• We applied CAL as an energy-donor substrate for a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) system with click beetle red luciferase (CBRluc), a mutant of firefly luciferase, as the energy-donor enzyme and yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) as the energy-acceptor fluorophore, and obtained a clearly bimodal bioluminescence spectrum. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Here, we present an adaptation of the bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based assay to specifically monitor activity of Gα12 in living cells. (nih.gov)
  • In this process the methyl group is transferred from one compound to other. (preservearticles.com)
  • The methyl group of sarcosine is not essential but does contribute to binding affinity. (rcsb.org)
  • This enzyme is needed to convert homocysteine to methionine involving the transfer of a methyl group. (medscape.com)
  • Methionine, in turn, is required for the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a methyl group donor used in many biological methylation reactions, including the methylation of sites in DNA and RNA. (medscape.com)
  • In continuation of our studies with these molecules, different donor and acceptor moieties will be attached to cryptands and acyclic molecules as well. (iitk.ac.in)
  • Such excited state equilibration is attainable by intramolecular charge transfer within systems containing spatially separated donor and acceptor moieties. (uhasselt.be)
  • The future of clean green solar power may well hinge on scientists being able to unravel the mysteries of photosynthesis, the process by which green plants convert sunlight into electrochemical energy. (lbl.gov)
  • Previous experiments led by Graham Fleming, a physical chemist holding joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, pointed to quantum mechanical effects as the key to the ability of green plants, through photosynthesis, to almost instantaneously transfer solar energy from molecules in light harvesting complexes to molecules in electrochemical reaction centers. (lbl.gov)
  • Recently, the DSOS group has broadened its research activities towards organic electrochemical transistors. (uhasselt.be)
  • For the efficiency of solar energy harnessing and better electron transport systems, uniquely assembled nanostructures of ZnO , TiO 2 , and an acceptor/donor energy system were fabricated using electrochemical approaches. (confex.com)
  • These structures were then investigated for electron transfer using characterization methods such as: SEM, TEM, XRD, and electrochemical potentiostat methods. (confex.com)
  • The synthesis of these HTMs follows the push-and-pull approach to modulate the HOMO energy level by combining the BT group as an electron acceptor and diphenyl- and triphenyl-amines as electron donors. (iciq.org)
  • This work introduces a linearly aligned push-pull design principle that reaches from the ligand having nitrogen-based electron donors, over the Fe(ii) centre, to the ligand having an electron withdrawing carboxylic acid anchor group. (lu.se)
  • In addition, EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) as electron donors, also known as sacrificial agents. (alfa-chemistry.com)
  • Enzymes that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to an acceptor molecule, typically an alpha-ketoacid. (cdghub.com)
  • Transamination is the process which brings about the transfer of aminogroup from donor amino acid to a recipient keto-acid under the influence of transaminase. (preservearticles.com)
  • Thus the donor amino acid becomes keto-acid and keto-acid becomes the amino acid. (preservearticles.com)
  • It is a process by which COOH group leaves a primary amine as CO and is probably not an important pathway of amino acid metabolism. (preservearticles.com)
  • By site-specifically incorporating an unnatural amino-acid (UAA) and developing a protocol for its selective labeling using strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition, we measured single-molecule FRET (smFRET) between an acceptor in the tWH and a donor in DNA. (oist.jp)
  • Based on the experimental results, researchers have proposed several categories of signalling mechanisms for fluoride chemosensor, such as photo-induced electron transfer (PET), intramolecular charge transfer (ICT), excimer and exciplex formation, metal ligand charge transfer (MLCT), excited-state intramolecular proton transfer etc. [13-16]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Among them, it is possible to identify excited-state intramolecular proton transfer, 2 aggregate formation, and conformational change to induce simultaneous locally excited and charge-transfer luminescence 3 including the combination of monomer and excimer emission, 4 stimulation of dual fluorescence and phosphorescence. (rsc.org)
  • Investors" become even wealthier, as billions of dollars are transferred annually to environmentalists, scientists, politicians, bureaucrats and crony-corporatists in Renewable Energy & Climate Crisis, Inc . The alleged "urgency" of replacing fossil fuels with "eco-friendly renewable energy" (to prevent catastrophic manmade climate change) drives and excuses operations that define or barely skirt "corrupt practices. (townhall.com)
  • Picture the multi trillions required to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2027 and a "100% carbon-free economy" by 2050. (townhall.com)
