The biochemical methane potentials for typical fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) and food waste (FW) from a northern China city were investigated, which were 0.30, 0.56 m3 CH4/kgVS (volatile solids) with biodegradabilities of 59.3% and 83.6%, respectively. Individual anaerobic digestion testes of FVW and FW we re conducted at the organic loading rate (OLR) of 3 k g VS/(m3.day) using a lab-scale c...

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is divided into 8 FAB subgroups based on differentiation and maturation properties of the neoplastic cells. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), or M3 AML, is associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Flow cytometric immunophenotyping differentiates among the AML subtypes. Key markers in this classification include the myeloid antigens CD13 an...

We present a detailed analysis of the “second-parameter pair” of globular clusters M3 (NGC 5272) and Palomar 3. Our main results can be summarized as follows: i) The horizontal-branch (HB) morphology of M3 is significantly bluer in its inner regions (observed with the Hubble Space Telescope) than in the cluster outskirts (observed from the ground), i.e., M3 has an internal second parameter. Mos...

Estimating odor emissions from landfill sites is a complicated task because of the various chemical and biological species that exist in landfill gases. In this study, the relative concentration of ethanol and other odorous compounds emitted from the working surface at a landfill in China was analyzed. Gas sampling was conducted at the landfill on a number of selected days from March 2012 to Ma...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the position of mandibular third molar (M3) and vertical skeletal malocclusions. Methods: Materials for the study consisted of panoramic radiographs and lateral cephalograms of 73 fifteen to nineteen-year-old class I patients (girls=66%, boys= 34%). Patients were classified into three groups based on four vertical ...

In this study it was compared the MAS-100 and the Andersen air samplers' performances and a similar trend in both instruments was observed. It was also evaluated the microbial contamination levels in 3060 samples of offices, hospitals, industries, and shopping centers, in the period of 1998 to 2002, in Rio de Janeiro city. Considering each environment, 94.3 to 99.4% of the samples were the allo...

We studied the optical and electrochemical properties of four model oligomers M3, M5, M9 and M17, Fig. 1. We have performed extensive experimental and theoretical analyses of the M series oligomers in order to determine the oligomers that would be the best charge transfer partners for CdSe quantum dots with respect to spectral overlap and band level alignment. The steady-state absorption and fl...

Six male subjects were exposed for two hours during light physical exercise to 2.81 mmol/m3 (293 mg/m3) of styrene on one occasion and to a mixture of 2.89 mmol/m3 (301 mg/m3) of styrene and 21.3 mmol/m3 (1240 mg/m3) of acetone on another (combination study). About 68% of the dose (somewhat more than 4 mmol) of styrene was taken up. The arterial blood concentration of styrene reached a relative...

OBJECTIVE Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease characterized by a local inflammatory reaction in and around islets followed by selective destruction of insulin-secreting beta-cells. We tested the hypothesis that chemokines affect different mechanisms responsible for the development of diabetes in NOD mice. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined chemokine expression in islets of NOD mice ...

PURPOSE To locate the muscarinic (M) M2 and M3 receptors in bladder interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) and to determine the effects of M2 and M3 agonists on bladder ICCs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 225-250 g were used in this study. Double-labeled fluorescence of muscarinic receptors and c-kit was performed for co-localization. To evaluate the ...