High-rate ethanol production at low pH using the anaerobic granular sludge process

In this study, we investigated the operational performance and product spectrum of glucose-fermenting anaerobic granular sludge reactor at pH 4. A selective environment for the growth of granules was implemented by the introduction of a 2 min settling phase, a hydraulic retention time of 6 h and a solid retention time of 12 ± 3 days. The...

SPENCER: A Socially Aware Service Robot for Passenger Guidance and Help in Busy Airports

We present an ample description of a socially compliant mobile robotic platform, which is developed in the EU-funded project SPENCER. The purpose of this robot is to assist, inform and guide passengers in large and busy airports. One particular aim is to bring travellers of connecting flights conveniently and efficiently from their arrival gate...

Anaerobic digestion without biogas?

Anaerobic digestion for the production of methane containing biogas is the classic example of a resource recovery process that combines stabilization of particulate organic matter or wastewater treatment with the production of a valuable end-product. Attractive features of the process include the production of a single end-product from a...

Specific genomic aberrations in primary colorectal cancer are associated with liver metastases

Background: Accurate staging of colorectal cancer (CRC) with clinicopathological parameters is important for predicting prognosis and guiding treatment but provides no information about organ site of metastases. Patterns of genomic aberrations in primary colorectal tumors may reveal a chromosomal signature for organ specific metastases. Methods:...

Specific genomic aberrations in primary colorectal cancer are associated with liver metastases

Background: Accurate staging of colorectal cancer (CRC) with clinicopathological parameters is important for predicting prognosis and guiding treatment but provides no information about organ site of metastases. Patterns of genomic aberrations in primary colorectal tumors may reveal a chromosomal signature for organ specific metastases...

Cross-species comparison of aCGH data from mouse and human BRCA1- and BRCA2-mutated breast cancers

Background: Genomic gains and losses are a result of genomic instability in many types of cancers. BRCA1- and BRCA2-mutated breast cancers are associated with increased amounts of chromosomal aberrations, presumably due their functions in genome repair. Some of these genomic aberrations may harbor genes whose absence or overexpression may give...

Discovering genetic profiles by array-CGH in familial breast tumors

Effecten werkstroken dijkverbetering op kwalificerende habitats: Verkennend onderzoek op slikken en schorren langs Westerschelde en Oosterschelde

Dit rapport is in opdracht van de Bouwdienst van Rijkswaterstaat opgesteld door het Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee en de Meetinformatiedienst van Rijkswaterstaat directie Zeeland. Het geeft de resultaten van een verkennende studie naar de effecten van het gebruik van werkstroken op verschillende typen habitats, die in het kader van de Europese...