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Iwasaka Y Shi GY Kim YS Matsuki A Trochkine D Zhang D Yamada M Nagatani T Nagatani M Shen Z Shibata T Nakata H 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2004,92(1-3):5-24
Measurements of aerosols were made in 2001 and 2002 at Dunhuang (40 degrees 00'N, 94 degrees 30'E), China to understand the nature of atmospheric particles over the desert areas in the Asian continent. Balloon-borne measurements with an optical particle counter suggested that particle size and concentration had noticeable peaks in super micron size range not only in the boundary mixing layer but also in the free troposphere. Super-micron particle concentration largely decreased in the mid tropopause (from 5 to 10 km; above sea level, a.s.l.). Lidar measurements made during August 2002 at Dunhuang suggested the possibility that mixing of dust particles occurred from near the ground to about 6 km even under calm weather conditions, and a large depolarization ratio of particulate matter was found in the aerosol layer. The top of the aerosol layer was found at heights of nearly 6 km (a.s.l.). It is strongly suggested that nonspherical dust particles (Kosa particles) frequently diffused in the free atmosphere over the Taklamakan desert through small-scale turbulences and are possible sources of dust particles of weak Kosa events that have been identified in the free troposphere not only in spring but also in summer over Japanese archipelago. Electron microscopic experiments of the particles collected in the free troposphere confirmed that coarse and nonspherical particles observed by the mineral particle were major components of coarse mode (diameter larger than 1 microm) below about 5 km over Dunhuang, China. 相似文献
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Kensuke Nakata 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(4-5):223-227
To optimally allocate resources between workers, reproductive females, and males, ant workers have to be able to identify
the sex of larvae and raise them differently. The ability of workers to discriminate between the sexes in the brood was tested
in colonies of queenless ponerine ants, Diacamma sp., from Japan. The ratio of male eggs in the egg pile was increased experimentally. This manipulation resulted in a corresponding
increase in the ratio of adult males, suggesting that Diacamma workers do not raise the sexes differently.
Received: 4 November 1997 / Accepted after revision: 14 March 1998 相似文献
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In vitro inhibition of hepatic cytochrome P450 and enzyme activity by butyltin compounds in marine mammals 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The present study attempted to examine the in-vitro inhibition of hepatic microsomal P450 content and activity by butyltins in marine mammals and discussed on their possible effects in animals in the wild. Decreases in P450 content and the activities of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD, catalyzed by CYPIA subfamily) and penthoxyresorufin O-depentylase (PROD, catalyzed by CYP2B subfamily) by tributyltin (TBT) were observed in in-vitro experiments using hepatic microsomes of a pinniped and a cetacean. Among P450 family, EROD activity is more sensitive to TBT than P450 content and PROD activity, indicating a specific mode of action of TBT on different P450 forms. On the other hand, dibutyltin and monobutyltin have no inhibitory effect on EROD activity at concentrations less than 0.5 mM, indicating that the inhibition of enzyme activity in hepatic microsome of marine mammal is mainly by TBT. TBT concentrations that affect P450 contents and activities are above 10 times higher than the values found in the liver of various marine mammals. 相似文献
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Kensuke Nakata 《Die Naturwissenschaften》2010,97(11):1029-1032
Most orb web spiders face downward on the web hub, and their webs are vertically asymmetrical, that is, the lower part of
the web is larger than the upper part and the ratio of the lower part to the whole web area increases as the spider grows.
This phenomenon may reflect biogenetic law such that young animals exhibit a general ancestral trait whereas adults exhibit
specific and derived traits. An alternative explanation is that vertical asymmetry may arise from the difference in time required
by spiders to move up or down the web to capture prey. The present study tested these two hypotheses for Eriophora sagana. Subadults of this species build their webs with reverse asymmetry in that the upper part of the web area is larger than
the lower part. In both subadults and adults, the upper proportion decreased with spider weight, and adult spiders built more
symmetric webs. These results support the capture time difference hypothesis. 相似文献
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Shunitz Tanaka Masayuki Kawai Yosuke Nakata Motoki Terashima Hideki Kuramitz Masami Fukushima 《毒物与环境化学》2013,95(4-6):95-102
The photo-Fenton reactions, which could yield hydroxyl radicals via the catalytic degradation of H2O2 by Fe(II), were focused as one of the abiotic degradation processes of bisphenol A (BPA) in surface waters. At pH 6, in the presence of H2O2 only, 32% of BPA was degraded after 120?min of irradiation. However, 97% of BPA was degraded in the presence of both H2O2 and Fe(II). Without light irradiation, no BPA degradation was observed even in the presence of Fe(II) and H2O2. These results show that photo-Fenton processes are effective in the natural attenuation of BPA in surface water. In addition, the presence of humic acids (HAs), which were of more aliphatic nature, resulted in enhancing BPA degradation via the photo-Fenton processes. Therefore, HAs can be one of the important factors in enhancing the degradation of BPA in surface water via the photo-Fenton processes. 相似文献
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Yohannes Yared Beyene Nakayama Shouta M. M. Yabe John Toyomaki Haruya Kataba Andrew Nakata Hokuto Muzandu Kaampwe Ikenaka Yoshinori Choongo Kennedy Ishizuka Mayumi 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2022,29(5):6622-6632
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Interindividual genetic variations determine human’s susceptibility to heavy metal-induced toxicity. Thus, we analyzed blood concentrations of... 相似文献
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Electrochemical oxidation of bisphenol A. Application to the removal of bisphenol A using a carbon fiber electrode 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Leachate samples with a high strength of ammonium-nitrogen (NH4+-N) were collected from a local landfill site in Hong Kong. Two experiments were carried out to study (1) the inhibition of microbial activity of activated sludge by NH4+-N and (2) the chemical precipitation of NH4+-N from leachate as a preliminary treatment prior to the activated sludge process. The experimental results demonstrated that the efficiency of COD removal decreased from 97.7% to 78.1%, and the dehydrogenase activity of activated sludge decreased from 9.29 to 4.93 microg TF/mg MLSS, respectively, when the NH4+-N concentration increased from 53 to 800 mg/l. The experiment also demonstrated that the NH4+-N in the leachate can be quickly precipitated as MgNH4PO4 x 6H2O after addition of MgCl2 x 6H2O + Na2HPO4 x 12H2O. The NH4+-N concentration was reduced from 5618 to 112 mg/l within 15 min when a molar ratio of Mg2+:NH+:PO4(3-) = 1:1:1 was used. The optimum pH to reach the minimum solubility of MgNH4PO4 x 6H2O was found to be in the range of 8.5-9.0. Attention should be given to the high salinity formed in the treated leachate by using MgCl2 x 6H2O + Na2HPO4 x 12H2O, which may affect microbial activity in the following biological treatment processes. Using two other combinations of chemicals [MgO + 85%H3PO4 and Ca(H2PO4)2 x H2O + MgSO4 x 7H2O] could minimise salinity generation after precipitation, while they were less efficient for NH4+-N removal. 相似文献
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Determination of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in wastewater effluents by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and fluorescence detection 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
The occurrence of quinolone antibiotics (QAs) was investigated in wastewater effluents and surface river/lake waters in the US and Canada by using solid-phase extraction with mixed phase cation exchange disk cartridge and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and liquid chromatography fluorescence detection (LC-FLD). Ofloxacin (OFL) was detected in secondary and final effluents of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in East Lansing, Michigan, at concentrations of 204 and 100 ng/l, respectively. The mass flow calculation, estimated by multiplying the OFL concentration in the final effluent by the average influent volume of the WWTP, showed that the discharge of OFL to the river was 4.8 g/day. The OFL concentrations in wastewater effluents measured in this study are comparable to or less than those observed in several European countries. QAs were not detected in river and lake waters analyzed in this study, which may due to dilution effects and to the higher detection limits, relative to those reported previously. OFL concentrations were approximately 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than the EC50 concentrations for environmental bacterium. However, greater concentrations of other QAs in sewage sludge from WWTPs may result in cumulative effects. Considering that the sewage sludge is applied to the land as fertilizers, soil-dwelling organisms could experience greater exposures to such antibiotics. Monitoring studies of QAs in sewage from WWTPs and in sediment/soil near aquaculture facilities and livestock farms will be necessary for the evaluation of the environmental distribution and risk of these compounds. 相似文献
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Nakata H Sakakibara A Kanoh M Kudo S Watanabe H Nagai N Miyazaki N Asano Y Tanabe S 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2002,120(2):245-253
The effects of exposure to butyltin compounds (BTs: tributyltin; TBT, dibutyltin; DBT and monobutyltin; MBT) and non-ortho coplanar PCBs (IUPAC 77, 126 and 169) on marine mammals and human lymphocyte were evaluated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), a California sealion (Zalophus californianus), a larga seal (Phocoa largha) and humans (Homo sapiens) were exposed at varying concentrations of BTs and coplanar PCBs. Concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated mitogenesis found significantly suppressed (P<0.01) when the cells were exposed at 300 nM (89 ng/ml) of TBT and 330 nM of DBT (77 ng/ml), while MBT showed little cytotoxicity at treatment levels of up to 3,600 nM (620 ng/ml). BTs concentrations in the liver of Dall's porpoises from Japanese coastal waters ranged between 81-450 ng/g for TBT and 200-1,100 ng/g (wet wt.) for DBTs, which is greater than the cytotoxic levels registered in this study. In contrast, non-ortho coplanar PCBs did not suppress cell proliferation at concentrations of up to 30 nM (10 ng/ml). The residue levels of coplanar PCBs in the blubber of Dall's porpoises were 0.12-1.3 ng/g, which were one order of lower than those levels that do cell proliferation. When cells were exposed to a mixture of TBT/DBTand coplanar PCBs, the proliferation was significantly reduced to 33 nM DBT plus 34 nM CB-77 and 33 nM DBT plus 28 nM CB-169 mixtures, respectively. The investigations relating the contaminant-induced immunosuppression in marine mammals have been focused on persistent organochlorines such as PCBs. pesticides and dioxin compounds. However, this study suggested the possibility of BTs could also pose a serious threat to the immune functions in free-ranging marine mammals and humans. 相似文献
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