The objective of this review is to consider the mechanisms by which vitamin D affects muscle and the evidence that vitamin D status is important for muscle performance and fall prevention in older adults. Vitamin D receptors have been identified in human skeletal-muscle cells. Activation of these receptors by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is involved in the action of vitamin D on the myocyte. Several...

The title compound, [Ru(2)(C(13)H(15)S)(2)(CO)(4)], is a centrosymmetric binuclear metal-carbonyl complex containing an Ru-Ru single bond [2.7511 (8) Å]. Each Ru(I) atom is coordinated by two bridging carbonyl ligands, one terminal carbonyl ligand and one η(5)-cyclo-penta-dienyl group. The complex has a trans conformation and the two cyclo-penta-dienyl ring planes are parallel. The crystal stru...

Evidences and hints, both from the theoretical and experimental side, of exotic baryon resonances with B = S, have been with us for the last thirty years. The poor status of the general acceptance of these Z resonances is partly due to the prejudice against penta-quark baryons and partly due to the opinion that a proof of the existence of exotic states must be rigorous. This can refer to the qu...

In the title compound, C(17)H(23)NO(4)S, the penta-diene group adopts a planar conformation, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.0410 (14) Å. The phenyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 85.73 (11)° with the penta-diene group, while the penta-diene group makes dihedral angles of 11.38 (11) and 14.08 (10)°, respectively, with the amino and ester groups. In the crystal, molecules are linked via pairs of C...

The title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(13)H(9)F(3)N)], was prepared by a condensation reaction from ferrocenylcarbaldehyde and 4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)aniline. The cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings are coplanar [dihedral angle = 1.4 (3)°] and the imine function is situated in the same plane. The aromatic substituent is bent out of the plane of the Cp ring to which the imine group is attached by 44.5 (4)°...

The penta-noyl group and the 5-fluoro-uracil moiety of the title compound, C(9)H(11)FN(2)O(3), are essentially coplanar, with the penta-noyl carbonyl group oriented towards the ring CH group and away from the nearer ring carbonyl group. In the crystal structure, two inversion-related mol-ecules form a dimer structure, in which two N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds generate an inter-molecular R(2) (2)(8) rin...

The title compound {systematic name: bis[1,4(η(5))-cyclo-penta-dien-yl]hexa-kis(μ-diethyl phosphito)-1:2κ(6)P:O;3:4κ(6)O:P-μ-ox-alato-2:3κ(4)O(1),O(2):O(1'),O(2')-dioxido-2κO,3κO-1,4-dicobalt(III)-2,3-divanadium(IV)}, [Co(2)V(2)(C(5)H(5))(2)(C(2)O(4))(C(4)H(10)O(3)P)(6)O(2)], is an oxalate-bridged dinuclear complex of oxovanadium(IV). The geometric center of the dimer lies on an inversion cente...

Glass reinforced thermosetting composite materials are now widely usUUed in building and construction applications. However, the adoption of Boron and Kevlar based composite materials in this industry has been very slow, and the main reasons are lack of previous experiences to assess the durability of such composite products and understanding of their properties by designers. In order to fill t...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(5)HF(6)O(2))(2)(C(3)H(4)N(2)Se)(2)], the Cu(II) atom (site symmetry ) is coordinated by two O,O'-bidentate 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexa-fluoro-2,4-penta-nedione (hp) ligands and two 4-methyl-1,2,3-selenadiazole mol-ecules, resulting in a slightly distorted trans-CuN(2)O(4) octa-hedral geometry in which the cis angles deviate by less than 3° from 90°. The selenadiazole plane is ...