Imprinting nanoparticles: Core-shell bovine hemoglobin (BHb) imprinted magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with a mean diameter of 210 nm have been synthesized for the first time. The imprinted magnetic nanoparticles could easily reach the adsorption equilibrium and magnetic separation under an external magnetic field, thus avoiding problems related to the bulk polymer. In this work, the core-shell b...

A soluble poly (n-vinyl carbazole)-polypyrrole (PNVC-Ppy) copolymer was prepared through oxidative chemical polymerization wherein dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid (DBSA) was used as a dopant to facilitate polymer-organic solvent interaction and ammonium persulfate (APS) was used as an oxidant. Compared with undoped PNVC-Ppy, the DBSA-doped PNVC-Ppy copolymer showed higher solubility in some selec...

A series of novel guar gum-g-poly(sodium acrylate-co-styrene)/muscovite (GG-g-P(NaA-co-St)/MVT) superabsorbent composites were prepared by free-radical grafting copolymerization of natural guar gum (GG), partially neutralized acrylic acid (NaA), styrene (St) and muscovite (MVT) using ammonium persulfate (APS) as the initiator and N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBA) as the crosslinker. Optical ab...

BACKGROUND Hairdressers are at risk for occupational respiratory diseases, but the risk factors, causal agents, and underlying mechanisms are not completely defined. AIM To describe the features of a large group of hairdressers consecutively referred to our center for suspected occupational asthma (OA) over an 8-year period, the type of occupational respiratory diseases, the etiologic agents,...

BACKGROUND Occupational contact dermatitis among hairdressers is frequent, owing to daily exposure to irritants and allergens. OBJECTIVES To identify sensitization to the most common allergens associated with the occupation of hairdressing. METHODS Patch test results of 399 hairdressers and 1995 matched controls with contact dermatitis, registered by the Danish Contact Dermatitis Group betw...

Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) solution is wildly used to remove membrane fouling-derived organic materials and restore flux, which can result in the formation of halogenated by-products. To reduce by-products, a combined cleaning process with NaClO peroxides including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), peroxydisulfate (PDS), peroxymonosulfate (PMS) were applied offline mode fouling. It was found that all ...

Five primaquine (PQ) analogues have been isolated by peroxydisulfate oxidation and were tested for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium yoelli infected mice. To develop them as promising antimalarial agents in-silico druglikeness studies were carried out. The analogue 6-Methoxy-5,8-di-(4-amino-1-methylbutyl-amino)-quinoline [P1] was found to be promising antimalarial agent as it was found n...

Polyacrylate/silica nanocomposite was prepared by sol–gel process via in situ emulsion polymerization. The influence of the synthetic conditions, such as the ratio of different monomers and the contents of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), c-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (Z-6030), diethanolamine (DAM) and ammonium persulfate (APS) on the physical mechanical properties of polyacrylate/silica nanoco...

The resolution of complex protein mixtures by discontinuous buffer SDS-PAGE is accomplished by their concentration into thin bands in the stacking gel, followed by their separation during migration through the resolving gel. Recombinant human interferon-inducible protein-10 (IP-10), a 10-kDa C-X-C chemokine with four cysteines, aggregated during the stacking phase of SDS-PAGE and generated a ba...