usntubmebeexrco ee fddeadystoanddeftihneelaevheyldorfop lo rgoibcaa ­ l c ca ri n ti coafltesn ta rgeedu fo crea th neotrh is ekro cr fodpr . o A cr gorp ic while missing a drought period is somewhat arbitrary. These criteria ught ium lt pua ra cltpolnancn ro in pgs will Tvhaeryibm et p w ac etesnso tr f e am hy sda ro nldog ri ivcearl ba dsr in osu . ght in an." In Droughts, 41. Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315830896-29.

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Wang, G. X., G. Aguilar, and J. S. Nelson. "Dynamic Behavior of Cryogen Spray Cooling: Effect of Spray Distance." In ASME 2003 Heat Transfer Summer Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2003-47254.

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Cryogen spray cooling (CSC) is used to minimize the risk of epidermal damage during laser dermatologic surgery. During CSC, skin surface is cooled by a short spurt of refrigerant R134a with boiling point of −26.2°C. Since R134a is volatile in open atmospheric conditions, the atomized liquid droplets undergo continuous evaporation as they fly in air, leading to a lost momentum and mass. Therefore, the cooling effect of CSC depends strongly on the spray distance between the nozzle and the skin surface (L). The objective of this study was, therefore, to investigate the effect of L on the dynamic heat transfer of CSC. A skin model system made of poly methyl-methacrylate resin (Plexiglass®) is used to simulate CSC during laser dermatologic surgery. A fast-response temperature measurement sensor is built using thin (20 μm) aluminum foil and placed on top of the plexiglass with a 50 μm bead diameter thermocouple positioned in between. Variation of the surface temperature is then measured under various spray distances. The surface heat flux (q) as well as the heat transfer coefficient (h) between the surface and the cryogen is estimated by solving an inverse heat conduction problem with the measured temperature data as input. The effect of L on surface cooling in CSC is then investigated systematically. Both the estimated q and h show strong dynamic characteristics and are strong functions of the L. Two distinct spray-surface interaction mechanisms are identified within the spray distances studied. For short L (< 30 mm), the spurt droplets impinge on the substrate violently, resulting in a fairly thin cryogen film deposited on the surface. Strong dynamics and high q result in this case, corresponding to a high h as well. Interestingly, h becomes strongly fluctuating and even larger after spurt termination for these cases. For long L (> 30 mm), q is lower and it steadily decreases after spurt termination. The dynamic variation of h in this case is similar to that of q. These results should help in the selection of optimal CSC parameters, which are needed to produce high heat fluxes at the skin surface and thus obtain maximal epidermal protection during various dermatologic laser therapies.
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Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Altab Hossain, Ataur Rahman, and Yulfian Aminanda. "Tractive Efficiency Analysis for an Intelligent Air-Cushion Tracked Vehicle." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37516.

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This study presents the tractive efficiency of an intelligent air-cushion tracked vehicle (IACTV) working on swamp terrain. Based on the total power consumption and optimum load distribution for IACTV, two main issues are studied in this paper. First, a theoretical model is developed for optimizing total power consumption of the vehicle and tractive efficiency has been investigated with the effects of load distribution on the vehicle performance. Secondly, the vehicle has the ability to response for the changeable cushion pressure based on the cushion height from the ground. The system is effective to control the intelligent air–cushion system by measuring the vehicle tractive efficiency (TE), volume flow rate (Q), cushion height (CH) and cushion pressure (CP). Experiment and simulation results showed that the optimal power consumption can be obtained and maintained by using the designed fuzzy logic system (FLS) with the load distribution ratio of 0.2 and tractive efficiency of 62%. The mean relative error of actual and predicted values from the FLS model on tractive efficiency is found as 9.2%, which is less than the acceptable limit of 10%. The goodness of fit of the prediction value from FLS is found as 0.96.
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Kienzler, Bernhard, Peter Vejmelka, and Volker Metz. "Near Field Radionuclide Concentrations: Sorption or Solubility Constrained?" In ASME 2001 8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2001-1236.

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Abstract The amount of mobile radionuclides is controlled by the geochemical isolation potential of the repository. Many investigations are available in order to determine the maximal radionuclide concentrations released from different waste forms of specific disposal strategies for disposal in rock salt formations. These investigations result in reaction (dissolution) rates, maximum concentrations, and sorption coefficients. The experimental data have to be applied to various disposal strategies. The case studies presented in this communication cover the selection, the volumes, and the composition of backfill materials used as sorbents for radionuclides. As an example, for brown coal fly ash (BFA) - Q-brine systems, sorption coefficients were measured as well as solublilities of several actinides and other long-lived radionuclides. Dissolved CO32− was buffered to negligible concentration by the presence of high amount of Mg in solution. In the sorption experiments Pu, Th, Np, and U concentrations close or below detection limit were obtained. Concentrations in the same ranges are computed by means of geochemical modeling, if precipitation of “simple” tetravalent hydroxides (An(OH)4(am) phases) is assumed. In the case of U in a Portland cement dominated geochemical environment, measured U(VI) concentration corresponds to the solubility of hexavalent solids, such as Na2U2O7. A similar behavior of U was observed in high-level waste glass experiments. Experiments investigating sorption behavior of corroded cement showed that in the case of application of a sufficient large inventory of actinides, measured concentrations were found to be independent of the inventory. In this case, measured concentrations were controlled by solid phases. If smaller actinide inventories were applied, resulting concentrations were found to be below concentrations constrained by well-known solids. Here, a more or less pronounced sorption of the radioactive elements was observed. The radionuclide concentrations determined in the BFA “sorption” experiments are found to be close to the detection limits. For this reason, it is not possible to extrapolate the radionuclide behavior to lower concentrations. We cannot distinguish, if sorption or precipitation controls measured radionuclide concentrations. However, in the presence of reducing materials such as BFA, solubilities of tetravalent actinides and of Tc(IV) represent a realistic estimation of the maximal element concentrations needed in performance assessment studies. The concentrations of these redox sensitive elements are controlled by precipitation of An(OH)4(am) phases for disposal concepts considered in German salt formations. Under this assumption, quantities such as solid-solution ratios used in (sorption) experiments do not affect the mobilization of the radionuclides. Additional conclusions can be drawn from comparison of the findings for the redox sensitive elements in the BFA / portland cement brine systems: We can assume that expected actinide and technetium concentrations in the near-field of radioactive wastes are affected by the total inventory of radionuclides in the disposal room. Sorption will be relevant, if the total dissolved radionuclide concentration remains below the maximal solubility defined by the solid radionuclide phase which is stable in the geochemical environment. In contrast to the portland cement system, the relevant radionuclide phase are most probably tetravalent hydroxides in the BFA systems. These conclusions are of high importance to performance assessment for the radioactive waste repository systems, because they restrict the applicability of sorption models in the near field of the waste.
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Truskowski, M. G., and H. T. Andersen. "Resistivity Changes Over Time Related To Modeled Fluid Fl,Ow In Room-Q Of The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant." In 6th EEGS Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609-pdb.209.1993_053.

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