Potential of major by-products from non-ferrous metal industries for CO emission reduction by mineral carbonation: a review.

By-products from the non-ferrous industry are an environmental problem; however, their economic value is high if utilized elsewhere. For example, by-products that contain alkaline compounds can potentially sequestrate CO through the mineral carbonation process. This review discusses the potential of these by-products for CO reduction through mineral carbonation.

New LnOCl (Ln = Sm, Nd) photocatalyst and novel cocatalytic effect on BiOCl in humid environment.

This is the first report on photocatalytic properties of LnOCl (Ln = Sm, Nd) compounds, and the novel cocatalytic effect on BiOCl in highly humid environments, evaluated via the photoremoval of nitric oxide (NO).

Associative-memory representations emerge as shared spatial patterns of theta activity spanning the primate temporal cortex.

Highly localized neuronal spikes in primate temporal cortex can encode associative memory; however, whether memory formation involves area-wide reorganization of ensemble activity, which often accompanies rhythmicity, or just local microcircuit-level plasticity, remains elusive. Using high-density electrocorticography, we capture local-field potentials spanning the monkey temporal lobes, and show that the visual pair-association (PA) memory is encoded in spatial patterns of theta activity in areas TE, 36, and, partially, in the parahippocampal cortex, but not in the entorhinal cortex. The theta patterns elicited by learned paired associates are distinct between pairs, but similar within pairs.

Th17 cells reflect colon submucosal pathologic changes in active eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Background: Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) or eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG), or both, with asthma precede the onset of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) in half of all EGPA patients. It is not known what determines whether patients with CEP or with EG following asthma will develop EGPA.

Methods: We studied 17 EGPA patients and 12 patients with CEP but without EGPA.

Quantitative detection of chloroethene-reductive bacteria Dehalococcoides spp. using alternately binding probe competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Dehalococcoides spp. are responsible for the reductive dehalogenation of environmental contaminants and are candidates for engineered bioremediation. The development of a sensitive, reliable, and rapid method for the quantification of Dehalococcoides spp.

Affinity capillary electrophoresis with magnetic beads for multiplex quantitative analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA.

We have developed a novel method for microbial community analysis of bacterial 16S rRNAs based on affinity capillary electrophoresis using 16S rRNA-conjugated magnetic beads. We called this method magnetic beads affinity capillary electrophoresis (MB-ACE) which can be used for sequential and quantitative analysis of 16S rRNA. In this method, RNA extracted from a microbial community is biotin-modified and mixed with streptavidin-modified paramagnetic beads.

Advanced gastric cancer showing long-term complete remission in response to S-1 monotherapy: two case reports.

We herein report two cases showing long-term complete remission (CR) in response to S-1 monotherapy. Case 1 was a 65-year-old male diagnosed with an advanced poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach with paraaortic lymph node metastases, which disappeared after S-1 monotherapy. Subsequently a total gastrectomy was performed, and histological CR was evident.

Technique for quantitative detection of specific DNA sequences using alternately binding quenching probe competitive assay combined with loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

We describe a novel technique for a simple, rapid, and reliable quantitative detection of specific DNA sequences using an alternately binding quenching probe (AB-QProbe) that binds to either the gene of interest (target) or an internal standard (competitor) in combination with loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). The AB-QProbe is a singly labeled oligonucleotide bearing a fluorescent dye at the 5' end. The fluorescence intensity of the AB-QProbe reflects the ratio of the LAMP products from the target and competitor.

Affinity capillary electrophoresis with a DNA-nanoparticle conjugate as a new tool for genotyping.

We have developed a novel method for genotyping based on free solution affinity capillary electrophoresis. We prepared DNA-nanoparticle conjugates by mixing biotin-modified DNA and NeutrAvidin-modified polystyrene nanoparticles; this mixture was then injected into a capillary. Subsequently, we injected the fluorescent-labeled sample DNAs into the capillary, applied the voltage, increased its temperature after 7 min, and detected the fluorescence at its anodic end.

Endogenous nitric oxide modulates small intestinal nutrient transit and activity in healthy adult humans.

Objective: Nitric oxide (NO) mechanisms have been shown to modulate fasting small intestinal motility in humans, but a role in the regulation of human postprandial small intestinal motility has not been assessed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the NO synthase inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) on the regulation of small intestinal nutrient transit and postprandial small intestinal motility in healthy humans.

Material And Methods: Seven healthy male volunteers (18-27 years) underwent antroduodenal manometry recordings for 4 h on 2 occasions after intraduodenal instillation of a 500 KJ [120 Kcal] test meal.

Analysis of mucin composition in gastric juices of chronic rheumatic patients with upper gastrointestinal damage.

Assessment of the mucin subclasses in the gastric juices of severe chronic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was compared with non-RA cases which received the eradication treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Gastric juice samples were obtained from 8 RA patients (5 for H.