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*This test is done to ascertain the nature of fluid in the vagina during pregnancy especially when premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is suspect. This test involves putting a drop of fluid obtained from the vagina onto paper strips containing nitrazine dye. The strips change color depending on the pH of the fluid. T... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
*If are the solutions for a particular value of , then solutions for other values of are obtained from the following integro-differential equations
* For conservative case, this integral property reduces to
*If the abbreviations for brevity are introduced, then we have a relation stating In the conservative, this... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
A covalent bond joining atoms in an organic molecule consists of a group of two electrons. Such a group is referred to as an electron pair. Reactions in organic chemistry proceed through the sequential breaking and formation of such bonds. Organic chemists recognize two processes for the breaking of a chemical bond.... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Koded membranes are described by the construct and the concentration of FSL (in μg/mL) used to create them. For example, kodecytes created with a 100 μg/mL solution of FSL-A would be termed A100 kodecytes. If multiple FSL constructs were used then the definition is expanded accordingly, e.g. A100+B300 kodecytes are cre... | 1 | Biochemistry |
The Riemschneider thiocarbamate synthesis for aromatic compounds does not work efficiently for ortho-substituted compounds such as ortho-carboxy, ortho-methoxy or ortho-nitro derivative compounds. The reaction is also not as efficient for compounds that are sensitive to concentrated acid, such as thiocyanophenols. The ... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Molten urea decomposes into ammonium cyanate at about 152 °C, and into ammonia and isocyanic acid above 160 °C:
Heating above 160 °C yields biuret and triuret via reaction with isocyanic acid:
At higher temperatures it converts to a range of condensation products, including cyanuric acid , guanidine , and melamine.
I... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Exposure assessment is a branch of environmental science and occupational hygiene that focuses on the processes that take place at the interface between the environment containing the contaminant of interest and the organism being considered. These are the final steps in the path to release an environmental contaminan... | 2 | Environmental Chemistry |
Two kinds of lithium–halogen exchange can be considered: reactions involving organolithium compounds and reactions involving lithium metal. Commercial organolithium compounds are produced by the heterogeneous (slurry) reaction of lithium with organic bromides and chlorides:
: 2 Li + R−X → LiX + R−Li
Often the lithium h... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Bacteriorhodopsin molecule is purple and is most efficient at absorbing green light (in the wavelength range 500-650 nm). In the native membrane, the protein has a maximum absorbance at 553 nm, however addition of detergent disrupts the trimeric form, leading a loss of exciton coupling between the chromophores, and the... | 5 | Photochemistry |
By the first law of thermodynamics, the excitation driving electron generation in both photo- and phonovoltaic cells, i.e., the photon or phonon, must have more energy than the semiconductor band gap. For a PV cell, many materials are available with a band gap () well matched to the solar photon spectrum, like Silicon ... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
In chemistry and materials science, ultrahydrophobic (or superhydrophobic) surfaces are highly hydrophobic, i.e., extremely difficult to wet. The contact angles of a water droplet on an ultrahydrophobic material exceed 150°. This is also referred to as the lotus effect, after the superhydrophobic leaves of the lotus pl... | 6 | Supramolecular Chemistry |
Binding to the solid phase may be achieved by column chromatography whereby the solid medium is packed onto a column, the initial mixture run through the column to allow settling, a wash buffer run through the column and the elution buffer subsequently applied to the column and collected. These steps are usually done a... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
Recently, the Woodward–Hoffmann rules have been reinterpreted using conceptual density functional theory (DFT). The key to the analysis is the dual descriptor function, proposed by Christophe Morell, André Grand and Alejandro Toro-Labbé , the second derivative of the electron density with respect to the number of e... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Microorganisms can be used as indicators of aquatic or terrestrial ecosystem health. Found in large quantities, microorganisms are easier to sample than other organisms. Some microorganisms will produce new proteins, called stress proteins, when exposed to contaminants such as cadmium and benzene. These stress proteins... | 2 | Environmental Chemistry |
Trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride, also known as triflic anhydride, is the chemical compound with the formula (CFSO)O. It is the acid anhydride derived from triflic acid. This compound is a strong electrophile, useful for introducing the triflyl group, CFSO. Abbreviated TfO, triflic anhydride is the acid anhydride of ... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
In atmospheric sciences, one often refers to the optical depth of the atmosphere as corresponding to the vertical path from Earths surface to outer space; at other times the optical path is from the observers altitude to outer space. The optical depth for a slant path is , where τ′ refers to a vertical path, m is calle... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Synergetics is an interdisciplinary science explaining the formation and self-organization of patterns and structures in open systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium. It is founded by Hermann Haken, inspired by the laser theory. Hakens interpretation of the laser principles as self-organization of non-equilibrium sy... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
In macromolecular crystallography, the term additive is used instead of adjutant. An additive can either interact directly with the protein, and become incorporated at a fixed position in the resulting crystal or have a role within the disordered solvent, that in protein crystals constitute roughly 50% of the lattice v... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
* P. aeruginosa also uses 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone (PQS) for quorum sensing. This molecule is noteworthy because it does not belong to the homoserine lactone class of autoinducers. PQS is believed to provide an additional regulatory link between the Las and Rhl circuits involved in virulence and infection.
* Ag... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Metabolomics is the scientific study of chemical processes involving metabolites, the small molecule substrates, intermediates, and products of cell metabolism. Specifically, metabolomics is the "systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind", the study of their smal... | 1 | Biochemistry |
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Gravity separation tables are used for the removal of impurities, admixture, insect damage and immature kernels from the following examples: wheat, barley, oilseed rape, peas, beans, cocoa beans, linseed. They can be used to separate and standardize coffee beans, cocoa beans, peanuts, corn, peas, rice, whe... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
In chemistry the descriptor vicinal (from Latin vicinus = neighbor), abbreviated vic, is a descriptor that identifies two functional groups as bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms (i.e., in a 1,2-relationship). It may arise from vicinal difunctionalization. | 4 | Stereochemistry |
The nitrate ion can easily be identified by heating copper turnings along with concentrated sulfuric acid. Effervescence of a brown, pungent gas is observed which turns moist blue litmus paper red.
Here sulfuric acid reacts with the nitrate ion to form nitric acid. Nitric acid then reacts with the copper turnings to fo... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
Researchers from Britain and Switzerland have previously found antibodies that work in Group 1 influenza A viruses or against most Group 2 viruses (CR8020), but not against both.
This team developed a method using single-cell screening to test very large numbers of human plasma cells, to increase their odds of finding ... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Mesophillic Thermoproteota were recently placed into a new phylum of Archaea called the Nitrososphaerota (formerly Thaumarchaeota). However there are very few molecular markers that can distinguish this group of archaea from the phylum Thermoproteota (formerly Crenarchaeota). A detailed phylogenetic study using the CSI... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Establishing body axes is a critical step in animal development. During mouse embryonic development, Nodal, a transforming growth factor-beta superfamily ligand, is a key gene involved in patterning both the anterior-posterior axis and the left-right axis of the early embryo. The Nodal gene contains two enhancers: the ... | 1 | Biochemistry |
As the result of substrate effects producing preferred crystallite orientations, pronounced textures tend to occur in thin films. Modern technological devices to a large extent rely on polycrystalline thin films with thicknesses in the nanometer and micrometer ranges. This holds, for instance, for all microelectronic a... | 8 | Metallurgy |
Torsional strain is the resistance to bond twisting. In cyclic molecules, it is also called Pitzer strain.
