Spatialized physically based models are necessary tools for assessing the fate of pesticides in natural environments transferred by diffuse pollution. In this study the CATHY (CATchment HYdrology) model is coupled with reactive processes (adsorption and degradation). The resulting reactive subsurface component is evaluated on laboratory data by (i)...
High-fidelity, multi-physics modeling and simulation (MetS) tools are being developed and utilized for a variety of applications in nuclear science and technology and show great promise in their abilities to reproduce observed phenomena for many applications. Even with the increasing fidelity and sophistication of coupled multi-physics MetS tools, ...
Two major theories on renal stone formation will be reviewed, the “free-particle” and “fixed-particle” mechanisms. These theories combine data on intrinsic factors (inborn metabolic errors), extrinsic factors (diet), renal cell responses and the physico-chemistry and biochemistry of urine into mechanisms of stone formation. This paper describes the...
In the framework of land use planning, massive releases have to be modelled considering they generate important toxic effect distances. The common way to deal with such scenarios is currently based on Gaussian models or, more recently, CFD codes based on a RANS turbulence model. While the first does not enable taking account of the environment with...
Pollutant dispersion in stable atmospheric conditions is still a phenomenon that is highly difficult to model or to reproduce in an experimental wind tunnel. However, such conditions are of major interest in the field of risk assessment because they are generally conservative and the low level of turbulence induces the most important distance for t...
Divalent europium perovskite oxides with the chemical formula EuMO3 (M D Ti and Zr) are of considerable interest as a consequence of their diverse and often intriguing physical properties. There is increasing evidence that the large magnetic moments of the Eu2C ion, which stem from the halffilled 4 shell, can couple to electrical polarization of th...
In high elevation areas drifting snow influences the snowpack spatial distribution and consequently its stability. The amount of snow drifted from the windward side and accumulated on the leeward side is not only a function of wind conditions but it also depends on the snowpack characteristic. One of the aim of the project MAP3 "Monitoring for the ...
The incorporation of TcO2 into the rutile phase of TiO2 has been theoretically examined to understand the potential of the system for use as a wasteform. The effects of defect clustering and the transmutation of Tc into Ru were considered. Results suggest that as a single defective species, Tc has a temperature-dependent, moderate solubility into r...
Problems of residual stress analysis can be formulated in terms of so-called eigenstrain or inelastic strain. Although the concept is almost 100 year old, the use of it by the residual stress community is quite limited, due to complexities of the associated mathematics. When mathematical difficulties are resolved and eigenstrain is reconstructed, t...
Published in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Silica nanoparticles functionalized with amine groups and in the size range of approximately 60-94 nm were produced by combining sol-gel processing and emulsion technology. Hexa-aza cage ligand SarAr-NCS was conjugated to the silica nanoparticles and subsequently radiolabeled with a solution of (57)Co(2+)-doped carrier Co(2+). The number of Co(2+) ...
