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Guanghai Gao, John J. O?Sullivan, Aisling Corkery, Zeinab Bedri, Gregory M. P. O?Hare and Wim G. Meijer
An understanding of water exchange processes is essential for assessing water quality management issues in coastal bays. This paper evaluates the impact of water exchange processes on pollution persistence in a macro-tidal semi-closed coastal bay through...
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Liang Xiao, Jinghua Wu, Wenhan Li, Guodong Yuan, Qing Xu, Jing Wei and Fengxiang Han
Biochar holds great promise for carbon sequestration but is restricted by high costs. Here, we introduced the water?fire coupled method and developed a mineral coating technique for biochar production from paulownia waste (Paulownia fortune). Exposure ti...
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Katarzyna Glowacka, Jacek Olszewski, Pawel Sowinski, Barbara Kalisz and Janusz Najdzion
Cadmium (Cd) as a toxic element has a significant effect on plants. The presented study was focused on the analysis of the differences between the short- (one day) and long-time (7 and 28 days) effects of Cd (10, 50, 100 and 200 µM CdSO4) on P. sativum L...
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Min Jeong Hong, Dae Yeon Kim, Yeong Deuk Jo, Hong-Il Choi, Joon-Woo Ahn, Soon-Jae Kwon, Sang Hoon Kim, Yong Weon Seo and Jin-Baek Kim
Gamma rays as a type of ionizing radiation constitute a physical mutagen that induces mutations and could be effectively used in plant breeding. To compare the effects of gamma and ionizing irradiation according to exposure time in common wheat (Keumgang...
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Elisa Franco Ribeiro, Débora Maria Moreno Luzia, Neuza Jorge
Pág. e36451
Coffee husk can be removed from the grain mainly by two different ways: the wet method and the dry method. Aiming to add value to the by-products of the coffee agroindustry, we analyzed the antioxidant properties of hydroalcoholic extracts of coffee husk...
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Elisa Franco Ribeiro, Débora Maria Moreno Luzia, Neuza Jorge (Author)
Pág. e36451
Coffee husk can be removed from the grain mainly by two different ways: the wet method and the dry method. Aiming to add value to the by-products of the coffee agroindustry, we analyzed the antioxidant properties of hydroalcoholic extracts of coffee husk...
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Tiago Hendrigo de Almeida, Amós Magalhães de Souza, Andreia Sofia Moreira Martins, André Luis Christoforo, Diego Henrique de Almeida, Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr (Author)
Pág. e30913
Temperature in timber roof trusses structures can reach 60°C and significantly affect wood strength, compromising the structural mechanical performance. This study aimed at quantifying the influence of exposure time to the mentioned temperature in ...
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Pi Guo, Yulin Wang, Wenru Feng, Jiagang Wu, Chuanxi Fu, Hai Deng, Jun Huang, Li Wang, Murui Zheng and Huazhang Liu
Data on the association between air pollution and risk of ischemic stroke in China are still limited. This study aimed to investigate the association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of ischemic strokes in Guangzhou, the most...
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Yongmei Lu and Tianfang Bernie Fang
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Yongmei Lu and Tianfang Bernie Fang
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Carlyn J. Matz, David M. Stieb, Karelyn Davis, Marika Egyed, Andreas Rose, Benedito Chou and Orly Brion
Estimation of population exposure is a main component of human health risk assessment for environmental contaminants. Population-level exposure assessments require time-activity pattern distributions in relation to microenvironments where people spend th...
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Sebastian Pech, Maximilian Autengruber, Markus Lukacevic, Roman Lackner and Josef Füssl
In recent years, the use of timber as a building material in larger construction applications such as multi-story buildings and bridges has increased. This requires a better understanding of the material to realize such constructions and design them more...
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Shiyong Yang, Jianchun Xie and Quanfa Li
Seeds of soybean (Glycine max L.) exposed to 50 mg/L (Cd50), 100 mg/L (Cd100) and 200 mg/L (Cd200) cadmium solution for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h were examined with reference to Cd accumulation, oxidative stress and antioxidative responses. Soybean seeds accum...
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Piyabalo Kodom, Antonio J. Aragón-Barroso, Edem K. Koledzi, Kwamivi Segbeaya, Jesús González-López and Francisco Osorio
This study aimed to treat sewage sludge through microwave irradiation at a laboratory scale. The objective was to investigate the effect of microwave irradiation on microorganisms, water content, organic matter, and agronomic nutrients present in sewage ...
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Annerose E. van der Mijle, Petra J. Woestenberg, Leanne J. Kosse and Eugène P. van Puijenbroek
Paternal medication use around the time of conception is common, but information about its effects on pregnancy outcome and the health of the child is generally limited. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility of studying paternal exposure in...
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Gibson Rocha Meira, Pablo Ramon Ferreira and Carmen Andrade
Surface chloride concentration (Cs) is a key parameter used to feed models adopted to simulate chloride penetration into concrete and evaluate the initial period of corrosion. Although there are several models that have been proposed for the representati...
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Delphine Bachelet, Marc-André Verner, Monica Neri, Émilie Cordina Duverger, Corinne Charlier, Patrick Arveux, Sami Haddad and Pascal Guénel
Exposure to environmental chemicals with hormonal effects, such as organochlorine compounds (OCs), during developmental periods of breast cells may have an impact on the incidence of breast cancer later in life. However, the assessment of exposure to the...
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Cristiane Silva,Jesús Bernal Camacho,Júlio Bandeira,André Guimarães,Ramón Corral Higuera
Pág. 545 - 553
Nowadays, some studies have shown the increasing chloride content of concrete surface (Cs) exposed to marine environments over time. To evaluate this behavior, a comparative analysis was conducted between the chloride profiles in tetrapods located in sou...
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Audrius Dedele, Aukse Mi?kinyte, Irma Cesnakaite and Regina Gra?uleviciene
Time-activity patterns are an essential part of personal exposure assessment to various environmental factors. People move through different environments during the day and they have different daily activity patterns which are significantly influenced by...
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Pascal Ickrath, Martin Wagner, Agmal Scherzad, Thomas Gehrke, Marc Burghartz, Rudolf Hagen, Katrin Radeloff, Norbert Kleinsasser and Stephan Hackenberg
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) are widely spread in consumer products. Data about the toxicological characteristics of ZnO-NP is still under controversial discussion. The human skin is the most important organ concerning ZnO-NP exposure. Intact skin w...
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