Torsional strain occurs when atoms separated by three bonds are placed in an eclipsed conformation instead of the more stable staggered conformation. The barrier of rotation between staggered conformations of eth... | 4 | Stereochemistry |
Carborane acid consists of 11 boron atoms; each boron atom is bound to a chlorine atom. The chlorine atoms serve to enhance acidity and act as shields against attacks from the outside due to the steric hindrance they form around the cluster. The cluster, consisting of the 11 borons, 11 chlorines, and a single carbon at... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Several studies have demonstrated the possibility to develop chemical cells inspired by biological models to produce molecular hydrogen, for example: Selvaggi et al. explored the possibility to use energy captured by the PSII, developing for that goal, an organic-inorganic hybrid system replacing the PSII protein compl... | 1 | Biochemistry |
n-BuLi exists as a cluster both in the solid state and in a solution. The tendency to aggregate is common for organolithium compounds. The aggregates are held together by delocalized covalent bonds between lithium and the terminal carbon of the butyl chain. In the case of n-BuLi, the clusters are tetrameric (in ethe... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Two classes of reaction centres are recognized. Type I, found in green-sulfur bacteria, Heliobacteria, and plant/cyanobacterial PS-I, use iron sulfur clusters as electron acceptors. Type II, found in chloroflexus, purple bacteria, and plant/cyanobacterial PS-II, use quinones. Not only do all members inside each class s... | 5 | Photochemistry |
Meibom currently leads the laboratory for biological geochemistry at EPFL. Research performed in his laboratory is interdisciplinary in nature, at the interface between isotope geochemistry and biology. Active themes in the laboratory include the use of NanoSIMS to visualize and characterize the diagenesis of biogenic ... | 9 | Geochemistry |
Firefly luciferase is the light-emitting enzyme responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies and click beetles. The enzyme catalyses the oxidation of firefly luciferin, requiring oxygen and ATP. Because of the requirement of ATP, firefly luciferases have been used extensively in biotechnology. | 1 | Biochemistry |
Silver ions form alkene complexes. The binding is reversible, but sufficient to impede the elution of the alkene-containing analytes. | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
Fumarate, produced from the purine nucleotide cycle, is an intermediate of TCA cycle and enters the mitochondria by converting into malate and utilizing the malate shuttle where it is converted into oxaloacetic acid (OAA). During exercise, OAA either enters into TCA cycle or converts into aspartate in the mitochondria.... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Phosphoinositide phospholipase C (PLC, EC 3.1.4.11, triphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase, phosphoinositidase C, 1-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase, monophosphatidylinositol phosphodiesterase, phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C, PI-PLC, 1-phosphatidyl--myo-inositol-4,5-bisphosphate inositoltris... | 1 | Biochemistry |
The relatively small number of atomic absorption lines (compared to atomic emission lines) and their narrow width (a few pm) make spectral overlap rare; there are only few examples known that an absorption line from one element will overlap with another. Molecular absorption, in contrast, is much broader, so that it is... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
Fermentation is the main source of ethanol in the production of ethanol fuel. Common crops such as sugar cane, potato, cassava, and maize are fermented by yeast to produce ethanol which is further processed to become fuel. | 1 | Biochemistry |
The TTSI is used as a screening parameter for resistance to thyroid hormone due to mutations in the THRB gene, where it is elevated. It is also beneficial for assessing the severity of already confirmed thyroid hormone resistance, even on replacement therapy with L-T4, and for monitoring the pituitary response to subst... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Waste heat is heat that is produced by a machine, or other process that uses energy, as a byproduct of doing work. All such processes give off some waste heat as a fundamental result of the laws of thermodynamics. Waste heat has lower utility (or in thermodynamics lexicon a lower exergy or higher entropy) than the orig... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
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The word ketone is derived from Aketon, an old German word for acetone.
