... understand the burden of air pollution on New Yorkers’ health, the health benefits of addressing it and the costs of inaction 37 I Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles ... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants and the risk of ... quantify the relationship between the concentrations of pollutants measured in the air and the risk of adverse health effects in the population The report uses the results from both types of studies...
... velocity of fall ofthe particles, and d is the diameter ofparticlesThe settling velocities were used to calculate sampling times for each size fraction at a depth of 10 cm from the surface The ... theparticles suspended whilst withdrawing the initial fraction Figure 5(a,b) shows the concentrations of TTC and ENT, respectively, present in the top 10 cm ofthe sediment suspension over the ... smaller particles (< mm) that remained suspended throughout the duration ofthe settling experiment, and not attached to the larger particles that settled out within the duration The survival of TTC...
... prohormones [1] The lumen ofthe organelles ofthe regulated secretory pathway gradually Ó FEBS 2002 Thefateof Ac45 in the secretory pathway (Eur J Biochem 269) 1851 Fig Tunicamycin inhibits the glycosylation ... deglycosylation of these proteins again yielded a product of 46 kDa Ó FEBS 2002 Thefateof Ac45 in the secretory pathway (Eur J Biochem 269) 1847 (Fig 2, lanes 5, 6, 14 and 15) The amount of 61- and ... (Fig 3, lane 2) The intensity ofthe 23-kDa band is higher than that ofthe 26-kDa band, indicating that in the steady state situation the 23-kDa product is the major form in the EndoH-treated...
... is the excitation source and a photo-multiplier tube is the detector In order to compare the intensity ofthe luminescence of all the samples as accurately as possible, the position and power of ... nano -particles may optimize the bioavailability and the bio-distribution ofthe drug The nanoparticles in aqueous solution from the GC-host also apply in non-invasive imaging by detecting the ... assigned to the b-(Pb,Cd)F2:Er3?,Yb3? phase [15] The lattice constant of b-PbF2 crystal with the fluorite structure is a = 0.575 nm The slightly smaller lattice constant ofthe present nano-particles...
... Methods of calculating the influence of parafin concentration to the sedimentation ofparticles are same to the one were shown in [1] The coefficient ofthe parafin amount in the Richardson & Zaki ... sedimentation of multi- dispersed particlesThe application ofthe proposed method to other sources of crude oil need further investigations Table 1: Sedimentation speed of a particle in a liquid medium of ... to the estimation of sedimentation ofthe particle in petroleum containing parafin, which is typical to the crude oil ofthe White Tiger Well However it is also necessary to study further on the...
... observed Representative XRD patterns of these magnetites are shown in Figure The XRD results also confirmed the purity ofthe products via the absence of other phases of iron oxide such as maghemite ... attributed to the nano-voids created within the chitosan matrix However, in the case of inorganic ligands, they can only manipulate the size distribution but not the average size oftheparticles ... particles therefore making the resultant particles more stable CONCLUSIONS The size, size distribution and to some extent the morphology ofthe asformed magnetite nanoparticles are dependent on the...
... enterprises Thefateof biodiversity in tropical landscapes largely depends on the future ofthe remaining undisturbed forest patches and the species that inhabit them and the potential of regenerating ... set ofthe data I measured time since disturbance as the amount of time that had elapsed between the most recent form of disturbance and the time of study, as indicated by the authors ofthe source ... in another part ofthe country, and met my parents in the south over the holidays The reservoir was spectacular – surrounded by vertical mountains of gray karst piercing the sky and forest of sundry...
... for the socket to rotate with respect to the stump This tendency ofthe socket to rotate is then resisted by the soft tissue at the stump because ofthe intimate fit ofthe stump in the socket The ... occurring in the final part ofthe swing phase, proved the presence of impact, were not eliminated despite the efforts ofthe prosthetist Furthermore, these results demonstrated the ability ofthe method ... caused by the unlocking mechanism ofthe safety knee, allowing the swing phase ofthe prosthetic leg Similar spikes also occurred at the end ofthe swing phases for the three components ofthe forces...
... is the flow ofthe element i in the stream j through the reactor, lg/h (STP); Ci,j is the concentration ofthe element i in the stream j through the reactor, lg/m3 (STP); qj is the flow rate of ... step contributed from 40% to 75% ofthe major elements and from 13% to 87% ofthe trace elements in the total, indicating that, depending on the sample, either the rinse solution or trapping solutions ... from the reactant gases (N2 and steam, if applied), the bed material, the silicon carbide filter element, and any ofthe working surfaces ofthe gasifier/reactor and associated piping Fig shows the...
