CONTENTS 36.1 Bio-Char Management and Soil Nutrient Availability ............................................. 518 36.2 Microbial Cycling of Nutrients in Soils with Bio-Char ............................................ 519 36.3 Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Soils with Bio-Char................................................. 521 36.4 Slash-and-Char as an Alternative to Slash-and-Burn ...........

The endocannabinoid (EC) system consists of two main receptors: cannabinoid type 1 receptor cannabinoid receptors are found in both the central nervous system (CNS) and periphery, whereas the cannabinoid type 2 receptor cannabinoid receptor is found principally in the immune system and to a lesser extent in the CNS. The EC family consists of two classes of well characterised ligands; the N-acyl...

Background. The purpose of our research was to investigate the intellec tual and cognitive functions of premature babies at ten years of age. Material and methods. 35 children (15 preterm and 20 born at term) and their parents participated in the study. We used the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and a questionnaire containing demographic data and medical parameters. R...

The encapsulation of homogeneous chiral catalysts, e.g. Co(Salen) and Ru-TsDPEN, in the mesoporous cage of SBA-16 is demonstrated; the encapsulated catalysts show performance as good as that of the homogeneous catalysts, and can be recycled for more than 10 times without significant loss of catalytic performance.

The complexation with organoruthenium fragments confers 4-anilinoquinazoline pharmacophores with higher potential for inducing cellular apoptosis while the highly inhibitory activity of 4-anilinoquinazolines against EGFR and the reactivity of the ruthenium centre to 9-ethylguanine are well preserved.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ru(C(13)H(9)N(3))(C(15)H(11)N(3))(H(2)O)](PF(6))(2)·1.5C(3)H(6)O, consists of two crystallographically independent Ru(II) complexes. Each complex is approximately octa-hedral with the Ru(II) atom bound by an N,N'-coordinated 2-(2-pyrid-yl)-1,8-naphthyridine (pynp) ligand, a meridional 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tpy) ligand and one aqua ligand. The tpy l...

A DFT investigation into the mechanism for the decomposition of Grubbs 2nd generation pre-catalyst (2) in the presence of methanol, is presented. Gibbs free energy profiles for decomposition of the pre-catalyst (2) via two possible mechanisms were computed. We predict that decomposition following tricyclohexylphosphane dissociation is most favoured compared to direct decomposition of the pre-ca...

The kinetics of the ruthenium-promoted cis,cis to trans,trans isomerization of 1,1,2,2,5,5,6,6-octamethyl-1,2,5,6-tetrasilacycloocta-3,7-diene were investigated. Incubation of a ruthenium alkylidene complex, (Cy(3)P)RuCl(2)(==CHPh)Ru(p-cymene)Cl(2), in CD(2)Cl(2) for 5 days at 40 degrees C afforded a catalytically active ruthenium species that was shown to be responsible for promoting the isome...

The 77 K emission spectral maxima of bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complexes are found to approach a limit at energies below about 14,000 cm(-1). There is also evidence for related low-energy excited-state limits in some other classes of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes. The shapes of the vibronic sidebands found in these limits differ from those of complexes that emit at higher energies. These l...