Sir, Pustular bacterid (PB) is a pustular disorder of the hands and/or feet. It was first described by Andrews and co-workers (1, 2). There is controversy as to whether PB is a separate disease or is a variant of psoriasis pustulosa palmaris et plantaris (PPP). We describe here a case of PB in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This is the first report of PB associated with AS and supp...

BACKGROUND It has been established that skeletal growth is stunted in lead-exposed children. Because chondrogenesis is a seminal step during skeletal development, elucidating the impact of Pb on this process is the first step toward understanding the mechanism of Pb toxicity in the skeleton. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Pb alters chondrogenic commitment of ...

Production of J/ψ-mesons in heavy ion collisions is considered within the statistical coalescence model. The charmed quark-antiquark pairs are assumed to be created at the initial stage of the reaction and their number is conserved during the evolution of the system. At the hadronization stage, the charmed (anti)quarks are distributed among open and hidden charm hadrons in accordance with the p...

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on the subcellular compartmentalization and chemical forms of lead (Pb) in Pb tolerance plants was assessed in a pot experiment in greenhouse conditions. We measured root colonization, plant growth, photosynthesis, subcellular compartmentalization and chemical forms of Pb in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) seedlings inoculated with Funneliformi...

Lead (Pb) may damage the immune function in human and animal. Selenium (Se) has antagonistic effects on Pb. In our study, brown layer chickens were randomly allocated to control group, Se group (1 mg/kg Se), Se+Pb group (1 mg/kg Se and 350 mg/kg Pb), and Pb group (350 mg/kg Pb). The chickens were sacrificed on the 90th day; spleen tissues were subjected to observation of ultrastructure and dete...

afforestation of contaminated areas is considered as a possible strategy for reduction of contaminations. in the present study, the effects of lead (pb) and cadmium (cd) were investigated on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters (fv/fm, fo, and fm), photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, b, and total chlorophyll), and proline in one-year-old seedlings of celtis caucasica and robinia pseudoacacia...

application   of plants to remove heavy metals from soil (phytoremediation) is   expanding due to its cost-effectiveness as compared to conventional methods   and it has shown a great potential. since contaminants such as pb have a   limited bioavailability in the soil, methods to facilitate their   translocation to the shoots and roots of plants are required for efficient   phytoremediation. t...

To investigate the potential therapeutic effects of polyphenols in treating Pb induced renal dysfunction and intoxication and to explore the detailed underlying mechanisms. Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control groups (CT), Pb exposure groups (Pb), Pb plus Polyphenols groups (Pb+PP) and Polyphenols groups (PP). Animals were kept for 60 days and sacrificed for tests of urea, serum b...

The WA98 experiment at the CERN SPS measures Pb+Pb Collisions at 158 AGeV. The scaling properties of the charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity with the number of participants are studied using the SPMD and the MIRAC detector. Neutral pion spectra obtained from the LEDA detector are compared to hydrodynamical parametrizations. The collective flow in the target fragmentation region has bee...

Pb pollution caused by shooting sport activities is a serious environmental problem that has increased considerably in recent decades. The aims of this study were firstly to analyze Pb pollution in soils from a trap shooting range abandoned in 1999, secondly to study the effectiveness of different extractants [CaCl2, DTPA, NH4OAc, low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOA), and bidistilled wate...