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Prospects for the Use of Sorghum Bicolor for Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals in Temperate Climates
The chapter provides information on a strategy for remediation of soils contaminated with potential toxic trace elements (PTTE) using high biomass plants including the following steps:
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Impact of Chronic Oral Administration of Silver Nanoparticles on Cognitive Abilities of Mice
To assess the effect of silver nanoparticles on mice cognitive abilities, daily, up to 4-month period, experimental mice were administrated with silver nanoparticles solution. Accumulation of silver in brain w...
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Assessment of atmospheric deposition of metals in Ha Noi using the moss bio-monitoring technique and proton induced X-ray emission
The concentration of 22 metal elements including Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Br, Rb, Sr, Zr, Ba and Pb in Barbula Indica moss samples collected in 12 different sites in Ha Noi in ...
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Biomonitoring of elemental atmospheric deposition: spatial distributions in the 2015/2016 moss survey in Bulgaria
In the most recent 2015/2016 campaign of the European-scale moss survey, Bulgaria joined for the fifth consecutive time. To investigate elemental atmospheric deposition patterns, 115 samples of moss biomonitor...
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Correction to: Active biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution in the Western Cape (South Africa) using INAA and ICP‑MS
The article “Active biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution in the Western Cape (South Africa) using INAA and ICP‑MS”.
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Active biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution in the Western Cape (South Africa) using INAA and ICP-MS
For the first time, active biomonitoring was used to assess elemental content of atmospheric pollution in selected areas of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Two moss and lichen species were exposed f...
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Active Moss Biomonitoring Using the “Moss Bag Technique” in the Park of Moscow
Quality control of atmospheric air is a priority topic for monitoring the environment. There is a great need for rapid and cost-effective control of atmospheric pollution. The protected and park zones play a r...
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Study of Airborne Trace Element Pollution in Central and Southern Vietnam Using Moss (Barbula indica) Technique and Neutron Activation Analysis
Atmospheric deposition of trace elements in three cities of Vietnam including Hue, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh in Central and South of Vietnam has been studied in this work by moss technique. Thirty samples of the ...
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Distribution of radioactive isotopes in the mountain and piedmont regions of Central Tajikistan Varzob river valley
The Varzob Valley in the Central Tajikistan, due to its proximity to the Gissar mountains range, acts like a funnel for the air mass transported by the southern winds. For a better understanding this local phe...
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Determination of the origin of the medieval glass bracelets discovered in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia using the neutron activation analysis
The work is dedicated to the determination of the origin of archaeological finds from medieval glass using the method of neutron activation analysis (NAA). Among such objects we can discover not only things pr...
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Atmospheric deposition of rare earth elements in Albania studied by the moss biomonitoring technique, neutron activation analysis and GIS technology
Rare earth elements (REEs) are typically conservative elements that are scarcely derived from anthropogenic sources. The mobilization of REEs in the environment requires the monitoring of these elements in env...
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Automation system for measurement of gamma-ray spectra of induced activity for multi-element high volume neutron activation analysis at the reactor IBR-2 of Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics at the joint institute for nuclear research
The automation system for measurement of induced activity of gamma-ray spectra for multi-element high volume neutron activation analysis (NAA) was designed, developed and implemented at the reactor IBR-2 at th...
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INAA for determination of trace elements in bottom sediments of the Selenga river basin in Mongolia
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was used for the determination of major, minor and trace elements in samples of bottom sediments of the inflows of the Selenga river basin to assess the impact o...
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On the heavy elements content of sediments and rocks from two semiclosed ecosystems: Proglacial Lake Balea (Fagara Mountains) and Crater Lake St. Ana (Harghita Mountains)
The content of seven heavy elements (natural Sc and Cr, Co, As, Sb, Br and Se as possible pollutants) was determined by the Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) in 29 samples of sediments and surrounding rocks co...
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Modulated crystal structures of phases VII and V in (NH4)3H(SO4)2. Neutron Laue diffraction
A study of the crystal structure of the phases VII and V of (NH4)3H(SO4)2 by mean of neutron Laue diffraction was carried out at temperatures from 5 to 300 K. It is found that the crystal structures of phases VII...
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Spatiotemporal distribution of airborne elements monitored with the moss bags technique in the Greater Thriasion Plain, Attica, Greece
The well-known moss bags technique was applied in the heavily polluted Thriasion Plain region, Attica, Greece, in order to study the spatiotemporal distribution, in the atmosphere, of the following 32 elements...
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Nuclear and related analytical techniques in ecology: Impact of geoecological factors on the balance of trace elements in the human organism
Current capabilities of the nuclear and related analytical techniques: neutron activation analysis, X-ray fluorescent analysis, and atomic adsorption spectrometry—are used to carry out multielement analysis of...
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Neutron activation analysis in the life sciences
Development of methods for instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and their applications in the life sciences are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on epithermal activation with reactor neutrons (ENAA), an...
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NAA for applied investigations at FLNP JINR: present and future
Experience in applying conventional and epithermal neutron activation analysis for some challenging areas of life sciences and material science is reviewed. For more than 30 years of its operation the radioana...
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NAA for studying detoxification of Cr and Hg by Arthrobacter globiformis 151B
Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to study accumulation of Hg(II) and Cr(VI) ions in Arthrobacter globiformis 151B, a gram-positive, Cr(VI)-reducer aerobic bacterium isolated from basalt sample ta...
