Peat profile database from peatlands in Canada.

Peatlands cover approximately 12% of the Canadian landscape and play an important role in the carbon cycle through their centennial- to millennial-scale storage of carbon under waterlogged and anoxic conditions. In recognizing the potential of these ecosystems as natural climate solutions and therefore the need to include them in national greenhouse gas inventories, the Canadian Model for Peatlands module (CaMP v. 2.

High sulfate concentrations maintain low methane emissions at a constructed fen over the first seven years of ecosystem development.

Wetlands comprise a large expanse of the pre-disturbance landscape in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) and have become a focus of reclamation in recent years. An important aspect of wetland reclamation is understanding the biogeochemical functioning and carbon exchange, including methane (CH) emissions, in the developing ecosystem. This study investigates the drivers of CH emissions over the first seven years of ecosystem development at a constructed fen in the AOSR and looks towards future CH emissions from this site.

Bcl1 polymorphism of glucocorticoid receptor gene in patients with bronchial asthma with obesity.

The objective of this investigation was to analyze possible association between BclI polymorphism of glucocorticoid receptor gene and obesity in patients with bronchial asthma (BA). The study involved 188 patients with bronchial asthma and 95 apparently healthy adult individuals. Generally accepted assessments and examinations for BA diagnosis, and anthropometric, molecular-genetic and statistic methods of investigation were used in the research.

Bcl1 polymorphism of glucocorticoids receptor gene and bronchial asthma.

The aim of our study was to investigate frequencies of alleles and genotypes of Bcl1 GR gene polymorphism and their correlation with prevalence of BA. Study involved 188 patients with BA and 95 healthy individuals. Bcl1 (rs41423247) polymorphism in exon 2 was determined by means of polymerase chain reaction with subsequent RFLP analysis (restriction fragment length polymorphism) by Fleury I.