Highly water-soluble lanthanum and cerium citrates or malates with ethylenediaminetetraacetate (NH(4))(8)[Ln(2)(Hcit)(2)(EDTA)(2)]·9H(2)O [Ln = La, 1; Ce, 2], K(8)[La(2)(Hcit)(2)(EDTA)(2)]·16H(2)O (3) and K(6)[Ln(2)(Hmal)(2)(EDTA)(2)]·14H(2)O [Ln = La, 4; Ce, 5] (H(4)cit = citric acid, H(3)mal = malic acid, and H(4)EDTA = ethylenediaminetetracetic acid) were prepared from the reactions of lanth...

Autoplusia egena (Guenée) is a moth distributed throughout the Western hemisphere. The larvae have already been found feeding on several different plant families, including important crops such soybeans and beans. To contribute to the knowledge of its biology in laboratory conditions, and considering the duration and the morphometry of each development stage, a laboratorial rearing was accompli...

Two sandwich-type polyoxomolybdates Na₈[MO₂{Mo₂O₅(O₃PCH₃C(O)PO₃)}₂] (M = Ni2+ (1); Co2+ (2)) were synthesized by one-pot reaction of Na₂HPMo12O40·14H₂O, 1-hydroxy ethidene diphosphonic acid (HEDP=HOC(CH₃)(PO₃H₂)₂), and (1) NiCl₂/CoCl₂ (2). Compounds 1 and 2 were characterized by single crystal X-ray analysis, X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), IR spectroscopy, 31P NMR spectra, UV-vis spectroscopy...

We report the discovery of a highly significant concentration of galaxies at a redshift of 〈z〉 = 3.090. The structure is evident in a redshift histogram of photometrically selected “Lyman break” objects in a 9 by 18 field in which we have obtained 78 spectroscopic redshifts in the range 2.0 ≤ z ≤ 3.4. The dimensions of the structure projected on the plane of the sky are at least 11 by 8, or 14h...

We report the identification of a cluster of galaxies around the high-redshift radio galaxy 3CR184 at z = 0.996. The identification is supported by an excess of galaxies observed in projection in I band images (both in ground-based and HST data), a peak in the redshift distribution comprising 11 galaxies (out of 56 with measured redshifts) in a ∼ 2000 km s velocity interval, and the observation...

In the livers of rats after partial hepatectomy the zinc concentration began to increase soon after the operation, reached a maximum value at 14h, and decreased to the original value by 25h after the operation. In contrast, the plasma zinc concentration continued to decrease during the first 10h after the operation and remained depressed for at least 28h. The plasma and hepatic zinc concentrati...

Twenty-six benzocycloheptoxazine derivatives were investigated for their effect on nitric oxide (NO) production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated mouse macrophage-like RAW 264.7 cells. Benzo[b]cyclohepta[e][1,4]thiazine most effectively inhibited the LPS-stimulated NO production at noncytotoxic concentrations. 6H-Benzo[b]cyclohepta[e][1,4]-diazine cation, and benzo[b]cyclohepta[e][1,4]oxaz...

The precise magnitude of the effect of acute exercise on subsequent energy intake is not well understood. Identifying how large a deficit exercise can produce in energy intake and whether this is compensated for, is important in design of long-term exercise programs for weight loss and weight maintenance. Thus, this paper sought to review and perform a meta-analysis on data from the existing li...

INTRODUCTION Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a thermogenic organ with substantial metabolic capacity and has important roles in the maintenance of body weight and metabolism. Regulation of BAT is primarily mediated through the β-adrenoceptor (β-AR) pathway. The in vivo endocrine regulation of this pathway in humans is unknown. The objective of our study was to assess the in vivo BAT temperature r...