Fine particles were simultaneously collected at an urban, industrial and coastal site in Tianjin, China from December 28, 2006 to January 31, 2007 to investigate the chemical characteristics of major PM2.5 components during an annually occurring season of high pollution. Water-soluble inorganic ions, organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) were analyzed. Daily average concentrations of PM...

abstract- a detailed understanding of crop rooting systems will facilitate water use reduction, optimized nutrient uptake and irrigation scheduling more efficiently. a field experiment was conducted during 2005-2006 to investigate sugar beet rooting depth growth, irrigated with three irrigation methods (subsurface drip, surface drip and furrow) and two water qualities (recycled wastewater: ec= ...

The effects of autonomic nervous system by head-out water immersion at thermoneutral temperature will also influence the standing posture control. This study aimed to compare variations in posture control ability after standing from the water immersion at thermoneutral temperatures for healthy young Japanese adults. The healthy male college students (n=5) participated in this study. The body co...

The impact of tree litter on soil chemistry leachate and sulfurous substrates of mine soils from former Jeziórko sulfur mine was investigated. Composites were used: soil substrate (less contaminated at mean 5090 mg kg-1 S or high contaminated at 42,500 mg kg-1 S) + birch or pine litter and control substrate (no litter). The composites were rinsed with distilled water over 12 weeks. In the obtai...

Single capacitance sensors are sensitive to soil property variability. The objectives of this study were to: (i) establish site-specific laboratory calibration equations of three single capacitance sensors (EC-20, EC-10, and ML2x) for tropical soils, and (ii) evaluate the accuracy and precision of these sensors. Intact soil cores and bulk samples, collected from the top 20 and 80 cm soil depths...

Murine embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells were characterized with respect to their ability to metabolize the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]. The extent of metabolic activation varied more than 100-fold among the teratocarcinoma-derived cell lines examined. This difference in metabolic activity was correlated with an increase in the formation of specific metabolites that wer...

BACKGROUND The protein targets for general anesthetics remain unclear. A tool to predict anesthetic binding for potential binding targets is needed. In this study, we explored whether a computational method, AutoDock, could serve as such a tool. METHODS High-resolution crystal data of water-soluble proteins (cytochrome C, apoferritin, and human serum albumin), and a membrane protein (a pentam...

Salinity is a major abiotic stress for crop production in many parts of the world. To evaluate the effects of irrigation with saline water on growth parameters and forage quality of globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), a field experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design with three replications at Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Educat...

Introduction: Hydrochemical properties of waters used in balneotherapy are very important, as they play a key role in success or failure of this kind of treatment. There are 30 mineral and hot spas in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran, which are traditionally used for treating diseases. In this study, hydrochemical properties of Fotoyeh and Sanguyeh Springs, in western Hormozgan Province, are d...