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Dietary choices largely affect human-induced reactive nitrogen accumulation in the environment and resultant environmental problems. A nitrogen footprint (NF) is an indicator of how an individual’s consumption patterns impact nitrogen pollution. Here, we examined the impact of changes in the Japanese diet from 1961 to 2011 and the effect of alternative diets (the recommended protein diet, a pescetarian diet, a low-NF food diet, and a balanced Japanese diet) on the food NF. The annual per capita Japanese food NF has increased by 55% as a result of dietary changes since 1961. The 1975 Japanese diet, a balanced omnivorous diet that reportedly delays senescence, with a protein content similar to the current level, reduced the current food NF (15.2 kg N) to 12.6 kg N, which is comparable to the level in the recommended protein diet (12.3 kg N). These findings will help consumers make dietary choices to reduce their impacts on nitrogen pollution. 相似文献
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The actual standard in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocol recommends an overnight gamete co-incubation. All of the culture media used for human IVF are supplemented with serum or albumin. In the present study, we determined the concentrations of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in IVF media (IVFM) and related samples by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The results indicated that the concentrations of PFOS and PFOA in the protein source were higher than those in the IVFM samples. Compared with human plasma concentrations of PFCs, PFCs in all of the IVFM samples, such as PFBS, PFHxS and PFOA, were either not detected or present at only trace levels, even when protein source was added. LC/MS/MS could be used to determine PFCs in IVFM samples in future studies of the effects of PFC exposure on intrauterine insemination. 相似文献
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Symbiont-induced male-killing phenotypes have been found in a variety of insects. Conventionally, these phenotypes have been
divided into two categories according to the timing of action: early male killing at embryonic stages and late male killing
at late larval stages. In Drosophila species, endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma have been known to cause early male killing. Here, we report that a spiroplasma strain normally causing early male killing
also induces late male killing depending on the maternal host age: male-specific mortality of larvae and pupae was more frequently
observed in the offspring of young females. As the lowest spiroplasma density and occasional male production were also associated
with newly emerged females, we proposed the density-dependent hypothesis for the expression of early and late male-killing
phenotypes. Our finding suggested that (1) early and late male-killing phenotypes can be caused by the same symbiont and probably
by the same mechanism; (2) late male killing may occur as an attenuated expression of early male killing; (3) expression of
early and late male-killing phenotypes may be dependent on the symbiont density, and thus, could potentially be affected by
the host immunity and regulation; and (4) early male killing and late male killing could be alternative strategies adopted
by microbial reproductive manipulators. 相似文献
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Yoshida Y Ito A Murakami M Murakami T Fujimoto H Takeda K Suzuki S Hori M 《Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)》2007,57(10):1164-1171
Alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEOs) have been widely used as nonionic surfactants in a variety of industrial and commercial products. Typical compounds are nonylphenol polyethoxylates (NPEOs) and octylphenol polyethoxylates (OPEOs), which serve as precursors to nonylphenol (NP) and octylphenol (OP), respectively. NP and 4-t-OP are known to have endocrine disrupting effects on fish (medaka, Oryzias latipes), so it is important to know the concentrations of APEOs in the environment. Because the analytical characteristics of these compounds depend on the length of the ethoxy chain, it is necessary to use appropriate compounds as internal standards or surrogates. We synthesized two 13C-labeled surrogate compounds and used these compounds as internal standards to determine NPEOs and OPEOs by high-performance liquid chromatography (LC)-mass spectrometry. Method detection limits were 0.015 microg/L for NP (2)EO to 0.037 microg/L for NP(12)EO, and 0.011 microg/L for OP(3,6)EO to 0.024 microg/L for OP (4)EO. NPEO concentrations in water from a sewage treatment plant were less than 0.05-0.52 microg/L for final effluent and 1.2-15 microg/L for influent. OPEO concentrations were less than 0.05-0.15 microg/L for the final effluent and less than 0.05-1.1 microg/L for influent. 相似文献
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Kajiwara N Kamikawa S Amano M Hayano A Yamada TK Miyazaki N Tanabe S 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2008,156(1):106-114
