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[Editorials] CSF Serine Enantiomers and Glycine in the Study of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders
Hashimoto, K. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Editorials] Saliva Analysis for Monitoring Dialysis and Renal Function
Nagler, R. M. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Editorials] Coffee Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease: Paradoxical Effects on Biological Risk Factors versus Disease Incidence
van Dam, R. M. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Perspective] Evaluating New Diagnostic Technologies: Perspectives in the UK and US
Price, C. P., Christenson, R. H. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Mini-Review] Defining a Role for Novel Biomarkers in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Bonaca, M. P., Morrow, D. A. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Background: Biomarkers play a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease. Active investigation has brought forward an increasingly large number of novel candidate markers; however, few of these markers have yet to be incorporated into routine clinical use. Content: This review discusses biomarkers currently used in the setting of acute coronary syndromes. In this context, we assess the contemporary unmet needs for novel biomarkers in acute ischemic heart disease and the related challenges faced in developing new biomarkers to the point of integration into clinical practice. In particular, we address the impact of the availability of increasingly sensitive biomarkers of myocardial necrosis on the potential roles for novel biomarkers of inflammation, thrombosis, and ischemia. Summary: Although active investigation has produced a growing list of candidate novel biomarkers for the care of patients with cardiovascular disease, it has become increasingly challenging to find appreciable incremental clinical benefit for their addition to existing markers, in particular newer, more analytically sensitive cardiac troponin assays. A major challenge for researchers and clinicians will be to demonstrate whether candidate novel markers are useful in improving diagnosis and guiding clinical treatment.
[Review] Key Issues in the Developing Synergism between Cardiovascular Imaging and Biomarkers
Jaffe, A. S. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Background: Sophisticated methods of cardiac imaging have the potential to revolutionize the care of patients with cardiovascular disease. The benefits of these state-of-the art imaging techniques can be enhanced by their use in combination with new cardiac biomarkers. This review addresses potentially useful interactions between imaging and biomarkers. Content: Areas were defined in which the combined use of novel imaging techniques and biomarkers would be most beneficial. This review addresses multiple cardiovascular conditions for which the useful aspects of imaging and biomarkers are likely to be positively synergistic, including acute and chronic ischemic heart disease, heart failure, myocarditis, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. Conclusions: The synergistic use of imaging techniques and biomarkers will enhance the investigation of many key issues and questions and will be an important resource in the future.

 

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Particle Systems Characterization Book - Measurement and Description of Particle Properties and Behavior in Powders and Other Disperse Systems.

500 A list at Ohio Supercomputer Centre - Links to pages which may be of interest to computational chemists.

Ab initio Investigation of Water Clusters - A site related to the ab initio investigations of water clusters (H2O)n, n=2-20, to study Structure and Stability. The research publication abstract and structures of lowest energy conformers are also available.
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An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - Answers the questions, 1. What is a Wave Function? and 2. What is an Orbital?

Center for Nonlinear Science at Portland State University - Portland, Oregon. Research interests include chemical dynamics, chemical instabilities, chemical chaos, biological and biophysical chemistry, and some environmental chemistry.

Dr. Aiko Huckauf's Homepage - Homepage of Dr. Aiko Huckauf - Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jäger's Laboratory for the study of intermolecular interactions.
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European Physical Society - Online version, prizes, and publication links.

Gas Research Institute - University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, The University of Texas at Austin, and SRI International provides reaction mechanism and thermochemical data of selected small molecules (e.g. 1-3 heavy atoms) and radicals, e.g. CN(g). Also input files for the Sandia National Laboratory Chemkin-II programs.

High Temperature Aqueous Chemistry - Theory and molecular simulation of aqueous electrolytes systems at extreme conditions of chemical, geochemical, and environmental interest.

International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena - Eighth International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena.

IUPAC Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (SSED) - Authoritative texts on various aspects of solubilities, such as Chemicals in the Atmosphere

Lanthanide Luminescence - Research on lanthanide luminescence, chemiluminescence and coordination chemistry.
Meta Description: [ Luminescence of Metal Complexes ]

Mathcad Documents for Physical Chemistry - Links to Mathcad files, Adobe Acrobat files, and pointers to other sources of Mathcad documents on many topical areas within Physical Chemistry.

Mathtrek Systems - EQS4WIN - PC-Windows software to assist in the calculation of equilibrium concentrations for five compounds and two elements (demonstration version.) Both Contains the JANAF thermochemical database. Also links to related tutorials.
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Nuclear Data Dissemination Home Page - Wide variety of information relating to nuclear structure and decay.

Physical Chemistry 1, Lund University - Description of research at the division of Physical Chemistry 1. Areas of research include surface and colloid science.
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Physics/Chemistry Arena - This Arena is aimed at providing those of you in the academic and professional communities a 'one-stop shop' for all your Physics Chemistry needs. Whether you are an researcher, professional, or student, we are sure there will be something of interest for you.

Rate Increase in Chemical Reaction and its Variance under Turbulent Equilibrium - By Shunichi Tsuge. An abstract of the paper. Full paper available for download.
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Science on High-Energy Lasers - An overview of science performed with high energy lasers, including five scientific areas (astrophysics and space physics, hydrodynamics, material properties, plasma physics, radiation sources, and radiative properties).

Shuffled Cards, Messy Desks, and Disorderly Dorm Rooms - Critical review of popular use of the concept of entropy, in the Journal of Chemical Education.

Table of the Nuclides - Map of all known nuclides. Horizontal rows representing one element; with colored dots indicating the known isotopes of that element. A vertical column represents the nuclides with same neutron numbers.

404 Tensiometer Description and Theory - Description of tensiometers and introductory theory of surface tension.
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The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Chemical Physics - Interests can be broadly classified into five general areas: energy deposition, surface science, biological applications, properties of condensed matter and properties of isolated atoms and molecules.

The Spherical Harmonics Gallery Page - Graphical presentation of spherical harmonics. (A spherical harmonic is a single-valued, continuous, bounded, complex function that play an important role in quantum mechanics as the eigenfunctions of certain angular momentum operators.)
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Water Structure and Behavior - A scientific site concerned with the structure, behavior and properties of water and hydration.
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Workshop in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics - Workshop consisting of 16 lectures over a period of 5 days. Also 16 tutorials for discussion and problem solving. Lecture notes available for download.