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Electrical resistance heating (ERH) is an intensive environmental remediation method that uses the flow of alternating current electricity to heat soil and groundwater and evaporate contaminants. Electric current is passed through a targeted soil volume between subsurface electrode elements. The resistance to electri... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In building services engineering and HVAC, an air-mixing plenum (or mixing box) is used for mixing air from different ductwork systems. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In continuum mechanics, a material is said to be under plane stress if the stress vector is zero across a particular plane. When that situation occurs over an entire element of a structure, as is often the case for thin plates, the stress analysis is considerably simplified, as the stress state can be represented by a ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Carbon-13 (C13) nuclear magnetic resonance (most commonly known as carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy or C NMR spectroscopy or sometimes simply referred to as carbon NMR) is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to carbon. It is analogous to proton NMR ( NMR) and allows the identification of carbon a... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The (tert-butyl)cyclopentadiene is prepared by alkylation of cyclopentadiene with tert-butyl bromide in the presence of sodium hydride and dibenzo-18-crown-6. The intermediate in this synthesis is di-tert-butylcyclopentadiene. This compound is conveniently prepared by alkylation of cyclobutadiene with tert-butyl brom... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The composition of fluxes is tailored for the required properties - the base metals and their surface preparation (which determine the composition and thickness of surface oxides), the solder (which determines the wetting properties and the soldering temperature), the corrosion resistance and ease of removal, and other... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Crudden was appointed a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council postdoctoral fellow at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign working with Scott E. Denmark in 1995. She moved to University of New Brunswick in 1996 where she started her own research group. In 2002, she was appointed a Queen's National Scho... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
An inverse agonist can have effects similar to those of an antagonist, but causes a distinct set of downstream biological responses. Constitutively active receptors that exhibit intrinsic or basal activity can have inverse agonists, which not only block the effects of binding agonists like a classical antagonist but al... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Similar to the unsteady one-dimensional waves, simple waves in steady two-dimensional system cab be derived. In this case, the solution is given by
where and is an arbitrary function of pressure. The characteristics in the - plane are straight lines. Similarly, the case corresponding to is referred as the centred si... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
A nanofluid is a fluid containing nanometer-sized particles, called nanoparticles. These fluids are engineered colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles in a base fluid. The nanoparticles used in nanofluids are typically made of metals, oxides, carbides, or carbon nanotubes. Common base fluids include water, ethylene glyc... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Identification of active sites is crucial in the process of drug discovery. The 3-D structure of the enzyme is analysed to identify active site residues and design drugs which can fit into them. Proteolytic enzymes are targets for some drugs, such as protease inhibitors, which include drugs against AIDS and hypertensio... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Unlike other ACE inhibitors that are primarily excreted by the kidneys, fosinopril is eliminated from the body by both renal and hepatic pathways. This characteristic of fosinopril makes the drug a safer choice than other ACE inhibitors for heart failure patients with impaired kidney function resulting from poor perfus... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In the 1950s and 60s, McCrone conducted extensive research on the microscopic characterization of polymorphs, which he defined as materials that are "different in crystal structure but identical in the liquid or vapor states." He investigated the difference in the properties of polymorphs of medications, co-authoring ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Alkyl selenocyanates are generally prepared by treatment of potassium selenocyanate with alkyl halides in alcohol or acetone solution. Aryl selenocyanates are generally prepared by treatment of potassium selenocyanate with aryl diazonium salts. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Ultraviolet illumination can be produced from longer wavelengths using non-linear optical materials. These can be a second harmonic generator. They must have a suitable birefringence in order to phase match the output frequency doubled UV light. One compound commercially used is L-arginine phosphate monohydrate known a... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Gels are used as stationary phase for GPC. The pore size of a gel must be carefully controlled in order to be able to apply the gel to a given separation. Other desirable properties of the gel forming agent are the absence of ionizing groups and, in a given solvent, low affinity for the substances to be separated. Comm... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Diphoterine is a decontamination solution used in first aid for the emergency treatment of chemical spills to the eyes and body. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Carbon dioxide sequestration in basalt involves the injecting of into deep-sea formations. The first mixes with seawater and then reacts with the basalt, both of which are alkaline-rich elements. This reaction results in the release of and ions forming stable carbonate minerals.
