Decolorization of metanil yellow dye by free and immobilized bacterial cells by Muliadi, Fatin Natasha Amira

“…It was shown that dye decolorization of MY by the mixed bacterial culture was not affected by the presence of 1 mg/L of the metals ions of argentum, lead, cobalt, copper, zinc, cadmium, chromium, arsenic, nickel and mercury. The ability of the immobilized beads has made this as a great potential of bioremediation tools.…”
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Neuroprotective antioxidant-based therapeutic properties of Malaysian medicinal plants in Javanese medaka (Oryzias javanicus Bleeker, 1854) by Ibrahim, Hassan Maina

“…Accumulation of heavy metals such as arsenic has been identified as an endogenous neurotoxin that caused stroke, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). …”
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In vitro and in vivo assessment of wound healing properties of peri-vitelline fluid extracted from fertilized eggs of Asian horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller 1785) by Mat Isa, Mohamad Faizul

“…The first part of this study was conducted to screen the biochemical composition through proximate analysis (protein, fat, carbohydrate, ash, moisture and energy), minerals contains (arsenic, antimony, cadmium, lead, mercury, stanum, copper, zinc, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, phosphorus, selenium, chromium and nickel) in PVF and embryo at 4th embryonic stage. …”
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Microbial decolorization of triazo dye, direct blue 71 by mixed bacterial culture isolated from Malaysian soil by Mohd Zin, Khairunnisa'

“…The decolorization of Direct Blue 71 dye by immobilized cell was still higher than 90 % even with the presence of 1 mg/L of mercury, nickel, copper, lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium and silver in the solution and slight decrease of decolorization was observed for both free and immobilized cell compared to the control samples. …”
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New health and environmental risks in water for a new centry Nuevo siglo, nuevos riesgos sanitarios y ambientales en el agua by Rafael J. García-Villanova Ruiz

“…</p><p>During the last quarter of the XXth century groundwater monitoring plans have revealed that arsenic is present more frecuently than it was thought. …”
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Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of Koodakan 2 prospecting area, South of Birjand, East of Lut Block by Somayeh Samiee, Sedigheh Zirjanizadeh

“…The geochemical abundances of Pb are similar to that of Cu and mainly vary from 7ppm to >3%.Highest concentrations of Zn are consistent with type 1 veins, and range from 25- 109285 ppm. Arsenic represents a widespread distribution of halos in the studied veins and its content varies between 5 and 424 ppm. …”
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NTAL is associated with treatment outcome, cell proliferation and differentiation in acute promyelocytic leukemia by Carolina Hassibe Thomé, Germano Aguiar Ferreira, Diego Antonio Pereira-Martins, Guilherme Augusto dos Santos, César Alexander Ortiz, Lucas Eduardo Botelho de Souza, Lays Martins Sobral, Cleide Lúcia Araújo Silva, Priscila Santos Scheucher, Cristiane Damas Gil, Andréia Machado Leopoldino, Douglas R. A. Silveira, Juan L. Coelho-Silva, Fabíola Traina, Luisa C. Koury, Raul A. M. Melo, Rosane Bittencourt, Katia Pagnano, Ricardo Pasquini, Elenaide C. Nunes, Evandro M. Fagundes, Ana Beatriz F. Gloria, Fábio Rodrigues Kerbauy, Maria de Lourdes Chauffaille, Armand Keating, Martin S. Tallman, Raul C. Ribeiro, Richard Dillon, Arnold Ganser, Bob Löwenberg, Peter Valk, Francesco Lo-Coco, Miguel A. Sanz, Nancy Berliner, Vitor Marcel Faça, Eduardo M. Rego

“…Additionally, NTAL-knockdown (NTAL-KD) in APL cell lines led to activation of Ras, inhibition of Akt/mTOR pathways, and increased expression of autophagy markers, leading to an increased apoptosis rate following arsenic trioxide treatment. Furthermore, NTAL-KD in NB4 cells decreased the tumor burden in (NOD scid gamma) NSG mice, suggesting its implication in tumor growth. …”
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Effects of Heavy Metals/Metalloids and Soil Properties on Microbial Communities in Farmland in the Vicinity of a Metals Smelter by Xuewu Hu, Xuewu Hu, Xuewu Hu, Xuewu Hu, Xuewu Hu, Jianlei Wang, Jianlei Wang, Jianlei Wang, Ying Lv, Ying Lv, Ying Lv, Ying Lv, Ying Lv, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Juan Zhong, Juan Zhong, Juan Zhong, Xinglan Cui, Xinglan Cui, Xinglan Cui, Mingjiang Zhang, Mingjiang Zhang, Mingjiang Zhang, Daozhi Ma, Daozhi Ma, Daozhi Ma, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xuezhe Zhu, Xuezhe Zhu, Xuezhe Zhu

