The Qdj:Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat is a mutant strain lacking in phenobarbital (PB)-mediated induction of CYP2B2. The presence of interindividual differences in the hepatic content of CYP2B proteins and testosterone 16beta-hydroxylase activity demonstrated that the breeding colony of Qdj:SD rats involves normal (+/+) and intermediate (+/-) phenotypes as well as mutant (-/-)-type rats. Although PB-...

We have studied the effect of the absence of carotenoids on the organization of bacteriochlorophylls (BChls) in chlorosomes of Chlorobium (Chl.) phaeobacteroides strain CL1401. Carotenoid-depleted chlorosomes were obtained by means of 2-hydroxybiphenyl– supplemented cultures. In the presence of the inhibitor, isorenieratene (Isr) and β-Isr biosynthesis were inhibited to more than 95%, leading t...

Time-resolved, laser-induced changes in absorbance, delta A(lambda; t), have been recorded with a view to probing pigment-pigment interactions in chlorosomes (control as well as carotenoid-depleted) and artificial aggregates of bacteriochlorophyll e (BChle). Control chlorosomes were isolated from Chlorobium phaeobacteroides strain CL1401, whose chromophores comprise BChle, bacteriochlorophyll a...

In aqueous media, photochemical excitation (S(1)) of hydroxyadamantyl, diphenylhydroxymethyl, and hydroxypropyl derivatives of 4-phenylphenol 5-9 leads to solvent-assisted deprotonation of the phenol OH, and protonation of the benzyl alcohol coupled with dehydration, that delivers quinone methides (QMs) 14-18. The QMs react with CH(3)OH converting them in high quantum yields to the photosolvoly...

In aqueous media, photochemical excitation to S(1) of 3-phenylphenols 4-8 leads to deprotonation of the phenol OH, coupled with protonation of the benzyl alcohol and overall dehydration that delivers zwitterions 17-21. The zwitterions react with nucleophiles (CH(3)OH, CF(3)CH(2)OH and ethanolamine) converting them in high quantum yields to the corresponding adducts and photosolvolysis products ...

we give the concept of ‘braiding’ for 2-groupoids, and we show that this structure is equivalent tobraided regular, crossed modules.

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In this paper, we introduce the concepts of $2$-isometry, collinearity, $2$%-Lipschitz mapping in $2$-fuzzy $2$-normed linear spaces. Also, we give anew generalization of the Mazur-Ulam theorem when $X$ is a $2$-fuzzy $2$%-normed linear space or $Im (X)$ is a fuzzy $2$-normed linear space, thatis, the Mazur-Ulam theorem holds, when the $2$-isometry mapped to a $2$%-fuzzy $2$-normed linear space...