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A multi-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) one-phase model to simulate the incore coolant circuit of a Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) of a nuclear power plant (NPP) was performed. Three-dimensional (3...

The properties of two new lipophilic isomeric phthalocyanines 2,9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetrakis-[(2-dimethylamino)ethylsulfanyl] phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (Pc9) and 1,8(11),15(18),22(25)-tetrakis[(2- dimethylamino)ethylsulfa...

A new device for local delivery of antibiotics is presented, with potential use as a drug-eluting fixation pin for orthopedic applications. The implant consists of a stainless steel hollow tubular reservoir packed with t...

The widely distributed pollutant tributyltin (TBT) was analyzed in different environmental samples (waters and sediments) combining preconcentration on a nylon membrane, excitation–emission fluorescence matrices direct...

Pectin degrading enzymes with polygalacturonase (PG) activity hydrolyze α-(1,4) glycosidic bonds of polysaccharides present in higher plants. In the current study one hundred bacterial strains were screened for extracel...

Within arthropods most of the information related to the type of mobilization and storage of lipids is found in insects and crustaceans. Literature is scarce with relation to scorpions. This order is a remarkably importa...

Despite advances in the study of breast cancer (BC), it remains the second leading cause of mortality among women. BC is a heterogeneous system, mainly composed of tumor epithelial cells (TEpCs) and stromal cells (SCs); ...

The objective was the design and the structural and functional characterization of bioactive compounds (BC) as functional food ingredients for a future industrial application in chocolate milk. Liposomes were made of soy...

A simple and fast capillary electrophoresis method has been developed to determine the amount of piroxicam loaded in a drug delivery system based on nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC). The entrapment efficiency of the n...

The Pueyrredon-Posadas-Salitroso lacustrine system (PPS-LS) is located in the Andean Patagonia region of Argentina (47 220 2800S e 71 550 3400W) and represents a series of lakes formed as glaciers retreated during the...

Magnesium complex hydrides are attractive for hydrogen storage applications, mainly due to their high volumetric capacities and to their relatively low cost. In this work, nanocrystalline Mg2CoH5 was synthesized with ver...

The therapeutic benefit of phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides (PS-ODN) containing immune stimulatory sequences has been demonstrated in animal models of cancer and infection. Several tools are available for the deter...

Electrical properties (permittivity and conductivity) and speed of sound were determined in commercial vegetable oils from sunflower, corn, soybean, grape, cotton, olive, canola and chia, and in biodiesel from these oils...

The aim of this study was to use species distribution models to estimate the effects of environmental variables on the habitat suitability of river dolphins Pontoporia blainvillei (franciscanas) along their overall bioge...

The actual demand of energy and the environmental concerns together with the reduced fossil fuel reserves have played an important role to convert the second generation bioethanol production into an attractive research a...

The evolutionary metabolic synthesizer (EvoMS) is an evolutionary tool capable of finding novel metabolic pathways linking several compounds through feasible reactions. It allows system biologists to explore different al...

Fighting fires is a very risky job, where loss of life is a real possibility. Proper training is essential. Several firemen academies offer courses and programs whose goal is to enhance the ability of fire and emergency ...

This work investigates the mechanical behavior of recycled steel fibers recovered from waste tires and, then, suitable to produce eco-friendly fiber-reinforced concrete. Particularly, the results of an experimental inves...

Pseudomonas putida A (ATCC 12633) were encapsulated in Ca-alginate and their ability to degrade the quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) tetradecylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride (C14BDMA), hexadecylbenzyldimethylammoniu...

The antioxidant activity, antihypertensive effect and prebiotic activity of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) derived from biscuits were investigated in Wistar rats. Animals were fed the following diets for 6 weeks: cont...

In the present work, density functional theory (DFT) calculations using cluster and slab models were performed in order to study the adsorption of Al dimer on a monovacancy of graphene. With cluster models, two different...

The Andean internal zone records deformation, uplift and erosion that serve as proxies of variations on mountain building dynamics. Hence, the study of this region would give keys to understand the factors controlling th...

In this work, the characteristics of a commercial sample of LaNi5 are compared to those of an experimental one obtained by mechanical alloying followed by low temperature annealing. The nominal composition of the experim...

Homogenizationmodels are widely used to predict the evolution of texture (crystal preferred orientations) and resulting anisotropy of physical properties in metals, rocks, and ice. They fail, however, in predicting two m...