A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sodium ion sensor using an ion optode membrane film was experimentally and theoretically described based on an absorption-based SPR principle proposed in our previous article (Kurihara, K; Suzuki, K. AnaL Chem. 2002, 74, 696-701). The sodium ion concentrations from 10(-6) to 10(-1) have been successfully determined not only by the resonance angle diagnosis of t...

The application of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements to the study of ultrathin organic and inorganic films adsorbed onto gold surfaces utilizing nearinfrared (NIR) excitation from 800 to 1152 nm is described. SPR scanning angle measurements of film thickness are demonstrated at 814 and 1152 nm using lowpower diode and HeNe laser sources, respectively. Several advantages of SPR in the...

Studies on cultured cells have shown that agonists induce several types of G protein-coupled receptors to undergo internalization. We have investigated this phenomenon in rat striatum, using substance P (SP)-induced internalization of the SP receptor (SPR) as our model system. Within 1 min of a unilateral striatal injection of SP in the anesthetized rat, nearly 60% of the SPR-immunoreactive neu...

Si-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the Kretschmann-Raether geometry is considered as a platform for the optical measurement of high refractive index films. The implementation of the SPR effect becomes possible due to the relatively high index of refraction of Si compared to most materials. As examples we study the SPR responses for some important semiconductor-based films, including la...

The objectives of this study were to establish an in-depth understanding of the signals induced by mammalian cells in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing. To this end, two plasmonic structures with different propagation and penetration distances were used: conventional surface plasmon resonance and long-range surface plasmon resonance. Long-range SPR showed a lesser sensitivity to the absol...

The cumulative resource constraints of the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) do not treat the resource demands as geometric rectangles, that is, activities are not necessarily assigned to the same resource units over their processing times. In spite of this fact, most papers on resource-constrained project scheduling mainly in the motivation phase use a strip packing of re...

سابقه و هدف: با افزایش بی­رویه جمعیت در شهر‌ها دفع ایمن پسماند یک مشکل اساسی برای این کلان­ شهرها محسوب ‌می‌شود. مسئله دفن محل آن انتهای قرار دارد. ‌معمول‌ترین روش جوامع شهری کشور ایران سایر کشورهای جهان همین ارزیابی اثرات زیست­ محیطی کاهش منفی بسیار مهم است. از رو مطالعه ‌محل زباله ارومیه ریام مورد گرفت.مواد روش‌ها: استفاده به منظور اطلاعاتی صورت میدانی شهرستان جمع‌آوری شد. سپس تاثیر فعالیت‌ها...

Immune cells within the granulomas of murine schistosomiasis mansoni make the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and express neurokine 1 receptor, which is the specific receptor for substance P (SPr). It was determined if mice with deletion of the SPr (SPr-/-) would develop a normal granulomatous response to schistosome ova during the course of natural infection. Mean liver granuloma size was smalle...

(6R)-l-erythro-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor for monoamine and nitric oxide (NO) production. Sepiapterin reductase (SPR) catalyzes the final step in BH4 biosynthesis. We analyzed the cardiovascular function of adult Spr gene-disrupted (Spr-/-) mice for the first time. After weaning, Spr-/- mice suffered from hypertension with fluctuation and bradycardia, while the m...