Complexes between oxovanadium (IV) cation and flavonoid derivatives were developed recently in order to increase the intestinal absorption and to reduce the toxicity of vanadium compounds. For these reasons, is interesting to investigate the complexation process between flavonoid rutin (Rut) and vanadyl cation in order to isolate new complexes. Two new complexes [VO(Rut)(H2O)2](SO4)0.5 x 2 H2O ...

Single crystals of melaminium phthalate (MPH) were grown from aqueous solution by slow solvent evaporation method at room temperature. X-ray powder diffraction analysis confirmed that the MPH crystal crystallises in orthorhombic system with space group Pbcn and the calculated lattice parameters were a = 33.559 ± 0.066 Å, b = 10.517 ± 0.057 Å, c = 7.117 ± 0.025 Å, α = 90, β = 90, γ = 90 and V = ...

Although the role of somatosensory cortex (SI) in the mapping of body parts has been well documented,1–3 its involvement in the processing of thermal (hot and cold) sensations remains poorly defined. Clinical and physiological evidence suggests that SI, which is divided into Brodmann’s areas, 1,2, 3a, and 3b, may be involved in thermal and even pain processing.4–7 Cerebral evoked response studi...

The preparation of new metal-containing Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) is currently a field of research intensively studied for various purposes, e.g. DNA biosensors. The role played by the metal centre, notably on the stability of the PNA.DNA hybrid, is obviously crucial, but has not yet been fully investigated. In this work, UV-Vis spectroscopic measurements of solutions of DNA.PNA hybrids, who...

The biochemical and morphological changes of the yeastlike (Y) form to the mycelial (M) form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis were examined. The main polysaccharide of hexoses of the Y-form cell wall was alpha-glucan, whereas the polysaccharides of the M-form cell wall were beta-glucan and galactomannan. The alpha-glucan of the Y form contained mainly alpha-(1 --> 3)-glycosidic linkage. The bet...

Outdoor spaces play important roles in daily lives, and the use of these spaces is determined largely by outdoor thermal comfort. Few studies have been conducted on outdoor thermal comfort in northern China. Using microclimatic monitoring and subject interviews at a park in Tianjin, China, this investigation studied outdoor thermal comfort under different climate conditions. Although outdoor th...

The pioneering computer simulations of the energy relaxation mechanisms performed by Fermi, Pasta, and Ulam (FPU) can be considered as the first attempt of understanding energy relaxation and thus heat conduction in lattices of nonlinear oscillators. In this paper we describe the most recent achievements about the divergence of heat conductivity with the system size in one-dimensional (1D) and ...

Melamine formaldehyde (MF) resins have been synthesized at different reaction temperature and pH values. Different molar ratios of melamine and formaldehyde were used to synthesize the corresponding resins. The prepared resin samples were characterized by using molecular weight determination viscometry and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The maximum percentage of solid content (69.7%) was obt...

Tanks to the peculiar sensitivity to correlation of vibrational motion, EXAFS contains original information on thermal properties of crystals. The thermal expansions measured by EXAFS and by Bragg scattering have a different physical meaning. They can be experimentally distinguished by accurate temperature dependent measurements, leading to the evaluation of the perpendicular mean square relati...

Synthesis, identification and thermal behavior studies of nanoparticles cobalt (II) bromide has been studied in this research. Cobalt (II) bromide was synthesized by planetary high-energy ball mill. The general formula of this compound is CoBr2.6H2O. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and also Size and structure of s...