A novel ambipolar spiro-configured D-A blue-light emitter bearing hole-transporting diphenylamino groups and electron-transporting phenylbenzimidazole groups was synthesized, characterized, and incorporated into an efficient single-layer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device exhibiting blue-emission Commission International d'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of 0.15 and 0.14, a turn-on potentia...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Oxidative stress that damages cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) can cause the development of hereditary retinal disease (HRD). PRDX6, which is a member of the PRDX family, is essential for removing metabolic free radicals from the body. However, the effect of PRDX6 on oxidative stress in HRD remains unknown. In this study, we sought to investigate the role of PRDX6 i...

PURPOSE Dysfunction of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is associated with several age-related degenerative diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of oxidative stress on the UPP in cultured human retina pigment epithelial cells. METHODS To mimic physiological oxidative stress, ARPE-19 cells were exposed to continuously generated H2O(2) or A2E-mediated photoo...

In this study, based on colony morphology characteristics, a total of 19 fungal endophytes were isolated from root of Calotropis Procera a traditional Indian medicinal plant. All fungal isolates were screened for their dye degradation ability. The dyes used as test dyes were Rose Bengal (RB), azo dye Methyl Red (MR), Coomassie Brilliant Blue (CBB) and Methylene Blue (MB) and the concentration o...

Friction ridge detail was enhanced on f ired and unfired 9 mm brass Luger ammunition casings using three techniques, two involving gun blue reagent at a concentration of 50% v/v. Fingermarks were deposited on 90 ammunition casings, and half were discharged using a Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol. Mark development was achieved using either superglue fuming followed by basic yellow 40 f luorescent ...

Plant photoreceptors that regulate photomorphogenic development include red/far-red-light-absorbing phytochromes and blue/UV-A-light-absorbing cryptochromes. We have undertaken a genetic screen to identify additional components downstream of the photoreceptors in Arabidopsis thaliana. We identified a short hypocotyl mutant under red and blue light, hypersensitive to red and blue 1 (hrb1). Mutat...

    Background & Aims of the Study: Textile wastewaters are very various in chemical qualities. In other words, these industries are one of the largest producing dyes compounds; therefore their treatment is so complex and difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential removal of Reactive Red 198 and Blue Reactive 19 from synthetic solution by Acaciatortilis shu...