According to the rules of IUPAC nomenclature, ketone names are derived by changing the suffix -ane of the parent alkane to -anone. Typically, the position of the carbonyl group is denoted by a number, but traditional nonsystematic names are still g... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Glycals can be formed as pyranose (six-membered) or furanose (five-membered) rings, depending on the monosaccharide used as a starting material to synthesize the glycal. Glycals can also be classified as endo-glycals or exo-glycals. A glycal is an endo-glycal when the double bond is within the ring. If the hydroxyl gro... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
One case study monitored the dehydrogenation of propane to propene using micro-GC. Reproducibility for the experiment was high. The study found that the catalyst (Cr/AlO) activity increased to a sustained maximum of 10% after 28 minutes — an industrially useful insight into the working stability of a catalyst. | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Relatively effective polymer solar cells are built by thermal annealing of caesium carbonate. Caesium carbonate increases the energy effectiveness of the power conversion of solar cells and enhances the life times of the equipment. The studies done on UPS and XPS reveal that the system will do less work due to the ther... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
The first successful economizer design was used to increase the steam-raising efficiency of the boilers of stationary steam engines. It was patented by Edward Green in 1845, and since then has been known as Greens economiser. It consisted of an array of vertical cast iron tubes connected to a tank of water above and ... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Firesetting is the process of exposing a rock face to high temperatures to induce cracking, spalling, and an overall increase to the brittleness of the rock in order to make it more susceptible to mining processes. Understanding the process of firesetting has been a crucial element to the development of an archaeologi... | 8 | Metallurgy |
A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biological processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid. It is composed of thousands of covalently bonded atoms. Many macromolecules are polymers of smaller molecules called monomers. The most common macromolecules in biochemistry are biopolymers (nucleic acids, pro... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
mTOR is the catalytic subunit of two structurally distinct complexes: mTORC1 and mTORC2. The two complexes localize to different subcellular compartments, thus affecting their activation and function. Upon activation by Rheb, mTORC1 localizes to the Ragulator-Rag complex on the lysosome surface where it then becomes ac... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Stereochemistry is conveniently denoted in skeletal formulae:
The relevant chemical bonds can be depicted in several ways:
* Solid lines represent bonds in the plane of the paper or screen.
* Solid wedges represent bonds that point out of the plane of the paper or screen, towards the observer.
* Hashed wedges or dashed... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
As a derivative of EDTA, dexrazoxane chelates iron and thus reduces the number of metal ions complexed with anthracycline and, consequently, decrease the formation of superoxide radicals. The exact chelation mechanism is unknown, but it has been postulated that dexrazoxane can be converted into ring-opened form intrace... | 4 | Stereochemistry |
In organic chemistry glycerolysis refers to any process in which chemical bonds are broken via a reaction with glycerol. The term refers almost exclusively to the transesterification reaction of glycerol with triglycerides (fats/oils) to form mixtures of monoglycerides and diglycerides. These find a variety of uses; as... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) is involved in the cleavage of the 3 signaling region from a newly synthesized pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) molecule in the process of gene transcription. In eukaryotes, messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNA) are transcribed in the nucleus from DNA by the enzyme, RNA ... | 1 | Biochemistry |
A sensor device embedded on microprocessors used to monitor the temperature of the processor's die is also known as a "thermal diode".
