Development and evaluation of a method to measure wrist range of motion on paretic hand rehabilitation device.

This paper presents the development of wrist ROM measurement system that was implemented on a rehabilitation glove for paretic hand, Easy-Flex, using a rotary potentiometer. This approach enables the device to measure the angles of up to 80° with the approximate resolution of 0.1°.

Ferrocenes with perfluorinated side chains and ferrocenophanes with fluorinated handles.

Trifluorovinyl groups are introduced onto the cyclopentadienyl ligands of ferrocene at the 1-, 1,1'-, and 1,2-positions by Negishi-type and Stille-type coupling reactions of trifluorovinylzinc chloride and tri-n-butyltrifluorovinyl stannane with several iodoferrocenes. Modification of the trifluorovinyl group by nucleophilic substitution and [2+2] cycloaddition make them versatile building blocks for synthetic transformations. 1,1'-Bis(trifluorovinyl) ferrocene reacts upon contact with silica or oxidizing agents and in the presence of a suitable nucleophile through a redox autocatalytic mechanism to afford ferrocenophanes with fluorinated handles.

Cell growth inhibition and apoptosis by SDS-solubilized single-walled carbon nanotubes in normal rat kidney epithelial cells.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), promising novel nanomaterials, have been applied to drug delivery and bio-imaging; however, their potential harmful effects on human health and environment have gained much attention recently. In the present study, we investigated cytotoxic effect of solubilized single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs), which were dispersed in water by sodium dodesyl sulfate (SDS), in normal rat kidney epithelial cells (NRK-52E). SDS-SWCNT (0.

Gold(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkynyl hydroxyallyl tosylamides to 4-oxa-6-azatricyclo[3.3.0.0(2,8)]octanes.

Reaction of alkyne allyl alcohols tethered with N-(p-tolylsulfonamide) in the presence of a cationic gold(I) catalyst gave new cycloisomerization products, 4-oxa-6-azatricyclo[3.3.0.

Au(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization reaction of amide- or ester-tethered 1,6-enynes to bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-ones.

The cycloisomerization reaction of N-allyl-2-(2'-arylethyne-2-yl)amides or allylic 2-alkynoates in the presence of cationic triphenylphosphinegold(I) produced bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-ones under mild conditions.

N-heterocyclic carbene gold(I) catalyzed transformation of N-tethered 1,5-bisallenes to 6,7-dimethylene-3-azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes.

Tying up loose ends: The reaction of bisallenes tethered with N-(p-tolylsulfonamide) in the presence of a cationic gold N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst gave new cycloisomerization products, 6,7-dimethyleneazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes, in high yields (see scheme; IPr = N,N'-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene).