... pleasure, as in eating and drinking, andin the propagation of the
species, &c.; or by both means combined, as in the search for food. But pain or suffering of any kind, if long
continued, causes ... half-provoked,
half-admiring way of the ingenuity of the leaf of a Sensitive Plant in screwing itself out of a basin of water in
which he had tried to fix it. One might see the same spirit in his way of speaking of ... beauty of
flowers for instance, in the mass of Azaleas which generally stood in the drawing-room. I think he sometimes
fused together his admiration of the structure of a flower andof its intrinsic...
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factors produced in ischemic conditions. Proliferative retinopathy appears in approximately
50% of patients with type 1 diabetes andin about 15% of ... rapidly growing method in ophthalmology for in
vivo examination of the eye, and an emerging modality in the areas of dentistry, endoscopy,
and in the food sciences. Also, it is certain that the...
... understanding a network of reactions of
such complexity. But this level of complexity does not, in principle, seem unreach-
ably beyond our understanding. A cellular network of a thousand proteins ... Pauling noticed, liquid water’s statis-
tical structure is akin to that of ice, and not just a single form of close packing. The
temperature change in the equilibrium of two types of packing ... Haldane’s own
entry into the discussion came in his earliest book on the debate, Mechanism,
Life and Personality: An Examination of the Mechanistic Theory ofLifeand Mind,
published in 1913, the same...
... for breaking treaties, for activity in all
intrigues, participating inand [pg ix]inciting to civil and foreign wars, encouraging
and sanctioning assassinations and massacres, championing the ... Whether her signing of the
Edict of Saint-Germain, admitting the Protestants to all employments and granting
them the privilege of Calvinistic worship in two cities of every province, and her
refusal, ... captivity in Spain, and his moral fall. Spain, Italy, and France were
victims of the infamous plotting and disastrous intrigues of this one woman whose
death, in 1531, was a blessing to the...
... under King Agamemnon, of ten years of siege and struggle and
innumerable wars, of the hurling of many valiant souls to Hades, of the fall of Troy, andof the varied
wanderings and dire fortunes of ... Owing to their pursuit of the
higher learning of the times and their cultivation of all the feminine arts and graces, the hetæræ constituted a
most interesting phenomenon in the social lifeof ... paintings of the Greeks illustrate every phase of private life, and abound in representations
of the maiden and the matron, in the home, at the loom, in the bridal procession, at the wedding. And...
... measure.
Karlheinz Brandenburg received M.S. (Diplom) degrees in Electrical Engineering
in 1980 andin Mathematics in 1982 from Erlangen University. In 1989 he earned his
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, ... Lecturer in Signal Processing at
the Engineering Department in Cambridge. Current research topics include: Bayesian
and statistical methods in signal processing, modelling and enhancement of speech
and ... taught courses in Computer Architecture, Digital Signal Processing and Audio
Engineering. In 1993 he was General Chair of the IEEE Workshop on Applications
of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics...
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... costs and benefits of adhering
to the rule, andin the end elects to abide by it. The potential costs of ignoring
it might include getting hit by an oncoming automobile, being fined, or being
shamed ... understanding of situa-
tional analysis, in part by placing it within the broader framework of Popper’s
thought. The second is to dispel common misunderstandings of situational
analysis andof Popperian ... belief in the reality of collective “spirits” would lead to injustice and suf-
fering on the part of individuals in the name of the “interests” of states or
nations or tribes. This was his moral indictment...
... important
applications in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine,
and cell- and gene therapy. There is however much to
be investigated about the specific characteristics of effi-
cacy and saf ety of ... recipients of contamination or other adverse effects
of cells or sample processing; iv) specific and detailed
determination of the type of cells forming the product
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The author declares that he has no competing interests. The author is
Principal Investigator of a preclinical project (not clinical...
... Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment,” “Environmental Fate and
Transformations of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals,” and “Treatment of Pharmaceuti-
cal
sinDrinkingWaterandWastewater.”Thepurposeofthisintroductoryoverview
chapteristooutlinecurrent(2004–2006)knowledgeaboutthepresenceandcon-
ce
ntrationofPPCPsasdescribedinthepublishedliterature.Previousreviews
1,71–73
shouldbeconsultedfordiscussionsonpre-2004publications.Thosereviewswill
providethereaderwithacomprehensiveintroductiontothetopicofPPCPsinthe
environment. ... community and has prompted interest in sponsoring research that denes
the composition and concentrations of PPCPs in potential sources and their fate and
effects following release into the environment.
