Examinando por Materia "monitoring"

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    Does managerial discretion affect debt maturity in Chilean firms? An agency cost and asymmetric information approach
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2016-12-02) Muñoz Mendoza, Jorge Andrés; Sepúlveda Yelpo, Sandra María
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    Prediction of landslide occurrence in urban areas located on volcanic ash soils in Pereira, Colombia
    (Springer Verlag, 2004-01-01) Rios, D.A.; Hermelin, M.; Rios, D.A.; Hermelin, M.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ciencias; Geología Ambiental y Tectónica
    As a result of the 25 January 1999 Armenia earthquake, the city of Pereira (400,000 inhabitants), located on a volcanic ash-covered alluvial fan in the western limit of the Central Cordillera (Colombia), suffered 250 slope movements. After a complete inventory, a monitoring process of unstable areas was designed, based on repeated topographic surveys, soil pore saturation levels and visual inspections. The participation of the communities was crucial and permitted the prediction of slope movements between 2 weeks and 3 months in advance and the evacuation of the inhabitants. Three specific examples are discussed. The method could be improved by excavating observation trenches and observing in detail local rainfall. In all cases, the strong involvement of the community was considered indispensable for the success of the process. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
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    The removal of the trivalent chromium from the leather tannery wastewater: the optimisation of the electro-coagulation process parameters.
    (IWA PUBLISHING, 2011-02-01) GilPavas, E.; Dobrosz-Gomez, I.; Gomez-Garcia, M. A.; GilPavas, E.; Dobrosz-Gomez, I.; Gomez-Garcia, M. A.; Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos; Procesos Ambientales (GIPAB)
    The capacity of the electro-coagulation (EC) process for the treatment of the wastewater containing Cr3+, resulting from a leather tannery industry placed in Medellin (Colombia), was evaluated. In order to assess the effect of some parameters, such as: the electrode type (Al and/or Fe), the distance between electrodes, the current density, the stirring velocity, and the initial Cr3+ concentration on its efficiency of removal (%RCr+3), a multifactorial experimental design was used. The %RCr3+ was defined as the response variable for the statistical analysis. In order to optimise the operational values for the chosen parameters, the response surface method (RSM) was applied. Additionally, the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5), the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), and the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) were monitored during the EC process. The electrodes made of aluminium appeared to be the most effective in the chromium removal from the wastewater under study. At pH equal to 4.52 and at 28 degrees C, the optimal conditions of Cr3+ removal using the EC process were found, as follows: the initial Cr3+ concentration=3,596 mg/L, the electrode gap=0.5 cm, the stirring velocity=382.3 rpm, and the current density=57.87 mA/cm2. At those conditions, it was possible to reach 99.76% of Cr3+ removal, and 64% and 61% of mineralisation (TOC) and COD removal, respectively. A kinetic analysis was performed in order to verify the response capacity of the EC process at optimised parameter values.