Albustix (Ames Co.) provide a quick and simple test for proteinuria. These test papers are impregnated with tetrabromophenol blue and a citrate buffer ofpH 3; the indicator is yellow at thispH but changes to blue over thepH range 3-04-6. In the presence of protein the property of the indicator is changed (the so-called 'protein error') in such a way that it is blue atpH 3. A change of colour to...

The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is able to make the transportation system safer, smoother, and more sustainable. The research and practice of pre-trip traveler information (PTI), an indispensable component of ITS, is very limited in China. With data collected from Zhongshan Metropolitan Area, China, this empirical study revealed the socio-demographics of potential PTI users and feas...

the mössbauer spectra of nanoferrite materials such as ni0.25mn0.75fe2o4, co0.5mn0.5fe2o4 and ni0.4co0.6fe2o4 have been reported and the above materials were prepared by sol-gel combustion method using metal nitrates as source material and polyvinyl alcohol(pva) as agglomeration reducing agent. as the structural, thermal and magnetic properties (vsm) of the above ferrites have been published al...

Luminescence spectra are reported for trans-[MoOCl(CN-t-Bu)(4)]BPh(4) and trans-[MoOF(pyridine)(4)]BPh(4). The maxima of the broad luminescence bands are at energies of 12000 and 13000 cm(-1), respectively. Resolved vibronic structure involves the metal-oxo stretching mode with a vibrational frequency of approximately 950 cm(-1) (Raman) in both compounds. The pressure behavior of the luminescen...

The ability to determine the time since deposition of a bloodstain found at a crime scene could prove invaluable to law enforcement investigators, defining the time frame in which the individual depositing the evidence was present. Although various methods of accomplishing this have been proposed, none has gained widespread use due to poor time resolution and weak age correlation. We have devel...

Claus Buschmann* and Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler Botanisches Institut II, Universität Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. Fax: +49 721 608 4874. E-mail: [email protected] * Author for correspondence and reprint requests Z. Naturforsch. 54c, 849-855 (1999), received May 20, 1999 Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Red Edge of Reflectance, Remote Sensing, Spectroscopic Techniques, St...

Despite efforts to save more people suffering from in-hospital cardiac arrest, rates of survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are no better today than they were more than a decade ago. This study was undertaken to assess the demographics, clinical parameters and outcomes of patients undergoing CPR by the code blue team at our center during 2001 to 2008. Data were collec...

We demonstrate a small-area (0.1mm) semipolar (20 2 1) blue (447 nm) light-emitting diode (LED) with high light output power (LOP) and external quantum efficiency (EQE) by utilizing a single 12-nm-thick InGaN quantum well. The LED had pulsed LOPs of 140, 253, 361, and 460mW, and EQEs of 50.1, 45.3, 43.0, and 41.2%, at current densities of 100, 200, 300, and 400A/cm, respectively. The device sho...

We have designed and synthesized a novel ratiometric fluorescent chemodosimeter MHF-based ESIPT process for specific detection of cysteine among the biological thiols. The probe MHF shows very weak blue fluorescence under UV excitation. Upon addition of cysteine (Cys), the reaction of Cys with MHF induces acrylate hydrolysis, thereby enabling the ESIPT process to shift the weak blue emission to...

The interaction of Toluidine blue with Sodium Alginate has been investigated by spectrophotometric method. The polymer induces metachromasy in the dye as evidenced from the considerable blue shift in the absorption maxima of the dye. The interaction constant and thermodynamic parameters of polymer-dye interaction have been determined. The effect of alcohols on the reversal of metachromasy has b...