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Abstract
Background: Tumor Protein p53 (p53), cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (p21/WAF1), and
murine double minute 2 (MDM2) participate in the regulation of ... found in malignant tumors and has been associated with poor
prognosis. Our aim was to investigate the expression of the 3 proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) andtheir prognostic significance.
Methods: ... examined p53, p21/WAF1, and MDM2 expression in 181 pairs of HCC tissues and
the adjacent hepatic tissues by performing immunohistochemistry and examined the expression of
the 3 proteins in 7...
... lead and other heavymetals bound in cycles of the land, keeping
levels in the atmosphere, lakes, and oceans low. Is global toxicity ultimately due to letting heavy
metals get into atmospheric and ... Understanding heavy metal toxicology also requires an understanding of these
elements andtheir impact on the environment — the field of ecotoxicology. Some of the questions
about heavymetalsand ... circulation?
8.
How can the use and processing of heavymetals by the economy make use of the natural
principles guiding scarce elements?
Public policies on mining and scarce minerals now are largely
guided...
... drains.
In 25 wetland soilsin an area of heavy metal processing in Sudbury Ontario, Taylor and Crowder
(1983) found little copper, zinc, nickel, or other heavymetalsin leaves, although heavy ... ppm in natural arctic lakes to 3700 ppm in lakes near metal mining and
11,400 ppm in a Norwegian fjord receiving wastes. Furness and Rainbow (1990) review heavy
metalsin the sea, its algae, and ... lead
workers including costs of replacing painted surfaces.
SIMULATION MODELS OF HEAVY METALS
Understanding of heavymetalsin the systems of environment and human civilization has
matured in the last...
... beneficial interactions.
Human beings, their brains, andtheir information processing have higher emergy per gram and
transformity than heavy metals. In a functioning organization, the humans, their ... great
variety, adapting to various kinds of in ows of water, organic matter, sediments, and various
chemicals, including the heavy metals. Many materials including heavymetals are captured and
recycled ...
52 HEAVYMETALSIN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL
shows a simplified model of the main units of the earth, with the ocean and atmosphere on the left
and land formation and...
... LLC
84 HEAVYMETALSIN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL
LEAD IN VEGETATION
Water lily (
Nymphaea odorata
) was the most popular species for the entire wetland, except ... WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL
LEAD IN SURFACE WATERS
Lead concentrations in surface waters decreased downstream (Figure 6.2). Concentrations
in most samples were less than those reported in earlier ... phosphate; inorganic precipitated lead with EDTA; sulfide lead with nitric
acid; and residual lead. Results are given in Appendix A6
B
, Table A6
B
.9 and Figure 6.5.
BINDING OF LEAD...
...
EXPERIMENTS WITH LEAD AND ACID IN WETLAND MICROCOSMS 89
were not toxic to the two species of swamp trees predominant in this area. Cypress and gum require
bare swamp soils for germination and regeneration. ... microcosm is a small ecosystem developing in a container. In this
experiment peaty materials and a seeding of life from the outdoor swamp were placed in each
container and allowed to develop for 2 months. ... Seedlings were added, and the microcosms were arranged
at random in a greenhouse. Arrangements were made for chemical solutions containing lead and
acid in different concentrations to drip into...
... material and energy. Crossing the boundary into the swamp
systems are the flows of sunlight, the wind, and the in ows of water carrying lead. The water in ow
includes stream and the rain. Outflows ... minus that in use.
Water flowing out is the in owing water minus evaporation minus plant transpiration.
Lead flowing out is the lead flowing in plus the recycle minus that taken up by plants and by ... concentration in the water and to the quantity of organic sediments)
minus the lead in the organic matter consumed minus the lead in organic matter in water
flowing out minus that going into buried...
... AND ZINC RETENTION IN THE BIALA RIVER WETLAND OF POLAND 103
Zinc and lead in wetland soils were compared with soils of the adjacent region (Figure 9.7).
Concentrations of metalsin the vicinity ... LLC
104 HEAVYMETALSIN THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL
Figure 9.7
Lead content in parts per million insoils of uplands surrounding the Biala Riv
er wetland.
Wetland
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... of wetland plants to high concentrations of heavy
metalsintheir tissues as well as in soil. This chapter presents the results of investigations of these
heavy metalsin the wetland and the...
... Lead and Zinc
Manufacturing, and Environment
Wlodzimierz Wójcik
CONTENTS
Lead and Zinc Ores Processing 116
Consumption of Lead and Zinc 117
Environment Pollution from Lead and Zinc in Poland ... declining. The Boleslaw mine shut down in 1996, and
shutdown is planned for two additional mines: the Trzebionka mine in 2005, and the Olkusz mine
in 2010. The largest mine (Pomorzany mine) will ... some
zinc–lead mines.
Zinc in Poland is found mainly in the Silesia-Cracovian dolomite formation with an estimated
8.39 E6 tons. Average concentration of zinc in these ores is 3.9%. Decreases in zinc...
... economic costs incurred in this wetland use. The financial cost
of the loss of standing timber from the wetland was calculated from the amount of wood in tree
boles in the standing stock in the reference ... THE ENVIRONMENT: USING WETLANDS FOR THEIR REMOVAL
recognized as part of the economy through their work in filtering toxic substances such as heavy
metals. Increasingly, wetlands have been found ... first in emergy terms and then in dollars.
Lead Filtered by the Wetland
The amount of lead retained in on-site wetlands andin Steele City Bay was estimated based
on data in Watts (1984) and...
... investment in waste-
treatment-systems.
Research and Development projects should also be invested in to find out the best
technologies for reducing abatement cost and increasing the effect and efficiency ...
2.4. Financial difficulties
Up to April 2003, 61 hospitals in Vietnam (7%) had incinerators. Most incinerators were very
expensive. They operated erratically and inefficiently. Incinerators ... together with Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Planning
and Investment, have invested the matter in various hospitals and submitted the project of
constructing “the centre...