Charge distributions and chemical effects. XXVII. Molecular energies of carbonyl compounds and ethers, a calculation involving the charges of the bond-forming atoms

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 792-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Fliszár ◽  
M. T. Béraldin
Keyword(s):  
Carbonyl Compounds ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Electronic Charge ◽  
Average Deviation ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
Chemical Effects ◽  
Coulomb Type ◽  
Individual Bond ◽  
A Minor

Energy calculations are presented for carbonyl compounds and ethers by applying the equation εij = εij0 + aijΔqi + ajiΔqj which describes individual bond contributions in terms of electronic charge increments Δq at the bond-forming atoms i and j, relative to atomic charges in selected reference bonds with energies εij0. At a molecular level, the sum ΣiΣjaijΔqi accounts for virtually the entire energy variations due to charge redistributions accompanying isodesmic structural changes. Coulomb-type interactions between nonbonded atoms play only a minor role in that respect. Using charges derived from 13C and 17O nmr shift-charge correlations, calculated and experimental energies agree within 0.16 kcal/mol (average deviation).

Effects of Myo-inositol Alone and in Combination with Seleno-Lmethionine on Cadmium-Induced Testicular Damage in Mice

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Benvenga ◽  
Antonio Micali ◽  
Giovanni Pallio ◽  
Roberto Vita ◽  
Consuelo Malta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Natural Antioxidants ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Testosterone Levels ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Testicular Lesions ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analyses

Background: Cadmium (Cd) impairs gametogenesis and damages the blood-testis barrier. Objective: As the primary mechanism of Cd-induced damage is oxidative stress, the effects of two natural antioxidants, myo-inositol (MI) and seleno-L-methionine (Se), were evaluated in mice testes. Methods: Eighty-four male C57 BL/6J mice were divided into twelve groups: 0.9% NaCl (vehicle; 1 ml/kg/day i.p.); Se (0.2 mg/kg/day per os); Se (0.4 mg/kg/day per os); MI (360 mg/kg/day per os); MI plus Se (0.2 mg/kg/day); MI plus Se (0.4 mg/kg/day); CdCl2 (2 mg/kg/day i.p.) plus vehicle; CdCl2 plus MI; CdCl2 plus Se (0.2 mg/kg/day); CdCl2 plus Se (0.4 mg/kg/day); CdCl2 plus MI plus Se (0.2 mg/kg/day); and CdCl2 plus MI plus Se (0.4 mg/kg/day). After 14 days, testes were processed for biochemical, structural and immunohistochemical analyses. Results: CdCl2 increased iNOS and TNF-α expression and Malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, lowered glutathione (GSH) and testosterone, induced testicular lesions, and almost eliminated claudin-11 immunoreactivity. Se administration at 0.2 or 0.4 mg/kg significantly reduced iNOS and TNF-α expression, maintained GSH, MDA and testosterone levels, structural changes and low claudin-11 immunoreactivity. MI alone or associated with Se at 0.2 or 0.4 mg/kg significantly reduced iNOS and TNF-α expression and MDA levels, increased GSH and testosterone levels, ameliorated structural organization and increased claudin-11 patches number. Conclusion: We demonstrated a protective effect of MI, a minor role of Se and an evident positive role of the association between MI and Se on Cd-induced damages of the testis. MI alone or associated with Se might protect testes in subjects exposed to toxicants, at least to those with behavior similar to Cd.

Charge distributions and chemical effects. XXXI. Molecular energies of ethylenic compounds

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-T. Béraldin ◽  
S. Fliszâr
Keyword(s):  
Zero Point ◽  
Enthalpies Of Formation ◽  
Average Deviation ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
Chemical Effects ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra ◽  
Energy Formula ◽  
Standard Enthalpies Of Formation ◽  
Vibrational Energies ◽  
Proper Consideration

The energy formula describing bond contributions in terms of the charges carried by the bond-forming atoms is applied to ethylenic compounds. It is shown in what manner σ and π electrons can be treated within the framework of the bond energy theory giving the atomization energy of the vibrationless molecule at 0 K. Proper consideration of zero-point and thermal vibrational energies leads to standard enthalpies of formation. These calculations, which are carried out on the basis of, 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, agree with their experimental counterparts, within experimental uncertainties (~0.3 kcal mol−1 average deviation).

