Quinones are a class of compounds which have widespread importance in chemistry, biology and medicine. Because of their appropriate performance in electron transferring rate, quinones are among the most applicable mediators in biosensors. Recently, the effects of different non-metal substitutions on redox potential of quinone have been investigated to design suitable mediators for different ele...

Self-similar sets and self-conformal sets have been studied extensively. Recently, Falconer introduced sub-self-similar sets for a generalization of self-similar sets, and obtained the Hausdorff dimension and Box dimension for these sets if the open set condition (OSC) is satisfied. Chen and Xiong proved the continuity of the Hausdorff dimension for sub-self-similar sets under the assumption th...

AIMS To genetically sub-type Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from migratory birds, and to compare these with clinical strains collected in the same area and corresponding time period, with the aim to increase our knowledge on sub-types occurring among wild birds and their possible impact on human disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We sub-typed C. jejuni strains from migrating birds (n = 89) a...

Detailed analyses of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration measurements from Mauna Loa Observatory have produced a model which describes most of the variability in the data. The final model is y(t) = a + de "t + •_•,_-•ø'Aisin[(2•r/Ti)(t + 1⁄2,)] + •j=•ø'Fj sin[(2•r/rj)(t + Oj)], where ais the preindustrial value, a is the exponential ong-term growth rate, i represents the annual cycle a...

Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ has been under intensive scrutiny over the past years after new NMR measurements unveiled that superconducting state might be a spin singlet. One of best order parameter candidates in light these experiments is chiral d-wave with $d_{xz}+id_{yz}$ symmetry. This overlooked given strong two-dimensional character normal electronic structure. Recently, phenomenological proposal based ...