“…The Mantel test revealed that soil pH, total cadmium (T-Cd), and available arsenic played a vital role in determining the structure of the microbial communities. …”
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From legacy contamination to watershed systems science: a review of scientific insights and technologies developed through DOE-supported research in water and energy security by Dipankar Dwivedi, Carl I Steefel, Bhavna Arora, Jill Banfield, John Bargar, Maxim I Boyanov, Scott C Brooks, Xingyuan Chen, Susan S Hubbard, Dan Kaplan, Kenneth M Kemner, Peter S Nico, Edward J O’Loughlin, Eric M Pierce, Scott L Painter, Timothy D Scheibe, Haruko M Wainwright, Kenneth H Williams, Mavrik Zavarin

“…Problems of interest have included subsurface radioactive waste, heavy metals, and metalloids (e.g. uranium, mercury, arsenic). Research efforts have provided insights into detailed groundwater biogeochemical process coupling and the resulting geochemical exports of metals and nutrients to surrounding environments. …”
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4种黄曲霉毒素吸附剂对花生油综合品质的影响Effects of four aflatoxin adsorbents on the comprehensive quality of peanut oil by 姜德铭1，刘晓萌1，邹球龙1，印铁1，张晓琳1，张刚2，刘配莲2 JIANG Deming1, LIU Xiaomeng1, ZOU Qiulong1, YIN Tie1, ZHANG Xiaolin1, ZHANG Gang2, LIU Peilian2

“…The pollutants (total arsenic and lead) were not detected, and fatty acid composition(oleic acid and linoleic acid content) had no significant change after the crude peanut oil treated with four adsorbents. …”
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Biological Effects of BET Inhibition by OTX015 (MK-8628) and JQ1 in NPM1-Mutated (NPM1c) Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by Hanane Djamai, Jeannig Berrou, Mélanie Dupont, Marie-Magdelaine Coudé, Marc Delord, Emmanuelle Clappier, Alice Marceau-Renaut, Anna Kaci, Emmanuel Raffoux, Raphaël Itzykson, Caroline Berthier, Hsin-Chieh Wu, Rita Hleihel, Ali Bazarbachi, Hugues de Thé, André Baruchel, Claude Gardin, Hervé Dombret, Thorsten Braun

“…Differentiation-based therapy by all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combined with arsenic trioxide (ATO) demonstrated activity in <i>NPM1c</i> AML. …”
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Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective by Muhammad Umer Masood, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan, Saad Sh. Sammen

“…Groundwater quality was evaluated through the physicochemical parameters (pH, chloride (Cl⁻), fluoride(F⁻), iron (Fe⁻²), nitrate (NO₃⁻¹), nitrite (NO₂), arsenic (As), total hardness, bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻), calcium (Ca⁺²), magnesium (Mg⁺²), color, taste, turbidity, total dissolved solids (TDS)) and microbiological parameters including total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and Escherichia coli of samples collected from the water and sanitation agency (WASA) and urban units. …”
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Treatment Outcome and the Genetic Characteristics of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in Children in Poland From 2005 to 2018 by Małgorzata Czogała, Małgorzata Czogała, Katarzyna Pawińska-Wa̧sikowska, Katarzyna Pawińska-Wa̧sikowska, Teofila Ksia̧żek, Teofila Ksia̧żek, Barbara Sikorska-Fic, Michał Matysiak, Anna Rodziewicz-Konarska, Alicja Chybicka, Jolanta Skalska-Sadowska, Jacek Wachowiak, Katarzyna Muszyńska-Rosłan, Maryna Krawczuk-Rybak, Dominik Grabowski, Jerzy Kowalczyk, Karolina Zielezińska, Tomasz Urasiński, Renata Tomaszewska, Tomasz Szczepański, Irena Karpińska-Derda, Mariola Woszczyk, Joanna Pohorecka, Grażyna Karolczyk, Wojciech Młynarski, Katarzyna Mycko, Wanda Badowska, Szymon Skoczeń, Szymon Skoczeń, Walentyna Balwierz, Walentyna Balwierz

