Egg-shell, egg-yolk and egg-white types of Co/SiO2 catalysts were prepared by utilizing entrapped air to inhibit the entrance of impregnation or leaching solution into the cores of catalyst pellets during the preparation procedure; the entrapped air played the important role because the capillary pressure was reduced to a suitable range by adjusting the concentration of ethanol in the impregnat...

[1] We compare solute transport experiments to simulations in a partially-saturated, variable-aperture fracture in measured fracture aperture and entrapped-air geometry fields. The computational model tracks particles through a quasi-three-dimensional velocity field that is based on the two-dimensional solution to the Reynolds equation. The model predicts 84% of the relative increase in dispers...

Radial neuropathy is frequently associated with fracture of the middle third of the humerus owing to the course of the nerve adjacent to the humeral shaft. The prevalence varies from 2 to 18% of humeral fractures. The therapeutic management is still controversial. Some authors recommend initial surgical exploration, whereas others prefer observation and intervention only if the injured nerve fa...

Immobilization of biological systems in solid matrices is presently of great interest, in view of the many potential advantages associated with both the higher stability of the immobilized macromolecules and the potential utilization for biotechnology. In the present paper the electrochemical behaviour of the undecapeptide from cytochrome c (called microperoxidase) tightly entrapped in cellulos...

The present study demonstrates that the subcutaneous administration of Neospora caninum dense granule protein 7 (NcGRA7) entrapped in liposomes coated with mannotriose strongly induces the parasite-specific T-helper type 1 immune response and humoral antibody in mice. Although anti-NcGRA7 immunoglobulin G1 antibody production was induced in mice injected with NcGRA7 alone, the dams and offsprin...

We wanted to determine the immunoprotective behaviour of cell wall protein peptidoglycan complex (CW-PPC) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra, using liposomes as adjuvant, in an experimental animal model. Immunization of mice with CW-PPC entrapped in liposomes induced both humoral response, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and cell-mediated immune responses, as seen by ...

We entrapped lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia in polyallylamine-mediated biomimetic silica, and then applied entrapped lipase to the synthesis of biodiesel with soybean oil or waste cooking oil as a feedstock. The effects of reaction temperature, substrate molar ratio (methanol/oil) and n-hexane content (w/w of oil) were evaluated using response surface methodology (RSM) combined with Box-Behnke...

The comparative pharmacokinetics of free doxorubicin and doxorubicin entrapped in cardiolipin liposomes was evaluated in rats at a dose of 6 mg/kg i.v. Doxorubicin was entrapped in cardiolipin liposomes by using 11.2 mumol of drug, 5.6 mumol of cardiolipin, 28.5 mumol of phosphatidylcholine, 19.5 mumol of cholesterol, and 11.1 mumol of stearylamine. The peak plasma concentration with free doxor...

Entrapped air in the chambers of a T-girder bridge generates considerably large vertical force which is harmful to safety superstructure. The contribution entrapped not considered when calculating flood related specifications, and also it has been taken into account by researchers. Two-dimensional, scaled-down models at 1:40 scale are selected as research object. Analytical numerical methods em...