The aim of this study was to determine the levels of six polychlorinated biphenyls (referred to as PCB-28, PCB-52, PCB-101, PCB-138, PCB-153 and PCB-180, according to the IUPAC) in freshwater fish from the Zagreb area. A total of 216 samples was collected from five sites: from the Sava River upstream of Zagreb, in Zagreb, and downstream of Zagreb, from Lake Jarun, and from five fishponds from t...

As a current member of ACEN, I am pleased to have an opportunity in this column to profile briefly an upcoming CHSRF-funded study of Canadian nursing leadership. The study is officially entitled “A Profile of the Structure and Impact of Nursing Management in Canadian Hospitals,” and was approved for funding by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (Project Identifier: RC10964-06) in ...

Before an outline of the process of diagnosis and differential diagnosis in infectious and/or inflammatory psy-chosyndromes is given, a more general overview onto the approach to organic psychosyndromes seems useful, because in both entities similar principles of causality conclusion are applied. Correlation does not demonstrate causality. Therefore the principles and consensus recommendations,...

Provide a point-by-point response to all reviewer comments, structured as: B author’s response to the reviewer (in a respectful tone); B changes to the paper (whether and where). Provide a marked revision of your paper. In case of rejection: B do not get frustrated and motivate yourself to move on quickly; B improve your paper if possible, based on the reviewers’ comments; and B submit the new ...

The HKαα allele is a rearrangement occurring in the α-globin gene cluster containing both the -α(3.7) and ααα(anti4.2) unequal crossover junctions. The anti-HKαα allele is the reciprocal product containing both the -α(4.2) and ααα(anti3.7) unequal crossover junctions, which had been predicted but had not been detected previously. The phenotypic feature and population frequency of these two unus...

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A hydroponic experiment was conducted in the present study to investigate and compare plant uptake, translocation and metabolism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) of BDE-15, BDE-28 and BDE-47 and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) of PCB-15, PCB-28 and PCB-47 in maize. Root concentrations of BDE-15, BDE-28 and BDE-47 were consistently higher than PCB-15, PCB-28 and PCB-47, respectively. A...

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