A second week of Japanese disaster | 322 comments (322 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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To the extent that rubidium or cesium are capable of substituting for
potassium in biochemical and biophysical processes one would expect that
these ions would be at least a temporary nutritional substitute for potassium.

Yes, but what is the extent of biochemical substitution?

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 11:06:37 AM EST
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Wish I had full access to Academic journals,

Transfer of radioactive caesium from soil to veget... [Environ Pollut. 1989] - PubMed result From here, and just from the abstract it appears that the uptake depends on the potassium levels in the soil, In uplands grass it appears that The relative uptake depends on the dryness of the soil, the dryer, the better the relative uptake of potassium, (Which doesn't sound good for a country with a rice diet)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 11:28:03 AM EST
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Tangentially - how much would it cost to get ET access to JSTOR? is there a free community option? (He wrote, optimistically.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 12:01:05 PM EST
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JSTOR: Options for Access to JSTOR

Options for Access to JSTOR
JSTOR is available at more than 6,000 participating institutions.
If you are affiliated with a participating institution and are unable to access content in JSTOR:
You may need to login at your library first. Check the list of participating institutions for a login link, visit your library's web site, or contact your library for assistance.
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So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 12:13:50 PM EST
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Ive not heard of one, although my knowledge is a couple of years out of date. We were talking about a new login system which would have allowed access in any university facilities anywhere in the country when i was last involved, but how far that has got, I don't know. Probably the easiest way is to sign up for an Open University course and get access through their library (I know theyre a subscriber but processes for getting access through them isnt something I know about)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 12:25:19 PM EST
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You may be thinking of eduroam. We have it, and it lets you get online from any participating institution using your home institution's login. Hopefully you can then access your own institution's library, but I doubt it will let you do any more than that.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 01:19:32 PM EST
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there were talks of allowing more than that, but as I said my knowledge of where that was heading is (Thinking about it) Three years out of date

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 01:34:08 PM EST
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There's an yearly access fee to JSTOR itself and then each collection has an yearly access fee.

At a quick glance we're talking around $10,000/yr.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 at 01:14:12 PM EST
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I find this: Chernobyl: country by country A - H

Clooth, G. and Aumann, D.C. (1990). Environmental transfer parameters and radiological impact of the Chernobyl fallout in and around Bonn. J. Environ. Radioactivity. 12(2). pg. 97-120.
Bonn escaped significant Chernobyl fallout.¹³⁷Cs to 1,383 Bq/m² (highest of six locations).
Geometric mean for soil-to-plant concentration factor for¹³⁷Cs into pasture = 4.2 x 10^-2 (concentration of radionuclides in plant, wet weight, divided by concentration of radionuclides in soil, dry weight.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:27:08 PM EST
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Same source, on transfer into meat rather than plant:

Chernobyl: country by country S-Z

Rosen, K., Andersson, I. and Lonsjo, H. (1995). Transfer of radiocesium from soil to vegetation and to grazing lambs in a mountain area in northern Sweden. J. Environ. Radioactivity. 26. pg. 237-257.
"Activity analyses of soil samples,... showed a mean deposition of¹³⁷Cs of 15.7 (range 14.1-17.6) kBq/m²." (pg. 237).
¹³⁷Cs concentration of the herbage cut at the various sites decreased with time from 1,175 to 900 Bq/kg dry weight." (pg. 237).
"The average¹³⁷Cs concentration in the abdomen wall muscle of lamb carcasses was 1,087, 668, 513 and 597 Bq/kg wet weight in the years 1990-1993 respectively..." (pg. 237).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 24th, 2011 at 05:29:42 PM EST
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A second week of Japanese disaster | 322 comments (322 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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