Introduction Soot particles and NOx are the main pollutants from diesel engines. Good alternatives to abate these contaminants are the use of catalytic filters, which burn the soot particles, and NOx traps which adsorb the NOx during normal operation and released them during reduction cycles [1]. We recently studied BaK/CeO2 catalysts for this application[2]. Barium plays the role of NOx adsorb...

Abstract Artificial photosynthetic reduction of CO 2 into valuable chemicals is one the most promising approaches to solve energy crisis and decreasing atmospheric emissions. However, poor selectivity accompanied by low activity photocatalysts limits development photocatalytic reduction. Herein, inspired use oxygen vacancy engineering promote adsorption activation molecules, we introduced vacan...

Introduction There are three factors which are used to control the amount or dose of radiation received from a source. The radiation exposure can be managed by a combination of these factors; • Time: reducing the time of an exposure leads to reduction of the effective doses proportionally. • Shielding: refers to a mass of absorbing material placed around a reactor or other radioactive source in...

This study examined barium concentrations in the mushroom Trogia venenata, the leading culprit for sudden unexpected deaths in Yunnan, southwest China. We found that barium concentrations in T. venenata from Yunnan were low and comparable to other foods, inconsistent with barium concentrations in this mushroom as a significant contributor to these deaths.

Pure barium zirconate nanopowders were successfully prepared in wet-chemistry synthesismethod, using barium stearate and tetra-n-butyl zirconate as Ba, Zr sources and stearic acid ascomplexing reagent. The gel was calcined at 800 and 900 °C in air. Results of thermal analysisare given, including both DTG and TG. Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), X-raydiffraction (XRD), transmissio...

Autonomic symptoms such as orthostatic hypotension, abnormal sweating and constipation occur frequently in Parkinson's disease. In our case, barium meal used for upper gastrointestinal study caused barium stone formation and a paralytic-ileus-like syndrome. Therefore, attention should be paid while using barium meal for diagnostic purpose in Parkinsonism.

Multiple birefringent rhomboidal crystals seen on histological examination of a resected oesophagus were subsequently found to contain elemental barium and sulphur on energy dispersive x ray ( EDX ) analysis. Scanning electron microscopy and EDX analysis of readily available commercial barium sulphate suspensions suggested that the two forms of barium sulphate previously described in tissue sec...

Arsenic and barium are ubiquitous environmental toxins that accumulate in higher trophic-level organisms. Whereas metazoans have detoxifying organs to cope with toxic metals, sponges lack organs but harbour a symbiotic microbiome performing various functions. Here we examine the potential roles of microorganisms in arsenic and barium cycles in the sponge Theonella swinhoei, known to accumulate ...

The various light and scanning electron microscopic appearances of barium sulphate in smears and in histopathological lesions in sections are illustrated. One type of barium sulphate (E-Z-HD) includes much larger, bright birefringent particles and has very different appearances from other widely used types. Such larger particles in sections were not originally suspected to be barium sulphate an...

We demonstrate control of the surface plasmon polariton wavevector in an active metal-dielectric plasmonic interferometer by utilizing electrooptic barium titanate as the dielectric layer. Arrays of subwavelength interferometers were fabricated from pairs of parallel slits milled in silver on barium titanate thin films. Plasmon-mediated transmission of incident light through the subwavelength s...