... slope from the active tank battery, the injection well/pit, and the old tank battery to the lake edge Two small creeks cross the northern and southern parts ofthe site The upper part ofthe site ... Geologic map ofthe OSPER ‘A’ site showing the locations ofthe oil pits, other production features, drilled water wells and outline ofthe impacted area Figure Geologic map ofthe OSPER ‘B’ ... showing the salinity of water and the relative concentrations (in equivalent units) of major cations and anions from the main brine pit and Geoprobe wells located to the southeast of this pit; the...
... quantification ofthe role of these interfaces on the movement of PTOCs leads to a better ability to understand, model, and predict the aquatic fateof PTOCs The following discussion focuses on these ... Schematic ofthe main components ofthe Niagara River to St Lawrence River Estuary system and their primary role in PTOC transport and fate are made up of four types of units The first comprises the ... chemicals, there remains considerable debate as to the importance ofthe atmospheric source relative to others because most ofthe data on atmospheric loads of chemicals is derived from analyses of only...
... died in the heart ofthe bravest, when at the close of day on the tenth of January, twenty-five days from the date of leaving Donner Lake, they saw an Indian village at the edge of a thicket they ... crisped the leather of a pair of old boots and a pair of shoes which constituted their evening meal, and was the last of their effects available as food An extraordinary effort on the third day ofthe ... to replace the tattered garments ofthe members ofthe Forlorn Hope, her husband despatched an open letter to the people of San Francisco, describing the arrival ofthe survivors ofthe Forlorn...
... field of research The use of “emerging” is not intended to infer that the presence of these compounds in the environment is new These chemicals have been released into the environment as long as they ... production or, in the case of hormones and other endogenous compounds, since the rise of animal life What is emerging is the interest by the scientific and lay communities in the presence of these chemicals ... assessments ofthe presence and concentrations of these compounds These studies ofthe presence and concentrations of PPCPs have led to multiple focused studies that address the need to understand the...
... detectability ofthe compounds Methanol was the solvent of choice yielding the highest recoveries as compared with those obtained with acetonitrile or acetone The study ofthe influence ofthe pH ofthe ... APCI, ESI signals for these compounds can be affected by the matrix ofthe sample To minimize matrix effects an optimization ofthe parameters ofthe extraction and cleanup ofthe sample, including ... methods offer advantages in terms of providing a more comprehensive picture ofthe occurrence and fateofthe contaminants in the environment examined In addition, the simultaneous determination of...
... the analytes with the solid phase The next step involves the “loading” ofthe sample onto the cartridge The sample is passed through the cartridge by pressure differential In the third step the ... procedure offers the advantage of providing direct contact between the solid extracting materials and the analytes in the solid sample The large surface area ofthe derivatized silica particles ... incorporated the pharmaceuticals into the organic matter content ofthe soil or have degraded the pharmaceuticals into other compounds that were not monitored by the method The adsorption isotherms for these...
... from the chelate The results ofthe degradation of gadoxetic acid disodium, gadobutrol, and gadofosveset trisodium showed that none of these compounds was readily biodegradable and none ofthe ... approximately 90 to 120% ofthe nominal values The time course ofthe results demonstrates that the substance solutions were stable during the whole exposure period The results ofthe measured 100 90 ... under appropriate conditions The concentrations ofthe test substance were 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0, and 1000.0 mg/L The growth ofthe microbes was assessed at the end ofthe respective incubation...
... sulfachloropyridazine).41,45,46 The transport of these substances is influenced by the sorption behavior ofthe compounds, the presence of manure in the soil matrix, and the nature ofthe land to which the manure ... prioritize these and begin to develop an understanding ofthefate (and effects) of some ofthe more important classes in the environment A large body of data is now available on the effects ofthe ... incorporated into the calculation The model calculated the concentration ofthe veterinary medicine in animal manure and then uses the nitrogen content ofthe manure and the maximum spreading rate of manure...
... this time there are significant gaps in our understanding ofthefate and environmental impacts ofthe large quantities of pharmaceutical residues present in the billions of pounds of animal ... lower-than-expected sorption of hormones due to the association ofthe hormones as follows: where is the apparent sorption coefficient in the presence of DOC and [DOC] is the concentration of DOC (kg/L) High ... and E1, further negating the electrostatic interaction hypothesis In each of these cases, sorption to the minerals was estimated by difference rather than by direct quantification ofthe sorbed...