Carbon disulfide, a potentially therapeutic small molecule, is generated via oxidative cleavage of 1,1-dithiooxalate (DTO) photosensitized by CdSe quantum dots (QDs). Irradiation of DTO-QD conjugates leads to λ(irr) independent photooxidation with a quantum yield of ~4% in aerated pH 9 buffer solution that drops sharply in deaerated solution. Excess DTO is similarly decomposed, indicating labil...

Courses of antituberculous chemotherapy are more prolonged than ever, and the problem of the unpleasant side effects of the administration of para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) harasses both patient and physician for longer periods of time. Clinicians who manage tuberculosis are quite familiar with the difficulties entailed in keeping an appreciable number of their patients on an uninterrupted, pro...

BACKGROUND Tincture of opium (TOP) is currently used for maintenance therapy in treatment of opioids addiction. It contains ethanol. The present study was conducted to assess the increase in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in its users; a process which may interfere with breath-alcohol test performed by law enforcement or traffic police. METHODS A total of 143 individuals were selected rand...

In this paper the capabilities of optical tomography (OT) applied to breast cancer detection have been discussed. The first step toward the creation of the model is forward problem solution. For this purpose BEM with isoparametric triangle element has been implemented, which improves the solution accuracy. The forward problem solution in OT is based on the solution of diffusion equations in the...

This study evaluated the influence of the alcohol present in a formulation of the antiophidic phytotherapic tincture, Específico-Pessôa, on rat blood biochemical and hematological parameters, and on organ histology. Three groups of rats were treated orally for 10, 15, or 30 days; one group received the tincture, the other received alcohol alone, and the third was a control group. The results of...

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Pd2(C4H7)2(C16H14N2S2)], the metal atom is η(3)-coordinated by three C atoms of a crotyl ligand [Pd-C = 2.147 (4), 2.079 (5) and 2.098 (5) Å], the longest distance influenced by the steric inter-action with the benzyl substituents of the di-benzyl-dithio-oximidate (DTO) ligand. The Pd-N and Pd-S bonds to this ligand are 2.080 (3) and 2.3148 (9) ...

Let V be a finite set of divisorial valuations centered at a 2dimensional regular local ring R. In this paper we study its structure by means of the semigroup of values, SV , and the multi-index graded algebra defined by V , grV R. We prove that SV is finitely generated and we compute its minimal set of generators following the study of reduced curve singularities. Moreover, we prove a unique d...

2 Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Polyscias filicifolia Bailey tincture on the activity of tRNA specific for leucine (tRNALeu) and leucyl-tRNA synthetase under anoxia in isolated pig heart. Polyscias filicifolia Bailey tincture did not affect the acceptor activity of tRNALeu from a ...

This article focuses on the uses of opiates in early modern Scotland an effort to trace neglected story how poppy-based substances were used this period across British Isles. It explores their history medical practices, examining sources as varied household recipes, apothecaries’ invoices, and family correspondence surgeons alongside treatises publications seventeenth eighteenth centuries. Cons...