BACKGROUND Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for the newborn infant. However, since all infants cannot be breast-fed, there is a need for background data for setting adequate daily intakes. Previously, concentration data on major essential elements and some toxic elements in breast milk, based on different analytical techniques, have been published. There is no recent study on a large...

Rapid worldwide urbanization calls for a better understanding of the biogeochemical cycling of those macroelements that have large environmental impacts in cities. This study, part of the Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project, quantified fluxes of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) at the scale of individual households in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota, US...

Leachate originating from open refuse dumpsite systems can be delineated through an integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. This study was designed to examine extent of leachate and pollution from one of the numerous open refuse dumpsites in Lagos metropolis. Qualitative assessment was determined using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), vertical electrical sounding (VES) and ...

This article compares biogas plants for waste processing of various modifications, discusses their advantages and disadvantages, describes a plant its own design horizontal type, taking into account the local climatic economic conditions development farms in Kazakhstan. Considered application bioreactor production, which is developed peculiarities methane fermentation process factors The techno...

Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire, is a medicinal, aromatic and endemic plant of Morocco, characterized by its pharmacological effects, commonly used for the production essential oils aromas, resulting in high harvest overexploitation pressure. This why present study aims to implement vitro micropropagation optimal vitroplant production. Six macroelements were tested (SH, SD, N30K, MS, M...

Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are susceptible to extraordinary actions such as earthquakes compared steel or reinforced concrete buildings. Various methods have been developed for the computational analysis of URM in last few decades. The equivalent frame method (EFM) is one numerical modeling approaches widely used nonlinear analyses Different macroelements context EFM proposed. However...

This study aims to distinguish Indonesian cashew nuts’ geographical origin based on their elemental profiles and chemical composition. Nine elements five components of nut samples were analyzed. The four micro-elements, Zn, Cu, Mn, Cr, macro elements, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Na, nuts determined using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Simultaneously, the moisture, ash, t...

The nutrient status of grazing beef cattle from four selected soil order regions of Florida was examined. Liver, blood, hair and feces samples from 14 heifers and 14 cows, plus forage samples, were collected during two periods of the year from nine ranches located in four different regions. Soil samples were collected during one period. The soil order regions were the Histosol (southeast), Spod...