Underwater basalt offers a good alte... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
A cumulative equilibrium constant, denoted by is related to the product of stepwise constants, denoted by For a dibasic acid the relationship between stepwise and overall constants is as follows
Note that in the context of metal-ligand complex formation, the equilibrium constants for the formation of metal complexes ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Ultraviolet radiation is invisible to the human eye, but illuminating certain materials with UV radiation causes the emission of visible light, causing these substances to glow with various colors. This is called fluorescence, and has many practical uses. Black lights are required to observe fluorescence, since other ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Numerous schemes have been described as artificial photosynthesis.
*Photocatalytic water splitting, the conversion water into hydrogen and oxygen:
This scheme is the simplest form of artificial photosynthesis conceptually, but has not been demonstrated in any practicable way.
*Light-driven carbon dioxide reduction, t... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Itch has been shown to interact with a number of proteins, including:
* CXCR4,
* c-Jun,
* MAP2K4,
* MAP3K1,
* MAP3K7,
* MAPK8,
* N4BP1,
* NOTCH1,
* TP63, and
* TP73. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Iron is important for the growth of phytoplankton. In phytoplankton, iron is used for electron transfer reactions in photosynthesis in both photosystem I and photosystem II. Additionally, iron is an important component of the enzyme nitrogenase, which is used to fix nitrogen. In measurements at open ocean stations, phy... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In pre-modern medicine, diasebesten (from Greek dia "[made] with" + modern Latin sebesten, Arab. sabastān, from Persian sepestān, possibly from Persian sag-pestān سگپستان, literally "dogs teats"), is a soft, purgative electuary, containing sebesten, the plum-like fruit of the tree Cordia myxa', as one of its ingredie... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Contraindications are hypersensitivity against ACE inhibitors, especially if it has resulted in angioedema; idiopathic or hereditary angioedema; kidney failure; the second and third trimesters in pregnancy; and combination with the drug aliskiren in people with diabetes. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In the deep ocean, marine snow (also known as "ocean dandruff") is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the aphotic zone below, which is referred to as the biological pump. Expor... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Other than standard fluorescence optical tweezers are now being built with multiple color Confocal, Widefield, STED, FRET, TIRF or IRM.
This allows applications such as measuring: protein/DNA localization binding, protein folding, condensation, motor protein force generation, visualization of cytoskeletal filaments and... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Planar chirality, also known as 2D chirality, is the special case of chirality for two dimensions.
Most fundamentally, planar chirality is a mathematical term, finding use in chemistry, physics and related physical sciences, for example, in astronomy, optics and metamaterials. Recent occurrences in latter two fields ar... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
A tree wrap or tree wrapping is a wrap of garden tree saplings, roses, and other delicate plants to protect them from frost damage (e.g. frost cracks or complete death). In the past it was made of straw (straw wrap) . Now there are commercial tree wrap materials, such as crepe paper or burlap tapes. Tree wrapping is ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Besides the introduction of mutations, Overlap Extension PCR is widely used to assemble complex DNA sequences without the introduction of undesired nucleotides at any position. This is possible since OE-PCR relies on the utilization of complementary overhangs to guide the scarless splicing of custom DNA fragments in a ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
A Piper diagram is a graphic procedure proposed by Arthur M. Piper in 1944 for presenting water chemistry data to help in understanding the sources of the dissolved constituent salts in water. This procedure is based on the premise that cations and anions in water are in such amounts to assure the electroneutrality of ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The Wulff construction is a method to determine the equilibrium shape of a droplet or crystal of fixed volume inside a separate phase (usually its saturated solution or vapor). Energy minimization arguments are used to show that certain crystal planes are preferred over others, giving the crystal its shape. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
By raising the water table, after damage has been inflicted due to over-intensive drainage, the soils can be restored.
The following table gives an example.
Drainage and yield of Malaysian oil palm on acid sulfate soils (after Toh Peng Yin and Poon Yew Chin, 1982)<br>
Yield in tons of fresh fruit per ha:
Drainage depth... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Arthur Cushny (1866–1926) was the first holder of the newly instituted Chair of Pharmacology, from 1905 until 1918.
