The charge-transfer chemical mechanism is responsible for altering the molecular spectral pattern and providing valuable insights into the properties of adsorbates. The impact of charge transfer becomes more pronounced in SERS spectra when CT states can gain intensity through vibronic coupling with high-intensity excitations. Experimental SERS spectra of diamino molecules, such as 4,4'-diaminostilbene (DAS) and 4,4'-diaminotolane (DAT), featuring bright CT transitions, have been compared to dipyridyl compounds, such as 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl) ethylene (BPE) and 1,2-di(4-pyridyl) acetylene (DPA), characterized by nearly dark CT excitations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The auditory N100 is an event related potential (ERP) that is reduced in schizophrenia, but its status in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) and its ability to predict conversion to psychosis remains unclear. We examined whether N100 amplitudes are reduced in CHR subjects relative to healthy controls (HC), and this reduction predicts conversion to psychosis in CHR.
Methods: Subjects included CHR individuals (n = 552) and demographically similar HC subjects (n = 236) from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study.
The vascular endothelial growth factor is one of the most potent tumor angiogenic factors. The best descriptors with the imperialist competitive algorithm are MATS2m, DISPe, G(O…Cl), RDF090m, Mor30v, and R2u. Masses, electro negativities, van der Waals volumes, the d COMMA2 value, the sum of the geometrical distance between O…Cl and autocorrelations are important in our study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeroxisomes play an essential role in lipid metabolism via interaction with other intracellular organelles. The information about the role of the Acyl-CoA-binding domain containing-protein 5 (ACBD5) in these interactions in human cells is emerging. Moreover, a few patients with retinal dystrophy and leukodystrophy caused by pathogenic variants in ACBD5 have been recently introduced.
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