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This chapter discusses the photosystem II (PSII) reconstitution into proteoliposomes. In the first part of the chapter, protocols are outlined for the preparation of lipid bilayer vesicles (liposomes) constituted of individual thylakoid lipids or their mixtures, for the preparation of PSII particles...
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PMID: 20960133
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The cell parameters of Ba3[Cr(CN)5NO]2.8H2O were determined from powder X-ray diffraction using the autoindexing program TREOR, and refined by the Le Bail methods with the FULLPROF program. An orthorhombic cell was determined with cell parameters a = 15.0324(2) A, b = 12.9542(9) A, and c = 7.5094(5)...
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PMID: 20449888
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Comparative influence of two nanoparticles viz. superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) and nanobarium titanate (NBT) was studied upon the in-vitro and in-situ low-density polyethylene (LDPE) biodegradation efficiency of a potential polymer-degrading microbial consortium. Supplementation...
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PMID: 20622505
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These results suggested that Beautifil II could reduce dental plaque formation and bacterial adherence, leading to prevention of secondary caries....
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PMID: 20379030
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different filler sizes and shapes on the surface roughness of experimental resin-composite series.
Thirty-three disc-shaped specimens of the series (Spherical-RZD 102, 105, 106, 107, 114 and Irregular-RZD 103, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112) were prep...
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PMID: 20379683
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We conclude that the dose of radiation received by a patient undergoing a VFSS examination in our center was comparable to the international standard and that of other similar studies. We can also conclude that there is a significant difference in dosage between NPC and CVA patients and the overall...
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PMID: 19390892
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We attempted to mimic real-world situations and recreate clinical assessment and treatment conditions. We also identified and made every effort to control typical clinical variables, e.g., mixer and mixing procedure, brand of product, and temperature of liquid. The method of measurement was based on...
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PMID: 19472005
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We conclude that the dose of radiation received by a patient undergoing a VFSS examination in our center was comparable to the international standard and that of other similar studies. We can also conclude that there is a significant difference in dosage between NPC and CVA patients and the overall...
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PMID: 19390892
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We attempted to mimic real-world situations and recreate clinical assessment and treatment conditions. We also identified and made every effort to control typical clinical variables, e.g., mixer and mixing procedure, brand of product, and temperature of liquid. The method of measurement was based on...
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PMID: 19472005
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We conclude that the dose of radiation received by a patient undergoing a VFSS examination in our center was comparable to the international standard and that of other similar studies. We can also conclude that there is a significant difference in dosage between NPC and CVA patients and the overall...
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PMID: 19390892
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We attempted to mimic real-world situations and recreate clinical assessment and treatment conditions. We also identified and made every effort to control typical clinical variables, e.g., mixer and mixing procedure, brand of product, and temperature of liquid. The method of measurement was based on...
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PMID: 19472005
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Transparent glass ceramic containing BaF(2):Ho(3+),Tm(3+) nanocrystals has been prepared by melt quenching and subsequent thermal treatment. The precipitation of BaF(2) nanocrystals was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Intense 2.0 microm fluorescen...
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PMID: 19997333
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Ba(0.6)Sr(0.4)TiO(3)-La(B(0.5)Ti(0.5))O(3) (B = Mg, Zn) ceramics were prepared by a solid-state reaction method, and their microwave dielectric characteristics and tunability were investigated. The ferroelectric-dielectric solid solutions with cubic perovskite structures were obtained for compositio...
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PMID: 19942521
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Rare-earth-activated BaY(2)Si(3)O(10) (BYSO) phosphors were synthesized via a solid-state reaction. BaY(2)Si(3)O(10):Ce(3+) yields an indigo-blue emission peak at 404 nm according to excitation at 334 nm attributed to the Ce(3+) 4f-->5d transition. BaY(2)Si(3)O(10):Tb(3+) typically generates green e...
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PMID: 19907600
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Reactions of NO2, H2O, and CO2 with a thick (>20 monolayer equivalent (MLE)) BaO film supported on Pt(111) were studied with temperature programmed desorption (TPD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). NO2 reacts with a thick BaO layer to form surface nitrite-nitrate ion pairs at 300 K, while...
