Acid gas absorption by ionic liquids (ILs) has arisen as a promising alternative technique for biogas or natural upgrading. In the present work, IL-based blends are evaluated potential thermodynamic/kinetic synergistic effects on hydrogen sulfide (H2S) capture through physical and/or chemical absorption. First, molecular simulation analysis means of COSMO-RS was used to select with enhanced H2S...

In previous structure-activity studies, we have demonstrated that attachment of a glucose molecule to the chloroethylnitrosourea cytotoxic group produces a compound with reduced murine bone marrow toxicity and retention of full antitumor activity. To further define this protective role conferred by the glucose moiety in bone marrow cells, we have replaced the nitrosourea cytotoxic group with an...

Continuous measurements of total gaseous mercury (TGM) at an urban background station in Helsinki, Finland, were performed in 2006–2007. Additionally, a one-month campaign to measure TGM continuously from a moving car was organized in 2007, when several cities and industrial areas around Finland were surveyed. In Helsinki, a one-year average of 1.54 ± 0.20 ng m–3 was measured, which is about th...

Anti-dengue T-cell responses have been implicated in both protection and immunopathology. However, most of the T-cell studies for dengue include few epitopes, with limited knowledge of their inter-serotype variation and the breadth of their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) affinity. In order to expand our knowledge of HLA-restricted dengue epitopes, we screened T-cell responses against 477 overlap...

The temporal pole (TP) is an association cortex capable of multisensory integration and participates in various high-order cognitive functions. However, an accepted parcellation of the human TP and its connectivity patterns have not yet been well established. Here, we sought to present a scheme for the parcellation of human TP based on anatomical connectivity and to reveal its subregional conne...

Abstract. Land surface emissions are an important source of atmospheric total gaseous mercury (TGM); however, its role on the variations TGM isotopic compositions and concentrations has not been properly evaluated. In this study, isotope compositions, a powerful tracer for sources transformation Hg, were measured at 10 urban sites one rural site in China. higher summer than winter most cities e...

Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by an α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A) deficiency and resulting in the accumulation of glycosphingolipids, predominantly globotriaosylceramide (Gb3). A transgenic mouse expressing the human α-Gal A R301Q mutant in an α-Gal A-knockout background (TgM/KO) should be useful for studying active-site-specific chaperone (ASSC) therapy for Fabry disease. ...

Renin, a major regulatory component of the renin-angiotensin system, plays a pivotal role in regulating blood pressure and electrolyte homeostasis and is predominantly expressed in the kidney. Several cAMP-responsive elements have been identified within renin gene promoters. Here, we study how 2 such elements, renin proximal promoter element-2 (RP-2) and overlapping cAMP and negative regulatory...

A unique set of gaseous mercury measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UT/LS) has been obtained during the monthly CARIBIC (www.caribic-atmospheric.com) flights since May 2005. The passenger Airbus 340-600 of Lufthansa covered routes to the Far East, North America, India, and the southern hemisphere. The accompanying measurements of CO, O3, NOy, H2O, aerosols, halocarbons...

Atmospheric total gaseous mercury (TGM) concentrations and wet and dry deposition of mercury at a high-altitude mountain peak in south China X. W. Fu, X. Feng, Z. Q. Dong, R. S. Yin, J. X. Wang, Z. R. Yang, and H. Zhang State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China Guizhou Environmental Science Research Institut...