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Carnosine and its (S)-Trolox™ derivative protect animals against oxidative stress
The novel synthetic derivative of carnosine, (S)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carbonyl-β-alanyl-l-histidine (S-Trolox™-Carnosine, STC) increases the resistance of rats to experimental acute hypobaric hy...
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Growth behavior of compounds due to solid-state reactive diffusion between Cu and Al
To examine experimentally the kinetics of the reactive diffusion between solid-Cu and solid-Al, sandwich Al/Cu/Al diffusion couples were prepared by a diffusion-bonding technique and then isothermally annealed...
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Biological Activity of Novel Synthetic Derivatives of Carnosine
Two novel derivatives of carnosine—(S)-trolox-l-carnosine (STC) and (R)-trolox-l-carnosine (RTC) are characterized in terms of their antioxidant and membrane-stabilizing activities as well as their resistance to ...
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Five-year retrospective changes in hippocampal atrophy and cognitive screening test performances in very mild Alzheimer's disease: the Tajiri Project
The medial temporal lobe, especially the hippocampus, is important for normal cognitive function, especially for memory, and is the region with the earliest and most extensive pathological changes in Alzheime...
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Atrophy of the corpus callosum correlates with white matter lesions in patients with cerebral ischaemia
Many studies of white matter high signal (WMHS) on T2-weighted MRI have disclosed that it is related to cerebral ischaemia and to brain atrophy. Atrophy of the corpus callosum (CC) has also been studied in re...
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Periventricular hyperintensity on magnetic resonance imaging correlated with brain ageing and atrophy
Fifty-two patients with cerebrovascular risk factors without neurological abnormalities were reviewed with respect to periventricular hyperintensity (PVH) on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); brain...
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Carbonization and graphitization of meso-carbon microbeads prepared by the emulsion method
Meso-carbon microbeads (MCB) prepared from coal-tar and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)-decant oil pitches by an emulsion method were carbonized and graphitized. When using the thermosetting process as a pretre...
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Phase behavior and dynamic properties in mixed systems of anionic and cationic surfactants: lithium perfluorooctanesulfonate/diethanolheptadecafluoro-2-undecanolmethylammonium chloride (DEFUMAC) and lithium dodecyl sulfate/DEFUMAC aqueous mixtures
Two ternary phase diagrams of the cationic perfluorosurfactant diethanolheptadecafluoro-2-undecanolmethylammonium chloride (DEFUMAC) with an anionic perfluorosurfactant lithium perfluorooctanesulfonate (LiFOS)...
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Micellar properties and growth of cationic fluorocarbon surfactant; diethanolheptadecafluoro-2-undecanolmethylammonium chloride
The micellar properties of a cationic fluorocarbon surfactant, diethanolheptadecafluoro-2-undecanolmethylammonium chloride (DEFUMAC), are studied by surface tension, fluorescence of pyrene-3-carboxaldehyde (PC...
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Characterization of the adsorbed layer of a mixture of nonionic and cationic hydrocarbon surfactants on silica
The adsorption of hexadecyl trimethylammonium bromide (HDTAB) and nonylphenyl polyglycol ether (NP20) from mixed aqueous solutions on silica has been investigated. The adsorption from mixed solutions is enhanc...
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Decreased cerebral glucose metabolism associated with mental deterioration in multi-infarct dementia
Cerebral glucose metabolism of 18 patients with multi-infarct dementia (MID) and 10 age-matched normal subjects were examined with positron emission tomography and the18-F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose technique. MID pati...
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Solution Properties of Mixed Fluorocarbon and Hydrocarbon Surfactants and their Solubilization Behavior
The mixed surfactant solutions of lithium perfluoro-octane sulfonate(LiFOS)-lithium dodecyl sulfate(LiDS), LiFOS-hexaethyleneglycol dodecylether (6ED), and LiFOS-lithium perfluorooctanoate(LiPFO) have been inv...
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Physicochemical properties of α, ω-type bolaform surfactant in aqueous solution. Eicosane-1,20-bis(triethylammonium bromide)
The physicochemical properties of theα, ω- type (bolaform) surfactant, eicosane-1, 20-bis(triethylammonium bromide) (C20Et6), in aqueous solution have been investigated by means of surface tension, electrical con...
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Characteristics of mixed bilayers of surfactants formed on alumina
The interaction between hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon surfactants onα-alumina has been studied through the dispersion behavior ofα-alumina. When a low concentration of anionic hydrocarbon or fluorocarbon surfactan...
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Classification of Probes for Studying Mixed Surfactant Systems
The mixed surfactant solutions are characterized by using the following probes: tetracyanoquinodimethane, benzoylacetoanilide, sodium-(p-sulfonatophenylazo-1-naphthol-2-sulfonate), and 8-anilino-naphthalene su...
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The effect of pH on emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of an amphoteric emulsifier
An emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of an amphoteric emulsifier of the betaine type; N,N-dimethyl-n-laurylbetaine (LNB), has been studied at various pH values. The relationships between the p...
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Synthesis of polystyrene latex with amphoteric surfactant and its characterization
An emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of an amphoteric surfactant; N,N-dimethyl-n-laurylbetaine (LNB) was carried out at pH 7.0. The polymerization rate and the concentration of the latex parti...
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The effect of surfactants on aqueous dispersions of iron oxides
The effects of an anionic and a nonionic surfactant on aqueous dispersions of three types of iron oxides were investigated by particle size and zeta potential measurements. Iron oxide particles were suspended ...
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A Step to Complete Pain Relief After Surgery
This study investigated a combination of morphine and long acting local anaesthetic administered epidurally for postoperative pain relief. 35 adult patients who underwent elective abdominal surgery (upper abdo...
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Effects of alkyl chain length on surface and micellar properties of octaethyleneglycol-n alkyl ethers
Surface and micellar properties of a homologous series of Octaethylene glycol-n-alkyl ethers (C n E8;n = 9 to 15) have been studied in aqueous solutions by the surface tension me...
