Simultaneous precipitation and discharge plasma processing for one-step synthesis of α-FeO-FeO/graphene visible light magnetically separable photocatalysts.

A novel facile combination of precipitation and plasma discharge reaction is successfully employed for one-step synthesis of an α-FeO-FeO graphene nanocomposite (GFs). The co-existence and anchoring of hematite (α-FeO) and magnetite (FeO) nanoparticles onto a graphene sheet in the as synthesized GFs were verified by results of XRD, Raman, SEM, TEM, and XPS. HRTEM characterization was used for confirming the bonding between α-FeO/FeO nanoparticles and the graphene sheet.

Evaluating the Combination of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Clomiphene Citrate in Treatment of Male Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: A Prospective Study.

Background: In this study, we evaluated MHH patients who wished to preserve fertility, assessing the efficacy of a short course (12 months) of a combined hCG +clomiphene citrate.

Materials And Methods: The cross-sectional study included 19 patients with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism who were admitted to the Andrology and Fertility Hospital of Hanoi between March 2016 and March 2018. Using hCG every three days in combination with clomiphene citrate 25mg per day until normal testosterone levels are reached, maintain the dose until spermatozoa are present.

Sequence dependent aggregation of peptides and fibril formation.

Deciphering the links between amino acid sequence and amyloid fibril formation is key for understanding protein misfolding diseases. Here we use Monte Carlo simulations to study the aggregation of short peptides in a coarse-grained model with hydrophobic-polar (HP) amino acid sequences and correlated side chain orientations for hydrophobic contacts. A significant heterogeneity is observed in the aggregate structures and in the thermodynamics of aggregation for systems of different HP sequences and different numbers of peptides.