Silica Nanowires Templated by Amyloid-like Fibrils.

Many peptides self-assemble to form amyloid fibrils. We previously explored the sequence propensity to form amyloid using variants of a designed peptide with sequence KFFEAAAKKFFE. These variant peptides form highly stable amyloid fibrils with varied lateral assembly and are ideal to template further assembly of non-proteinaceous material.

Silica Nanowires Templated by Amyloid-like Fibrils.

Many peptides self-assemble to form amyloid fibrils. We previously explored the sequence propensity to form amyloid using variants of a designed peptide with sequence KFFEAAAKKFFE. These variant peptides form highly stable amyloid fibrils with varied lateral assembly and are ideal to template further assembly of non-proteinaceous material.

Use of ionizing radiation technology for treating municipal wastewater.

In big cities, the cost of treating wastewater is increasing with more stringent environmental requirements. Ionizing radiation technology for treating municipal wastewater may be an alternative to reduce treatment costs. In this paper, laboratory tests were carried out using different doses of radiation to treat wastewater samples collected from the AL-Rustamia wastewater treatment plant in Baghdad city.

Clinical utility of a simple physical technique in thyroid scintigraphy.

Fifty two patients with visualization of one lobe or one lobe with faint active thyroid tissue in the region of the other lobe on thyroid scintigraphy, were studied using shielding of the active thyroid tissue in order to visualize the rest of the gland. This technique is useful in the differential diagnosis of autonomous nodules without need for the time consuming, costly, and sometimes hazardous TSH stimulation and T3 suppression tests. Furthermore, this technique could be used to verify total lobectomy in patients following thyroid surgery.