The Influence of Industrial Waste on the Magnetic Properties of Salt-Affected Soils from Two Soda Ash Manufacturing Sites

The aim of this study was to characterize the impact of soda ash manufacturing on the magnetic properties of soils located in the agricultural landscape in north-central Poland. Two study sites were chosen: Mątwy (SM) and Janikowo (SJ). Highly saline soils with halophyte communities were selected in order to develop an understanding of the relationship between salinization of water–soil interface and the potential contamination risk of the environment. Basic chemical and physicochemical properties of topsoil (0–25 cm) and water (surface and groundwater) samples from five locations were characterized. The characteristics of soil contamination were based on the content of selected metals, magnetic properties and salinity indices. Potential routes of contaminant migration (air and water fluxes) were analyzed. High magnetic anomalies of technogenic origin were revealed in the studied soils. A statistically confirmed relationship between high magnetic susceptibility and the content of selected metals (Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ba, Pb and Mn) showed the high utility of magnetometric techniques in soil research (diagnosis of soil transformation and contamination during technogenic impact). Three potential factors influencing contaminant migration were revealed: highly saline ground and surface water, eolian transport of fine-grained mineral fractions from waste ponds and atmospheric deposition of coal combustion products.

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Further Investigation of the Impact of the Co-combustion of Tire-derived Fuel and Petroleum Coke on the Petrology and Chemistry of Coal Combustion Products

Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects ◽

10.1080/009083190965929 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 439-461 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

J. C. Hower ◽

J. D. Robertson ◽

E. R. Elswick ◽

J. M. Roberts ◽

K. Brandsteder ◽

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Keyword(s):

Petroleum Coke ◽

Coal Combustion ◽

Combustion Products ◽

Coal Combustion Products ◽

The Impact

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Implicit and explicit corrective feedback and feedback exposure conditions

Instructed Second Language Acquisition ◽

10.1558/isla.38113 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 3-48

Author(s):

Takehiro Iizuka ◽

Kimi Nakatsukasa

Keyword(s):

Explicit Knowledge ◽

Corrective Feedback ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Oral Corrective Feedback ◽

Post Test ◽

Picture Description ◽

Potential Factors ◽

Implicit And Explicit ◽

Instructional Settings ◽

The Impact

This exploratory study examined the impact of implicit and explicit oral corrective feedback (CF) on the development of implicit and explicit knowledge of Japanese locative particles (activity de, movement ni and location ni) for those who directly received CF and those who observed CF in the classroom. Thirty-six college students in a beginning Japanese language course received either recast (implicit), metalinguistic (explicit) or no feedback during an information-gap picture description activity, and completed a timed picture description test (implicit knowledge) and an untimed grammaticality judgement test (explicit knowledge) in a pre-test, immediate post-test and delayed post-test. The results showed that overall there was no significant difference between CF types, and that CF benefited direct and indirect recipients similarly. Potential factors that might influence the effectiveness of CF, such as instructional settings, complexity of target structures and pedagogy styles, are discussed.

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The Impact of the Strip Geometry on the Magnetic Properties of Anisotropic Electrical Sheet Steel

Industrial laboratory Diagnostics of materials ◽

10.26896/1028-6861-2017-83-10-31-35 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 83 (10) ◽

pp. 31-35

Author(s):

V. V. Gubernatorov ◽

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T. S. Sycheva ◽

S. A. Ol’kov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetic Properties ◽

Sheet Steel ◽

Strip Geometry ◽

The Impact

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Consideration of Gut Microbiome in Murine Models of Diseases

Microorganisms ◽

10.3390/microorganisms9051062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1062

Author(s):

Chunye Zhang ◽

Craig L. Franklin ◽

Aaron C. Ericsson

Keyword(s):

