Biosolubilization of copper from waste electric cablesGaydardzhiev, Stoyan ; Bastin, David ; Goffinet, Florence et alin Harre, Jens (Ed.) Proceedings of the Copper 2010 International Conference (2010, June) The paper reports on results from a laboratory tests for bacterial leaching of copper from scrap cables. The studied material is a reject fraction obtained after dismantling and separation of electric ... [more ▼] The paper reports on results from a laboratory tests for bacterial leaching of copper from scrap cables. The studied material is a reject fraction obtained after dismantling and separation of electric cables during recycling of end-of-life vehicles (ELV). The copper has been met predominately in pure metallic form as tiny irregular shaped wires often coated with tin and well liberated from the plastic isolations. For bringing copper in solution, a bacterially assisted agitative leaching with mixed consortium of mesophylic microorganisms has been chosen. Continuous bacterial adaptation of the cultures to the substrate has been envisaged in order to provide an efficient way for ferrous iron regeneration during the leaching. It has been established that under optimal conditions of pH, density and temperature it is possible to recover nearly the total copper within short leach duration. The obtained pregnant leach solution could be subjected to subsequent copper recovery via solvent extraction, while the solid leached residue could be considered as non-metallic material containing plastics suitable for recycling. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 85 (11 ULg) Biospheric carbon stocks reconstructed at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison between general circulation models using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures; ; et al in Global and Planetary Change (2002), 33(1-2), 117-138 The terrestrial biosphere model Carbon Assimilation in the Biosphere (CARAIB) was improved by introducing two vegetation storeys and implementing a new module which simulates the equilibrium distribution ... [more ▼] The terrestrial biosphere model Carbon Assimilation in the Biosphere (CARAIB) was improved by introducing two vegetation storeys and implementing a new module which simulates the equilibrium distribution of the vegetation inferred from physiological processes and climatic constraints. In this fourth version of CARAIB, we differentiate ground-level grasses from tree canopies, which allows us to determine the light available to grasses as a direct function of the leaf area index (LAI) of the forest canopy. Both of these storeys are potentially composed of several plant functional types (PFT). The cover fraction of each PFT within each storey is estimated according to its respective net primary productivity (NPP). A biome is assigned to each grid cell on the basis of three physiological criteria: (1) the cover fraction, (2) the NPP, and (3) the LAI; and two climatic constraints: (1) the growing degree-days (GDD) and (2) the lowest temperature reached during the cold season (T-min), which are well-known indices of vegetation expansion boundaries. Total biospheric carbon stocks (vegetation + soil) are reconstructed by forcing the model with eight climatic scenarios of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 21 ka BP), which were obtained from the Palco-Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) from four general circulation models (MRI2, UGAMP, LMD4, and GEN2) using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures (SSTs). The model was also forced with a current climate together with a preindustrial atmospheric CO2 level of 280 ppm as reference simulation, To validate the model, current biome distribution is reconstructed and compared, for the modem climate, with two distributions of potential vegetation and, for the LGM, with pollen data. The model simulations are in good agreement with broad-scale patterns of vegetation distribution, The results indicate an increase in the total biospheric carbon stock of 827.8-1106.1 Gt C since the LGM. Sensitivity analyses were performed to discriminate the relative effects of the atmospheric CO, level ("fertilization effect"), the climate (present or LGM), and the sea level. Our results suggest that the CO, fertilization effect is mostly responsible for the total increase in vegetation and soil carbon stocks. The four GCMs diverged in their predicted responses of continental climate to calculated SSTs. Only one of them, i.e., MRI2, predicted a marked decline of the continental temperatures in response to lower calculated SSTs. For this GCM, the effect of reduced SSTs on continental biospheric carbon stocks was a decrease of 544.1 Gt for the soil carbon stock and of 283.7. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 8 (2 ULg) Biostatistical studies of Western European allogamous populations of the Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz species group (Orchidaceae); Dufrêne, Marc ![]() in Systematic Botany (1994), 19(3), 424-442 [No abstract available] Biostatistical studies on western European Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae)-the D. maculata groupDufrêne, Marc ; ; in Plant Systematics & Evolution (1991), 175(1-2), 55-72 Multivariate analysis tools are exploited on a data set composed of quantitative characteristics collected on 35 populations of plants of the Dactylorhiza maculata (L.)Soó group from Western-Europe. These ... [more ▼] Multivariate analysis tools are exploited on a data set composed of quantitative characteristics collected on 35 populations of plants of the Dactylorhiza maculata (L.)Soó group from Western-Europe. These samples lead to four well-defined clusters; this, together with qualitative, cytological and ecological arguments, allows for the recognition of four specific entities:D. maculata s.str., D. fuchsii (Druce)Soó, D. saccifera (Brongn.)Soó and D. caramulensis (Vermeulen)Tyteca. It is concluded that the floral characters play an essential role in the taxonomical distinction. It also appears that the set of characters measured, as well as the methods exploited, are especially well-suited and valuable tools for the morphological study of the genus Dactylorhiza. © 1991 Springer-Verlag. