Censored Regression Quantile (CRQ) methods provide a powerful and flexible approach for the analysis of censored survival data when standard linear models are felt to be appropriate. In many cases however, greater flexibility is desired to go beyond the usual multiple regression paradigm. One area of common interest is that of partially linear models, where one (or more) of the explanatory vari...

Impurity effects are an intricate issue in CO2 geological storage, involving both pre-dissolved impurities the medium and co-injected impurities. Numerical simulations were carried out this study to investigate coupling of H2S different (H2S, CH4 N2) on sequestration layered sour saline aquifers. The native would be exsolved formation brine pushed ahead by injected plume. reduced concentrations...

Many physiological functions of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) have been reported in mammalian cells over the last 20 years. These physiological effects have been ascertained through in vitro treatment of cells with Na2S or NaHS, both of which are precursors of H2S. Since H2S exists as HS- in a neutral solution, a disulfide compound such as cystine could react with HS- in culture medium as well as in t...

Women with a history of preeclampsia have an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases later in life. Persistent vascular alterations in the postpartum period might contribute to this increased risk. The current study assessed arterial stiffness under low sodium (LS) and high sodium (HS) conditions in a well-characterized group of formerly early-onset preeclamptic (fPE) women and formerly preg...

We develop a new 1D photochemical kinetics code to address stratospheric chemistry and stratospheric heating in hot Jupiters. Here we address optically active S-containing species and CO2 at 1200 ≤ T ≤ 2000 K. HS (mercapto) and S2 are highly reactive species that are generated photochemically and thermochemically from H2S with peak abundances between 1-10 mbar. S2 absorbs UV between 240 and 340...

This paper investigates the extent to which domestic investment in East Asian countries is financed by domestic, (East Asian) regional and global savings in order to infer the relative importance of regional vs. global capital markets in East Asia. Panel regression results show that regional saving in East Asia plays a much more important role than global saving in financing investment in the r...

The amine fluoride (AmF) N -octadecyltrimethylendiamineN,N,N -tris(2-ethanol)-dihydrofluoride is a cationic antimicrobial which can have beneficial effects on plaque formation. Here, we determine changes in pellicle and bacterial cell surface properties of the strains Actinomyces naeslundii HM1, Streptococcus mutans NS, S. mutans ATCC 700610, S. sobrinus HG1025 and S. oralis HM1 upon adsorption...

Sulfur (S) is a requisite part of the ruminant diet, but may sometimes be present in excess, leading to decreased animal performance and illness. In this experiment, 96 crossbred yearling steers (321 ± 29 kg BW) were used to determine the effects of dietary S concentration of a supplement fed to cattle on pasture and of the total diet in the finishing period. Steers were blocked by weight and a...

Sulphide (H2S, HS- and S2-) is an undesired by-product of biogas production processes. This modelling work in Aquasim was carried out to study three parallel processes related sulphide AD processes: 1) H2S liquid-gas mass transfer; 2) Acid-base equilibrium; 3) oxidation with different electron acceptors; nitrate, oxygen, a biotic anode given potential. Multiplicative Monod (biotic processes) Ne...