Animal Models ◽

Mouse Models ◽

Biomedical Research ◽

Gut Microbiome ◽

Close Association ◽

Disease Model ◽

Potential Contributor ◽

Potential Factors ◽

Models Of Disease ◽

The Impact

The gut microbiome (GM), a complex community of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi located in the gut of humans and animals, plays significant roles in host health and disease. Animal models are widely used to investigate human diseases in biomedical research and the GM within animal models can change due to the impact of many factors, such as the vendor, husbandry, and environment. Notably, variations in GM can contribute to differences in disease model phenotypes, which can result in poor reproducibility in biomedical research. Variation in the gut microbiome can also impact the translatability of animal models. For example, standard lab mice have different pathogen exposure experiences when compared to wild or pet store mice. As humans have antigen experiences that are more similar to the latter, the use of lab mice with more simplified microbiomes may not yield optimally translatable data. Additionally, the literature describes many methods to manipulate the GM and differences between these methods can also result in differing interpretations of outcomes measures. In this review, we focus on the GM as a potential contributor to the poor reproducibility and translatability of mouse models of disease. First, we summarize the important role of GM in host disease and health through different gut–organ axes and the close association between GM and disease susceptibility through colonization resistance, immune response, and metabolic pathways. Then, we focus on the variation in the microbiome in mouse models of disease and address how this variation can potentially impact disease phenotypes and subsequently influence research reproducibility and translatability. We also discuss the variations between genetic substrains as potential factors that cause poor reproducibility via their effects on the microbiome. In addition, we discuss the utility of complex microbiomes in prospective studies and how manipulation of the GM through differing transfer methods can impact model phenotypes. Lastly, we emphasize the need to explore appropriate methods of GM characterization and manipulation.

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Single Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of Pyroxene CoGeO3

Crystals ◽

10.3390/cryst11040378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 378

Author(s):

Li Zhao ◽

Zhiwei Hu ◽

Hanjie Guo ◽

Christoph Geibel ◽

Hong-Ji Lin ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Magnetic Properties ◽

Magnetic Susceptibility ◽

Crystal Growth ◽

Physical Properties ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Magnetic Moments ◽

Single Crystal Growth ◽

The Impact

We report on the synthesis and physical properties of cm-sized CoGeO3 single crystals grown in a high pressure mirror furnace at pressures of 80 bar. Direction dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements on our single crystals reveal highly anisotropic magnetic properties that we attribute to the impact of strong single ion anisotropy appearing in this system with TN∼33.5 K. Furthermore, we observe effective magnetic moments that are exceeding the spin only values of the Co ions, which reveals the presence of sizable orbital moments in CoGeO3.

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The spatial dynamics of White-browed Babbler groups in a fragmented agricultural landscape

Pacific Conservation Biology ◽

10.1071/pc030271 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 271 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Peter G. Cale

Keyword(s):

Home Range ◽

Breeding Season ◽

Group Dynamics ◽

Agricultural Landscape ◽

Local Population ◽

Breeding Site ◽

Home Ranges ◽

Effective Population ◽

Study Sites ◽

Group Movements

White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus groups occupying linear strips of vegetation had breeding territories that were smaller in area and had longer linear dimensions than those occupying patches. A group's non-breeding home range was larger than its breeding territory. Groups occupying linear/patch home ranges expanded the linear extent and area of their home ranges more than those within other home range configurations. Some groups moved during the non-breeding season and this was more likely to occur if the group occupied a remnant with a low abundance of invertebrates during summer. Some groups that moved returned prior to the next breeding season, but the majority were never seen again. New groups moved into the study sites and established in vacant home ranges. This suggests that those groups that left the study sites may have established new home ranges elsewhere. Breeding site fidelity was lower in groups that had failed in previous breeding attempts. Therefore, group movements were influenced by the feeding and breeding quality of the habitat. However, the configuration of the local population also influenced group movements with those groups on the edge of a local population being more likely to move than those in the interior. New groups were formed by two processes; group dispersal, where groups generally filled a vacant home range, and group budding, which involved the splitting of a large group. Group dispersal maintained group densities while group budding increased the density of groups in a local population. These two processes were common, producing localized fluctuations in the density of groups. Since babbler groups contain only one breeding pair, changes in group density represent changes in effective population size. Therefore, group dynamics may be important to the persistence of local populations of White-browed Babblers, especially in landscapes that have suffered from habitat loss and fragmentation.

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