A set of styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene triblock copolymer (SEBS) membranes with 10 or 25 wt% divinyl-benzene (DVB) as a crosslinking agent were prepared and validated. Physicochemical characterization revealed suitable hydrolytic thermal stability photo-crosslinked containing DVB post-sulfonated. These compositions evaluated in H2/O2 single cells, electrical proton conductivities furtherly ...

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) represents a significant step toward cost-effective, transparent allocation of resources for biodiversity conservation. However, research demonstrates important consequences of uncertainties in SCP and of basing methods on simplified circumstances involving few real-world complexities. Current research often relies on single case studies with unknown forms...

Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of dengue virus, is well established throughout urban areas of the Southwestern US, including Tucson, AZ. Local transmission of the dengue virus, however, has not been reported in this area. Although many factors influence the distribution of the dengue virus, we hypothesize that one contributing factor is that the lifespan of female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes in t...

Intelligent Networks (IN) are used in telecommunication networks to provide services that require a decision-making network element. This element is the Service Control Point (SCP). An overload of an SCP can result in a great reduction in the Quality of Service (QoS) provided by the IN. While traditional IN load control algorithms assume a single service network model or make use of a centraliz...

background: most cancer cells become resistant to anti-cancer agents. in the last few years, a new approach for targeted therapy of human cancer has been developed using immunotoxins which comprise both the cell targeting and the cell killing moieties. methods: in the present study, the recombinant shiga toxin a1 subunit fused to human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (a1-gm-csf...

The mechanism(s) of intracellular sterol trafficking among subcellular organelle membranes is not well understood. Relative contributions of vesicular, sterol carrier protein, and membrane sterol domain pathways are not resolved. A sterol kinetic assay was used to resolve multiple sterol domains in microsome (MICRO), mitochondria (MITO), and plasma (PM) membrane: exchangeable, 20-40% of total; ...

OBJECTIVE Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the factor structure of the Social Consequences of Pain (SCP) questionnaire in youth referred for specialty pain treatment. The existing four-factor structure (i.e., Positive Attention, Negative Attention, Activity Restriction, Privileges) was compared to an alternate three-factor structure merging Positive Attention and Privileges int...

The present study tested the hypothesis that salmon cardiac peptide (sCP), a new member of the family of natriuretic peptides, has an important role in the regulation of fluid balance and cardiovascular function. Intra-arterial administration of sCP increased urine output in salmon. It had a diuretic effect in rat as well, but the potency was lower. sCP increased the sodium excretion in proport...