BACKGROUND Health complaints have been reported to be higher among the industrial area residents when compared with reference community. METHODS Such reports being only a few, a questionnaire survey was conducted in three different areas (Industrial, Residential, Commercial) of Ahmedabad city of India to determine the pattern of morbidity and to do a comparative analysis of different areas wi...

Abstract Deep-sea sediments rich in rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) are promising mineral resources that believed to be associated with the burial of fish debris. However, nature REY enrichment is poorly understood, part due a lack robust age constraints. We report bioapatite U-Pb ages from an Ocean Drilling Program (Leg 199, Hole 1218A) core REY-rich sedimentary Pacific Ocean, which yiel...

As one of the main fossil fuels globally, coal can be enriched with a variety critical metal elements in specific geological conditions. This paper investigates mineral compositions and concentrations major minor element oxides trace No. 9 from Xinyuan mine northern Qinshui coalfield, China, discusses modes occurrence enrichment mechanisms such as Li, Ga, Th REY. The are primarily represented b...

The old industrial area in the years of development remain some problems to be solved at the same time, combined with years of accumulation of environmental problems is very outstanding, leading to the sustainable development ability is weak, etc. Therefore, optimize the industrial structure of the old industrial area is necessary. This chapter through the analysis of the influencing factors of...

El artículo indaga el uso de la figura del rey durante las rebeliones indígenas acaecidas en La Paz, a fines siglo VIII. A partir un informe sobre levantamiento, se da cuenta los argumentos sublevados, quienes aseguraban actuar por voluntad rey, alegato con que lograron intervenir política colonial. Al tiempo oficiales realistas perdonaron sublevación usando también quien rebeldes debían acredi...