  • The results of this study hold implications not only for the development of artificial photosynthesis systems as a renewable non-polluting source of electrical energy, but also for the future development of quantum-based technologies in areas such as computing - a quantum computer could perform certain operations thousands of times faster than any conventional computer. (lbl.gov)
  • These organic thin-film photovoltaics have demonstrated strong potential as an innovative source of renewable energy, adding appealing features to classical solar cell technology, in particular in terms of architectural freedom (flexibility, reduced weight, color, semitransparency), low-light performance, and low-cost (high-throughput) large-area production. (uhasselt.be)
  • Reframing the goal of a temperature increase below 2°C as a flexible and dynamic investment signal for renewable energy (RE) now paves the way towards a joint undertaking that might eventually close the North-South gap of global climate policy-making. (fona.de)
  • By leveraging the unique properties of these microorganisms along with nanomaterials, the system has the potential to replace current approaches that derive hydrogen from fossil fuels, revolutionizing the way hydrogen fuel is produced and unlocking a powerful source of renewable energy. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Solar energy conversion has been drawn a great interest in our scientific community due to the demand for renewable energy. (confex.com)
  • Conventionally the fluorescence spectrum shows the intensity of fluorescence at different wavelengths, but since lanthanides have relatively long fluorescence decay times (ranging from one microsecond to one millisecond), it is possible to record the fluorescence emission at different decay times from the given excitation energy at time zero. (wikipedia.org)
  • After cleavage of the peptide bound by LasB the fluorescent donor group cannot transfer the energy to the quenching acceptor group resulting in a high fluorescence signal which is directly related to the enzymatic activity. (bmglabtech.com)
  • These compounds demonstrate intense fluorescence, which originates from the bipolar donor-π-acceptor systems of coordinated phosphines with negligible contribution from the epbpy fragment. (rsc.org)
  • We deployed fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to probe Rpc34 tWH in a transcribing Pol III. (oist.jp)
  • Krauss's group and Bren's group have been working for about a decade to develop an efficient system that employs artificial photosynthesis and utilizes semiconductor nanocrystals for light absorbers and catalysts. (scitechdaily.com)
  • One challenge the researchers faced was figuring out a source of electrons and efficiently transferring the electrons from the electron donor to the nanocrystals. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Where the left could stumble - particularly the far left - is with a lack of cooperation with big-money donors and organizations. (fivethirtyeight.com)
  • Unlike most other SRH products, the MH market in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia is driven primarily by consumer purchases, with limited bulk procurement by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, and/or donors. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Utah, one of the four states that allow unlimited contributions by corporations and labor unions to PACs, is unique in having more individuals among its big donors than corporations, trade associations, labor groups and other organizations. (sunlightfoundation.com)
  • In this kinetic assay, agonist-induced release of Venus-tagged Gβγ subunits from Gα12 is followed in real time using nano-luciferase (Nluc)-tagged BRET donor. (nih.gov)
  • They then transfer that into a donor egg or embryo that still has its healthy mitochondria but has had the rest of its key DNA removed. (straitstimes.com)
  • The fertilized embryo is then transferred into the womb of the mother. (straitstimes.com)
  • British law forbids altering a human egg or an embryo before transferring it into a woman, so such treatments are currently only allowed for research. (straitstimes.com)
  • The technique involves transferring genetic material from the nucleus of an egg or embryo from a woman carrying a mitochondrial disease into an egg or embryo from a healthy donor that has had its nuclear DNA removed, but where the healthy mitochondria remain. (medscape.com)
  • The resulting embryo has the nuclear DNA of the mother and father, including their physical characteristics and traits, but the healthy mitochondrial DNA of the donor. (medscape.com)
  • Besides, it can undergo conformational changes to enable partial movement of one of the side arms with respect to another, which changes the distance and the orientation of the fluorophores with respect to one another, with implications on the energy/charge transfer efficiency. (iitk.ac.in)
  • Green plants and certain bacteria are able to transfer the energy harvested from sunlight through a network of light harvesting pigment-protein complexes and into reaction centers with nearly 100-percent efficiency. (lbl.gov)
  • In this respect, the DSOS group addresses all three parts of the 'photovoltaic triangle', i.e. efficiency, stability, and cost, with dedicated (Ph.D.) research projects, pursuing the rationalization of structure-property relations. (uhasselt.be)
  • X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry are applied to analyze the extent of π-conjugation and the efficiency of particular donor-acceptor conjugation path in these new compounds. (beilstein-journals.org)
