Synthesis and Studies of Some Nitrogen and Sulfur Compounds

Pyrazolo-, pyrimidino-, isoxazolo-, thiozolo-, and g -lactam incorporating thienopyridazine has been synthesised by cyclocondensation addition reaction and cycloaddition reaction of hydrazine hydrate phenyl hydrazine, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, urea, thiourea, mercapto acetic acid and monochloroacetyl chloride.     

Transport of N-CD and Pre-Sorbed Pb in Saturated Porous Media

Carbon dots (CDs) are a new type of nanomaterials of the carbon family with unique characteristics, such as their small size (e.g., <10 nm), high water solubility, low toxicity, and high metal affinity. Modification of CDs by Nitrogen functional groups (N-CDs) enhances their metal adsorption capacity. This study investigated the influences of pH (4, 6, and 9), ionic strength (1, 50, and 100 mM), and cation valency (Na⁺ and Ca²⁺) on the competitive adsorption of Pb to quartz and N-CD surfaces, the transport and retention of N-CDs in saturated porous media, and the capacity of N-CDs to mobilize pre-adsorbed Pb in quartz columns. Pb adsorption was higher on N-CDs than on quartz surfaces and decreased with increases in ionic strength (IS) and divalent cations (Ca²⁺) concentration. N-CD mobility in quartz columns was highest at pH of 9- and 1-mM monovalent cations (Na⁺) and decreased with decreases in pH and increases in ionic strength and ion valency. N-CDs mobilized pre-adsorbed Pb from quartz due to the higher adsorption affinity of Pb to N-CD than to quartz surfaces. These findings provide valuable insights into the transport, retention, and risk assessment of lead in the presence of carbon-based engineered nanoparticles.     

Nullity distributions associated to Cartan connection

The Klein-Grifone approach to global Finsler geometry is adopted. The nullity distributions of the three curvature tensors of Cartan connection are investigated. Nullity distributions concerning certain relevant special Finsler spaces are considered. Concrete examples are given whenever the situation needs.     

An LC-MS/MS Method for Analysis of Vitamin D Metabolites and C3 Epimers in Mice Serum: Oral Supplementation Compared to UV Irradiation

Introduction: The most common forms of vitamin D in human and mouse serum are vitamin D3 and vitamin D2 and their metabolites. The aim of this study is to determine whether diet and sunlight directly affect the circulating concentrations of vitamin D metabolites in a mouse model. We investigated the serum concentrations of eight vitamin D metabolites—vitamin D (vitamin D3 + vitamin D2), 25OHD (25OHD3 + 25OHD2), 1α25(OH)₂D (1α25(OH)₂D2, and 1α25(OH)₂D3)—including their epimer, 3-epi-25OHD (3-epi-25OHD3 and 3-epi-25OHD2), and a bile acid precursor 7alpha-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (7αC4), which is known to cause interference in liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. Method: The LC-MS/MS method was validated according to FDA-US guidelines. The validated method was used for the analysis of mouse serum samples. Forty blood samples from mice were collected and divided into three groups. The first group, the DDD mice, were fed a vitamin D-deficient diet (25 IU VD3/kg of diet) and kept in the dark; the second group, the SDD mice, were maintained on a standard-vitamin D diet (1000 IU VD3) and kept in the dark; and the third group, SDL, were fed a standard-vitamin D diet (1000 IU VD3) but kept on a normal light/dark cycle. LC-MS/MS was used for the efficient separation and quantitation of all the analytes. Results: The validated method showed good linearity and specificity. The intraday and interday precision were both <16%, and the accuracy across the assay range was within 100 ± 15%. The recoveries ranged between 75 and 95%. The stability results showed that vitamin D metabolites are not very stable when exposed to continuous freeze–thaw cycles; the variations in concentrations of vitamin D metabolites ranged between 15 and 60%. The overlapping peaks of vitamin D, its epimers, and its isobar (7αC4) were resolved using chromatographic separation. There were significant differences in the concentrations of all metabolites of vitamin D between the DDD and SDL mice. Between the groups SDD (control) and SDL, a significant difference in the concentrations of 3-epi-25OHD was noted, where C3 epimer was about 30% higher in SDL group while no significant differences were noted in the concentrations of vitamin D, 25OHD, 1α25(OH)₂D, and 7αC4 between SDD and SDL group. Conclusions: A validated method, combined with a simple extraction technique, for the sensitive LC-MS/MS determination of vitamin D metabolites is described here. The method can eliminate the interferences in LC-MS/MS analysis caused by the overlapping epimer and isobar due to them having the same molecular weights as 25OHD. The validated method was applied to mouse serum samples. It was concluded that a standard-vitamin D diet causes an increase in the proportion of all the vitamin D metabolites and C3 epimers and isobar, while UV light has no pronounced effect on the concentrations of the majority of the vitamin D metabolites except 3-epi-25OHD. Further studies are required to confirm this observation in humans and to investigate the biochemical pathways related to vitamin D’s metabolites and their epimers.     

CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>/CH<Subscript>4</Subscript> separation using mixed matrix membrane-based polyurethane incorporated with ZIF-8 nanoparticles

This study presents using zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) as porous filler dispersed phase and polyurethane (PU) as continuous phase to synthesis mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). ZIF-8 nanoparticles were synthesized using centrifugal method. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). In order to investigate the effect of ZIF-8 loading on the membrane performance in CO₂/CH₄ separation, different membranes were prepared with various amounts of ZIF-8 (0–50 wt%). Membranes properties were characterized by SEM, XRD, TGA, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and tensile analysis. SEM images exhibit that the ZIF-8 is dispersed uniformly in cross section of membrane. Thermal stability of membranes increases with addition of the ZIF-8 nanoparticles into the polymer matrix. Both tensile strength and strain at break in the MMMs increase with the ZIF-8 loading. To study the effect of feed pressure on CO₂ and CH₄ transport properties of the membranes, single gas experiments were conducted at 4, 8, and 12 bar feed pressures. Incorporation of ZIF-8 crystals into continuous PU matrix resulted in high-performance gas separation membranes. Increasing feed pressure, significantly, increased separation performances in all the membranes.     

Designing of Parity Preserving Reversible Vedic Multiplier

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - Reversible logic is used in designing low-power CMOS circuits, optical information processing, and quantum computing. Moreover, using parity...     

Synthesis of Some New Fu Sed/Spiro of Benzoindole Derivatives and Their Biological Activity

A series of fused and spiropyrazolones, pyrimidinthiones, thiazolidinones and β‐lactams incorporating benzoindole derivatives have been synthesised by cyclocondensation addition reaction and cycloaddition reaction of hydrazine hydrate, hydroxylamine, thiourea, mercapto acetic acid and monochloroacetyl chloride. The pre pared com pounds were tested for anti bacterial and fungicidal activity. Gram‐negative bacteria (Bacilluscereus), as well as the fun gus was used for this purpose. The biological assay was determined according to the filter paper disc method. Assay plates were incubated at 30°C one day for the bacteria and three days for the fun gus (British pharmacopoeia commisson, 1102m, London 1963). The test results show that the components have a strong and sat is factory effect.     

Influence of High-pressure Treatment on Gelation of Skim Milk Powder+Low Methoxyl Pectin Dispersions

High-pressure treatment (HPT) of skim milk powder (SMP) dispersions in the absence of added sugar has been found to cause substantial changes in the storage and loss moduli. In particular, HPT ( S 500 MPa) led to stable gel formation at lower protein contents in the presence of added sucrose, fructose and glucose. At each milk protein concentration, the position of the phase boundary in the sol-gel phase diagram defines the critical sugar concentration required for pressure-induced gelation. Surprisingly, once the total sugar content exceeds 40-45 wt%, the gelation becomes inhibited again. HPT of low methoxyl pectin (LMP) solutions (>0.1 wt%) showed significant increase in the viscoelastic properties. These changes, both in the absence and presence of sucrose, were higher than for the untreated samples. Pressurisation of the SMP dispersions containing constant quantities of LMP and total soluble solids (TSS) led to considerable increases in their rheological properties compared with untreated ones.     

Lower Bounds for the Principal Eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian on the Unit Ball

Abstract

In this paper, by the sub-super solution method we provide explicit lower bounds for the principal eigenvalue of the p-Laplacian on the unit ball. We compare our results with those of earlier studies and also demonstrate that they are in good agreement with numerical results.