This work investigated the effect of granular activated carbon adsorption (GACA) on fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in secondary effluent, by means of excitation–emission matrix (EEM) spectra, the fluorescence regional integration (FRI) method, synchronous spectra, the fluorescence index defined as the ratio of fluorescence emission intensity at wavelength 450 nm ...

Haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism and its relationship to malaria infections was examined in Solomon Islanders under 25 years of age. The slide positive rate for malaria was 48% (53/111): Plasmodium vivax (Pv) 21 cases, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) 16 cases and the remaining 16 were a mixture of Pv/Pf/P. malariae. Of 111 subjects examined, 17% (19 subjects) were ahaptoglobinemic (HpO). No association...

Nesfatin-1 is an anorexigen in goldfish. In the present study, we provide novel data indicating the presence and regulatory effects of nesfatin-1 on the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis of goldfish. Nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2)/nesfatin-1-like immunoreactive (ir) cells are present in the hypothalamus and in the pituitary, suggesting a hypophysiotropic role for nesfatin-1. NUCB2/nesfatin-1-lik...

In the title compound, Pb(2)(HPO(3))(NO(3))(2), the two distinct Pb(2+) ions (both with site symmetry m) adopt irregular PbO(10) coordination polyhedra. The structure is completed by two distinct nitrate groups (in which one O atom and the N atom have m site symmetry for both ions) and an HPO(3) (2-) anion (in which one O atom and the P and H atoms have m site symmetry). The connectivity of the...

The title compound, poly[[diaqua-copper(II)]-μ(3)-hydrogenphosphito], [Cu(HPO(3))(H(2)O)(2)](n), (I), has been prepared by hydro-thermal synthesis at 393 K. Its non-centrosymmetric polymorph structure, (II), was known previously and has been redetermined at 193 (2) K [El Bali & Massa (2002 ▶). Acta Cryst. E58, i29-i31]. The Cu atoms in (I) and (II) are square-pyramidal coordinated. A distorted ...

State and function of breast depend on an endocrinological balance, the upsetting of which can be a factor favorable to the development of cancer. Enkephalins (ENK) have been considered as a particular form of adaptation to defense to the organism against neoplastic processes. However, ENK may modify the endocrine functions of glands such as the ovary or the thyroid through the hypothalamus-pit...

Meningiomas may be classified as neurofibromin 2 (NF2)‐associated and non‐NF2 meningiomas depending on the presence or absence of molecular alterations in the NF2 gene. One of the characteristic histological features of meningiomas is the whorl formation of neoplastic arachnoid cells. NF2 is a human homolog of the Drosophila gene, Merlin (Mer). In humans, NF2 is the gene responsible for the dis...

introduction : the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of smear layer on the push-out bond strength of white mineral trioxide aggregate (wmta) with and without disodium hydrogen phosphate (na 2 hpo 4 ). materials and methods: dentin discs with standard cavities were obtained from extracted human single-rooted teeth and divided to 4 groups ( n =15) according to the irrigation r...

Changes in vascular conductance (VC) are required to counter changes in muscle perfusion pressure (MPP) to maintain muscle blood flow (MBF) during exercise. We investigated the recruitment of VC as a function of peak VC measured in three body positions at two different work rates to test the hypothesis that adaptations in VC compensated changes in MPP at low-power output (LPO), but not at high-...

Menstruation is the end point of series events which begin in cerebral cortex and hypothalamus ends at uterus hypothalamic pituitary –ovarian uterine axis. Any break this axis creates Menstrual Problems. PCOS one such condition associated with abnormal gonadotropic secretion turn lead to menstrual irregularity acne hirsutism- Its prevalence ranging from 2.2% 26% age 18-45 years. In modern scien...