Approximate solution of multi-pantograph equation with variable coefficients

This paper deals with the approximate solution of multi-pantograph equation with nonhomogenous term in terms of Taylor polynomials. The technique we have used is based on a Taylor matrix method. In addition, some numerical examples are presented to show the properties of the given method and the results are discussed.     

A facile route to cyclopentenones by friedel-crafts acylation

Various cyclopentenones are obtained in fair to high yields when ethylenic acyl bromides are condensed with cyclohexene at low temperature. With less reactive reagents, condensation occurs at 0 °C, leading to β-chloro-ketones. A muscone precursor is obtained in two steps with excellent yields.     

Umlagerungen der substituierten 1-Phenylallyl-alkohole

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Effective atomic numbers of some vanadium and nickel compounds for total photon interactions using transmission experiments

Effective atomic numbers of V₂O₃,VO₂,VF₃,NH₄VO₃,VF₄,NiF₂,NiCl₂,NiF₂4H₂O,NiCl₂6H₂O,Ni(ClO₄)₂6H₂O were measured in the X-ray energy range 15.746- using an Si(Li) detector. The measured values are compared with the theoretical ones calculated using WinXcom.     

Experimental studies on the Kβ/Kα intensity ratio of Zn at different thickness and pressure

Kβ/Kα intensity ratios of Zn were measured at a photon excitation energy of using a high-resolution Si(Li) detector for several thickness at different pressure. Present results were compared with theoretical data and other experimental values. The results were in good agreement theoretical values based on Hartree-Fock theory.     

Investigation of alpha emitters in fresh and powdered blood of fertile women: an in vitro application of CR-39 NTDs

Blood samples were acquired from 60 women aged 20–44 years having decreased fertility, infertile or with uterine tumors in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The concentrations of α emitters in fresh blood ranged from 0.0029 to 0.0088 ppm, whereas those in powdered blood ranged from 0.0036 ppm in Eiskan to 0.0096 ppm in Halabjay–Kon in Sulaymania. The α emitter concentrations in fresh blood ranged from 0.0029 to 0.0139 ppm, whereas those in powdered blood ranged from 0.0031 ppm in Shorsh to 0.0146 ppm in Sedakan in the Erbil Governorate. However, the concentrations of α emitters in the blood of women with decreased fertility were higher in the North than women from South Iraq. The difference significantly p < 0.001 revealed higher means of track density of fresh and powder blood in Erbil compared to Sulaymania. α are more damaging to the living tissue and exposure of the gonads leads to decreased fertility in women, most of data have been significant therefore, the result shown the radiation effect on women fertility.     

Phosphorus‐based Schiff bases and their complexes as nontoxic antioxidants: Structure–activity relationship and mechanism of action

Phosphorus‐based Schiff base were synthesized by treating bis{3‐[2‐(4‐amino‐1.5‐dimethyl‐2‐phenyl‐pyrazol‐3‐ylideneamino)ethyl]‐indol‐1‐ylmethyl}‐phosphinic acid with paraformaldehyde and characterized as a novel antioxidant. Its corresponding complexes [(VO)₂L(SO₄)₂], [Ni₂LCl₄], [Co₂LCl₄], [Cu₂LCl₄], [Zn₂LCl₄], [Cd₂LCl₄], [Hg₂LCl₄], [Pd₂LCl₄], and [PtLCl]Cl₂ were analyzed by Fourier transform‐infrared, (¹H and ¹³C) nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Experimental data showed that the ligand coordinated with the metal ions via donor atoms such as nitrogen to form an octahedral arrangement of the Schiff base around the central transition‐metal atom. The nature of these complexes was identified using the molar ratio and Job's methods, with the results agreeing with a metal‐to‐ligand (M:L) molar ratio of 2:1, expect for Pt, whose M:L was 1:1. Thermodynamic activation parameters such as ?E*, ?H*, ?S*, ?G*, and K were determined from the thermogravimetric analysis curve using the Coats–Redfern method. The antioxidant activities of the prepared compounds were assessed by using 1.1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl as the free radical, and the results show that the complex Schiff bases were found to possess potent antioxidant activity. The structure–activity relationship of the ligand and its complexes indicates that the presence of electron‐donating moieties, such as Co(II) and Ni(II), in the chemical structure increases the antioxidant activity, whereas the Pt(IV) and Pd(II) complexes diminished the antioxidant activity, indicating the superior activity of the hydroxyl radical (OH^·) over the superoxide radical.     

Description of the Effects of Non‐ion‐exchange Extraction and Intra‐membrane Interactions on the Ion‐selective Electrodes Response within the Interface Equilibria‐triggered Model

The recently proposed interface equilibria‐triggered dynamic diffusion model of the boundary potential has proven its high predictive efficiency for quantification of the ion exchange and co‐extraction effects at the interface, as well as of the trans‐membrane transfer effect, on the electrode response. It is applicable for both ion exchanger‐based and neutral carrier‐based electrodes. In this communication, the adaptability of this model to more complex cases, when non‐ion‐exchange extraction processes at the interface (partition of organic acids’ and bases’ molecular forms and extraction of ionic associates) are coupled with protolytic equilibria in the aqueous phase and with self‐solvation process in the membrane phase, is demonstrated. By the example of electrodes reversible to ions of highly lipophilic physiologically active bases and acids (amiodarone, verapamil, vinpocetine, salicylic acid), it is shown that the peculiarities of their functioning, such as a very strong pH effect on the potential of cation‐selective electrodes, non‐monotonic pH dependence of the potential and super‐Nernstian response slope in certain pH region for a salicylate‐selective electrode, are well described within the model.