Microplastics (MPs) < 5 mm-sized are regarded as global environmental contaminants. This study analyzes MP concentrations in the Kaduna River (raw water), treated water from two conventional treatment plants, brands of bottled water, and food-grade salts available Metropolis, Nigeria using standard methods. Data obtained show that levels MPs ranged 25 to 36 particles L-1 153 raw water. While...

dry drainage could be considered as a natural system which evaporates water from fallow areas to control water table depth and soil salinity in neighboring cropped area. the technique requires the retirement of part of the irrigated land. one of the most notable design criteria for this system is to estimate the ratio of cropped to fallow strip width. a plexiglas physical model with the dimensi...

We have investigated table salt and other alkali metal chloride monomers, ClM, and (distorted) cubic tetramers, (ClM)(4), with M = Li, Na, K, and Rb, using density functional theory (DFT) at the BP86/TZ2P level. Our objectives are to determine how the structure and thermochemistry (e.g., Cl-M bond lengths and strengths, oligomerization energies, etc.) of alkali metal chlorides depend on the met...

Sodium intake exceeds the nutritional recommendations in many industrialized countries. Excessive intake of sodium has been linked to hypertension and consequently to increased risk of stroke and premature death from cardiovascular diseases. The main source of sodium in the diet is sodium chloride. It has been established that the consumption of more than 6g NaCl/day/person is associated with a...

Table olives are one of the oldest fermented foods and are considered as an important component of the Mediterranean diet, since their richness in monounsaturated fats (primarily oleic acid) and phenolic compounds may function as antioxidants in the human body; in the Western world they represent one of the most popular fermented vegetables but, despite its economic significance, table olive fe...

BACKGROUND Microbial culturomics represents an ongoing revolution in the characterization of environmental and human microbiome. METHODS By using three media containing high salt concentration (100, 150, and 200 g/L), the halophilic microbial culturome of a commercial table salt was determined. RESULTS Eighteen species belonging to the Terrabacteria group were isolated including eight moder...

UNLABELLED Specific electrostatics (i.e. salt-bridge) includes both local and non-local interactions that contribute to the overall stability of proteins. It has been shown that a salt-bridge could either be buried or exposed, networked or isolated, hydrogen-bonded or nonhydrogen bonded, in secondary-structure or in coil, formed by single or multiple bonds. Further it could also participates ei...

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) includes a group of infrequent genetic diseases with autosomal recessive heredity, characterized by intrahepatic cholestasis, usually in childhood and in adolescence. It is caused by defective bile salt secretion and other bile components. The progression leading to liver failure and cirrhosis usually appears in the first few decades of life....