A carbohydrate-based fullerene derivative (AcMal7-C61) is designed, synthesized and applied to a lamellar-forming high-χ block copolymer system, poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-peracetylated maltoheptaose (P3HT-b-AcMal7), actualize an ordered donor/acceptor (D/A) network. well-defined D/A lamellar structure of the P3HT-b-AcMal7:AcMal7-C61 blend with sub-10 nm domain features achieved upon thermal ...

Patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BPL) are often treated with TBI-based conditioning, followed by hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). However, the leukemic relapse in high-risk BPL patients remained the major cause of patient mortality (Gaynon et al., 2006; Balduzzi et al., 2014). The incidence of postHSTC relapse correlated with the level of residual leukemia ...

We report the development and evaluation of a Salmonella O-group-specific Bio-Plex assay to detect the six most common serogroups in the United States (B, C(1), C(2), D, E, and O13) plus serotype Paratyphi A. The assay is based on rfb gene targets directly involved in O-antigen biosynthesis; it can be completed 45 min post-PCR amplification. The assay correctly and specifically identified 362 o...

Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led to increased pressure on common-property renewable natural resources (NR). The problem is particularly worrisome for economies that obtain a large share of their income from the exploitation of N...

High ON/OFF ratio electrically bistable non-volatile WORM memory devices were prepared based on poly(triphenylamine) with different amounts of pendent PCBM. With the introduction of 10 wt% PCBM into P-TPA via covalent bonding, a memory device with low switching-ON voltage (0.9 V) and high ON/OFF ratio (10(9)) could be obtained. The device performance remained satisfactory under the heating cond...

life in the modern world means existing with the evolving face of modern warfare and global terrorism. we have disasters both man-made disasters, natural. man has devised weapons of mass destruction, which in the hands urban terrorists can cause blasts, building collapses. resulting in a unique pattern of damage to the human body namely, crush injuries “crush syndrome” first recorded in bombing...

Article history: Received 8 March 2006 Available online 17 October 2008 JEL classification: C61 C72 C73