Charge distributions and chemical effects. XXVI. Relationships between nuclear magnetic resonance shifts and atomic charges for 17O nuclei in ethers and carbonyl compounds

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Thérèse Béraldin ◽  
Edouard Vauthier ◽  
Sándor Fliszár
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Oxygen Atom ◽  
Carbonyl Compounds ◽  
Electronic Charge ◽  
Atomic Charges ◽  
Chemical Effects ◽  
Opposite Trend ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic ◽  
Oxygen Atoms

The 17O nuclear magnetic resonance shifts of dialkylethers are linearly related to the electron populations on the oxygen atoms, in a range covering L ~ 130 ppm, showing that any increase of electronic charge at the oxygen atom is accompanied by a downfield nmr shift. The opposite trend is observed for the oxygen atoms of ketones and aldehydes.

scholarly journals Comparing the backfilling of mesoporous titania thin films with hole conductors of different sizes sharing the same mass density

IUCrJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael S. Märkl ◽  
Nuri Hohn ◽  
Emanuel Hupf ◽  
Lorenz Bießmann ◽  
Volker Körstgens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Mesoporous Titania ◽  
Photovoltaic Devices ◽  
A Minor

Efficient infiltration of a mesoporous titania matrix with conducting organic polymers or small molecules is one key challenge to overcome for hybrid photovoltaic devices. A quantitative analysis of the backfilling efficiency with time-of-flight grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering (ToF-GISANS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements is presented. Differences in the morphology due to the backfilling of mesoporous titania thin films are compared for the macromolecule poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)-2-carboxylate-2-6-diyl)] (PTB7-Th) and the heavy-element containing small molecule 2-pinacolboronate-3-phenylphenanthro[9,10-b]tellurophene (PhenTe-BPinPh). Hence, a 1.7 times higher backfilling efficiency of almost 70% is achieved for the small molecule PhenTe-BPinPh compared with the polymer PTB7-Th despite sharing the same volumetric mass density. The precise characterization of structural changes due to backfilling reveals that the volumetric density of backfilled materials plays a minor role in obtaining good backfilling efficiencies and interfaces with large surface contact.

Advocacy in the New World of Managed Care

1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sunley
Keyword(s):  
Managed Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
System Level ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Consumer Empowerment ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
A Minor

With the recent emergence of large-scale health care companies, advocacy's role within the system has been reduced. Already occupying only a minor role in case management (itself partly subsumed into the system), advocacy efforts to help individuals and to make structural changes at the system level run against the driving forces of managed care–cost containment and profit making. Practitioners within the managed-care system may be able to carry out some case-and-cause advocacy within the limits of company requirements and possible job jeopardy. Greater efforts will have to come from outside groups focusing on broad issues, including patients' rights; standards of care; consumer empowerment; outside evaluations; maldistribution of physicians and other personnel; protection against lowering of quantity, type, and quality of services; and training of managed care personnel.

Schizophrenia: A Neuropathological Perspective

1991 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Brain Development ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Association Cortex ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Normal Brain ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms ◽  
A Minor

It is probable that all schizophrenics have abnormalities in the medial temporal lobe, which differ in degree but not in kind. The structures of the medial temporal lobe are believed to have a crucial role in the integration and processing of the output from the association cortex. Dysfunction of this system could result in the clinical symptoms that form the core of the schizophrenia syndrome. The structural differences appear to fit the profile of a disturbance in the normal pattern of brain development. The asymmetrical patterns of normal brain development explain how such a disturbance simultaneously affecting both hemispheres could, disproportionately, affect the left (dominant) hemisphere. Epidemiological and pathological evidence points to aberrant genetic mechanisms as being the cause of the developmental anomaly in the majority of cases; environmental factors probably play a minor role. Despite the great progress made in solving the enigma of the structural changes in the brains of schizophrenics, the cause(s) of the changes – the aberrant genetic mechanism controlling brain development – may prove difficult to define.

