... production of NO and NO2 adds to the lethality of the process 2.2.4 Effect of charged particles In the discussion of the mechanisms of inactivation, a lot of attention is given to the effect of UV ... contrast, the great majority of papers published on the inactivationof micro-organisms by atmospheric pressure plasmas conclude that the contribution of UV radiation to the inactivation process is ... all relevant By comparing www.intechopen.com Inactivationof Bacteria by Non-Thermal Plasmas 31 the killing kinetics of UV radiation from a low pressure mercury-vapour lamp with that of a glow discharge...
... the extent and kinetics ofinactivationof G lamblia cysts by LP UV in both media were relatively similar to each other Meanwhile, the inactivationof G lamblia cysts by MP UV in the filtered ... reductions of each experiment performed The inactivationof G lamblia cysts by LP UV was very rapid in both PBS and the filtered water and more than log10 inactivation was achieved within a UV dose of ... number of Giardia lamblia cysts dosed into each animal 2: Infectivity Response is the number of animals with living stages of Giardia present/total number of animals infected The results of this...
... enzyme inactivationby the SC-CO2 treatment was caused by irreversible destruction of the α-helix structure of protein enzyme Ballestra et al (1996) suggested that selective inactivationof enzymes ... found that a possible leakage of cytoplasm was caused by the modification of the cell membrane of L plantarum by pressurized CO2 In our present results, the leakage of cytoplasm could not be confirmed, ... means with standard errors of the results of triplicate experiments RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Inactivationof microorganisms in untreated water by SC-CO2 treatment The effect of CO2/sample flow rate...
... while the 500 nm band of the cofactor remained bleached Discussion The process of BSAO inactivation required a long incubation with substrate, was inhibited by the presence of catalase, which eliminates ... stopper The oxygen was consumed by most substrates within the mixing time as revealed by the immediate bleaching of the TPQ 500 nm band and by the appearance of absorption peaks at 465, 435 and ... course of LCAO inactivationby spermidine LCAO, 2.8 lM, was inactivated at 37 °C by 2.0 mM substrate in 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer at different pH values (open symbols) and in presence of catalase...
... presence of 100 mM spermidine and spermine, the inactivation curve of 1.0 mgÆmL)1 lysozyme was identical to that of 0.2 mgÆmL)1 lysozyme The rate constants ofinactivation in the presence of spermidine ... and inactivationof lysozyme, namely (a) in the absence of additives, loss of activity is dependent on the protein concentration (Fig 4A), indicating that the rate-limiting step of the heat inactivation ... treatment, the amount of aggregates was calculated by determining the soluble concentration of lysozyme by centrifugation (B) The horizontal axis shows the concentration of lysozyme in samples...
... curve of AIIt-mediated liposme aggregation in the presence of various concentrations of GSNO (d) mM (j) 0.001 mM (m)0.1 mM (.)1 mM (r) 10 mM (B) Dose-dependence of NO donormediated inhibition of ... amount of AIIt associated with liposomes In the absence of Ca2+, little AIIt was bound to liposomes The results indicate that the modification of annexin II by GSNO does not affect the binding of ... environment of reactive sites of annexin II by GSNO We tested whether such changes influence the GSNO inhibition of the activity of annexin II AIIt (5 lg) was preincubated in 50 lL of buffer containing...
... eventually led to the depletion of the cofactor PLP, accompanied by the inactivationof the enzyme HPLC and 1H NMR analyses of the purified adduct revealed that the inactivation resulted from Pictet–Spengler ... enzymes by L-DOPA and its reactivation by PLP Timecourse profiles ofinactivation and activity recovery in presence of excess pyridoxal 5¢-phosphate An enzyme mixture containing 0.01 unitsÆml)1 of ... the cofactor binding affinity of C freundii TPL To verify the effect of the T15A mutation on the cofactor affinity, the apparent Michaelis constants for PLP (Km,PLP) 5568 Fig Inactivationof TPL...
... activation of glycogen synthase by insulin can be explained byinactivationof phosphorylase To determine the role ofinactivationof phosphorylase in the stimulation of glycogen synthesis by insulin, ... activation of hepatic glycogen synthase by insulin involving either inactivationof GSK-3 or inactivationof phosphorylase Insulin phosphorylates and inactivates (–) GSK-3 by activation of protein ... synthase by GSK3 inhibitors (90%) compared with insulin (40%) can be explained by the small fractional inactivationof GSK-3 caused by insulin (33%) Whereas inactivationof glycogen synthase by GSK-3...
... of membranes were followed in order to determine the degree of uncoupling of the enzyme The term ÔuncouplingÕ describes the observation that the electrons derived from the oxidation of NADH by ... Na+-NQR [6] The amount of center I of succinate dehydrogenase, or fumarate reductase, in membranes from V alginolyticus was estimated by simulation of the EPR spectrum of NADH-treated membranes ... FrdA subunit [19] The stoichiometry and localization of the flavin cofactors of the Na+-NQR are a matter of debate [7,20] A contamination of the Na+-NQR with FrdA that contains a covalently bound...
... Approximately, 100% of Iran J Med Sci December 2013; Vol 38 No Role of RF remote plasma in bacterial inactivation Figure 3: This is a depiction of the influence of the time of treatment using ... field of bacteria disinfection Acknowledgment The authors would like to thank the Director General of AECS, the Head of the Physics Department, the Head of the Chemistry Department, and the Head of ... the effect of SF6 plasma on all the previously mentioned microorganisms, using 96-well plates Total inactivationof all the tested bacteria was seen only minutes after the application of SF6 Approximately,...
