In this paper, magnetic and fluorescent bifunctional YbPO4:Er,Dy microspheres were synthesized via a simple solvothermal method. The prepared microspheres exposed to 980 nm near-infrared (NIR) laser light emitted bright upconversion fluorescence (450-570 nm) after calcination at high temperatures (>800°C). Results of magnetic resonance studies demonstrated that the YbPO4:Er,Dy microspheres are ...

(166)Ho-EDTMP is a major therapeutic agent which is widely used in bone palliation therapy. In this study, a (166)Ho-EDTMP complex was prepared successfully using an in-house synthesized EDTMP ligand and (166)HoCl(3). Ho-166 chloride was obtained by thermal neutron irradiation (1 Ã 10(13) ncm(â2)s(â1)) of natural Ho(NO(3))(3) samples (specific activity = 3â5 GBq/mg), dissolved in acidic media. ...

Muscle atrophy, a significant characteristic of congenital muscular dystrophy with laminin α2 chain deficiency (also known as MDC1A), occurs by a change in the normal balance between protein synthesis and protein degradation. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a key role in protein degradation in skeletal muscle cells. In order to identify new targets for drug therapy against MDC1A, we...

A finite image I is a function assigning colors to a finite, rectangular array of discrete pixels. Thus, the information directly encoded by I is purely locational. Such locational information is of little visual use in itself: perception of visual structure requires extraction of relational image information. A very elementary form of relational information about I is provided by its dipole hi...

Meiosis involves a dramatic reorganization of the genetic material, along with changes in the architecture of the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. In the opisthokonts, nuclear envelope and meiotic chromosome behavior are coordinated by forces generated in the cytoplasm and transferred to the nucleus by the nuclear-envelope protein linkers SUN and KASH. During meiotic prophase I, the telomere bouquet ...

UNLABELLED All lanthanides have similar chemical properties regarding labeling. Therefore, radiolanthanides that have been used for therapy, such as (153)Sm and (177)Lu, might easily be replaced with other radiolanthanides. The aim of this work was to investigate the suitability of electron- and positron-emitting radiolanthanides for radionuclide therapy with reference to dosimetry and producti...

A luminescent trinuclear Dy(III) complex, in which the three Dy(III) centers with different geometries take a nearly linear disposition, shows the slow magnetic relaxation processes of single ion origin.