Abstract. In this paper, the authors defined a multifunction F : X → Y to be upper (resp. lower) weakly α-continuous if for each x ∈ X and each open set V of Y such that F (x) ⊂ V (resp. F (x) ∩ V 6= ∅), there exists an α-open set U of X containing x such that U ⊂ F(Cl(V )) (resp. U ⊂ F−(Cl(V ))). They give some characterizations and several properties concerning upper (lower) weakly α-continuo...

Hemocytes from two adult bivalves, Pecten maximus and Crassostrea gigas, were exposed to 12 different bacterial strains including 2 Alteromonas spp. (U1 and T413), 2 type strains of vibrios (V. anguillarum ATCC 19264 and V. alginolyticus ATCC 17749), 1 vibrio (S322) pathogenic to C. gigas larvae, 2 vibrios (V110 and V117) virulent to Ostrea edulis larvae, and 5 different strains of a same Vibri...

This paper describes experiments designed to evaluate Na(+) and Cl(-) transport in isolated proximal straight tubules from rabbit kidneys. When the perfusing solution was Krebs-Ringer buffer with 25 mM HCO(3) (-) (KRB) and the bath contained KRB plus 6% albumin, net volume reabsorption (J(v), nl min(-1) mm(-1) was -0.46 +/- 0.03 (SEM); V(e), the spontaneous transepithelial potential difference,...

The title compound, [V(2)Cl(4)O(2)(CH(3)CN)(4)], is a centrosymmetric dinuclear V(IV) complex associated with four mol-ecules of acetonitrile. The coordination around both V(IV) atoms is essentially square-planar, involving three Cl atoms and one O atom [maximum deviation = 0.017 (3) Å for the O atom]. The augmented octahedral coordination of the metal atom is completed by the N atoms of aceton...

A V(III) thiolate complex activated C-Cl bond in dichloromethane via S-based nucleophilic attack. The reaction products, a V(III)-Cl species (major one) and a V(IV) binding to a CH(2) containing ligand (minor one) were obtained. The work demonstrates sulfur donors in the early-transition metal thiolates having strong nucleophilic characteristics.

The resting membrane potential (V(m)) of isolated somatic longitudinal muscles of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris was studied by glass microelectrodes. The inhibition of chloride permeability by low pH did not affect V(m) of the muscle fibers in isolated somatic longitudinal muscles of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris which was -48.7 mV (inside negative) at pH 7.3 and -49.1 at pH 5.6. On t...

The green colored complexes of the type Re(V)O(L(SB))Cl(2), 1, have been synthesised by reacting NBu(4)[ReOCl(4)] with HL(SB) in dry ethanol. Here, L(SB)(-) are the deprotonated forms of N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-2-picolylamine (HL(SB)(1)); N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N',N'-dimethylethylenediamine (HL(SB)(2)) and N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-N',N'-diethylethylenediamine (HL(SB)(3)). Similarly, NBu(4)[ReOCl(4)] reacte...