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科学翻译实验室所完成编辑的例子：
以前：The study investigated the toxicity of the nonionic surfactant twain-90 for Baikal oligochaetes Mesenchytraeus bungei Michaelsen, 1901 under individual exposure and in mixtures with petroleum. The manifestation of the toxic effect in mixtures of petroleum and nonionic surfactants in concentrations at which the action of these individual substances washarmless to oligochaetes was experimentally shown. At the same time, the negative effect intensified with an increase in the concentration of both detergent and petroleum in the mixtures.
以后：This study investigates the toxicity of the nonionic surfactant Twain-90, both its pure form and mixtures with oil, against the Baikal oligochaetes Mesenchytraeus bungei Michaelsen, 1901. It was experimentally shown that mixtures of the surfactant under study and oil have a toxic effect on oligochaetes at concentrations, at which the action of individual substances is harmless. At the same time, this negative effect intensifies with an increasein the concentration of both the detergent and oil in the mixtures
科学翻译实验室所完成编辑的例子：
以前：The study investigated the toxicity of the nonionic surfactant twain-90 for Baikal oligochaetes Mesenchytraeus bungei Michaelsen, 1901 under individual exposure and in mixtures with petroleum. The manifestation of the toxic effect in mixtures of petroleum and nonionic surfactants in concentrations at which the action of these individual substances washarmless to oligochaetes was experimentally shown. At the same time, the negative effect intensified with an increase in the concentration of both detergent and petroleum in the mixtures.
以后：This study investigates the toxicity of the nonionic surfactant Twain-90, both its pure form and mixtures with oil, against the Baikal oligochaetes Mesenchytraeus bungei Michaelsen, 1901. It was experimentally shown that mixtures of the surfactant under study and oil have a toxic effect on oligochaetes at concentrations, at which the action of individual substances is harmless. At the same time, this negative effect intensifies with an increasein the concentration of both the detergent and oil in the mixtures