The consumption of heavy metals through the ingestion food is a growing concern in developing countries where monitoring environmental content has not been given desired attention. This research work aims at determining public health risks and safety farm products terms their residual metal burdens from five subsistence farmlands Akinyele area. Analysis concentrations Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Fe, Zn soi...

Abstract In this paper, fluoride geochemistry and health risk of groundwater in Coimbatore district is studied. The order dominance ions were HCO 3 > Cl SO 4 CO Na Ca Mg K. Alkaline the favourable for enrichment. Around 46% samples, N–NE regions, have F ? higher than permissible limit 1.5 mg/L. Pink granites, charnockite gneisses lithology possible origin . However, NO vs plot shows positive...

Foreign body ingestion is common in children. Ingestion of foreign bodies with magnetic properties are less common, but can be associated more severe complication, especially involving multiple magnets. We present a 16-month-old boy developmental delay who developed small bowel perforation following magnet ingestion. He had three days history vomiting and abdominal distension pain, suggestive a...

Introduction: Determination of type and location of trapped objects and endoscopic observations among children with foreign-body ingestion. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 105 endoscopic records of patients presenting with foreign-body ingestion from 2001–2011. Results: Button batteries were the most common objects removed (41%). The lower segment of the esophagus was the most common trappi...

To survive, all animals must find, inspect, and ingest food. Behavioral coordination and control of feeding is therefore a challenge that animals must face. Here, we focus on how the gustatory system guides the precise execution of behavioral sequences that promote ingestion and suppresses competing behaviors. We summarize principles learnt from Drosophila, where underlying sensory neuronal mec...

introduction: salivary calcium and phosphate levels might have a relationship with dental caries severity. evaluation of different indexes such as alkaline phosphatase, which increases salivary phosphate levels, and hydroxyapatite ion activity, which reflects salivary calcium and phosphate levels, might help determine the risk of dental caries. the aim of the present study was to compare saliva...

In 1879, Fritz Müller hypothesized that mimetic resemblance in which defended prey display the same warning signal would share the costs of predator education. Although Müller argued that predators would need to ingest a fixed number of prey with a given visual signal when learning to avoid unpalatable prey, this assumption lacks empirical support. We report an experiment which shows that, as t...

1. List the common causes of altered level of consciousness. 2. Discuss how to differentiate medical and structural causes of altered level of consciousness. 3. Develop a plan for the initial phase of evaluation for an altered level of consciousness. 4. Recognize the importance of radiologic imaging in a child who has an altered level of consciousness. 5. Know which ingestions are likely to cau...

Plastic waste is a distinctive indicator of the world-wide impact of anthropogenic activities. Both macro- and micro-plastics are found in the ocean, but as yet little is known about their ultimate fate and their impact on marine ecosystems. In this study we present the first evidence that microplastics are already becoming integrated into deep-water organisms. By examining organisms that live ...

We read with great interest the case report “Unusual presentation and complication of caustic ingestion. Case report” by Lionte et al. in the March 2007 issue of Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (1). We report a young patient who presented with acute corrosive ingestion and developed pancreatitis 10 days after ingestion. A 25 year old young female presented as an emergency case fo...