Membrane techniques for removal detergents and petroleum products from carwash effluents: a review

One of the most significant urban services is the carwash, which generates large amounts of wastewater containing a variety of pollutants, including sand, gravel, suspended solids, surfactants, oil products, diesel cleaners, etc., that may cause environmental pollution when transferred to the sewage system without any treatment. The effective treatment is crucial to prevent environmental pollution as well as to recycle the water source. Contaminants are removed from carwash effluent using a variety of treatment technologies. This review focuses on identifying and comparing efficiency of using advanced commercial and modified membrane filtration techniques, meeting discharge standard regulations, to treat carwash impurities, especially detergents/surfactants (anionic surfactant) and petroleum products (oil/grease). The results of this review indicate that ultrafiltration membrane (UF) is the most common membrane filtration technology for carwash wastewater treatment. Additionally, the adoption of traditional pre-treatment processes may be advantageous before utilization of membrane process for treating carwash wastewater; although conventional treatment processes can produce a high quality of effluent, they are less effective than membrane systems

Formation of official loyalty of cadets in educational process of higher educational institutions of Russian penitentiary system

© Author(s).This article is aimed at revealing the foundations of the formation of the official loyalty among the cadets of higher education institutions of the FPS of Russia by the institutions staff, and first of all, by the faculty. Leading methods of research of this problem in this article were: the analysis of scientific papers and official documents, questionnaires, interviews, observation. The article describes the key problems of formation of the official loyalty among FPS of Russia employees. Article identifies factors both assisting and impeding the process of the purposeful formation of official loyalty. Also the attention is focused on the heterogeneity of mechanisms of formation of official loyalty in behavior on the level of compliance with legal and ethical norms, disclosed the peculiarities of formation of official loyalty in the context of the educational process in educational institutions of the FPS of Russia. Principles and steps of purposeful formation of official loyalty in the higher education institutions of the FPS of Russia, practical recommendations in this direction are recommended

Synthesis and Properties of Vanadium Substituted Bismuth Tungstates with Fluorite-like Structure

The samples of vanadium substituted bismuth tungstates with a cubic structure were obtained by solid state method. The unit cell volume of the compounds slightly contracts with increasing tungsten content and in case of vanadium doping. Thermal expansion coefficient of bismuth tungstate is equal to 13×10-6 °C-1. The electrical conductivity was investigated using ac impedance spectroscopy. The results showed that the substitution of tungsten with vanadium ions increased electrical conductivity values by one order of magnitude

Gestational weight gain as the factor of development of complications during pregnancy and Childbirth

The article deals with complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with a deficiency of body weight before conception and the impact on the fetus.В статье рассмотрены осложнения во время беременности и в родах у женщин с дефицитом массы тела до зачатия и влияние на плод

Gestational weight gain as the factor of development of complications during pregnancy and Childbirth

The article deals with complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with a deficiency of body weight before conception and the impact on the fetus.В статье рассмотрены осложнения во время беременности и в родах у женщин с дефицитом массы тела до зачатия и влияние на плод

Start codon in the Bacillus intermedius gene for serine proteinase

The translation initiation site was determined for Bacillus intermedius aprBi (AN AY754946), coding for extracellular subtilisin-like serine proteinase secreted at the stationary growth phase. Analysis of the aprBi open reading frame revealed three potential translation start sites (TTG, GTG, and ATG). Using the SignalP online freeware program, the probabilities of their functional activity were evaluated. To identify the translation start, modified subtilisin-like protease genes with nucleotide replacements in putative start codons were obtained by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. The expression of these genetic constructs was investigated in protease-deficient strain B. subtilis AJ73. The results indicated that aprBi translation starts from the alternative GTG codon. © 2008 MAIK Nauka

A novel secreted metzincin metalloproteinase from Bacillus intermedius

The mprBi gene from Bacillus intermedius 3-19 encoding a novel secreted metalloproteinase was identified. The mpriBi gene was expressed in an extracellular proteinase-deficient Bacillus subtilis BG 2036 strain and the corresponding protein was characterized biochemically. The 19. kDa MprBi protein was purified to homogeneity and sequenced by mass spectroscopy and Edman degradation methods. Amino acid sequence analysis of MprBi identified an active site motif HEYGHNFGLPHD and a conserved structural component Met-turn, both of which are unique features of the metzincin clan. Furthermore, MprBi harbors a number of distinct sequence elements characteristic of proteinase domains in eukaryotic adamalysins. We conclude that MprBi and similar proteins from other Bacillus species form a novel group of metzincin metalloproteinases in prokaryotes. © 2010 Federation of European Biochemical Societies

AFTERTREATMENT OF BIOCHEMICALLY TREATED COKE PRODUCTION WASTEWATER

The paper presents results of biochemically treated coke-oven wastewater post-treatment using ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes. The possibility of using membrane technologies to obtain make-up water for the recycling cycle of water supply is shown.В работе приведены результаты доочистки биохимочищенных сточных вод коксохимического производства с применением ультрафильтрационных и нанофильтрационных мембран. Показана возможность применения мембранных технологий с целью получения подпиточной воды для чистого оборотного цикла водоснабжения

Asthenia expression among medical universities students during internship

The article presents a study of the severity of asthenia among students of a medical university during industrial practice.В статье представлено исследование выраженности астении среди обучающихся медицинского университета во время производственной практики

Association of hypertriglyceridemia with risk factors for cardiovascular and renal complications in individuals with high cardiovascular risk

Aim. To study clinical and functional manifestations of hypertriglyceridemia and its association with risk factors for cardiovascular and renal complications in individuals with high cardiovascular risk.Material and methods. The study included 272 patients (129 men and 143 women; mean age, 53,9±13,7 years) with a high cardiovascular risk, which was stratified using Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) model by the presence of cardiovascular disease, and/or diabetes, and/or age ≥65 years, and/or blood pressure (BP) >180/110 mm Hg, and/or total cholesterol (TC) level >8,0 mmol/l. All study participants underwent clinical and paraclinical examination. Serum content of triglycerides (TGs) ≥1,7 mmol/L was considered hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). Depending on TG level, the entire sample was divided into 2 following subgroups: subgroup 1 (n=178) — serum triglycerides ≤1,6 mmol/l; subgroup 2 (n=94) — serum triglycerides ≥1,7 mmol/l, i.e. HTG.Results. We revealed significantly more persons with obesity (46,8%) and type 2 diabetes (28,7%) in HTG subgroup. There were 56,3% and 36,1% patients of HTG subgroup with hypertension (HTN) and coronary artery disease (CAD), respectively. A mid-high TG level (from 1,7 to 2,3 mmol/l) in the subgroup of patients with HTG was detected in 38,3% of cases. The serum content of TG from 2,3 to 5,6 mmol/l was detected in 54,2% of patients. TG level ≥5,6 mmol/l was detected in 7,5% of cases. In the subgroup of patients with HTG, high levels of systolic, diastolic and central (aortic) BP, body mass index, phosphorus, creatinine, cystatin C, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were detected significantly more common. In the general sample, a significant direct relationship between TG concentration and cystatin C (r=0,168) and an inverse (negative) relationship with eGFR (r=-0,220) was obtained.Conclusion. Elevated serum TG levels are often observed in individuals with obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and CAD. Patients with HTG had a pronounced cardiovascular and renal risk, including a significant increase in BP and carotid IMT, high levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, phosphorus, creatinine, cystatin C, and a decrease in eGFR. HTG was associated with an increase in serum cystatin C and a deterioration in renal nitrogen excretion