Bismuth vanadate/bismuth tungstate (BVO/BWO) composites in various BVO fractions (f(V)) were synthesized through hydrothermal reaction. Morphology analysis of the composites showed that rod-like BVO structures were partially deposited on flake-ball (FB) BWO particles. In addition, surface struct...

Molybdenum-based catalysts for the gas-phase oxidation of propylene with air were investigated. Various types of silica-supported molybdenum oxide and molybdenum-bismuth mixed oxide catalysts were prepared from inorganic and organometallic molybdenum precursors using wet impregnation and physica...

The time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) technique was employed to investigate the interaction of liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) atoms with the surface and subsurface of a T91 steel taking into account the contribution of plastic deformation. It is shown that both Pb and...

The unique nanosheet-based flower-like BiOCl1−xBrx (x = 0–1) hierarchical solid solutions have been prepared by the reaction of Bi2O3 and KCl/KBr in mixed solution of glacial acetic acid (HAc) and H2O in dozens of minutes under ambient conditions. During the preparation process, the intermediat...

Aluminum (Al) is known to exert hepatotoxicity. However, the mechanisms mostly are unclear. Liver is a metabolism organ that maintains the energy level and structural stability of body, mitochondria are the main sites of energy metabolism, thus, we hypothesized that mitochondrial energy metaboli...

In this study, chloride ions binding capacity of Portland cement blended with 10–30% of metakaolin was investigated. Chemical binding of chloride ions was found depending more on phase assemblage of pastes rather than merely on available aluminum content in the blends. More monosulfoaluminate f...

2-Carboxylated aza-rings have been synthesized in two steps through a highly selective monohalogenation of N-sulfonylated lactams of various ring sizes (from 5- to 8-membered rings) followed by a ring contraction reaction. The selective monohalogenation of N-sulfonyl lactams has been achieved in...

Twenty eight new aryloxybenzene analogues were synthesized and their in vitro binding potencies toward S1PR2 were determined using a [32P]S1P competitive binding assay. Out of these new analogues, three compounds, 28c (IC50 = 29.9 ± 3.9 nM), 28e (IC50 = 14.6 ± 1.5 nM), and 28g (IC50 = 38.5 ± ...

Homochiral (2S, 3S)-3-benzyloxy-2-formyl-azetidines 2, (2S, 3S)-3-benzyloxy-2-carbomethoxy-azetidines 3 and the highly strained (2S)-N-p-methoxyphenyl-2-silyloxymethyl-3-azetidinone 4 were successfully synthesized starting from diethyl-L-tartrate. The suitably functionalized azetidine ring is fo...

Excess phosphate discharge into water bodies can lead to severe eutrophication. Adsorption has been considered as one of the most effective approaches for phosphate removal and recovery. A new aminopropyl-functionalized mesoporous carbon CMK-3 (denoted as APTMS-CMK-3) was prepared and the materi...

A novel and reliable method to quantify residual levels of N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-dodecylpropane-1,3-diamine in dairy products using ion-pairing reversed-phase liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was developed and fully validated. Sample extraction was done with salting-out ...

The interactions between human serum albumin (HSA) and α1- acid glycoprotein (AGP), the main plasma proteins binding drugs/xenobiotics, and some endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as bisphenol A (BPA) and some of its structural analogues, bisphenol S (BPS), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in numerous industrial applications. Due to its well ascertained toxicity as endocrine disruptor, industries have started to replace it with other bisphenols whose alleged greater safety is scarcely supported by literature studies. In this study, the toxicity...

Information on the occurrence and bioaccumulation of bisphenols and benzophenones in coastal marine invertebrates is limited. In this study, concentrations of eight bisphenol and five benzophenone analogues were determined in 186 mollusks collected from coastal areas of the Chinese Bohai Sea dur...

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is one of the most abundant chemicals produced worldwide. Exposure to BPA has been associated with various physiological dysregulations, involving reproduction, development, metabolism, as well as genesis and progression of hormone-dependent cancers. It has been well published ...

In the presence of traces of acidic materials, Diels-Alder condensation of ethylene and cyclohexadiene-1,3 gives, besides the expected bicyclo[2,2,2]octene-2, the isomeric bicyclo[3,2,1] octene-2; the latter is formed through acid-catalysed rearrangement. Its structure was proved among other thi...

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. It is affecting approximately up to 14% of all pregnancies with an increasing tendency. GDM has been related to relevant short-term and long-term health complications for both ...

We introduce an LTL-like logic with atomic formulae built over a constraint language interpreting variables in Z. The constraint language includes periodicity constraints and comparison constraints of the form x=y and x

The solubility of 2-amino-4-chlorobenzoic acid in eleven organic solvents including N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, ethyl benzene, toluene, n-butanol, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, 1,4-dioxane and acetone were determined experimentally using the isothermal saturation met...

The hydrolysis of the pesticide quinalphos in basic medium was kinetically followed and the measurement of the reaction rates allowed us to develop two kinetic-fluorimetric methods. In one of them the mixing of the reagents was directly performed in the measurement cell and, in the another one, ...