A model for estimating time-variant rainfall infiltration as a function of antecedent surface moisture and hydrologic soil type

Recent research indicates that the use of remote sensing techniques for the measurement of near surface soil moisture could be practical in the not too distant future. Other research shows that infiltration rates, especially for average or frequent rainfall events, are extremely sensitive to the proper definition and consideration of the role of the soil moisture at the beginning of the rainfall. Thus, it is important that an easy to use, but theoretically sound, rainfall infiltration model be available if the anticipated remotely sensed soil moisture data is to be optimally utilized for hydrologic simulation. A series of numerical experiments with the Richards' equation for an array of conditions anticipated in watershed hydrology were used to develop functional relationships that describe temporal infiltration rates as a function of soil type and initial moisture conditions

Evaluation of the MOCAGE Chemistry Transport Model during the ICARTT/ITOP Experiment

We evaluate the Meteo-France global chemistry transport 3D model MOCAGE (MOdele de Chimie Atmospherique a Grande Echelle) using the important set of aircraft measurements collected during the ICARRT/ITOP experiment. This experiment took place between US and Europe during summer 2004 (July 15-August 15). Four aircraft were involved in this experiment providing a wealth of chemical data in a large area including the North East of US and western Europe. The model outputs are compared to the following species of which concentration is measured by the aircraft: OH, H2O2, CO, NO, NO2, PAN, HNO3, isoprene, ethane, HCHO and O3. Moreover, to complete this evaluation at larger scale, we used also satellite data such as SCIAMACHY NO2 and MOPITT CO. Interestingly, the comprehensive dataset allowed us to evaluate separately the model representation of emissions, transport and chemical processes. Using a daily emission source of biomass burning, we obtain a very good agreement for CO while the evaluation of NO2 points out incertainties resulting from inaccurate ratio of emission factors of NOx/CO. Moreover, the chemical behavior of O3 is satisfactory as discussed in the paper

A simple and straightforward mechanochemical synthesis of the far-from-equilibrium zinc aluminate, ZnAl₂O₄, and its response to thermal treatment

Zinc aluminate (ZnAl2O4) nanoparticles with an average size of about 10 nm are synthesized via one-step mechanochemical processing of the ZnO : g-Al2O3 stoichiometric mixture at ambient temperature. The mechanochemically induced formation of the phase is followed by XRD and 27Al MAS NMR. Highresolution TEM studies reveal a non-uniform nanostructure of mechanosynthesized aluminate consisting of ordered grains surrounded or separated by disordered surface and interfacial regions. Due to the capability of 27Al MAS NMR to probe the local environment of the Al cations, valuable insights into the short-range structure of ZnAl2O4 on the °Angstr¨om length scale are provided. It is demonstrated that the as-prepared aluminate possesses a partly inverse spinel structure with a far-from equilibrium arrangement of cations and distorted polyhedra, which are spatially confined to the surface and interfacial regions with a volume fraction of ca. 50% and a thickness of ca. 1 nm. The response of the nanostructured ZnAl2O4 to subsequent thermal treatment is further investigated. It turned out that the thermally induced grain growth is accompanied by a release of microstrain, by a shrinkage of the lattice parameter, as well as by a variation in the oxygen parameter and metal–oxygen bond lengths. Evidence is given of the thermally induced redistribution of cations approaching their equilibrium positions. Upon heating above 1100 K, mechanosynthesized ZnAl2O4 relaxes towards a structural state that is similar to the bulk one

Primary Central Nervous System Burkitt Lymphoma With Non-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Translocation in Right Ventricle: Case Report

Primary central nervous system Burkitt lymphoma (PCNSBL) is rare. Few cases of primary central nervous system involvement with sporadic Burkitt lymphoma have been reported and its treatment is now controversial. Here, the authors report a case of a 14-year-old boy suffering from non-immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) translocation PCNSBL. To the authors' knowledge, this is the second case report describing primary Burkitt lymphoma involving cerebral ventricles. After receiving combination treatment with surgery, stereotacticradiosurgery, and a chemotherapy regimen including high-dose methotrexate, the patient had a disease-free survival of 18 months