Sentences with phrase «small water samples»

The runoff trickles through his crop fields, then beneath a small white structure where a pump sucks up small water samples.

For water quality control, the scientists apply a rather simple method: Users take a small water sample and mix it with an enzyme substrate, a nutrient that activates certain enterobacteria only.

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Product groups containing less than five reformulated products were considered to constitute too small a sample and consequently omitted from the analyses (e.g. beverages, ready - to - eat meals, water - based sauces, oils and fats).

It included roughly $ 310,000 in fees payable to the law firm, intended to cover the costs of the small community's expenses for engineering, water sampling, and legal and public relations advice since the contamination was discovered.

«So I collected some water samples with a phytoplankton net, concentrated them into a small plastic vial, and then brought that in my suitcase to Sweden,» he says.

Because they are so small, multiple testing methods are used, including cross-polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and PCR testing of the DNA of larvae in the water sample.

Cynthia: Such as: How do you design a deep - water vehicle that can without human eyes telling it specifically what to do, navigate deep under water, recognize coral, reach out, take a small sample and speed back up to the surface?

Woods Hole geologist Adam Sarafian, Nielsen and colleagues analyzed small amounts of water trapped within minerals of apatite locked inside a sample of Vesta meteorites.

A group of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers and engineers have developed and tested an innovative new system for sampling small planktonic larvae in coastal ocean waters and understanding their distribution.

As part of their study, the researchers collected samples of brine - laden spill waters from four sites — two large spills and two smaller ones.

Well - known techniques that took place in Flint include preflushing water from taps the night before sampling and using small - mouthed bottles, which artificially lowers lead concentrations in samples, as well as failing to identify and test homes known to have sources of lead in their plumbing from lead services lines or older brass components that contain significant amounts of lead.

Hawkings and his collaborators spent three months in 2012 and 2013 gathering water samples and measuring the flow of water from the 600 - square - kilometer (230 - square - mile) Leverett Glacier and the smaller, 36 - square - kilometer (14 - square - mile) Kiattuut Sermiat Glacier in Greenland as part of a Natural Environment Research Council - funded project to understand how much phosphorus, in various forms, was escaping from the ice sheet over time and draining into the sea.

The radars recorded medium - sized insects (hoverflies, ladybird beetles, and water boatmen) and large ones (hawk moths, painted lady butterflies, and aquatic beetles) flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high; balloon sampling flights helped provide estimated counts for smaller insects.

A water sample is placed inside the cylinder where it interacts with zinc ions, and a laser light is beamed into the object and onto the sample through a small hole, Yakovlev explains.

This is a problem, he adds, because it is unlikely that an accurate analysis of an overall water system can be derived from a small sample.

Towards that goal, Yakovlev and his team have developed technology that allows them to thoroughly excite extremely small amounts of urobilin in large samples of water and then efficiently collect the resulting phosphorescent emission, regardless of how weak that emission might be.

Technology capable of sampling water systems to find indicators of fecal matter contamination that are thousandths and even millionths of times smaller than those found by conventional methods is being developed by a team of researchers at Texas A&M University.

The researchers found that the fluid consistently created small but effective cracks in the samples that allowed water to flow through.

Townsend - Small says water samples finding natural gas - derived methane in wells near Pennsylvania fracking sites were taken only after fracking had occurred, so methane levels in those wells were not documented prior to or during fracking in Pennsylvania.

The group percolated a soil sample in an espresso machine with a small amount of organic solvent and water.

Lawson will work with colleagues at the NEFSC to focus on the development of acoustic techniques for sampling zooplankton (animals that are suspended or drift in the water) and micronekton (small but actively swimming organisms) for ecosystem assessment.

Ground controllers detected a small amount of unexpected thrust coming from the sample carrier last year, and engineers determined the force was caused by outgassing of water absorbed by the sample return capsule during launch preparations in Florida.

Here is sample meal plan Breakfast: Fat bomb coffee, Turkey sausage, Carb wise yogurt with three strawberries diced up Snack: Meat and cheese Lunch: Low carb brocoli cheddar soup homemade, Grilled chicken Snack: Cottage cheese with two small Roma tomatoes diced Dinner: 2 fillets Fish, cauliflower mash with gRlic butter, Green beans Snack (sometimes): 2 fat bombs Drink gallon of water.

By assessing the permeation of water - soluble molecules lactulose and mannitol through the intestinal mucosa after testing a urine sample collected after the drink, accurate information is obtained regarding the integrity and function of the lining of the small intestine.

A sample of a food is placed in a small container surrounded by a larger second container full of water.

That's a small sampling, and there are more waitng in the wings for Monday, when the festival will hold its first screenings of Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water,» which contains an acclaimed performance from Sally Hawkins»; Andy Serkis» «Breathe,» featuring Claire Foy; and «Unicorn Store,» directed by and starring Brie Larson.

The lesson can be extended with a practical session in which students work in small teams to investigate the salinity of different water samples — see the related extension activity «Water Treatment Systems» within the Related activities section bwater samples — see the related extension activity «Water Treatment Systems» within the Related activities section bWater Treatment Systems» within the Related activities section below.

do not offer food for 24 hours provide plenty of fresh water collect a fecal sample and have it analyzed by your veterinarian feed small, frequent meals of a bland diet (homemade or prescription) when re-instituting food - continue for 3 - 4 days with a gradual transition back to the regular brand of food.

The Saigon Bar provides a stylish retreat where guests can sample afternoon tea, happy hour cocktails and a small à la carte menu while enjoying live music, and the Sports Bar provides a relaxed setting in which to unwind after an active day on the water.

Prudence Gill's dimly lit, shimmering piece traces the path of the Mississippi and its tributaries through a suspended LED sculpture of the watershed and small lenticular photographic panoramas depicting 94 points on the Ohio and Mississippi, where she also collected water samples displayed in vials.

«Plastic particles smaller than 5 mm pose a massive environmental and human health risk when they enter our waterways,» said Abby Barrows, a marine research scientist with Adventure Scientists and College of the Atlantic, who is featured in the film and has analyzed thousands of water samples from around the world for microplastics.

Striking changes in salinity are found from the surface to the bottom in the northern North Atlantic near water mass formation sites that fill the water column (Section 5.3.2); bottom changes elsewhere are small, being most prevalent at the under - sampled southern ends of both sections.

Similarly the criteria for water readings to be taken immediately recognises that a small sample of water left in the sun quickly escalates in temperature and that a thermometer kept on a hook in the sun takes time to reflect the ambient temperature of the water (of course some buckets eventually contained an integral thermometer)

If the liquid water subsequently freezes, the excess CO2 will appear as very tiny trapped bubbles, far smaller than the size of the ice grains resulting from crushing the ice sample during the analysis process.

Samples taken from the water continue to show plastic presence, though in smaller concentrations than the one observed in previous gyres.

Reaching the high pressures required for the normally weaker hydrogen bonds to break water apart requires a very small sample.

Until recently, though, there has not been a stream of neutrons bright enough to see the small, pressured water samples.

I had a small, sample size of light gray paint and I added a pretty good amount of water to it....