Calcium phosphate coating (CaP) has been employed for protein delivery, but the typical direct protein adsorption on the coating led to low incorporation content and fast release of the protein from the coating. By using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein, rapid biomimetic co-precipitation between calcium phosphate and BSA was employed to control the distribution of BSA within calciu...

Well over a trillion dollars worth of state-owned firms have been privatized since 1980. The traditional argument is that governments choose to privatize in response to fiscal pressures. In this study, the authors examine the impact of IFI conditionality on privatization and find that IMF conditionality, in particular, has an important indirect economic benefit. Investors are willing to pay mor...

Cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) regulates the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, which are important mediators in asthma. The possible association of COX-1 gene polymorphisms with asthma has not been investigated. The allele frequencies of 20 COX-1 polymorphisms were determined in a random Australian Caucasian population using MassARRAY technology. Informative and potentially functional promoter (c.8592C...

Safe fast-charging lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have huge potential market size on demand according to their shortened charging time for high-power devices. Zero-strain spinel Li4Ti5O12 is one of ideal candidates for safe high-power batteries owing to its good cycling performance, low cost and safety. However, the inherent insulating characteristic of LTO seriously limits its high-rate capabili...

The effect of Nypa fruticans’ wurmb extract and the mixture of various concentration of KI and Nypa fruticans’ wurmb extract on corrosion of mild steel in 0.1M and 0.5M HCl have been investigated using weight loss methods. The study revealed that mild steel is more efficiently inhibited by Nypa fruticans’ wurmb in the presence of KI than pure extract of Nypa fruticans’ wurmb. The inhibition eff...

Objective: The objective of the present study to investigate photooxidation of PC in presence of thermally generated triplet excited ketones and in presence of photosensitizers rose bengal and riboflavin. Methods: The Photooxidation of antiviral drug penciclovir was studied under different reaction conditions. First we treated the penciclovir (PC 1) with triplet excited ketones, which have been...

Dear Sirs, The prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase 1 (PTGS1, COX1) that is deposited in the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database (accession no. 176805) catalyses the conversion of arachidonic acid (AA) into prostaglandin H2 intermediates and thromboxane A2 (TxA2). Polymorphisms of genes involved in AA metabolism are potential modifiers in platelet function (1-4). The functional c...

Methane production in Muzaffarnagari sheep was studied using open circuit respiration calorimetry technique. Twelve rams were divided in three treatment groups of four each and were fed at about maintenance with diets having three roughage (oat hay) to concentrate ratio (R : C), i.e. 92 : 8 (group I), 50 : 50 (group II), 30 : 70 (group III). Concentrate mixture was formulated to contain 93% cru...

INTRODUCTION Given the physiological role of placental growth hormone (PGH) during intrauterine development and growth, genetic variation in the coding Growth hormone 2 (GH2) gene may modulate developmental programming of adult stature. Two major GH2 variants were described worldwide, determined by single polymorphism (rs2006123; c.171 + 50C > A). We sought to study whether GH2 variants may con...