A real-time recording setup combining exhaled breath volatile organic compound (VOC) measurements by proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) with hemodynamic and respiratory data is presented. Continuous automatic sampling of exhaled breath is implemented on the basis of measured respiratory flow: a flow-controlled shutter mechanism guarantees that only end-tidal exhalation segments...

Evidence has been presented (1) indicating the occurrence of critical zones in the precipitation of the proteins of blood, Cpon the addition of increasing amounts of sodium sulfate at these zones there is not a marked increase in the quantity of protein precipitated for a given increase in salt concentration. The eones occur in the neighborhood of the following concentrations of sodium sulfate ...

PURPOSE To identify and quantify changes in keratan sulfate (KS) and chondroitin/dermatan sulfate (CS/DS) sulfated disaccharides in the developing chick cornea using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). METHODS Cryostat sections of fresh nonfixed corneas were obtained from White Leghorn embryonic day (E)8 to E20 chicks, and from 4- and 70-week-old chickens. Tissue sec...

the density (d), speed of sound (u) and electrolytic conductivity (λ) for systems containing acetaminophen, ionic liquid {1-octyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide, [omim] br} and water have been measured at t = 293.15-308.15 k. the measured data have been applied to calculate, standard partial molar volume ( ), hepler’s constant , apparent molar isentropic compressibility (kφ), transfer volume ( ),...

Hydrophobic magnetic silica aerogel was used as a support to immobilize Candida rugosa lipase by adsorption method. Physical and chemical properties of the support and immobilized lipase were determined by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis and Fourier Transform InfraRed (FT-IR) spectroscopy and the results showed that the lipase was s...

Osteocalcin is one of the most abundant noncollagenous proteins in bone. It is strongly associated with the mineral phase of bone, and has long been associated as a marker of bone turnover. However, its relationship to bone composition, strength, and structure is unclear. Carp rib bone is an excellent model for the study, because osteocalcin represents almost 60% of the total extractable noncol...