Hildebrandt (1893), Camus and Gley (1897), and Landsteiner (1900) were the first investigators to observe that normal serum markedly inhibits the action of trypsin and of yeast proteases. Opie (1905) and Jochmann (1908) demonstrated its ability to inhibit leucoprotease. Study of numerous species of animals (Launoy, 1919) showed antiproteolytic activity to be a constant property of mammalian and...

Paleosols are prominent features of the Upper Triassic Chinle Group. The oldest (Carnian-age) formations of the Chinle Group (Zuni Mountains and Shinarump Formations) contain kaolinitic paleosols that display gley features but generally lack calcretes. Paleosols of the (Upper Carnian) Blue Mesa Member of the Petrifi ed Forest Formation are mostly mature Alfi sols that have distinctive horizonat...

The article is based on a long-term study of floodplain soils the Amur River valley within north-eastern part Middle-Amur Lowland. results field work soil-geomorphological profile across Slavyansky Island, located 200 km from Khabarovsk down River, are discussed. analyzes occurrence island's riolkas [1] and their properties, with an emphasis morphology lithological particle-size composition. fe...

An analysis of the soil cover Russia as presented on map a scale 1 : 2.5 M with use new substantive-genetic classification system has been performed at level orders. The high classification-based generalization makes it possible to assess most general patterns geography and resources identify changes that have occurred result renaming each polygon classification. areas occupied by orders calcul...

The environmental impact of deposit development can be indirect and cause combined geochemical processes in ecosystems. These must taken into consideration under forecasting risk assessment. Soil degradation the Taiga Forest is considered, within area Verkhnekamskoye potash (Russia), as an example such transformation. Here, mechanism characteristics anthropogenic salinisation alluvial soils are...

Before the discovery of insulin and critical role pancreas vis-à-vis diabetes mellitus pathophysiology, childhood or what we now call type 1 autoimmune was almost universally fatal. In limited-resource countries (LRC) around world, this remains sadly true because expense unavailability medical care, information, and/or medications. 1889, Minkowski Mering identified as likely source problem in p...

Casting molds for making small ornaments of lead or tin alloys were found in different parts the East Europe areas various archaeological cultures. This simple technology and shapes products use by many peoples since 3rd till 10th century perhaps even earlier. Lead castings stone their manufacture attracted attention researchers Early Slavic archaeology discovery Velyki Budky hoard (1981) Berna...

Involvement in agricultural circulation of unused and unproductive lands the formation a rational structure land is possible only if conditions necessary for growth development crops are created. he latter impossible without reclamation, which carried out order to increase productivity sustainability agriculture, ensure guaranteed production based on conservation fertility. The purpose research...