Organic amendments have been proposed as a means of remediation for Cd-contaminated soils. However, understanding the inhibitory effects of organic materials on metal immobilization requires further research. In this study colza cake, a typical organic amendment material, was investigated in order to elucidate the ability of this material to reduce toxicity of Cd-contaminated soil. Available co...

T he tissue-dwelling larval stages of the cestode E chinococcus granulosus are intimately associated with the host, implying that a range of molecular mediators may be secreted by the parasite into the host environment. T hese mediators are being sought through a transcriptome-based analysis, using recombinant cD N A libraries. C onventional cD N A libraries of E . granulosus contain high level...

BACKGROUND It is well known that, stemming from the mutual interplay between chromophores, circular dichroism (CD) is a powerful technique to deal with structural problems for both the small organic molecule and the biopolymer. However, quantitative interpretations of the spectroscopic and structural terms that give rise to the exciton couplet are usually presented for ideal cases, or a few CD ...

BACKGROUND Prior research indicates that conduct disorder (CD) is associated with a range of co-morbid mental disorders. However, the actual prevalence, subtypes and patterns of co-morbidity of DSM-IV-defined CD in the general US population remains unknown. METHOD Retrospective assessment of CD and other DSM-IV disorders was conducted using fully structured diagnostic interviews among a natio...

Objective: The current study was to compare the psychometric properties of the 25-item version (CD-RISC25), 10-item Connor-Davidson version (CD-RISC10) and 2-item Connor-Davidson version (CD-RISC2) in rehabilitation patients after injury. Method: A sample of 115 Chinese patients was measured by CD-RISC25, CD-RISC10 and CD-RISC2, PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) and Symptom Checklist-90-R...

With the aim to enhance automation in conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) tasks Air Traffic Management domain, this article proposes deep learning (DL) techniques that model Controllers’ reactions resolving conflicts violating aircraft trajectories separation minimum constraints: This implies when Controller reacts towards a conflict, how he/she reacts. Timely reactions, which aims, focus ...

In this paper, we describe a practical method of using gold films constructed from recordable compact disks (CD-Rs) as simple, inexpensive, and micropatterned conductive substrates for the fabrication of inorganic material microstructures. Extending from their application for the fabrication of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) reported recently, bare and SAM-modified CD-R gold substrates have b...