scholarly journals HEAVY METALS AND TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS CONTENTS IN SOILS OF SELECTED AREAS OF THE KAVALA PREFECTURE, NORTHERN GREECE

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Papastergios ◽  
A. Georgakopoulos ◽  
J. L. Femândez-Turiel ◽  
D. Gimeno ◽  
A. Filippidis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Icp Oes ◽  
Industrial Zone ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Toxic Trace Elements ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Soil Fraction ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The City

In the present study a total of sixteen samples (3 surrounding rocks and 13 uncultivated topsoils) from the industrial zone east of the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, was collected and analyzed for their content in 41 elements. The extraction of the elements was based on the digestion of 0.1 g of each sample with 2 ml HNO3 and the soil fraction used was the < 20Όμιη. The analytical methods used were ICP-OES for the elements Ca, Mg, Κ, Β, Sr, Fe, Na, Si, S, Ρ, and ΑΙ and ICPMS for the elements Mn, Zn, Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Rb, Ba, Th, La, Ce, As, Sn, Co, Se, Y, Zr, Mo, Cd, Cs, W, Sb, Li, U, Ag, Ni, Hg, Ga, Ge and Pb. The mean element concentrations of the thirteen topsoil samples were compared with the mean values for soil types Fluvisols and Leptosols. The results showed that they are enriched for the elements Ag, As and Pb by 21, 15 and 3 times, respectively. Moreover, the topsoils were compared with the three surrounding rock samples. The results showed that the concentrations of Ca, Mg, Κ, Fe, Si, S, AI, Ρ Na, Β, Ce, Co, Cs, Ga, Ge, Hg, La, Li, Mo, Ni, Rb, Se, Sn, Sr, Th, U and W in the topsoils are mainly influenced by their concentrations in the surrounding rocks. The elements Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Pb, Sb, Ti, Y, V, Zn, and Zr are enriched in the topsoils. The enrichment of Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Pb, Sb, and Zn is mainly due to the widespread presence of PBG sulphides, Mn, Cd, and As in the surrounding mineralizations. The enrichment took place, quite possibly, during the formation of Drama and Nestos basins, during Tertiary, and is possibly being continued until today. However, the human activities that take place in the area are also, at least partially, responsible for this enrichment.

scholarly journals Impact of Kishnica and Badovci Flotation Tailing Dams on Levels of Heavy Metals in Water of Graçanica River (Kosovo)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatbardh Gashi ◽  
Stanislav Frančišković-Bilinski ◽  
Halka Bilinski ◽  
Agron Shala ◽  
Anilë Gashi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Icp Oes ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
River Water Samples ◽  
Flotation Tailing ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Tailing Dams ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Cu And Zn

The main objective of this study was to perform assessment of water quality of Graçanica River (Kosovo), impacted by Kishnica and Badovci flotation tailing dams, using ICP-OES method. The obtained results show that the mean values of all heavy metals in studied river water samples were significantly high, with following maximal concentrations: As (0.033 mgL−1), Cd (0.002 mgL−1), Cr (0.225 mgL−1), Cu (0.015 mgL−1), Hg (0.004 mgL−1), Mn (15.66 mgL−1), Ni (0.255 mgL−1), Pb (0.013 mgL−1), and Zn (0.612 mgL−1), but only two samples from locations influenced by Kishnica and Badovci flotation tailing dams showed statistically anomalous values of Cr3+, Cu2+, Mn2+, Zn2+, and Hg2+. According to assessment based on Croatian standards, locations near both flotation tailing dams are significantly polluted with majority of studied metals, while downstream sampling stations are almost unpolluted or slightly polluted. Mercury is found to be the most significant contaminant. According to WHO recommended values for drinking water, on all locations values were within the limits for Al, Cd, Cu, and Zn, while for As, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, and Pb values exceed recommended values on some sampling stations. Further monitoring of water and possibly sediments of Graçanica River is advised, as well as performing of remediation of Kishnica and Badovci mine tailing dams.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the preventive and therapeutic programme implementation “Let’s take care of a healthy smile” among 17- and 18-year-old adolescents in the city of Skierniewice in 2018

2019 ◽  
pp. 549-556
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Missing Teeth ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Intensity Index ◽  
Therapeutic Programme ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The City

