Transport Efficiency of Indoxacarb in Different Types of Soils Through Packed Columns.

The pesticide transportation to deeper soil layers can result in groundwater contamination and, consequently, environmental issues. In this research, our objective was to investigate transport efficiency of indoxacaarb using three different soils to understand the leaching potential. The leaching experiments were performed using a 0.

Layered Porous Graphitic Carbon Nitride Stabilized Effective CoSnO Inverse Spinel as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting.

Developing an efficient, low-cost, and non-noble metal oxide-based nanohybrid material for overall water splitting is a highly desirable approach to promote clean energy harnessing and to minimize environmental issues. Accordingly, we proposed an interfacial engineering approach to construct layered porous graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN)-stabilized CoSnO inverse spinel nanohybrid materials as highly active bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in an alkaline medium. Here, a CoSnO/g-CN nanohybrid with a layered porous g-CN stabilized cubelike inverse spinel has been synthesized with an enhanced surface area via a simple one-pot hydrothermal method.

RNA and Protein Determinants Mediate Differential Binding of miRNAs by a Viral Suppressor of RNA Silencing Thus Modulating Antiviral Immune Responses in Plants.

Many plant viruses express suppressor proteins (VSRs) that can inhibit RNA silencing, a central component of antiviral plant immunity. The most common activity of VSRs is the high-affinity binding of virus-derived siRNAs and thus their sequestration from the silencing process. Since siRNAs share large homologies with miRNAs, VSRs like the p19 may also bind miRNAs and in this way modulate cellular gene expression at the post-transcriptional level.

Antiviral Drug Targets of Single-Stranded RNA Viruses Causing Chronic Human Diseases.

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses associated with chronic diseases in humans are major threats to public health causing high mortality globally. The high mutation rate of RNA viruses helps them to escape the immune response and also is responsible for the development of drug resistance. Chronic infections caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis viruses (HBV and HCV) lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and hepatocellular carcinoma respectively, which are one of the major causes of human deaths.

A Viral Suppressor Modulates the Plant Immune Response Early in Infection by Regulating MicroRNA Activity.

Many viral suppressors (VSRs) counteract antiviral RNA silencing, a central component of the plant's immune response by sequestration of virus-derived antiviral small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Here, we addressed how VSRs affect the activities of cellular microRNAs (miRNAs) during a viral infection by characterizing the interactions of two unrelated VSRs, the p19 and the 2b, with miRNA 162 (miR162), miR168, and miR403. These miRNAs regulate the expression of the important silencing factors Dicer-like protein 1 (DCL1) and Argonaute proteins 1 and 2 (AGO1 and AGO2), respectively.

Developing Intense Blue and Magenta Colors in α-LiZnBO : The Role of 3d-Metal Substitution and Coordination.

We describe the synthesis, crystal structures, and optical absorption spectra/colors of 3d-transition-metal-substituted α-LiZnBO derivatives: α-LiZn M BO (M =Co (0 View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Exploring the color of transition metal ions in irregular coordination geometries: new colored inorganic oxides based on the spiroffite structure, Zn(2-x)M(x)Te3O8 (M = Co, Ni, Cu).

We describe the synthesis, crystal structures, and optical absorption spectra of transition metal-substituted spiroffite derivatives, Zn(2-x)M(x)Te3O8 (M(II) = Co, Ni, Cu; 0 < x ≤ 1.0). The oxides are readily synthesized by solid state reaction of stoichiometric mixtures of the constituent binaries at 620 °C.