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PMID: 19588918
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We consider and discuss three possibilities for their genesis: first, that the quadrant features initially form to facilitate field-closure, but then develop 90 degrees shape compensating stripe domains in order to accommodate disclination stresses; second, that they are the result of the impingemen...
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PMID: 19591494
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We compared the increase in action potentials generated by 10 nM PACAP in control neurons and in neurons treated with ZD7288 (10 or 100 muM) or CsCl (2 or 2.5 mM), drugs known to inhibit I(h). In control cells exposed to PACAP, 1-s depolarizing current pulses elicited multiple action potential firin...
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PMID: 19403861
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This study assessed the screening rates for gastric cancer by two different screening methods, upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series and endoscopy; intentions to undergo future gastric cancer screening; and the preferred method of screening. The study population was derived from the 2006 Korean Nation...
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PMID: 19383892
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We consider dental filler particles to have potential to induce adverse biological response in cell cultures....
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PMID: 18759324
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We suggest Bi(2+) or Bi(+) centers adjacent to F vacancy defects are the origins of the observed NIR emissions....
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PMID: 19333280
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The piezoelectric properties of tetragonal BaTiO(3) crystals with a very high density of 90 degrees twin domain boundaries are analyzed in the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau-Devonshire theory. Computer simulations predict a considerable enhancement of piezoelectric coefficients for domain thicknes...
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PMID: 19417537
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Gas chromatograph–mass spectroscopic identification of intermediate products in the degradation of diclofop-methyl and the kinetics of the reaction has been investigated. Formation of 4-[(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) phenoxy] ethane and (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) phenol was investigated. The other intermediate...
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PMID: 18620806
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Six weeks before mating, the ewes on six hill farms were randomly assigned to receive either a subcutaneous injection of a long-acting supplement containing 50 mg/ml selenium as barium selenate, or no injected selenium. Before the treatment, the mean activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) in the...
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PMID: 19252213
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Ning Wei Kang Recipe extract can significantly inhibit the gastrointestinal motor function. It may be related to blocking positive ion-Ba2+ into gastrointestinal smooth muscle cell....
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PMID: 19565722
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Propagation and reflection of plane elastic waves in the acousto-optic crystals tellurium dioxide, rutile, barium titanate, and mercury halides are examined in the paper. The reflection from a free and flat boundary separating the crystals and the vacuum is investigated in the (001) planes in the ca...
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PMID: 19206854
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This paper describes the synthesis of starch and alginate beads as controlled release formulations. Different formulations of the fungicide, thiram, were prepared by using BaCl(2) and AlCl(3) as crosslinkers. The beads thus formed were characterized by FTIR and swelling studies. Formulation characte...
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PMID: 19130369
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The results indicate that action potential configuration fails to influence the amplitude of I (Kr) and I (K1) during the ventricular action potential in dogs and humans, suggesting that rate-dependent changes in action potential duration are not likely related to rate-dependent alterations in I (Kr...
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PMID: 18604626
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We hypothesize that these monomers improve material properties and kinetics over TEGDMA because of their unique polymerization behavior....
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PMID: 18584862
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A nanosecond 1.3 microm Nd:YAG laser-pumped external cavity eye-safe Raman laser based on BaWO(4) crystal is efficiently demonstrated. The average power of 1.5 microm was 0.60 W operating at a pulse repetition rate of 1.7 kHz and an incident pump power of 4.14 W. Conversion efficiency of 14.5% and a...
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PMID: 19107164
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We demonstrate superluminal light propagation using two frequency multiplexed pump beams to produce a gain doublet in a photorefractive crystal of Ce:BaTiO(3). The two gain lines are obtained by two-wave mixing between a probe field and two individual pump fields. The angular frequencies of the pump...
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PMID: 19065183
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We demonstrate that for stellate neurons in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex, the waveform of postsynaptic potentials, the time window for detection of coincident inputs, and responsiveness to gamma frequency inputs follow a dorsal-ventral gradient similar to the topographical organization o...
