The role of N6-methyladenosine methylation in environmental exposure-induced health damage

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The health risks caused by environmental pollution have long been of substantial concern. With the development of epigenetics, a large number of...     

一体化臭氧-曝气生物滤池处理酸性玫瑰红印染模拟废水

针对含酸性玫瑰红印染废水高色度、难生物降解的特点,分别采用了一体化和分离式臭氧-曝气生物滤池(O3-BAF)工艺处理。与分离式工艺相比,一体化工艺的特点是在一个反应器内部同时实现臭氧氧化和生化的协同作用,降低了处理设施的基建和运行费用。实验结果表明,一体化工艺处理效果明显优于分离式工艺,脱色率达92%,COD去除率达60%,处理效果良好。     

石墨探针收集/石墨探针炉原子吸收法直接测定APM中痕量铅

研究一种直接收集并测定大气微粒物质中痕量有害元素铅的新方法,石墨探针直接收集ＡＰＭ后,用石墨探针炉原子吸收法直接测定收集在探针上的ＡＰＭ中痕量铅。方法特征量为４４．００ｐｇ,检出限为４８．３６ｐｇ,,相对标准偏差为３．２２％,铅学度与峰面积吸光度在０－２５０μｇ／Ｌ范围内呈线性关系,测定标准参比材料,其回收率为９４．４２％＿９９．１４％,并成功地测定了大气微粒物质中痕量铅的含量。     

额济纳河水质污染特征

对额济纳河历年水质监测数据的分析表明 :额济纳河为四级中度污染水体 ,污染有加重趋势 ;主要污染因子是总硬度、悬浮物 ;流域内水土流失及风沙较多是造成污染的主要因素     

论建筑施工噪声管理中的执法对象

建筑施工噪声的执法对象是建设单位还是施工单位是长期未能统一的问题，分析两者在环境噪声污染防治中的责任与义务，阐述两者作为执法对象的利弊及法律依据，提出建设单位作为执法对象通过经济合同方式与施工单位进行环境责任与义务再分配的可行观战点，并建议对现行法律进行修改。     

Degradation of azo dye Acid Red 14 in aqueous solution by electrokinetic and electrooxidation process

A new wastewater treatment technology--electrokinetic-electrooxidation process (EK-EO process) is developed in this paper. The EK-EO process can take advantage of both electrooxidation on the anode surface and the electrokinetic process of anionic impurities under an electric field, which can enhance the TOC removal in electrolysis process. The degradation of an anionic azo dye Acid Red 14 (AR14) was experimentally investigated. It was found that under an electric field AR14 could be migrated into anode compartment and be efficiently mineralized. After 360 min electrolysis of 100 mgl(-1) AR14 solutions at 4.5 mAcm(-2), complete discoloration was observed in both cathode and anode compartment. About 60% TOC was electromigrated from cathode compartment to anode compartment, and more than 25 mgl(-1) TOC was abated in anode compartment. A possible degradation mechanism of AR14 by EK-EO process was proposed. Additionally, the effect of current density, recycling flux, and electrolyte concentration on the EK-EO degradation of AR14 was also investigated.     

Degradation of microcystins in aqueous solution with in situ electrogenerated active chlorine

A new and efficient method for the degradation of microcystins (one family of blue algal toxins) was developed and studied. Microcystins (MCs) in water were directly and effectively removed by active chlorine transformed in situ from the naturally existing Cl- in water resource using electrochemical method. Titanium coated with RuO2 and TiO2 was used as the anode. Microcystin-RR (MCRR) and Microcystin-LR (MCLR) were chosen as the model compounds of MCs. The results suggested that 20.87 mgl(-1) MCs (12.58 mgl(-1) MCRR and 8.29 mgl(-1) MCLR) in aqueous solution with 1.85 mM Cl- could be synchronously decomposed within 15 min electrolysis under the condition of the current density 8.89 mAcm(-2), 20 degrees C and pH 7.00. The qualitative analysis showed that the heptapetide ring and the Adda group of both treated MCs were changed. The results also indicated that the removal rates of both MCs increased with the increasing of chloride concentration and applied current density, but decreased with the increasing of initial concentration of MCs and initial pH of electrolyte. In the absence of Cl-, only a small fraction of both MCs were decomposed by direct anodic oxidation, while their almost complete removals could be obtained in the case of indirect electrooxidation with in situ electrogenerated active chlorine from Cl- in water.     

Certainty and uncertainty in understanding global warming

Global warming has greatly concerned the whole world.Owing to the limitation we currently have,it is still difficult to completely understand the mechanism and physical science of climate change.Now both certainty and uncertainty coexist in the understanding of climate warming.This paper aims to summarize certainties and uncertainties in climate-warming studies,which focus on seven key problems related to human activities,namely,global warming,atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases,relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and climate warming,climate models,future climate change,2?warming threshold and tipping point in the Earth's system.We should comprehensively take into account the level of certainty and uncertainty in our understanding of climate change while adapting to and mitigating global warming and adjusting our industrial structures accordingly.This would allow us to respond to change with certainty,while avoiding the risks associated with uncertainty.     

Contributions of deposited particles to pine needle polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

The contributions of deposited particles (P) to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels in pine (Cedrus deodar) needles sampled from the Dalian region were evaluated by washing off the particles from pine needle surfaces. P values ranged from 4.4 +/- 2.2% for fluorene to 69.9 +/- 4.0% for indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, and positively correlated with the logarithm of octanol-air partition coefficients (log K OA) of each PAH significantly. P and the total levels of 14 PAHs under study ( summation PAHs), that ranged from 490 to 3241 ng g(-1) dw (dry weight) with median value of 1521 ng g(-1) dw, were high for traffic areas, and low for residential or park areas, implying the significant contributions of PAHs in both gas and particle phases emitted by vehicles. However, PAH profiles in pine needles were not significantly altered by the washing, due to the low fractions (2-5%) of the 5- and 6-ring PAHs in summation PAHs. The high wind speed and frequently alternating wind directions in the Dalian spring could quicken the depuration processes of pine needle PAHs. Thus, the local meteorological conditions and source variations should be taken into account when using pine needles to implicate seasonal variations of atmospheric semi-volatile organic compounds.     

Texture Analysis for Mapping Tamarix parviflora Using Aerial Photographs along the Cache Creek, California

Natural color photographs were used to detect the coverage of saltcedar, Tamarix parviflora, along a 40 km portion of Cache Creek near Woodland, California. Historical aerial photographs from 2001 were retrospectively evaluated and compared with actual ground-based information to assess accuracy of the assessment process. The color aerial photos were sequentially digitized, georeferenced, classified using color and texture methods, and mosaiced into maps for field use. Eight types of ground cover (Tamarix, agricultural crops, roads, rocks, water bodies, evergreen trees, non-evergreen trees and shrubs (excluding Tamarix)) were selected from the digitized photos for separability analysis and supervised classification. Due to color similarities among the eight cover types, the average separability, based originally only on color, was very low. The separability was improved significantly through the inclusion of texture analysis. Six types of texture measures with various window sizes were evaluated. The best texture was used as an additional feature along with the color, for identifying Tamarix. A total of 29 color photographs were processed to detect Tamarix infestations using a combination of the original digital images and optimal texture features. It was found that the saltcedar covered a total of 3.96 km² (396 hectares) within the study area. For the accuracy assessment, 95 classified samples from the resulting map were checked in the field with a global position system (GPS) unit to verify Tamarix presence. The producer's accuracy was 77.89%. In addition, 157 independently located ground sites containing saltcedar were compared with the classified maps, producing a user's accuracy of 71.33%.