This single center, retrospective observational study covered the period from 2005 through 2012. Liver iron content (LIC) was estimated both by a T2* method and by R2 (Ferriscan VR) technique. Cardiac iron was assessed as cT2*. Forty-two patients (55% male) with transfused thalassemia and at least two MRIs

were included (median age at first MRI, 17.5 y). Over a mean follow-up period of 5.261.9 y, 190 MRIs were performed (median 4.5 per patient). Comparing baseline to last MRI, 63% of patients remained within target ranges for cT2* and LIC, and 13% improved from high values to the target range. Both the median LIC and cT2* (cR2* 51000/ cT2*) status improved over time: LIC 7.3 to 4.5 mg/ g dry weight, P50.0004; cR2* 33.4 to 28.3 Hz, P50.01. Individual responses varied widely. Two patients died of heart failure during the study click here period. Annual MRI iron assessments and availability of oral chelators both facilitate changes in chelation dose and strategies to optimize care. Am. J. Hematol. 89: 684-688, 2014. VC 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.”
“BACKGROUNDDyeing industry

effluent is one of the most problematic waste waters needing to be treated. New adsorption materials, supported ionic find more liquids (SILs), have been successfully applied for dyes separation. RESULTSIn this study, five SILs including two novel SILs were prepared and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTA) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. The new benzothiazolium hexafluorophosphate-supported silica (SiO(2)Bth(+)PF(6)(-)) was screened out as the most effective adsorbent for adsorption of bromophenol blue (BPB), and had excellent see more adsorption and desorption capacity in dynamic adsorption and desorption

experiments. It could be reused easily after elution with 0.01 mol L-1 NaOH. Studies showed that the kinetic data were well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Moreover, the isotherm experiments revealed that the Langmuir model yielded better fitting than the Freundlich model for BPB adsorption. The calculated thermodynamic parameters indicated that the adsorption of BPB was spontaneous and endothermic. CONCLUSIONFive SILs including two novel SILs were prepared and characterized, and their application in the adsorption of BPB was investigated in detail. Among them, SiO(2)Bth(+)PF(6)(-) was found to be the best. This study is expected to be helpful in expanding the type of SILs and their application in the treatment of dyes pollution.(c) 2013 Society of Chemical Industry”
“Aims In this study, a gene that encodes a carboxylesterase (carb) in Penicillium expansum GF was cloned, sequenced and overexpressed by Penicillium griseoroseum PG63, and the enzyme was characterized. Methods and Results The recombinant strain, P.