The accumulation of synthetic plastics, mainly from food packaging, is causing a serious
environmental problem. It is driving research efforts to the development of biodegradable films …

After the rapid decrease in the prevalence of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in
the Venezuelan population when a national program for fortification of flours with iron and …

Microglia, the immunocompetent cells of the central nervous system (CNS), act as neuropathology
sensors and are neuroprotective under physiological conditions. Microglia react to …

In the present work, samples of sugar cane bagasse were hydrolysed with phosphoric acid
under mild conditions (H 3 PO 4 2–6%, time 0–300min and 122C) to study the feasibility of …

Sugar cane bagasse was hydrolysed using nitric acid at variable concentration (2–6%),
reaction time (0–300 min) and temperature (100–128 C). The concentration of sugars released (…

The plant associations of the phytogeographic province of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley are
described and classified according to the species dominance and physiognomy based on …

The present article is concerned with proton transfer reactions in aqueous solution of open-chain,
macrocyclic and macropolycyclic or cage compounds having nitrogen atoms as …

The female Aedes aegypti salivary gland plays a pivotal role in bloodmeal acquisition and
reproduction, and thereby dengue virus (DENV) transmission. It produces numerous immune …

Objective Giant cell arteritis (GCA) may involve the aorta. Retrospective studies have
demonstrated a higher prevalence of aortic aneurysm among patients with GCA compared with the …

We consider N × N Hermitian Wigner random matrices H where the probability density for
each matrix element is given by the density ν(x) = e −U(x) . We prove that the eigenvalue …