Some fundamental data related to the solvent proposed for a new technical electrolytic process for magnesium production based on MgO as the raw material are presented. Liquidus data are obtained for MgCl2-rich melts in the MgCl2-NdOCl system. The solubility of MgO and NdOCl in pure liquid NdCl3, MgO in NdCl3-MgCl2 and in MgCl2-NdCl3-NaCl liquid mixtures, and NdOCl in CaCl2 and Cs2MgCl4 have als...

Methylglyoxal (MGO), a potent glycating agent, forms advanced glycation end products (AGEs) with proteins. Several diabetic complications including cataract are thought to be the result of accumulation of these protein-AGEs. alpha-Crystallin, molecular chaperone of the eye lens, plays an important role in maintaining the transparency of the lens by preventing the aggregation/inactivation of sev...

The recycling options of spent MgO-C refractories from an electrical arc furnace (EAF) have been evaluated. The economic, quality of spent refractories and products made from it, the ease of implementation of a recycling practice and the interest of steel melt shops were considered. It was decided that the best option of most EAF shops would be to recycle spent MgO-C refractory as a foaming sla...

Ferroelectric Bi4Ti3012 thin films have been grown on MgO ( 100) and MgO( 110) substrates by the pulsed laser deposition. X-ray diffraction studies show that the films on both substrates have preferential crystallographic orientation such that most of their c axes are close to the substrate normal direction. The film on MgO( 110) shows quadratic and hysteretic electro-optic characteristics with...

Electronic and structural properties of ultrathin MgO layers grown on epi-taxial Fe(110) films were investigated at room temperature by means of spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger-electron spectroscopy, and low energy electron diffraction. The spin polarization at the Fermi level of the Fe(110) film decreases abruptly with increasing thickness of MgO layer up to 7 ˚ A. This behavio...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity associated with diabetes. Although impairment of the cell response to hypoxia due to destabilization of the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), which regulates the expression of genes that help cells to cope with low oxygen tension, has been implicated in diabetes-associated...

Close lattice matching with a MgAl2O4 (0 0 1) substrate has been used to synthesize thin films of a rare spinel-like polymorph of MgO (b-MgO) that is unstable in bulk form. The film is produced by spin casting an acetate-substituted Mg-ethoxide precursor, which forms a crystalline magnesium acetate phase at room temperature. Pyrolysis of most organic constituents occurs during continuous heatin...

Nanocomposite membranes composed of polymer and inorganic nanoparticles are a novel method to enhance gas separation performance. In this study, membranes were fabricated from polysulfone (PSf) containing magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles and gas permeation properties of the resulting membranes were investigated. Membranes were prepared by solution blending and phase inversion methods. Morpho...

BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia and increased levels of methylglyoxal (MGO) can trigger the development of vascular complications in diabetes. Resveratrol and quercetin are red wine polyphenols with known beneficial cardiovascular properties, including an antioxidant capacity. This study evaluated whether resveratrol and/or quercetin could prevent in vitro-induced diabetic changes in neurogenic and va...

Influenza A and B virus infections are serious public health concerns globally. However, the concerns regarding influenza B infection have been underestimated. The currently used anti-influenza drugs have not provided equal efficacy for both influenza A and B viruses. Susceptibility to neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors has been observed to be lower for influenza B viruses than for influenza A virus...