It is still unclear whether the exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by mobile phone radiation is directly linked to cancer. We examined the biological effects of an EMF at 835 MHz, the most widely used communication frequency band in Korean CDMA mobile phone networks, on bacterial reverse mutation (Ames assay) and DNA stability (in vitro DNA degradation). In the Ames assay, test...

The degradation of selected pharmaceuticals in some water matrices was studied by using several chemical treatments. The pharmaceuticals selected were the beta-blocker metoprolol, the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory naproxen, the antibiotic amoxicillin, and the analgesic phenacetin; and their degradations were conducted by using UV radiation alone, ozone, Fenton’s reagent, Fenton-like system, ph...

Hair is a very important for our self-confidence as well as a very important part of appearance and self-concept. It reflects our personality and hair loss or hair damages are considered aesthetic imperfections and social handicap. Outward part of the hair is a "hair shaft" keratin fiber structure sensible to external effects whether they are mechanical, physical or chemical. Excessive sun expo...

Intratumoral hypoxia is an important contributory factor to tumor cell resistance to radiotherapy. SirT1, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+))-dependent histone/protein deacetylase, has been linked to the decrease of radiation-induced DNA damage and seems to be critical for cancer therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of SirT1 in hypoxia-induced radiation respon...

The radiolytic decomposition of oxytetracycline and effects of inorganic ions were studied. The removal efficiency of oxytetracycline , 30 mg/L, was 99% at the irradiation dose of 0.7 kGy. Chloride , sulfate , nitrite , nitrate and phosphate had effects on oxytetracycline degradation. Especially , nitrite and nitrate showed the significant inhibition effect on the radiolytic degradation of oxyt...

Humic substances, i.e. dark paramagnetic polymeric anionic polyelectrolytes, belong to the most widespread macromolecular substances of biogenic origin in soil and aquatic environments. The exact structure of humic substances is unknown because of their complexity resulting from unrecurring precursors, from their composition and their process of synthesis. Degradation processes of these substan...

Integrated circuits (IC) used in a space environment are exposed to cosmic radiation, causing several adverse effects in the IC. Total Ionising Dose (TID) effects cause a slow degradation of threshold voltages and carrier mobility, leading to increased leakage currents and reduced circuit speed. These effects are mostly mitigated by process variants, adequate geometries and guard-rings in libra...