The structure of the niobium oxide on alumina surface was investigated for low loading (5 wt.-%) and high loading (19 wt.-%) samples. The TPD profile of water molecules showed the appearance of water adsorption sites other than those on alumina. The XANES and EXAFS spectra clearly showed that niobic acid-like species are formed on the surface of 19 wt.-% NbO,/Al,O,. The XANES spectra of 5 wt.-%...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the natural history of the high signal intensities shown on long TR sequences-neurofibromatosis type 1 bright objects (NBO)-in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). We have paid particular attention to the development of tumors in these areas of abnormality. METHODS During a 12-month period in 1992 to 1993, 46 children with clini...

The research work covers the query optimization concept in parallel distributed environment. The queries considered are select-project-join (SPJ) queries with large databases. The main query operation considered for research is JOIN operation of the query. For fast execution of a complex query, JOIN operation time needs to be minimized. Different JOIN operation algorithms such as Network Byte O...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of normobaric oxygen (NBO) therapy on T2*-weighted images of intracranial hemorrhages (ICHs). METHODS Two common models of ICH were performed in mice, and longitudinal T2*-weighted images of the hematomas were acquired under normoxia or NBO. The effects of NBO were also investigated on perfusion-weighted imagin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prolonged ischemia causes blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage and increases the incidence of neurovasculature complications secondary to reperfusion. Therefore, targeting ischemic BBB damage pathogenesis is critical to reducing neurovasculature complications and expanding the therapeutic time window of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) thrombolysis. This study investig...

In this work, TT niobia-phase nanocrystals with controlled morphology were obtained by the hydrothermal treatment of a niobium peroxo complex precursor at very low temperatures. The materials obtained by this route presented a very high surface area (ranging from 79 to 327 m(2)/g), disordered NbO(6), NbO(7), and NbO(8) polyhedra, Nb-O superficial sites, and a superficial OH group, which must ha...

The detection and quantification of potential genotoxic impurities (PGIs) play an important role in the pharmaceutical industry. The industry needs highly selective and sensitive analytical methods for trace level quantification of these PGIs in drug substances. A sensitive and stability indicating LC-MS/MS method was developed for the simultaneous detection and quantification of (S)-4-(4-amino...

OBJECTIVE To define non-bacterial osteitis (NBO) as a clinical entity possibly associated with autoimmune manifestations. Patients with sterile osteitis were analysed to develop diagnostic criteria. METHODS A total of 89 patients with non-bacterial inflammatory bone lesions were observed for a median of 49 months. History, diagnostic imaging, laboratory and histological data were obtained. Mu...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of normobaric oxygen (NBO) therapy for treatment of scleral ischemia or melt. METHODS This prospective interventional case series includes 9 eyes of 8 patients with scleral ischemia or melt of diverse etiologies. Following the failure of conventional medical and/or surgical therapy to improve ischemia or upon clinical deterioration, NBO was initiated. All p...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Normobaric hyperoxia (NBO) has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects against cerebral ischemia and to restore penumbral oxygenation. Inspired by recent reports on postconditioning with intermittent occlusions of cerebral artery, we tested the hypothesis that intermittent NBO (iNBO) may cause oscillation of cerebral oxygenation and thereby elicit repetitive interrupt...