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A novel procedure has been devised for the synthesis of derivatives of 1H-indole that is based on the direct, room-temperature electrochemical reduction of substituted o-nitrostyrenes at carbon cathodes in N,N-dimethylformamide containing tetramethylammonium tetrafluoroborate as supp...
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PMID: 21739940
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We applied multilayered polyelectrolyte assemblies on nanoparticles to create viable systemic delivery systems. Focusing on tumor-specific delivery, LbL nanoparticles that exhibit a pH-sensitive outer stealth layer are demonstrated to target and be retained in hypoxic tumor regions. The neutral laye...
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PMID: 21513353
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We applied multilayered polyelectrolyte assemblies on nanoparticles to create viable systemic delivery systems. Focusing on tumor-specific delivery, LbL nanoparticles that exhibit a pH-sensitive outer stealth layer are demonstrated to target and be retained in hypoxic tumor regions. The neutral laye...
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PMID: 21513353
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Water ordering near a charged membrane surface is important for many biological processes such as binding of ligands to a membrane or transport of ions across it. In this work, the mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann theory for point-like ions, describing an electrolyte solution in contact...
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PMID: 21613667
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We introduce the dimensionless parameter, called by us a Katchalsky number (Ka), modifies R(C) of membrane transport. The critical value of this number well describes a moment of transition from the state of diffusion into convective diffusion membrane transport....
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PMID: 21613674
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We investigated the possible alterations in intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity and refractive errors during Ramadan fasting....
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PMID: 21552787
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We observe the phenomena of wall slip (margarine) and shear banding (polyacrylamide, a linear flexible polyelectrolyte) using this technique....
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PMID: 21517502
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We took blood and urine samples for laboratory measurements before as well as 6 hours after taking the tablets. Differences between two groups were analyzed by students T-test.
Significant increase in 24 hours urine output (P = 0.001) was seen in clonidine group, compared to control...
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PMID: 21991736
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Hyponatremia is an electrolyte disorder that is defined by a serum sodium concentration of less than 135 mmol/L. Hyponatremia occurs at a high incidence. It is commonly associated with mild to moderate mental impairment. Hypoosmolar hyponatremia occurs in the setting of plasma volume deficiency ("hy...
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PMID: 21181613
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To determine whether dietary supplementation with ammonium chloride would affect urine pH or urinary fractional excretion (FE) of electrolytes in goats fed grass hay.
Clinical trial.
15 yearling castrated male goats.
In the dose response study, 3 yearling goats fed orchard grass hay and water ad lib...
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PMID: 21118016
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Our objective was to compare the effects of continuing or withholding furosemide on the day of noncardiac elective surgery on intraoperative hypotension among chronic users of furosemide.
A double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial was conducted at 3 North American university centers betwee...
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PMID: 21035594
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Recent advances in nanotechnology applied to proteins are directed towards safer and simpler methods of preparation, using naturally occurring polymers such as alginate, pectin and chitosan. In this study, pectin-chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) were designed by the mild process of polyelectrolyte compl...
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PMID: 21155395
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We show that a fluidic slit with appropriately tailored topography has a spatially modulated electrostatic potential that can trap and levitate charged objects in solution for up to several hours. We illustrate this principle with gold particles, polymer beads and lipid vesicles with diameters of te...
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PMID: 20930840
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For the sensitive determination of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions, a new voltammetric biosensor based on carbon paste electrode modified with Rhizopus arrhizus was developed. The preconcentrated ions at open circuit were reduced by using differential pulse stripping voltammetry techni...
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PMID: 20576569
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We demonstrate that by employing inkjet technology one can deliver the necessary quantities of LBL components required for film buildup without excess, eliminating the need for repetitive rinsing steps. This feature differentiates this approach from all other recognized LBL modalities. Using a model...
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PMID: 20863114
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Status of serum electrolyte and nonelectrolyte variables can be used for managing sturgeon species cultured in freshwater or living in seawater. The aim of the present study was to evaluate serum biochemical variables in clinically healthy juvenile Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus cultured in fre...
