This work reports experimental and theoretical first-order rate constants for the reaction of vinyl radical with C(4)H(8) alkenes: 1-butene, 2-butene, and isobutene. The experiments are performed over a temperature range of 300 to 700 K at 100 Torr. Vinyl radicals (H(2)C horizontal lineCH) were generated by laser photolysis of vinyl iodide (C(2)H(3)I) at 266 nm, and time-resolved absorption spe...

TAK-475 (lapaquistat acetate) and its active metabolite-I (TAK-475 M-I) inhibit squalene synthase, which catalyzes the conversion of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to squalene. FPP is a substrate for synthesis of other mevalonate-derived isoprenoids (MDIs) such as farnesol (FOH), geranlygeranyl diphosphate (GGPP), and geranylgeraniol. In patients with MKD, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, defec...

Natural fibers, which are abundant, environmentally friendly, and biodegradable, used as a replacement for synthetic fibers. The composite strength can be increased by treating the surfaces of natural fibers with suitable chemicals, also improve interface interaction between fiber matrix. Application coupling agent in chemical treatment is utilized to reinforce bonding objective study determine...

We report a rare case of giant prostatic hyperplasia treated by open surgery. A 70-year-old man was suffering from macrohematuria. Computed tomography revealed a markedly enlarged prostate measuring 580 mL. The serum prostate-specific antigen level was 9.430 ng/mL. Prostatic biopsy showed benign prostatic hyperplasia. We perfomed retropubic open prostatectomy, since macrohematuria continued and...

Recent technological development in genetics has made large-scale marker genotyping fast and practicable, facilitating studies for detection of QTL in large general pedigrees. We developed a method that speeds up restricted maximum-likelihood (REML) algorithms for QTL analysis by simplifying the inversion of the variance-covariance matrix of the trait vector. The method was tested in an experim...

*Corresponding author: María Celina Elissondo, Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción, Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM) Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata., Funes 3250, 7600-Mar del Plata, Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Funes 3250, 7600 Mar del Plata, Consejo Nacional de Inve...

An antimicrobial-surface kinetic test which maximizes probability of cell-to-surface contact has been developed. The measurement of rate of kill by a nonleaching antimicrobial surface is based on the number of surviving bacterial cells at specific times of exposure to various amounts of total treated surface area of test substrate. This method gives information for direct comparison of rate of ...

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