The vibrational spectra of H(2)SO(4)/H(2)O vapors trapped in solid Xe are reported and the spectral shifts are compared to the analogous spectra in argon matrices. In the same matrix layer the nu(OH) stretches of highly acidic species (H(2)SO(4) and H(2)SO(4)*H(2)O) show distinctly larger red shifts as opposed to species of lower acidity or to modes which do not involve directly the O-H bond. A...

Measurements of relative dielectronic recombination (DR) cross sections for Auorinelike xenon {Xe +) are presented. Recombination takes place in an electron-beam ion trap, where decay rates are obtained as the ions recombine with beam electrons. Experimental data are obtained by counting the number of ions that remain, as a function of time, following the recombination period. The counting is a...

Xenon is one of noble gases and has been recognized as an anesthetic for more than 50 years. Xenon possesses many of the characteristics of an ideal anesthetic, but it is not widely applied in clinical practice mainly because of its high cost. In recent years, numerous studies have demonstrated that xenon as an anesthetic can exert neuroprotective and cardioprotective effects in different model...

Transformation of the conventional radial Schrödinger equation defined on the interval r ∈ [0, ∞) into an equivalent form defined on the finite domain y(r) ∈ [a, b]  allows the s-wave scattering length a(s) to be exactly expressed in terms of a logarithmic derivative of the transformed wave function φ(y) at the outer boundary point y = b, which corresponds to r = ∞. In particular, for an arbitr...

conclusions this study revealed allele frequency of some strs on chromosome 12 and 16 for the first time in iran, and indicated differences between subjects with metabolic syndrome and subjects in the control group. results there was no significant deviation in allelic frequencies from hardy-weinberg equilibrium for all the studied markers except for d12s1632 and d12s329. the long alleles in d1...

alzheimer’s disease (ad) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia. almost 47 million people suffer from dementia worldwide. ad accounts for approximately 60%–80% of all dementia cases. three major pathologies characterize the disease: senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and inflammation. we review the literature on events contributing to the inflammation. those i...

This book is an apologetic for and a chronicle of one of the latest editions in the ever-widening evangelical saga. Robert E. Webber is Myers Professor of Ministry at the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and president of the Institute for Worship Studies. He taught at Wheaton College from 1968–2000. He has authored numerous books on the general subject of evangelicalism, including Ancient-...

The sequence of a 4.4 kbp region of DNA from Bacillus subtilis 168, lying between sporulation genes spoVD and spoVE, has been determined as part of the B. subtilis genomic sequencing programme. The region contains three genes with high sequence similarity to the murE, mraY and murD genes of Escherichia coli. The products of these genes are likely to catalyse various steps in the formation of th...

BACKGROUND Albuminuria and reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are markers of renal dysfunction associated with hypertension. We performed genome-wide scans to detect loci impacting these parameters in 1251 African American (AAs) and 1129 European American (EAs) hypertensive siblings from the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network study. METHODS GFR, estimated by the Modification of D...