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

Use of Different Tissue Thromboplastins in the Control of Anticoagulant-Therapy

1958 ◽  
Vol 02 (05/06) ◽  
pp. 462-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Verstraete ◽  
Patricia A. Clark ◽  
Irving S. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Prothrombin Time ◽  
Anticoagulant Therapy ◽  
Factor Vii ◽  
Rabbit Brain ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Rabbit Lung ◽  
Coagulation Mechanism ◽  
Time Test ◽  
The One ◽  
A Minor

SummaryAn analysis of the results of prothrombin time tests with different types of thromboplastins sheds some light on the problem why the administration of coumarin is difficult to standardize in different centers. Our present ideas on the subject, based on experimental data may be summarized as follows.Several factors of the clotting mechanism are influenced by coumarin derivatives. The action of some of these factors is by-passed in the 1-stage prothrombin time test. The decrease of the prothrombin and factor VII levels may be evaluated in the 1-stage prothrombin time determination (Quick-test). The prolongation of the prothrombin times are, however, predominantly due to the decrease of factor VII activity, the prothrombin content remaining around 50 per cent of normal during an adequate anticoagulant therapy. It is unlikely that this degree of depression of prothrombin is of major significance in interfering with the coagulation mechanism in the protection against thromboembolism. It may, however, play a minor role, which has yet to be evaluated quantitatively. An exact evaluation of factor VII is, therefore, important for the guidance of anticoagulant therapy and the method of choice is the one which is most sensitive to changes in factor VII concentration. The 1-stage prothrombin time test with a rabbit lung thromboplastin seems the most suitable method because rabbit brain preparations exhibit a factor VII-like activity that is not present in rabbit lung preparations.

Produktivkraft als Versprechen

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (185) ◽  
pp. 621-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Siefkes
Keyword(s):  
Private Consumption ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Progressive Reduction ◽  
Internal Forces ◽  
A Minor

The ‘Fragment on Machines’ from Marx’s Grundrisse is often cited as an argument that the internal forces of capitalism will lead to its doom. But the argument that the progressive reduction of labor must doom capitalism lacks a proper foundation, as a comparison with the ‘Schemes of Reproduction’ given in Capital II shows. The latter, however, aren’t fully convincing either. In reality, more depends on the private consumption of capitalists than either model recognizes. Ultimately, most can be made of the ‘Fragment on Machines’ by reading it not as an exposure of capitalism’s internal contractions, but as a discussion of a possible communist future where labor (or work) will play but a minor role.

Extraction of strontium and barium salts by the nitrobenzene solution of dicarbolide in the presence of glymes

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Vaňura ◽  
Emanuel Makrlík
Keyword(s):  
Stability Constants ◽  
Organic Phase ◽  
Equilibrium Constants ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Nitrobenzene Solution ◽  
Ligand Structure ◽  
Stability Constants Of Complexes ◽  
Separation Factors ◽  
The Stability ◽  
A Minor

Extraction of microamounts of Sr2+ and Ba2+ (henceforth M2+) from the aqueous solutions of perchloric acid (0.0125-1.02 mol/l) by means of the nitrobenzene solutions of dicarbolide (0.004-0.05 mol/l of H+{Co(C2B9H11)2}-) was studied in the presence of monoglyme (only Ba2+), diglyme, triglyme, and tetraglyme (CH3O-(CH2-CH2O)nCH3, where n = 1, 2, 3, 4). The distribution of glyme betweeen the aqueous and organic phases, the extraction of the protonized glyme molecule HL+ together with the extraction of M2+ ion and of the glyme complex with the M2+ ion, i.e., ML2+ (where L is the molecule of glyme), were found to be the dominating reactions in the systems under study. In the systems with tri- and tetraglymes the extraction of H+ and M2+ ions solvated with two glyme molecules, i.e., the formation of HL2+ and ML22+ species, can probably play a minor role. The values of the respective equilibrium constants, of the stability constants of complexes formed in the organic phase, and the theoretical separation factors αBa/Sr were determined. The effect of the ligand structure on the values of extraction and stability constants in the organic phase is discussed.

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