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine compounds (OCs) were determined in the blubber of 55 melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) mass stranded along the Japanese coasts since 1982. DDTs and PCBs were predominant in all the specimens investigated. In whales that died during the latest event in 2006, concentrations of PBDEs (190–510 ng/g lipid wt) were approximately two orders of magnitude lower than DDTs and PCBs, but comparable with HCHs and HCB. Maternal transfer of PBDEs to offspring through the whole reproductive process was estimated to be 85% of the mother's body burden, while that occurring during gestation was much lower (2.6–3.5%). Concentrations of PCBs, DDTs, and HCB were lower in melon-headed whales stranded after the year 2000 than those stranded in 1982, whereas PBDE and CHL levels showed a temporal increase during the past 20 years, suggesting that the peak of their usage and contamination occurred after the year 1982. 相似文献
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Molting and breeding entail major energetic costs for female crustaceans. However, females of some hermit crabs perform a
molt immediately prior to copulation (prenuptial molt). The evolutionary significance of the prenuptial molt was examined
in Pagurus hermit crabs, and two hypotheses were tested: (1) prenuptial molt might enhance the success of the present clutch by cleaning
the pleopods of females and thereby preventing eggs from being dislodged from the pleopods, and (2) prenuptial molt might
function for growth and increase future fecundity at the cost of energetic expenditure on the present brood. Although these
hypotheses are not mutually exclusive, our results rejected the former hypothesis and supported the latter hypothesis. All
four Pagurus species examined showed significant negative relationships between prenuptial molting and continuity of breeding; i.e., they
showed high molting frequency after they had a long rest period from breeding. Females of P. minutus increased their size through the prenuptial molt, and showed a decreased clutch size due to the molt. The number of dislodged
eggs increased if females molted in P. minutus. These results suggest that hermit crabs undergoing a prenuptial molt might not gain any clear immediate advantage of enhanced
survival of eggs in the present clutch, and that the prenuptial molt would mainly contribute to growth. 相似文献
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Shibata Hideaki Galloway James N. Leach Allison M. Cattaneo Lia R. Cattell Noll Laura Erisman Jan Willem Gu Baojing Liang Xia Hayashi Kentaro Ma Lin Dalgaard Tommy Graversgaard Morten Chen Deli Nansai Keisuke Shindo Junko Matsubae Kazuyo Oita Azusa Su Ming-Chien Mishima Shin-Ichiro Bleeker Albert 《Ambio》2017,46(2):129-142
Ambio - Nitrogen (N) management presents a sustainability dilemma: N is strongly linked to energy and food production, but excess reactive N causes environmental pollution. The N footprint is an... 相似文献
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Hitoki Matsuda Hiroki Kageyama Yuuki Kawaguchi Shohichi Osada Mitsuhiro Kubota 《Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management》2014,16(4):677-683
Dynamic studies on the volatilization of lead from CaO–SiO2–Al2O3 molten slags were conducted in a lab-scale melting furnace from 1623 to 1773 K under different mixed gas atmospheres of CO 0.05–0.3 atm to CO2 0–0.3 atm to N2 (balance), HCl 1.7 × 10?3–6.7 × 10?3 atm to N2 (balance), and H2S 3.0 × 10?4 to 1.7 × 10?3 atm to N2 (balance). The slag samples consisted of the mixed powders of 20–50 wt% CaO, 30–60 wt% SiO2, and 10–40 wt% Al2O3, containing 2000 ppm PbO.Results showed that the rates of volatilization of lead from the CaO–SiO2–Al2O3 molten slags under the N2–CO–CO2, N2–HCl, and N2–H2S gas atmospheres were higher than those under the simulated air (N2–O2), which increased with CO, HCl, and H2S partial pressures. At \(p_{{HCl}}\) = \(p_{H_{2}S}\) = 1.7 × 10?3 atm, the apparent rate constants for the volatilization of lead under the N2–H2S and N2–HCl gas atmospheres were nearly equal, which increased with a rise in temperature. Results also showed that the rate of volatilization of lead from the molten slag decreased drastically with the increasing viscosity of the molten slag, in the viscosity range lower than 3 Pa s. Consequently, the volatilization of lead from the CaO–SiO2–Al2O3 molten slag was significantly influenced by CO, HCl, and H2S partial pressures and by the viscosity of the molten slag. 相似文献
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Ultraweak photon emission from herbivory-injured maize plants 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Following perception of herbivory or infection, plants exhibit a wide range of inducible responses. In this study, we found
ultraweak photon emissions from maize leaves damaged by Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae). Interestingly, mechanically damaged maize leaves treated with caterpillar regurgitants emitted the same intensity
and pattern of photon emissions as those from maize leaves damaged by caterpillars. Furthermore, two-dimensional imaging of
the leaf section treated with the oral secretions clearly shows that photon emissions were observed specifically at the lip
of the wound exposed to the secretions. These results suggest that the direct interaction between maize leaf cells and chemicals
contained in caterpillar regurgitants triggers these photon emissions. 相似文献