Independent ... biologically active classes will offer insight
into their effects. Deployment of integrating samplers into environments likely to
resultinhumanorecosystemexposure,suchasdrinking-watersourcesoraquatic
habitatsknownorsuspectedtocontainspeciessensitivetoPPCPs,maybethemoni
-
toring...
... DRUGS OF ABUSE
Althoughmanysubstancesareincludedinthisgroup(heroin,tetrahydrocannabinol,
cocaine, phencyclidine, LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline), only one study about the
occurrenceofcocaineintheaquaticenvironmenthasbeenpublished.Zuccatoet
al.
16
developedamethodtoanalyzecocaineanditsmainhumanmetabolite,ben-
zoylecgonine, ... 6-mL
glasscartridgeswiththesamepackingmaterialasinOasisHLBcartridges.Limits
ofquanticationfortheentiremethodwereintherangeof0.07to0.69ng/Lfor
GC-MS,andtherecoverieswerebetween7 0and1 00%.Aninterestingresultofthis
work
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wasthequanticationofibuprofenanditstwometabolitesinthetwotypesof
water showing characteristic ... al.
24
reportedamethodusingSPE(C
18
)andLC-(-)-ESI-MS/MSforthe
simultaneousdetectionofnineacidicpharmaceuticaldrugs(bezabrate,clobric
acid, diclofenac, fenoprofen, gembrozil, ibuprofen, indomethacin, ketoprofen, and
naproxen) in WWTP efuents. The recoveries ranged from 59% (indomethacin) to
92%(fenoprofen)intheWWTPefuent.Thespecicityofthemethodwaschecked
spiking...
... Systems
removedfromdifferentwatersusinganMIPwithrecoveriesof103to104%for
drinking water, pond water, and well water.
48
ThebindingofestrogenstoanMIP
developedtoaidintheanalysisofestrogensinnaturalwaterswaslowerthanthe
binding of ... solvent
andplacedinanoventoincreasethetemperature.Highertemperaturesincrease
solubility of analytes in the solvent and decrease viscosity of the solvent, leading to
betterpenetrationintointerstitialspacespresentinthesample.Additionally,raising
the ... preparation in the determination of estrogens and progesto-
ge
ns in sediment and water. Journal of Chromatography A 9
38(1–2): 145–153.
28. Antonic, J. and Heath, E., 2007. Determination of NSAIDs in...
... Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment andin Water Treatment Systems
4.1 INTRODUCTION
Mainlyduetoprogressinanalyticalinstrumentation,therehasbeenanincreased
awareness of the presence of pharmaceutical ... trophic level of producers.
Thegrowthinhibitiontestofdimegluminegadopentetatewasconductedin
agreement with the standard DIN 38 412 L8.
27
It was incubated in an aqueous solu-
tion including nutrients, ... of
gadoxeticaciddisodiumafter72hoursexposuretime,includingcellnumbers.
Noadverseeffectswereobservedinthegrowthinhibitiontestofdimeglu
-
mi
negadopentetateuptoaconcentrationof100mg/Landinthegrowthinhibition
testofgadofosvesettrisodiumuptoaconcentrationof80mg/L.TheNOECand
EC
50
-values are summarized in Table 4.3.
4.3.5 GROWTH INHIBITION TEST OF DIMEGLUMINE GADOPENTETATE
AND
...
... Pharmaceuticals in the Environment andin Water Treatment Systems
reviewsourunderstandingoftheinputsoflivestockmedicinestotheenvironment
andsynthesizestheavailableinformationonthefateandtransportofveterinary
pharmaceuticalsinmanureandsoils.Towardtheendofthischapter,gapsinthecur
-
re
nt ... behave
inthesoilenvironment.Thereare,however,stillgapsinthedataandinourunder
-
st
anding.Thosegapsareoutlinedinthefollowingparagraphs.
Researchersarestillfocusingononlyasmallproportionofthemedicinesin
use (including the avermectins, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, ... environmental
concentration of the residues of veterinary medicines in soil.
Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
1
6, 1977, 1997.
57.DeLiguoro,M.etal.Useofoxytetracyclineandtylosininintensivecalffarming:
evaluationoftransfertomanureandsoil.
Chemosphere
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2,...