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Activators. Activators are often added to removers to make them more efficient. Acids such as phenol [108-95-2] phosphoric acid [7664-38-2] acetic acid [64-19-7] formic acid [64-18-6]., and citric acid [5949-29-1] are used to increase the cutting abiHty on epoxide-type paints and other modem finishes. Strongly alkaline activators are effective on enamel andlatex paints. Other activators include ammonia [7664-41-7] monoethyl amine [75-04-7], and /V-phenyIdiethan ol amines. Acid and base activators shorten the shelf life of some removers. 

P450 2C9 crystal structure information also served in docking and molecule dynamics operations to simulate the simultaneous binding of a heteroactivator and a substrate [ 17]. N SAID substrates were thereby positioned nearer to the heme than the heteroactivator. For the latter, limited conformational freedom was discovered because of the reduced active-site volume. The presence of an activator shortened the substrate-heme iron distances leading to an increase in the number of catalytic... 

Gastrointestinal Disproportionate mass loss hypoplastic and atrophic changes Depressed enzymatic activity shortened transit time ... 

The functional role of actin in smooth muscle in active shortening and force development is widely accepted. However, it is also well known that actin filaments play multiple roles in non-muscle cells, where they are responsible for the maintenance of cell shape and organization as well as motility (Stossel 1993). There is evidence from a number of laboratories that actin filamants of different isoforms may be functionally specialized in smooth muscle ceEs and localized to different physical domains within the cell (Lehman et al 1987, North et al 1994b, Small 1995). 

Eddinger TJ, Murphy RA (1991) Developmental changes in actin and myosin heavy chain isoform expression in smooth muscle. Arch Biochem Biophys 284 232237 Eddinger TJ, Wolf JA (1993) Expression of four myosin heavy chain isoforms with development iii mouse uterus. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 25 358368 Edman KA (1980) Depression of mechanical performance by active shortening during twitch and tetanus of vertebrate muscle fibres. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 109 1526... 

Elevation of temperature increases tyrosinase activity, shortens the induction period and stimulates melanin formation within physiological limits. The enzyme activity is optimal in the pH range 6.1-1.2 during in vitro reactions 183). The temperature responses of melanin-stimulating hormones have also been studied (226). 

The effectiveness of landfills aeration has been tested in various countries around the world both in Europe (Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland), North America (USA) and Asia (Japan, Malaysia) for more than 20 years. Different technical solutions, which vary primarily in the method of oxygen supply to the landfill, have been used. The selection of a relevant solution depends mainly on the final intention of its application, landfill construction, available financial resources, and legislation. In Europe, aeration is usually applied as a method for an acceleration of old landfill stabilization, commenced when the landfill gas production becomes insufficient for profitable energy recovery. Such an activity shortens the period of the residual gas production. This gas is usually released to the atmosphere because of problems with its combustion. The accelerated stabilization of waste, by a few-week aeration, is also used as the initial phase preeeding of landfill mining. It allows to obtain an evident improvement in sanitary eonditions before the workers will enter. 

The paper-impregnation drying oven exhausts contain high concentrations (10—20% LEL) of alcohols and some resin monomer. Vinyl resins and melamine resins, which sometimes also contain organic phosphate fire retardants, may be used for air filters. The organic phosphates could shorten catalyst life depending on the mechanism of reduction of catalyst activity. Mild acid leaching removes iron and phosphoms from partially deactivated catalyst and has restored activity in at least one known case. 

ITowever, most normal somatic cells lack telomerase. Consequently, upon every cycle of cell division when the cell replicates its DNA, about 50-nucleotide portions are lost from the end of each telomere. Thus, over time, the telomeres of somatic cells in animals become shorter and shorter, eventually leading to chromosome instability and cell death. This phenomenon has led some scientists to espouse a telomere theory of aging that implicates telomere shortening as the principal factor in cell, tissue, and even organism aging. Interestingly, cancer cells appear immortal because they continue to reproduce indefinitely. A survey of 20 different tumor types by Geron Corporation of Menlo Park, California, revealed that all contained telomerase activity. 

