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In the past decades, it has become increasingly apparent that in addition to therapeutic effect, drugs need to exhibit favourable absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) characteristics to produce a desirable response in... more
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      AlgorithmsPhysical ChemistryMembranesPrediction
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      Chemical EngineeringMembranesCatalysisNanocomposites
This paper presents the hypothesis, based on the amino acid sequence of the AChR proteins, that the main body of the channel is in the form of a B-barrel. This is based both on a Chou and Fasman analysis of the reported sequence, which... more
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      MembranesIon ChannelsProtein ConformationAmino Acid Sequence
Membrane distillation is an emerging membrane process based on evaporation of a volatile solvent. One of its often stated advantages is the low flux sensitivity toward concentration of the processed fluid, in contrast to reverse osmosis.... more
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      MembranesDairy ScienceCarbonFiltration
Orphenadrine has been used as an antiparkinsonian, antispastic and analgesic drug for many years. Here we show that orphenadrine inhibits [3H]MK-801 binding to the phencyclidine (PCP) binding site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate... more
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      ChemistryElectrophysiologyMembranesKinetics
Hollow fiber membranes using Polyethersulfone (PES) were fabricated inhouse using phase inversion technique by modification with synthesized chargedsurface modifying macromolecules (cSMM). The cSMM comprise with end-group component of... more
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      Chemical EngineeringCivil EngineeringMembranesFiltration
Cholesterol is often found distributed nonrandomly in domains in biological and model membranes and has been reported to be distributed heterogeneously among various intracellular membranes. Although a large body of literature exists on... more
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      MembranesFluorescent Dyes and ReagentsBiophysical ChemistryBiological Sciences
Simple carbohydrates are associated with the enhanced risk of cardiovascular disease and adverse changes in lipoproteins in the organism. Conversely, sugars are known to exert a stabilizing effect on biological membranes, and this effect... more
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Two strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 monoclonal subgroup Pontiac were grown for the first time in continuous culture using a chemically defined medium. The influence of temperature on physiology and morphology was... more
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      MembranesPhospholipidsMorphogenesisGeneral
Because of the continuous focusing of thermal and chemical energy, ancient submarine hot springs are contenders as sites for the origin of life. But it is generally assumed that these would be of the acid and high-temperature 'black... more
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      GeologyOrigins of LifeMembranesMinerals
Human serum albumin (HSA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) represent over 75% of all proteins present in human plasma. These high-abundance proteins prevent the detection of low-abundance proteins which are potential markers for various... more
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      EngineeringTechnologyMembranesChromatography
elevated levels of heavy metals had a negative effect on the number of spermatozoa in the eggs of free-living blue tits (Parus caeruleus).
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      MembranesReproductionEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental Pollution
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play an important role in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. However, there are currently no suitable small molecule... more
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      Cognitive ScienceMembranesBrainCerebral Cortex
The effects of fluidized media characteristics on membrane fouling and energy consumption in the anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) were evaluated. Both adsorbing granular activated carbon (GAC) and non-adsorbing silica and... more
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      Membrane ScienceMembranesMembrane TechnologyMembrane Separation Technology
In this work, PVDF homopolymer was blended with PVDF-co-HFP copolymer and studied in terms of morphology, porosity, pore size, hydrophobicity, permeability, and mechanical properties. Different solvents, namely N-Methyl-2 pyrrolidone... more
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Keywords: N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) the significance of the potential for direct NDMA formation during oxidation in reuse applications. ª (S.A. Snyder).
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      WaterMembranesWater PurificationWastewater Treatment
In arid and semi-arid regions, water is a major limited factor to vegetation and environment. To study the influence of membranes on water retention, three homogeneous sand columns with membranes were installed. Keep the height of free... more
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      HydrologyMembranesVegetationMembrane
Modification of calmodulin by protein carboxyl methyltransferase requires deamidation of one or more labile asparagine residues (Johnson, B.A., Freitag, N. E., and Aswad, D. W. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 10913-10916). We now show that... more
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      MembranesBiological ChemistryDNA repairBiological Sciences
The objective of this work is to develop an appropriate technology for environmentally sound membrane-based purification of a tannery effluent assuring, simultaneously, the recovery of chromium, considered as the most hazardous inorganic... more
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Over the last decade DLW employing ultrafast pulsed lasers has become a well-established technique for the creation of custom-made free-form three-dimensional (3D) microscaffolds out of a variety of materials ranging from proteins to... more
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      Tissue EngineeringMembranesCartilageLasers
Rapid acidification and inhibition by D-limonene are major challenges of biogas production from citrus waste. As limonene is a hydrophobic chemical, this challenge was encountered using hydrophilic polyvinylidine difluoride (PVDF)... more
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      MembranesTextEncapsulation
— Textile effluent are abundant source of colored pollutant that present an enhancing the environmental danger. So the color present in textile effluent is that major concern of researcher today. Dyestuff present in textile effluent is... more
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      Advanced Oxidation ProcessesMembranesNanoparticlesOzonation
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      MathematicsThermodynamicsWaterMembranes
The cardiac activity of a series of analogues of the positive inotropic bipyridines amrinone (5amino-[3,4'-bipyridin]-6(1H)-one) and milrinone (2-methyl-5-cyano-[3,4'-bipyridinl-6(1H)-one) was evaluated in vitro in a rabbit myocardial... more
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      Organic ChemistryPhysical ChemistryMedicinal ChemistrySkeletal muscle biology
Two Courses on Desalination Plant Cost Estimating and Pretreatment for Seawater Desalination planned for 27-30 of November 2017
