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Mercurio Design Lab : Italian design in Asia
The Mercurio Design Lab (MDL) masterfully manages to express its potential in Singapore. Massimo Mercurio is motivated by a strong spirit of innovation and experimentation, and seeks to combine the Asian architectural context with Italian style and tradition. MDL considers its projects as artistic masterpieces and makes a special contribution to the architectural scene of the city through the creation of dramatic and futuristic buildings, always respecting three fundamental criteria: the functional, the aesthetic and the social.
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Trauma stories: a golden hour
Jed Mercurio has written some of the best British television drama of recent decades (Cardiac Arrest, Bodies, Line of Duty) and Critical is arguably his most ambitious project yet. Set in a humming modern trauma centre, the aim of the series is bold: to focus in each episode--and in real time--on a different critically ill or injured patient in the crucial first 60 minutes of their hospital treatment.
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Cabeza colosal de Colonia Patricia
Se estudia en profundidad una cabeza colosal elaborada en mármol procedente de Córdoba que ha sido considerada como Hermes o Marte; tras un análisis en detalle de la pieza y de diversas características que pueden apreciarse en la misma, se concluye que, con toda probabilidad, la cabeza ha sido reelaborada a partir de una cabeza de Minerva; la constatación de otras cabezas de esta diosa, o de carácter ideal en cualquier caso, que también han sufrido esta reelaboración en diversos periodos nos conduce a aportar algunos datos sobre un tema poco tratado por la crítica como es la reelaboración de esculturas que representan a dioses y diosas; la conclusión a la que nuestro estudio llega es que estamos ante una representación de Mercurio –con toda probabilidad del tipo Ludovisi– que formaría parte del programa ornamental de uno de los espacios oficiales de la Córdoba romana, muy cercano al teatro romano. De ese modo se concluye la presencia, detectada por primera vez en esta ciudad, de una escultura colosal en la primera mitad del s. ii, probablemente en el periodo adrianeo.
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Neurotoxicología en el siglo XXI: ciencia, riesgo y responsabilidad social
Uno de los grandes retos del siglo XXI es la neurotoxicología como campo interdisciplinar para los neurólogos, toxicólogos, médicos urgenciólogos, internistas e intensivistas, entre otros. Los avances en esta área del conocimiento han sido significativos en las últimas décadas, en especial con el aumento de nuevas sustancias psicoactivas de origen sintético que generan múltiples alteraciones neuropsiquiátricas. Desde los primeros hallazgos sobre los efectos de metales pesados como el plomo y el mercurio en el sistema nervioso, hasta las investigaciones actuales de las diferentes sustancias sintéticas, utilizadas de forma recreativa y terapéutica, la neurotoxicología avanza en la comprensión de los agentes tóxicos, su mecanismo de acción, el impacto en las estructuras y el funcionamiento del sistema nervioso central y periférico.
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Mercury Exposure among E-Waste Recycling Workers in Colombia: Perceptions of Safety, Risk, and Access to Health Information
Exposures to the toxic element mercury (Hg) are exceptionally high among recycling workers globally. Recycling is a growing sector in Colombia, yet workers who directly handle e-waste are often unaware of the risks of exposure to mercury from post-consumer lighting products (e.g., fluorescent lamps). This qualitative study aimed to understand how recycling workers perceive their own risks from mercury exposure and how they find information about these risks, through interviews (n = 35) at the three largest formal recycling facilities in Colombia. Workers’ risk perception was generally disconnected from their likely actual exposure to mercury, instead often seen juxtaposed to co-workers who worked more directly with hazardous waste. Recycling workers, who were predominantly men from lower-income socioeconomic backgrounds, had limited knowledge of health risks due to mercury exposure and were more likely to receive health-related information from informal sources. Over a third of interviewees had searched online for information about occupational health risks of mercury, but these searches were perceived as unsatisfactory due to information being difficult to find, not available in Spanish, or related to mercury exposure via seafood or mining rather than recycling. Workers expressed (over)confidence in personal protective equipment and concern about frequent employee turnover. This study points to weaknesses in environmental health literacy and public health communication around toxic exposures to mercury in the workplace. Stronger regulation and enforcement are needed to prevent toxic exposures and promote worker health equity.
