Aluminum salts are currently the only widely used adjuvant for human vaccines. Over the past 10-15 years, a large research effort has attempted to find novel adjuvants with ability to induce a broad range of immune responses, including cell-mediated immunity. The immunostimulating complex or ISCOM is one adjuvant with multiple adjuvant properties. ISCOMs are open cage-like complexes typically w...

Calcinosis cutis (CC) is defined as the deposition of calcium salts in the skin. The condition is divided into 5 types: calciphylaxis and dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic, and iatrogenic CC. Dystrophic CC is the most common form and usually occurs in association with autoimmune diseases. CC can be treated surgically or with the use of drugs such as diltiazem, bisphosphonates, warfarin, ceftri...

Transparent, flexible films could be made by casting aqueous solutions of alginic acid, but they dissolved in water. When films were made from a solution of alginic acid and multivalent ions, they were still water soluble. However, when alginic acid films were immersed in a solution of salts with multivalent ions, they dissolved in water much more slowly, if at all. Treatment with calcium and z...

In general, handling centrifuges is a safe process, as long as high quality equipment is used, such as anodized or PTFE coated aluminum rotors for instance, and the following conditions are met: the centrifuges and their equipment are used properly, are in an undamaged condition and maintained as recommended here. Prevention from long-term exposure to residues like salts or aggressive chemicals...

Colloidal suspensions are used to generate polymers or particles from which ceramic materials can be made by the sol-gel process. The precursors for preparation of a colloidal suspension consist of a metal element surrounded by various ligands (attached groups not including another metal). For example, common precursors for sol-gel synthesis of aluminum oxide include inorganic salts such as Al(...

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies of Cr in single crystals of tris(guanidinium) hexafluoroaluminate, [C(NH2)3]3A1F6, have been carried out in the X-band region. A temperature dependent study of the zero-field splitting parameter D in the range 77 398 K shows the presence of a phase transition, which is supported by Differential Thermal Analysis. In addition, F superhyperfine structu...

The composition of pitch deposits occurring in pulp sheets and mill circuits during soda/anthraquinone pulping and elemental chlorine-free pulp bleaching of bast fibers of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) was studied. Pitch deposits were extracted with acetone, and the extracts analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Acetone extracts (15-25% of pit...

Recently, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been reported to be an effective MALDI matrix for small molecules (Anal. Chem.2003, 75, 6191). In a somewhat related study, we have employed CNTs produced by using NaH-treated anodic aluminum oxide (Na@AAO) as a reactive template as the assisting matrix for MALDI analysis upon the addition of high concentrations of citrate buffer. Our results indicate that...

This work examines formate salts as potential phase change materials (PCMs) for middle-high temperature (?250 °C) latent heat thermal energy storage applications. The thermophysical properties of three were characterized: pure sodium and binary blends sodium/potassium sodium/calcium formate. stability PCM’s was evaluated by cycling using differential scanning calorimetry where appeared stable o...

The fusion method of using ammonium phosphate salt as flux was assessed for its ability to precipitate metaphosphate compounds containing trivalent ions M3+ = Al, Cr, Fe, Ti, and V M(PO3)3 in inorganic salts a certified reference material (CRM) mineral ore sample. Fusion analysis mixtures AlCl3, CrCl3, FeCl3, VCl3 showed variable amounts precipitates isolated the order iron (12%) < vanadium ...