Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common primary salivary gland malignancy in both adults and children. It has a slight female predilection and usually presents as a painless, rubber-like or soft mass, which may be fixed or mobile. Histologically, MEC is comprised of a mixture of cell types including mucous, epidermoid, and intermediate cells that can be arranged in solid nests or cyst...

An enzymatic, fluorometric method is described for determination of serum urea on silicone-rubber pads. In this method, the reagents are lyophilized on the surface of the pads, NADH on one side and a mixture of urease, glutamate dehydrogenase, and alpha-ketoglutarate on the other. The rate of disappearance of NADH fluorescence at 460nm (excitation wavelength, 340 nm) is monitored and related to...

Natural rubber is produced by a rubber transferase (a cis-prenyltransferase). Rubber transferase uses allylic pyrophosphate to initiate the rubber molecule and isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) to form the polymer. Rubber biosynthesis also requires a divalent metal cation. Understanding how molecular weight is regulated is important because high molecular weight is required for high quality rubbe...

This paper examines the mechanisms of interaction between two modifiers in asphalt binder: an amide-based bio-modifier, and natural rubber vulcanized by sulfur crosslinks. The amide-rich bio-modifier surface-activates rubber, cleaving disulfide bonds leading to partial surface devulcanization. Computational modeling laboratory experiments were used evaluate devulcanization mechanism its effects...

Rubber biosynthesis takes place on the surface of rubber particles. These particles are surrounded by a monolayer membrane in which the rubber transferase is anchored. In order to gain better insight into whether rubber particles from different plant species share common structural characteristics, the micromorphology of rubber particles from Ficus carica, Ficus benghalensis, and Hevea brasilie...

We present the results of a large-scale experimental campaign performed on prototype structure EuroProteas in Thessaloniki, Greece, to assess effectiveness gravel-rubber mixture (GRM) layers underneath shallow foundations as means geotechnical seismic isolation (GSI). found that GSI structures is optimized by increasing rubber content soil-rubber up 30% per weight. The systems has been investig...

The main objective of this study is to compare the mechanical behavior two sands (Hostun or Dune sands) mixed with crushed rubber obtained from used tires. However, it essential ensure that his geotechnical application do not result in long-term negative impacts on environment. chemical properties these are given by energy dispersive analysis X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. mineral composition...

The biosynthesis of rubber is thought to take place on the surface of rubber particles in laticifers, highly specialized cells that are present in more than 40 plant families. The small rubber particle protein (SRPP) has been supposed to be involved in rubber biosynthesis, and recently five SRPPs (TbSRPP1-5) were identified in the rubber-producing dandelion species Taraxacum brevicorniculatum. ...

Soils are called problematic soils when they do not have sufficient bearing strength to provide a founda-tion for the structures be built on them and these types of need improved with appropriate methods depending their properties. Improvement applied strengthen often cause financial burden. Recently, there studies about use waste rubber tires, which pose an environ-mental risk during storage, ...

In the presented work, sulfur concrete and rubber were used for producing functionally graded materials (FGM). The physical and mechanical properties of sulfur concrete and rubber were changed continuously across the thickness. On one side, there was just rubber and, on the other, there was pure sulfur; the properties of each substance were moved to reach another. This kind of material was cons...