Multi-analyte HPLC–DAD Method for Concurrent Analysis of Six Antimicrobials and Three Proton Pump Inhibitors Frequently used in Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Application to Simulated Intestinal Fluid Samples

Chromatographia - The present work deals with the optimization, validation and application of a versatile HPLC–DAD method for concurrent estimation of nine antimicrobials and proton pump...     

Application of microcrystalline cellulose as an efficient and cheap sorbent for the extraction of metoprolol from plasma and wastewater before HPLC–MS/MS determination

A dispersive solid-phase extraction method based on a new sorbent has been performed on plasma and wastewater samples to determine metoprolol by high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. In this study, the analyte was adsorbed from the samples onto microcrystalline cellulose as a green and efficient sorbent and then eluted for use in the determination step. In the mass spectrometer, the analyte was detected in the positive mode and selectivity of the analysis was increased by sequential mass analysis through multiple reaction monitoring. All of the effective parameters in the extraction of metoprolol from plasma and wastewater were optimized. Under optimal conditions the method was linear in the ranges of 1–1,000 and 0.1–1,000 ng/ml in plasma and wastewater samples, respectively. The detection limits of the method were 0.30 and 0.03 ng/ml in plasma and wastewater samples, respectively. The data showed that the method provides low detection limit, wide linear range, good precision and high extraction recovery. Finally several plasma and wastewater samples were successfully analyzed using the method. The use of a small amount of a green and inexpensive sorbent and a low volume of plasma without the need for further pretreatment steps are the main advantages of the method.     

Dark Energy with Phantom Crossing and the H0 Tension

We investigate the possibility of phantom crossing in the dark energy sector and the solution for the Hubble tension between early and late universe observations. We use robust combinations of different cosmological observations, namely the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), local measurement of Hubble constant (H0), Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and SnIa for this purpose. For a combination of CMB+BAO data that is related to early universe physics, phantom crossing in the dark energy sector was confirmed at a 95% confidence level and we obtained the constraint H0=71.0−3.8+2.9 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level, which is in perfect agreement with the local measurement by Riess et al. We show that constraints from different combinations of data are consistent with each other and all of them are consistent with phantom crossing in the dark energy sector. For the combination of all data considered, we obtained the constraint H0=70.25±0.78 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level and the phantom crossing happening at the scale factor am=0.851−0.031+0.048 at a 68% confidence level.     

Piecewise Monotonicity for Unary Functions in o-Stable Groups

Algebra and Logic - Unary functions definable in o-stable ordered groups of nonvaluational type are studied. Such functions are proved to be piecewise monotone and continuous.     

Application of Synchrotron Radiation to Analyze the Friction-Induced Structural and Phase Transformations of Chrome-Nickel Austenitic Steel

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A Refined Model of Viscoelastic-Plastic Deformation of Flexible Plates with Spatial Reinforcement Structures

Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics - A refined model of viscoelastic-plastic deformation of flexible plates with spatial reinforcement structures has been developed. Strains of the...     

Equation for Condensed Matter Phase Transitions

Russian Physics Journal - A unified equation for the pressure drop in the apparatus with the stationary and fluidized granular layers is derived. The resulting recurrent equation is used to...     

A Cell Model of an Ion-Exchange Membrane. Capillary-Osmosis and Reverse-Osmosis Coefficients

Colloid Journal - The capillary-osmosis and reverse-osmosis coefficients of an ion-exchange membrane have been calculated as the kinetic coefficients of the Onsager matrix within the thermodynamics...     

Correction to: Impact of leg bending in the patient-specific computational fluid dynamics of popliteal stenting

Acta Mechanica Sinica - A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-021-01066-2     

The Interference of Magnetoelastic Waves in an Yttrium Iron Garnet Film

Physics of the Solid State - The interference of excited and received by current antennae magnetoelastic waves counterpropagating in an yttrium iron garnet film is experimentally studied. It is...