High Percentage Inorganic Arsenic Content of Mining Impacted and Nonimpacted Chinese Rice

Two approaches were undertaken to characterize the arsenic (As) content of Chinese rice. First, a national market basket survey (n = 240) was conducted in provincial capitals, sourcing grain from China's premier rice production areas. Second, to reflect rural diets, paddy rice (n = 195) directly from farmers fields were collected from three regions in Hunan, a key rice producing province located in southern China. Two of the sites were within mining and smeltery districts, and the third was devoid of large-scale metal processing industries. Arsenic levels were determined in all the samples while a subset (n = 33) were characterized for As species, using a new simple and rapid extraction method suitable for use with Hamilton PRP-X100 anion exchange columns and HPLC-ICP-MS. The vast majority (85%) of the market rice grains possessed total As levels <150 ng g(-1). The rice collected from mine-impacted regions, however, were found to be highly enriched in As, reaching concentrations of up to 624 ng g(-1). Inorganic As (As(i)) was the predominant species detected in all of the speciated grain, with As(i) levels in some samples exceeding 300 ng g(-1). The As(i) concentration in polished and unpolished Chinese rice was successfully predicted from total As levels. The mean baseline concentrations for As(i) in Chinese market rice based on this survey were estimated to be 96 ng g(-1) while levels in mine-impacted areas were higher with ca. 50% of the rice in one region predicted to fail the national standard.

South Carolina Statistical Abstract '96

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Office of Research and Statistics annually published Statistical Abstracts, a comprehensive, single-source reference of demographic and economic data pertinent to the state. This publication is now an online publication by the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

Accountability Report 1995-96

Each year the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reports to the Office of State Budget that includes the agency's mission, goals and objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures regarding the goals and objectives.

Ensinar matemática em Subúrbia (1989-96): estudo de caso sobre um grupo de professores

Dissertação de mestrado em Ciências da Educação: área de Educação e Desenvolvimento

Impact of low-level viremia on clinical and virological outcomes in treated HIV-1-infected patients.

BACKGROUND: The goal of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is to reduce HIV-related morbidity and mortality by suppressing HIV replication. The prognostic value of persistent low-level viremia (LLV), particularly for clinical outcomes, is unknown. OBJECTIVE: Assess the association of different levels of LLV with virological failure, AIDS event, and death among HIV-infected patients receiving combination ART. METHODS: We analyzed data from 18 cohorts in Europe and North America, contributing to the ART Cohort Collaboration. Eligible patients achieved viral load below 50 copies/ml within 3-9 months after ART initiation. LLV50-199 was defined as two consecutive viral loads between 50 and 199 copies/ml and LLV200-499 as two consecutive viral loads between 50 and 499 copies/ml, with at least one between 200 and 499 copies/ml. We used Cox models to estimate the association of LLV with virological failure (two consecutive viral loads at least 500 copies/ml or one viral load at least 500 copies/ml, followed by a modification of ART) and AIDS event/death. RESULTS: Among 17 902 patients, 624 (3.5%) experienced LLV50-199 and 482 (2.7%) LLV200-499. Median follow-up was 2.3 and 3.1 years for virological and clinical outcomes, respectively. There were 1903 virological failure, 532 AIDS events and 480 deaths. LLV200-499 was strongly associated with virological failure [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 3.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.05-5.17]. LLV50-199 was weakly associated with virological failure (aHR 1.38, 95% CI 0.96-2.00). LLV50-199 and LLV200-499 were not associated with AIDS event/death (aHR 1.19, 95% CI 0.78-1.82; and aHR 1.11, 95% CI 0.72-1.71, respectively). CONCLUSION: LLV200-499 was strongly associated with virological failure, but not with AIDS event/death. Our results support the US guidelines, which define virological failure as a confirmed viral load above 200 copies/ml.

Les sept merveilles du n° 7 : parodie électro-physico-magnético-burlesco-féerico-dramatico-comique en 9 tableaux dont un prologue et un entr'acte. [suivi de ] L'ami François : comédie-vaudeville en 1 acte. Livr. 96 / par MM. Cormon et Eugène Grangé ; par MM. Bourdois et Émile Colliot

Collection : Théâtre contemporain illustré ; 96e et 97e livraisons

Les sept merveilles du n° 7 : parodie électro-physico-magnético-burlesco-féerico-dramatico-comique en 9 tableaux dont un prologue et un entr'acte. [suivi de ] L'ami François : comédie-vaudeville en 1 acte. Livr. 96 / par MM. Cormon et Eugène Grangé ; par MM. Bourdois et Émile Colliot

Collection : Théâtre contemporain illustré ; 96e et 97e livraisons

Horace (2), Perse (95), Juvénal (150v) et Térence (163v).

On y a ajouté plusieurs pièces fugitives en prose et en vers (1), une table de comput (94v), et des règles de quantité intitulées "Serviolus" (162).

Jérémie, Ézéchiel, Daniel, petits prophètes.

N° 57 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves), cf. titre ancien (124); 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96

S. Augustin, "de concordia IIII aewangelistarum;.

N° 39 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves), cf. titre "Continet"; 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96

S. Augustin, la Cité de Dieu.

N° 40 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves), cf. titre "Continet" et cote grattée; 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96

Commentaire de Macrobe sur le Songe de Scipion.

N° 4 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves), cf. titre "Continet"; 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96

Étymologies d'Isidore.

N° 30 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves); 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96; foliotation ancienne en chiffres arabes

Épîtres de saint Paul.

N° 76 des mss envoyés à Paris par Maugerard en octobre 1802; cf. B.n.F., département des Manuscrits, Archives Modernes 497; — abbaye d'Echternach (dioc. de Trèves), cf. titre "Continet"; 1789. Le patrimoine libéré, 152 et n° 96