We determined the anticancer efficacy and internalization mechanism of our polymeric-ceramic nanoparticle system (calcium phosphate nanocores, enclosed in biodegradable polymers chitosan and alginate nanocapsules/nanocarriers [ACSC NCs]) loaded with iron-saturated bovine lactoferrin (Fe-bLf) in a breast cancer xenograft model. ACSC-Fe-bLf NCs with an overall size of 322±27.2 nm were synthesized...

Stainless steel-based composites (SMCs) mixed with 316L stainless steel powder and Fe-Cr-B based M alloys ed M) were manufactured using the injection molding (PIM) process, their microstructure mechanical properties investigated. To examine effect of content on SMCs, fraction was controlled to 30 vol.%, 50 70 vol.%. It observed that PIM-processed Fe-Cr-B/316L SMCs (30 vol.%) had γ-austenite min...

A laband ship-based analytical intercomparison of two flow injection methods for the determination of iron in seawater was conducted, using three different sets of seawater samples collected from the Southern Ocean and South Atlantic. In one exercise, iron was determined in three different size-fractions (<0.03 μm, <0.4 μm, and unfiltered) in an effort to better characterize the operational nat...

Forty-two piglets on days 3 and 12 of age were used to determine the rate of intestinal absorption of iron by the red cell radioiron method and to evaluate the effect of age on intestinal absorption of iron. s9 Fe-labelled ferric citrate in a dose of 1 2 /aci per kilogram weight was administered with carrier ferric citrate in 5% fructose solution by stomach tube after 1-hr fast. Two levels of c...

in parts of desert regions in our country, groundwater is the only source of fresh water and due to geological formation, the concentration of hexavalent chromium in groundwater will reach beyond the allowed limits. furthermore, previous studies showed that hexavalent chromium is a cancerous substance for humans and toxic for other organisms. in this study the removal of hexavalent chromium fro...

We have observed ten red giant stars in four old Large Magellanic Cloud globular clusters with the high-resolution spectrograph MIKE on the Magellan Landon Clay 6.5-m telescope. The stars in our sample have up to 20 elemental abundance determinations for the α-, iron-peak, and neutron-capture element groups. We have also derived abundances for the light odd-Z elements Na and Al. We find NGC 200...

We investigate the increase of the Curie temperature T(C) in a lateral spin injection geometry where the ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As injector and detector contacts are capped by a thin iron film. Because of interlayer coupling between Fe and (Ga,Mn)As T(C) gets enhanced by nearly 100% for the thinnest (Ga,Mn)As films. The use of the proximity effect might pave the way for practical implementation o...

1. Kanazawa M, Shimohata T, Sato M, Onodera O, Tanaka K, Nishizawa M. Botulinum toxin A injections improve apraxia of eyelid opening without overt blepharospasm associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Mov Disord 2007;22:597-598. 2. Lepore FE, Duvoisin RC. “Apraxia” of eyelid opening: an involuntary levator inhibition. Neurology 1985;35:423-427. 3. Jankovic J. Pretarsal injection of botulinu...

A simple, rapid and sensitive solvent assisted-dispersive solid phase extraction method was developed for the extraction of iron(II) prior to its spectrophotometric determination. The Fe(II) reacted with 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine, neutralized with sodium dodecyl sulfate and extracted onto the fine particles of benzophenone which were formed upon rapid injection of a mixture of benzop...