[Distribution and Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives in SBR/MBBR Process].

While polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an important persistent toxic organic contaminant, the toxicities of substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (SPAHs) are much higher than PAHs. Water and sludge samples were collected from the Qingdao Chengyang Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). The distribution and removal of 16 PAHs and nitro-PAHs (NPAHs), methyl-PAHs (MPAHs), and oxy-PAHs (OPAHs) in the SBR/MBBR process were analyzed.

Nonfunctional pancreatic endocrine tumor in the peripancreatic region in a Chinese patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.

Nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-pNETs) in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), which results from a mutation in the MEN1 gene, are commonly small, multiple tumors located in the pancreatic head and inside the pancreatic parenchyma. We herein describe a 35-year-old woman with bone pain and a 7-year history of a prolactinoma. She was clinically diagnosed with MEN1 based on the presence of the prolactinoma and parathyroid hyperplasia.

Characteristics of two novel cold- and salt-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from Liaohe Estuarine Wetland.

To achieve a better contaminant removal efficiency in a low-temperature and high-salt environment, two novel strains of cold- and salt-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), i.e., Ochrobactrum sp.

Enhanced biodegradation of pyrene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene using bacteria immobilized in cinder beads in estuarine wetlands.

Two strains (Pseudomonas taiwanensis PYR1 and Acinetobacter baumannii INP1) were isolated from PAH-contaminated Liaohe estuarine wetland using enrichment. The cells of PYR1 and INP1 were immobilized in cinder beads for pyrene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene biodegradation in wetland. Biodegradation of pyrene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene in soils from wetland was carried out in pots using free cells as well as those immobilized in cinder beads to ascertain the role of bioaugmentation.

Emergency caudate lobectomy for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple primary cancers.

We report a case of metachronous multiple primary malignancies involving both rectum and liver with colonic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through hematogenous pathway. A 72-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with right upper abdominal pain for 4 h. Considering her surgical history of Mile's procedure plus liver resection for rectal cancer with liver metastasis three years ago and the finding of urgent computed tomography scan on admission, the preoperative diagnosis was spontaneous rupture of rectal liver metastasis located in caudate lobe and colonic metastasis from rectal cancer.

[Studies on nitrobacteria and nitrification in Liaohe estuary wetland sediments].

Nitrobacteria, nitrification and its impact factors were discussed based on the method of on-site incubation and laboratory simulation in Liaohe estuary wetland sediments in June and August 2009, respectively. The results showed that the number of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) ranged from 0.54 x 10(4) to 5.

Performance of a sulfidogenic bioreactor and bacterial community shifts under different alkalinity levels.

The performance of a sulfidogenic bioreactor and the response of bacterial populations to influent alkalinity changes were investigated. The bioreactor reached 40% of sulfate removal efficiency (SRE) with 0 mg l(-1) of alkalinity, and single-stranded conformation polymorphism profiles showed that some members of Bacteroides, Dysgonomonas, Sporobacter, Quinella, and Citrobacter became dominant populations. 16S rRNA gene library analysis indicated that the Actinobacteria group increased from 0% in seed to 23% in sludge.

[Elasticity plastic filler for purification of polluted streams in situ entering lake].

The biofilm process using a new-type elasticity plastic filler was adopted in a typical polluted stream entering the Tai Lake (the Linzhuanggang). The experiments at pilot scale ran for about 0.5 years.