The consumption of contaminated food crops, meat and milk has significantly increased the concentrations of trace metals in human blood as compared to the control area. 相似文献
Stem and leaf homogenates from tobacco plants metabolised deltamethrin by oxidative and hydrolytic actions on the insecticide. Although a major portion of deltamethrin remained unchanged, metabolites such as 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid and 3-(2,2-dibromonyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid were formed. The data suggest a major portion of the insecticide would remain unchanged when absorbed by tobacco plants. 相似文献
In this work, spectrophotometer was used as a detector for the determination of uranium from water, biological, and ore samples with a flow injection system coupled with solid phase extraction. In order to promote the online preconcentration of uranium, a minicolumn packed with XAD-4 resin impregnated with nalidixic acid was utilized. The system operation was based on U(VI) ion retention at pH 6 in the minicolumn at flow rate of 15.2 mL min?1. The uranium complex was removed from the resin by 0.1 mol dm?3 HCl at flow rate of 3.2 mL min?1 and was mixed with arsenazo III solution (0.05 % solution in 0.1 mol dm?3 HCl, 3.2 mL min?1) and driven to flow through cell of spectrophotometer where its absorbance was measured at 651 nm. The influence of chemical (pH and HCl (as eluent and reagent medium) concentration) and flow (sample and eluent flow rate and preconcentration time) parameters that could affect the performance of the system as well as the possible interferents was investigated. At the optimum conditions for 60 s preconcentration time (15.2 mL of sample volume), the method presented a detection limit of 1.1 μg L?1, a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.8 % at 100 μg L?1, enrichment factor of 30, and a sample throughput of 42 h?1, whereas for 300 s of the preconcentration time (76 mL of sample volume), a detection limit of 0.22 μg L?1, a RSD of 1.32 % at 10 μg L?1, enrichment factor of 150, and a sampling frequency of 11 h?1 were reported. 相似文献
Corn leaves homogenates were found to release bound (nonextractable) 14C residues from the aerial portion of matured corn plants. The 22,000 g pellet and 10,000 g supernatant fractions were the most active in releasing the bound 14C residues. The released 14C residues comprised mainly 2-OH analogues of the -monodealkylated analogues of atrazine. It is suggested that the enzymatic system in plants may cause metabolic conversion of bound residues. 相似文献
Offshore oil and gas platforms are well known for their compact geometry, high degree of congestion, limited ventilation and difficult escape routes. A small mishap under such conditions can quickly escalate into a catastrophe. Among all the accidental process-related events occurring offshore, fire is the most frequently reported. It is, therefore, necessary to study the behavior of fires and quantity the hazards posed by them in order to complete a detailed quantitative risk assessment. While there are many consequence models available to predict fire hazards-varying from point source models to highly complex computational fluid dynamic models—only a few have been validated for the unique conditions found offshore.
In this paper, we have considered fire consequence modeling as a suite of sub-models such as individual fire models, radiation model, overpressure model, smoke and toxicity models and human impact models. This comprehensive suite of models was then revised by making the following modifications: (i) fire models: existing fire models have been reviewed and the ones most suitable for offshore conditions were selected; (ii) overpressure impact model: a model has been developed to quantify the overpressure effects from fires to investigate the possible damage from the hot combustion gases released in highly confined compartments; (iii) radiation model: instead of a point/area model, a multipoint grid-based model has been adopted for better modeling and analysis of radiation heat flux consequences. A comparison of the performance of the revised models with the ones used in a commercial software package for offshore risk assessment was also carried out and is discussed in the paper. 相似文献
The October 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan severely affected the livelihoods of 1.5 million people. With the destruction of material assets and communications infrastructure, the quake had a devastating impact on people's way of life in this remote mountainous region. This paper explores livelihood revival interventions undertaken during the earthquake response, and considers how differentiated livelihood outcomes were achieved. In addressing this objective the paper examines livelihood rehabilitation schemes in terms of structural aspects, working strategies, key factors, strengths of interventions and the role of human agency in influencing livelihood trajectories of quake‐affected communities. Primary data for this study was gathered in northern Pakistan between October 2008 and January 2009. The study identifies structural shortcomings and strengths of the programmes attempting to revive the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable households. It identifies how households in two villages made the most of opportunities to improve their lives and move towards favourable outcomes. 相似文献
Lead, a major contaminant, is highly used in paint manufacturing due to its anticorrosive properties. Recent reports indicated
high lead content among Indian paints used for commercial purposes. Painters are continuously exposed to these lead containing
paints during painting of both commercial as well as residential buildings. Lead is well-known for its genotoxicty in occupational
workers; however, in Indian painters the genotoxic effects of lead have not been reported to date. Therefore we aimed to study
the genotoxic end points in painters due to their long-term exposure to these high lead-containing Indian paints. 相似文献
Thin films of gelatin were prepared by casting. Then the films were photocured and the mechanical properties were studied.
The tensile strength of UV cured gelatin films showed about 10% enhancement than that of raw gelatin films. Minor amount of
urea (1–5%) was used as additive in aqueous gelatin solution and films were prepared using same technique. Four formulations
were prepared in methanol with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate in the presence of photoinitiator (darocur-1664). The films were soaked
in the prepared formulations and then cured under UV radiation at different intensities (5–25 passes). Percentage of urea,
monomer concentration, soaking time and radiation intensities were optimized with the extent of polymer loading, TS and elongation
at break of the photocured film. The films containing 2% urea, cured with 3% EHA for 3 min at 15th UV pass showed the highest
mechanical properties. A significant improvement of TS (31%) occurred when EHA (3%) was incorporated. 相似文献
The effect of lead on the sorption of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) on soil and peat was investigated using a batch equilibration method. Lead markedly diminished the sorption of 2,4,6-TCP, and 2,4,6-TCP had little effect on lead sorption. Peat was a more effective adsorbent for 2,4,6-TCP than soil. The desorption hysteresis of 2,4,6-TCP verified the presence of high-energy sorption sites. Mechanisms of lead suppression effect on the 2,4,6-TCP sorption included the following: Firstly, lead accelerated the aggregation of colloids, the aggregates covered the surface in part and shrunk the pore sizes of the adsorbents, hence decreased the sorption of 2,4,6-TCP. Secondly, X-ray absorption and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study suggested that lead competed with 2,4,6-TCP for carboxylic, phenolic and Si-OH groups of organic matter and clay minerals. Such competition was partly responsible for the overall suppression effect of lead on the sorption of 2,4,6-TCP. 相似文献