... the increase in the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokine were accompanied by a reduction in the gene expression of p22phox and NF-κB, and by an increase in that of IκB Moreover, captopril was ... was able to reverse the activation of NF-κB found in left ventricle of SHR These results suggest an inactivationof the NF-κB system in the beneficial effect of captopril in hypertension-induced ... in the gene expression of NF-κB has been observed in aortas of SHR treated with the AT1R blocker, candesartan [59], and inactivationof NF-κB has been found in aortas of rats infused with ANGII...
... hour inactivation period, therefore, was identified as the one sufficient for complete inactivationof RSV by concentrations of AT-2 equal to or higher than 10 mM The dose-dependence ofinactivation ... RSV Inactivationof RSV by AT-2 is accompanied by a significant modification of RSV M2-1, a change that is likely contributing to the loss of viral infectivity Inactivated virus in the absence of ... lungs of animals inoculated with AT-2-inactivated RSV, while sham-treated RSV replicated efficiently in the lungs of infected animals (Figure 2) Dynamics of RSV inactivationby AT-2 Effect of AT-2...
... transformation of CTLL-2 by Tax1, since Dlg1 knockdown did not enhance the frequency of cells transformed by Tax1ΔC (Figure 3) The other PDZ protein likely influences the rate of proliferation of IL-2-independent ... transformation of CTLL-2 by Tax1 (Figure 8) At least two more Tax1-interacting PDZ proteins other than Dlg1 are needed to explain the present data As discussed above, inactivationof one of the two ... lines, suggesting that inactivationof Dlg1 is a critical step for transforming activity of Tax1 We will discuss these findings in the context of T-cell transformation by HTLV-1 Results HTLV...
... out of the bottle If an infant (assuming kg of weight) ingests about 700 ml of breast milk a day[18], at a treatment concentration of 0.1% this would represent an intake of SDS 0.7 g If 90% of ... transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2000, 46:219-223 Jeffery BS, Webber L, Mokhondo KR, Erasmus D: Determination of the effectiveness ofinactivationof human ... in m in nt re at ed U Ba ck gr ou nd 0.0 Length of treatment Figure Inactivationof cell-associated HIV-1 in breast milk with SDS Inactivationof cell-associated HIV-1 in breast milk with SDS...
... deprive us of the possibility of seeing each other anywhere else, and that neither my brothers nor my father are likely to approve of our engagement VISC Yes; but why not profit better by the opportunity ... inherent to it a certain touch of absurdity which is catching, and we should be warned by the example of some of our friends JU Nonsense, Cléante; I see that, in spite of all you say, you are longing ... that Hotel of Lyons, that Hotel of Holland, what charming places to live in![Footnote: Instead of naming the hotels (= mansions) of the great noblemen, Julia names the hotels (= inns) of the time...
... William T.Thomson: Theory of Vibration with Applications, Prentice Hall, 1982 M Géradin/D.Rixen: Mechanical Vibrations, Wiley, 1994 C.T.Sun, Y.P.LU: Vibration Damping of Structural Elements, Prentice ... Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibration, NJ, 2001 J S Carlton: Marine Propellers and Propulsion System, Bulterworth Heineman, 1998 Loyd's Register: "Rules and Regulations for The Classification of Ships",...
... effects of turbid substances in suspensions of C parvum oocysts on the degree of UV inactivationof the oocysts using the animal infectivity assay In addition, we evaluated the effects of humin ... scattering of the UV beam by kaoline particles In experiments on mixtures of C parvum oocysts and kaoline in which kaoline adhered to the oocyst wall, the level of UV inactivationof C parvum ... adhesion of humin However, the magnitude of the log10 inactivation with adhesion of kaoline was only approximately 10% less than that in pure water, irrespective of whether assessment was performed by...
... photoreactivation by directly investigating the number of DNA damage, and (iii) to study the contribution of DNA damage to the UV inactivationof M aeruginosa MATERIALS AND METHODS Table1 Composition of M-12 ... because of its frequent association with seasonal algal blooms The specific objectives were (i) to study the effect of UV-radiation on the inactivationof algae; (ii) to study the level of photoreactivation ... suspension of phage Qβ at an initial concentration of 2.0 × 105 PFU/ml was exposed to the LP or MPUV lamps to determine the inactivation curves by a double-agar layer method with LB agar (Merck) by using...
... regression of the first order kinetic equation This graph is noticed by higher kobs of 0.1619 h-1 in the initial stage of the reaction followed by lower kobs of 0.0122 h-1 The decrease in the value of ... with functional groups for the removal of ammonium which is a possible byproduct of denitrification by ZVI CTAB was dissolved in deionized water The mixture of 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxy silica ... a faster rate g of the beads in 100 mL of solution with initial nitrate concentration of 30 mg-N/L removed 20 % of the nitrate after h, and stayed at that point during the rest of the reaction...
... Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 3, Issue 6, 2012, pp.871-880 polyethylene and most of them is in the form of containers and packaging materials The extent of conversion of plastics ... An interesting method of polymers utilization is cracking, similar to the visbreaking of vacuum residue [8] or catalytic cracking of vacuum gas oil (VGO) in the presence of various zeolites containing ... Application of new fuel produced from waste plastics and heavy oil to diesel engine Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2001; 67:2618-24 [2] M Mani, G Nagarajan, Influence of injection...