Organic Chemicals

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A laboratory batch reactor test for assessing nonspeciated volatile organic compound biodegradation in activated sludge. 
  • Actin-related protein2/3 complex regulates tight junctions and terminal differentiation to promote epidermal barrier formation. 
  • Air concentrations of VOCs in portable and traditional classrooms: results of a pilot study in Los Angeles County. 
  • Analytic gradients, geometry optimization and excited state potential energy surfaces from the particle-particle random phase approximation. 
  • Bottlenose dolphins as indicators of persistent organic pollutants in the western North Atlantic Ocean and northern Gulf of Mexico. 
  • Brain natriuretic peptide improves long-term functional recovery after acute CNS injury in mice. 
  • Cell cycle analysis of budding yeast using SYTOX Green. 
  • Characterization of Adipogenic Chemicals in Three Different Cell Culture Systems: Implications for Reproducibility Based on Cell Source and Handling. 
  • Comparison of electrokinetic properties of colloidal fullerenes (n-C60) formed using two procedures. 
  • Concentrations and source characteristics of airborne carbonyl compounds measured outside urban residences. 
  • Conversion of an immunogenic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope synthetic peptide to a tolerogen in chimpanzees by the fusogenic domain of HIV gp41 envelope protein. 
  • Correlations between water-soluble organic aerosol and water vapor: a synergistic effect from biogenic emissions? 
  • Design of supramolecular amino acids to template peptide folding. 
  • Detection of allelic variations of human gene expression by polymerase colonies. 
  • Disruption of the blood-brain barrier and neuronal cell death in cingulate cortex, dentate gyrus, thalamus, and hypothalamus in a rat model of Gulf-War syndrome. 
  • Effective treatment of models of multiple sclerosis by matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors. 
  • Effects of reduced mitochondrial DNA content on secondary mitochondrial toxicant exposure in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities. 
  • Evidence for high molecular weight nitrogen-containing organic salts in urban aerosols. 
  • Fine organic particulate matter dominates indoor-generated PM2.5 in RIOPA homes. 
  • Flexible organic electronics for use in neural sensing. 
  • Folate-targeted pH-responsive calcium zoledronate nanoscale metal-organic frameworks: Turning a bone antiresorptive agent into an anticancer therapeutic. 
  • Health effects of a mixture of indoor air volatile organics, their ozone oxidation products, and stress. 
  • Imaging auditory representations of song and syllables in populations of sensorimotor neurons essential to vocal communication. 
  • Influence of ambient (outdoor) sources on residential indoor and personal PM2.5 concentrations: analyses of RIOPA data. 
  • Influence of natural organic matter on transport and retention of polymer coated silver nanoparticles in porous media. 
  • Influence of sediment-amendment with single-walled carbon nanotubes and diesel soot on bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic contaminants by benthic invertebrates. 
  • Invasive species' leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta-analysis. 
  • Lipid adjustment for chemical exposures: accounting for concomitant variables. 
  • Mass transfer in the dissolution of a multicomponent liquid droplet in an immiscible liquid environment. 
  • MeCP2 reinforces STAT3 signaling and the generation of effector CD4+ T cells by promoting miR-124-mediated suppression of SOCS5. 
  • Multicomponent patterning of indium tin oxide. 
  • Nanoscale metal-organic matter interactions. 
  • Nasal effects of a mixture of volatile organic compounds and their ozone oxidation products. 
  • Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania. 
  • Negative affect and chemical intolerance as risk factors for building-related symptoms: a controlled exposure study. 
  • Ozone and limonene in indoor air: a source of submicron particle exposure. 
  • Ozone-initiated reactions with mixtures of volatile organic compounds under simulated indoor conditions. 
  • Precipitation and growth of zinc sulfide nanoparticles in the presence of thiol-containing natural organic ligands. 
  • Processes of particle deposition in membrane operation and fabrication. 
  • Randomized phase III study of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor BMS-275291 in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: National Cancer Institute of Canada-Clinical Trials Group Study BR.18. 
  • Reduction of wound angiogenesis in patients treated with BMS-275291, a broad spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. 
  • Relationship of Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA) study: study design, methods and quality assurance/control results. 
  • Relationships of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air (RIOPA). Part I. Collection methods and descriptive analyses. 
  • Release of DNA from dead and dying lymphocyte and monocyte cell lines in vitro. 
  • Simultaneous optical recording of evoked and spontaneous transients of membrane potential and intracellular calcium concentration with high spatio-temporal resolution. 
  • Simultaneous optical recording of membrane potential and intracellular calcium from brain slices. 
  • Size-controlled dissolution of organic-coated silver nanoparticles. 
  • Spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inferred from stable isotopes and priority organic pollutants. 
  • The carbon bonus of organic nitrogen enhances nitrogen use efficiency of plants. 
  • The expression of plasma nucleosomes in mice undergoing in vivo apoptosis. 
  • The toxicology of climate change: environmental contaminants in a warming world. 
  • The use of fluorometric assays to assess the immune response to DNA in murine systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Two extended structures constructed from sandwich-type polyoxometalates functionalized by organic amines. 
  • Use of SYTO 13, a fluorescent dye binding nucleic acids, for the detection of microparticles in in vitro systems. 
  • Watershed urbanization alters the composition and function of stream bacterial communities. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Mary Milus Yoh and Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Nowacek, Douglas, Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Associate Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Duke University Energy Initiative
  • Soderling, Scott Haydn, Professor in Cell Biology, Cell Biology