A comparison was made of the incidence of postoperative myalgia (POM) and fasciculations when atracurium (ATR) or d-Tubocurarine (DTC) was given prior to succinylcholine (SDC) for facilitation of tracheal intubation. The subjects were 44 ASA physical status I or II outpatient females undergoing laparoscopy. They were assigned to one of three groups: Group 1 received 0.025 mg/kg ATR; Group 2 rec...

Particulate organic matter (POM) is an important source of energy in aquatic systems, where decomposition rates have traditionally been studied using the litter-bag technique. However, this method has limitations for estimating in situ decomposition rates, especially for fine particles. In this study the litter-bag technique is combined with measurements of microbial enzyme activities to estima...

A temporal sensory code occurs in posterior medial (POm) thalamus of the rat vibrissa system, where the latency for the spike rate to peak is observed to increase with increasing frequency of stimulation between 2 and 11 Hz. In contrast, the latency of the spike rate in the ventroposterior medial (VPm) thalamus is constant in this frequency range. We consider the hypothesis that two factors are...

Producing manure-based fertilizers (MBFs) with specific nutrient ratios is a solution to overpassing the imbalance of nitrogen and phosphorus in manures, way recycle manure’s nutrients, promoting sustainable agricultural practices. Several MBFs different tailored N:P (0.5:1, 1:1 2:1) were produced determine their agronomic value pot experiment oat (0.5:1 ratio: cattle manure pig slurry (CaM+PiS...

In Transport- und Verkettungsprozessen werden zunehmend Stetigförderer mit Ketten aus technischen Thermoplasten, vorzugsweise Polyoxymethylen (POM), hergestellt. Verschlissene Ketten, die sich im Schnitt ca. 2-10 Jahre industriellen Einsatz unter verschiedensten Belastungs- Umgebungsbedingungen befinden, ausgetauscht derzeit ausschließlich Restmüll entsorgt. Im Beitrag mechanischen tribologisch...

A new structure related to previously reported structure of 12-tungstoborate Keggin-type polyoxometalate, K5[BW12O40], was synthesized and its characterization by single crystal X-ray diffraction shows the polymorph structure. Further attempts have been performed to provide three component compounds based on L-proline, lanthanoid cation and K5[BW12O40] (BW12 (II)) under hydrothermal conditions ...

The Cover Feature shows the photocatalytic hydrogen production by dual Ru(II)-dye sensitized layered niobate oxide with intercalated Pt cocatalyst in presence of redox-reversible M-substituted polyoxometalate anions (M-POM, M = VIV, MnII). In their Research Article, A. Kobayashi and co-workers found that activity is remarkably higher MnII-POM aq. than VIV-POM despite comparable redox potentials...

We consider the simplest representative of class multiply branched polymer macromolecules, known as a pom-pom structure. The molecule consists backbone linear chain terminated by two branching points with functionalities (numbers side chains) f1 and f2, respectively. In symmetrical case, considered in present study, one has = f2 f total number chains F 2f + 1. Whereas rheological behaviour melt...

A new azide functionalized Anderson polyoxometalate was synthesized, fully characterized and subsequently used as a building block for further POM post-functionalization with organic compounds through a copper catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. Optimization of the reaction conditions led to an efficient, fast, convenient and versatile POM coupling method.

The purpose of this research was to (1) determine if different species of wetland vegetation produced characteristically different dissolved organic matter (DOM) based upon both chemical and physical characteristics and (2) determine if any relationships exist between characteristics of DOM derived from freshly senescent tissues of different wetland plant species common to the Florida Everglade...