We present a novel microfluidic system in which an aqueous two-phase laminar flow is stably formed, and the continuous partitioning of relatively large cells can be performed, eliminating the influence of gravity. In this study, plant cell aggregates whose diameters were 37-96 microm were used as model particles. We first performed cell partitioning using a simple straight microchannel having t...

The polysaccharide maltodextrin (Mdx) can provide a low cost alternative to substitute the fractioned dextran for the use with polyethylene glycol (PEG) in aqueous two-phase polymer polymers systems. Aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) partitioning has been used to recover and concentrate proteins from Shrimp Waste and offers many advantages along with biomass removal. In this work we have studied ...

[1] The partitioning of semi-volatile compounds between the gas and particle phase influences the mass, size and chemical composition of the secondary organic aerosols (SOA) formed. Here we investigate the partitioning of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) and the formation of SOA in Los Angeles (LA), California and Atlanta, Georgia; urban regions where anthropogenic volatile organic compound ...

1. Rat gut perfusion studies in vivo at pH 4, 6 or 8 using aluminium chloride or equimolar aluminium chloride and sodium citrate showed that elevated plasma aluminium concentrations were associated with aluminium solubility in the perfusion. Elevated plasma aluminium levels and soluble aluminium in the perfusate occurred with perfusion of equimolar aluminium chloride and sodium citrate at all t...

This report continues or examination of the effect of genetically engineered charge modifications on the partitioning behavior of proteins in aqueous two-phase extration. The genetic modifications consisted of the fusion of charged peptide tails to beta-galactosidase and charge-change point mutations to T4 lysozyme. Our previous article examined the influence of these charge modifications on pa...

There are three common parallel sparse matrix-vector multiply algorithms: 1D row-parallel, 1D column-parallel and 2D row-column-parallel. The 1D parallel algorithms offer the advantage of having only one communication phase. On the other hand, the 2D parallel algorithm is more scalable due to a high level of flexibility on distributing fine-grain tasks, whereas they suffer from two communicatio...