Background & Aims of the Study: Sulfur dioxide is a component of greatest concern and is used as an indicator for the larger group of gaseous sulfur oxides (SOx). Sulfur dioxide can be absorbed into your body through the nose and lungs, its reaction with the moisture in the nose and nasal cavity, and entering the circulatory system directly through the airways. The aim of this study is ...

Metal ox ides suppor ted on z e o l i t e s have been demonstrated as e f f e c t i v e regenerable 4 e s u l f u r i z a t i o n a g e n t s f o r h i g h tempera ture removal of hydrogen s u l f i d e from f o s s i l f u e l s . D e s u l f u r i z a t i o n occur s by s u l f i d e format ion wi th Fe or Zn on t h e s u r f a c e of t h e z e o l i t e l a t t i c e w i t h t h e hydrogen s...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) functions in many physiological processes, including relaxation of vascular smooth muscles, mediation of neurotransmission, inhibition of insulin signaling, and regulation of inflammation. On the other hand, sulfane sulfur, which is a sulfur atom with six valence electrons but no charge, has the unique ability to bind reversibly to other sulfur atoms to form hydropersulfi...

Large-scale composting facilities are known to cause environmental problems, mainly through pungent air emitted by composting material. In air samples taken above stacks set up to prepare compost used as a substrate in mushroom cultivation, several volatile compounds were identified by means of the coupled techniques of gas chromatography and mass spectrography. Among the compounds identified, ...

The biology of the macro-element sulfur (S) is attracting an ever growing attention concerning cell physiology and human health. Sulfur metabolism works at the interplay between genetics and epigenetic as well as in the maintain of cell redox homeostasis. Indeed, unbalanced levels of S compounds in the body are actually under investigation as vulnerability factors and/or indicators of impaired ...

The biogeochemical cycling of sulfur (S) was studied during the 2000 snowmelt at Sleepers River Research Watershed in northeastern Vermont, USA using a hydrochemical and multi-isotope approach. The snowpack and 10 streams of varying size and land use were sampled for analysis of anions, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), S activity, and dS and dO values of sulfate. At one of the streams, dO values...

Lithium-sulfur batteries show great potential to compete with lithium-ion batteries due to the fact that sulfur can deliver a high theoretical capacity of 1672 mAh/g and a high theoretical energy density of 2500 Wh/kg. But it has several problems to be solved in order to achieve high sulfur utilization with high Coulombic efficiency and long cycle life of Li-S batteries. These problems are main...

Multiple reports demonstrate associations between ethylene and sulfur metabolisms, however the details of these links have not yet been fully characterized; the links might be at the metabolic and the regulatory levels. First, sulfur-containing metabolite, methionine, is a precursor of ethylene and is a rate limiting metabolite for ethylene synthesis; the methionine cycle contributes to both su...

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201602923 suffer from safety problems arising from lithium anode and fast capacity fading due to the insulating nature of sulfur, the dissolution-induced polysulfide shuttle reaction, and large volume changes.[4–6] To address these issues, carbonaceous material[7,8] and conducting polymers[9] have been used to trap the high-order polysulfides in the cathodes; protective layers...

A novel thermophilic, sulfur-reducing chemolithoautotroph, strain ABI70S6(T), was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Yonaguni Knoll IV, Southern Okinawa Trough. Cells of strain ABI70S6(T) were motile rods, 0.9-2.0 microm in length and 0.4-0.8 microm in width. Strain ABI70S6(T) was an obligately anaerobic chemolithotroph, exhibiting hydrogen oxidation coupled with sulfur reductio...