Levels, distributions, and sources of legacy and novel per- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the topsoil of Tianjin, China

Soil is a major sink for per- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), wherein PFAS may be transferred through the food chain to predators at upper trophic levels, which poses a threat to human health. Herein, the concentrations and distributions of legacy and novel PFAS in topsoil samples from different functional areas in Tianjin were comprehensively investigated. Seventeen PFAS congeners were identified, with concentrations ranging from 0.21 ng/g to 5.35 ng/g, with a mean concentration of 1.25 ng/g. The main PFAS in the topsoil was perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). 6:2 chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonate (6:2 Cl-PFESA; <MDL–1.95 ng/g, mean 0.11 ng/g), as an emerging substitute for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), was also detected in the topsoil. It showed slightly higher concentrations than PFOS (<MDL–1.62 ng/g, mean 0.10 ng/g), indicating it has gradually replaced legacy PFOS in this area. Based on the positive-definite matrix factor (PMF) receptor model, the major PFAS sources was dominated by textile treatment, metal electroplating plants, and some potential precursors of PFAS with longer chains (>C8) were the major sources (43.4%), followed by food packaging as well as coating materials (25.5%). In addition, Spearman correlation analysis and the structural equation model showed that population density significantly impacted the PFAS distribution in the topsoil of Tianjin.     

The least‐cost biodiversity impact mitigation hierarchy with a focus on marine fisheries and bycatch issues

Least‐cost implementation of the mitigation hierarchy of impacts on biodiversity minimizes the cost of a given level of biodiversity conservation, at project or ecosystem levels, and requires minimizing costs across and within hierarchy steps. Incentive‐based policy instruments that price biodiversity to alter producer and consumer behavior and decision making are generally the most effective way to achieve least‐cost implementation across and within the different hierarchy steps and across all producers and conservation channels. Nonetheless, there are circumstances that favor direct regulation or intrinsic motivation. Conservatory offsets, introduced within the conservatory first three steps of the mitigation hierarchy, rather than the fourth step to compensate the residual, provide an additional incentive‐based policy instrument. The least‐cost mitigation hierarchy framework, induced through incentive‐based policy instruments, including conservatory offsets, mitigates fisheries bycatch consistent with given targets, the Law of the Sea, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.     

Conserving and managing the subnivium

In regions where snowfall historically has been a defining seasonal characteristic of the landscape, warming winters have reduced the depth, duration, and extent of snowpack. However, most management and conservation has focused on how aboveground wildlife will be affected by altered snow conditions, even though the majority of species that persist through the winter do so under the snowpack in a thermally stable refugium: the subnivium. Shortened winters, forest management practices, and winter recreation can alter subnivium conditions by increasing snow compaction and compromising thermal stability at the soil–snow interface. To help slow the loss of the subnivium in the face of rapidly changing winter conditions, we suggest managers adopt regional conservation plans for identifying threatened snow‐covered environments; measure and predict the effects land cover and habitat management has on local subnivium conditions; and control the timing and distribution of activities that disturb and compact snow cover (e.g., silvicultural practices, snow recreation, and road and trail maintenance). As a case study, we developed a spatially explicit model of subnivium presence in a working landscape of the Chequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin. We identified landscapes where winter recreation and management practices could threaten potentially important areas for subnivium persistence. Similar modeling approaches could inform management decisions related to subnivium conservation. Current climate projections predict that snow seasons will change rapidly in many regions, and as result, we advocate for the immediate recognition, conservation, and management of the subnivium and its dependent species.     

基于3D响应曲面法与重离子辐射优化海迪茨氏菌降解原油的研究

基于模拟12C6+重离子辐射及生物降解特点,利用中心合成设计及响应曲面法优化了海迪茨氏菌去除原油中有机物过程中互动变量参数因子(辐射剂量、pH值、接种量与温度4个变量参数)及在5个不同水平下所有因素的响应特性,并利用GC-MS进行表征,验证分析降解原油目标函数模型对海迪茨氏菌去除原油样品中有机物的去除率.实验结果表明:二阶回归方程中回归系数β0、β1、β2、β3、β4、β1β2、β1β3、β1β4、β2β3、β2β4、β3β4、β21、β22、β23、β42对海迪茨氏菌降解原油影响效果显著;当辐射剂量与接种量范围分别为15～35Gy和2.5%～7.5%时,对原油的降解率(η)响应值能达到最高值62.6%.降解产物表征结果表明,模拟目标函数中的互动参数,当辐射剂35Gy、温度29℃、pH=6.75、接种量6.75%时,在第7d,原油样品中C16、C19、C25与C26完全被去除;在第14d,原油样品中C21、C22、C24与四甲基完全消失;第36d,原油样品中的C、C、C与3,5-二甲基十二烷的去除率分别达到83.5%、58.9%、65.8%、74.5%.     

直流电场处理后隆线溞趋光性对Cr6+ 和Hg2+ 的响应

为了利用水溞趋光性更灵敏地检测水体中的有毒物质,试验以自主选育的、趋光性强的隆线溞(Daphnia carinata)单克隆为材料,研究了直流电场对水溞趋光性的影响和对重金属Cr6+和Hg2+的响应.结果表明,在直流电场中,随电场强度增大和处理时间延长,隆线溞的趋光性由正变负.其中,不影响趋光性的临界电场强度和处理时间分别是0.01 mA和5 min.用0.01 mA的直流电场处理隆线溞5 min后,隆线溞对Cr6+或Hg2+的趋光指数检测下限显著降低,Cr6+的检测下限浓度由56μg·L-1(未经电场处理)下降为32μg·L-1(电场处理),Hg2+的检测下限浓度由5.6μg·L-1(未经电场处理)下降为4.2μg·L-1(电场处理).说明适当的直流电场处理隆线溞后,能显著降低水溞趋光指数检测毒物的下限,扩大检测范围,提高监测灵敏度.     

ZF_5-110型SF_6GIS组合电器的安全防护

介绍了SF_6组合电器中SF_6气体的物理性质、电气性质及有毒产物对人体伤害的影响。提出了SF_6设备的运行、试验、检修、事故处理、中毒急救等安全防护措施。     

Prenatally detected trisomy 4 and 6 mosaicism—cytogenetic results and clinical phenotype

We report on a live-born male with 46,XY/47,XY+4/47,XY,+6 mosaicism. Trisomy 4 mosaicism was detected by karyotyping chorionic villus samples (CVS) and was confirmed by the analysis of 16 metaphases obtained from cultured amniotic fluid cells. Eight metaphases were normal (46,XY), two had trisomy 4 (47,XY,+4), and two had trisomy 6 (47,XY,+6). Two postnatal chromosomal analyses of blood lymphocytes at birth and at the age of one week were normal. Chromosomal analysis of cultured skin fibroblasts from the right inguinal region at the age of 12 months revealed trisomy 4 (47,XY,+4) in 49 metaphases, trisomy 6 (47,XY,+6) in 2 metaphases, and a normal karyotype (46,XY) in 49 cells of the 100 analyzed metaphases, respectively. The main clinical findings consist of prenatal growth retardation, hypoplasia of the right side of the face, a dysplastic and posteriorly rotated right ear, a high vaulted palate, retrognathia, aplasia of the right thumb, hypoplasia of the fingernails, a deep sacral dimple, and patchy skin hypopigmentation of the right leg. When last seen at the age of 14 months, his development was nearly normal. Five patients with trisomy 4 mosaicism have been reported previously, but none with an additional trisomy 6 mosaicism. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.