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Figures 2.a-c show the pyridine adsorption results. Bronsted acidity is manifested by the bands at 1440-1445,1630-1640 and 1530-1550 cm . Bands at 1600-1630 cm are assigned to pyridine bonded to Lewis acid sites. Certain bands such as the 1440-1460 and 1480-1490 cm can be due to hydrogen-bonded, protonated or Lewis-coordinated pyridine species. Under continuous nitrogen purging, spectra labeled as "A" in Figures 2a-c represent saturation of the surface at room temperature (90 25 unol pyridine/g found in all three tungsta catalysts) and "F" show the baseline due to the dry catalyst. We cannot entirely rule out the possibility of some extent of weakly bound pyridine at room temperature. Nevertheless, the pyridine DRIFTS experiments show the presence of Brpnsted acidity, which is expected to be the result of water of reduction that did not desorb upon purging at the reduction temperature. It is noted that, regardless of the presence of Pt, the intensity of the DRIFTS signals due to pyridine are...

Bone disease is a common manifestation of multiple myeloma. Bisphosphonates should be initiated in symptomatic patients with bone lesions to slow osteopenia and reduce the fracture risk associated with the disease. Pamidronate and zolendronic acid have equivalent efficacy in the management of osteolytic lesions, but because of relative ease of administration, zolendronic acid is used most frequently.43 The use of zolendronic acid decreases pain and bone-related complications and improves quality of life. The suggestion that bisphosphonates have direct antimyeloma activity, based on the ability to inhibit NF-kB signaling, remains controversial. Recent cases of osteonecrosis of the jaw have been a major concern. Risk factors are unclear, but osteonecrosis of the jaw is more common in patients receiving intravenous administration of bisphosphonates and having dental procedures performed. It is recommended that patients... 

The general experimental approach used in 2D correlation spectroscopy is based on the detection of dynamic variations of spectroscopic signals induced by an external perturbation (Figure 7.43). Various molecular-level excitations may be induced by electrical, thermal, magnetic, chemical, acoustic, or mechanical stimulations. The effect of perturbation-induced changes in the local molecular environment may be manifested by time-dependent fluctuations of various spectra representing the system. Such transient fluctuations of spectra are referred to as dynamic spectra of the system. Apart from time, other physical variables in a generalised 2D correlation analysis may be temperature, pressure, age, composition, or even concentration. 

The latent information of the measuring sample is transferred via an energetic carrier into analytical information which is manifested by signals. Their parameters correspond to the coding (encoding) process in information systems. For the formal representation of the analytical coding the following analytical quantities are introduced ... 

One last word on heterocycles. Very small couplings (< 1 Hz) have been found to exist between some protons on different rings of bicyclic heterocycles. For example, in indole, there is a 3-7 coupling of about 0.7 Hz. In practise however, these very small couplings may only manifest themselves as a broadening of the signals concerned. 

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