Deep Red Photoluminescence from Cr in Fluorine-Doped Lithium Aluminate Host Material.

Deep red phosphors have attracted much attention for their applications in lighting, medical diagnosis, health monitoring, agriculture, etc. A new phosphor host material based on fluorine-doped lithium aluminate (ALFO) was proposed and deep red emission from Cr in this host material was demonstrated. Cr in ALFO was excited by blue (~410 nm) and green (~570 nm) rays and covered the deep red to near-infrared region from 650 nm to 900 nm with peaks around 700 nm.

A new record of Sulzbacheromyces caatingae (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) from Mato Grosso do Sul and a worldwide infrageneric identification key.

Sulzbacheromyces is a genus of basidiolichen that includes nine species scattered on the African, American, and Asian continents. Sequences of the universal barcode of Fungi, the nuclear internal transcribed spacer - nuITS region, are available to all known species of the genus. Specimens of Sulzbacheromyces caatingae were collected during two expeditions in the Morro of Paxixi, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Midwest region of Brazil, in the Cerrado biome, where it was reported for the first time to the state.

Involvement of the Peripheral μ-Opioid Receptor in Tramadol-Induced Constipation in Rodents.

Tramadol is a weak opioid that produces analgesic effect via both the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) and non-opioid targets. Constipation is the most common opioid-related side effect in patients with cancer and non-cancer pain. However, the contribution of MOR to tramadol-induced constipation is unclear.

Rare hypervascular pancreatic tumors diagnosed as asynchronous metastases of central nervous system solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma.

A 70-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for asymptomatic pancreatic tumors. She had a history of hemagiopericytoma (HPC) about 20 years ago, and no apparent recurrence has been observed. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed two hypervascular tumors in the head and uncinate process of the pancreas, and no obvious neoplastic lesions were found in other organs.

Crystal structure of silver carbonate iodide Ag(CO)I.

The title silver carbonate iodide, Ag(CO)I, deca-silver(I) tris-(carbonate) tetra-iodide, was recently reported as a precursor of the new superionic conductor Ag(CO)I. Ag(CO)I, was prepared by heating a stoichiometric powder mixture of AgI and AgCO at 430 K. A single-crystal suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis was obtained by slow cooling of a melt with an AgI-rich composition down from 453 K.