  • Four hole transport materials (HTMs) based on a benzothiadiazole (BT) central core have been synthesized and successfully employed in triple-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), reaching 18.05% solar to energy conversion efficiency. (iciq.org)
  • The results indicate that the excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) process from N-H group nearby the anthracene moiety. (researchsquare.com)
  • The research activities of the DSOS group are oriented on the development of synthetic routes for novel organic semiconductors - conjugated polymers as well as small molecules - and their implementation in organic electronics and advanced healthcare. (uhasselt.be)
  • Fundamental studies of photoelectrochemical processes in complex materials, including photophysics and photochemistry of light-harvesting and light-emitting molecules, as well as energy and electron transfer processes in supramolecular systems and molecular-semiconductor hybrid nanomaterials. (lu.se)
  • The natural bond orbital analysis gives the net electron transfer from the donor to acceptor. (bvsalud.org)
  • The natural bond orbital analyses show the second perturbation energy for donor-acceptor interaction of F - with hydrogen is more than 300 kcal/mol at the excited state of receptor-fluoride complex, which indicates the strong single bond between fluoride and hydrogen atom. (researchsquare.com)
  • Methionine synthase that requires cofactor methyl-Clb is important for one carbon transfer and is a key enzyme in the methionine cycle. (medscape.com)
  • A new generation of octahedral iron(ii)-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes, employing different tridentate C^N^C ligands, has been designed and synthesized as earth-abundant photosensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and related solar energy conversion applications. (lu.se)
  • Therefore it is the ultrafast recombination down to fs-timescales, between the oxidized dye and the injected electron, that remains as one of the main bottlenecks to be targeted for achieving further improved solar energy conversion efficiencies in future work. (lu.se)
  • The necessary steps to improve solar energy conversion, including photovoltaics and water splitting, are solar energy harnessing, charge separations, and catalytic reactions. (confex.com)
  • Against the backdrop of this global transformation the research group GLOCALPOWER analyzes glocal energy transitions from the perspectives of global/local environmental governance and international political economy of energy, both on a global level (with regard to global green finance and the international donor community) and on a local level through case studies in Ghana, South Africa, and Zambia. (fona.de)
  • 2) the design, appropriateness and impact of political toolsets for managing an energy transition on a glocal level, such as feed-in tariffs, risk mitigation tools or forms of capacity building and stakeholder trainings, and (3) the impact of glocal transition networks and stakeholders as political catalysts in the context of postcolonial environmental governance. (fona.de)
  • As climate change unleashed blistering heat , toxic air quality , and deadly floods on millions of Americans this year, congressional Republicans' two super PACs raked in nearly $4 million from fossil fuel donors, according to new federal election filings reviewed by The Lever . (counterpoint.org)
  • A small portion of Donors Trust's funding was recently revealed by the Center for Public Integrity , yet even that small portion has significant ties to the Koch brothers and other fossil fuel interests. (blogspot.com)
  • Most of the current systems, however, rely on fossil fuels during the production process or don't have an efficient way to transfer electrons. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The schematic on the left shows the absorption of light by a light harvesting complex and the transport of the resulting excitation energy to the reaction center through the FMO protein. (lbl.gov)
  • In essence, light energy is converted into chemical energy that fuels the organism. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Molecular and materials predictions of emerging solar energy technologies including Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs), Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs), nanoscale energy converters, Light-emitting materials, as well as Solar Fuels including Artificial Photosynthesis. (lu.se)
  • The energy allows the catalyst to combine the provided electrons together with protons from the surrounding water to produce hydrogen gas. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The currently employed photogenerated hydrogen systems mainly consist of two components: catalyst and electron donor. (alfa-chemistry.com)
  • The results of computational molecular docking analysis indicated that the interaction energy between cordycepin and NAD+‑dependent DNA ligase (LigA) was lower than that between cordycepin and other common antibacterial targets. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • Steady-state UV/Vis absorption and emission studies suggest an energy transfer from the yellow and red donors to the blue acceptor. (univie.ac.at)
  • The optimized geometry, highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level, and absorption spectra were calculated. (bvsalud.org)
