Assessing the concentration of potentially harmful heavy metals in the soil of urban parks is imperative in order to evaluate the potential risks to residents and tourists. To date, little research on soil pollution in China's urban parks has been conducted. To identify the concentrations and sources of heavy metals, and to assess the soil environmental quality, samples were collected from 30 u...

Contrary to the optimistic expectations three decades ago, global military expenditure is increasing rather rapidly, fueled by intensity of international tensions. As a consequence this, military-caused soil pollution gains in importance. On basis bibliometric analysis 3500 articles, it obvious that level interest this topic has been fluctuating last decades, but years, more than two hundred an...

Exposure to elevated air pollution levels can aggravate pollen allergy symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between airborne birch (Betula) pollen, urban air pollutants NO2, O3 and PM10 and their effects on antihistamine demand in Gothenburg and Malmö, Sweden, 2006-2012. Further, the influence of large-scale weather pattern on pollen-/pollution-related risk, usin...

There are lots of condom brands, sizes, and pleasure-inducing gimmicks out there ? but it's not always easy to find which one will work best for you. When beginning to explore sexual intimacy, roadblocks like yours may arise, but the fact that you're dedicated to practicing safe sex despite this challenge is commendable. Just remember, even though it may take time and some trial and error to fi...

There are lots of condom brands, sizes, and pleasure-inducing gimmicks out there ? but it's not always easy to find which one will work best for you. When beginning to explore sexual intimacy, roadblocks like yours may arise, but the fact that you're dedicated to practicing safe sex despite this challenge is commendable. Just remember, even though it may take time and some trial and error to fi...

The landscape of scientific communication imposes obvious requirements on its actors, which are not always unambiguously interpreted by the latter. basic criterion is quality. Since journals serve as main channel for rational debates based facts, their quality level seems to be most significant development knowledge. Today, undergoing a massive transformation: from changing format content prese...

Infectious disease point-of-care test (ID-POCT) devices are becoming widely available, and in this respect, international quality standards and guidelines are available for consultation once ID-POCT has been implemented into medical institutions. However, specific guidelines for consultation during the initial pre-implementation decision-making process are currently lacking. Further, there exis...

A major question in evolution and ecology is why biodiversity is so unevenly distributed across the planet. The most obvious and salient diversity pattern is the order-of-magnitude greater species richness in the tropics compared with the temperate zones. Superimposed on this latitudinal diversity gradient is a much more complex and intricate pattern of regional andmore local biodiversity hotsp...