On the Possibility of the Effective Isotope-Selective Infrared Dissociation of 235UF6 Molecules Vibrationally Excited by Bichromatic Laser Radiation

JETP Letters - Using the spectroscopic data on the 235UF6 and 238UF6 molecules and on the lasing frequencies of CF4 and para-H2 lasers and recent results, a method has been proposed to increase the...     

Magnetic Properties of FeBO3 in the Low-Spin State

JETP Letters - Changes in the magnetic properties of FeBO3 single crystals in the course of spin crossover occurring with increasing pressure up to 63 GPa are studied both experimentally and...     

Thermoheliox: effect on the functional hemodynamics of the human brain

A kinetic study of the effect of thermoheliox (inhalation of a helium and oxygen mixture, 70 °C) on the functional hemodynamics of the human brain by functional magnetic resonance imaging was carried out. The dynamic responses of the BOLD signal were found to be biphasic. An empirical equation describing the first phase of the hemodynamic response to visual stimulus was proposed. It was shown that preliminary inhalation of thermoheliox stimulates the hemodynamic responses by slowing down the vasoconstriction.

     

Structural Specific Features of Solid Solutions NdxGd1 – xCr3(BO3)4

Optics and Spectroscopy - Optical investigations of crystals of solid solutions NdxGd1 – xCr3(BO3)4, 0.01 ≤ x ≤ 1, have been performed. Absorption spectra in the...     

Some Properties of Lattice Ordered Rings

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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.     

Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Study of the C-Terminal Fragment of Myomesin-2

Crystallography Reports - The recombinant С-terminal fragment of myomesin-2 was purified to a homogeneous state. The crystallization conditions for the С-terminal fragment of myomesin-2...     

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...