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The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac (DCF) threatens the health of aquatic animals and ecosystems. In the present study, different biological endpoints (mortality, development and growth, abnormalities, ca...

Composite films based on chitosan, glycerol and magnetic iron oxides were obtained by two different procedures: in situ generation of iron oxide particles in the already formed films and dispersion of previously synthesi...

Cyclodextrins (CDs)are a family of biodegradable cyclic hydrocarbons composed of α-(1,4)linked glucopyranose subunits, the more common containing 6, 7 or 8 glucose units are named α, β and γ-cyclodextrins respectivel...

Conceptual flexibility is the skill of categorizing a single object in different ways on separate occasions (e.g. first taxonomically: DOG-COW, and then thematically:DOG-DOGHOUSE). This skill contributes to the efficient...

DPPH[rad] scavenging activity and antioxidant activity in canola oil of α-terpinene, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and acetic, malic and citric acids and their mixtures were determined to examine the synergistic effect...

The critical factor in restoration and conservation of urban streams and their catchments is the human population, however the most of studies of urban ecosystems do not present social descriptors as concrete variables o...

Ethnopharmacological relevance This article presents the results of a study on wild plant pharmacopeia and medical ethnobotany of the Wichí people of the South American Gran Chaco region, where native forest still persi...

137Cs can be an important environmental contaminant due to fallout from nuclear reactor accidents and atomic weapons testing. Its contribution to the air gamma dose rate at 1 m height above contaminated ground depends on...

In wastewater treatment, ammonium removal is a key step which can be done biologically. One method is by coupling a partial nitritation with the Anammox process. The partial nitritation goal is to convert half of the amm...

Iron-doped ceria solids were synthesized through the citrate route. The incorporation of iron in the structure of ceria produced changes in the shape of the crystallites constituting the solid particles and the pore stru...

Protein therapeutic agents frequently have short half-life in circulation due to their filtration by kidney, the action of proteolytic enzymes, the recognition by the immune system or the generation of neutralizing antib...

This chapter introduces the most relevant concepts about wine field, including terroir, manufacturing process and the Wine Protected Designation as a way ofauthentication. Contents of molecular organic acids, volatile sp...