Single crystals of garnet-type trimanganese(II) dichrom-i-um(III) tris-[orthogermanate(IV)], Mn(II) (3)Cr(III) (2)(GeO(4))(3), were obtained by utilizing a chemical transport reaction. Corres-ponding to the mineral garnet with the general formula A(II) (3)B(III) (2)(SiO(4))(3), each of the four elements occupies only one crystallographically distinct position. Mn(2+) occupies the respective A p...

As far as the detection of metal genotoxicity in fish is concerned, micronucleus (MN) test is considered an extremely suitable measure. In this study, frequencies of micronucleated erythrocytes were scored in peripheral blood of catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (bloch) after acute in-vivo exposure of zinc at different concentrations (5, 10 and 30 ppm) in the laboratory condition. These three co...

Fish and other organisms are affected by pesticides which pollute the natural water through agricultural runoff. Fishes are common bioindicators of water pollution. In the present study bioassay of synthetic pesticide, Dichlorvos and a plant origin natural pesticide, Neem-On was separately done on Labeo rohita. Data obtained from the toxicity tests were evaluated using the Probit Analysis Stati...

Placental hCG and pitutary LH transduce signals in target tissues through a common receptor (LHCGR). We demonstrate that recombinant LHCGR proteins which include the hormone-binding domain are secreted from transfected cells and that natural LHCGR is also secreted from human placental explants. LHCGR recombinant proteins representing varying lengths of the N-terminal extracellular domain were e...

Basidiocarps of Trametes versicolor with an epiphytic flora (including Trebouxia sp.) collected from north-central Rhode Island were incubated in an atmosphere of C labeled CO2 for 6 hours. Using autoradiography, the location of the fixed CO2 was determined at 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 96h, and 192h. The fixed C was recorded in the epiphytic algae after 6h, and at all subsequent times. After 192h the ...

This work compared the sensitivity of three cyanobacteria (Anabaena flos-aquae, Microcystis flosaquae and Mirocystis aeruginosa) as well as five green algae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Scenedesmus quadricauda, Scenedesmus obliquus, Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella pyrenoidosa) to four pesticides through 96h short-term chronic tests. The results showed that the toxicity of the pesticides t...

Nanofiber meshes holds great promise in wound healing applications by mimicking the topography of extracellular matrix, hence providing guidance for crucial cells involved in the regenerative processes. Here we explored the influence of nanofiber alignment on fibroblast behavior in a novel in vitro wound model. The model included electrospun poly-ε-caprolactone scaffolds with different nanofibe...

The rare earth iron garnets RE3Fe5O12 (REIG hereafter) have been discovered at Grenoble (France) (Bertaut & Forrat, 1956; Bertaut et al., 1956) then independently at Murray Hill (USA) (Geller & Gilleo, 1957a, 1957b). These most studied ferrimagnetic materials have a general formula {RE3+3}[Fe3+2](Fe3+3)O12 where RE3+ can be any trivalent rare earth ion or the Yttrium Y3+. The crystal structure ...

Fast-conducting phase-pure cubic Ga-bearing Li7La3Zr2O12 was obtained using solid-state synthesis methods with 0.08 to 0.52 Ga(3+) pfu in the garnet. An upper limit of 0.72 Ga(3+) pfu in garnet was obtained, but the synthesis was accompanied by small amounts of La2Zr2O12 and LiGaO3. The synthetic products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, electron microprobe and SEM analyses, ICP-...