The exposure of Estonian cokery workers to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons at an oil shale processing plant was assessed by occupational hygiene and biomonitoring measurements. To assess the external dose of exposure to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene concentrations were measured from the breathing zone of workers during a workshift. Skin contamination with pyrene...

The field of heteropolymetallic complexes is of current interest in connection with the structures and roles of polymetallic active sites in biological systems [1], and the design of new molecular materials with magnetic, optical and electrical properties [2,3]. Among various relevant systems, oxamido-bridged polynuclear complexes [2,4] and phenolato-oxygen-bridged macrocyclic complexes [5,6] r...

The Fe3’ and OHin this unit are chemically bound to each other. If the concentration of ferric iron is high enough, the formation of complex species may also involve association of monomeric units to give dimers “Polynuclear” complexes are defined by Baes and Mesmer (1976, p. 2) as complexes containing more than one cation. This is a broader definition than the one implied above for polymeric s...

The goal of this investigation was to isolate competent polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons degraders that can utilize polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons of former industrial sites at McDoel Switchyard in Bloomington, Indiana. Using conventional enrichment method based on soil slurry, we isolated, screened and purified two bacterial species strains PB1 and PB2. Applying the ribotyping technique us...

This article studies the inhomogeneous geometric polynuclear growth model; distribution of which is related to Schur functions. We explain a method derive its functions in both space-like and time-like directions, focusing on two-time distribution. Asymptotics KPZ-scaling limit then considered, extending two times several single-time distributions KPZ universality class.

polynuclear Aromatic Bydromrbons As criteria for the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke, the list of J. W. Cook (m) has been widely accepted by tobacco chemists. The Surgeon General’s 1964 Report and Cook’s paper are in agreement with respect to the presence of benzo(a)pyrene (3 : 4benzopyrene) , dibenz (a,h) -anthracene (12 : 5,6-dibenzanthrac) : benzo(c) phenanthre...

The primary objective was to understand more deeply the molecular mechanism underlying different antitumor effects of dinuclear Pt(II) complexes containing aromatic linkers of different length, {[cis-Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl](2)(4,4'-methylenedianiline)}(2+) (1) and {[cis-Pt(NH(3))(2)Cl](2)(alpha,alpha'-diamino-p-xylene)}(2+) (2). These complexes belong to a new generation of promising polynuclear platin...

The potential of fluorinated tetraolate as a ligand for the synthesis of polynuclear metal complexes has been demonstrated.