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of the preventive and therapeutic programme addressed to adolescents aged 17 and 18, based on a comparison of the state of dentition prior to and after the completion of the programme. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All 44 adolescents from the City of Skierniewice and the surrounding area who applied for enrolment were included in the programme. Based on clinical examination, the prevalence of active caries, caries intensity expressed by mean values of the DMFT (decayed, missing, filled teeth) Index including D, M, and F components and the Dental Treatment (DT) Index F/(D + F) were assessed. All parameters were presented according to sex. RESULTS: Active caries was observed in 34 (77.3%) patients. Caries was more frequently detected in boys (82.6%) than in girls (71.4%). The value of the Caries Intensity Index, DMF, equalled 12.05 and was significantly higher (p<0.01) in boys than in girls: 13.73 ± 3.63 and 10.06 ± 3.42. In the examined group of 17- and 18-year-olds, the mean number of decayed teeth D (6.31) had the highest mean value, followed by the mean number of filled teeth F (4.26), the mean number of extracted (missing) teeth M (1.48) being the lowest. The values of the F Index were statistically significantly higher (t=2.570; p=0.0195) in boys as compared to girls (5.26 ± 2.69 vs. 3.13 ± 2.83). Mean value the Dental Treatment (DT) Index (F/D+F) appeared to be higher in the group of boys than in girls: 0.431 ± 0.182 and 0.358 ± 0.126, respectively. After the completion of the programme, all adolescents studied achieved the value of the Dental Treatment Index equalling 1. CONCLUSIONS: Dental examination qualifying 17- and 18-year old adolescents in Skierniewice to the preventive and therapeutic programme detected numerous foci of active caries. Implementation of the programme allowed to effectively treat the teeth of the adolescents participating in the project and to develop proper hygiene and dietary habits.

Assessment of Selenium Bioavailability in Tea Plantation Soil to Bashan Tea Species (Wanyuan, Southwest China) Using Single Extraction Methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 541-547
Author(s):  
Xin Kai Zhang ◽  
Ze Qin Li ◽  
Xiao Ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Southwest China ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
Tea Plantation ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Selenium Bioavailability ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Different Soils

Se concentration varies for different soil types, whether can be absorbed by plants is not related with the total amount of selenium, it is controlled by the bio-availability Se in soil. This paper is aim to look for the laws of the bio-availability Se in different soils, and find out an accuracy and effective method to extract the bio-available Se from different soil types. Digest the soil and tea leaves samples and used six methods (KH2PO4, NaHCO3, HAC, MgCl2, HCl, EDTA) to extract Se from the different soils, the result was measured by AFS. The mean values of total Se is 8.45μg/g in carbonaceous slates soil, 0.32μg/g and 0.41μg/g in malmstone soil, 0.78μg/g in shale soil. The maximum correlation coefficients (r) between the six extract methods and tea leaves about the extraction ratio of Se in four soils is 0.93188 with KH2PO4, 0.77097 and 0.83589 with NaHCO3, 0.84231 with HAC. So it can be indicate that the total Se contents is carbonaceous slates soil>shale soil>malmstone soil, the best extract method for carbonaceous slates soil, malmstone soil and shale soil are KH2PO4, NaHCO3, and HAC respectively.

scholarly journals Trace element contents in uncultivated surface soils in the Kavala area, northern Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 1491
Author(s):  
G. Papastergios ◽  
A. Filippidis ◽  
G. Christofides ◽  
A. Kassoli-Fournaraki ◽  
J. L. Fernândez-Turiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Surface Soil ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Soil Fraction ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Trace Element Contents ◽  
The City

A total of 65 uncultivated surface soils samples from the area surrounding the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, was collected and analyzed for their abundance in 22 trace elements. The extraction of the elements from the < 200μm soil fraction was based on the digestion of 0.1 g of each sample with 2 ml HNO3. The analytical methods used were ICP-OES and ICP-MS and the elements analyzed were Ag, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Hg, Μη, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Sr, Ti, V, W, and Zn. The chemistry of the surrounding rocks and mineralizations has mainly affected the trace elements contents of the surface soils samples. The average elemental concentrations of the 65 uncultivated surface soil samples were compared with the average values for normal soils of the USA. Arsenic, Pb, andZn were found to be enriched in the surface soils of the present study by a factor of 7.6, 3.3, and 2.7, respectively, indicating that human activities have contributed to their enrichment, since these elements are strongly connected to the industrial and agricultural activities in the area.

