"Activated Borane": A Porous Borane Cluster Polymer as an Efficient Lewis Acid-Based Catalyst.

Borane cluster-based porous covalent networks, named activated borane (), were prepared by cothermolysis of decaborane(14) (-BH) and selected hydrocarbons (toluene, cyclohexane, ; and -hexane, ) under anaerobic conditions. These amorphous solid powders exhibit different textural and Lewis acid (LA) properties that vary depending on the nature of the constituent organic linker. For , its LA strength even approaches that of the commonly used molecular LA, B(CF).

Antimicrobial activity of antidepressants on normal gut microbiota: Results of the study.

Currently, there is little published data on the effects of antidepressants on normal gut microbiota and the consequences of such effects on treatment outcomes. was to evaluate the growth kinetics of normal human gut microorganisms with antidepressants most common in routine clinical practice. Research objects were species of microorganisms representing normal gut microbiota: ATCC 25923, ATCC 25922, ATCC 24433, 791, ATCC 29212, ATCC 53103.

Vibrational and impedance analysis of the β-stannic acid samples plasticized by perchloric acid.

The β-stannic acid powders(I) containing various amounts of perchloric acid with an initial concentration of 56.2 wt% HClO were studied by IR and Raman spectroscopy combined with XRD analysis and impedance spectroscopy. The addition of aqueous perchloric acid to I at room temperature leads to the adsorption compound formation.

[Clinical and morphological diagnosis of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis].

Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hemophagocytic syndrome, massive macrophage activation syndrome) is a rare, aggressive, severe syndrome with a frequent fatal outcome. The pathogenesis of the syndrome, the role of viral infection, and the development of an excessive, aberrant, and inflammatory response leading to multiple organ dysfunction and sepsis remain unclear so far. The paper presents the data available in the literature and describes the authors' own observation of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 14-year-old girl who had Epstein-Barr virus infection and died of severe multiple organ dysfunction.

High-Throughput Fingerprinting of Rhizobial Free Fatty Acids by Chemical Thin-Film Deposition and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry.

Fatty acids (FAs) represent an important class of metabolites, impacting on membrane building blocks and signaling compounds in cellular regulatory networks. In nature, prokaryotes are characterized with the most impressing FA structural diversity and the highest relative content of free fatty acids (FFAs). In this context, nitrogen-fixing bacteria (order Rhizobiales), the symbionts of legumes, are particularly interesting.