The effects of the functional groups and structures of two different resins, weak base/macroporous and strong base/gel type, Purolite A170 and Dowex 21K on the adsorption properties of Re(VII) ions were investigated experimentally and described by the isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic modeling. In this regard, four widely used adsorption isotherm models including Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin...

Titin forms an intrasarcomeric filament system in vertebrate striated muscle, which has elastic and signaling properties and is thereby central to mechanotransduction. Near its C-terminus and directly preceding a kinase domain, titin contains a conserved pattern of Ig and FnIII modules (Ig(A168)-Ig(A169)-FnIII(A170), hereby A168-A170) that recruits the E3 ubiquitin-ligase MuRF-1 to the filament...

Removal of chromium complex dye from aqueous solutions by sorption onto a weakly basic, acrylic matrix anion exchanger Purolite A845 and a strongly basic, polystyrene matrix anion exchanger Purolite A 500P has been investigated under various experimental conditions: the initial dye concentration, pH and temperature. The sorption of chromium complex dye proceeds as a result of miscellaneous inte...

In the presence of a bacteriophage (a bacteria-attacking virus) resistance is clearly beneficial to the bacteria. As expected in such conditions, resistant bacteria emerge rapidly. However, in the absence of the phage, resistant bacteria often display reduced fitness, compared to their sensitive counterparts. The present study explored the fitness cost associated with phage-resistance as an opp...

The application of Purolite A-510 anionic resin for an industrial effluent treatment generated by the technological process of streptomycin production is studied taking into account the recycling requirements of treated wastewater and recovery demands of all useful materials (e.g., solvents, antibiotics etc.). All the experiments were performed on a laboratory set-up scale by working into stati...

CD36 is an important scavenger receptor mediating uptake of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDLs) and plays a key role in foam cell formation and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We report the first evidence that the transcription factor Nrf2 is expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells, and demonstrate that oxLDLs cause nuclear accumulation of Nrf2 in murine macrophages, resulting in ...

Perfluoroalkylglucosides comprise a very important class of fluorine-containing surfactants. These compounds can be synthesized by using the Fisher reaction, starting directly from glucose and the required perfluoroalcohols. We wish to report on the use of zeolite catalysts of different structure and composition for the synthesis of perfluoroalkylglucosides when using glucose and 1-octafluorope...

• Rhizopus oryzae lipase proved an excellent biocatalyst for biodiesel production. Hydrocarbon chains on the support increased operational stability. Low oil acidity negatively influenced Acyl-acceptor concentration and had a synergistic effect. Biodiesel production from waste cooking was successfully scaled up. immobilised onto differently functionalised polymethacrylate (Purolite®) magnetite ...

background: today, issues such as water shortage, difficulties and costs related to supplying safe water, and anomalous concentrations of heavy metals in groundwater and surface water resources, doubled the necessity of access to technical methods on removing these pollutants from water resources. methods: in this lab study, cationic resin purolite s-930 (with co-polymer styrene di-vinyl benzen...