10Kin1day: a bottom-up neuroimaging initiative

We organized 10Kin1day, a pop-up scientific event with the goal to bring together neuroimaging groups from around the world to jointly analyze 10,000+ existing MRI connectivity datasets during a 3-day workshop. In this report, we describe the motivation and principles of 10Kin1day, together with a public release of 8,000+ MRI connectome maps of the human brain

10Kin1day: A Bottom-Up Neuroimaging Initiative.

We organized 10Kin1day, a pop-up scientific event with the goal to bring together neuroimaging groups from around the world to jointly analyze 10,000+ existing MRI connectivity datasets during a 3-day workshop. In this report, we describe the motivation and principles of 10Kin1day, together with a public release of 8,000+ MRI connectome maps of the human brain

New challenges in chrome-free leathers: development of wet-bright process

The aim of the present work was to develop a new tanning process (wet-bright) that produces perfectly white leather meeting all of the requirements for many kinds of articles, such as automotive, garment and shoe upper. This new process gives leather that is free of chromium, aldehydes, aldehyde precursors and organic solvents. It is the application of a new system based on a product designated Tanfor TTM from the manufacturer Kemira Chem Solutions. When compared to existing traditional wet leather processes, there are economic and environmental advantages resulting from the use of this new system. Also, the mineral character of the new product system offers leathers with high dye affinity; thus enabling very bright colors in all leather applications. We believe this leather offers such perfect dyeing properties because of the brilliant whiteness of the wet-bright intermediate substratePostprint (published version

New challenges in chrome-free leathers: development of wet-bright process

The aim of the present work was to develop a new tanning process (wet-bright) that produces perfectly white leather meeting all of the requirements for many kinds of articles, such as automotive, garment and shoe upper. This new process gives leather that is free of chromium, aldehydes, aldehyde precursors and organic solvents. It is the application of a new system based on a product designated Tanfor TTM from the manufacturer Kemira Chem Solutions. When compared to existing traditional wet leather processes, there are economic and environmental advantages resulting from the use of this new system. Also, the mineral character of the new product system offers leathers with high dye affinity; thus enabling very bright colors in all leather applications. We believe this leather offers such perfect dyeing properties because of the brilliant whiteness of the wet-bright intermediate substrat

Development of a new leather intermediate: wet-bright with a high dye affinity

In this work we develop a new tanning process (that we call wet-bright) that produces leather free of chromium, aldehydes, aldehyde precursors and organic solvents. Due to the mineral character of the new system, the leather offers a perfect dyeability and high dye affinity, allowing for very bright colors in all leather applications. The leathers offer a perfect dyeability due to the brilliant whiteness of the wet-bright intermediate. This new system consists of the application of Tanfor TTM system (from Kemira) which is safe for both humans and environment and is not classified as hazardous. In addition, when compared to existing traditional processes, there are economic and environmental advantages resulting from the use of this new system.Peer Reviewe

Development of a new leather intermediate: wet-bright with a high dye affinity

In this work we develop a new tanning process (that we call wet-bright) that produces leather free of chromium, aldehydes, aldehyde precursors and organic solvents. Due to the mineral character of the new system, the leather offers a perfect dyeability and high dye affinity, allowing for very bright colors in all leather applications. The leathers offer a perfect dyeability due to the brilliant whiteness of the wet-bright intermediate. This new system consists of the application of Tanfor TTM system (from Kemira) which is safe for both humans and environment and is not classified as hazardous. In addition, when compared to existing traditional processes, there are economic and environmental advantages resulting from the use of this new system.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Development of a new leather intermediate: wet-bright with a high dye affinity

