Equilibrium thermochemical measurements using an ion mobility drift cell technique have been utilized to investigate the binding energies and entropy changes associated with the stepwise hydration of the biologically significant ions pyrimidine radical cation and protonated pyrimidine. The binding energy of the hydrated pyrimidine radical cation is weaker than that of the proton-bound dimer pyr...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased sodium (Na) influx into the aorta was associated with aldosterone-salt hypertension in the rat and, if present, to determine what mechanisms contributed to the increase. Basal 24Na influx was elevated in aorta from the hypertensive rats (2.21 +/- 0.10 mmol/l cell H2O/min, n = 25) compared with control-salt rats (1.75 +/- 0.04 mmol/l c...

In the title compound [Fe(NCS)2(C8H6N4S)2(H2O)2]·H2O, the Fe(II) cation is coordinated by two N-bonded thio-cyanate anions, two N (4)-bonded bis-(pyrazin-2-yl) sulfide ligands and two water mol-ecules in an slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Fe(II) cation is located on a center of inversion and the lattice water mol-ecule on a twofold rotation axis. The thio-cyanate anions, the coordi...

A hydrogen-bonded chloride-hydrate assembly {[(H2O)4Cl2]2−}∞ has been ion-countered by the complex cations [Fe([9]aneS3)2] ([9]aneS3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane). In {[(H2O)4Cl2]2−}∞, four water molecules and two chloride ions are self-assembled to form a one-dimensional supramolecular array of O–H· · ·O and O–H· · ·Cl hydrogen bonding, which consists of fused fourand six-membered rings. The dis...

The present experiments concern electron interactions with a film of short single strands of DNA covered by 3 monolayers of water, which corresponds to 5.25 water molecules per nucleotide. We report on the desorption of H{-}, O{-}, OH{-} from this target induced by 3-20 eV electrons. Below 15 eV, these anions emanate principally from a new type of dissociative core-excited transient anions form...

Molecular crystals have been prepared from pentafluorophenylphosphonic acid (4). These include 2C6F5PO3H2·H2O (4·4·H2O), [(C6F5PO3H–)(H3O+)]·C6F5PO3H2 (4·4–·H3O+), [(C6F5PO3H–)(NH4+)]·C6F5PO3H2 (4·4–·NH4+), [(C6F5PO3H–)(Me2NH2+)] (4–·DMA+), [(C6F5PO3H–)(Me2NH2+)]·H2O (4–·DMA+·H2O), [(C6F5PO3H–)(Me2NH2+)]·C6F5PO3H2 (4·4–·DMA+), [(C6F5PO3H–)(Me2NH2+)0.5(NH4+)0.5] (4–·DMA+·NH4+), and [(C6F5PO3H–)(...

The aim was to determine if the metabolic adaptations, particularly PGC-1α and downstream metabolic genes were affected by restricting CHO following an endurance exercise bout in trained endurance athletes. A second aim was to compare baseline expression level of these genes to untrained. Elite endurance athletes (VO2max 66 ± 2 mL·kg(-1)·min(-1), n = 15) completed 4 h cycling at ~56% VO2max. Du...

On a planetary scale, the D/H ratio on Mars is a key diagnostic for understanding the past history of water on the planet; locally, it can help to constrain the sources and sinks of water vapor through the monitoring of condensation and sublimation processes. To obtain simultaneous measurements of H2O and HDO lines, we have used the Echelle Cross Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) instrument aboard th...

The corrosion behavior of uncoated, nickel (Ni) and nickel–phosphorous (Ni–P)-coated AISI 430 alloy was investigated in Ar–3%H2 Ar–3%H2–3%H2O atmosphere at 800 °C for 100 h. Microstructure, chemical composition, reaction products were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction techniques. extent Ni–P-coated is higher than Ni-coated 430. Oxidation...

Mechanical ventilation with plateau pressure lower than 35 cm H2O and high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been recommended as lung protective strategy. Ten patients with ARDS (five from pulmonary [p] and five from extrapulmonary [exp] origin), underwent 2 h of lung protective strategy, 1 h of lung protective strategy with three consecutive sighs/min at 45 cm H2O plateau pressure, a...