scholarly journals A CEPHALOMETRIC STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (09) ◽  
pp. 1203-1207
Author(s):  
Mohammad Afzal Khan ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Chaudhry ◽  
Faris Mohammed Nour Altaf
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Linear Measurements ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Cephalometric Study ◽  
The City

Background: Morphological characteristics of various races and populationgroups usually appear in geographical knots and clusters. Standardized cephalometricrecordsare immensely valuable for clinical and forensic purposes.In spite of its clinical significance nodata is available about the cephalic indices and prevalence of cephalic phenotypes in SouthernPunjab. Objectives: This study was undertaken to record baseline cephalometric data, cephalicindices and craniotypes. Study design: A cross-sectional population study. Place and durationof study: The study was carried out at the Multan Medical and Dental College, Multan and tookabout fourteen months to complete. Material and methods: The study was conducted on 672adult individuals (430 males and 242 females) from in and around the city of Multan in SouthernPunjab. Linear measurements of the head including maximum cranial length (glabella-inionlength), maximum cranial breadth (maximum bi-parietal diameter) and maximum auricularhead height were recorded using a digital spreading caliper. Results of measurements wereexpressed as mean ± SD. Comparison of the mean values and various proportions betweensexes was performed. The horizontal, vertical and transverse cranial indices were calculatedusing these measurements. Craniotyping was based on the ranges in various cephalic indices.Results: Differences regarding the mean of cranial length, cranial breadth and height weresignificantly larger in males as compared to females (P<0.001). The mean vertical, horizontaland transverse cephalic indices in the males and females were 79.13 ± 5.56, 78.31 ± 5.19,103 ± 7.78 and 78.32 ± 6.40, 78.32 ± 4.67, 100 ± 8.67 respectively.Most of the samplesdepicted craniotypes as mesocephalic and dolichocephalic both in the males and the females.Conclusion: The study provides baseline cephalometric data from a population of SouthernPunjab that may have its potential in clinical application and future research.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of Growth of Bacilli Formed Fouling on Wooden Constructions

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Volodyslav Yu. Basarab ◽  
Olga S. Voronkova ◽  
Yuliia S. Voronkova ◽  
Olena V. Severynovska
Keyword(s):  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Environmental Objects ◽  
Film Forming ◽  
Bacillus Spp ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wooden Sample ◽  
The City ◽  
Bacteria Resistance ◽  
Approximate Limit

Problem of biofilm formation have a great significance for environmental microbiological research. Biospheric microorganisms can form biofilm, that provide bacteria resistance to influence of different environmental factors. Some of the most common bacteria in biosphere are bacilli, among them there are film-forming strains.Bacillus spp.ia a well-known film forming microorganisms that colonize environmental objects. The biofilm fouling of underwater elements of small wooden constructions located on the Dnieper River near the city of the Dnipro (Ukraine) was studied. It was found that biofilms from surfaces of water constructions include bacilli. It is established that the mean values of CFU in samples from running and still water were (1.81±0.52)×108and (1.83±0.53)×108CFU / ml respectively per area of wooden sample approximately 1 cm2, while during the laboratory cultivation of the film, formed by these cultures on the plate, the number of cells was (4.90±0.93)×107and (4.60±1.07)×107CFU / ml per 1 cm2of the well’s bottom, which was an approximate limit of the content of cells of theBacillus spp.film per unit of area.

scholarly journals The assessment of hepatic mineral composition in sheep, cattle, chicken, and fish in Erbil City, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Abdulqader Ahmed Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Toxic Level ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mineral Concentrations ◽  
Fluorescence Spectrometer ◽  
The City ◽  
Mean Concentration

Liver mineral concentrations of 232 samples from slaughtered animals, including  lamb, yearling, sheep, and cattle, checkin, and fish were detrmined, using X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, to provide data regarding to the liver mineral concentrations (mg/kg dry weight). The mean liver Zn and Co liver conentrations of lambs (286, 1.9), yearling (233, 1.7), sheep (254, 1.8), and cattle (276, 1.8) in majority samples were adequate, while liver Pb concentrations of mentioned animals (45.3, 48.1, 46.4, 39.6) mg/kg respectively were high and exceeded toxic levels. In checkin, the mean liver Cu, Zn, and Co were also adequate, with the mean values of (26.4), (298.8), and (1.8) mg/kg respectively. Though, the mean liver Fe concentration (2257.0 mg/kg) was high, and liver Pb concentration (6.2 mg/kg) was reched toxic level. In fish, for majority liver samples, the mean concentration of Cu (191.8), Fe (6800.0), Zn (202.8), Co (3.3), Pb (8.6), and Ni (6.3) were high and toxic. In conclusion, liver Pb (and Ni only in fish) concentration in all studied animals for the majority of examined sample were higher than normal and toxic. Wherese, other studied minerals in majority of liver samples were adequate. Therefore, it can be concluded that there are problems on animal and human health (due to high concentration of Pb and Ni) would be raised at present from the consumption of ovine, bovine, checkin, and fish slaughtered from the city of Erbil.

