Several types of organic reactions were accelerated by immediate evaporation of solvents because of remarkable enhancement of molecule-to-molecule contacts between reactants.

Leprosy-specific humoral reactants were demonstrated by light scatter. Of 132 lepromatous leprosy sera, 70% gave more extensive reactions than 99% of 100 normal sera.

Transcriptional regulation of gene expression by hypoxia is an important, but yet only marginally characterized mechanism by which organisms adapt to low oxygen concentrations. The human hepatoma cell line HepG2 is a widely used model for studying hypoxic induction of the hematopoietic growth factor erythropoietin. In an attempt to identify additional genes expressed in HepG2 cells during hypox...

Results The V198M mutation was found in 13 screened patients: 10 were heterozygous for the mutation only. In one patient with a typical MWS phenotype the V198M variant was associated with the Q703K and the D303N mutation of the same gene. In a patient a low-penetrance mutation of TNFRSF1A gene (P46L) was also found, while another one carried the A91V mutation of Pfr1 gene. Out of the 10 patient...

A new formulation of the Reaction Ensemble Monte Carlo technique (RxMC) combined with the Continuous Fractional Component Monte Carlo method is presented. This method is denoted by serial Rx/CFC. The key ingredient is that fractional molecules of either reactants or reaction products are present and that chemical reactions always involve fractional molecules. Serial Rx/CFC has the following adv...

The regulation of al-acid glycoprotein (al-AGP) in rat hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells by dexamethasone was assessed by cell-free translation of mRNA and by RNA-DNA hybridization techniques using a cloned double-stranded cDNA probe. The effect of dexamethasone on the mRNA level of aI-AGP was compared with the induction of mammary tumor virus (MTV) mRNA in viral infected HTC cells. The dose-...

The miscible liquid-liquid two phases based on Taylor flow in microchannels was investigated by high-speed imaging techniques and Villermaux/Dushman reaction. The mixing based on Taylor flow was much better compared with that without introducing gas in microchannels, even the ideal micromixing performance could be obtained under optimized superficial gas and liquid velocities. In the mixing pro...

Introduction A hydrocarbon flame can naturally and readily provide an appropriate high-temperature environment with abundant radical concentrations required for the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [1] or carbon nano-onions (CNOs) [2]. Therefore, flame synthesis shows a more promising potential for inexpensive and mass production of high-purity carbon nanostructures than other synthesis method...