By coupling surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with thin layer chromatography (TLC), a facile and powerful method was developed for on-site monitoring the process of chemical reactions. Samples were preseparated on a TLC plate following a common TLC procedure, and then determined by SERS after fabricating a large-area, uniform SERS substrate on the TLC plate by spraying gold nanoparticl...

I would like to thank Pedone et al 1 for their recent article in CHEST (April 2012). The article presented data on the association between pulmonary restriction, properly defi ned as having a total lung capacity (TLC) below the fi fth percentile of the reference population (lower limit of normal [LLN]), and all-cause mortality. As the authors correctly pointed out, defi ning restriction as FVC ...

Background: Lymphopenia commonly occurs in cancer patients and predicts poor prognosis. It is caused by radioand chemotherapy, with malnutrition and treatment-related oxidative stress playing key roles in its pathogenesis. Tumour-related morbidity is reported to be associated with reduced plasma ascorbate, which is a key physiological antioxidant and essential factor in immune function. Method:...

The alteration of the lung volume, in the form of reduction of total lung capacity (TLC), is regarded to restrictive lung diseases; as a rule the diseases of the chest wall and muscles, neuromuscular apparatus stipulate it; also, there are parenchymal ailments that may adjust the respiratory function of the lungs. The former ones lead to the decrease of TLC and refer to extrapulmonary diseases,...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The high cost of CD4 count estimation in resource-limited countries is a major challenge in initiating patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Therefore, assessment of inexpensive and simple laboratory diagnostic marker is mandatory to diagnose immuno-suppression. OBJECTIVE To evaluate utility of total lymphocyte count (TLC) as surrogate marker for C...

The isolation and identification of the phosphonolipids from beef brain--right lobe, left lobe and cerebellum--is herein reported. The phosphonolipids were isolated by preparative thin layer chromatography (TLC) using the solvent system methanol/water (2:1, v/v) and identified preliminarily by TLC. The isolated phosphonolipids were subjected to silicic acid column chromatographic separation and...

Statistical Software SigmaStat is a statistical software package that performs such computations as t tests, analyses of variance, correlations, rates and proportions, nonparametric methods, linear and nonlinear regressions, and power and sample size analyses. SigmaStat's procedures are automated and require little statistical knowledge from the user. An "Advise" command helps the user select t...

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is a useful technique for the separation and identification of compounds in mixtures. TLC is used routinely to follow the progress of reactions by monitoring the consumption of starting materials and the appearance of products. Commercial applications of TLC include the analysis of urine for evidence of "doping", the analysis of drugs to establish purity or ident...