This application of thermal diode is based on the property of electrical diodes to change voltage across it linearly according to temperature. As the temperature increases, diodes forwa... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Use of Tramadol during pregnancy is generally avoided, as it may cause some reversible withdrawal effects in the newborn. A small prospective study in France found, while an increased risk of miscarriages existed, no major malformations were reported in the newborn. Its use during lactation is also generally advised ag... | 4 | Stereochemistry |
Most neuropeptides act on G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Neuropeptide-GPCRs fall into two families: rhodopsin-like and the secretin class. Most peptides activate a single GPCR, while some activate multiple GPCRs (e.g. AstA, AstC, DTK). Peptide-GPCR binding relationships are highly conserved across animals. Aside... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Tertiary phosphine oxides, compounds with the formula RPO cannot tautomerize. The situation is different for the secondary and primary phosphine oxides, with the respective formulas R(H)PO and R(H)PO. | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Cleavage, in mineralogy and materials science, is the tendency of crystalline materials to split along definite crystallographic structural planes. These planes of relative weakness are a result of the regular locations of atoms and ions in the crystal, which create smooth repeating surfaces that are visible both in th... | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov (; born 1945) is a Russian solid state physicist and a pioneer in nanomaterials research. He discovered the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots in 1981, while working at the Vavilov State Optical Institute. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this disc... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
In the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction dialkyl-phosphonates are deprotonated to give stabilized carbanions, which react with aldehydes to give E-alkenes with elimination of a dialkyl-phosphate. | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Glycogen: Glycogen is the most common form of glucose in animals and is especially abundant in cells of muscles, and liver. It appears in electron micrograph as clusters, or a rosette of beta particles that resemble ribosomes, located near the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Glycogen is an important energy source of the ... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Ions are ubiquitous in nature and are responsible for diverse phenomena from the luminescence of the Sun to the existence of the Earth's ionosphere. Atoms in their ionic state may have a different color from neutral atoms, and thus light absorption by metal ions gives the color of gemstones. In both inorganic and organ... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
The electrical double layer can be regarded as behaving like a parallel plate capacitor with a compressible dielectric filling. When sound waves induce a local pressure variation, the spacing of the plates varies at the frequency of the excitation, generating an AC displacement current normal to the interface. For prac... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
FSP can also be used to fabricate metal matrix composites at the nugget zone where we need the change of properties. Al 5052/SiC and some other composites were successfully fabricated. Even nano composites can also be fabricated by FSP. | 8 | Metallurgy |
One of the most outspoken critics of some concepts of "molecular assemblers" was Professor Richard Smalley (1943–2005) who won the Nobel prize for his contributions to the field of nanotechnology. Smalley believed that such assemblers were not physically possible and introduced scientific objections to them. His two pr... | 6 | Supramolecular Chemistry |
John Garton and his two brothers, Robert and Thomas, were in business with their father, Peter, in Golborne and Newton-le-Willows in Lancashire, England, as corn and agricultural merchants.
As a young man, John Garton (1863–1922), was the first to understand that whilst some agricultural plants were self-pollinating, o... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Its use in children is generally advised against, although it may be done under the supervision of a specialist. On 21 September 2015, the FDA started investigating the safety of tramadol in use in persons under the age of 17. The investigation was initiated because some of these people have experienced slowed or diffi... | 4 | Stereochemistry |
The stability of individual atropisomers is conferred by the repulsive interactions that inhibit rotation. Both the steric bulk and, in principle, the length and rigidity of the bond connecting the two subunits contribute. Commonly, atropisomerism is studied by dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, since atr... | 4 | Stereochemistry |
This class is defined by loss of two beta-strands and additional N-terminal strands. Both namesakes of this superfamily, myosin and kinesin, have shifted to use ATP. | 1 | Biochemistry |
Nitric acid plays a key role in PUREX and other nuclear fuel reprocessing methods, where it can dissolve many different actinides. The resulting nitrates are converted to various complexes that can be reacted and extracted selectively in order to separate the metals from each other. | 3 | Analytical Chemistry |
The HMG proteins are subdivided into 3 superfamilies each containing a characteristic functional domain:
* HMGA – contains an AT-hook domain
** HMGA1
** HMGA2
* HMGB – contains a HMG-box domain
** HMGB1
** HMGB2
** HMGB3
** HMGB4
* HMGN – contains a nucleosomal binding domain