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PMID: 21192546
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Treatment with 50% dextrose decreased phosphorus concentration in serum, compared with the control treatment. Suppression of BHBA and nonesterified fatty acid concentrations following dextrose treatment lasted for <12 hours; mean BHBA concentrations in all groups were increased 24 hours after treatm...
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PMID: 20807148
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In recent decades a new colloidal drug delivery system based on layer-by-layer (LbL) technology has emerged, which offers promising means of delivering bioactive agents, specifically biological macromolecules including peptides and DNA. Nano-engineered capsules specifically fabricated from biocompat...
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PMID: 20716016
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Luciane Belmonte Pereira,
Cinthia Melazzo de A Mazzanti,
Jamile F Gonçalves,
Denise Cargnelutti,
Luciane A Tabaldi,
Alexssandro Geferson Becker,
Nicéia Spanholi Calgaroto,
Júlia Gomes Farias,
Vanessa Battisti,
Denise Bohrer,
Fernando T Nicoloso,
Vera M Morsch and
Maria R C Schetinger
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Aluminum (Al) is one of the most abundant elements of the planet and exposure to this metal can cause oxidative stress and lead to various signs of toxicity in plants. Plants are essential organisms for the environment as well as food for humans and animals. The toxic effect of aluminum is the major...
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PMID: 20554214
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Infusion of sterile water led to an increase in ECF volume of approximately 18%. This had no effect on acid-base balance, compared with that in control rats. Infusion of sterile water caused a significant decrease in sodium, chloride, ionized calcium, lactate, and albumin concentrations, compared wi...
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PMID: 20673098
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To characterize a new method of postoperative gastrointestinal leak detection based on electrical resistance changes due to extravasated electrolyte contrast.
Postoperative gastrointestinal leak results in increased patient morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs that can be mitigated by early diag...
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PMID: 20690844
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The recipients of grafts stored in HTK for 18 hours of prolonged cold ischemia had lower levels of serum CPK and tissue malondialdehyde, less upregulation of the mRNAs for IL-6 and inducible nitric oxide synthase, less apoptosis, and higher ATP levels than those receiving grafts stored in CEL and Sa...
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PMID: 20627336
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Copper-indomethacin has both gastrointestinal and renal sparing properties while maintaining efficacy in experimental adenocarcinoma....
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PMID: 20035423
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The vital role of the charged moieties of monovalent aromatic anions in regulating the aggregation of a cationic conjugated polyelectrolyte was exploited in terms of the hard-soft acid-base principle and its application to colorimetric sensing of taurine was examined.
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PMID: 20552138
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A simple method for the fabrication of tunable surfaces with wettability that can be manipulated rapidly and reversibly from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity is reported. A polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) was deposited on a rough substrate, and via ion exchange of the counterion in the PE...
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PMID: 20415506
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Acute stressor states are associated with a homeostatic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. A hyperadrenergic state follows and leads to a dyshomeostasis of several intra- and extracellular cations, including K, Mg, and Ca. Prolongation of myocardial repolarization and corrected Q...
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PMID: 20610973
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We use confocal microscopy to study the arrangement of colloidal particles in an experimentally realized RCP state. We image a large volume containing more than 450,000 particles with a resolution of each particle position to better than 0.02 particle diameters. While the arrangement of the particle...
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PMID: 20866616
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We study the response of a model microelectrochemical cell to a large ac voltage of frequency comparable to the inverse cell relaxation time. To bring out the basic physics, we consider the simplest possible model of a symmetric binary electrolyte confined between parallel-plate blocking electrodes,...
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PMID: 20866619
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We synthesized cationic polyelectrolyte polymers covalently and non-covalently anchored to HS and evaluated their effect on hMSC proliferation. Polymers non-covalently bound to HS resulted in the release of an HS/FGF-2 complex rather than FGF-2 alone. The release of this complex significantly restor...
