Using the Gaussian 2003 software and MP2 /6 – 311+ G method for the C2H4 : O2, CO:Cl2 andCO2:CO2 pairs and MP2/6-311++G** method for the CO2:H2O pair and B3lyp/6-31G methodfor the O2:O2 pair the optimized interaction energies between two considered pair molecules ofstudied gases(C2H4:O2, CO:Cl2, CO2:H2O, O2:O2 and CO2:CO2 pairs) as a function of thedistances between the centers of two considere...

introduction: one of the main complications of hemodialysis in patients with chronic renal failure is hypoxemia which is related to several factors including the type of filter. the aim of this study was to evaluate the hypoxemia levels in patients undergoing hemodialysis with focus on the type of filter. methods: in a crossover clinical trial, 29 patients from emodialysis ward of fatemieh hosp...

ayurveda, manoeuvres mankind to head a healthy life in order to pursue four-fold bliss. with a view to combat physical and mental annoyances, classics have explicated two-fold therapeutic modalities; langhana/depletion and brihmana/nourishing. upavasa /fasting is one among ten depletion therapies explained. it is envisioned at all three levels of ayurvedic therapies- rational/objectively planne...

Irrigation by benthic macrofauna has a major influence on the biogeochemistry and microbial community structure of sediments. Existing quantitative models of bioirrigation rely primarily on chemical, rather than ecological, information and the depth-dependence of bioirrigation intensity is either imposed or constrained through a data fitting procedure. In this study, stochastic simulations of 3...

Ramachandran J, Peluffo RD. Threshold levels of extracellular L-arginine that trigger NOS-mediated ROS/RNS production in cardiac ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 312: C144–C154, 2017. First published November 30, 2016; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00150.2016.— L-Arginine (L-Arg) is the substrate for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) to produce nitric oxide (NO), a signaling molecule that is key...

Although the involvement of free radicals in the development of endothelial dysfunction under pathological conditions, like diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, has been proposed frequently, there is limited knowledge as to how superoxide anions (O2-) might affect endothelial signal transduction. In this study, we investigated the effects of preincubation with the O2(-)-generating system xanthine...

[1] Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) are major sites of fixed nitrogen removal from the open ocean. However, commonly used gridded data sets such as the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) tend to overestimate the concentration of O2 compared to measurements in grids where O2 falls in the suboxic range (O2 < 2–10 mmol m !3), thereby underestimating the extent of O2 depletion in OMZs. We evaluate the distributio...

using the gaussian 2003 software and mp2 /6 – 311+ g method for the c2h4 : o2, co:cl2 andco2:co2 pairs and mp2/6-311++g** method for the co2:h2o pair and b3lyp/6-31g methodfor the o2:o2 pair the optimized interaction energies between two considered pair molecules ofstudied gases(c2h4:o2, co:cl2, co2:h2o, o2:o2 and co2:co2 pairs) as a function of thedistances between the centers of two considere...

A fundamental challenge in the redox biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is to understand the mechanisms involved in sensing redox signals such as oxygen (O2), nitric oxide (NO), and nutrient depletion, which are thought to play a crucial role in persistence. Here we show that Mtb WhiB3 responds to the dormancy signals NO and O2 through its iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster. To functionally as...