After graduating in medicine from Aberdeen, Cushny had studied in Berne, Würzburg, and Strasbourg, where he became Assistant to the famed Oswald Schmiedeberg. In 1893, at the age of 27, he was appointed P... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Leo Yaffe, (July 6, 1916 – May 14, 1997) was a Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist and a proponent of the peaceful uses of nuclear power.
Born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, his family moved to Winnipeg in 1920. He studied at the University of Manitoba receiving a B.Sc.(Hons) in 1940, a M.Sc. in 1941, and was aw... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In chemistry, a solution is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In such a mixture, a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. If the attractive forces between the solvent and solute particles are greater than the attractive forces holding the solute... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
While most iron is oxidized as a result of interaction with atmospheric oxygen or oxygenated waters, oxidation by bacteria is an active process in anoxic environments and in oxygenated, low pH (Fe values between 2 and 3‰ were measured. However, a Rayleigh trend with a fractionation factor of α ~ 1.0022 was observed, wh... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The relationship between combustion and respiration had long been recognized from the essential role which air played in both processes. Lavoisier was almost obliged, therefore, to extend his new theory of combustion to include the area of respiration physiology. His first memoirs on this topic were read to the Academy... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is conducted on an instrument referred to as a thermogravimetric analyzer. A thermogravimetric analyzer continuously measures mass while the temperature of a sample is changed over time. Mass, temperature, and time are considered base measurements in thermogravimetric analysis while man... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Major developments: Earliest stage of gunpowder development. Mentions of gunpowder ingredients and their uses in conjunction with each other. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Otto Hahn (; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. He a... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In May 2010, an application of SNALPs to the Ebola Zaire virus made headlines, as the preparation was able to cure rhesus macaques when administered shortly after their exposure to a lethal dose of the virus, which can be up to 90% lethal to humans in sporadic outbreaks in Africa. The treatment used for rhesus macaque... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Complementing alkylation reactions are the reverse, dealkylations. Prevalent are demethylations, which are prevalent in biology, organic synthesis, and other areas, especially for methyl ethers and methyl amines. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In the human ventricles, repolarization can be seen on an ECG (electrocardiogram) via the J-wave (Osborn), ST segment, T wave and U wave. Due to the complexity of the heart, specifically how it contains three layers of cells (endocardium, myocardium and epicardium), there are many physiological changes effecting repola... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
All fluids, except superfluids, are viscous, meaning that they exert some resistance to deformation: neighbouring parcels of fluid moving at different velocities exert viscous forces on each other. The velocity gradient is referred to as a strain rate; it has dimensions . Isaac Newton showed that for many familiar flui... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Dallol lies in the evaporitic plain of the Danakil Depression at the Afar Triangle, in the prolongation of the Erta Ale basaltic volcanic range. The intrusion of basaltic magma in the marine sedimentary sequence of Danakil resulted in the formation of a salt dome structure, where the hydrothermal system is hosted. The ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Lasso peptides are short peptides containing an N-terminal macrolactam macrocycle "ring" through which a linear C-terminal "tail" is threaded. Because of this threaded-loop topology, these peptides resemble lassos, giving rise to their name. They are a member of a larger class of amino-acid-based lasso structures. Addi... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In addition to naturally occurring types of catalytic triads, protein engineering has been used to create enzyme variants with non-native amino acids, or entirely synthetic amino acids. Catalytic triads have also been inserted into otherwise non-catalytic proteins, or protein mimics.
Subtilisin (a serine protease) has ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
siRNAs have been chemically modified to enhance their therapeutic properties, Short interfering RNA (siRNA) must be delivered to the site of action in the cells of target tissues in order for RNAi to fulfill its therapeutic promise. A detailed database of all such chemical modifications is manually curated as [http://c... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Ceramic chemistry studies the relationship between the physical and chemical properties of fired ceramic bodies and ceramic glazes. The field is largely concerned with the reactions of silicates. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Scott Blair was born 23 July 1902, in Weybridge and went to Winchester College. He studied chemistry at Trinity College, Oxford receiving a BA in 1923.
