Dynamic simulations in SixTrack

The DYNK module allows element settings in SixTrack to be changed on a turn-by-turn basis. This document contains a technical description of the DYNK module in SixTrack. It is mainly intended for a developer or advanced user who wants to modify the DYNK module, for example by adding more functions that can be used to calculate new element settings, or to add support for new elements that can be used with DYNK.Comment: Submission to CERN yellow report / conference proceeding, the 2015 collimation tracking code worksho

Investigations on anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus Linnaeus, 1758) by the IEO (Instituto Español de Oceanografía) in the northern and central eastern Atlantic

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Co-application of activated carbon and compost to contaminated soils: toxic elements mobility and PAH degradation and availability

This work assesses the suitability of three commercial activated carbons (ACs) and their combination with olive mill waste compost (AC + C) as amendments for the remediation of two different contaminated soils. The treatments were applied to a mining soil, and their ability to immobilize trace elements was evaluated. Besides, the efficiency of the amendments to degrade and reduce the availability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was investigated in a soil from a wood creosote treatment plant. To this aim, trace elements mobility and PAH degradation and availability were evaluated. Ecotoxicological assays were performed to assess potential toxicity risks in the untreated and the amended soils. In the mining soil, the ACs were able to immobilize metals and As, but the AC + C treatments were more effective than AC. In the PAH-polluted soil, AC treatments promoted the degradation of high molecular weight PAH, but the AC + C amendments further enhanced the degradation of total PAH and reduced the availability of those with 3-rings. The ecotoxicological tests demonstrated an improvement of soil quality when AC and compost were applied together. In conclusion, the co-application of AC and compost reduces the mobility of potentially toxic elements in the polluted mine soil and enhances PAH degradation and reduces PAH availability in the creosote-contaminated soilThis work was fnancially supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain, projects CTM2013-47874-C2-R and CTM2013-48697-C2-

A method for the complete analysis of NORM building materials by γ-ray spectrometry using HPGe detectors

[EN] A methodology including software tools for analysing NORM building materials and residues by low-level gamma-ray spectrometry has been developed. It comprises deconvolution of gamma-ray spectra using the software GALEA with focus on the natural radionuclides and Monte Carlo simulations for efficiency and true coincidence summing corrections. The methodology has been tested on a range of building materials and validated against reference materials

Portable lock-in amplifier for microcantilever based sensor array. Application to explosives detection using Co-BEA type zeolites as sensing materials

Recent advances in microcantilever-based sensors have led to a significant increase in sensitivity, making them a competitive solution in highly demanding applications as explosives detection. However, these sensors face severe challenges related to: reliability, sensitivity, reproducibility and throughput; that have yet to be solved for commercial applications. This paper describes our efforts in this direction, particularly on the reproducible detection of nitroaromatic type explosives by means of parallelization combined with: i) nanoporous solids as sensing materials; and, ii) a portable lowpower electronic readout interface capable of both excitation and measurement of the multisensing platform. The response of the sensor array, comprising 4 microcantilevers, due to presence of 2-nitrotoluene, a common explosive taggant, has been properly monitored. The obtained results with 4 identical Co-BEA coated Si microcantilevers underline the importance of a proper sensing material degassing on the sensor performance

Explosives detection by array of Si µ-cantilevers coated with titanosilicate type nanoporous materials

An array comprising 4 Si microcantilevers coated with nanoporous ETS-10 crystals sub-micrometric in size has been deployed as a multisensing platform for 2-nitrotoluene (an explosive related molecule) recognition. For such purposes, the adsorption properties of synthetic microporous ETS-10 titanosilicate type materials have been tailored by means of the Si/Ti ratio, and surface grafting with organic groups (amine, imidazol). Our general strategy for vapor detection of explosives involves the combination of Si based nanoporous solids as sensing materials and resonating Si cantilevers provided with self-heating elements as tiny microbalances (mass sensitivity factors ~18 Hz/ng). Particularly for this work, ETS-10 type titanosilicates with promoted basic properties (Si/Ti=4, -NH2 anchored on the external surface) exhibit the higher affinity towards nitroaromatic derivatives as electron defficient molecules. A high remarkable hydrophilic character is shown by titanosilicates modified by covalent linkage with imidazole based organosilane (above 17% wt. water uptake at room temperature). Accounting from such versatile sorption behavior, the family of nanoporous ETS-10 crystals has been deployed by microdropping technique over the 8 Si-microcantilevers chip. By means of a portable lowpower electronic interface capable of the simultaneous excitation and measurement of 4 sensor output signals, such multisensing platform has been successfully applied for 2-nitrotoluene detection at trace level

Determination of capsaicinoids in peppers by microwave-assisted extraction-high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

En este trabajo se ha desarrollado una técnica de extracción de capsaicinoides en pimientos mediante la extracción asistida por microondas

Explosives Detection by Array of Si µ -Cantilevers Coated with Titanosilicate-Type Nanoporous Materials

An array comprising four Si µ -cantilevers coated with nanoporous functionalized ETS-10 crystals sub-micrometric in size has been developed as a multisensing platform for explosives recognition in vapor phase. The detection capabilities of the proposed device have been tested for common taggants such as 1-methyl-2-nitro-benzene (o-MNT)] and explosives (commercial detonation cord, a plastic tube filled with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN); and C-4, a mixture of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), binders and plastifiers). The general strategy for the detection of explosives in vapor phase is based on the characteristic fingerprint each one produces as a result of the dissimilar chemical interactions between the ETS-10 coated µ -cantilevers and the target molecules emanating from the explosives and swept by ambient air. A portable lock-in amplifier has been implemented to exploit the truly benefits of the array in terms of portability, reduced size, and energy consumption. Such low-power electronic interface is capable of creating the excitation signal as well as obtaining the response values of four resonating µ -cantilevers simultaneously. The resulting sensing platform has successfully been applied for the o-MNT, PETN, and RDX detection at trace level

Symmetries in Classical Field Theory

The multisymplectic description of Classical Field Theories is revisited, including its relation with the presymplectic formalism on the space of Cauchy data. Both descriptions allow us to give a complete scheme of classification of infinitesimal symmetries, and to obtain the corresponding conservation laws.Comment: 70S05; 70H33; 55R10; 58A2