PURPOSE A novel quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, namely, temporal diffusion spectroscopy (TDS), was used to detect the response of tumor cells (notably, mitotic arrest) to a specific antimitotic treatment (Nab-paclitaxel) in culture and human ovarian xenografts and evaluated as an early imaging biomarker of tumor responsiveness. METHODS TDS measures a series of apparent d...

Pada pembangkit listrik tenaga mesin diesel ada beberapa parameter sistem yang harus dimonitor, antara lain air pendingin. Kualitas pendingin penting dijaga, khususnya tingkat keasaman/pH dan Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), jumlah zat padat terlarut, sehingga memperkecil resiko korosi pembuihan secara berlebihan. Umumnya monitoring tersebut masih dilakukan manual, maka diperlukan untuk pH TDS otom...

Cations leaching from leaf litter of Melia azedarach (Linn.) was studied in laboratory. About 37% initial dry weight lost after 72 hours. Conductivity and total dissolved solid (TDS) the leached water significantly (p<0.05) increased to 475 µS cm-1 227 mg l-1, respectively. pH dropped 5.64 at end experiment. TDS showed significant (p<0.05, r=0.99) positive linear relationships with loss l...

Forty domestic and imported brands of bottled water were purchased in Manitoba, Canada and examined for total dissolved solids (TDS), chloride, sulfate, nitrate-nitrogen, cadmium, lead, copper, and radioactivity. The samples showed great variation in quality, and some exceeded the Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for drinking water for TDS, chloride, and lead. Carbonation, ozonation, and type ...

Nowadays agricultural wastes represent an alternative source of renewable raw materials. Different processes can be applied to these alternative materials to separate their components and obtain chemical products with high added value, such as bioethanol, organic acids, monomers, and biopolymers. The main objective of this work is to study the extraction of hemicelluloses from corn stalks using...

Using a Landau-de Gennes approach, we study the impact of confinement topology, geometry and external fields on the spatial positioning of nematic topological defects (TDs). In quasi two-dimensional systems we demonstrate that a confinement-enforced total topological charge of m > 1/2 decays into elementary TDs bearing a charge of m = 1/2. These assemble close to the bounding substrate to enabl...

The ability of the soil to regulate heat energy is important for plant growth, texture and strength. Many agricultural soils are acidic in nature which tends limit growth microbial activity. Aside from lime, wood ash used amend physical physicochemical properties soil. To maintain hydraulic increase yield, it know used. physiochemical vary across various species. Ash samples seven different pla...

Background Transient depressive state (TDS) is a transient, negative emotional state caused by certain events or situations. Because of the similarity in depressive symptoms between depression and TDS that arise within 2 weeks of their onset, it is difficult to distinguish TDS from depression. The aims of the present study were to investigate the application value of selected serum indicators i...

The Udu River is a major source of commerce and provides water for agricultural domestic use to the people, hence we studied physicochemical parameters (pH, electrical conductivity, TSS, TDS, turbidity, Salinity, DO, COD, BOD, chlorides, sodium, potassium, total hardness, alkalinity, nitrates, ammonium, sulphates) as well evaluation degree metal contamination (iron, zinc, cadmium, nickel, coppe...