Human studies have been primarily observational and have indicated that inclusion of antioxidant-rich foods in the diet can slow the progression of cognitive decline. Basic science studies investigating nutritional modulation of age-related cognitive decline have focused on foods rich in antioxidants or essential fatty acids. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent advancements in animal research showing that age-related cognitive and behavioral decline can be
ameliorated with nutritional supplementation with polyphenol- or polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich plant foods. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89(suppl): 1602S-6S.”
“The Crenolanib solubility and diffusivity of several gases in polystyrene (PS) and styrene acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN) were studied with the pressure, decay method. Data were collected for carbon dioxide,
isobutane, and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) in PS and for R-134a in SAN. The temperature range was between 30 and 200 degrees C, and the gas pressures ranged from approximately 0.2 to 8.2 MPa. To cover these ranges, both the absolute and differential pressure decay methods were required. Henry’s law was found to adequately represent all the gas solubilities. Isobutane and R-134a were found to have a plasticizing effect on PS and SAN; that is, the diffusivity increased significantly as the pressure (and mass uptake) increased. CO(2) in PS had the highest diffusivity and lowest solubility and did not affect the diffusivity in PS over the pressure range studied. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals,
Protein Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 116: 2359-2365, 2010″
“First-principles calculations of the structural, electronic, and optical properties of TeO(2) polymorphs were performed with the density functional theory plane-wave pseudopotential method. The results reveal that all the three crystalline TeO(2) phases are wide-gap semiconductors and the lone electron pairs have contributions near the Fermi energy level. The layer structure of beta-TeO(2) leads to the obvious anisotropy of the complex dielectric function. Considering the lattice contribution of dielectric 3-deazaneplanocin A order constants, we predict the static dielectric constants of TeO(2) polymorphs. For alpha-TeO(2), the calculated values of 19.0 for epsilon(1 perpendicular to) and 25.3 for epsilon(1 parallel to) agree well with the experimental value, and the beta- and gamma-phases also belong to the high dielectric constant materials. Besides, a special collective plasma resonance for gamma-TeO(2) has been found in lower energy. It corresponds to the small peak in the imaginary part of dielectric function, and reflects the abrupt reduction in the reflectivity spectrum. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3406135]“
“Objective-To determine the association of CBC variables and castration status at the time of arrival at a research facility with the risk of development of bovine respiratory disease (BRD).