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    Modern MES Software For Drug Manufacturing

    Eliminate errors and accelerate production with MasterControl MES.

    MasterControl Manufacturing Excellence is a modern manufacturing execution system (MES) that has helped hundreds of manufacturers eliminate millions of errors and deliver products to the market 70% faster.

    It’s time to modernize your manufacturing operations – from digital work instructions and production records (EBR/eDHR) to electronic logbooks and equipment tracking – and see how MasterControl Manufacturing Excellence software can help you run faster, leaner, and smarter.

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    Confocal Microscope Platform

    STELLARIS is a completely re-imagined confocal microscope platform.

    STELLARIS confocal microscopes can be combined with all Leica modalities, including FLIM, STED, DLS, and CRS. With the STELLARIS confocal platform, we have re-imagined confocal microscopy to get you closer to the truth.

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    Evaluation Board For Wilkinson Power Divider/Power Splitter: EVB-MPD Series

    This multi-way evaluation board is a connectorized board for the MPD family of MMIC Wilkinson power dividers/power splitters.

  • 100 kW Magnetron Transmitter: VPX3490
    X-Band 100 kW Magnetron Transmitter: VPX3490

    The VPX3490 is a multi-band pulsed microwave transmitter designed for applications within high-vibration, high-shock environments with a wide range of temperature variation typically found in supersonic aircraft pod mounted threat simulations. Additional features include an operating frequency range of 7.8 – 17.5 GHz, an RF peak power of 100 W, and MIL spec airborne qualification.

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    Regulatory Sciences

    We want your product to move through the regulatory process, gaining approvals and ultimately helping patients. Using our industry leading knowledge and skills, we will meet you where you are – gaining approval: for the first in human trials, in development, at scientific advice, at the end of phase 2, or post approval. At every level, our scientific expertise and in-depth knowledge of therapeutic backgrounds have guided every client we have to a successful outcome.

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About Nutrient Removal

Nutrient removal from wastewater consists of treating wastewater to remove nitrogen and phosphorus before it reenters natural waterways. High levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater cause eutrophication, a process where excess nutrients stimulate excessive plant growth such as algal blooms and cyanobacteria. The decomposition of the algae by bacteria uses up the oxygen in the water causing other organisms to die. This creates more organic matter for the bacteria to decompose. In addition, some algal blooms can produce toxins that contaminate drinking water supplies.

As authorized by the Clean Water Act, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program regulates point sources, such as municipal wastewater treatment plants, that discharge pollutants as effluent into the waters of the United States. In recent years, many of the States’ environmental bodies have lowered nutrient limits to arrest eutrophication. Maryland’s effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries is perhaps the most notable example of nutrient removal in the US. Nutrient removal continues to be a growing area of focus for wastewater treatment throughout the world.   

The removal of nitrogen and phosphorus require different nutrient removal processes. To remove nitrogen, the nitrogen is oxidized from ammonia to become nitrate through a process called nitrification. This process is then followed by denitrification where the nitrate is reduced to nitrogen gas which is released to the atmosphere and removed from the wastewater.

Nitrification is a two-step aerobic process which typically takes place in aeration tanks. Denitrification requires anoxic conditions to encourage the appropriate biological conditions to form. The activated sludge process is often used to reduce nitrate to nitrogen gas in anoxic or denitrification tanks.

Phosphorus can be removed biologically using polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) which accumulate large quantities of phosphorus within their cells and separate it from treated water. Phosphorus removal can also be achieved by chemical removal. Once removed as sludge, phosphorus may be stored in a land fill. However, many municipalities and treatment facilities are looking to resell the biosolids for use in fertilizer.