As a new category of persistent organic pollutants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have become ubiquitous global environmental contaminants. No literature is available on the aerobic biotransformation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209). Herein, we investigated the interaction of PBDEs with aerobic granular sludge. The results show that the removal of BDE-209 from wastewater is mainly ...

The fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sewage sludge after agricultural application was analysed. This study was based on the analysis of sewage sludge and sludge amended soil samples collected during 2005. PBDE concentrations in sewage sludge ranged from 197 to 1185ng/g dry weight (dw), being deca-BDE-209 the predominant congener. PBDE levels in soils ranged between 21 and 690ng...

The biodegradation effect and mechanism of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) by crude enzyme extract from Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated. The results demonstrated that crude enzyme extract exhibited obviously higher degradation efficiency and shorter biodegradation time than Pseudomonas aeruginosa itself. Under the optimum conditions of pH 9.0, 35 °C and protein content of 2000 mg/L, ...

BACKGROUND Intimal hyperplasia of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) can lead to subsequent graft atherosclerosis and occlusion after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study examined whether patient characteristics, anatomic factors, and medications are associated with SVG intimal hyperplasia and occlusion after CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a post hoc analysis of the Clopidogre...

BACKGROUND Many cases of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are ascribed to hypertension. However, because renal disease itself can raise blood pressure, some investigators argue that ESRD seen in patients with hypertension is due to underlying primary renal disease. Previous cohort studies of the relationship between blood pressure and ESRD did not uniformly screen out baseline kidney disease. M...

This study was conducted to determine the concentration of 8 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sandstorm depositions in Beijing, China. The PBDE concentrations in 10 samples collected in Beijing ranged from 8.47 to 29.02 ng g(-1), with BDE-209 as the predominant congener (>85%). Principal component analysis revealed that the major source of PBDEs in Beijing may be potentially associated...

Charged residues in the beta10-M1 linker region ("pre-M1") are important in the expression and function of neuromuscular acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). The perturbation of a salt bridge between pre-M1 residue R209 and loop 2 residue E45 has been proposed as being a principle event in the AChR gating conformational "wave." We examined the effects of mutations to all five residues in pre-M1 (po...

Abstract. Background: Studies on the health of minors with refugee background (RM) often focus symptoms and risks. In contrast to these deficit-oriented approaches, present study examined well-being resources RM. Aims: The aim was get an overview extent which RM differ from both migration (MM) as well native (NM) regarding resources. addition, sought identify that are significant for well-being...

In this study, we compared three popular textural tests: the compression, Meullenet–Owens razor blade (MORS), and Allo–Kramer (AK) tests, which are used to detect wooden breast (WB) spaghetti meat (SM) myopathies. A total of 209 fillets (71 WB, 71 SM, 67 normal) were selected from different flocks at a large commercial plant. Thawed subjected 20% compression tests before after cooking, cooked s...

The API 20S system (Analytab Products) was evaluated as a means of identifying 209 isolates of Lancefield group D streptococci to the species level. Results were compared with those from a conventional tube biochemical identification system and from serological grouping. Use of the latest 20S computerized data base allowed species identification of 97% (203 of 209) of test isolates after a 4-h ...