application   of plants to remove heavy metals from soil (phytoremediation) is   expanding due to its cost-effectiveness as compared to conventional methods   and it has shown a great potential. since contaminants such as pb have a   limited bioavailability in the soil, methods to facilitate their   translocation to the shoots and roots of plants are required for efficient   phytoremediation. t...

dialysis produced an effective biochemical adjustment and ultrafiltration of excess fluid. A chest X-ray subsequent to this dialysis demonstrated no evidence of pulmonary cedema. Diuresis commenced I4 days after the ingestion of mercuric chloride and an uneventful recovery ensued. Discussion Pulmonary cedema complicating acute renal failure is subsequent to hypervolemia produced by overhydratio...

OBJECTIVES The authors examined the relationship of suicide in the elderly (65 years and older) to season and weather and compared it to that in the younger population (10-64 years). METHODS Information on suicides and on weather was obtained for British Columbia for the period 1981 to 1991. The association of suicide with season and weather was assessed using Poisson regression. RESULTS Wh...

From McMaster University (Brouwers, Kho, Hanna, Makarski); the Program in Evidence-based Care, Cancer Care Ontario (Brouwers), Hamilton, Ontario; British Columbia Cancer Agency (Browman), Victoria, BC; the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO and IQ Healthcare (Burgers), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands; St. George’s University of London (Cluzeau), London, U...

Understanding the mechanisms that affect invasion success of alien species is an important prerequisite for the effective management of present and future aliens. To gain insight into this matter we asked the following questions: Are the geographical patterns of species distributions in urban floras different for native compared with alien plant species? Does the introduction of alien species c...

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