The extensive use of synthetic materials in modern society presents a great challenge to environmental and water quality. As such, numerous studies were dedicated the removal emerging contaminants from using novel as sorbents or catalysts. With large reserves low material costs, Earth has also attracted attention for contaminant removal. Halloysite is 1:1 layered clay mineral with moderate cati...

key words: 1064 nm dispersive Raman spectroscopy, pigment analysis, traditional red artists’ colorants Raman spectra of red colorants were obtained in-situ using a dispersive Raman microscope equipped with a 1064 nm laser source and InGaAs array detector. By employing nearIR excitation, the fluorescence of organic colorants is significantly reduced compared to visible wavelengths. Spectra prese...

Mesenchymal stem cells are immunoregulation cells. IL-22 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopenia. However, the effects of mesenchymal stem cells on IL-22 production in patients with immune thrombocytopenia remain unclear. Flow cytometry analyzed immunophenotypes of mesenchymal stem cells; differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells was observed by oil red O and Aliz...

Background/Aims: Lithium chloride (LiCl) has long been used as a psychiatric medication; however, its role in the differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) remains largely unknown. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of LiCl on the differentiation of BMSCs. Methods: The roles of LiCl in osteogenic and adipogenic processes were observed using alizarin red s...

Computer-assisted analysis of endothelial morphology provides useful indices of cell shape and size which appear to correlate to the monolayer's functional status. In this study morphometric data obtained by wide-field specular microscopy of in situ corneal endothelia are compared to data obtained by alizarin red S staining of excised corneas. Both human donor corneas and rabbit corneas were st...