2 Running title: Uropathogenic E. coli from pregnant women 3 4 Nubia L. Ramos*, Musa Sekikubo*, Dang Thi Ngoc Dzung, Corinna Kosnopfel, Fred 5 Kironde, Florence Mirembe, Annelie Brauner# 6 7 Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, 8 Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden 9 Department of Obstetrics and Gyna...

Gas phase and aqueous phase quantum chemical calculations for the inhibition efficiency of some substituted Benzothiazole (BTH) and its 2-methyl (MeBTH), 2-amino (ABTH), 2-mercapto (MBTH) and 2-phenyl (PhBTH) as corrosion inhibitors for brass in HClO4 were investigated by means of the AM1, PM6, MNDO and RM1 semi-empirical SCF molecular orbital methods. The calculated quantum chemical parameters...

BACKGROUND The radiological quality of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in some samples of water resources collected in Anarak-Khour a desertic area, Iran has been measured by direct gamma ray spectroscopy using high purity germanium detector in this paper. RESULT The concentration ranged from ≤0.5 to 9701 mBq/L for (226)Ra; ≤0.2 to 28215 mBq/L for (232)Th and < MDA to 10332 mBq/L for (40)K. The ra...

The increasing number of polluted watersheds and water bodies with total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) has resulted in increased research to find methods that effectively and universally identify fecal pollution sources. A fundamental requirement to identify such methods is understanding the microbial and chemical processes that influence fate and transport of fecal indicators from various source...

Dense monocultures of the grass Spartina alterniflora dominate low marsh in typical New England tidal marshes. These marshes provide a number important ecosystem services; thus, it is to understand factors that influence S. productivity. End season live biomass often used estimate productivity, but this measure fails account for stems lost within growing and may lead significant underestimate. ...

Twenty-eight tidal creeks along the South Carolina coast were sampled during the summer of 1995 to determine the levels of sediment contamination including organic chemicals (i.e., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs], polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], and DDT and its metabolites) associated with different types and varying levels of watershed development (i.e., industrial/urban, suburban, f...

The ability of oysters to remove large quantities of particulates from the water column, thereby potentially improving water quality, has been cited as one of the reasons for oyster reef restoration. However, this ability has not yet been effectively demonstrated in the field. As part of the Alabama Oyster Reef Restoration Project, this study was designed to assess impacts of restored eastern o...

Mangroves grow in the intertidal parts of sheltered tropical coastlines, facilitating coastal stabilization and wave attenuation. Mangroves are widely threatened nowadays, although past studies have indicated their contribution to coastal safety. Most of these studies were based on numerical modeling however and a proper database with field observations is lacking yet. This paper presents part ...

Pyrethroid pesticides have replaced organophosphates for many urban applications, including structural pest control, landscape maintenance, and residential home and garden use. This study was intended to determine if pyrethroids are detectable and widespread in diverse urban systems and if concentrations are high enough to cause associated aquatic toxicity. Urban creeks in California and Tennes...

Trace metals (TMs) are still a serious problem in urban streams because of their toxicity and continuing significant levels in the aquatic environment, especially in bed sediments. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were monitored in the sediments of several small streams in the Prague area. These streams differ in the main source of pollution (combined sewer overflow CSO, storm water ...