He began work as a colloid chemist, studying flour suspensions which led to a series of papers on baker's dough. In 1926 he joined the Rothamsted Experimental Station... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Excimer lamps are quasimonochromatic light sources operating over a wide range of wavelengths in the ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral regions. Operation of an excimer lamp is based on the formation of excited dimers (excimers), which spontaneously transiting from the excited state to the ground st... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The Pulvermacher chain, or in full as it was sold the Pulvermacher hydro-electric chain, was a type of voltaic battery sold in the second half of the 19th century for medical applications. Its chief market was amongst the numerous quack practitioners who were taking advantage of the popularity of the relatively new tr... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The standard state for liquids and solids is simply the state of the pure substance subjected to a total pressure of (or 1 bar). For most elements, the reference point of ΔH = 0 is defined for the most stable allotrope of the element, such as graphite in the case of carbon, and the β-phase (white tin) in the case of t... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Spin column-based nucleic acid purification is a method of purifying DNA, RNA or plasmid from a sample using a spin column filter. The method is based on the principle of selectively binding nucleic acids to a solid matrix in the spin column, while other contaminants, such as proteins and salts, are washed away. The c... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
The Gulf of Maine frequently experiences blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense, an organism that produces saxitoxin, the neurotoxin responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning. The well-known "Florida red tide" that occurs in the Gulf of Mexico is a HAB caused by Karenia brevis, another dinoflagellate wh... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The Earth began as an iron aquatic world with low oxygen. The Great Oxygenation Event occurred approximately 2.4 Ga (billion years ago) as cyanobacteria and photosynthetic life induced the presence of dioxygen in the planet's atmosphere. Iron became insoluble (as did other metals) and scarce while other metals became s... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factors are, as their name indicates, transcription factors containing both Basic helix-loop-helix and leucine zipper motifs.
Examples include Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor and Sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP). | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Women of royal families painted red spots on the center of their cheeks, right under their eyes. However, it is a mystery why. They said that red cheeks (Face Blush) are a reason of happy queen. Blusher helps to enhance the face shape to bring out the cheek bones to lift the makeup look. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In particle physics, the quantum yield (denoted ) of a radiation-induced process is the number of times a specific event occurs per photon absorbed by the system. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Hamiltonian fluid mechanics is the application of Hamiltonian methods to fluid mechanics. Note that this formalism only applies to nondissipative fluids. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
A digester is a vessel where chemical or biological reactions are carried out, which may involve the use of heat, enzymes or solvent. They are used in different types of process industries, such as in the production of biogas. Digesters are referred to as reactors in some applications. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Metallomesogens are metal complexes that exhibit liquid crystalline behavior. Thus, they adopt ordered structures in the molten phase, e.g. smectic and nematic phases. The dominant interactions responsible for their phase behavior are the nonbonding contacts between organic substituents. Two early classes of such ma... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Recently PPARGC1A has been implicated as a potential therapy for Parkinson's disease conferring protective effects on mitochondrial metabolism.
