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with low dielectric constants, electrophoretic behavior is observed under dc drive conditions at high field strengths for all evaluated microencapsulation configurations. This modeling method is shown to be a useful predictive tool for developing switchable particle devices that use microencapsulated dielectric particles in a host fluid medium.”
“The JNJ-26481585 order effect of hydrophilic nanoparticles (oxidized cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and montmorillonite nanoclay) on the properties of a sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)/hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) hydrogel system was investigated. Visually, the CNC reinforced cellulosic hydrogel-composites were transparent over all CNC loadings, whereas those reinforced with organoclay were opaque even at low clay loadings despite the nanoparticles being well dispersed. Incorporation of CNC into the cellulosic hydrogels led to an increase in the compressive modulus of CNC-hydrogel composites, but a corresponding decrease in the swelling ratio. However, the addition of CNCs enabled a reduction in the amount of cross-linker required to obtain a given compressive modulus and swelling behavior. It was observed
that the surface charge density of the CNCs had no significant effect on the compression modulus or swelling behavior of the CMC/HEC hydrogel INCB018424 in vivo composites. By contrast, the organoclay reinforced CMC/HEC hydrogels did not show any trend in compression modulus or swelling ratio with organoclay content. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 114:1664-1669, 2009″
“Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) type II is a serious condition in which chronic cardiac abnormalities cause worsening kidney function, leading to permanent chronic kidney damage. Management of CRS type II coupled with diuretic-resistant congestive heart failure (CHF) has been an issue of dispute. However, since the early 1990s, reports indicating the clinical
usefulness of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as maintenance therapy for intractable CHF in this population have been accumulating. The present manuscript reviews the mechanisms by which kidney dysfunction selleckchem develops within CHF, and then examines recent experiences of PD as chronic supportive therapy for intractable CRS type II, reviews the contributing mechanisms, and discusses the rationale for using PD as a new therapeutic approach in the nonuremic setting of CHF. Perit Dial Int 2013; 33( 1):8-14 www.PDIConnect.com doi:10.3747/pdi.2012.00014″
“A structural investigation was carried out on a perovskite-based solid solution of xNa(1/2)Bi(1/2)TiO(3)-(1-x)BaTiO3, where x <= 0.40. The crystal structure remains tetragonal, P4mm, for these compositions; however, enhancement of the tetragonality up to 0.9% of the unit cell was observed as a function of doping which is an unusual phenomenon in BaTiO3 based binary solid solutions.