scholarly journals Contents of Potentially Toxic Metals and Magnetic Susceptibility of Soils Along a Rural – Urban – Rural Gradient in Bratislava City (Slovakia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Lucia Lachká ◽  
Edgar Hiller ◽  
Ondrej Ďurža
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Pollution Load Index ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Potentially Toxic Metals ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The City

AbstractThe concentrations of potentially toxic metals (As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn and Fe) and the values of magnetic susceptibility in surface soils were measured along NW-SE gradient in Bratislava city (rural – urban – rural soils). The results indicate that both the contents of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) and the values of magnetic susceptibility decrease with increasing distance from the city centre in both directions. Urban soils are enriched mainly in Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn. Their elevated concentrations in soils within the city are due to accumulation from anthropogenic activities. There was a statistically significant and positive correlation between the mean values of Tomlinson pollution load index (PLI) and the mean values of magnetic susceptibility in soil samples. This correlation shows that the monitoring of magnetic properties of soils can be used as a rapid and non-destructive tool for the effective determination of environmental pollution in urbanized regions affected by anthropogenic activities.

Articulatory Behavior Pre and Post Full-Mouth Tooth Extraction and Alveoloplasty

1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 630-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Zimmermann ◽  
J.A. Scott Kelso ◽  
Larry Lander
Keyword(s):  
Control Subject ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Tooth Extraction ◽  
Kinematic Parameters ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Articulatory Movements ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Subjects ◽  
Normal Speech

High speed cinefluorography was used to track articulatory movements preceding and following full-mouth tooth extraction and alveoloplasty in two subjects. Films also were made of a control subject on two separate days. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of dramatically altering the structural dimensions of the oral cavity on the kinematic parameters of speech. The results showed that the experimental subjects performed differently pre and postoperatively though the changes were in different directions for the two subjects. Differences in both means and variabilities of kinematic parameters were larger between days for the experimental (operated) subjects than for the control subject. The results for the Control subject also showed significant differences in the mean values of kinematic variables between days though these day-to-day differences could not account for the effects found pre- and postoperatively. The results of the kinematic analysis, particularly the finding that transition time was most stable over the experimental conditions for the operated subjects, are used to speculate about the coordination of normal speech.

Comparative Study of Intranasal, Subcutaneous and Intravenous Administration of Desamino-D-Arginine Vasopressin (DDAVP)

1986 ◽  
Vol 55 (01) ◽  
pp. 108-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Köhler ◽  
P Hellstern ◽  
C Miyashita ◽  
G von Blohn ◽  
E Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Factor Viii ◽  
Von Willebrand Factor ◽  
Factor Xii ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Routes Of Administration ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Von Willebrand ◽  
Willebrand Factor ◽  
Factor Antigen

SummaryThis study was performed to evaluate the influence of different routes of administration on the efficacy of DDAVP treatment. Ten healthy volunteers received DDAVP intranasally (i.n.), subcutaneously (s.c.) and intravenously (i.v.) in a randomized cross-over trial. Factor XII and high molecular weight (HMW)-kininogen levels increased only slightly after DDAVP administration. The mean increase of factor VIII: C was 3.1 (i. v.), 2.3 (s. c.), and 1.3 (i.n.) - fold over baseline. Ristocetin cofactor (von Willebrand factor antigen) increased 3.1 (2.5), 2.0 (2.3) and 1.2 (1.2) - fold over baseline mean values after i.v., s.c. and i.n. DDAVP, respectively. The half-disappearance time of factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (vWF) after DDAVP ranged from five (factor VIII: C) to eight hours (vWF). The mean increase of fibrinolytic activity was more pronounced after i.v. DDAVP. The antidiuretic effect was moderate with no apparent differences between the routes of application. This study provides further evidence that both i.v. and s.c. DDAVP administration result in an appropriate and reliable stimulation of haemostasis. An additional advantage of s. c. administration is its suitability for home treatment.

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