Moreover, brain-specific isoforms of PGC-1alpha have recently been identified which are likely to play a role in other neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
X-ray diffraction shows that all six carbon-carbon bonds in benzene are of the same length, at 140 picometres (pm). The C–C bond lengths are greater than a double bond (135 pm) but shorter than a single bond (147 pm). This intermediate distance is caused by electron delocalization: the electrons for C=C bonding are dis... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
While only one oxhide ingot fragment has been recovered from Egypt (in the context of a LBA smelting workshop), there is a wide array of painted scenes in Egypt that show oxhide ingots. The earliest scene dates to the 15th century BC and the latest scene to the 12th century BC. The ingots display their typical four pro... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
The prismanes are a class of hydrocarbon compounds consisting of prism-like polyhedra of various numbers of sides on the polygonal base. Chemically, it is a series of fused cyclobutane rings (a ladderane, with all-cis/all-syn geometry) that wraps around to join its ends and form a band, with cycloalkane edges. Their ch... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Nonribosomal peptides (NRP) are a class of peptide secondary metabolites, usually produced by microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. Nonribosomal peptides are also found in higher organisms, such as nudibranchs, but are thought to be made by bacteria inside these organisms. While there exist a wide range of peptides ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
One of the most important advantages of Fourier-transform spectroscopy was shown by P. B. Fellgett, an early advocate of the method. The Fellgett advantage, also known as the multiplex principle, states that when obtaining a spectrum when measurement noise is dominated by detector noise (which is independent of the pow... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
* [http://bibliothek.bbaw.de/kataloge/literaturnachweise/klaproth/literatur.pdf Publication list of Klaproth] | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Eschenmoser developed synthetic pathways for artificial nucleic acids, specifically modifying the sugar backbone of the polymer. Having developed a number of structural alternatives to the naturally occurring nucleic acids, Eschenmoser and his colleagues were able to contrast the properties of these synthetic nucleic a... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In a crystal, the constitutive particles are arranged periodically, with translational symmetry forming a lattice. The crystal structure can be described as a Bravais lattice with a group of atoms, called the basis, placed at every lattice point; that is, [crystal structure] = [lattice] [basis]. If the lattice is infi... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Arabinosyl nucleosides are derivatives of the nucleosides. They contain β--arabinofuranose, in contrast to most nucleosides which contain β--ribofuranose. They are used as cytostatics or virostatics. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
In the 2010s, machine learning emerged as a powerful tool for guiding catalyst discovery. More specifically, machine learning models such as multivariate linear regression have been applied to study the linear free energy relationships (LFERs) in catalytic asymmetric organic reactions. These relationships describe the ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Nickel allergy is the most common contact allergy in industrialized countries, affecting around 8% to 19% of adults and 8% to 10% of children. Women are affected 4–10 times as frequently as men. | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
The term typically applies in electrochemistry, when electrical energy in the form of an applied voltage is used to modulate the thermodynamic favorability of a chemical reaction. In a battery, an electrochemical potential arising from the movement of ions balances the reaction energy of the electrodes. The maximum vol... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The so-called carbamate insecticides feature the carbamate ester functional group. Included in this group are aldicarb (Temik), carbofuran (Furadan), carbaryl (Sevin), ethienocarb, fenobucarb, oxamyl, and methomyl. These insecticides kill insects by reversibly inactivating the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE inhibiti... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Ions can be created by electrons formed in high-frequency electromagnetic field. The discharge is formed in a tube located between electrodes, or inside a coil. Over 90% proportion of atomic ions is achievable. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Ethylenediamine pyrocatechol (EDP), also known as ethylenediamine-pyrocatechol-water (EPW), is an anisotropic etchant solution for silicon. A typical formulation consists of ethylenediamine, pyrocatechol, pyrazine and water. It is carcinogenic and very corrosive. It is mainly used in research labs, and is not used in ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
One of the earliest cultures to use cosmetics was ancient Egypt, where both Egyptian men and women used makeup to enhance their appearance. The first cosmetics appeared 5,000 years ago in Egypt. To achieve a pleasant smell and softness of the skin, incense oils were used, and women applied white to protect their faces ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
James determined that thulium, thought to be a mixture of three substances, was really a single element. James was the first researcher to isolate nearly pure thulium. In 1911 he reported his results, having used the method he discovered for bromate fractional crystallization to do the purification. He famously needed ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Achinewhu has analyzed more than fifty homegrown foodstuffs, which include seeds, nuts, tubers, spices, and herbs. These indigenous food items where examined and explored for their nutrient compositions and quality of protein content. Details of his findings are being used along with others in the compendium of Nigeria... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
B3/B4 tRNA-binding domain - B5 protein domain - BAC - back mutation - bacteria - bacterial artificial chromosome - bacteriophage - bacteriophage lambda - bacteriophage scaffolding proteins - band shift assay - base - base pair - benzoyl-CoA 2,3-dioxygenase - benzyl benzoate/disulfiram - benzyl-2-methyl-hydroxybutyrate ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Giner-Delgado, Carla, et al. described a variant of MLPA combining it with iPCR. They call these new method iMLPA and its procedure is the same as MLPA but there are necessary two additional steps at the beginning:
# First, a DNA treatment with restriction enzymes that cut on both sides of the region of interest is nec... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
The mathematics of radioactive decay depend on a key assumption that a nucleus of a radionuclide has no "memory" or way of translating its history into its present behavior. A nucleus does not "age" with the passage of time. Thus, the probability of its breaking down does not increase with time but stays constant, no m... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Plasmids may be classified in a number of ways. Plasmids can be broadly classified into conjugative plasmids and non-conjugative plasmids. Conjugative plasmids contain a set of transfer genes which promote sexual conjugation between different cells. In the complex process of conjugation, plasmids may be transferred f... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Sodium molybdate, NaMoO, is useful as a source of molybdenum. This white, crystalline salt is often encountered as the dihydrate, NaMoO·2HO. | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
The usage of the term canonical sequence to refer to a promoter is often problematic, and can lead to misunderstandings about promoter sequences. Canonical implies perfect, in some sense.
