Contrast-detail experiments were performed to optimize technique factors for the detection of low-contrast lesions using a silicon diode array full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system under the conditions of a matched average glandular dose (AGD) for different techniques. Optimization was performed for compressed breast thickness from 2 to 8 cm. FFDM results were compared to screen-film mam...

Circular dichroism (CD) spectra and density functional theory (DFT) calculations are reported for a series of conformationally bistable chiroporphyrins with 8-methylene bridles MBCP-8, which can display either an alphaalphaalphaalpha or an alphabetaalphabeta orientation of their meso substituents. From DFT geometry optimizations, the most stable form of ZnBCP-8 is found to be the alphaalphaalph...

BACKGROUND Chronic exposure to low cadmium (Cd) levels produces urinary excretion of low molecular weight proteins, which is considered the critical effect of Cd exposure. However, the mechanisms involved in Cd-induced proteinuria are not entirely clear. Therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate the possible role of megalin and cubilin (important endocytic receptors in proximal tubu...

The title compound [Cd(L)(2)(H(2)O)(2)](n) (L = 3-pyridine-propionic acid, C(8)H(8)NO(2)), is a two-dimensional coordination polymer in which the Cd(II) ion lies on an inversion center and is coordinated in a slightly distorted octa-hedral environment. The aqua H atoms are involved in inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which extend the two-dimensional structure to a three-dimensional archite...

In the mononuclear title complex, [CdBr2(C20H17N3)(C3H7NO)], synthesized from the quinoline-derived Schiff base 2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-N-(quinolin-2-yl-methyl-ene)ethan-amine (IQME), the coordination geometry around the Cd(2+) atom is distorted trigonal bipyramidal, the axial positions being occupied by the quinoline N atom [Cd-N = 2.401 (3) Å] and one di-methyl-formamide O-atom donor [Cd-O = 2.399 ...

The asymmetric unit of the title Cd(II) coordination polymer, [Cd(2)(C(8)H(6)O(8))(H(2)O)(3)](n), contains two crystallographically independent Cd(II) cations, one-half each of two independent anionic butane-1,2,3,4-tetra-carboxyl-ate units (L) and three water mol-ecules. Both anionic units lie on inversion centers. One of the Cd(II) ions is six-coordinated by four carboxyl-ate O atoms from fou...

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Cd(2)(C(13)H(12)NOS(2))(4)], pairs of dithio-carbamate ligands exhibit different structural functions. Each of the terminal ligands is bidentately coordinated to one Cd(II) atom and forms a planar four-membered CS(2)Cd chelate ring, whereas pairs of the tridentate bridging ligands link two neighbouring Cd(II) atoms, forming extended eight-membered C(2)S(4...

Cadmium (Cd), a toxic environmental pollutant, has a long biological half-life (15–20 years) and thus can be readily accumulated in human body with age. Due to its high permeability to blood-brain barrier, Cd can evoke overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and consequently induce neuronal cell death in brain. Cd has been regarded as a possible etiological factor for human neurodegener...

Research supports the efficacy of both cognitive dissonance (CD) and healthy weight (HW) eating disorders prevention, and indicates that CD can be delivered by peer-facilitators, which facilitates dissemination. This study investigated if peer-facilitators can deliver HW when it is modified for their use and extended follow-up of peer-facilitated CD as compared to previous trials. Based on pilo...