Mixed-addenda vanadium substituted polyoxometalate supported on anatase TiO2 crushed nano leaf was synthesized by an unusual reaction with titanium tetraisopropoxide at 100 ºC via sol–gel method under oil-bath condition. The materials characterized by XRD, TEM,  IR and UV–vis  techniques.  In  the  present  work,  efficient  oxidative  of  thiols  with  polyoxometalate-TiO2/hydrogen  peroxide  ...

The POM-SAT model for comparing air and ground temperatures is based on the supposition that surface air temperature (SAT) records provide a good prediction of thermal transients in the shallow subsurface of the Earth. This model consists of two components, the forcing function and an initial condition, termed the pre-observational mean (POM). I explore the sensitivity of this model as a functi...

BACKGROUND Athanasios Koukopoulos proposed the primacy of mania hypothesis (PoM) in a 2006 book chapter and later, in two peer-reviewed papers with Nassir Ghaemi and other collaborators. This hypothesis supports that in bipolar disorder, mania leads to depression, while depression does not lead to mania. OBJECTIVE To identify evidence in literature that supports or falsifies this hypothesis. ...

Two POM-pillared 3D porous compounds, [Cu(I)Cu(II)(Cu(II)fcz)(2)(H(2)O)(5)(PMo(VI)(10)Mo(V)(2)O(40))].6H(2)O () and [Cu(I)(2)(Cu(II)fcz)(2)(H(2)O)(2)(PMo(VI)(8)V(V)(3)V(IV)(3)O(42))].6H(2)O () (Hfcz = fluconazole, (1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,1-bis[(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyl]benzyl alcohol) have been constructed based on different polyanions, (Cufcz)(2)(2+) macrocations and copper cations by th...

We have previously indicated that porcine blastocysts can be produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and culture (IVC) in chemically defined porcine gamete medium (PGM) and porcine zygote medium (PZM)-5, respectively, In the present study, the effects of basic media and macromolecular components on in vitro maturation (IVM) were investigated to develop a defined system for in vitro embryo prod...

[1] Measurements during recent field campaigns downwind of the Indian subcontinent, Asia, and the northeastern United States reveal a substantial decrease in the relative humidity dependence of light scattering, fssp(RH), with increasing mass fraction of particulate organic matter (POM) for submicrometer aerosol. Using data from INDOEX (INDian Ocean EXperiment), ACE Asia (Aerosol Characterizati...

Among primates, partial or complete posterior closure of the orbit has been widely accepted as a shared derived characteristic justifying an exclusive tarsier-anthropoid clade, while some regard the tarsier lateral orbit as an elaborated postorbital bar (POB). To test these competing hypotheses while minimizing the confounding effect of tarsier orbital hypertrophy, we compared tarsiers and othe...

We have previously shown that the GABAergic nucleus zona incerta (ZI) suppresses vibrissae-evoked responses in the posterior medial (POm) thalamus of the rodent somatosensory system. We proposed that this inhibitory incerto-thalamic pathway regulates POm responses during different behavioral states. Here we tested the hypothesis that the cholinergic reticular activating system, implicated in re...

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the cause of several tumors, including Kaposi sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). Most viruses have evolved means of escaping immune recognition. KSHV downregulates MHC-I expression during lytic infection, and expression of ICAM-1 and B7-2 (CD86) during latent infection, allowing evasion of T cell and natural killer immunity respectively....

This study investigates the numerical solution of viscoelastic flows using two contrasting high-order finite volume schemes. We extend our earlier work for Poiseuille flow in a planar channel and the single equation form of the extended pom-pom (SXPP) model [1], to determine steady-state solutions for planar 4:1 sharp contraction flows. The numerical techniques employed are time-stepping algori...