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Biochemistry
The aim of this work was to develop a more effective biligand inhibitor for protein kinase CK2, an effective synthesis for it and characterize its binding ability to CK2. This was accomplish…
Chemistry
Previous research has revealed the strong fluorescence of 4-Hydroxy-1,3-Thiazoles and enabled their various applications. However they have never been tested on their suitability in fluoresc…
Chemistry
Wearable devices are now very popular and are used widely in health monitoring and sports training. To address the problem of limited battery life of devices, self-powered energy harvesting…
Chemistry
Firefighters suffer from burns annually; in 2018, 2835 U.S. firefighters received burn injuries. Existing heat-resistant fabrics have noncontiguous areas, and facemasks are often removed in…
Chemistry
Coordination complexes of lanthanides possess bright luminescence with high quantum yields and long lifetimes. This allows applying them in a variety of fields such as: optoelectronics, cryp…
Biochemistry
As chronic illness rates increase exponentially, it is important to understand the various ways nutrition can impact an individual's health and life span. The purpose of this experiment is t…
Biochemistry
Question: What effect does different concentrations of tannic acid (St. Louis River water) and motor oil have on non-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Lemna minor growth and biofilm develo…
Biochemistry
The extraction and evaluation of the bromelain and phenolic compounds from pineapple peel through ultrasound radiation. The pineapple peel contains components such as polyphenols and bromela…
Chemistry
Iodine is a micronutrient that is crucial for the properproduction of thyroid hormones in the human body. To put a stop to iodine deficiency,iodine was implemented in salt in 1990. There are…
Chemistry
Carotenoids are biologically active substances, widely used as vitamins, food dyes and pigments. Main disadvantages of industrial production of carotenoids include use of organic solvents (f…
Chemistry
This research was conducted to synthesize hydrochar from palm frond by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). Magnetic property was added to the hydrochar by reaction with magnetite, to increase…
Chemistry
Nowadays, hypochlorite is mostly used as a sterilizer. However, long-term exposure or attaching hypochlorite may damage our body, while the announced hypochlorite detection method required t…
Chemistry
This project is about an investigation to find out whether rice husk could be used for producing wood that can be substituted as a fire-resistant wood in general. Experiment with coconut hus…
Chemistry
The recent characterization of the natural product Lindbergin E (a novel prenylated acylphloroglucinol heterodimer with leishmanicidal activity) by Socolsky et al. presents a promising alter…
Biochemistry
Protein crystallography is a scientific process that typically involves solving the structure of the protein as a 3D model. The goal is to determine the structure of the tRNA (guanine-N(1)-)…
Biochemistry
Vitamins have long been said to aid the body in fighting the worst of infections; by measuring agglutination patterns, the efficacy of vitamins can be observed and quantified. Using Salmonel…
Biochemistry
Butterflies use multiple ways to communicate. From their colorful wing patterns to signaling molecules, butterflies use and respond to multiple pheromones and volatile compounds in the envir…
Chemistry
Researchers are paying a lot of attention to nitrogen-containing compounds for their ability to generate organic analogs with high and diverse biological activities. 3-hydroxy-1-azoalkenes,…
Chemistry
Objectives There is one main problem that is tainting our oceans day by day, yet very few are taking action. Oil spills dump thousands of tons of oil into our precious oceans, damaging the e…
Chemistry
In our project we tested the capability of fish scales to fight water pollution. Our aim was to discover an environmentally friendly, and inexpensive way to remove heavy metals contaminants…
Biochemistry
Brazil is the world's largest pesticide consumer. The use of these products in agriculture is a serious public health problem that generates various diseases such as cancer, congenital malfo…
Biochemistry
Recently, complement component C1q and its corresponding receptors (gC1qR and cC1qR) have generated interest due to their involvement in autoimmunity, inflammation, and infectious disease. D…
Biochemistry
Cancer metastasis is the cause of ninety percent of cancer deaths. The collagenase, Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) has been identified to have a critical role in the proliferation of can…
Chemistry
In this project a simple and yet a relatively cheap and effective method was used in an attempt to break the atmospheric CO2 into its basic constituents.A closed cubical control chamber was…
Chemistry
This project analyzes the manufacturing and polymerization process in creating a stable polymer based upon the monomer D-Glucose. The purpose was to assess whether changes to the materials a…
Biochemistry
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the airways that causes prolonged difficulty in breathing (Chardón D., 2015). In 2010, approximately 25.7 million people were rep…
Chemistry
Objectives Moxifloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, is an emerging water contaminant that is poorly removed by common water treatment processes. The objective of this research was to unde…
Chemistry
Plastics, especially high density polyethylene, contribute to the pollutant epidemic that harms the planet's environment. Polylactic acid, a polymer derived from corn and other natural sourc…
Biochemistry
The storage and transport of sensitive proteins is highly expensive and challenging due to the need for refrigeration and cryopreservation. This makes it difficult for impoverished areas to…
Chemistry
The primary focus of this research is to identify and utilize a cost-effective pathway to synthesize 3,5-disubstituted delta-2-isoxazoline with consistently high percentage yields. 3,5-disub…