Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) is produced from pollution events, is an important odd-nitrogen (NOy) compound in the atmosphere and acts as a reservoir of nitrogen oxides. Using measurements by the limb-viewing Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding on ENVISAT (MIPAS-E) we retrieve global measurements of PAN volume mixing ratios (vmrs) in the upper troposphere in August 2004 usin...

Miconazole was compared with amphotericin B in the treatment of murine cryptococcosis. Both subcutaneous and intraperitoneal administration of miconazole produced serum levels higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration for the challenge strain. However, maximal tolerable doses of miconazole gave no increase in survival. When combined with amphotericin B, miconazole demonstrated neither ad...

In this study, the effect of concentration of nanoparticles on the thermal storage properties of molten nitrate salt-based nanofluids with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) was investigated. Solar salt consisting of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate was utilized as the base material for the nanofluids. Homogeneous dispersion of GNPs within the solar salt was observed through scanning electron mi...

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and peroxypropionyl nitrate (PPN) were measured sequentially in situ by an online gas-phase chromatograph with electron capture detector at urba...

BACKGROUND While it is well established that dietary nitrate reduces the metabolic cost of exercise, recent evidence suggests this effect is maintained 24 h following the final nitrate dose when plasma nitrite levels have returned to baseline. In addition, acute dietary nitrate was recently reported to enhance peak power production. Our purpose was to examine whether chronic dietary nitrate sup...