** HMGN1
** HMGN2
** HMGN3
** HMGN4
** HMGN... | 1 | Biochemistry |
In the first part of the test, the patient is given radiolabeled vitamin B to drink or eat. The most commonly used radiolabels are Co and Co. An intramuscular injection of unlabeled vitamin B is given an hour later. This is not enough to replete or saturate body stores of B. The purpose of the single injection is to te... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Kenneth H. Cooper conducted a study for the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. One of the results of this was the Cooper test in which the distance covered running in 12 minutes is measured. Based on the measured distance, an estimate of V̇O max [in mL/(kg·min)] can be calculated by inverting the linear regress... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Messenger RNA is the bridge between the genetic code and the resulting proteins, as it is what carries the necessary information that gets translated into proteins. Modifications to the actual, physical genetic code are likely to be deleterious; therefore, minor modifications, such as methylation, done to mRNA are pref... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Parting is a process by which gold is purified to a commercially-tradeable standard, typically ≥99.5%. Removal of silver is of particular interest since the two metals often co-purify. The standard procedure is based on the Miller process. The separation is achieved by passing chlorine gas into a molten alloy. The tec... | 8 | Metallurgy |
Alkylation is a chemical reaction that entails transfer of an alkyl group. The alkyl group may be transferred as an alkyl carbocation, a free radical, a carbanion, or a carbene (or their equivalents). Alkylating agents are reagents for effecting alkylation. Alkyl groups can also be removed in a process known as dealk... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Perhaps the most prevalent carbamate is the one involved in the capture of CO by plants. This process is necessary for their growth. The enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) fixes a molecule of carbon dioxide as phosphoglycerate in the Calvin cycle. At the active site of the enzyme, a Mg io... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Diphoterine solution contains an amphoteric, chelating molecule: a substance which is capable of reacting with both acids and alkalis when applied to either type of chemical spill, stopping the aggressive action of a corrosive or irritant chemical, halting the reaction with the body.
However, it is not fully effective ... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
CN-PAGE (commonly referred to as Native PAGE) separates acidic water-soluble and membrane proteins in a polyacrylamide gradient gel. It uses no charged dye so the electrophoretic mobility of proteins in CN-PAGE (in contrast to the charge shift technique BN-PAGE) is related to the intrinsic charge of the proteins. The m... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Labeling studies establish the following regiochemistry:
:RCDO + CH=CHR → RC(O)CHCHDR
In terms of the reaction mechanism, hydroacylation begins with oxidative addition of the aldehydic carbon-hydrogen bond. The resulting acyl hydride complex next binds the alkene. The sequence of oxidative addition and alkene coo... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Keiko Hattori is a geochemist and mineralogist. She is Distinguished University Professor of Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Ottawa.
Hattori is most known for her research on aspects of Earth's atmospheric and mantle evolution, as well as the ... | 9 | Geochemistry |
Aluminium chloride finds a wide variety of other applications in organic chemistry. For example, it can catalyse the ene reaction, such as the addition of 3-buten-2-one (methyl vinyl ketone) to carvone:
It is used to induce a variety of hydrocarbon couplings and rearrangements.
Aluminium chloride combined with aluminiu... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
The starting of Townsend discharge sets the upper limit to the blocking voltage a glow discharge gas-filled tube can withstand. This limit is the Townsend discharge breakdown voltage, also called ignition voltage of the tube.
The occurrence of Townsend discharge, leading to glow discharge breakdown shapes the current–v... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Changes in ocean chemistry can have extensive direct and indirect effects on organisms and their habitats. One of the most important repercussions of increasing ocean acidity relates to the production of shells out of calcium carbonate (). This process is called calcification and is important to the biology and surviva... | 9 | Geochemistry |
Dietary selenium comes from nuts, cereals, meat, mushrooms, fish, and eggs. Brazil nuts are the richest ordinary dietary source and could cause selenium toxicity if consumed regularly – though the actual concentration of selenium (as with any plant-based food sources, such as another selenium-accumulating "paradise nut... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Compared to time domain reflectometer (TDR), FD sensors are cheaper to build and have a faster response time. However, because of the complex electrical field around the probe, the sensor needs to be calibrated for different soil types. Some commercial sensors have been able to remove the soil type sensitivity by usin... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Strader and colleagues designed the first GPCR which could be activated only by a synthetic compound and has gradually been gaining momentum. The first international RASSL meeting was scheduled for April 6, 2006. A simple example of the use of a RASSL system in behavioral genetics was illustrated by Mueller et al. (200... | 1 | Biochemistry |
Particle size distribution can greatly affect the efficiency of any collection device.
