Particulate matter emission is one of the major air pollution problems of coal fired power plants. Though fine particles constitute a smaller fraction by weight of the total suspended particle matter in typical particle emissions, they are considered potentially hazardous to health because of their high probability of deposition in deeper parts of the respiratory tract. Electrostatic precipitat...

Transcobalamin is a cobalamin-binding protein in mammalian plasma that facilitates the cellular uptake of vitamin B(12). Human transcobalamin was crystallized using polyethylene glycol and ethanol as precipitants. Crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 49.04, b = 145.27, c = 164.96 A. A complete data set to 3.2 A resolution was collected fro...

Myopathy and the circumstances of it’s occurrence, recognition and treatment are well known as a common problem of Macropodids. Close observation of a number of kangaroos post rescue has indicated that myopathy is more common than previously thought and the relevant precipitants may be less dramatic or more subtle than expected. It may be manifest as skeletal myopathy and/or cardiomyopathy. Car...

Cauda equina syndrome is rarely associated with pregnancy, with few cases reported in the literature. The majority of cases describe antenatal presentations, with only one case manifesting post-partum, three weeks after a normal vaginal delivery. We outline a case of cauda equina syndrome following caesarean section in a patient with known lumbar disc disease, and discuss the contribution of th...

L-Azetidine-2-carboxylate hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain A2C catalyzes a ring-opening reaction that detoxifies L-azetidine-2-carboxylate, an analogue of L-proline. Recombinant L-azetidine-2-carboxylate hydrolase was overexpressed, purified and crystallized using polyethylene glycol and magnesium acetate as precipitants. The needle-shaped crystal belonged to space group P2(1), with unit-c...

The agglomeration phenomenon of the charged smoke particle has been investigated by the electricfluid mechanics and transport theory of external force field and depending on several simplifying assumptions the theoretical expression for the agglomeration rate of the smoke particles has been developed. In a model of electrostatic precipitator the agglomeration mechanism of charged particles has ...