Determination of Photoinduced Radical Generation Quantum Efficiencies by Combining Chemical Actinometry and F NMR Spectroscopy.

We introduce a general and relatively straightforward protocol aimed at determining the absolute photoinduced radical generation efficiency via NMR monitoring. This approach relies on the use of a radical scavenger probe that combines a nitroxide moiety that specifically reacts with radicals and a trifluoromethyl group used as a F NMR signaling unit. Using an LED source, whose fluence is precisely determined by a chemical actinometry procedure also described herein, the method is used to determine the radical photogeneration quantum yields of three well-known polymerization initiators: azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), 4,4'-bis(,-diethylamino)benzophenone (BDEBP, a derivative of Michler's ethyl ketone), and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (MAPO).

Degradable copolymers with incorporated ester groups by radical ring-opening polymerization using atom transfer radical polymerization.

Preparation of degradable materials using reversible deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRP) is of particular interest for biomedical applications. In this paper we report preparation of degradable copolymers of 2-methylene-4-phenyl-1, 3-dioxolane (MPDL), monomer which undergoes ring-opening reaction and forms ester bond upon radical polymerization, with hydrophobic and hydrophilic methacrylate monomers using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Copolymers composition and degradation were evaluated upon varied temperature and monomer type.

Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health.

A case of human brucellosis was diagnosed in France in January 2012. The investigation demonstrated that the case had been contaminated by raw milk cheese from a neighbouring dairy farm. As France has been officially free of bovine brucellosis since 2005, veterinary investigations are being conducted to determine the origin of the infection and avoid its spread among other herds.

Effect of age on toxicokinetics among human volunteers exposed to propylene glycol methyl ether (PGME).

Unlabelled: Aging adults represent the fastest growing population segment in many countries. Physiological and metabolic changes in the aging process may alter how aging adults biologically respond to pollutants. In a controlled human toxicokinetic study (exposure chamber; 12 m³), aging volunteers (n=10; >58 years) were exposed to propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME, CAS no.

[Publication of biological samples collections catalogues by tumor banks].

Biobanks in general, and specifically tumour banks, are considered as essential tools for the development of translational and clinical research in biology and oncology. Biobank tasks include the collection and preservation of biological samples, and their association with information that will be essential for further scientific use ("annotations" that allow for the "qualification" of biological samples in biological resource). A collection is made of a series of biological resource that are representative of a homogeneous group of individuals or patients that are defined on the basis of clinical or biological information.