BackgroundStanding Sewing Machine Operators (SSMOs) are engaged in highly repetitive operations, and work while standing during their entire working hours. This leads to discomforts and Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). However, there is a dearth of research in SSMOs’ working conditions.Objecti...

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease that affects all cloven hoofed animals and causes considerable economic losses to cattle and buffalo farmers worldwide. FMD is endemic to Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to analyze the past situation of FMD from 2008 to 2014 ...

This paper presents a novel hydrophobic material based 9-octadecenoic acid grafted graphene (POG) for oil/water separation. Graphene derived from graphite was modified with 9-octadecenoic acid to obtain 9-octadecenoic acid grafted graphene (OG). Then, emulsion polymerization of styrene was perfo...

A study of the solvent extraction process of Nd(III) from chloride solutions has been carried out using an ionic liquid (AliOle) prepared from Aliquat 336 (Methyl-tri(octyl/decyl)ammonium chloride) and Oleic Acid. The IL was chosen among other homemade ionic liquids and commercial extractants du...

Linoleic acid Δ9 hydratase, which is involved in linoleic acid saturation metabolism of Lactobacillus plantarum AKU 1009a, was cloned, expressed as a his-tagged recombinant enzyme, purified with an affinity column, and characterized. The enzyme required FAD as a cofactor and its activity was en...

Adipocere formation is well known as a later post-mortem change. We experienced a female victim who had been sealed up in a clothes box for approximately 4 years. We collected several subcutaneous fats as well as visceral fats from the victim to investigate adipocere formation. Fresh subcutaneou...

The fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) profiles of fruit peel and pulp of 4 Spanish cultivars of Ziziphus jujuba were studied. The FAMEs profile of the cultivar ‘GAL’ was studied under two farming practices, (i) organic, ‘GAL-E’ and conventional, ‘GAL-T’. Eleven FAMEs were identified, the pr...

We herein report a novel and facile approach to the fabrication of the superparamagnetic magnetite/poly(styrene-co-12-acryloxy-9-octadecenoic acid) nanocomposite microspheres with controllable structure via γ-ray radiation induced inverse emulsion polymerization under room temperature and at am...

Hydroxy fatty acids (HFAs) are highly valued industrial materials. Pseudomonas sp. NRRL B-2994 was used for stereospecific microbial biotransformation to hydroxylate unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs). As Pseudomonas sp. was continuously subcultured, the hydroxylation capability (both conversion rat...

Various hydroxy-, oxo-, and conjugated fatty acids are generated by gut microbes throughout the metabolism of dietary PUFAs. Specifically, 10-Hydroxy-cis-12-(HYA), 10-oxo-cis12-(KetoA) and 10-oxo-cis9,trans11-octadecenoic acid (KetoC) are intermediates free fatty acids (iFFA) produced during the...

From leaves of Petunia parodii were isolated four epoxy group-bearing petuniasterones. These were shown to be (22R,24R)-7α-acetoxy-4β,5β-epoxy-17β,22,24,25-tetrahydroxyergost-1-en-3-one 22,24,25-[(methylthio)carbonyl]orthoacetate (petuniasterone I); (22R,24R)-7α,12α-diacetoxy-4β,5β-epoxy...

Seven new steroids have been isolated from leaves and stems of Petunia hybrida. They are 30-hydroxy petuniasterone A (C-30 epimeric mixture), 1α-acetoxy-1,2-dihydropetuniasterone A (designated petuniasterone E), (22R,24S)-7α,24-dihydroxy-22,25-oxidoergosta-1,4-dien-3-one (petuniasterone F), C-...

Fatty acid esterification, common in naturally occurring astaxanthin, has been suggested to influence both colour stability and degradation of all-trans-astaxanthin. Therefore, astaxanthin stability was studied as influenced by monoesterification and diesterification with palmitate. Increased es...

Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase (TcTS) is a cell surface protein that participates in the adhesion and invasion mechanisms of the parasite into the host cells, making it an attractive target for inhibitors design. In order to contribute to the knowledge of the interaction between TcTS and thei...

The tautomeric preferences of axitinib, a potent anticancer drug, as tyrosine kinase inhibitor have been investigated using quantum chemical calculations and docking methods. The energy differences between the two tautomers of trans-isomer are around 4 and 3 kcal mol−1 in vacuo and water, respec...

Mechanisms underlying the vasorelaxant effects of the synthetic nitro compound, trans-4-methoxy-β-nitrostyrene (T4MN) were studied in isolated small resistance arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). T4MN caused vasorelaxation in endothelium-intact third-order branches of the mese...

In this study, we recorded the vibronic and cation spectra of trans-o-methylanisole by using resonant two-photon ionization and mass-analyzed threshold ionization techniques. The excitation energy of the S1 ← S0 transition and the adiabatic ionization energy were measured as 36,364 ± 2 cm−1 an...

The palladium(II) β-ketoenaminate complexes cis- and trans-bis(5-imino-2,2-dimethyl-3-hexanonato-N,O)palladium(II), Pd(admh)2, have been prepared by reaction of PdCl2 and 5-amino-2,2-dimethylhex-4-en-3-one, Hadmh, in aqueous NaOH and have been separated by column chromatography on Florisil. The...

The structural properties and conformational analysis of N-trans-cinnamylidene-m-toluidine (NTCMT = C16H15N) Schiff base were investigated with experimental and quantum chemical techniques. The molecular geometry of the compound was optimized using density functional theory (DFT), with the B3LYP...

Terpenes are an abundant class of natural products, which is important for flavor and fragrance industry. Many acid catalyzed reactions used for upgrading terpenes still involve mineral acids as homogeneous catalysts and/or toxic solvents. Heteropoly acids represent a well-established eco-friend...