Mixing Co(NO3)2·6H2O/Dy(NO3)3·6H2O/(E)-4-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino)-2,3-dimethyl-1phenyl-1,2-dihydropyrazol-5-one (HL)/pivalic acid/Et3N in various solvents results in the synthesis of seven compounds formulated as [Co 2Dy III 2 (μ3-MeO)2(L)2(piv)4(NO3)2] (3), [Co Dy 3 (μ3-MeO)2(μ2MeO)2(L)2(piv)2(NO3)3]·2(CH3OH) (4·2CH3OH), 2[Co II 4Dy III 4 (μ2-O)2(μ3-OH)4(L)4(piv)8][Co II 2Dy III 5...

Parainfluenza virus (PIV) infections may be significant causes of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, but data regarding their impact on transplant-related mortality is limited. This study sought to determine the risk factors of PIV acquisition and progression to lower respiratory tract infection, their impact on transplant-related mortality, and the effect...

Background.  Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is a common cause of acute respiratory tract infections, but little is known about PIV infection in children and adults in Africa, especially in settings where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence is high. Methods.  We conducted active, prospective sentinel surveillance for children and adults hospitalized with severe acute respiratory illness (SA...

While the response to Leishmania major is well characterized in mice, there is much less known about the human immune response, particularly early after exposure to the parasite. Therefore, we developed a primary in vitro (PIV) system that allowed us to address these questions. We co-cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Leishmania-naive donors with L. major parasites and found that ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Sigma receptors are highly expressed in human tumors and should be appropriate targets for developing tumor imaging agents. Previously, we synthesized a vesamicol analog, (+)-2-[4-(4-iodophenyl)piperidino]cyclohexanol ((+)-pIV), with a high affinity for sigma receptors and prepared radioiodinated (+)-pIV. As a result, (+)-[125I]pIV showed high tumor uptake in biodistrib...

The present work aims to investigate the challenges in determining the surface pressure distribution using particle image velocimetry (PIV) in comparison with pressure sensitive paint (PSP) measurements. The aim is to assess if PIV may be regarded as a complementary method to PSP, or even as a possible replacement. The investigation is based on two different test cases: 1. the attached flow aro...

Heterobimetallic complexes [SmTb(piv)6(phen)2] (1), [SmTb(piv)6(bath)2]·1.75EtOH (2a·1.75EtOH), [SmTb(piv)6(bath)2]·2EtOH (2b·2EtOH), and [SmTb(piv)6(bath)2]·EtOH (2b·EtOH), where piv is (CH3)3CCO2(-), phen is 1,10-phenanthroline, and bath is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, were synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction. It was shown that complexes 2a·1.75EtOH and 2b·2EtOH have different m...

Abstract. We generalize the symmetric fourth q-Painlevé equation (q-PIV) to the noncommutative setting. Considering the symmetric q-PIV to be matrix valued, well-defined multicomponent systems are obtained. The ultradiscrete limit of these systems yields coupled multicomponent ultradiscrete systems that generalize ultradiscrete PIV. The dynamics, and specifically the integrability, of the newly...

OBJECTIVE Pressure-induced vasodilation (PIV) allows skin blood flow to increase in response to locally applied pressure and may be protective against pressure ulcers. We previously showed that PIV was absent in 1-week diabetic mice exhibiting no neuropathy. Our aim was to determine whether the diabetes-induced PIV alteration could be prevented. METHODS AND RESULTS Diabetic mice received no t...