Physics

We employed UV light absorption and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic measurements to study the binding of novel water-soluble porphyrins meso-tetra-(4N-allylpyridyl)porphyrin [TAlPyP4], and its Ag containing derivative to the poly(rA)poly(rU) and poly(rI)poly(rC) RNA duplexes. Our results suggest that TAlPyP4 associate with the duplexes via intercalation, whereas the conservative CD spectra indicates that AgTAlPyP4 preferably binds via outside self-stacking mode. We used our determined binding isotherms for each ligand-RNA binding event to calculate the binding constant, Kb, and binding free energy, DeltaGb = -RTlnKb. By performing these experiments as a function of temperature, we evaluated the van't Hoff binding enthalpies, DeltaH. The binding entropies, DeltaSb, were calculated as DeltaSb = (DeltaHb - DeltaGb)/T. We interpret our data in terms of specific interactions that stabilize/destabilize each ligand-RNA complex studied in this work. Taken together, our data provide important new information about the thermodynamics of interactions of porphyrins with nucleic acids.

We present a measurement of the mass dependence of the forward-backward charge asymmetry (AFB) for e+e- pairs produced via an intermediate Z/gamma* with mass Mee>40 GeV/c2. We study the constraints on the Z-quark couplings imposed by our measurement. We analyze an integrated luminosity of 72 pb-1 collected by the CDF-II detector in p¯p collisions at…

Fish are an important model for the pharmacological and toxicological characterization of human pharmaceuticals in drug discovery, drug safety assessment and environmental toxicology. However, do fish respond to pharmaceuticals as humans do? To address this question, we provide a novel quantitative cross-species extrapolation approach (qCSE) based on the hypothesis that similar plasma concentrations of pharmaceuticals cause comparable target-mediated effects in both humans and fish at similar level of biological organization (Read-Across Hypothesis). To validate this hypothesis, the behavioural effects of the anti-depressant drug fluoxetine on the fish model fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) were used as test case. Fish were exposed for 28 days to a range of measured water concentrations of fluoxetine (0.1, 1.0, 8.0, 16, 32, 64 µg/L) to produce plasma concentrations below, equal and above the range of Human Therapeutic Plasma Concentrations (HTPCs). Fluoxetine and its metabolite,...

Ba1-xPbxFe12O19 composition (x=0.0 to 1.0) synthesized by Co-precipitation and Sol-Gel  methods. In Co-precipitation method BaCO3, PbO and Fe (NO3)3 .9H2O were used as basic ingredients. Acids and Di-H2O  were used as solvents. Molar ratio of cations was 12.   pH of solution kept constant at 13.  All samples sintered at 965±5oC for three hours.  Lead own properties, synthesis at room temperature and substitution in R-block of structure were the reasons for decrease of phase purity from “x” =0.0 to 70% for “x”=1.0. Decrease in phase purity   and heterogeneity of material caused the properties to decrease. In Sol gel method, Nitrates (salts) and Ethylene glycol (liquid) were the basic material used. The mixed solutions dried out on a hot plate whose temperature was maintained constant at 200±2oC. Pellets formed by applying suitable hydraulic pressure and then sintered at same temperature written above i.e. 965±5oC for three hours. 100% phase purity achieved. All pro...

The dc magnetic susceptibilities of the orthorhombic DyF3 single crystals have been measured in the temperature range between 1.8 and 300 K. The susceptibility along the b-axis does not depend on temperature below TC = 2.55 K and is equal to the demagnetizing factor of the sample, that gives evidence for the ferromagnetic phase induced by the magnetic dipole-dipole interactions between the Dy3+ ions. The saturation moment of 8.5 muB/Dy3+ along the b-axis was determined from magnetization measurements. The observed strong anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility at low temperatures agrees with the measured anisotropic g-tensor of the ground state of impurity Dy3+ ions in YF3 single crystals. The results of measurements are interpreted in the frameworks of the crystal field theory and the mean magnetic field approximation.

A major determinant of the geographic distribution of a species is expected to be its physiological response to changing abiotic variables over its range. The range of a species often corresponds to the geographic extent of temperature regimes the organism can physiologically tolerate. Many species have very distinct life history stages that may exhibit different responses to environmental factors. In this study we emphasized the critical role of the haploid microscopic stage (gametophyte) of the life cycle to explain the difference of ...

A major determinant of the geographic distribution of a species is expected to be its physiological response to changing abiotic variables over its range. The range of a species often corresponds to the geographic extent of temperature regimes the organism can physiologically tolerate. Many species have very distinct life history stages that may exhibit different responses to environmental factors. In this study we emphasized the critical role of the haploid microscopic stage (gametophyte) of the life cycle to explain the difference of ...

We provide a model of coaxial CNTFET geometry. Coaxial devices are of special interest because their geometry allows for better electrostatics. We explore the possibilities of using non-equilibrium Green's function method to get IV characteristics for CNTFETs. This ...