In this work we develop a new tanning process (that we call wet-bright) that produces leather free of chromium, aldehydes, aldehyde precursors and organic solvents. Due to the mineral character of the new system, the leather offers a perfect dyeability and high dye affinity, allowing for very bright colors in all leather applications. The leathers offer a perfect dyeability due to the brilliant whiteness of the wet-bright intermediate. This new system consists of the application of Tanfor TTM system (from Kemira) which is safe for both humans and environment and is not classified as hazardous. In addition, when compared to existing traditional processes, there are economic and environmental advantages resulting from the use of this new system.Peer Reviewe

Electrostatically driven coassembly of a diblock copolymer and an oppositely charged homopolymer in aqueous solutions

Voets IJK, van der Burgh S, Farago B, et al. Electrostatically driven coassembly of a diblock copolymer and an oppositely charged homopolymer in aqueous solutions. Macromolecules. 2007;40(23):8476-8482.Electrostatically driven coassembly of poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(acrylamide), PAA-b-PAAm, and poly(2-methylvinylpyridinium iodide), P2MVP, leads to formation of micelles in aqueous solutions. Light scattering and small angle neutron scattering experiments have been performed to study the effect of concentration and length of the corona block (N-PAAm = 97, 208, and 417) on micellar characteristics. Small angle neutron scattering curves were analyzed by generalized indirect Fourier transformation and model fitting. All scattering curves could be well described with a combination of a form factor for polydisperse spheres in combination with a hard sphere structure factor for the highest concentrations. Micellar aggregation numbers, shape, and internal structure are relatively independent of concentration for C-p < 23.12 g L-1. The Guinier radius, average micellar radius, hydrodynamic radius, and polydispersity were found to increase with increasing N-PAAm. Micellar mass and aggregation number were found to decrease with increasing N-PAAm

Warm and wet conditions in the Arctic region during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2

Several episodes of abrupt and transient warming, each lasting between 50,000 and 200,000 years, punctuated the long-term warming during the Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene (58 to 51 Myr ago) epochs1,2. These hyperthermal events, such as the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (EMT2) that took place about 53.5 Myr ago2, are associated with rapid increases in atmospheric CO2 content. However, the impacts of most events are documented only locally86. Here we show, on the basis of estimates from the TEX 86 ′ proxy, that sea surface temperatures rose by 3-5 C in the Arctic Ocean during the EMT2. Dinoflagellate fossils demonstrate a concomitant freshening and eutrophication of surface waters, which resulted in euxinia in the photic zone. The presence of palm pollen implies5 that coldest month mean temperatures over the Arctic land masses were no less than 8 C, in contradiction of model simulations that suggest hyperthermal winter temperatures were below freezing6. In light of our reconstructed temperature and hydrologic trends, we conclude that the temperature and hydrographic responses to abruptly increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations were similar for the ETM2 and the better-described Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum7,8, 55.5 Myr ago. © 2009 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved

Letter. Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

It has been suggested, on the basis of modern hydrology and fully coupled palaeoclimate simulations, that the warm greenhouse conditions that characterized the early Palaeogene period (55–45 Myr ago) probably induced an intensified hydrological cycle with precipitation exceeding evaporation at high latitudes. Little field evidence, however, has been available to constrain oceanic conditions in the Arctic during this period. Here we analyse Palaeogene sediments obtained during the Arctic Coring Expedition, showing that large quantities of the free-floating fern Azolla grew and reproduced in the Arctic Ocean by the onset of the middle Eocene epoch (50 Myr ago). The Azolla and accompanying abundant freshwater organic and siliceous microfossils indicate an episodic freshening of Arctic surface waters during an 800,000-year interval. The abundant remains of Azolla that characterize basal middle Eocene marine deposits of all Nordic seas probably represent transported assemblages resulting from freshwater spills from the Arctic Ocean that reached as far south as the North Sea. The termination of the Azolla phase in the Arctic coincides with a local sea surface temperature rise from 10°C to 13°C, pointing to simultaneous increases in salt and heat supply owing to the influx of waters from adjacent oceans. We suggest that onset and termination of the Azolla phase depended on the degree of oceanic exchange between Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas