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With two β-mercaptoethyl groups on the N, a tertiary amide of structure 1 is always poised for intramolecular thioesterification however it flips about the C-N bond. It is shown that a peptide with such a C-terminal N,N-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-amide (BMEA) can be used directly for nati...
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PMID: 21175148
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A new flow procedure for the preparation of arylsulfonyl chlorides from aniline starting materials is described. The reaction conditions are mild, requiring no added acid and are amenable to continuous flow processing, in a safe, easily scalable and less labour intensive way than the corresponding b...
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PMID: 20877783
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Mercury has various uses in nuclear fuel reprocessing and other nuclear processes, and so it is often present in radioactive and mixed (radioactive and hazardous) wastes. Compliance with air emission regulations such as the Hazardous Waste Combustor (HWC) Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)...
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PMID: 21141428
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We have used different computational methods, including B3LYP, CCSD(T)-F12 and CBS-QB3, to study and compare the addition-elimination reaction of the nitrate radical NO(3) with four sulfur-containing species relevant to atmospheric chemistry: hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), dimethyl sulfide [(CH(3))(2)S],...
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PMID: 20820564
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This paper analyzes the natural desulfurization process taking place in coal-fired units using Greek lignite. The dry scrubbing capability of Greek lignite appears to be extremely high under special conditions, which can make it possible for the units to operate within the legislative limits of sulf...
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PMID: 21090555
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The frequent presence of the sulfur-containing amide penangin (10) in leaf extracts of Glycosmis species turned out to be the result of decomposition of imides generated by extraction and storage in MeOH. Reinvestigation of Glycosmis mauritiana and G. cf. puberula with acetone revealed the presence...
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PMID: 20701297
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Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a mesophilic, acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium that obtains energy from the oxidation of ferrous iron (Fe2+), elemental sulfur and reduced sulfur compounds. The industrial interest in A. ferrooxidans resides in its capacity to oxidize insoluble metal sul...
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PMID: 20480358
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33 subjects were enrolled and completed the study. The adjusted mean volatile sulfur compound (VSC) levels were significantly lower in the SnF2 groups than the NaF groups, at both 24 (P < 0.01) and 28 (P < 0.001) hours post baseline time points. Tongue brushing did not provide additional statistical...
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PMID: 20718217
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Epidemiological studies have clearly shown that whole-grain cereals can protect against obesity, diabetes, CVD and cancers. The specific effects of food structure (increased satiety, reduced transit time and glycaemic response), fibre (improved faecal bulking and satiety, viscosity and SCFA producti...
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PMID: 20565994
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M Nowak,
M Kotyczka-Morańska,
P Szperlich,
Ł Bober,
M Jesionek,
M Kepińska,
D Stróz,
J Kusz,
J Szala,
G Moskal,
T Rzychoń,
J Młyńczak and
K Kopczyński
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The using of sonochemically prepared components for growth of SbI(3).3S(8) single crystals from the vapor phase is presented for the first time. The good optical quality of the obtained crystals is important because this material is valuable for optoelectronics due to its non-linear optical properti...
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PMID: 20171922
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Sulfur monobromide (S(2)Br(2)) was employed as a task-specific oxidant to capture and stabilize elemental mercury from coal-fired flue gas. Its performances on the removal of Hg(0) were investigated with respect to the gas-phase reaction and particle-involved reactions. It was found that the gas-pha...
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PMID: 20408537
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Novel reaction of tetranitromethane (TNM) with electrophilic alkenes in the presence of triethylamine yielding substituted 3-nitroisoxazoles was found and studied. Triethylamine increases the reactivity of TNM toward electrophilic alkenes promoting their heterocyclization, and the reactions proceed...
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PMID: 20384287
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1,2-bis(2-methylallyl)disulfane was synthesized from sodium sulfide and 3-chloro-2-methylpropylene. The structure of the target product was confirmed by GC-MS, 1H-NMR and elemental analysis. Cell viability assay, flow-cytometric analysis and protein expression results showed that 1,2-bis(2-methylall...
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PMID: 20657504
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Through the use of direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), 2-propenesulfenic acid, an intermediate long postulated as being formed when garlic ( Allium sativum ) is crushed, has been detected for the first time and determined by mass spectrometric methods to have a half-life of <1...
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PMID: 20225897
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We hypothesized that oral malodor would be associated with enhanced proteolysis or deglycosylation in saliva. The purpose of this study was to evaluate properties of glycoproteins in saliva and assess their association with VSC levels. Subjects were 88 patients who visited "the Fresh Breath Clinic",...
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PMID: 20437763
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To determine the influence of oral status on halitosis, the relationship between halitosis and periodontopathic bacteria present in plaque on the tongue and the subgingival sulcus was examined in 62 periodontally healthy adults. Halitosis indicators used were the organoleptic score;...
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PMID: 20155507
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The seeds of Raphanus sativus L., known as Lai-fu-zi in traditional Chinese Medicine, are always roasted before clinical use for avoiding nausea. During an investigation of the chemical difference between roasted and pre-roasted products, two novel sulfur-containing compounds, which mainly existed i...
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PMID: 20390752
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The effect of a chronic (4 weeks) administration of sulphurous thermal water on gastric acid secretion and mucosal defense was investigated in rats. Animals were randomized to receive daily intake of tap water or of thermal water obtained from a local spa center (Tabiano, Parma, Italy). Rats were fo...
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PMID: 20145426
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The composition of aroma compounds of dry champignons (Agaricus bisporus L.) were identified using capillary gas chromatography and chromatography-mass spectrometry. In total, 56 compounds were identified. It was found that the flavor of dry mushrooms was formed by the volatile compounds produced as...
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PMID: 20198929
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Three treatments were tested to investigate the release concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during the bio-drying of municipal solid waste (MSW) by the aerobic and combined hydrolytic-aerobic processes. Results showed that VOCs were largely released in the first 4 days of bio-drying...
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PMID: 20608513
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A new technology for isolation of medicinal balneological preparations from mineral waters has been developed. It is based on the extraction of biologically active compounds (BAC) from mineral waters with ethanol following oxidative hydrolysis and water vapour distillation. This technology has no an...
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PMID: 21086597
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Garlic is one of the world's oldest medicines that has been employed not only for flavouring but also as a medical herb for its prophylactic and therapeutic actions. Most garlics' beneficial effects are due to the presence of the organosulphate molecule allicin. Allicin is a highly unstable molecule...
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PMID: 21520707
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The first enantioselective syntheses of sulfur flavan-3-ol analogues 1-8 have been accomplished, whereby the oxygen atom of the pyran ring has been replaced by a sulfur atom. The key steps were: (a) Pd(0) catalyzed introduction of -S t-butyl group, (b) Sharpless enantioselective dihydroxylation of t...
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PMID: 20714315
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Five sulfur-containing flavor compounds were synthesized for the first time by the reaction of 4-ethyloctanoyl chloride with sulfur-containing alcohols or mercaptans. The synthesized compounds are 3-(methylthio)propyl 4-ethyloctanoate, 2-methyl-3-tetrahydro-furanthiol 4-ethyloctanoate, 4-methyl-5-th...
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PMID: 20714288
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The results demonstrated a higher biodesulfurization activity when the flavin reductase gene was transferred into recombinant P. putida harboring dszA,B,C. These results were approved by the Gibbs test and HPLC analysis. CONCLUSION: These analyses showed that this novel indigenous engineered P. puti...
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PMID: 19946346
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Novel methodology for the formation of amide bonds under neutral conditions is described. Evidence is presented that the active acyl donors are thio FCMA intermediates, generated from the reactions of thioacids with isonitriles.
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PMID: 19697932
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Calcium species in mineral aerosols collected simultaneously in Aksu (near the Taklimakan Desert), Qingdao (eastern China), and Tsukuba (Japan) during dust and nondust periods were determined using Ca K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES). From the fitting of XANES spectra, it was foun...
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PMID: 19764213
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We performed 20-ns explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations for three diastereomeric peptides with stereochemistries: LLLLL, LLLDL, and LDLDL. Experimentally LLLLL and LDLDL readily cyclize, whereas LLLDL cyclizes in low yield. Simulations at 310 K produced conformations with inter-terminal h...
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PMID: 19593648
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The effect of organo-sulfur compounds, including 1-propylmercaptan (PM), dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), diallyl disulfide (DADS), propyl disulfide (PDS), and 2,5-dimethylthiophene (DMT), on melanin formation was investigated. Among the selected five organo-sulfur compounds, PM displayed a significant in...
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PMID: 19610593
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We can use the active substances in Draeger tubes and related systems as catalysts. Analytes of interest inhibit the catalysts that leads to a large signal. The work presented here focuses on the detection of toxic sulfide compounds. Using NIBS, we observe that we can enhance the sensitivity of the...
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PMID: 19572707
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Dimeric (N(2)S)Ni complexes and the monomeric N(2)S(2) bismercaptodiazacycloheptane nickel complex, (bme-dach)Ni, serve as precursors to two N(2)-, N'-/ S- complexes where N(2) = diazacycloheptane, N' = imidazole and S = thiolate. As rare examples of nickel complexes containing a mixed thiolate/imid...
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PMID: 19572492
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Suitability of different types of pre-concentration (solid phase microextraction and sorbent trapping) and detection (flame photometric detector (FPD) and mass selective detector (MSD)) for gas chromatographic determination of sulphur-containing compounds (H2S, MeSH, EtSH, DMS, COS a...
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PMID: 19493705
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The experimental sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra of the amino acids cysteine, homocysteine, penicillamine, methionine, including the oxidation products methionine sulfoxide and the disulfide cystine, have been analyzed by transition potential DFT calculations. The...
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PMID: 19381417
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The physicochemical properties, pK(a), Log P and solubility of compound alpha, (5-chloro-2-(methylthio)-6-(1-naphthyloxy)-1H-benzimidazole), a new fasciolicide agent, were characterized using conventional methods. Also, its pharmacokinetics was evaluated in sheep and cattle. In both species an oral...
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PMID: 19290945
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The name of the chemical solution (divine water) or (sulfur water) is characterised by semantic ambiguity: the term theion means both "divine" and "sulfur," and Greek alchemists frequently play on this polysemy. This article analyses the use of this and similar expressions in the writings of pseudo-...
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PMID: 19831256
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Medicinal properties of garlic (Allium sativum) have been widely known and used since ancient times till the present. Garlic enhances immune functions and has antibacterial, antifungal and antivirus activities. It is known to prevent platelet aggregation, and to have hypotensive and cholesterol- and...
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PMID: 19253339
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In the presence of a catalytic amount of RhH(PPh(3))(4) and 1,2-bis(diphenylposphino)ethane (dppe), alpha-phenylthio ketones were methylthiolated with p-cyano-alpha-methylthioacetophenone giving alpha-phenylthio-alpha-methylthio ketones. The methylthio transfer reaction between the k...
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PMID: 19140750
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The scope and limitation of the ring-opening reaction of sulfonyl-activated aziridines using lithiated dithianes was investigated. Nucleophilic attack of lithiated dithianes on aziridines containing tert-butylsulfonyl (Bus) and 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethylsulfonyl (SES) demonstrated efficient ring cleava...
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PMID: 19156316
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Plants have traditionally represented a main source for the discovery of many biologically active substances with therapeutic values. Sulfur-containing compounds exhibit pleiotropic biological effects supporting their potential use in multitargeted cancer prevention and treatment. As potential anti-c...
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PMID: 19170195
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of two chewing gums on the production of volatile sulfur-containing compounds (VSC) in vivo. Fourteen periodontally healthy participants (20-35 years old) were included in the test panel. Test gum 1 (TG1) contained sucrose and Test gum 2 (TG2)...
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PMID: 19601490
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The old Japanese army developed several chemical warfare agents on Ohkuno Island in Seto inland sea, Hiroshima Japan, during the period between 1919 and 1944. These chemical agents including yperite (mustard; irritating agent), lewisite (irritating agent), diphenylchloroarsine (DA; vomiting agent),...
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PMID: 19122436
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We created a sulfylimine compound having a thiafuran structure as a transition-state analog inhibitor of glucosidases and found that it has a weak inhibition against a glucosidase. The same thiafuran structure could be found in a natural product, salacinol, which was isolated and elucidated to be a...
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PMID: 19199997
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We present here a genome-based survey of the distribution and phylogenies of genes involved in oxidation of sulfur compounds in these strains. It is evident from biochemical and genetic analyses that the dissimilatory sulfur metabolism of these organisms is very complex and incompletely understood....
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PMID: 18929068
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A wastewater treatment plant consists of unit processes designed to achieve specific waste reduction goals. Offensive odors associated with these treatment processes are a constant source of public complaints. The purpose of this study was to statistically determine the process parameters that influ...
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PMID: 19182333
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The atmospheric concentrations of several reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs) including H(2)S, CH(3)SH, DMS, CS(2), and DMDS were measured concurrently from a series of field campaigns covering multiple locations in the surroundings of a large industrial region (August 2004 to September 2005). These fie...
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PMID: 18240003
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Bioinformatic-based metabolic reconstruction supported by microarray transcript profiling and quantitative RT-PCR analysis predicts the involvement of a number of novel genes involved in iron and sulfur oxidation in A. ferrooxidans ATCC23270. These include for iron oxidation: cup (copper oxidase-lik...
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PMID: 19703284
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A facile and convenient synthesis of a series of bisheterocycles 7a,b 10, 12 and 13a,b containing a thieno[2,3-b]thiophene base unit via the versatile, hitherto unreported 3-[3,4-dimethyl-5-(3-nitrilopropanoyl)thieno[2,3-b]thiophen-2-yl]-3-oxopropanenitrile (4) is described.
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PMID: 19471210
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Transformation of dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) [(NO)2Fe(SR)2]− (R = Et, Ph) into [4Fe-4S] clusters [Fe4S4(SPh)4]2− in the presence of [Fe(SPh)4]2−/1− and S-donor species S8 via the reassembling process ([(NO)2Fe(SR)2]− → [Fe4S3(NO)7]− (1)/[Fe4S3(NO)7]2− (2) → [Fe4S4(NO)4]2− (...
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PMID: 19053409
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We report cross-sectional, elemental doping with the formation of an alloyed CdSSe nanocrystal from the thermal decomposition of Li4[Cd10Se4(SPh)16]. The sulfur incorporation arises from surface-mediated phenylthiolate degradation on the growing quantum dot surface. In the alloy, we identify a pure...
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PMID: 19053476
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The menstrual cycle has been pointed out as a factor influencing halitosis. However, this relationship has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of gender and the menstrual cycle on the production of volatile sulphur compounds (VSC) in women (n=14) across the me...
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PMID: 18691697
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The pseudocolonial coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) is a eurybathic, stenothermal cosmopolitan cold-water species. It occurs in two color varieties, white and red. L. pertusa builds vast cold-water coral reefs along the continental margins, which are among the most diverse deep...
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PMID: 18849454
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Cell growth was poor when seeded in direct contact with the prototype cements. GIC encouraged cell growth after 1 day of contact. The eluted species for all the cements tested exhibited adequate cell viability in the early ages with reduced cell activity at 28 days. Changes in the production of calc...
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PMID: 19133101
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The purpose of this study was to identify, quantify, and determine source locations of significant volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) associated with the activated sludge treatment process at a large wastewater treatment plant. Flux chamber and wastewater headspace sampling techniques were used to cap...
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PMID: 19146104
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The genotypic frequencies of GSTM1 did not change significantly (chi(2) = 0.085, df = 1, P = 0.770). The frequency of the GSTT1 null genotype was 52.1% in the first generation and reached to 36.4% in the second generation. There was significant difference between two generations for the GSTT1 polymo...
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PMID: 17874314
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Efficient construction of architecturally complex natural and unnatural products is the hallmark of organic chemistry. Anion relay chemistry (ARC)-a multi-component coupling protocol-has the potential to provide the chemist with a powerful synthetic tactic, enabling efficient, rapid elaboration of s...
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PMID: 19030533
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We present the results of a molecular dynamics study of a set of surface-tethered S(CH2CH2O)6CH3 chains. In this study, we analyze helix formation, in addition to thermal disorder, and find that spontaneous helix formation and details of helix morphology depend on charge partitioning ascribed to oxy...
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PMID: 18834992
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