This study aimed to shed further light on the capacity of macrophytes to translocate, accumulate and bioindicate the levels of trace elements present in contaminated water and sediments. ...Specifically, this study aimed to find evidence whether translocation, accumulation and bioindication are dependent on the kind of trace element and plant species. To investigate the correlation between trace elements in plants and in the environment, the concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn were analyzed in twenty different wetland plants, and in water and sediments from a wetland area affected by urban and industrial pollutants. Results showed that wetland plants share some common characteristics such as high tolerance to toxic element levels, capacity of phytostabilization and different element concentrations in the various organs. Moreover, element translocation from sediments to roots seems more influenced by the kind of plant species and trace element, whereas translocation across the various organs seems mainly species-specific. No clear patterns of trace element translocation were identified according to plant life forms.
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•Capacity of trace element accumulation is independent of plant life forms.•Translocation from sediment to roots is mainly species- and element-specific.•Translocation across internal tissues is mainly species-specific.•Wetland plants are potentially suitable for the phytostabilization of trace elements.
The skeleton is a target organ for most metals. This leads to their bioaccumulation, either as storage of useful oligoelements or as a protection against damage by toxic elements. The different ...events leading to their accumulation in this organ, under constant remodeling, are not fully understood, nor the full subsequent impact on bone metabolism. This lack of knowledge is particularly true for lanthanides and actinides, whose use has been increasing over recent decades. These metals, known as f-elements, present chemical similarities and differences. After a comparison of the biologically relevant physicochemical properties of lanthanides and actinides, and a brief reminder of the main events of bone metabolism, this review considers the results published over the past decade regarding the interaction between bones and f-elements. Emphasis will be given to the molecular events, which constitute the basis of the most recent toxicological studies in this domain but still need further investigation. Ionic exchanges with the inorganic matrix, interactions with bone proteins, and cellular mechanism disturbances are mainly considered in this review.
This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions and tectonic sites (in ...contrast with “geotectonic” diagrams). Rather, Archaean and modern geochemical patterns are interpreted and compared in terms of source and melting conditions.
Mafic rocks on the modern Earth show a clear chemical separation between arc and non-arc rocks. This points to the first order difference between wet (arc) and dry (mid-ocean ridges and hotspots) mantle melting. Dry melts are further separated in depleted (MORB) and enriched (OIB) sources. This three-fold pattern is a clear image of the ridge/subduction/plume system that dominates modern tectonics. In contrast, Archaean mafic and ultramafic rocks are clustered in an intermediate position, between the three main modern types. This suggests that the Archaean mantle had lesser amounts of clearly depleted or enriched portions; that true subductions were rare; and that the distinction between oceanic plateaus and ridges may have been less significant.
Modern granitic rocks dominantly belong to two groups: arc-related granitoids, petrologically connected to arc basalts; and collision granitoids, related to felsic sources. In contrast, the Archaean record is dominated by the TTG suite that derives from an alkali-rich mafic source (i.e. altered basalt). The geochemical diversity of the TTG suite points to a great range of melting depths, from ca. 5 to >20kbar. This reveals the absence of large sedimentary accumulations, again the paucity of modern-like arc situations, and the importance played by reworking of an earlier basaltic shell, in a range of settings (including some proto-subduction mechanisms). Nonetheless, granitoids in each individual region show a progressive transition towards more modern-looking associations of arc-like and peraluminous granites.
Collectively, the geochemical evidence suggests an Archaean Earth with somewhat different tectonic systems. In particular, the familiar distinction between collision, arcs, ridges and hotspots seems to blur in the Archaean. Rather, the large-scale geochemical pattern reveals a long-lived, altered and periodically resurfaced basaltic crust. This protocrust is reworked, through a range of processes occurring at various depths that correspond to a progressive stabilization of burial systems and the establishment of true subductions. A punctuated onset of global plate tectonics is unlikely to have occurred, but rather short-term episodes of proto-subduction in the late Archaean evolved over time into longer-term, more stable style of plate tectonics as mantle temperature decayed.
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•Archaean mafic rocks fill the gap between modern arc, MORB and OIB.•Archaean granitoids reflect a different balance of sources, and no true arc granites.•Archaean tectonic style involved progressively maturing subduction.
