In this note, we prove that the family of regular codes is not asymptotically good. The notation follows that in [2]. All codes considered are binary linear codes. H7 refers to the [7, 4] binary Hamming code. Definition 1. A binary linear code is regular iff it does not contain as a minor any code equivalent to H7 or H 7 . It follows from the theorem that the family of regular codes, which we w...

Nickel (Ni) is essential for plants, yet its physiological role is poorly understood. Ni-deficient and Ni-sufficient pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] trees were compared regarding the impact of Ni nutritional status on reduced nitrogen (N) forms present in xylem sap at spring bud break. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of xylem sap of Ni-sufficient trees found organic...

The key objective of our paper is to monitor the soil’s moisture content during it’s dry and wet conditions with the aid of a moisture sensor circuit, calculate the corresponding Relative Humidity and irrigate it based on its nature , using a PC based LabVIEW system, NI ELVIS and an automatic water inlet setup. The moisture sensor circuit which is built on the NI ELVIS consists of two copper st...

A series of structural models of the Ni centre in [NiFeSe] hydrogenases has been developed which exhibits key structural features of the Ni site in the H2 cycling enzyme. Specifically, two complexes with a hydrogenase-analogous four-coordinate 'NiS3Se' primary coordination sphere and complexes with a 'NiS2Se2' and a 'NiS4' core are reported. The reactivity of the complexes towards oxygen and pr...

In the title compound, [Ni(C(4)H(2)O(4))(C(12)H(10)N(4))(H(2)O)(2)](n), the Ni(II) ion has a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry. The asymmetric unit is composed of an Ni(2+) ion, located on a twofold rotation axis, one half of a 1,4-bis-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene (BIMB) ligand and one half of a fumarte (fum(2-)) dianion, both ligands being located about inversion centers, and a coordina...

The generation of activity-evoked extracellular alkaline shifts has been linked to the presence of external Ca(2+) or Ba(2+). We further investigated this dependence using pH- and Ca(2+)-selective microelectrodes in the CA1 area of juvenile, rat hippocampal slices. In HEPES-buffered media, alkaline transients evoked by pressure ejection of RS-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic ...

The idea behind quasirandomness is that many random-like properties of combinatorial objects are equivalent, although they often do not appear to be so on first glance. We begin with the first class to which this notion was applied, and perhaps the most studied of combinatorial objects, graphs. It is easy to show that each of the following properties are true with probability 1 of a uniformly c...

The systemic toxicity of different combinations of heavy metal mixtures (HMMs) was studied according to equivalent proportions of the eight most common detectable heavy metals found in fish consumption in the Ningbo area of China. The ion mass proportions of Zn, Cu, Mn, Cr, Ni, Cd, Pb, and Hg were 1070.0, 312.6, 173.1, 82.6, 30.0, 13.3, 6.6, and 1.0, respectively. In this study, 10 experimental...

Single crystal photocrystallographic experiments and solid state Raman spectroscopy have been used to determine the low temperature, metastable structures of the nickel(ii) nitrito complexes [Ni(aep)(2)(η(1)-ONO)(2)] 1#O (aep = 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperidine), [Ni(aem)(2)(η(1)-ONO)(2)] 2#O (aem = 1-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine), and [Ni(aepy)(2)(η(1)-ONO)(2)] 3#O (aepy = 1-(2-aminoethyl)pyrrolidine and...

The persistence of Helicobacter pylori in the hostile environment of the human stomach is ensured by the activity of urease. The essentiality of Ni(2+) for this enzyme demands proper intracellular trafficking of this metal ion. The metallo-chaperone UreE promotes Ni(2+) insertion into the apo-enzyme in the last step of urease maturation while facilitating concomitant GTP hydrolysis. The present...