... acid, with a pKa of 8.8 in water, is of comparable acidity to a phenol (Table 1.2) It is slightly more acidic than boric acid (pKa 9.2) The pKas of Table 1.2 show that the relative order of acidity ... the presence of two hydroxyl groups, the acidic character of most boronic acids is not that of a Brønsted acid (i.e., oxyacid) (Equation 1, Figure 1.6), but usually that of a Lewis acid (Equation ... Table 1.2), presumably due to internal coordination of one of the nitro oxygens [52] One of the most acidic of known boronic acids, with a pKa of ca 4.0, is 3-pyridylboronic acid (14), which exists...
Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 12:53
... Characterization of thiobarbituric acid derivatives as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase Virology Journal 2011 8:18 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... of thiobarbituric acid compounds to be potent inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase Based on the data presented in this study, the compound would appear to bind to an allosteric site in the enzyme ... research fund of 2010 Authors’ contributions J-HL investigated the mechanism of action of the compound SL and MYP contributed in the screening stage of the compound HM conceived of the Lee et...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21
Tài liệu Báo cáo Y học: Targeting of malate synthase 1 to the peroxisomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells depends on growth on oleic acid medium pptx
... introduced to strain JR86, resulting in strain KM15 To create a reporter construct based on GFP extended by the C-terminal half of Mls1p comprising 274 amino acids of a total of 554, PCR was applied to ... Application of the antibody to thin sections of wild-type cells grown on oleic acid medium Fig SKL is required to direct Mls1p to the peroxisomes under oleic acid- medium conditions (A) Speci®city of the ... extended with the C-terminal 274 amino acids of Mls1p (out of a total of 554), including the terminal SKL Expression of this GFP-Mls1p was compared to that of a control GFP extended solely by SKL...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 04:20
The National Road Map Strategic Plan To Accelerate Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths in Tanzania 2008 - 2015 potx
... from 20% to 60% 11 Increased coverage of CEmOC from 64% of hospitals to 100% and of BEmOC from 5% of health centres and dispensaries to 70% 12 Increased proportion of health facilities offering ... implementation, monitoring and evaluation of MNCH activities to assess progress towards attainment of the MDGs The goal of this National Strategic Plan is to accelerate the reduction of maternal, newborn ... Examples of tools to be used include Plan Rep, costing tools and other relevant sources of information Strategic Output Indicator: Relevant sector (Ministry of Finance, MoHSW) allocating 15% of the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Structure of coenzyme F420H2 oxidase (FprA), a di-iron flavoprotein from methanogenic Archaea catalyzing the reduction of O2 to H2O ppt
... Binding of FMN and modeling of F420H2 The conformation and binding characteristics of FMN are nearly identical in all of the analyzed structures of F420H2 oxidase but also in comparison to those of ... This enzyme catalyzes the two-electron reduction of 2NO to N2O and H2O with reduced rubredoxin, but also efficiently catalyzes the four-electron reduction of O2 to 2H2O with the same one-electron ... site of one monomer is positioned close to the FMN of the other and vice versa Whereas the pyrimidine portion of FMN is directed to the protein surface, its dimethylbenzyl group points to the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
The National Road Map Strategic Plan To Accelerate Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths in Tanzania docx
... from 20% to 60% 11 Increased coverage of CEmOC from 64% of hospitals to 100% and of BEmOC from 5% of health centres and dispensaries to 70% 12 Increased proportion of health facilities offering ... implementation, monitoring and evaluation of MNCH activities to assess progress towards attainment of the MDGs The goal of this National Strategic Plan is to accelerate the reduction of maternal, newborn ... Examples of tools to be used include Plan Rep, costing tools and other relevant sources of information Strategic Output Indicator: Relevant sector (Ministry of Finance, MoHSW) allocating 15% of the...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20
THE USE OF DERIVATIVES TO MANAGE INTEREST RATE RISK IN COMMERCIAL BANKS docx
... manager thus wants to adopt a put option position to generate profits that just offset the loss in net worth due to an interest rate shock position If P is the total change in the value of a put option ... basis risk to exist, the equation used to determine the number of put options to buy to hedge interest rate risk becomes: Np DA kDL A/ D B br (19) Where br is a measure of the volatility of interest ... potential for banks to move towards their desired level of interest rate risk exposure; and Derivatives have the potential to enhance the safety and soundness of banks and to produce a more efficient...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo Y học: Evaluation of two biosynthetic pathways to d-aminolevulinic acid in Euglena gracilis potx
