Aims. To demonstrate the time-approach to equilibrium of H2-formation and protonation in models of diffuse or H I interstellar gas clouds previously published by the author. Methods. The microscopic equations of H2-formation and protonation are integrated numerically over time in such a manner that the overall structures evolve self-consistently under benign conditions. Results. The equilibrium...

When incubated anaerobically, in the light, in the presence of C2H2 and high concentrations of H2, both Mo-grown Anabaena variabilis and either Mo- or V-grown Anabaena azotica produce large amounts of H2 in addition to the H2 initially added. In contrast, C2H2-reduction is diminished under these conditions. The additional H2-production mainly originates from nitrogenase with the V-enzyme being ...

Our recent studies suggest that H2 (hydrogen) has a potential as a novel radioprotector without known toxic side effects. The present study was designed to examine the underlying radioprotective mechanism of H2 and its protective role on irradiated germ cells. Produced by the Fenton reaction and radiolysis of H2O, hydroxyl radicals (•OH) were identified as the free radical species that were red...

This paper presents the experimental results of cogasification of coal and biomass in an intermittent fluidized bed reactor, aiming to investigate the influences of operation parameters such as gasification temperature (T), steam to biomass mass ratio (SBMR), and biomass to coal mass ratio (BCMR) on hydrogen-rich (H2-rich) gas production. The results show that H2-rich gas free of N2 dilution is...

We present a new four-dimensional (4D) potential energy surface for the HCl-H2 van der Waals system. Both molecules were treated as rigid rotors. Potential energy surface was obtained from electronic structure calculations using a coupled cluster with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations method. The four atoms were described using the augmented correlation-consistent quadruple ze...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ib molecule H2-M3 primes the rapid expansion of CD8+ T cells by presenting N-formylated bacterial peptides. However, the significance of H2-M3-restricted T cells in host defense against bacteria is unclear. We generated H2-M3-deficient mice to investigate the role of H2-M3 in immunity against Listeria monocytogenes (LM), a model intracellular bac...

We modelled the kinetics of H2 flux during gas uptake and elimination in conscious pigs exposed to hyperbaric H2. The model used a physiological description of gas flux fitted to the observed decompression sickness (DCS) incidence in two groups of pigs: untreated controls, and animals that had received intestinal injections of H2-metabolizing microbes that biochemically eliminated some of the H...

Following previous investigations on H2 O and H2 O by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, this method has now been applied to investigate the energy region of the 5m polyad in the absorption spectrum of H2 O. In the range 16570–17125 cm , the highest energy range investigated for the H2 O isotopologue so far, 516 lines are attributed to H2 O and assigned from a newly generated line list. 2006 Elsevi...

Two cDNA clones isolated from a HepG2 lambda gt11 library encode the classical asialoglycoprotein receptor, H1, as well as a homologous membrane glycoprotein, H2 (Spiess, M., and Lodish, H.F. (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82, 6465-6469). To study the relationship of H2 to H1 and its possible role in receptor-mediated endocytosis of desialyated glycoproteins, we generated anti-peptide ant...

High-frequency measurements of atmospheric molecular hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) were made at an urban site in the United Kingdom (UK) from mid-December, 2008 until early March, 2009. Very few measurements of H2 exist in the urban environment, particularly within the UK, but are an essential component in the assessment of anthropogenic emissions of H2 and to a certain extent CO. Thes...