A new approach to capture and store CO(2) by mineral carbonation using recyclable ammonium salts was studied. This process integrates CO(2) capture with mineral carbonation by employing NH(3), NH(4)HSO(4), and NH(4)HCO(3) in the capture, mineral dissolution, and carbonation steps, respectively. NH(4)HSO(4) and NH(3) can then be regenerated by thermal decomposition of (NH(4))(2)SO(4). The use of...

Results: Of 442,167 BRFSS respondents who met our study criteria, 81.6% were nonHispanic (NH) White, 8.4% were NH Black, 1.6% were NH Asian, 1.0% were NH American Indian, and 7.4% were Hispanic. Within each racial/ethnic group, weight status as measured by BMI was strongly associated with all five health conditions examined and particularly with diabetes, hypertension, and doctor-diagnosed arth...

This work examines a pH control method using ammonium (NH(4)(+)) as a sustainable proton shuttle in a CEM-equipped BES. Current generation was sustained by adding NH(3) or ammonium hydroxide (NH(4)OH) to the anolyte, controlling its pH at 7. Ammonium ion migration maintained the catholyte pH at approximately 9.25. Such NH(4)(+)/NH(3) migration accounted for 90±10% of the ionic flux in the BES. ...

Background Cholestatic jaundice in infancy is always pathologic and mainly caused by biliary atresia (BA), and neonatal hepatitis (NH). The early discrimination of both conditions is critical for the outcome of BA. We aimed to assess different non-invasive diagnostic tools in differentiating BA from NH. Materials and Methods Forty infants (25 boys, 15 girls) with cholestatic jaundice and final...

The reactivity of hydrazine in the presence of diborane has been investigated using ab initio quantum chemical computations (MP2 and CCSD(T) methods with the aug-cc-pVTZ basis set). Portions of the relevant potential energy surface were constructed to probe the formation mechanism of the hydrazine diborane (BH(3)BH(3)NH(2)NH(2)) and hydrazine bisborane (BH(3)NH(2)NH(2)BH(3)). The differences be...

Humidograms of mixed NaCl/(NH4)2SO4 particles show two or three transitions depending on the initial molar composition. Up to five solid salts can coexist within dry particles: NaCl, (NH4)2SO4, NH4Cl, Na2SO4 and NH4NaSO4·2H2O.

The effect of side-chain shortening of N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2) at position 9 ([Orn(9)]N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2), [Dab(9)]N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2), [Dap(9)]N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2)) was studied regarding potential toxicity and antioxidant capacity. Staurosporine- and H2O2-induced damage of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells was not changed in the presence of N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2) and [Orn(9)]N/OFQ(1-13)NH(2), but was strongly enhanced in ...

Amines, in particular primary amines (R-NH$_2$) are closely related to the primordial synthesis of amino acids since they share same structural backbone. However, only limited number has been identified ISM which prevents us from studying their chemistry as well relation pre-biotic species that could lead emergence life. In this letter, we report first interstellar detection vinylamine (C$_2$H$...