Symmetry classes of tensors:dual indices

In this article we use the concept of r-depth to introduce the notion of dual multilinearity index. Using this concept we associate to each irreducible character of a subgroup G of S_m an improper partition of m. It is proved that of G = S_m this partition is the partition usually associated to the irreducible characters of S_m.     

Refined MCHF evaluations of field isotope shift and hyperfine structure in the calcium atom

In the calcium atom, the MCHF method has been applied for evaluating the field-shift electronic parts of both 4s ²-4s4p lines, and the hyperfine-structure electronic effective parameters of the 4s4p ³ P ₂ and¹ P ₁ levels. For the hyperfine structures, the far-configuration mixing corrections have been computed with the assumption that the lower state is itself a two-componentsp+dp state in close-configuration mixing.     

Binding affinity studies of 1,2,3-triazole copper(II) complexes to human serum albumin

Abstract

Two copper(II) complexes with tetradentate 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole ligands, [CuL(MeCN)](ClO₄)₂ (1) and [CuL′](ClO₄)₂ (2), have been prepared and characterized by different techniques, including X-ray structure determination, spectroscopic, and electrochemical measurements, as reported elsewhere. Herein, we report the interactions of these complexes, and corresponding free ligands, with human serum albumin (HSA) verifying their relative thermodynamic stability and differences in binding to this protein. Interactions with HSA were verified by CD measurements monitored at 564?nm, up to stoichiometric ratio 2:1 [Complex]:[protein], according to competitive equilibria involving the insertion of copper at the selective N-terminal metal binding site in HSA, and additionally at a secondary nonselective site. Further interactions of these complexes with L-tryptophan residues, and probable supplementary site(s) for the binding, were followed by fluorescence measurements. Analogous experiments with the free L and L′ indicated much weaker interactions. Protein oxidation damage was observed for both complexes, monitored by carbonyl groups formation in the presence of H₂O₂, probably with the participation of reactive oxygen species. Density functional theory calculations exhibit metal-ligand binding interaction energies similar to [Cu(HSA-N_terminal)]⁺, and reinforced the experimental results, showing clearly that such triazole ligands are competitive toward copper(II) in biological medium.     

Electrochemical and associated techniques for the study of the inclusion complexes of thymol and β-cyclodextrin and its interaction with DNA

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Thymol, a potent agent for microbial, fungal, and bacterial disease, has low aqueous solubility and it is genotoxic, i.e., is capable of damaging...     

Adiabatic calculation of the three-nucleon force

A preliminary estimate of the three-nucleon force within the adiabatic framework has already been done. In this work we try to improve the first calculation by using relativistic kinematics for the pion and including theP 11 absorption channel, as well as theP 33 and the less importantS 13,S 11,P 13,P 31 channels, in theN interaction.Presented at the symposium Mesons and Light Nuclei, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia. May 27–June 1, 1985.     

Picoline as ligand with antimony trichloride and triiodide adducts

Solid adducts SbX₃·L-pic (X=Cl, I and L=α-, β- and γ-picolines) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The infrared spectroscopy and the magnetic resonance for ¹H and ¹³C nuclei of these compounds suggest that the ligands coordinate through nitrogen atom. Kinetic studies were accomplished by means of thermogravimetric data, through isothermal and non-isothermal techniques. The best adjusting models for adducts thermal decomposition were R¹ for isothermal and R₁ and R₂ for the non-isothermal methods. The energy of activation values obtained by isothermal method indicate the following orders of thermal stability for adducts: i) SbCl₃·α-pic>SbCl₃·β-pic>SbCl₃·γ-pic and ii) SbI₃·β-pic>SbI₃·γ-pic>SbI₃·α-pic. The activation energy values obtained by non-isothermal were higher than those from isothermal methods, showing the order of stability:iii) SbCl₃·α-pic<SbCl₃·β-pic<SbCl₃·γ-pic and iv) SbI₃·β-pic>SbI₃·α-pic=SbI_3··γ-pic. These obtained data through R₁ model presented the kinetic compensation effect for trichloride adducts, which could be associated to both isothermal and non-isothermal processes. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.