The Fourth Element Chua, Leon O.
Proceedings of the IEEE,
06/2012, Letnik:
100, Številka:
6
Journal Article
Recenzirano
This tutorial clarifies the axiomatic definition of (v (α) ; i (β) ) circuit elements via a lookup table dubbed an A-pad, of admissible (v; i) signals measured via Gedanken probing circuits. The (v ...(α) ; i (β) ) elements are ordered via a complexity metric. Under this metric, the memristor emerges naturally as the fourth element, characterized by a state-dependent Ohm's law. A logical generalization to memristive devices reveals a common fingerprint consisting of a dense continuum of pinched hysteresis loops whose area decreases with the frequency ω and tends to a straight line as ω ~ ∞, for all bipolar periodic signals and for all initial conditions. This common fingerprint suggests that the term memristor be used hence-forth as a moniker for memristive devices.
The Cover Feature shows the concept of the convergent synthesis of E‐disilene, the silicon analogue of E‐olefin, by the reduction of diastereomerically pure 1,2‐dichlorodisilanes. Although this ...method has been well‐known as the synthetic strategy of disilenes since the 1980s, the reaction mechanisms are hardly elucidated. Therefore, the mechanistic investigation of the reductive synthesis of disilenes is a classical but uncharted subject. We report that the reduction of both (R*,R*)‐ and (R*,S*)‐1,2‐dichlorodisilanes possessing 2,4,6‐triisopropylphenyl (Tip) and p‐methoxyphenyl (p‐anisyl; Anis) groups afforded the corresponding E‐disilene as a sole isomer. These results suggest that the elimination of two chlorine atoms proceeded not with a concerted but with a stepwise mechanism. More information can be found in the Research Article by Y. Jun‐i, Y. Mizuhata and N. Tokitoh.
► Korean food waste was found to contain low level of trace elements. ► Stable anaerobic digestion of food waste was achieved by adding trace elements. ► Iron played an important role in anaerobic ...digestion of food waste. ► Cobalt addition further enhanced the process performance in the presence of iron.
The purpose of this study was to examine if long-term anaerobic digestion of food waste in a semi-continuous single-stage reactor could be stabilized by supplementing trace elements. Contrary to the failure of anaerobic digestion of food waste alone, stable anaerobic digestion of food waste was achieved for 368days by supplementing trace elements. Under the conditions of OLR (organic loading rates) of 2.19–6.64g VS (volatile solid)/Lday and 20–30days of HRT (hydraulic retention time), a high methane yield (352–450mLCH4/gVSadded) was obtained, and no significant accumulation of volatile fatty acids was observed. The subsequent investigation on effects of individual trace elements (Co, Fe, Mo and Ni) showed that iron was essential for maintaining stable methane production. These results proved that the food waste used in this study was deficient in trace elements.
The metasomatised continental mantle may play a key role in the generation of some ore deposits, in particular mineral systems enriched in platinum-group elements (PGE) and Au. The cratonic ...lithosphere is the longest-lived potential source for these elements, but the processes that facilitate their pre-concentration in the mantle and their later remobilisation to the crust are not yet well-established. Here, we report new results on the petrography, major-element, and siderophile- and chalcophile-element composition of native Ni, base metal sulphides (BMS), and spinels in a suite of well-characterised, highly metasomatised and weakly serpentinised peridotite xenoliths from the Bultfontein kimberlite in the Kaapvaal Craton, and integrate these data with published analyses. Pentlandite in polymict breccias (failed kimberlite intrusions at mantle depth) has lower trace-element contents (e.g., median total PGE 0.72 ppm) than pentlandite in phlogopite peridotites and Mica-Amphibole-Rutile-Ilmenite-Diopside (MARID) rocks (median 1.6 ppm). Spinel is an insignificant host for all elements except Zn, and BMS and native Ni account for typically <25% of the bulk-rock PGE and Au. High bulk-rock Te/S suggest a role for PGE-bearing tellurides, which, along with other compounds of metasomatic origin, may host the missing As, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te and, in part, Bi that are unaccounted for by the main assemblage.
