Cesium has been widely used to study the roles of the hyperpolarization-activated (I(h)) and inwardly rectifying potassium (K(IR)) channels in many neuronal and nonneuronal cell types. Recently, extracellular application of cesium has been shown to produce epileptiform activity in brain slices, but the mechanisms for this are not known. It has been proposed that cesium blocks the K(IR) in glia,...

Noroviruses (NVs) are responsible for most cases of human nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Some parameters for the purification of NV virus-like particles (VLPs) such as ease of production and yield were studied for future development of vaccines and diagnostic tools. In this study, VLPs were produced by the expression of the VP1 and VP2 gene cassette of the Brazilian NV isolate, and two...

It has been recently proposed that the production of negative ions with cesium sputter ion sources could be enhanced by laser-assisted resonant pair production. We have tested this hypothesis measuring effect pulsed diode lasers at various wavelengths on O? and Al? beam current produced from Al2O3 cathode a source. The experimental results provide evidence for existence wavelength-dependent pho...

In order to characterize a step in the reaction sequence of sodium and potassium ion-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.3), the binding of radioactive adenosine triphosphate to kidney cell membranes was estimated by flow dialysis in the presence of a chelator of divalent cations, which prevented hydrolysis of the adenosine triphosphate. Adenosine triphosphate was bound to a single sit...

We present the observation of an autoionization cesium 37D5/2 Rydberg atoms in ultracold gases and analyze mechanism. The process is investigated by varying delay time tD atomic density. dependence ionization signals on density shows that has effect not only initial ion but also evolution atoms. results reveal mostly attributed to blackbody radiation (BBR)-induced photoionization, BBR-induced t...

We investigate the reorientation dynamics of water at 300 K in solutions of magnesium sulfate and cesium chloride from classical atomistic molecular dynamics simulations using the "simple water model with four sites and negative Drude polarizability" (SWM4-NDP) and accompanying ion models; for SO4(2-), we derive SWM4-NDP-compatible parameters. Results indicate that pairs of ions have a cooperat...

A new chemically modified carbon paste electrode for cesium(I) ion determination based on potassium zinc hexacyanoferrate (PZHCF) as an ionophore was prepared. The electrode exhibits a Nernstian response for Cs(I) ions over a wide concentration range from 1 × 10 to 1 × 10 mol·L with a slope of 58 ± 0.5 mV·decade. It has a response time of about 35 s and can be used for a period of 3 months with...

We have developed a new protocol involving the “copper(II) chloride-cesium carbonate” system for the aerobic oxidation of primary alcohols. Cesium carbonates and the solvents such as toluene and 1,2-dichloroethane play important roles to form a catalytically active intermediate containing a m-hydroxyl-bridged trinuclear copper moiety (complex 1). From the X-ray crystal structure of complex 1, a...