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5, 12.1, and 7.5 mg L-1 with coefficients of variation (CVs) below 5.0%, 7.0%, and 10% for determining Ca2+, H2PO4 -, and Mg2+ in the range of 150-250, 100-200, and 20-70 mg L-1 respectively. Dihydroethidium manufacturer Furthermore, the DKL was implemented for the first time in the third platform (LabVIEW) and deployed to determine three ions in a real on-site hydroponic system. The open architecture of the SDT allowed posting the measured results on a cloud computer. This would help growers monitor their plants' nutrients conveniently. The informative data about the three mentioned ions that have no commercial sensors so far, could be adapted to the other components to develop a fully automated fertigation system for hydroponic production.As one of the most important and fruitful methods, supramolecular self-assembly has a significant advantage in designing and fabricating functional soft materials with various nanostructures. In this research, a low-molecular-weight gelator, N,N'-di(pyridin-4-yl)-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide (PDA-N4), was synthesized and used to construct self-assembled gels via a solvent-mediated strategy. It was found that PDA-N4 could form supramolecular gels in mixed solvents of water and DMSO (or DMF) at high water fraction (greater than or equal to 50%). By decreasing the water fraction from 50% to 30%, the gel, suspension and solution phases appeared successively, indicating that self-assembled aggregates could be efficiently modulated via water content in organic solvents. Moreover, the as-prepared PDA-N4 supramolecular gels not only displayed solid-like behavior, and pH- and thermo-reversible characteristics, but also showed a solution-gel-crystal transition with the extension of aging time. Further analyses suggested that both the crystal and gel had similar assembled structures. The intermolecular hydrogen bonding between amide groups and the π-π stacking interactions between pyridine groups played key roles in gel formation. Additionally, the release behavior of vitamin B12 (VB12) from PDA-N4 gel (H2O/DMSO, v/v = 90/10) was evaluated, and the drug controlled release process was consistent with a first-order release mechanism. The human umbilical venous endothelial cell culture results showed that the PDA-N4 xerogel has good cytocompatibility, which implied that the gels have potential biological application in tissue engineering and controlled drug release.N-Vinyl imidazole was grafted onto sodium alginate (PNVI-g-NaAlg) through a free radical polymerization technique in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate (K2S2O8, KPS) initiator material. The conditions of the grafting process onto sodium alginate were adjusted to obtain a grafted copolymer with a high percentage of poly(N-vinyl imidazole). The prepared grafted copolymer sodium alginate (NaAlg-g-PNVI), with high percentage yield, was investigated and characterized under certain conditions in order to detect its antibacterial effect. The prepared grafted copolymer was considered by means of several systems such as Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), 1H NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The change in the morphology of the alginate distinguished after the grafting process was confirmed using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The biological activity of the grafted material was considered using Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gram-negative), Bacillus subtilis (Gram-positive) and Candida albicans antifungal activities through the agar diffusion method. The obtained results show excellent improvement in antimicrobial activity of the alginate by grafting against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Candida albicans.Infections caused by the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans are one of the major life threats for hospitalized and immunocompromised patients, as a result of antibiotic and long-term antifungal treatment abuse. Odorant binding proteins can be considered interesting candidates to develop systems able to reduce the proliferation and virulence of this yeast, because of their intrinsic antimicrobial properties and complexation capabilities toward farnesol, the major quorum sensing molecule of Candida albicans. In the present study, a hybrid system characterized by a superparamagnetic iron oxide core functionalized with bovine odorant binding protein (bOBP) was successfully developed. The nanoparticles were designed to be suitable for magnetic protein delivery to inflamed areas of the body. The inorganic superparamagnetic core was characterized by an average diameter of 6.5 ± 1.1 nm and a spherical shape. Nanoparticles were functionalized by using 11-phosphonoundecanoic acid as spacer and linked to bOBP via amide bonds, resulting in a concentration level of 26.0 ± 1.2 mg bOBP/g SPIONs. Finally, both the biocompatibility of the developed hybrid system and the fungistatic activity against Candida albicans by submicromolar OBP levels were demonstrated by in vitro experiments.Protein kinases play a significant role in cellular activation procedures by exhibiting a vivid selection in the target, as well as recognizing and phosphorylating them. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) is one of the main kinases in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade and engages in dynamically regulating the activities of signaling proteins and physiological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, adhesion, migration, and survival. Predicting collective dynamic and structural motions in biological macromolecules is pivotal to obtain a better understanding of the majority of biological processes. Here, through molecular dynamic simulation and normal mode analysis, we investigated ERK2 conformations, in the forms of active (phosphorylated), inactive (unphosphorylated), and in a complex with its substrate, ribosomal protein S6 kinase alpha-1 (RSK1), to determine functional characteristics. Our finding demonstrated that ERK2 plays a switch role in the regulation of pathways. In the case that this protein kinase is in the active form, all critical regions shift to be prepared to accept the substrate and catalytic action. Meanwhile, inactive ERK2 shows contrasting results in which all motions tend to close the catalytic site and cease the phosphorylation action in the MAPK cascade. These findings are in line with those from other similar studies and provide us with novel molecular target regions and recent details on how this mechanism works.In the present study, a sensitive LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated to measure pioglitazone (PGZ) concentrations in rat plasma and tissues. The chromatographic separation was achieved by using a YMC Pro C18 column (100 mm × 4.6 mm, 3μ) with a mobile phase consisting of formic acid (0.1% v/v) and acetonitrile (5  95) at a flow rate of 0.7 mL min-1 and injection volume of 10 μL (IS rosiglitazone). Mass spectrometric detection was done using triple quadrupole mass spectrometry using the ESI interface operating in a positive ionization mode. The developed method was validated over a linearity range of 1-500 ng mL-1 with detection and a lower quantification limit of 0.5 ng mL-1 and 1 ng mL-1. The method accuracy ranged from 95.89-98.78% (inter-day) & 93.39-97.68% (intra-day) with a precision range of 6.09-8.12% for inter-day & 7.55-9.87% for intra-day, respectively. The PGZ shows the highest C max of 495.03 ng mL-1 in plasma and the lowest C max, 24.50 ± 2.71 ng mL-1 in bone. The maximum T max of 5.00 ± 0.49 h was observed in bone and a minimum of 1.01 ± 0.05 h in plasma. The AUC(0-24 h and 0-∞) values are highest in plasma (1056.58 ± 65.78 & 1069.38 ± 77.50 ng h-1 mL-1) and lowest in brain (166.93 ± 15.70 &167.12 ± 16.77 ng h-1 mL-1), and the T 1/2 was highest in plasma (5.62 ± 0.74 h) and lowest in kidney (2.78 ± 0.19). The developed method was successfully used to measure the PGZ pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution. Further, the developed method could be utilized for validating target organ (adipose tissue) specific delivery of PGZ (nano-formulations) in addition to conventional dosage forms.Despite the multitude of available alternatives, the Grignard coupling-based synthesis of polycarbosilanes remains attractive, offering the benefit of easy structural design. Moreover, this method allows one to obtain a polymer precursor with the stoichiometric Si  C ratio required for SiC ceramic production and is also suited for the synthesis of polymers containing curable functional groups (e.g., allyl and vinyl). Herein, vinyl-substituted hydridopolycarbosilane was synthesized from three different starting materials (Cl3SiCH2Cl, (MeO)3SiCH2Cl, and (EtO)3SiCH2Cl) using Grignard coupling, and the effects of starting material on polymer growth behavior were investigated. The alkoxysilane starting materials had the advantage of being safe to handle, but had a limitation in polymer growth. The largest molecular weight was observed for Cl3SiCH2Cl, although side reactions occurred. This behavior was ascribed to the retention of unreacted -SiCH2Cl groups contributing to polymer growth via coupling with neighboring polymer chains.Efficient H2O2 production both on a carbon cathode modified with various metal salts and on an oxide photoanode was investigated. The cathodic current density and faradaic efficiency for H2O2 production (FE(H2O2)) on a carbon cathode in KHCO3 aqueous solution were significantly improved by the loading of an insoluble nickel carbonate basic hydrate catalyst. This electrode was prepared by a precipitation method of nickel nitrate and KHCO3 aqueous solution at ambient temperature. The nickel carbonate basic hydrate electrode was very stable, and the accumulated concentration of H2O2 was reached at 1.0 wt% at a passed charge of 2500C (the average FE(H2O2) was 80%). A simple photoelectrochemical system for H2O2 production from both the cathode and a BiVO4/WO3 photoanode was demonstrated without an external bias or an ion-exchange membrane in a one-compartment reactor under simulated solar light. The apparent FE(H2O2) from both electrodes was calculated to be 168% in total, and the production rate of H2O2 was approximately 0.92 μmol min-1 cm-2. The solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency for H2O2 production (STCH2O2 ) without an external bias was approximately 1.75%.A new family of zirconocene complexes of the type (3-RInd#)2ZrX2 (where Ind# = C6Me5H and R = Me, Et and Ph) have been synthesised and fully characterised. Six new crystal structures have been reported (meso-(3-EtInd#)2ZrBr2, rac-(3-EtInd#)2ZrCl2, rac-(3-EtInd#)2Zr(CH2Ph)2, meso-(3-EtInd#)2Zr(CH2Ph)2, meso-(3-MeInd#)2ZrBr2 and meso-(3-MeInd#)2Zr(CH2Ph)2). The complexes were studied for slurry-phase ethylene polymerisation when immobilised on solid polymethylaluminoxane (sMAO). Variation in the initiation group was found to have greater influence over polymerisation activity for meso-catalysts than rac-catalysts, with meso-alkyl catalysts showing higher polymerisation activities than meso-halide. Below 70 °C, polymerisation activity follows the order sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2Zr(CH2Ph)2, sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2ZrCl2 and sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2ZrBr2 (activities of 657, 561, and 452 kgPE molM -1 h-1 bar-1, respectively). sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2ZrBr2 produces HDPE with the highest molecular weight, followed by sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2ZrCl2 and sMAO-meso-(3-EtInd#)2Zr(CH2Ph)2 (M w of 503, 406, and 345 kg mol-1, respectively, at 50 °C).
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