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      MembranesWater TreatmentWater DesalinationCosts
630 006, INDIA be portable. The cell can operate at a very low voltage even at (<2.25V) and the corresponding energy consumption is much lower than what is observed with
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      Organic ChemistryMembranesChickensColumbidae
The use of membranes in blood processing range from the use of large-pore structures for filtration of blood for the removal of large particles (>20 m transfusion filters) to membranes for the dialysis of blood for the removal of low... more
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      MembranesFiltrationHemorheologyCell Fractionation
The single-layered microporous polyethylene separator is prepared by dry process and has been stretched in uni-axial direction to two different ratios namely 180 and 300 % in order to create highperformance and cost-effective separator... more
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      MembranesStretchingIonic ConductivityThermal Properties
Aqueous dispersions of lipids isolated from spinach chloroplast membranes were studied by electron microscopy after negative staining with phosphotungstic acid. Influence of low temperature (5°C for 24 h) was also investigated. It was... more
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      BiochemistryElectron MicroscopyMembranesLipids
There is an enormous need in the health welfare sector to manufacture inexpensive dialyzer membranes with minimum dialysis duration. In order to optimize the dialysis cost and time, an in-depth analysis of the effect of dialyzer design... more
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Repeated washing of rat liver mitochondria with sucrose medium removes all of the cytochrome P-450 while low but significant amounts of glucose 6-phosphatase and NADPH cytochrome c reductase are still retained. A t the same time monoamine... more
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      MembranesGlucose-6-PhosphataseOxidoreductasesSucrose
Membrane based medical therapies have increased considerably in recent years. At the same time, awareness of the side-effects caused by blood material incompatibility has grown. The necessity of mass production at low cost has also... more
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      Chemical EngineeringAnalytical ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringProtein adsorption
Environmental Context. The fate and behaviour of trace pollutants are very strongly modified, and usually dominated, by their physical and chemical interactions with naturally occurring aquatic colloids (defined as solid phase material... more
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      Earth SciencesComputational ChemistryEthicsClimate Change
Señalización neural I y II. Membrana celular y concentraciones iónicas Permeabilidad de la membrana Mecanismos de transporte a través de la membrana - Transporte activo - Transporte pasivo - Transporte especializado... more
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      MembranesMembrane TraffickingNeurophysiologyIon Channels
Media filtration has historically been the preferred pre-treatment process for seawater desalination, however ultra-filtration (UF) has emerged as a viable option. The Adelaide Desalination Pilot Plant facilitated operating comparisons of... more
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      MembranesReverse Osmosis Desalination .Seawater Desalination
Nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-labeled lipids are popular fluorescent membrane probes.However, the understanding of important aspects of the photophysics of NBD remains incomplete, including the observed shift in the emission spectrum of... more
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      PhysicsBiophysicsPhysical ChemistryFluorescence Spectroscopy
"The purpose of this checklist is to identify the stages and potential problems associated with the scale up of fixed bed reactors from the drawing board to the full scale plant, and to determine how they should be checked. The... more
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      Chemical EngineeringMembranesCatalysisNanocomposites
Membrane technology has been investigated for removing CO 2 from mixtures with light gases such as CH 4 , N 2 and H 2 , and optimal membranes with high CO 2 permeability and high CO 2 /light gas selectivity are of great interest. This... more
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      Materials ScienceMembranesCarbon DioxideDiffusion Coefficient
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      Environmental EngineeringChemical EngineeringMembranesReverse osmosis
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      Tissue EngineeringMembranesMembraneConstructs
The ing and integration water ultrafiltration treatment construction of low-pressure (UF) facilities membranes has been and microfiltration new into water both treatexist(MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes into both existing water... more
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      EngineeringHydraulicsMembranesWater Treatment
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      Mechanical EngineeringChemical EngineeringMass TransferMembranes
Background: Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF; Choukroun's technique) is a second-generation platelet concentrate for surgical use. This easy protocol allows the production of leukocyteand platelet-rich fibrin clots and membranes starting from... more
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      DentistryMembranesScanning Electron MicroscopyPeriodontology
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) represent an emerging technology for the advanced secondary treatment of municipal wastewater around the world. In this line, seven municipal MBRs facilities recently built, with capacities ranging from 1,100... more
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      MembranesWastewater TreatmentWaste water treatment using MBR
This guide covers the reaction kinetics and diffusional aspects of solid catalyzed reactions. It does not deal with either the fluid dynamics or the mechanical design of reactors for solid Catalyzed reactions. #Fundamentals; #New... more
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      Chemical EngineeringMembranesCatalysisNanocomposites
the microporous material is deposited as a thin layer on the Aqueous sodium silicate solutions and hydrochloric acid were top of a porous support which consists generally of a similar used to prepare silica gels without any additives. In... more
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      MembranesCeramic Membranes
Gravity drainage systems occur frequently on chemical plants. Typical examples are: (a) the condensate off-take from a condenser; (b) the liquid off-take from the base of an absorption column; (c) the emergency overflow from... more
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      Chemical EngineeringMembranesCatalysisNanocomposites
Environmental context. On a global scale, soils store more carbon than plants or the atmosphere. The cycling of this vast reservoir of reduced carbon is closely tied to variations in environmental conditions, but robust predictions of... more
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      Earth SciencesComputational ChemistryEthicsClimate Change
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are showing increasing promise as potential candidate antibacterial drugs in the face of the rapidly emerging bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics in recent years. The target of these peptides is... more
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      Medicinal ChemistryMembranesAntimicrobial PeptidesAnisotropy