A knowledge of the total amount of trace metals is not enough to assess the environmental
impact of polluted soils. For this reason, the determination of metal species in solution is …

Over the past quarter-century, the microfinance movement has propelled a global expansion
of formal and semiformal financial services 1 for the world’s poor. The Microcredit Summit …

Cowpea mosaic virus was derivatized with poly(ethylene glycol) to give well-controlled
loadings of polymer on the outer surface of the coat protein assembly. The resulting conjugates …

Median concentration of total PBDEs in maternal serum, paternal serum, umbilical cord
serum, and breast milk samples were 12, 12, 17, and 6.1 ng/g lipid weight (lw) in Vallecas and …

The use of materials derived from natural sources in materials science has allowed the
harnessing of complex structures resulting from eons of evolutionary fine‐tuning. A better …

The effect of ascorbic acid on cancer has been a subject of great controversy. This is a follow-up
review of the 1979 article by Cameron, Pauling, and Leibovitz published in Cancer …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases (IBD), are caused by a complex interplay between genetic, immunologic, microbial …

In order to quantify the energy efficiency of a wireless network, the power consumption of the
entire system needs to be captured. In this article, the necessary extensions with respect to …

An overview about the presence of arsenic (As) in groundwaters of Argentina, made by a
transdisciplinary group of experts is presented. Aspects on As occurrence, effects of As on …

BACKGROUND: Although breastfeeding is the ideal way of nurturing infants, it can be a source
of exposure to toxicants. This study reports the concentration of Hg, Pb and Cd in breast …