“…In period I (2005–2015), 33 patients were treated with chemotherapy and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), and in period II (2015–2018), 3 patients (high risk) received induction chemotherapy with ATRA and arsenic trioxide (ATO), and 5 patients (standard risk) received ATRA and ATO without chemotherapy.Results: Probability of 5-years overall survival (OS), event-free survival (EFS), and relapse-free survival (RFS) was 0.819 ± 0.069, 0.831 ± 0.063, and 0.961 ± 0.037, respectively, in the whole cohort. …”
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Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of metal elements in atmospheric PM2.5 in Lanzhou City from 2019 to 2020 by Sheng LI, Jinyu WANG, Qing GAO, Yanni ZHENG, Haixia YANG, Qiaozhen WEI, Yali FENG, Shouyu LI, Pu LI, Qiong LIU, Xiaowei REN, Cheng WANG

“…BackgroundAir pollutants PM2.5 and its adsorbed metal elements are important factors affecting public health.ObjectiveTo explore the distribution characteristics and sources of metal elements in atmospheric PM2.5 in Lanzhou from 2019 to 2020, and to assess the health risks of metal elements to different groups of residents through inhalation.MethodsFrom January 2019 to December 2020 in two districts of Lanzhou City (Chengguan District and Xigu District), regular PM2.5 and metal elements [antimony (Sb), aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), beryllium (Be), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), and thallium (Tl)] were regularly monitored, and their concentrations were described by the median (M) and 25th and 75th percentiles (P25, P75) as not following a normal distribution (because the detection rates of the five elements Be, Cr, Hg, Ni, and Se were less than 70%, the five elements were not included in subsequent analysis), and then compared with the secondary concentration limits in the Ambient Air Quality Standards (GB 3095-2012). …”
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Short-term effects of ambient PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 on internal metal/metalloid profiles in older adults: A distributed lag analysis in China by Yuan Wang, Qiang Liu, Ziwei Tian, Beijing Cheng, Xianwei Guo, Hongli Wang, Bo Zhang, Yan Xu, Liang Sun, Bing Hu, Guimei Chen, Jie Sheng, Chunmei Liang, Fangbiao Tao, Jing Wei, Linsheng Yang

“…The results suggested that the cumulative exposures to PM1, PM2.5, or PM10 over two days (lag0-1 days) before urine collection were associated with elevated urine metal(loid)s in DLMs, while exhibited linear or “inverted U-shaped” relationships with seven urine metal(loid)s in DLNMs, including Gallium (Ga), Arsenic (As), Aluminum (Al), Magnesium (Mg), Calcium (Ca), Uranium (U), and Barium (Ba). …”
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Assessing the heavy metal contamination in sediments of Mighan playa using pollution indices by ّFeridon ghadimi

“…The study showed that 17.5% of the samples have arsenic above local reference and 35% above upper crust reference. 28% of Cr is above the local reference and 3.5% above the upper crust reference. …”
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High efficiency integrated III-V-nitride solar cells on silicon-based substrates by Leong, Nelvin Yurong

“…The As/Ga ratio was found to affect the concentration of arsenic anti-site defects and nitrogen-related defects. …”
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Design, synthesis and applications of chiral functionalized phosphapalladacycles by Li, Xirui

“…However, they are different with each other as the phosphorus and arsenic have the vacant orbitals, which can back-donating from the metal. …”
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Fluorite type oxide ion conductors of Bi2O3-M2O5 (M = P, As, V) by Lee, Siew Ling

“…Conductivity increased with increasing vanadium content, followed by arsenic and phosphorus. Among the materials prepared, the highest conductivity is obtained in Bi23V4O44.5 with a conductivity value of 1.34 x 10-4 ohm-1 cm-1 at 300oC. …”

High-resolution inventory of atmospheric emissions from transport, industrial, energy, mining and residential activities in Chile by N. Álamos, N. Huneeus, N. Huneeus, M. Opazo, M. Opazo, M. Osses, M. Osses, S. Puja, N. Pantoja, N. Pantoja, H. Denier van der Gon, A. Schueftan, A. Schueftan, R. Reyes, R. Calvo, R. Calvo

“…<span class="inline-formula">CH₄</span> and black carbon are included for transport and residential sources, while arsenic, benzene, mercury, lead, toluene, and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furan (PCDD/F) are estimated for energy, mining and industrial sources. …”
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