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 3 (0 ULg) BIOSTATISTIQUE - Manuel d’exercicesDonneau, Anne-Françoise ; Seidel, Laurence ![]() Learning material (2008) Detailed reference viewed: 19 (7 ULg) Biostratigraphic chart of the Famennian Stage (Upper Devonian) in the type localities of Belgium: a preliminary report; Streel, Maurice ; et alin Journal of Paleontology (1969), 43(3), 727-734 Detailed reference viewed: 11 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphic correlation at the Late or/and Latest Famennian from Western, Central and Eastern European sections. State of the art.Streel, Maurice ; ; et alin Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy Newsletter (2003), 19 Detailed reference viewed: 7 (0 ULg) A biostratigraphic method based on a quantification of fossil tracheophyte characters - its application to the Lower Devonian Posongchong flora (Yunnan Province, China).Gerrienne, Philippe ![]() in Palaeobotanist (1996), 45 Detailed reference viewed: 6 (2 ULg) A biostratigraphic method based on a quantification of the characters of Devonian tracheophytes.Gerrienne, Philippe ; Streel, Maurice ![]() in Paleobiology (1994), 20 Detailed reference viewed: 6 (0 ULg) The biostratigraphical and palaeogeographic framework of the earliest diversification of Tetrapods (Late Devonian); ; et al in Special Publication - Geological Society of London (2007), 278 Detailed reference viewed: 4 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphical correlation between the Hangenberg Schiefer (Northern “Rheinisches Schiefergebirge”) and glacigenic deposits in Brazil.Streel, Maurice ; in Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique (1991), 113(2), 133 Biostratigraphical correlations of Early Devonian vertebrate assemblages of the Old Red Sandstone Continent; ; et al in Blieck, A.; Turner, S. (Eds.) Palaeozoic vertebrate biochronology and global marine/non-marine correlation (final report IGCP 328, 1991-1996) (2000) Detailed reference viewed: 38 (3 ULg) The biostratigraphical distribution of earliest tetrapods (Late Devonian): a revised version with comments on biodiversification; ; Streel, Maurice ![]() in Special Publication - Geological Society of London (2010), 339 Detailed reference viewed: 11 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphie des couches de transition Dévono-Carbonifère et limite entre les deux systèmes (Synthèse du groupe de travail sur la limite Dévonien-Carbonifère)Streel, Maurice ![]() in Compte Rendu 7ème Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Géologie du Carbonifère. Krefeld 1971. (1972) Detailed reference viewed: 10 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphie des miospores et des chitinozoaires du Silurien superieur et du Devonien dans le bassin d'Illizi (SE du Sahara algerien); ; et al in Geobios (1988), 21(3), 329--357 Detailed reference viewed: 5 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphie par miospores du Dévonien inférieur à supérieur du sondage MG-1 (Bassin d'Hammadah, Tunisie). Comparaison avec les données des faunes; Steemans, Philippe ; Streel, Maurice et alin Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (1992), 74(3), 193--205 Detailed reference viewed: 6 (4 ULg) Biostratigraphie par spores du Dévonien Ardenno-Rhénan.Streel, Maurice ![]() in Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord (1986), CV Detailed reference viewed: 10 (0 ULg) Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy at the Devonian-Carboniferous transition in southern China (Hunan Province); comparison with southern BelgiumHance, Luc ; ; et alin Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique (1993), 116(2), 359-378 Detailed reference viewed: 6 (1 ULg) Biostratigraphy of 28 boreholes in the Brabant Massif; ; Steemans, Philippe ![]() Conference (1989) Detailed reference viewed: 4 (0 ULg) Biosynthèse d'alcaloïdes défensifs de CoccinellidaeLaurent, Pascal ; ; et alPoster (2002) La famille des Coccinellidae est divisée en sept sous-familles et comprend plus de 5200 espèces répandues dans le monde entier. En règle générale, les coccinelles souffrent peu des prédateurs, ce qui peut ... [more ▼] La famille des Coccinellidae est divisée en sept sous-familles et comprend plus de 5200 espèces répandues dans le monde entier. En règle générale, les coccinelles souffrent peu des prédateurs, ce qui peut être attribué à une vaste gamme de défense (capacité d’envols brusques, camouflage, mimétismes, aposématisme, etc.). Ces insectes disposent également de défenses chimiques : en cas de danger, l’adulte s’immobilise dans une attitude imitant celle d’un individu mort (thanatose) et sécrète des gouttelettes d’hémolymphe au niveau des articulation tibiofémorales de ses pattes par un mécanisme appelé « saignée réflexe ». Chez de nombreuses coccinelles, cet exsudat contient un ou plusieurs alcaloïdes dont l’amertume et la toxicité sont considérés, dans une large mesure, comme une protection vis-à-vis des prédateurs potentiels. Ces alcaloïdes présentent une grande diversité de structures et se rattachent à des squelettes aussi différents que ceux de l’azaphénalène, de l’homotropane ou des azamacrolides. Afin de mieux cerner l’évolution des mécanismes de défense chimique chez ces insectes, nous nous sommes intéressé à la biosynthèse de l’adaline, l’alcaloïde majoritaire isolé des coccinelles du genre Adalia. On a en effet avancé l’hypothèse que l’adaline et la coccinelline posséderaient un précurseur commun. Néanmoins, si l’origine polyacétate de la coccinelline a été prouvée, aucune donnée n’est disponible concernant l’adaline. Afin d’établir l’origine polyacétate de cet alcaloide, nous avons mis au point un schéma de dégradation conduisant à l’isolement du carbone du carbonyle de cette molécule. Nous avons ensuite déterminé le pourcentage de radioactivité au niveau de ce carbone après incorporation de [1-14C] et de [2-14C] acétate de sodium. Parallèlement à ces études, nous avons mis au point une méthode de production in vitro de la coccinelline et de l’adaline au moyen de broyats de tissus. Cette technique nous a permis d’explorer de manière plus précise le schéma de biosynthèse de ces molécules, de déterminer l’origine biogénétique de l’atome d’azote ainsi que l’organe responsable de la synthèse des alcaloïdes chez ces insectes. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 38 (0 ULg) |
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