Bioaccumulation of Pb was determined in Chlamys varia and Pecten maximus exposed to (210)Pb via seawater, food and sediment. Both scallops readily concentrated dissolved Pb with whole-body 7-d concentration factors of 250+/-40 and 170+/-70, respectively. In both species, more than 70% of Pb taken up from seawater was strongly retained within tissues (biological half-life>1.5 month) whereas Pb i...

In [1] and [2] Tan and Lua introduce the concept of Belief Augmented Frames (BAF). In this paper we explore how BAFs may be used to model discourse, including how to model fuzzy linguistic hedges like “very” and “quite”. We also demonstrate BAF reasoning with a simple toy example, and suggest topics for further research.

Banana fiber (BaF)-filled composites based on high density polyethylene (HDPE)/Nylon-6 blends were prepared via a two-step extrusion method. Maleic anhydride grafted styrene/ethylene-butylene/styrene triblock polymer (SEBS-g-MA) and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MA) were used to enhance impact performance and interfacial bonding between BaF and the resins. Mechanical, crystallizat...

Persistence of a reservoir of latently infected memory T cells provides a barrier to HIV eradication in treated patients. Several reports have implicated the involvement of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes in restricting early steps in HIV infection, in coupling the processes of integration and remodeling, and in promoter/LTR transcription activation and repression. However, the mechanism...

The bioaccumulation of estrone by Daphnia magna was determined. Direct uptake via the aqueous medium occurred within the first 16 h. A bioconcentration factor of 228 was established over all temporal periods. Ingestion via Chlorella vulgaris gave a partitioning factor of 24, which may approximate to a biomagnification factor assuming steady state conditions. These preliminary results indicate t...

Screening various plant species to act as hyperaccumulators and associated health risks could serve a sustainable solution for the bioremediation heavy metals (HMs). For first time, present study explored phytoremediation potential of native plants, soil enrichment, human with contamination HMs in samples collected from municipal solid-waste open dump site. Soil (n = 18 + 18) dumpsite control s...

As a preliminary study of the influence of urban organic matter on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the effect of different types of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the bioaccumulation of fluoranthene, pyrene, or benzo[a]pyrene in Daphnia magna was studied. Commercial humic substances, DOM from the aeration basin of a wastewater treatment plant, and highly biode...

The effects of a new intestinal peptide, inhibiting enterocytogenin (IEG) derived from pig intestinal mucosa were studied in vitro on 3T3 mouse fibroblasts and L5178Y mouse lymphoma cell line. IEG caused considerable growth inhibition together with specific morphological changes, necrotic effects as well as formation of monolayers at the highest concentration applied (1000 micrograms/ml). A bio...

Application of the barium fluoride (BaF 2) scintillator for characterization of intense radiation fields has been pursued since the fast component was discovered in the early 1980's. Unfortunately, ~ 80% of the scintillator emissions have a slow ~ 600 ns decay time constant. The long decay time hampers the use of BaF 2 at high count rates because the slow emissions appear as an afterglow which ...