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PMID: 20564189
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A total of 118 patients were identified. Primary skin closure was done in 97%. Mechanical bowel preparation was used in 93%, intravenous antibiotics in 97%, and oral preoperative antibiotics in 52%. Wound infections occurred in 14% (n = 17). The addition of oral antibiotics to the standard regimen o...
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PMID: 20638534
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We have made direct measurements of the force between two bubbles in water under controlled collision conditions that are similar to Brownian particles in solution. The experimental results together with detailed modeling reveal the nature of hydrodynamic boundary conditions at the air/water interfa...
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PMID: 20534552
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This study focused on the effects of 2,4-dichlorphenol (2,4-DCP) initial concentration, initial pH value, applied current density and supporting electrolyte in water on 2,4-DCP degradation over Er-chitosan-PbO(2) electrode in a batch reactor. The results showed that higher initial 2,4-DCP concentrat...
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PMID: 20207077
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We phosphorylated the sago starch-extraction residue with phosphoryl chloride and used the phosphorylated residue to remove cadmium from wastewater. The phosphoric ester functionality in the phosphorylated residue was evaluated by means of infrared microspectrometry and solid-state NMR. The dependen...
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PMID: 20185229
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Assessing the environmental transport and fate of manufactured nanoparticles (NPs) and potential exposure risks requires models for predicting attachment of NPs coated with organic macromolecules in porous media. The objective of this study was to determine the properties of coated nanoparticles tha...
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PMID: 20465214
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Lincosamides are among the most frequently detected antibacterial agents in effluents from wastewater treatment plants and surface runoff at agricultural production systems. Little is known about their transformations in the environment. This study revealed that manganese oxide caused rapid and exte...
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PMID: 20476766
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We address the question of the regenerative capability of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) after radiation-induced GIT injury. We also propose cellular targets of MSC therapy. We report that the infusion of human bone marrow-derived MSC (hMSC) provides a therapeutic benefit to NOD/SCID mice undergoing r...
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PMID: 20019749
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A method is proposed to control the zeta potential in microchannels using electrically polarisable interfaces in direct contact with the electrolyte. The approach is based on the use of conducting layers exhibiting minimal electrochemical reactions with aqueous electrolytes but a large potential win...
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PMID: 20445876
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We present here a bilayer LEC structure in which the electrolyte is spatially separated from the conjugated polymer. We demonstrate that employing this novel device structure, with its clearly separated ion- and electron-transport paths, leads to distinctly improved LEC performance in the form of de...
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PMID: 20420393
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An aqueous dispersion of lysozyme and sodium dodecyl sulfate phase separates below the cloud point. Two liquid phases are formed. At pH < pI electrolytes change the cloud point temperatures (T(c)). These follow an inverse Hofmeister series. Anions partition asymmetrically between the two phases. At...
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PMID: 20394424
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We study the collapse of flexible highly charged polyelectrolyte chains induced by attractive dipole-dipole interactions. The latter emerge due to the formation of dipoles between the chain monomers and counterions condensed on the polyelectrolyte from solution. Using the statistics of slightly pert...
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PMID: 20359231
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The aim of this work was to collect and compare data from different published reports which focused on the description of the influence of different electrochemical setups for the assessment of magnesium corrosion. Based on this, a comparison with our own results, obtained for LAE 442 and AZ 31, was...
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PMID: 20051271
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We study the effect of primary particle morphology on intense shear-induced gelation without adding electrolytes. The primary particles are composed of a rubbery core grafted with a polystyrene shell. Depending on the shell-to-core mass ratio, the core can be partially covered by the shell, leading...
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PMID: 20380472
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We report on the formation of complexes between zwitterionic phospholipid vesicles and an anionic fluorescent conjugated polyelectrolyte and the effect of mono- and divalent cations on the photophysical properties of these complexes. Our goal is to gain an understanding of the interplay of morpholog...
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PMID: 20017509
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Preterm infants fed fortified human milk (HM) in standard (STD) fashion grow slower than preterm formula fed infants. Recently, low protein intake has been proven to be the primary limiting factor responsible for this growth failure. The main reason of protein undernutrition despite fortification is...
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PMID: 20184400
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