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cer care in follow-up and addressed the security and information sharing concerns could not all be adequately addressed at the local level. A GP interactive e-care plan provides a promising solution to a number of the barriers.

Stakeholders and the project team agreed that finding an e-health system that supported shared cancer care in follow-up and addressed the security and information sharing concerns could not all be adequately addressed at the local level. A GP interactive e-care plan provides a promising solution to a number of the barriers.Biological membranes are composed of complex mixtures of lipids and proteins that influence each other's structure and function. The biological activities of many channel-forming peptides and proteins are known to depend on the material properties of the surrounding lipid bilayer. However, less is known about how membrane-spanning channels affect the lipid bilayer properties, and in particular, their collective fluctuation dynamics. Here we use neutron spin echo spectroscopy (NSE) to measure the collective bending and thickness fluctuation dynamics in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (di 14  0 PC, DMPC) lipid membranes containing two different antimicrobial peptides, alamethicin (Ala) and gramicidin (gD). Ala and gD are both well-studied antimicrobial peptides that form oligomeric membrane-spanning channels with different structures. At low concentrations, the peptides did not have a measurable effect on the average bilayer structure, yet significantly changed the collective membrane dynamics. Despite both peptides forming transmembrane channels, they had opposite effects on the relaxation time of the collective bending fluctuations and associated effective bending modulus, where gD addition stiffened the membrane while Ala addition softened the membrane. Meanwhile, the lowest gD concentrations enhanced the collective thickness fluctuation dynamics, while the higher gD concentrations and all studied Ala concentrations dampened these dynamics. The results highlight the synergy between lipids and proteins in determining the collective membrane dynamics and that not all peptides can be universally treated as rigid bodies when considering their effects on the lipid bilayer fluctuations.The nature and structure of occupied and empty valence electronic states (molecular orbitals, MOs) of the [Ni(Salen)] molecular complex (NiO2N2C16H14) have been studied by X-ray photoemission and absorption spectroscopy combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. As a result, the composition of the high-lying occupied and low-lying unoccupied electronic states has been identified. In particular, the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the complex is found to be predominantly located on the phenyl rings of the salen ligand, while the states associated with the occupied Ni 3d-derived molecular orbitals (MOs) are at higher binding energies. The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) is also located on the salen ligand and is formed by the 2pπ orbitals of carbon atoms in phenyl groups of the salen macrocycle. The unoccupied MOs above the LUMO reflect σ- and π-bonding between Ni and its nearest neighbours. All valence states have highly mixed character. The specific nature of the unoccupied Ni 3d-derived σ-MO is a consequence of donor-acceptor chemical bonding in [Ni(Salen)].A direct CO2-fixation methodology couples structurally diverse iminophosphoranes with various nucleophiles to synthesize ureas, carbamates, thiocarbamates, and amides, and is amenable for 11C radiolabeling. This methodology is practical, as demonstrated by the synthesis of >35 products and isolation of the molecular imaging radiopharmaceuticals [11C]URB694 and [11C]glibenclamide.Four core and six distyryl-extended methylated-meso-phenyl-BODIPY dyes with varying iodine content were synthesized. The influence of iodine loading and substitution position on the photophysical properties of these chromophores was evaluated. ALK inhibitor Selective iodine insertion at the 2- and 6-positions of the methylated-meso-phenyl-BODIPY core, rather than maximum iodine content, resulted in the highest intersystem crossing efficiency. Iodination of the distyryl-extended BODIPY core afforded intersystem crossing quantum yields comparable to 2,6-diiodo-BODIPY. Inclusion of an iodine at the para-meso-phenyl position generally enhanced non-radiative decay in the BODIPY excited-state, leading to lower fluorescence and intersystem crossing quantum yield values. Iodine substitution at the styryl-positions resulted in negligible changes to the excited-state dynamics. This study highlights (1) the rate of radiative decay is similar in all ten derivatives (on the order of 1 × 108 s-1), (2) iodination of the 2,6-positions results in the greatest enhancement of intersystem crossing efficiency, (3) care must be taken when modifying the para-meso-phenyl position as it could have detrimental effects on the excited-state dynamics, (4) the excited-state is negligibly affected by iodination of the styryl groups, potentially enabling orthogonal functionalization without modifying the molecular photophysics, (5) distyryl extension of the chromophore core diminishes rates of non-radiative decay and intersystem crossing, resulting in higher fluorescence quantum yields and lower intersystem crossing yields in the π-extended derivatives compared to the core BDP derivatives, and (6) DFT calculations provide insight into the electronic and structural factors regulating intersystem crossing and vibrational relaxation in these molecules.Water contributes to the structure of bone by coupling hydroxyapatite to collagen over the hierarchical levels of tissue organization. Bone water exists in two states, bound or mobile, each accomplishing different roles. Although many experimental studies show that the amount of bound water correlates with bone strength, a molecular understanding of the interactions between hydroxyapatite, collagen and water is missing. In this work, we unveil the water adsorption properties of bone tissues at the nanoscale using advanced density functional theory methods. We demonstrate that environmental factors such as collagen conformation or degree of confinement, rather than the surface itself, dictate the adsorption mode, strength and density of water on hydroxyapatite. While the results derived in this paper come from a simplified model of bone tissues, they are consistent with experimental observations and constitute a reasonable starting point for more realistic models of bone tissues. For example, we show that environmental changes expected in aging bone lead to reduced water adsorption capabilities, which is consistent with weaker bones at the macroscale.