Oxalate in urine was measured by grain Sorghum leaf oxalate oxidase conjugated to alkyl amine glass beads affixed in a beaker. The minimum detection limit was 0.05 mM/L in urine. Recovery of added oxalate in urine was 80.5% and within and between assay, coefficients of variation (CV) were <4% and <5.5%, respectively. Urinary oxalate values obtained by the present method showed a good correlatio...

To evaluate the removal of airborne microbes by air cleaners, a technique for generating airborne fungal spores in the dry state in a test chamber (dry dispersion) become necessary. The Society of Indoor Environment Japan (SIEJ) published SIEJ Standard Method No. 20110001 (SIEJ standard),in which an aerial ultrasonic oscillator was used as the device for dry dispersion. However, a more versatil...

An improved method for evaluating drug release behaviour of drug-eluting embolization beads (DEBs) was developed utilizing an open-loop flow-through system, in which the beads were packed into an occlusive mass within the system and extracted with a flowing elution medium over time. Glass beads were introduced into the beads mass in order to ensure laminar flow, reduce dead volume and improve r...

We present an analysis of heterogeneous dynamics in molecular dynamics simulations of a polymeric film supported by an absorbing surface. Using a bead-spring model for polymers, we show that slow, immobile beads occur throughout the film, with the probability of their occurrence decreasing with distance from the substrate. Still, enough immobile beads are located near the free surface to cause ...

In this paper, methods of surface modification of different supports, i.e. glass and polymeric beads for enzyme immobilisation are described. The developed method of enzyme immobilisation is based on Schiff’s base formation between the amino groups on the enzyme surface and the aldehyde groups on the chemically modified surface of the supports. The surface of silicon modified by APTS and GOPS w...

Observations are reported for Dysidea avara sponges where once functioning oscula (outlets) are converted through internal re-plumbing into functioning oversized ostia (OSO; inlets). Flow tank studies employed high-speed photography and particle tracking of laser-illuminated 0.5-6.0 microm diameter glass beads to trace particles streaming into OSO. A fluorescein dye/glass bead uptake experiment...

A two-phase cultivation system was developed which will enable studies of streptomycete differentiation by molecular biological and global techniques such as transcriptomics and proteomics. The system is based on a solid phase formed by glass beads corresponding to particles in soil, clay, or sand natural habitats of streptomycetes. The beads are immersed in a liquid medium that allows easy mod...

Melts of 3-dimensional dendritic beads-springs, namely coarse-grained soft-clusters, are studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The goal is to elucidate the unique giant molecules, or generally speaking, architectured polymers. When constituted more than critical number around 200 beads, soft-clusters cannot diffuse relax far above their glass transition temperature, although relaxation can...

A highly sensitive, reproducible, and rapid gas chromatographic method for ethanol determination in various biological specimens (human whole blood, serum, urine, and fecal supernatants) was developed. The method involves direct injection of the biological specimen into the gas chromatograph, without any pretreatment. Contamination of the gas chromatographic column with nonvolatile material was...