1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([bmim]br) as an ionic liquid promoted selectively oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic sulfides to the corresponding sulfoxides and the oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides by nabro3 in excellent yields under neutral conditions.

chemokines and their receptors  play an important  role in the  late inflammatory stage of asthma. in this study, we aimed to investigate polymorphisms of mcp-1 (ccl2), ccr2 and ccr5 which can affect qualitatively and/or quantitatively their production and thus influence both susceptibility and severity of asthma and its clinical and biological features. mcp-1   (a/g   -2518),  ccr2   (+/64i), ...

the interaction between immune cells and endothelial lining of blood vessels is vital in many processes such as inflammatory and immune responses as well as cancer cell metastasis. the expression level of vcam-1 is regulated by many factors including the promoter activity that is possibly affected by the single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) present in the promoter. there are previous reports ...

spherical mesoporous silica mcm-41 was synthesized for adsorptive removal of sulfur compounds from fossil fuels using 1mm solution of dibenzothiophene (dbt) in dodecane as model oil. the prepared silica adsorbent has been characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis as well as small angle x-ray scattering (saxs), and transmission and scanning electron microscopy (sem) methods. resul...

background: mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) are recently introduced as novel immunological gene carriers for treatment of cancer. it is believed that balance between the expression of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors, such as sdf-1 and ip-10, may regulate neovascularization within the tumor. methods: in this study, we compared the expression of important tumor promoting mediators in ip-10-t...

ethanol known as ethyl alcohol is being widely used around the world. many serious diseases are related with its consumption.  alcohol posses many divers effects on human body including risk of cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. therefore, analysis of this component is prominent. fibroblast cells were cultured in various dosages of ethanol. the effective dosage was then investigated by ...

a simple, clean, and environmentally benign three-component process for the synthesis of 2-amino-4hchromenes using [mim]cl, as an efficient catalyst under solvent-free conditions are described. a wide range of aromatic aldehydes easily undergoes condensations with 1-naphthol and malononitrile under solvent-free conditions to afford the desired products of good purity in excellent yields. taking...

mfi-type zeolite membranes (zsm-5) were prepared on α-alumina tubular supports and tested for separation of h2/co mixtures. the effect of pressure and temperature on h2 and co flows and selectivity was investigated. the best results in this work were obtained with a zsm-5 membrane prepared over a porous α-alumina tube seeded with zeolite nanocrystals synthesized with microwave technique. in thi...

this article presents a fuzzy robust mixed - sensitivity gain - scheduled h controller based on the loop -shaping methodology for a class of mimo uncertain nonlinear time - varying systems. in order to design this controller, the nonlinear parameter - dependent plant is first modeled as a set of linear subsystems by takagi and sugeno’s (t - s) fuzzy approach. both loop - shaping methodology and...