Zero-valent iron [Fe(0)]-biochar composites, namely, Fe(0)-included biochar and biochar-coated Fe(0), were synthesized their catalytic performance in the activation of persulfate for phenol degradation water was evaluated. In presence Fe(0)-biochar biochar-persulfate Fe(0)-persulfate systems showed higher removal than a system by 11.6% 20.7%, respectively. The difference between Fe(0) because h...

Advanced treatment of biologically processed palm oil mill effluent (BIOTPOME), which possesses a potential danger to the water sources is required meet Malaysian discharge standard, as BIOTPOME contains high level chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids and grease even after going through conventional process. The significant but insufficient efficiency ponding system in Malaysia urged ...

Evidence is accumulating that voltage-gated channels are distributed nonuniformly throughout neurons and that this nonuniformity underlies regional differences in excitability within the single neuron. Previous reports have shown that Ca2+, Na+, A-type K+, and hyperpolarization-activated, mixed cation conductances have varying distributions in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, with significant...

The kinetics of the thermal and microwaveassisted oxidative degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) were determined with potassium persulfate as the oxidizing agent. Gel permeation chromatography was used to determine the variation of the molecular weight with time. The degradation was studied as a function of the temperature and persulfate concentration, and it was found that the degradation rate ...

We previously reported that some human antiphospholipid Abs (aPL) in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) bind to the homologous enzymatic domains of thrombin and the activated coagulation factor X (FXa). Moreover, some of the reactive Abs are prothrombotic and interfere with inactivation of thrombin and FXa by antithrombin (AT). Considering the enzymatic domain of activated coagul...

Action potentials (APs) play a crucial role in evoking Ca2+ currents (ICa) through voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and transmitter release. During development and neuromodulation, both depolarization and repolarization phases of APs change, but how such changes affect the characteristics of ICa and its efficacy at central synapses is not clear. By paired voltage-clamp recordings of ICa a...

In this study, the degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) by a magnetite (Fe3O4)/persulfate (PS) system was investigated. The effects dosage, PS concentration, BPA and pH on Fe3O4-activated in degrading were investigated using single factor experiments. identified as factors response surface experimental protocol. Using Box-Behnken analysis, quadratic model with high correlation coefficient (0.9152) ...

OBJECTIVE The selectins are cell adhesion molecules that mediate the interactions among leukocytes, activated platelets, and endothelial cells. We aimed to investigate whether P-selectin polymorphisms are associated with thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). MATERIALS AND METHODS The diagnosis and classification of APS were based on the report of an international worksh...

Injection of sterile aqueous preparations of the peptidoglycan polysaccharide of group A streptococci produces chronic inflammation in several animal models. Accordingly, the effect of peptidoglycan and group A-specific polysaccharide (PG-APS) polymers on human polymorphonuclear neutrophil oxidative metabolism was studied with the supposition that this interaction may contribute to the inflamma...