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PMID: 19081381
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These results suggested that the BST ceramics are suitable for use in tunable microwave devices....
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PMID: 19198325
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We have therefore examined the K(+) currents of isolated apical membranes from human term placenta using electrophysiological methods: reconstitution of ion channels from apical membranes into giant liposomes (single channel recordings, patch clamp method) or their functional transplantation into Xe...
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PMID: 18708253
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Photocatalytic degradation of the herbicide, pendimethalin (PM) was investigated with BaTiO3/TiO2 UV light system in the presence of peroxide and persulphate species in aqueous medium. The nanoparticles of BaTiO3 and TiO2 were obtained by gel to crystallite conversion method. These photo catalysts a...
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PMID: 18803109
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For a given surface, DC showed differences among all groups, except at the top between 24 and 48 J/cm2. Rpmax was similar among all groups at the same surface and statistically higher at the top surface. PS also showed significant differences among all groups. Data for 48 J/cm2 were not obtained due...
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PMID: 18291519
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We demonstrate the existence of two physiologically distinct subpopulations of GnRH neurons. The first subpopulation is comprised of septal GnRH neurons that colocalize vesicular glutamate transporter 2 and green fluorescent protein and is insensitive to metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists, but...
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PMID: 18685025
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The opalescence and fluorescence properties of resin materials varied depending on the material, shade group, and polymerization. Clinically, these properties should be considered when neighboring teeth are restored with different types of material....
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PMID: 18615323
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We report on the second harmonic generation of deep UV light in beta -BaB(2)O(4) (BBO) waveguides pumped by a frequency-doubled continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser. An output power of 0.32 mW at 266 nm has been achieved for an internal pump power of 670 mW. Optical channel waveguides in BBO crystals were p...
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PMID: 18648487
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Barium borosilicate glass was found to have high uptake capacity for many cations. To improve its selectivity, surface modification was carried out. In order to make the glass selective towards uranyl ion, organic ligands like tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and 8-hydroxy quinoline (Oxine) were us...
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PMID: 18054428
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Artificial BaTiO(3)-SrTiO(3) superlattices with stacking periodicity varying between 27 and 1670 A in separate films were grown on MgO substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Both the static and active optical properties were found to be sensitive on the stacking periodicity. Birefringence decreased...
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PMID: 18545533
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We report a case of multiple jejunal diverticula causing chronic gastrointestinal obstruction....
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PMID: 18506936
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We have made significant improvements in the technology by reducing the temperature noise of the detectors and improving the fabrication materials and methods. In combination with an automated measurement system, the advances in device performance and data analysis have allowed us to develop basic e...
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PMID: 18374654
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ANOVA revealed that fraction of nanofillers and polymerization temperature had significant effect (p<0.05) on the shrinkage strain and degree of conversion of the composite resin. Shrinkage strain correlated with nanofiller fraction and polymerization temperature (r2=0.96 and 0.95). SIGNIFICANCE: Th...
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PMID: 17675144
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Of 229 patients identified, 166 (59% male, median age 67 days) were included. Excluded were 47 without a UGI series, 12 with omphalocele or gastroschisis, 1 without verifiable operative data, 1 who had not undergone a Ladd procedure, and 2 older than 21 years. Of the 166 patients, 40% were neonates...
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PMID: 18265969
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Relatively little is known about the role of the basal ganglia in human deglutition. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) affords us a model for examining deglutition in humans with known impairment of the basal ganglia. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of subthalamic nuclei (STN) DBS on...
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PMID: 18163451
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We measured diameter of pial arterioles in response to an inhibitor, BaCl(2), and an activator, KCl, of K(IR) channels in the absence and presence of a scavenger of reactive oxygen species, tempol, or an inhibitor of NAD(P)H oxidase, apocynin. Application of BaCl(2) (30 and 100 microM) produced dose...
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PMID: 18191159
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We report laser-induced cooling with thulium-doped BaY2F8 single crystals grown using the Czochralski technique. The spectroscopic characterization of the crystals has been used to evaluate the laser cooling performance of the samples. Cooling by 3 degrees below ambient temperature is obtained in a...
