Determination of selected drugs in water

Předložená práce se zabývá stanovením různých antibiotik v odpadních vodách. Konkrétně se jedná o trimethoprim, azithromycin a clarithomycin. Ve všech případech se jedná o nežádoucí kontaminaci odpadních vod, která představuje ekologický problém pro životní prostředí. Pro izolaci vybraných léčiv byla po konzultaci s vedoucím práce zvolena metoda extrakce tuhou fází (SPE). Stanovení léčiv proběhlo následně vysokoúčinnou kapalinovou chromatografií s detekcí pomocí hmotnostního spektrometru. Při zachování všech nezbytných postupů byl sledován a následně interpretován dvanáctidenní odtok a přítok na ČOV Brno-Modřice.Submitted thesis tackles the problem of numerous of antibiotics in waste water. Specifically, trimethroprim azithromycin and clarithomycin. In all of those cases we are dealing with a massive ecological threat at hand, causing harm to the enviroment. To isolation the specific kind of antibiotics the method of SPE was chosen by prior consultation with the supervisor. The method of high performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection was deemed superrior for the pinpointing of the exact pharmaceuticals in waste watters. The waste waters in and out flow was observed for twelve days with the maintainance of all necessary procedures listed above at water treatment plants Brno-Modřice.

Rice farmers' perception and determinants of climate change adaptation measures: a case study in Vietnam

The study used Mann Kendall's and Sen's slope tests to elicit rice farmers' perceptions of climate change due to extreme weather occurrences and compared them to hydro-meteorological data. According to the findings, temperatures increased by 0.4 degrees during the last 35 years. While rainfall has increased, the pattern has been difficult to discern. The test results corroborated farmers' perceptions of increased heat spells, but rainfall frequency and intensity vary and are difficult to anticipate. Three adaptation strategies are frequently employed in the Nong Cong district: adjusting the seasonal calendar to alter transplanting and harvesting timing; increasing fertiliser and pesticide application; and changing variety to short-time kinds. Due to the interdependence of adaption techniques, the study used a multivariate probit model. The regression findings indicated that several relevant variables influence the decision to apply adaption methods. Numerous policy ideas for enhancing adaptation to climate change can be derived from the results of this study. District governments must improve their capacity to forecast weekly weather and train how to adapt production to climate change.Le Phuong Nam (Viet Nam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)), Nguyen Dang Que (National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)), Nguyen Van Song (Viet Nam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)), Tran Thi Hoang Mai (Vinh University (VU)), Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong (Vinh University (VU)), Nguyen Thi Xuan Huong (Viet Nam National University of Forestry (VNUF)), Nguyen Cong Tiep (Viet Nam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)), Tran Ba Uan (Dien Bien Technical Economic College)Includes bibliographical references

Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options: Vietnam

Irrigated farming / Poverty / Farm income / Irrigation management / Institutions / Legal aspects / Water rates / User charges / Participatory management / Privatization / Participatory rural appraisal / Performance indexes / Irrigation programs / Irrigation systems / Pumping / Irrigation canals / Social aspects / Economic aspects / Rivers / Hydrology / Dams / Households / Income / Regression analysis / Drainage / Cooperatives / Water delivery / Water distribution / Rice / Financing / Drought / Vietnam / Red River Delta / Nam Duong Irrigation System / Nam Thach Han Irrigation System / Han River

TextANIMAR: Text-based 3D Animal Fine-Grained Retrieval

3D object retrieval is an important yet challenging task, which has drawn more and more attention in recent years. While existing approaches have made strides in addressing this issue, they are often limited to restricted settings such as image and sketch queries, which are often unfriendly interactions for common users. In order to overcome these limitations, this paper presents a novel SHREC challenge track focusing on text-based fine-grained retrieval of 3D animal models. Unlike previous SHREC challenge tracks, the proposed task is considerably more challenging, requiring participants to develop innovative approaches to tackle the problem of text-based retrieval. Despite the increased difficulty, we believe that this task has the potential to drive useful applications in practice and facilitate more intuitive interactions with 3D objects. Five groups participated in our competition, submitting a total of 114 runs. While the results obtained in our competition are satisfactory, we note that the challenges presented by this task are far from being fully solved. As such, we provide insights into potential areas for future research and improvements. We believe that we can help push the boundaries of 3D object retrieval and facilitate more user-friendly interactions via vision-language technologies.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2304.0573

Determination of selected drugs in water

Submitted thesis tackles the problem of numerous of antibiotics in waste water. Specifically, trimethroprim azithromycin and clarithomycin. In all of those cases we are dealing with a massive ecological threat at hand, causing harm to the enviroment. To isolation the specific kind of antibiotics the method of SPE was chosen by prior consultation with the supervisor. The method of high performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection was deemed superrior for the pinpointing of the exact pharmaceuticals in waste watters. The waste waters in and out flow was observed for twelve days with the maintainance of all necessary procedures listed above at water treatment plants Brno-Modřice

