Objectives: To determine if Thalidomide has a similar effect in an alkali burn model of corneal neovascularization, we evaluated the effect of Thalidomide on corneal angiogenesis after alkali corneal burns in rabbits. Methods: Twelve rabbits received alkali burns to one cornea. Post injury, four rabbits received oral Thalidomide, 200 mg/kg/day and eight rabbits received placebo (powdered sugar)...

Nickel hexacyanoferrate (NiHCFe) is an attractive cathode material in both aqueous and organic electrolytes due to a low-cost synthesis using earth-abundant precursors and also due to its open framework, Prussian blue-like crystal structure that enables ultra-long cycle life, high energy efficiency, and high power capability. Herein, we explored the effect of different alkali ions on the insert...

The mechanism of sodium migration in low-silica alkali-alkaline earth silicate glasses is investigated through Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The transport of sodium to the glass surface and its subsequent release is critical for the use of these glasses in biomedical applications. The analysis of the MD trajectory, mainly through a combination of space and time correlation...

the present study was carried out to investigate the effect of various refining processes’ conditions on conjugated dienes in soybean oil. conjugated dienes contents of soybean oil were found to undergo reduction in neutralization and bleaching steps while being increased in deodorization. it was observed that alkali refining (neutralization) through 12 and 14 °bé, bleaching with either acid ac...

The oxygen isotope fractionation factors between the hydration complex of the alkali ions in the gas phase and a free water molecule have been computed on the basis of the energy surfaces calculated by Kistenmacher, Popkie and Clementi for a water molecule in the field of an alkali ion. For comparison with recently measured oxygen isotope fractionation factors in aqueous alkali halide solutions...

We present a detailed theoretical analysis of the noble-gas nuclear spin relaxation due to the anisotropic magnetic-dipole hyperfine interaction between the noble-gas nucleus and alkali-metal valence electron vis à vis the already well-understood (spin-conserving) isotropic magnetic-dipole hyperfine interaction in alkali-metal–noble-gas systems. We find that, for all pairs in which the noblegas...

The effect of mild alkaline hydrolysis on the immunological reactivity of Salmonella typhimurium lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was studied. Hydrolysis of LPS at 37 C in 0.01 to 0.25 n NaOH caused a decrease in precipitation of LPS by antiserum. Red cells sensitized with alkali-treated LPS were less responsive to hemagglutination by antiserum than were cells sensitized with heated LPS. Hemagglutinati...

hours 30 to 35 per cent of the growth produced in 24 hours by the red blood cell extract and thiamine. This confirms the observation of Berkman and Koser (J. Bact., 41, 38) that slow growth can be obtained in a gelatin hydrolyzate medium with thiamine diphosphate alone and indicates that the alkali-stable portion of the extract is stimulatory, not essential. Attempts to substitute for the alkal...

the petrochemical industry is the most important and most widely active industries in the country. due to the variety and complexity of industrial products, it also produces a wild range of pollutants. mercury waste disposal from chlor-alkali units is one of the fundamental problems of this industry. various studies have shown that phytoremediation system for removal of mercury from aqueous sol...