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PMID: 18542249
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Our aim was to investigate the effect of two main constituents, nigellone and thymoquinone, on trachea (antispasmodic effect) and their influence on respiratory clearance. The effects on Ba (2+)-, carbachol- and leukotriene-induced trachea contractions and the transport of the fluorescence dye rhoda...
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PMID: 18219598
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Gul Ahmad,
Matthew B Dickerson,
Ye Cai,
Sharon E Jones,
Eric M Ernst,
Jonathan P Vernon,
Michael S Haluska,
Yunnan Fang,
Jiadong Wang,
Guru Subramanyam,
Rajesh R Naik and
Kenneth H Sandhage
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A 12-mer peptide, identified through phage display biopanning, has been used for the first time to induce the rapid formation of ferroelectric (tetragonal) nanocrystalline BaTiO3 at room temperature from an aqueous salt precursor solution at near neutral pH. BaTiO3 is widely used in capacitors, ther...
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PMID: 18067293
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We report that the maintenance of eCB-LTD does not involve presynaptic K(+) channels: eCB-LTD was not affected by blockade of K(+) channels with 4-AP (100 microM) and BaCl(2) (300 microM) (fEPSP=78.9+/-5.4% of baseline 58-60 min after tetanus, compared to 78.9+/-5.9% in control slices). In contrast,...
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PMID: 17606273
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Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of alternating barium arachidate and barium dimyristoyl phosphatidate are characterized by secondary ion mass spectrometry employing a 40 keV buckminsterfullerene (C60) ion source. These films exhibit well-defined structures with minimal chemical mixing between layers,...
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PMID: 18293488
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Fifteen of 20 Wistar albino rats were treated with various doses of the anthelmintic agent piperazine citrate (15, 30, and 60 mg/kg body weight). All 20 rats were subsequently given barium chloride, 20 mg/kg. The 5 rats (25%) that did not receive piperazine citrate developed ventricular fibrillation...
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PMID: 18356631
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The optimal degree of curing throughout the bulk of a visible light-activated dental resin composite is acknowledged to be important to the clinical success of a resin composite restoration. Unfortunately, the dentist has no means of monitoring the cure of the resin surfaces not directly exposed to...
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PMID: 18666498
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We report a novel mechanism of phase separation, where an enrichment of polymer aggregates of well-defined size occurs in the very early stage of nucleation, which is then followed by a growth process in the formation of the new phase. In the latter stage, the polymer aggregates formed in the early...
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PMID: 18163707
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Group 2 metal complexes [Ca(SA)2(phen)]n (1), [Sr2(SA)4(phen)4] (2), and [Ba(SA)2(phen)2]n (3) (SA = salicylate) have been obtained by the addition of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) to the corresponding metal salicylates, while the bipyridine derivatives {[Ca3(SA)6(H2O)4](4bpy)2}n (4), {[Sr(SA)2(H2O)3](...
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PMID: 18047324
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Sodium bicarbonate administration to horses prior to competition in order to enhance the buffer capacity of the organism is considered as a doping offence. The analysis of the isotopic composition of urinary bicarbonate/CO(2) (TCO(2)) may help to identify an exogenous bicarbonate source, as technica...
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PMID: 18041617
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Hyperfine structures arising from the couplings of the nuclear spin angular momentum of (17)O (I = 5/2) with the end over end rotation of several metal-containing diatomic monoxides have been observed using a Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The molecules have been produced by reacting (17)...
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PMID: 17989798
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Gwenaël Labouèbe,
Marta Lomazzi,
Hans G Cruz,
Cyril Creton,
Rafael Luján,
Meng Li,
Yuchio Yanagawa,
Kunihiko Obata,
Masahiko Watanabe,
Kevin Wickman,
Stephanie B Boyer,
Paul A Slesinger and
Christian Lüscher
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We show that, in DA neurons of mice, the low coupling efficiency reflects the selective expression of heteromeric GIRK2/3 channels and is dynamically modulated by a member of the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) protein family. Moreover, repetitive exposure to GHB increases the GABA(B) recepto...
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PMID: 17965710
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