Schiff base sal-2,5-Clan = 2-(2,5-dichlorobenzylideneamino)phenol used as a new precursor for preparation of poly-2-(2,5-dichlorobenzylideneamino)phenol (PDCBAP). In an aqueous alkaline medium, NaOCl oxidant is capable of oxidative poly-condensation reaction (OP). Both sal-2,5-Clan and PDCBAP were characterized by solubility tests, FT-IR, 1H-NMR spectroscopy and TG-DTA studies. FT-IR and 1H-NMR...

In order to address preserved protein bioactivities and protein sustained-release problems, a method for preparing double-walled microspheres with a core (protein-loaded nanoparticles with a polymer-suspended granule system-formed core) and a second shell (a polymer-formed shell) for controlled drug release and preserved protein bioactivities has been developed using (solid-in-oil phase-in-hydr...

An lp oblivious subspace embedding is a distribution over r × n matrices Π such that for any fixed n× d matrix A, Pr Π [for all x, ‖Ax‖p ≤ ‖ΠAx‖p ≤ κ‖Ax‖p] ≥ 9/10, where r is the dimension of the embedding, κ is the distortion of the embedding, and for an n-dimensional vector y, ‖y‖p = ( ∑n i=1 |yi|) 1/p is the lp-norm. Another important property is the sparsity of Π, that is, the maximum numbe...

A series of poly(o-/m-toluidine-co-o-/m-chloroaniline) copolymers of different compositions were synthesized by an emulsion method with ammonium persulfate as the oxidant. The conductivity of the copolymers was two to five orders of magnitude higher than that of the homopolymers poly(o-toluidine) and poly(m-chloroaniline). Among the copolymers, the copolymer of o-toluidine and m-chloroaniline e...

Experimentally determined changes in free energy (delta G(o)) for thymine-thymine interactions occurring in oligo(dT).poly(dA) are dependent on the method used for preparation of the double-stranded template. A rapid laser cross-linking technique was used to examine the equilibrium between oligomers of (dT) bound to either poly(dA) or poly(rA). The single-pulse (4-6 nsec) ultraviolet laser exci...

We consider the problem of learning unions of rectangles over the domain [b]n, in the uniform distribution membership query learning setting, where both b and n are “large”. We obtain poly(n, log b)-time algorithms for the following classes: • poly(n log b)-way MAJORITY of O( log(n log b) log log(n log b))-dimensional rectangles. • Union of poly(log(n log b)) many O( log (n log b) (log log(n lo...

We have developed a facile, scalable method for preparation of enzyme-responsive copolypeptide vesicles that requires no protecting groups or expensive components. We designed amphiphilic copolypeptides containing segments of water-soluble methionine sulfoxide, M(O), residues that were prepared by synthesis of a fully hydrophobic precursor diblock copolypeptide, poly(l-methionine)65-b-poly(L-le...

The role of cobalt(II) complexes containing 2-formylpyrrolyl chelating ligands and phosphine ligands combined with a bromo-alkyl ester, an alkyl bromide or an azo compound in the formation of suitable initiator systems for vinyl monomer controlled radical polymerization was studied. The formation of syndiotactic-rich (Pr>0.7) poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and atactic (Pr=0.49) poly(styrene) ...