{[InS]} Chain and Isolated HgS Planar Unit Constructed One-Dimensional Pentanary Sulfide KBaHgInS Exhibiting Nonlinear-Optical Activity.

Hg-based chalcogenides possess diverse structures, large nonlinear-optical (NLO) responses, and suitable birefringences, making them potentially suitable for numerous crucial criteria of practical application as infrared (IR) NLO crystals. Here, a new pentanary Hg-based sulfide KBaHgInS has been discovered by a high-temperature solid-state method. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic 222 space group, and its one-dimensional structure is constructed by {[InS]} chains and isolated [HgS] planar quadrilateral units located bewteeen the chains, representing a novel type of chalcogenide.

The study of isotopic enrichment of water in human plasma and erythrocyte.

Life does not sustain without water. For water, there is a natural abundance of stable isotope hydrogen and oxygen. Water molecules get across cell membranes through a plasma membrane protein, named aquaporin.

Prebiotic Iron Originates the Peptidyl Transfer Origin.

The ribosome is responsible for protein synthesis in all living organisms. It is best known to exist around 3.5-3.

WITHDRAWN: Bioaugmentation strategies to improve cellulolytic and hydrogen-producing characteristics of CSTR intermittent fed with vegetable kitchen waste and napiergrass.

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Urgency-free time interval as primary endpoint for evaluating the outcome of a randomized OAB treatment.

Introduction And Hypothesis: This study was conducted to determine whether urgency-free interval (UFI) was effective to evaluate the outcome of overactive bladder (OAB) and the correlation of changes between this parameter and urgency episodes.

Methods: A randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted involving 73 women with OAB. The interventions for a 12-week period included a vaginal electric stimulation and oxybutynin (2.

Age, sex and vitamin status affect plasma level of homocysteine, but hyperhomocysteinaemia is possibly not an important risk factor for venous thrombophilia in Taiwanese Chinese.

The biological effects of age, sex and vitamin status on plasma total homocysteine (tHcy), and association of hyperhomocysteinaemia with venous thromboembolism in Taiwanese Chinese individuals, were investigated. Eighty patients (16-85 years) with venous thrombophilia and 123 healthy subjects (15-85 years) without history of vascular thrombosis were studied for plasma levels of tHcy, folate and vitamin B12. A multivariate analysis in healthy subjects revealed that plasma tHcy levels tended to increase with age (P < 0.