In the case of a transcription factor binding site, there may be a single sequence that binds the protein most strongly under specif... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In 1968, the artist Robert Smithson made Mono Lake Non-Site (Cinders near Black Point) using pumice collected while visiting Mono on July 27, 1968, with his wife Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer (both prominent visual artists). In 2004, Nancy Holt made a short film entitled Mono Lake using Super 8 footage and photographs ... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In atomic physics, a dark state refers to a state of an atom or molecule that cannot absorb (or emit) photons. All atoms and molecules are described by quantum states; different states can have different energies and a system can make a transition from one energy level to another by emitting or absorbing one or more ph... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Fluoride salts, like all salts, cause corrosion in most metals and alloys. FliNak is different from FLiBe in the sense that is a basic melt—or it has an excess of fluorine ions. As FLiNak melts, all three components are alkali fluorides and therefore disassociate into positive and negative ions. The concentration of ... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Somatic recombination, as opposed to the genetic recombination that occurs in meiosis, is an alteration of the DNA of a somatic cell that is inherited by its daughter cells. The term is usually reserved for large-scale alterations of DNA such as chromosomal translocations and deletions and not applied to point mutation... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
A soap bubble (commonly referred to as simply a bubble) is an extremely thin film of soap or detergent and water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface. Soap bubbles usually last for only a few seconds before bursting, either on their own or on contact with another object. They are often us... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
In the solar thermochemical process, water is split into hydrogen and oxygen using direct solar heat, rather than electricity, inside a high temperature solar reactor which receives highly concentrated solar flux from a solar field of heliostats that focus the highly concentrated sunlight into the reactor.
The two mo... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Improper maintenance can lead to high restoration costs to address inefficient bioswales. An accumulation of large sediments, trash, and improper growth of vegetation can all affect the quality and performance of bioswales. It is beneficial at the planning stages to set apart easements to allow for easier maintenance o... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
Magnesium is required as a co-factor for thermostable DNA polymerase. Taq polymerase is a magnesium-dependent enzyme and determining the optimum concentration to use is critical to the success of the PCR reaction. Some of the components of the reaction mixture such as template concentration, dNTPs and the presence of c... | 1 | Applied and Interdisciplinary Chemistry |
The wide variety of methods of calculation of electronegativities, which all give results that correlate well with one another, is one indication of the number of chemical properties that might be affected by electronegativity. The most obvious application of electronegativities is in the discussion of bond polarity, f... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
As ionizing radiation moves through matter its energy is deposited through interactions with the electrons of the absorber. The result of an interaction between the radiation and the absorbing species is removal of an electron from an atom or molecular bond to form radicals and excited species. The radical species then... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
According to the Ronen Fissile rule, for a heavy element with 90 ≤ Z ≤ 100, its isotopes with , with few exceptions, are fissile (where N = number of neutrons and Z = number of protons).
The term fissile is distinct from fissionable. A nuclide capable of undergoing fission (even with a low probability) after capturing... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
Radiogenic heating occurs as a result of the release of heat energy from radioactive decay during the production of radiogenic nuclides. Along with heat from the Primordial Heat (resulting from planetary accretion), radiogenic heating occurring in the mantle and crust make up the two main sources of heat in the Earth... | 0 | Theoretical and Fundamental Chemistry |
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