Settling chambers will normally only collect very large particles, those that can be separated using sieve trays.
Centrifugal collectors will normally collect particles down to about 20 μm. Higher efficiency models can collect partic... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
On 1 August 2009 it was announced that the decision by Corby Borough Council regarding whether or not to appeal the ruling would be taken on 18 August 2009, the day before the deadline for appeal decisions to be submitted to Mr Justice Akenhead. Unusually, the authority decided that openness and public opinion were req... | 2 | Environmental Chemistry |
Wetlands are sources of extreme biodiversity and ecological benefit. They contain a multitude of species of plants and animals, including 79 species classified as rare, threatened, or endangered. An estimate by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicates that wetlands provide for, directly and indirectly, up to 43% of... | 9 | Geochemistry |
The process occurs in two cellular locations: the cytosol and the mitochondria matrix. A cycle is formed by the system, ensuring that the conversion between acetylene, oxaloacetate, citrate, and malate can continue without the need for foreign molecule addition.
It involves six major steps: | 1 | Biochemistry |
After tin and lead, the next metal smelted appears to have been copper. How the discovery came about is debated. Campfires are about 200 °C short of the temperature needed, so some propose that the first smelting of copper may have occurred in pottery kilns. (The development of copper smelting in the Andes, which is be... | 8 | Metallurgy |
Supercritical water oxidation uses supercritical water as a medium in which to oxidize hazardous waste, eliminating production of toxic combustion products that burning can produce.
The waste product to be oxidised is dissolved in the supercritical water along with molecular oxygen (or an oxidising agent that gives up ... | 7 | Physical Chemistry |
Neocarzinostatin is a natural product of Streptomyces carzinostaticus. It forms an apoprotein with a 113-amino acid polypeptide which can cleave histone protein H1. Neocarzinostatin is an example of an enediyne that undergoes triggering via Myers-Saito cyclization. An analog of neocarzinostatin, SMANCS, has been approv... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Tetracycline, aminoglycosides, polymyxins and clindamycin potentiate neuromuscular blockage by inhibiting ACh release or desensitisation of post-synpatic nAChRs to ACh. This interaction happens mostly during maintenance of anesthesia. As antibiotics typically are given after a dose of NMBA, this interaction needs to be... | 1 | Biochemistry |
The position of equilibrium in both cyclic and acyclic systems may be predicted from the structures of the two equilibrating epoxides. In acyclic systems, these rules have been established:
* Greater substitution on the epoxide ring is favored.
* Among disubstituted epoxides, trans isomers are favored over cis isomers.... | 0 | Organic Chemistry |
Bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) or uracil (U).
Amino acids: Alanine (Ala, A), Arginine (Arg, R), Asparagine (Asn, N), Aspartic acid (Asp, D), Cysteine (Cys, C), Glutamic acid (Glu, E), Glutamine (Gln, Q), Glycine (Gly, G), Histidine (His, H), Isoleucine (Ile, I), Leucine (Leu, L), Lysine (... | 1 | Biochemistry |
*One part per hundred is generally represented by the percent sign (%) and denotes one part per 100 () parts, and a value of . This is equivalent to about fourteen minutes out of one day.
*One part per thousand should generally be spelled out in full and not as "ppt" (which is usually understood to represent "parts per... | 2 | Environmental Chemistry |
Operation of the modified Q cycle in Complex III results in the reduction of Cytochrome c, oxidation of ubiquinol to ubiquinone, and the transfer of four protons into the intermembrane space, per two-cycle process.
Ubiquinol (QH) binds to the Q site of complex III via hydrogen bonding to His182 of the Rieske iron-sulfu... | 1 | Biochemistry |
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