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The Solubilities and Thermodynamic Equilibrium of Anhydrite and Gypsum

Serafeimidis, K. ; Anagnostou, G.

In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2015, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 15-31

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Thermodynamic equilibrium at heterogeneous pressure

Vrijmoed, J. ; Podladchikov, Y.

In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2015, vol. 170, no. 1, p. 1-27

Université de Fribourg

Mean-field theory of inhomogeneous fluids

Tschopp, Salomée M. ; Vuijk, Hidde Derk ; Sharma, Abhinav ; Brader, Joseph M.

In: Physical Review E, 2020, vol. 102, no. 4, p. 042140

The Barker-Henderson perturbation theory is a bedrock of liquid-state physics, providing quantitative predictions for the bulk thermodynamic properties of realistic model systems. However, this successful method has not been exploited for the study of inhomogeneous systems. We develop and implement a first-principles “Barker- Henderson density functional,” thus providing a robust and...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Maintenance fluid therapy with saline, dextrose-supplemented saline or lactated Ringer in childhood: short-term metabolic effects

Ricciuti, Alessandra ; Milani, Gregorio P. ; Tarantino, Silvia ; Ghilardi, Roberta ; Lava, Sebastiano A.G. ; Alberzoni, Marco ; Bianchetti, Mario G. ; Agostoni, Carlo

In: Nutrients, 2020, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 8 p

Maintenance with isotonic fluids is recommended in children with gastroenteritis and failure of oral rehydration therapy. However, little is known on the short-term effects of the commonly prescribed intravenous solutions on metabolic balance in children. The aim of this study is to report on our experience with normal saline, dextrose-supplemented saline and lactated Ringer solution. Methods:...

Université de Fribourg

Environmental and biological controls on Na∕Ca ratios in scleractinian cold-water corals

Schleinkofer, Nicolai ; Raddatz, Jacek ; Freiwald, André ; Evans, David ; Beuck, Lydia ; Rüggeberg, Andres ; Liebetrau, Volker

In: Biogeosciences, 2019, vol. 16, no. 18, p. 3565–3582

Here we present a comprehensive attempt to correlate aragonitic Na∕Ca ratios from Desmophyllum pertusum (formerly known as Lophelia pertusa), Madrepora oculata and a caryophylliid cold-water coral (CWC) species with different seawater parameters such as temperature, salinity and pH. Living CWC specimens were collected from 16 different locations and analyzed for their Na∕Ca ratios using...