Use of capillary electrophoresis to determine a selected group of flavonoids

V posledních letech se znovu dostalo do popředí zájmu široké veřejnosti užívání přírodních léčivých vlastností rostlin. Tyto léčivé rostliny se pro své terapeutické vlastnosti běžně využívají v alternativních metodách léčby u méně závažných onemocnění. Tato diplomová práce se zabývá stanovováním polyfenolových kyselin v extraktech z aronie, třapatkovky, migrénovníku a pupečníku. Jedním z cílů diplomové práce bylo srovnat množství polyfenolových kyselin v jednotlivých rostlinách s jejich s antioxidačními vlastnostmi. Teoretická část zahrnuje obecné představení flavonoidů, uvedení do problematiky polyfenolových kyselin, představení principů kapilární zónové elektroforézy a souhrn vybraných zahraničních studií pro stanovení flavonoidů. Důležitou kapitolou teoretické části je popis jednotlivých rostlin s vysvětlením jejich možného terapeutického využití. Experimentální část se věnuje procesu optimalizace elektroforetického stanovení vybraných polyfenolových kyselin a vyhodnocení jejich obsahu. Bylo zjištěno, že v extraktech se šest zástupců polyfenolových kyselin vyskytuje v minimálních množství, často pod limitem kvantifikace či detekce metody.In recent years, the use of natural medicinal properties of plants has again come to the forefront of interest of the public. Because of their therapeutic properties, these plants are commonly used in alternative treatments for minor ailments. This thesis deals with the determination of polyphenolic acids in extracts from aronia, echinacea, tetradenia and centella. One of the aims of the thesis was to compare the amount of polyphenolic acids in individual plants with their antioxidant properties. The theoretical part includes a general introduction to flavonoids, introduction to polyphenolic acids, introduction to the principles of capillary zone electrophoresis and a summary of selected foreign studies for the determination of flavonoids. An important chapter of the theoretical part is a description of individual plants with an explanation of their possible therapeutic use. The experimental part is devoted to the process of optimization of electrophoretic determination of selected polyphenolic acids and evaluation of their content. It was found that in the extracts six representatives of polyphenolic acids occur in minimal amounts, often below the limit of quantification or detection of the method.

Cauchy-Neumann Problem for Second-Order General Schrödinger Equations in Cylinders with Nonsmooth Bases

The main goal of this paper is to obtain the regularity of weak solutions of Cauchy-Neumann problems for the second-order general Schrödinger equations in domains with conical points on the boundary of the bases

Kangaroo Mother Care in Vietnam: A National Survey of a Middle-Income Country

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a low-cost intervention that is indicated to be a highly effective practice for which adoption and implementation are lacking. We investigated the current provision of KMC in Vietnam and explored differences among levels of healthcare facility. Methods: A survey form was sent to 187 hospitals in Vietnam, representing the three levels (central, provincial and district) of public hospital-based maternity services. Results: Overall response rate was 74% (138/187 hospitals). Routine KMC implementation was estimated in 49% of the hospitals. Where KMC was implemented or was being introduced, half of the hospitals had a written protocol and a KMC-dedicated room, and held educational courses on KMC. KMC was mainly performed by the mother. Skin-to-skin contact was mostly performed for <12 h/day (55%), exclusive breastfeeding at discharge was very frequent (89%) and early discharge was considered in half of the hospitals (54%), while follow-up was not performed in 29% of the hospitals. Participants considered follow-up after discharge as the main barrier to KMC implementation, and indicated education (of both parents and health caregivers) and environment upgrades (KMC-dedicated room and equipment) as the most important facilitators. Conclusions: Our survey estimated a limited implementation of KMC in Vietnamese maternity hospitals, with marked variations across the different levels of maternity services. Areas of improvements include increasing the duration of skin-to-skin contact, arranging dedicated spaces for KMC, involving the relatives (especially at district level), extending the availability of a written protocol, improving the eligibility process, and implementing early discharge and follow-up monitoring

Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options: Vietnam

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Solid-state crystallization, oxygen-vacancy rich mesopores and stable triad-silanol nests in ZSM-5 catalyst induced by electron-beam irradiation and calcination

Mesopores and silanol nests are known two technological keys that essentially control the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolite. However, designing and controlling them without using chemicals so that the produced ZSM-5 can have strongly enhanced catalytic properties and more importantly can be applied at industrial scale have still been a big challenge up to now. The present study employed the 10 MeV electron beam (EB) generated from an industrial linear accelerator to introduce both the O-vacancy rich mesopores and stable triad-silanol nests in ZSM-5. The structural modification of irradiated ZSM-5 samples was explored by using SEM and FTIR combined with positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) including positron annihilation lifetime (PAL), Doppler broadening (DB) of electron–positron annihilation energy and electron momentum distribution (EMD). Obtained results indicated that EB irradiation could recover the defective-crystal structure as well as intensively modify the structures of ZSM-5. In particular, the mechanism for the solid-state crystallization and the formation of the O-vacancy rich mesopores (maximum size of ∼4.5 nm) in ZSM-5 under the combined EB irradiation (10−110 kGy) and calcination (600 °C) was, for the first time, proposed. The mechanism for the formation of stable triad-silanol nests in the channels of irradiated and calcined ZSM-5 zeolites was also explored. The present study, therefore, opens a new research path of applying both EB irradiation and calcination to produce ZSM-5 with novel features for industrial catalytic application at large-production scale