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Soil contamination with such rare heavy metals as silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), tellurium (Te), and thallium (Tl) leads to disruption of its agricultural ecological functions. Each these has a different level soil toxicity, which affects the state recovery degree estimated by biological indicators. The work objective is assess ecotoxicity oxides nitrates silver, bismuth, tellurium, indicators Hapl...

BACKGROUND Nitrates may be beneficial in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) by enhancing cGMP signaling and improving hemodynamics, but real-world data on potential efficacy are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS We linked the Swedish Heart Failure Registry to national registries with International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision comorbidity diagnoses and demographic ...

Formation of organic nitrates (RONO2) during oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs: isoprene, monoterpenes) is a significant loss pathway for atmospheric nitrogen oxide radicals (NOx), but the chemistry of RONO2 formation and degradation remains uncertain. Here we implement a new BVOC oxidation mechanism (including updated isoprene chemistry, new monoterpene chemistry, and par...

Systolic hypertension occurs most commonly in the elderly and it significantly increases cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk. Furthermore, although once thought inadvisable, treatment with various drug choices has been clearly shown to be beneficial.1,2,3 Despite concerted efforts to reach blood pressure goal in these studies, none of them has achieved blood pressures of 140/90 mm Hg. Furth...

A decision support system has been developed in New Zealand which links national databases with a physically-based, basin-scale surface water quality model within a geographical information system (GIS) interface. In this study, the system is applied to a drainage basin in southern Germany, part of which is underlain by an aquifer which provides water for potable supply. The contamination of th...

OBJECTIVE To review the available information about nitrate tolerance, its potential mechanisms, clinical implications, and strategies for prevention. DATA IDENTIFICATION A survey of the National Library of Medicine MEDLINE database and bibliographies of the reviewed articles. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION Studies were selected from the English language literature with an emphasis on ...

It has been reported that growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2), a ghrelin receptor agonist, has an anti-inflammatory effect. We investigated whether this GH secretagogue attenuates liver injury in LPS-treated rats. Wistar rats were simultaneously injected (ip) with LPS (1 mg/kg) and/or GHRP-2 (100 microg/kg). Serum levels of aspartate and alanine transaminases were measured as an in...

During the past decades, nanomaterials such as noblemetal, lanthanide-doped, magnetic, luminescent SiO2, [9,10] and semiconductor nanomaterials have been extensively investigated and used in the development of sensitive and selective detection and imaging in biological and medical fields. Owing to their novel optical properties, semiconductor nanocrystals are of great interest to many fields su...

BACKGROUND Private water systems are more likely to have nitrate levels above the maximum contaminant level (MCL). Pregnant women are considered vulnerable to the effects of exposure to high levels of nitrates in drinking water due to their altered physiological states. The level of methemoglobin in the blood is the biomarker often used in research for assessing exposure to nitrates. The object...