The close spatial relationship between BMS and metasomatic minerals (e.g., phlogopite, ilmenite) indicates that the lithospheric mantle beneath Bultfontein was resulphidised by metasomatism after initial melt depletion during stabilisation of the cratonic lithosphere. Newly-formed BMS are markedly PGE-poor, as total PGE contents are <4.2 ppm in pentlandite from seven samples, compared to >26 ppm in BMS in other peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton. This represents a strong dilution of the original PGE abundances at the mineral scale, perhaps starting from precursor PGE alloy and small volumes of residual BMS. The latter may have been the precursor to native Ni, which occurs in an unusual Ni-enriched zone in a harzburgite and displays strongly variable, but overall high PGE abundances (up to 81 ppm). In strongly metasomatised peridotites, Au is enriched relative to Pd, and was probably added along with S. A combination of net introduction of S, Au +/− PGE from the asthenosphere and intra-lithospheric redistribution, in part sourced from subducted materials, during metasomatic events may have led to sulphide precipitation at ~80–120 km beneath Bultfontein. This process locally enhanced the metallogenic fertility of this lithospheric reservoir. Further mobilisation of the metal budget stored in these S-rich domains and upwards transport into the crust may require interaction with sulphide-undersaturated melts that can dissolve sulphides along with the metals they store.
•Siderophile-chalcophile elements in native Ni, sulphides, oxides from peridotite.•Presence of tellurides and other micro-/nano-phases inferred from mass balance.•Serpentinisation associated with high As, Ag, Sb, Te and Au, but no PGE mobility.•Addition of high-Au/Pd sulphide at 80–120 km caused massive dilution of PGE.•Intra-lithospheric redistribution of metals via carbonated melts.
We present here a draft genome sequence of the red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus. Because the chicken is a modern descendant of the dinosaurs and the first non-mammalian amniote to have its genome ...sequenced, the draft sequence of its genomecomposed of approximately one billion base pairs of sequence and an estimated 20,000-23,000 genes-provides a new perspective on vertebrate genome evolution, while also improving the annotation of mammalian genomes. For example, the evolutionary distance between chicken and human provides high specificity in detecting functional elements, both non-coding and coding. Notably, many conserved non-coding sequences are far from genes and cannot be assigned to defined functional classes. In coding regions the evolutionary dynamics of protein domains and orthologous groups illustrate processes that distinguish the lineages leading to birds and mammals. The distinctive properties of avian microchromosomes, together with the inferred patterns of conserved synteny, provide additional insights into vertebrate chromosome architecture.
Celotno besedilo
Dostopno za:
DOBA, IJS, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
A procedure for generating curved meshes, suitable for high-order finite element analysis, is described. The strategy adopted is based upon curving a generated initial mesh with planar edges and ...faces by using a linear elasticity analogy. The analogy employs boundary loads that ensure that nodes representing curved boundaries lie on the true surface. Several examples, in both two and three dimensions, illustrate the performance of the proposed approach, with the quality of the generated meshes being analysed in terms of a distortion measure. The examples chosen involve geometries of particular interest to the computational fluid dynamics community, including anisotropic meshes for complex three dimensional configurations.
The Middle Pennsylvanian Duckmantian-age Fire Clay coal in the vicinity of Inez, Martin County, Kentucky, USA, is about 80-km northeast of the intensely studied Fire Clay coal in central eastern ...Kentucky. The moderate-ash, high-S, high volatile B bituminous Martin County Fire Clay coal does not have an obvious volcanic ash parting, one of the major contributors to the rare earth element (REE)-rich central eastern Kentucky Fire Clay coal, and is further from the Pine Mountain thrust fault, the primary driver of hydrothermal metamorphism in the region. Terrigenous input and infiltrational mode of REE emplacement and redistribution were likely factors in the development of the REE chemistry of the Martin County coals, but, without the tuffaceous and strong hydrothermal influences, the overall level of the REE concentration is generally below the levels seen in many other central Appalachian coals.
•The high volatile B bituminous Fire Clay coal in Martin Co., Kentucky has moderate ash and high S.•Benches of the coal have 62 to 85% vitrinite (mineral-free basis).•Ge and Ga are relatively enriched at the margins of the coal seam.•The highest ash-basis REE contents of 540–600 ppm are comparable to typical central Appalachian coals.•The latter REE contents are lower than the concentrations found in the Fire Clay coal in central eastern Kentucky.
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