FeNi-based hybrid materials are among the most representative catalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER), but modulation of their surface atoms to achieve optimal catalytic properties is still a big challenge. Here, we report modification Ni(OH)2/nickel foam (NF)-based electrocatalyst with trace amount ferrocene formic acid (FFA) (FFA-Ni(OH)2/NF) highly efficient OER. Owing strong e...

Aims: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography (OCT), with/without colour fundus photographs, in predicting fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) findings in patients suspected of havingchoroidal neovascularisation (CNV). Methods: A consecutive series of patients suspected of havingCNV underwent OCT and stereo FFA images, which were assigned a diagnosis by two masked obs...

We studied the ability of dietary glucose to cause an abrupt inhibition of free fatty acid (FFA) mobilization in mice bearing advanced Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. FFA irreversible disposal rates were estimated after i.v. injection of tracer [1-14C]palmitate complexed to mouse serum albumin. Four groups of mice were studied: 16-hr-fasted mice versus 16-hr-fasted mice refed a 58% glucose, fat-free...

Effects of norepinephrine infusion on rectal temperature, plasma free fatty acids (FFA) concentration and its turnover rate were studied in rats treated chronically with norepinephrine, thyroxine, or both. Chronic treatments with these hormones resulted in greater increases in rectal temperature and FFA turnover rate in response to norepinephrine as compared with the alterations in controls. No...

Visceral obesity is strongly associated with insulin resistance. One potential cause is increased availability of FFA. Alternatively, it has been proposed that there is impaired oxidation of lipid in individuals at risk for obesity. The extent to which either concept involves skeletal muscle is uncertain. To examine these opposing hypotheses, 17 healthy lean and obese premenopausal women, among...

Although the right fusiform face area (FFA) is often linked to holistic processing, new data suggest this region also encodes part-based face representations. We examined this question by assessing the metric of neural similarity for faces using a continuous carryover functional MRI (fMRI) design. Using faces varying along dimensions of eye and mouth identity, we tested whether these axes are c...

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the relationship between increased free fatty acid (FFA) level and early postoperative hypoxemia after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). METHODS Ninety-eight consecutive patients undergoing CABG were enrolled. Early postoperative hypoxemia was defined as the lowest of the ratio of arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) to insp...

Humans' ability to rapidly and accurately detect, identify and classify faces under variable conditions derives from a network of brain regions highly tuned to face information. The fusiform face area (FFA) is thought to be a computational hub for face processing; however, temporal dynamics of face information processing in FFA remains unclear. Here we use multivariate pattern classification to...

Studies of cardiac fuel metabolism in mice have been almost exclusively conducted ex vivo. The major aim of this study was to assess in vivo plasma FFA and glucose utilization by the hearts of healthy control (db/+) and diabetic (db/db) mice, based on cardiac uptake of (R)-2-[9,10-(3)H]bromopalmitate ([3H]R-BrP) and 2-deoxy-D-[U-14C]glucose tracers. To obtain quantitative information about the ...