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Metals as a cause of oxidative stress in fish: a review
This review summarizes the current knowledge on the contribution of metals to the development of oxidative stress in fish. Metals are important inducers of oxidative stress in aquatic organisms, promoting formation of reactive oxygen species through two mechanisms. Redox active metals generate reactive oxygen species through redox cycling, while metals without redox potential impair antioxidant defences, especially that of thiol-containing antioxidants and enzymes. Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species lead to oxidative damage including lipid peroxidation, protein and DNA oxidation, and enzyme inactivation. Antioxidant defences include the enzyme system and low molecular weight antioxidants. Metal-binding proteins, such as ferritin, ceruloplasmin and metallothioneins, have special functions in the detoxification of toxic metals and also play a role in the metabolism and homeostasis of essential metals. Recent studies of metallothioneins as biomarkers indicate that quantitative analysis of mRNA expression of metallothionein genes can be appropriate in cases with elevated levels of metals and no evidence of oxidative damage in fish tissue. Components of the antioxidant defence are used as biochemical markers of oxidative stress. These markers may be manifested differently in the field than in results found in laboratory studies. A complex approach should be taken in field studies of metal contamination of the aquatic environment.
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Política, crisis y enfermedad. El Mediterráneo en el Mercurio Histórico y Político-Mercurio de España (1756-1799)
El Mercurio Histórico y Político-Mercurio de España (1738-1830) se consagró como un periódico oficial en 1756. Desde entonces sus contenidos adquirieron un componente ideológico. En este trabajo arrojamos luz sobre cómo se politizaron las enfermedades junto a otras noticias para conformar un discurso dominante que, entre 1756-1799, distinguió a los Estados mediterráneos occidentales y orientales. El hilo conductor es la peste, interrelacionado con las creencias otomanas, la inestabilidad política, las coyunturas económicas, la conflictividad social y la guerra; en frente del progreso económico, el control sanitario, la filantropía y el orden cristiano.
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Rapid assessment of mercury-contaminated sites through the Toxic Site Identification Program (TSIP). Colombia
Mercury concentration measurements were compiled from 72 sites located throughout seven departments of Colombia using field information gathered from 2016–2021 by Pure Earth, an international non-profit organization, and secondary information from previously conducted studies. These measurements and other data such as type of contaminated resource (water, soil), resource use (fishing, agricultural, residential, and industrial), estimated at-risk population, and permissible contamination limits were entered into Pure Earth’s Toxic Site Identification Program (TSIP) database. Using information from the TSIP database, the Blacksmith Index, a contaminated site intervention prioritization index, was calculated for all 72 sites. After applying exclusion criteria to the sites for this study, the results show that approximately 55,095 people are affected by mercury contamination in 44 sites. Of these study sites, the site with the highest Blacksmith Index value and therefore, the highest health risk due to mercury contamination, is La Bocana in the department of Valle del Cauca.
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Mercury and human health: probabilistic risk characterization in one of the oldest gold mining areas in Ecuador
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is an important contributor to global human emissions of Hg. This study assesses the probabilistic human health risk for two receptors groups (residents and workers) of Portovelo mining area through exposure to Mercury (Hg) in the air at two sites: (a) the central urban area; and (b) El Pache sector. A preliminary risk assessment was performed using Hg concentrations from previous studies. The human health risk in the workplace scenario showed unacceptable levels of non-carcinogenic risk in rainy and dry seasons. Hazard Quotient (HQ) showed that 75% of the workers receptors were exposed to harmful effects on the nervous, digestive, respiratory, and immune systems. Regarding the residential scenario, no human health risk is presented. The study provides information on the levels of risk to the health of the inhabitants living in mining communities to improve public management strategies to minimize risks.
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Mercury, Mining, and Empire
On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and
silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury,
Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in
colonial Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivia.
The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what
colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in
its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic
interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban
environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas
A. Robins tells the story of how native peoples in the region were
conscripted into the noxious ranks of foot soldiers of
proto-globalism, and how their fate, and that of their communities,
was-and still is-chained to it.
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