To anticipate briefly, shortening the length of the side chain in the phenothiazines from three to two carbon atoms changes I he activity of the products from neuroleptics to antihistaminic iigents. A rather similar effect is seen in the tricyclic antidepressants. Reaction of ketone, 27, with the Grignard reagent I rom 4-chloro-l-methylpipyridine (35) affords the tertiary alco-liol, 36. Dehydration gives the antihistamine, cyproheptadine (37). ... 

Chemically active plastics such as the polyelectrolytes have been used to make artificial muscle materials. This is an unusual type of mechanical power device that creates motion by the lengthening and shortening of fibers made from a chemically active plastic by changing the composition of the surrounding liquid medium, either directly or by the use of electrolytic chemical action. Obviously this form of mechanical power generation is no competitor to thermal energy sources, but it is potentially valuable in detector equipment that would be sensitive to the changing... 

Diffusion effects can be expected in reactions that are very rapid. A great deal of effort has been made to shorten the diffusion path, which increases the efficiency of the catalysts. Pellets are made with all the active ingredients concentrated on a thin peripheral shell and monoliths are made with very thin washcoats containing the noble metals. In order to convert 90% of the CO from the inlet stream at a residence time of no more than 0.01 sec, one needs a first-order kinetic rate constant of about 230 sec-1. When the catalytic activity is distributed uniformly through a porous pellet of 0.15 cm radius with a diffusion coefficient of 0.01 cm2/sec, one obtains a Thiele modulus y> = 22.7. This would yield an effectiveness factor of 0.132 for a spherical geometry, and an apparent kinetic rate constant of 30.3 sec-1 (106). 

Although blood pressure control follows Ohm s law and seems to be simple, it underlies a complex circuit of interrelated systems. Hence, numerous physiologic systems that have pleiotropic effects and interact in complex fashion have been found to modulate blood pressure. Because of their number and complexity it is beyond the scope of the current account to cover all mechanisms and feedback circuits involved in blood pressure control. Rather, an overview of the clinically most relevant ones is presented. These systems include the heart, the blood vessels, the extracellular volume, the kidneys, the nervous system, a variety of humoral factors, and molecular events at the cellular level. They are intertwined to maintain adequate tissue perfusion and nutrition. Normal blood pressure control can be related to cardiac output and the total peripheral resistance. The stroke volume and the heart rate determine cardiac output. Each cycle of cardiac contraction propels a bolus of about 70 ml blood into the systemic arterial system. As one example of the interaction of these multiple systems, the stroke volume is dependent in part on intravascular volume regulated by the kidneys as well as on myocardial contractility. The latter is, in turn, a complex function involving sympathetic and parasympathetic control of heart rate intrinsic activity of the cardiac conduction system complex membrane transport and cellular events requiring influx of calcium, which lead to myocardial fibre shortening and relaxation and affects the humoral substances (e.g., catecholamines) in stimulation heart rate and myocardial fibre tension. 

Contraction is a general term that refers to the mechanically activated state of myofibrils which is usually caused by action potentials). Contracture means muscle shortening or tension development, which is not triggered by action potentials), e.g. K+ contracture, and caffeine or halothane contracture. The word is also used for deformity or distortion of fingers, hand or limb, such as Dupuytren s or Volkmann s contracture. 

Echinacea, a frequently used herb, is taken to stimulate the immune astern function by increasing the number and activity of immune cells and to stimulate phagocytosis (ingestion and destruction of bacteria and other harmful substanceIt appears to shorten the duration of colds and influenza. 

Polk et al. reported27 that PET fibers could be hydrolyzed with 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide at 80°C in the presence of trioctylmethylammonium bromide in 60 min to obtain terephthalic acid in 93% yield. The results of catalytic depolymerization of PET without agitation are listed in Table 10.1. The results of catalytic depolymerization of PET with agitation are listed in Table 10.2. As expected, agitation shortened the time required for 100% conversion. Results (Table 10.1) for the quaternary salts with a halide counterion were promising. Phenyltrimethylammonium chloride (PTMAC) was chosen to ascertain whether steric effects would hinder catalytic activity. Bulky alkyl groups of the quaternary ammonium compounds were expected to hinder close approach of the catalyst to the somewhat hidden carbonyl groups of the fiber structure. The results indicate that steric hindrance is not a problem for PET hydrolysis under this set of conditions since the depolymerization results were substantially lower for PTMAC than for die more sterically hindered quaternary salts. 

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