Conservatoire national des arts et métiers

About: Conservatoire national des arts et métiers is a education organization based out in Paris, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 3573 authors who have published 7127 publications receiving 141430 citations. The organization is also known as: CNAM & Conservatoire des arts et métiers.

The activity of tissue enzymes in iron-deficient rat and man: an overview.

Abstract: 1. 1. The effects of iron deficiency in rat and/or man on iron-containing enzymes of different tissues is reviewed. 2. 2. Iron deficiency results in a decrease of skeletal muscle iron containing proteins e.g. myoglobin, cytochromes c, a − a 3 , and α-glycerophosphate oxidase. 3. 3. Iron deficiency produces a reduction in the activity of several respiratory enzymes in the mitochondrial fraction of cardiac muscle, particularly: NADH cytochrome c reductase, succinic cytochrome c reductase, succinic dehydrogenase and NADH ferricyanide oxidoreductase. 4. 4. The effects of iron deficiency on brain tissue is emphasized with respect to cytochromes, monoaminoxidase and amino acids metabolism. 5. 5. Host defence to infection (controversial data), decrease in body temperature, alteration of DNA synthesis, collagen and lipid metabolism, liver and gastrointestinal mucous cytochromes activity perturbations are discussed.

A TSA process with indirect heating and cooling: parametric analysis and scaling-up to practical sizes

Abstract: The performances of a recently developed TSA process for gaseous pollutant treatment, based on indirect heating and cooling by means of an internal heat-exchanger, have been investigated both numerically and experimentally. Heating is carried out by condensing steam, and cooling by water circulation. The cycle performances are usually better than those of competing processes, but with increased heat consumption. The sensitivity of the performances to the regeneration temperature and purge flow rates is discussed. Lastly, it is shown that in the conditions of an adsorber scaled-up to a typical practical size including a mass of adsorbent 1000 times higher than in the laboratory column, the specific heat consumption is in the same range as conventional TSA processes.

Isotopic and other influences on the realization of the triple point of hydrogen

Abstract: Within an international collaboration of the eight metrological institutes represented by the authors, the dependence of the triple-point temperature of equilibrium hydrogen on the deuterium content at low concentrations has been precisely determined so that the uncertainty in realizing the triple point as a temperature fixed point might be reduced by nearly one order of magnitude. To investigate the thermodynamic properties of the hydrogen–deuterium mixtures and to elucidate the factors that influence the melting temperature, 28 sealed fixed-point cells have been filled and measured, and some of these have been compared with an open-cell system. Hydrogen gas with a deuterium content ranging from 27.2 µmol D/mol H to 154.9 µmol D/mol H was studied using cells containing five different types of spin-conversion catalyst, with different catalyst-to-liquid volume ratios (a few per cent to more than 100%) and of different designs. The latter consideration is especially influential in determining the thermal behaviour of the cells and, thus, the temperature-measurement errors. The cells were measured at the eight participating institutes in accordance with a detailed protocol that facilitates a direct comparison of the results. Through analysis of the measurements, significant inter-institute deviations due to different measurement facilities and methods have been ruled out with respect to the determination of both the melting temperatures and the thermal parameters of the cells. The uncertainty estimates for the determination of the deuterium content have been verified by including isotopic analysis results from four different sources. The slope of the dependence of the triple-point temperature of equilibrium hydrogen isotopic mixtures on the deuterium content has been deduced from the melting temperatures of those sample portions not in direct contact with the catalysts. Evaluation of the data using different mathematical methods has yielded an average value of 5.42 µK per µmol D/mol H, with an upper bound of the standard uncertainty of 0.31 µK per µmol D/mol H. This is close to the literature value of 5.6 µK per µmol D/mol H that was obtained at higher deuterium concentrations. (Some figures in this article are in colour only in the electronic version)