The synthesis of highly crystalline macro-meso-microporous monolithic Cu3(btc)2 (HKUST-1; btc(3-) = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) is demonstrated by direct conversion of Cu(OH)2-based monoliths while preserving the characteristic macroporous structure. The high mechanical strength of the monoliths is promising for possible applications to continuous flow reactors.

Inactivation of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein-1 (SFRP1) and overexpression of β-catenin play important roles in the development and progression of a wide range of malignancies. We sought to determine whether the expression of SFRP1 and β-catenin correlates with clinicopathologic parameters in human biliary tract cancer (BTC) and to evaluate the potential roles of these proteins as prognosti...

361 Figure 1. Log-log plot of the variance at a given scale, vs. that scale (similar to the power spectrum or a 2nd order structure function). It shows (scale-invariant) ARM cloud liquid water path data plus two computed radiation fields, IPA (“simple theory”) and MC (“better theory”). The MC curve, showing a scale break at the “radiative smoothing scale” 0 . 200-300 m for marine Sc, agrees wit...

The paper presents improved content based image retrieval (CBIR) techniques based on multilevel Block truncation coding using multiple threshold values. Block truncation Coding based features is one of the CBIR methods proposed using color features of image. The approach basically considers red, green and blue planes of image together to compute feature vector. The color averaging methods used ...

The metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) MIL-100(Fe), Cu-BTC and CPO-27(Ni) were synthesised in 1 kg batches. The materials were then formed in two different industrially relevant ways. Firstly, dry granulation was used to produce pellets which were sieved to give material with a 300-1000 μm size, and the fines were subsequently recycled to mimic a large scale industrial process. Secondly, wet granu...

Serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) has been identified as biochemical marker for biliary tract cancer (BTC). The purpose of this study was to evaluate its value as a treatment response marker and its value as a prognostic parameter in patients with unresectable BTC. We analyzed 70 patients with BTC treated with chemotherapy. CA 19-9 levels before and after two treatment courses were anal...

We previously identified novel biomarker candidates in biliary tract cancer (BTC) using serum proteome analysis. Among several candidates, we focused on thrombin light chain which is a 4204 Da peptide as the most promising biomarker for BTC. To move thrombin light chain toward potential diagnostic use, we developed an enzyme immunoassay that enables to measure serum thrombin light chain levels....

We present all the Target of Opportunity (ToO) sub-millimeter observations of GRB 030329 taken by the Sub-millimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). This was by far the brightest sub-millimeter afterglow seen to date. The flux density at 850 μm was approximately constant up to a break that took place ∼7 days after the burst. This was consistent w...