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Open AccessCompositional data techniques for the analysis of the container traffic share in a multi-port region
The statistical techniques based on compositional data are applied to investigate the evolution of the traffic share of the container throughput in a multi-port system. Compositional vectors are those which co...
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Potential economic benefits of using a weather ship routing system at Short Sea Ship**
This contribution investigates the economic benefits of using weather ship routing on Short Sea Ship** (SSS) activities. The investigation is supported with the development of a ship routing system based on ...
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Biodegradation of a crude oil by three microbial consortia of different origins and metabolic capabilities
Microbial consortia were obtained three by sequential enrichment using different oil products. Consortium F1AA was obtained on a heavily saturated fraction of a degraded crude oil; consortium TD, by enrichment...
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Isolation and characterization of a 2-methylphenanthrene utilizing bacterium: identification of ring cleavage metabolites
A bacterial strain capable of utilizing 2-methylphenanthrene (2-MP) as its sole source of carbon and energy for growth was isolated from creosote contaminated soil. The isolate was identified as a strain of Sphi...
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Bioassay-directed chemical characterization of genotoxic agents in the dissolved and particulate water phases of the Besos and Llobregat Rivers (Barcelona, Spain)
Particulate (>0.22 μm) and dissolved phases of water concentrates (600 mL) of Llobregat and Besos Rivers (Barcelona, Spain), were tested in the Salmonella/microsome assay, tester strains TA98 and TA100. Most of t...