... transformed to 13 13 13 L-[3- C]serine via [3- C]pyruvic acid The L-[3- C]serine is transformed to glycine (4) in the presence of tetrahydrofolic acid, and N5,N10-[13C]methylenetetrahydrofolic acid ... of 1.0) Carbons of methyl pheophorbide a are classi®ed into six groups according to their biosynthetic origin: C-1 to C-5 indicate carbons of ALA (3), and methyl indicates the methyl carbon of ... second cycle of the TCA cycle, of carbons of 13C-labeled methyl pheophorbide a derived from C-4 of ALA (3) Thus, the 13C-enrichment ratio of C-5 of 13C-labeled ALA (3v-7v) takes the value of between...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 17:20
Reductive Cleavage of N-O Bonds in Hydroxylamines and Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives Using Samarium Diiodide pot
... needed to reductively cleave the N-O bond of the trifluoroaceto-hydroxamic acid derivative Despite the large number of efficient methods for N-O bond reduction, we encountered limitations of the ... and stereoselective reductions of 2-hydroxyimino amides with SmI2 in the presence of the proton source methanol.14b Interestingly, there appear to be no reports of the cleavage of N-O bonds in substrates ... Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives Preparation of 3-aza-2-oxa-3-benzylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene (20) To a stirring solution of hydroxamic acid derivative 19 l° (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol) in 100 mL of Et20 was...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Mechanism of mild acid hydrolysis of galactan polysaccharides with highly ordered disaccharide repeats leading to a complete series of exclusively odd-numbered oligosaccharides doc
... including TFA, oxalic acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, fumaric acid, citric acid, formic acid, succinic acid, and acetic acid, at 60 °C for 1.5 h Reductive hydrolysis of j-carrageenan and agarose ... instability highlights the fast rate of reduction Effect of acidity on acid hydrolysis Acid hydrolysis of polysaccharides is conventionally carried out in strong mineral acid and, as described above, ... many other hydrolysis products of j-carrageenan isolated by anion exchange chromatography [21] This prompted us to carry out a detailed study of the acid hydrolysis of carrageenans Unexpectedly,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Critical roles of conserved carboxylic acid residues in pigeon cytosolic NADP+-dependent malic enzyme docx
... a proton acceptor [22] However, the azide ion was shown to act as an exogenous proton acceptor in the re-activation of the acid ⁄ base mutants of Thermobacillus xylanilyticus a-l-arabinofuranosidase ... extend to the b-position and will be limited to the C2 hydroxy group of l-malate It will increase the acidity of the hydroxy group and facilitate the transfer of the proton from the hydroxy group to ... enough to reveal the pKa of the carboxy group of l-malate Recently, studies showed that the pKa of the deprotonation of the metal-co-ordinated hydroxy group of isocitrate in the porcine mitochondrial...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo hóa học: " Changes in the criticality of Hopf bifurcations due to certain model reduction techniques in systems with multiple timescales" pdf
... purpose of analysis is to determine the nature of the onset of oscillations, it may not be advisable to perform a quasi-steady-state reduction We note that a change in the criticality of the Hopf ... right null vectors of the Jacobian J Without loss of generality, we assume that the (j × j ) sub-matrix Dm h of the Jacobian J has full rank j This implies that the right nullvector wr of J has ... Application to a model of intracellular calcium dynamics To see how these results apply to a specific model with two fast and one slow variables, we consider a simplified version of a model of calcium...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo hóa học: "Organic-skinned inorganic nanoparticles: surface-confined polymerization of 6-(3-thienyl) hexanoic acid bound to nanocrystalline TiO2" docx
... of the monomer structure leading to defective incorporation into a target substrate [13] Photochemical and chemical polymerization [14,15] in a solution phase led to a successful deposition of ... Page of Figure Surface-bound polymerization of THA to PTHA on surface of a TiO2 nanocrystallite The monomer THA was strong bonded to TiO2 surface via -COOH FeCl3 was used as an oxidizing agent to ... bipyridyl dicarboxylic acid photosensitisers to TiO2 in aqueous solutions Chemical Physics Letters 1997, 266:451-455 Hacaloglu J, Yigit S, Akbulut U, Toppare L: Thermal degradation of polythiophene...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 00:20
Studies on electrolyte formulations to improve life of lead acid batteries working under partial state of charge conditions potx
... generator and a supercapacitor for peak power capability, and described formerly [10] has also been tested According to this profile (Fig 1), that corresponds to a total in-vehicle consumption of ... a comparison of several gel composition and acid electrolytes No additional peaks appear in the voltammograms of any of the new gel compositions due to secondary redox reactions of the silica ... (H2 evolution) of some gel formulations (examples of sulphuric acid, fumed silica and colloidal silica) compared to a standard acid electrolyte whereas Table shows the values of the Tafel slope,...
Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 20:21
A new material to reduces curing time and improve curing reproducibility of lead–acid batteries doc
... normal procedure To evaluate the results of the additive, samples of paste were taken at the end of the mixing process and samples of the pasted plates were collected both at the take-off station ... was started It is clear that the addition of only wt.% 4BS to the paste mix accelerated conversion of 3BS to 4BS In the case of Company A, some conversion took place in the paste mixer and virtually ... name SureCure® It has been found that wt.% of SureCure® (by weight of oxide) in the mix is sufficient to cause significant amounts of 4BS crystals to be formed in the paste before curing and in...
Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 20:21
New approach to prevent premature capacity loss of lead-acid battery in cycle use docx
... load of a weight during discharging However, in lead -acid batteries, it is difficult to keep adhesion by direct compression to the plates Therefore, it is important to make the adhesion of the ... begin to increase after h from the start of curing The force to take the PAM tablet off the sheet after 24 h exceeded 80 kPa, and was almost the same after 72 h Therefore, adhesion of the PAM to ... compression of 24.5 kPa, and formed with compression by electrochemical oxidation to a PAM tablet on the current collector Then, an AGM separator, a negative plate of larger capacity than that of the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo vật lý: "Enzymatic Reduction of Ketones to Optically Active Secondary Alcohols" ppsx
... yeast,yeast, sucrose, H2O, 40°Coto RT, 24 h 24 h (i) Baker's Baker's sucrose, H O, 40 C to RT, Figure 2: Enzymatic reduction of ethy lacetoacetate Enzymatic Reduction of Ketones O OH i 100% conv R ... H2O, 40 oC to RT, 24 to 48 h Conditions: (i) Baker's yeast, sucrose, H2O, 40°C to RT, 24 h Figure 3: Enzymatic reduction of acetophenone derivatives 4-acetylpyridine IV and the pyruvic acid V were ... DISCUSSION Attempts were made to apply the enzymatic reduction to convert a number of prochiral ketones I−V (Fig 1) to the corresponding optically active secondary alcohols The ketoreductase enzyme that...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo y học: " Serum levels of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate as a non-invasive method to evaluate healing after cartilage repair procedures" pptx
... better histological scores, potentially a sign of normalization of joint homeostasis This study provided two important findings First, it added to the mounting evidence of improved histological ... microfracture Second, the authors describe two potential candidate factors to follow tissue maturation and healing: HA and CS Many questions remain to be addressed, such as the correlation of ... surgeons to select the appropriate procedure for any given patient, and post-operatively, allow an individualized determination of when it is safe for the patient to return to higher levels of activity...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21
Báo cáo y học: "Extracorporeal immune therapy with immobilized agonistic anti-Fas antibodies leads to transient reduction of circulating neutrophil numbers and limits tissue damage after hemorrhagic shock/resuscitation in a porcine model" doc
... apoptosis [18] There is increasing evidence that prolonged neutrophil survival is due to reduced susceptibility to proapoptotic mediators as a result of proinflammatory cytokines [19] and cytokines ... Moreover, intracellular inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are important regulators of neutrophil survival time under inflammatory conditions [21] Unfortunately, the role of modified neutrophil ... 51-100, 101-500) Quantification of apoptotic cells in tissue sections by TUNEL - Assay For histological evaluation of apoptotic cells in the porcine tissues, tissue samples of lung, liver, and bowel...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20