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Current Development of V.I. Vernadsky’s Biogeochemical Ideas
The paper discusses the core ideas and the development of biogeochemistry as an integrated research avenue in geochemistry and biology created by V.I. Vernadsky. Much attention is paid to the key concepts of b...
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Characteristics of the Accumulation of Metals by Plants and the Activity of Soil Enzymes in Metallogenic Territories of the Northern Caucasus
Biogeochemical studies were carried out in two territories of the Northern Caucasus, including the Unal depression (which is enriched in Zn, Pb, Cu, and Cd) in the basin of the Ardon River in the Republic of N...
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Biological Role of Trace Elements and Viral Pathologies
The review presents summarized information on a new research avenue in biogeochemistry and geochemical ecology: relationships between the microcosm (viruses) and manifestations of animal and human pathologies....
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Formation of Biogeochemical Anomalies in the Baksan River Basin
The higher accumulation of Mo, W, Cu and Re by soils and organisms in the Baksan River basin owing to the anthropogenic contamination by the former Tyrnyauz W–Mo industrial complex and migration of the metals ...
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Ecological Monitoring of the Unal Depression, Northern Ossetiya–Alania, Using Techniques of Biogeochemical Indication
The paper presents analysis of the accumulation of toxic and vital chemical elements in discrete links of the food chain under conditions of a biogeochemical province in relation to the accumulation of phytoch...
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Living Matter of the Biosphere: Mass and Chemical Elemental Composition
The paper discusses V.I. Vernadsky’s concept of living matter of the biosphere. Living matter in the sense of all organisms of the biosphere considered collectively is heterogeneous, plastic, integral, organiz...
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Ecological–Biogeochemical Monitoring of a Linden Avenue in a Megapolis
Ecological–biogeochemical monitoring of a linden avenue on Kosygin Street, Moscow, has revealed that soils at sites regarded as contaminated contain elevated Mn, Fe, Sr, and Se concentrations and lower Zn cont...
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Biogeochemical Differentiation of Living Matter and Biodiversity in the Ardon Polymetallic Subregion of the Biosphere
Specific responses of plants and animals to changes in the contents of microelements (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, As, Se, etc.) in abiotic environmental components of the Ardon River Basin (North Ossetia) were studied by ...
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Biogeochemistry of calcium and strontium in the landscapes of eastern Transbaikalia
This paper reports data on the contents and ratios of Ca and Sr in the soils, waters, and plants of eastern Transbaikalia and the Baikal region. The contents of Ca in the soils, waters, and plants of endemic a...
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A.P. Vinogradov’s concept of biogeochemical provinces and its development
This paper addresses the concept of biogeochemical provinces introduced by A.P. Vinogradov and developed by V.V. Kovalsky and other researchers. The importance of this scientific direction was emphasized in th...
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9th International Biogeochemical School
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Modification of titanium medical agraffe surface for suturing instruments with microarc oxidation method
Studies of the modification of medical agraffe surface by the microarc oxidation method are presented. The scheme and modes of microarc oxidation process are developed for production of biocompatible, homogene...
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Use of Multidimensional Data Analysis Method for Develo** High-Quality Road Asphalt Production Technology
The possibility of analyzing multidimensional data for predicting properties of petroleum road asphalts is examined. Construction of a prognostic model helped determine the optimal feedstock composition and te...
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Concentrating metals by plants of the genus Salix and their importance for identification of Cd anomalies
The paper reports data on the specific accumulation of heavy metals by various species of willow (Salix caprea, S. fragili, and S. schwerinii) and other plants of the genus Salix within landscapes with ore anomal...
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Geochemical ecology and biogeochemical criteria for estimating the ecologic state of biospheric taxons
The paper addresses progress in a modern avenue of science—geochemical ecology as a basis for geochemical normalizing—and analyzes the role of geochemical ecology in the system of ecological subdisciplines and...
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Formation of the Titanium Oxide Surface by the Laser Ablation Method
It is demonstrated that the antibiotic therapy is the main therapy of infectious complications after surgical operations whose efficiency multiply increases due to the application of the mechanical suture in t...
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Recovery of the diesel fraction of oil sludge by engaging in the deep hydrotreating process for manufacturing ultraclean diesel fuels
The possibility of involvement of diesel fractions obtained from petroleum waste in hydrotreating feedstock for the manufacture of diesel fuels that meet the Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards has been studied. The h...
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Geographic variation of the content of microelements and biochemical indices in cattle blood and milk
The content of trace elements (Zn, Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, As, Se, and Pb) in blood and certain biochemical parameters of the biological media of cattle from various regions of Russia are given. Geographic and geochem...
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VI international biogeochemical school
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Optimizing the parameters of a system for pulsed pneumatic transportation of ash from electric precipitators at thermal power stations and putting this system into operation
Results from analysis of the effect of changes in the ash layer structure on the layer’s physical parameters are presented. Principles of designing a system for pneumatic transportation of ash in a pulsed mode...
