Permanent modifiers (Zr, W, Ru, Zr–Ru and Zr–W) thermally deposited on platforms inserted in pyrolytic graphite tubes and Pd 1 Mg(NO3)2 conventional modifier mixture have been employed for the determination of cadmium and lead in dissolved environmental, botanic and biological samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Optimum masses and mass ratios of permanent modifiers...

Novel adsorption gel was prepared from orange juice residue by using boiling concentrated sulfuric acid to create a condensation cross-linking reaction. It was then loaded with Zr(IV) ion to create adsorption sites for fluoride ions. This prepared gel was characterized by IR, EDX, XRD, SEM and chemical analysis. Fluoride adsorption was strongly pH dependent and maximum adsorption occurred at pH...

Ni-implantation has been conducted for sputter deposited Zr alloy films to investigate compositional dependent amorphization behavior in proportion to Ni in Zr alloys. As-deposited Zr and Zr–Cu with thickness of 200 nm shows columnar hcp-Zr and nano-crystalline hcp-Zr(Cu), respectively. Implantation of 150 keV Niþ with the amount of 1 10 ions/cm induces amorphization of Zr and Zr(Cu) with 100 n...

BACKGROUND Nutritional zinc deficiency in rats increases esophageal cell proliferation and the incidence of N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine (NMBA)-induced esophageal tumors. Replenishing zinc with a zinc-sufficient diet reduces these effects in zinc-deficient (ZD) rats. We investigated whether apoptosis was involved in the reduction of NMBA-induced esophageal tumors when ZD rats consumed a zinc-suff...

Introduction: Evidence for isotopic anomalies in bulk car-bonaceous chondrites relative to other meteorites, the moon and Earth have recently been reported for several elements (Sm, Nd, Ba, Ti and Cr[1, 2, 3]). The nature of these heterogeneities is not very well understood. The isotopic composition of Zr mainly reflects a mixture of different sand r-process nucleosynthetic components. The s-pr...

Proof. Let’s first consider mode = 3. For a fixed node (index) i, its slice matrix X (:, :, i) = ∑R r=1 yi(r) · zr ◦ zr, where yi ∈ R indicates to which cluster the node i belong. More specifically, if node i belongs to cluster r, yi(r) = 1, otherwise yi(r) = 0. Since a node cannot belong to multiple clusters, let’s say it is in cluster r. Then, X (:, : , i) = zr ◦ zr, which is rank one. When m...

Zirconium-89 is an effective radionuclide for antibody-based positron emission tomography (PET) imaging because its physical half-life (78.41 h) matches the biological half-life of IgG antibodies. Desferrioxamine (DFO) is currently the preferred chelator for (89)Zr(4+); however, accumulation of (89)Zr in the bones of mice suggests that (89)Zr(4+) is released from DFO in vivo. An improved chelat...

The reaction of [Cp(2)ZrCl(2)] with the lithium salt Li[FcBH(3)] in stoichiometric ratios of 1.5 : 1 or 0.4 : 1 furnishes the mixed-metallocene complexes [Cp(2)(Cl)Zr(H(3)BFc)] (1) and [Cp(2)Zr(H(3)BFc)(2)] (3), respectively (Cp = cyclopentadienyl; Fc = ferrocenyl). When the two reagents are combined in a ratio of 0.6 : 1, complex 1 is formed together with the zirconium hydride species [Cp(2)(H...

The microstructure of an annealed alloy with a Zr₈Ni21 composition was studied by both scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The presence of three phases, Zr₈Ni21, Zr₂Ni₇, and Zr₇Ni10, was confirmed by SEM/X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy compositional mapping and TEM electron diffraction. Distribution of the phases and their morphology can be linked...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a polypeptide cytokine that is cytotoxic to some but not all tumor cells. The basis for resistance to the cytotoxic effects of this agent remains unclear. We have studied the development of TNF resistance in human ZR-75-1 breast carcinoma cells. ZR-75-1 cells have undetectable levels of TNF RNA and protein. However, TNF transcripts are transiently induced in these...