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Alpha Synuclein: A Therapeutic Target And Biomarker For Parkinson’S Disease, Max Chase
Alpha Synuclein: A Therapeutic Target And Biomarker For Parkinson’S Disease, Max Chase
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s Disease, and the most common motor disorder. In fact, nearly a third of those with AD have PD. A major hallmark of PD is the appearance of Lewy Bodies, proteinaceous cytoplasm inclusions, that build up and spread throughout the CNS in a prion like fashion. The major component of these Lewy Bodies is a protein called alpha-synuclein. Alpha-syn is a 14kDa protein made of 140 amino acids and found in the presynaptic ends of CNS neurons, acting as a chaperone and regulator. The protein is also found in the …
New Effects Of Aging And Lattice Intercalation On Surface Properties Of Titanate Nanobelts, Roger Williams
New Effects Of Aging And Lattice Intercalation On Surface Properties Of Titanate Nanobelts, Roger Williams
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Titanate nanobelts (NBs) have structural characteristics beyond that of clays. Due to a negatively charged lattice matrix of edge-shared TiO6-octahedra, the location of intercalated cations within the interlayer space may dictate the charge-conductions. This environment may in turn govern the lattice-framework's stability and surface properties, based upon our preliminary
data.
On that basis, these nanomaterials have been found in our lab to possess superb biological compatibility that is closely related to the types of the intercalated cations. In addition, a prolonged agitation was proven to enable us to manipulate the titanate NBs' length. In a parallel study, a ripening was …
Surface And Sructure Investigations Of Membrane Electrode Assembly In Dmfc Lifetime Testing~*, Chengxuan Chengxuan, Cheng Peng, Meng-Di You, Jing Liu, Ying Zhang
Surface And Sructure Investigations Of Membrane Electrode Assembly In Dmfc Lifetime Testing~*, Chengxuan Chengxuan, Cheng Peng, Meng-Di You, Jing Liu, Ying Zhang
Journal of Electrochemistry
The lifetime and performance of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) were investigatedto understand the correlation between thestructure of catalysts /membrane and cell performanceversus time.The cell polarization and performance curves were obtained during the DMFC operation with the time.The catalysts and Nafion~ membrane of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) from the lifetime test were comprehensively examined by XRD, HRTEM, FTIRand Raman spectroscope techniques.The results revealed that there was significant performance degradation during the first 200 hours operation; while the degradation was slowing down between 200 and 704hours operation.The degradation became worse after 1 002 h operation.The increases of the catalyst …