A 42-kDa protein appeared at a much higher concentration in plasma from Trypanosoma brucei-resistant (C57BL/6) mice after infection than in plasma from trypanosome-susceptible (C3H/He) mice. This protein was purified by sequential steps of gel filtration, protein A-Sepharose affinity chromatography, isoelectric focusing, and ammonium sulfate precipitation. The purified protein was identified as...

The A+B-->0 reaction model with a surface reconstruction is analyzed. It is compared with another similar model for the A+1/2B2-->0 reaction [V. N. Kuzovkov et al., J. Chem. Phys. 108, 5571 (1998)], which mimics the CO oxidation reaction on the Pt surfaces. The effect of monomer B adsorption instead of dimer B2 is examined. It is shown that qualitative system features such as reactant concentra...

The determination of the optimal distribution of the catalytic activity profile, whichmaximizes the catalytic effectiveness, in created unsteady state conditions, is analyzed andtreated numerically for the case of a simple reaction. It was proven that the modulation, of thetemperature and the reactant concentration of the external bulk fluid, leads to a considerableincrease of the catalytic eff...

In this study, the separation of lactic acid from aqueous solutions using trioctylamine (TOA) reactant and environmentally friendly solvents such as sunflower rice bran oil was investigated, it aimed to contribute by reactive extraction. It is determine most suitable / solvent ratios with extraction analyzes. As a result studies, highest efficiency (72,91%) achieved TOA reactant. An increase in...

The reaction of serum samples with bromcresol green proceeds in two steps. Albumin is responsible for the faster (less than 1 min) reaction; the slower (30-min) reaction is a measure of "acute phase reactant(s)" in serum. Serum is simply mixed with bromcresol green reagent and the absorbance is measured twice, immediately and at 60 min. Albumin concentrations, determined from the absorbance at ...

We report the synthesis of crystalline nanometer-scale GaAs clusters by homogeneous vapor-phase nucleation from organometallic precursors. Cluster synthesis is performed in a hot wall organometallic vapor-phase epitaxy reactor at atmospheric pressure. High resolution transmission electron microscopy studies reveal that the aerosol produced is composed of highly faceted single crystal GaAs parti...

In this work optical properties of SiOX ð0 , X , 2Þ layers obtained by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition are studied. Infrared spectra and refractive index dependences with the reactant gases flow ratio R are explained for as deposited, aged and thermally treated samples in the R range from 9.17 to 110. Variations are found to be influenced mainly by sample stoichiometry, density and Si...

The interpretation of stable isotope values hinges on precise, accurate estimates of kinetic isotope effects ( ), which are equal to k/k, where k and k are the reaction rate constants for the two isotopes. Kinetic isotope effects are commonly determined by monitoring the reactant concentration (C) and isotope ratio (R) relative to their initial values (C1 and R1, respectively). Values of are es...

A nonlinear autocatalysis of a chiral substance is shown to achieve homochirality in a closed system, if the back-reaction is included. Asymmetry in the concentration of two enantiomers or the enantiometric excess increases due to the nonlinear autocatalysis. Furthermore, when the backreaction is taken into account, the reactant supplied by the decomposition of the enantiomers is recycled to pr...

In this preliminary paper we intorduce a mathematical model based on an au-tocatalytic reaction scheme with termination, and general reaction orders. Rigorous stability analysis and numerical solutions are presented which illustrate that the problem can for certain parameter values admit a stable stationary pattern in the concentration of the autocatalyst and reactant. This pattern forms at the...