[Incorporation of TV regularization in deconvolution for partial volume correction in PET imaging].

We propose a method using total variation (TV) regularization in deconvolution for partial volume correction in PET imaging. In the degraded image model, we used TV regularization procedure in Van Cittert (VC) and Richardson-Lucy (RL) deconvolution algorithms. These methods were tested in simulated NCAT images and images of NEMA NU4-2008 IQ phantom and tumor-bearing mouse scanned by Simens Invoen microPET.

Efficient display of active Geotrichum sp. lipase on Pichia pastoris cell wall and its application as a whole-cell biocatalyst to enrich EPA and DHA in fish oil.

Geotrichum sp. lipase (GSL) was first displayed on the cell wall of Pichia pastoris on the basis of the a-agglutinin anchor system developed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Surface display levels were monitored using Western blotting, immunofluorescence miscroscopy, and fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis.

In situ immobilization of metalloligands: a synthetic route to homometallic mixed-valence coordination polymers.

This work focuses on the investigation of targeting homometallic mixed-valence copper(I/II) Schiff base coordination polymers (CPs) via a proposed synthetic strategy, namely, in situ immobilization of metalloligands. We have designed and synthesized three structurally related isomeric Schiff base ligands, all of which contain chelating and bridging sites and, accordingly, obtained two distinctly shaped metalloligands, namely, [Cu(L1)(2)] (1) and [Cu(L3)(2)] (3a) [HL = pyridinecarbaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone]. By introducing cyanide-bridging spacers to the one-pot solvothermal reactions, the copper(II) Schiff base metalloligands 1 and 3a are in situ immobilized in two diverse mixed-valence copper(I/II) Schiff base CPs, namely, [Cu(4)(CN)(3)(L1)(2)](n) (4) and {[Cu(4)(CN)(3)(L3)(2)].

Polymerizing cluster helicates into high-connectivity networks.

Solvothermal reactions of CuII salts and 3,5-bis(4-pyridyl)pyrazole (HL) under various conditions gave three different types of crystalline compound, namely [Cu2(Cu5L6)]BF(4).5 H2O (1 a), [Cu2(Cu5L6)]ClO(4).5 H2O (1 b), and [Cu7(CN)2(Cu5L6)2][BF4]3 (2).