  • Experimental absorption and emission spectra were well reproduced by the calculated vertical excitation energies. (researchsquare.com)
  • A combination of spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and quantum chemical calculations demonstrate the improved molecular excited state properties in terms of a broader absorption spectrum compared to the reference complex, as well as directional charge-transfer displacement of the lowest excited state towards the semiconductor substrate in accordance with the push-pull design. (lu.se)
  • Of the roughly 12,325 state PACs in the 23 states examined, only about 1,200 of them received $5,000 or more in contributions from out-of-state donors. (sunlightfoundation.com)
  • While the vast majority of money donated to PACs in each state came from that state's residents, companies and labor unions, one notable exception included the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington, D.C.-based trade group headed until recently by former Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La. PhRMA contributed to committees in Alabama and Florida. (sunlightfoundation.com)
  • It's more cost effective to keep the donors an organization has than chase new ones. (networkforgood.com)
  • In your experience, what do donors want most from an organization? (networkforgood.com)
  • Cordycepin ( Fig. 1A ) with the molecular formula C 10 H 13 N 5 O 3 has been demonstrated to have various bio-activities, including anticancer ( 4 - 7 ), antibacterial ( 8 ), antiviral ( 9 , 10 ) and immune regulation activities ( 11 ) and has became a topic of interest to various research groups. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • The direction of electron flow in molecular optoelectronic devices is dictated by charge transfer between a molecular excited state and an underlying conductor or semiconductor. (osti.gov)
  • The energy absorbed by the organic receptor (ligand) is transferred onto Ln(III) excited states, and sharp emission bands originating from the metal ion are detected after rapid internal conversion to the emitting level. (wikipedia.org)
  • The energy migration path though goes through the long-lived triplet state of the ligand. (wikipedia.org)
  • The carboxyl group of sarcosine is essential for binding since none is observed with simple amines. (rcsb.org)
  • British tabloids jumped on the procedure when it was first announced in 2008 and labeled it the creation of a three-parent baby - the mother, the donor and the father - a charge scientists claim is inaccurate because the amount of DNA from the donor egg is insignificant. (straitstimes.com)
  • The project also involves one group of researchers from Uppsala University. (lu.se)
  • The new techniques help women with faulty mitochondria, the energy source in a cell, from passing on to their babies defects that can result in such diseases as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, heart problems and mental retardation. (straitstimes.com)
  • The sensing mechanism of ATSC receptor was also investigate to evaluate the effect of aromatic group in sensing process. (researchsquare.com)
  • In systems containing more than one type of fluorophores substantial energy/charge transfer can take place depending upon the nature of the fluorophores. (iitk.ac.in)
  • Here we are talking about radically and fundamentally dismantling the energy system that powers the American free enterprise, transportation, communication and healthcare systems … replacing it with expensive, subsidized, unreliable, land-hungry wind, solar and biofuel energy - and using vindictive government power to bankrupt and impoverish disfavored factions, while enriching favored allies. (townhall.com)
  • Many wealthy donors and foundations that bankroll these operations also have venture capital firms that invest in "green" energy companies which benefit from the laws, policies, regulations and lawsuits - and from government contracts, grants, guaranteed loans, subsidies, feed-in tariffs, and mandates for energy systems, ethanol blends or wind and solar electricity. (townhall.com)
  • The oligomers synthesized in this way are cross-conjugated systems, in which two conjugation pathways are possible: π-conjugation of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (DMAN) fragments through a butadiyne linker and a donor-acceptor aryl-C≡C-DMAN conjugation path. (beilstein-journals.org)
  • These systems are typically submerged in water, and a light source provides energy to the light absorber. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Nature always inspires us to mimic natural photosynthetic systems such as, Purple photosynthetic bacteria, revealing a new light harvesting protein with efficient channels for energy and electron transport. (confex.com)
  • This study focuses on developing artificial photosynthetic systems for understanding the fundamentals of energy transfer, and electron transport in both water splitting, and photovoltaic devices with uniquely designed nanostructures. (confex.com)
  • Lanthanides are metal ions which have their 4f energy level filled and generally refer to elements cerium to lutetium in the periodic table. (wikipedia.org)
  • The energies of these levels are well defined due to the shielding of the 4f orbitals by the filled 5s and 5p sub-shells, and are not very sensitive to the chemical environments in which the lanthanide ions are inserted. (wikipedia.org)
  • Incomplete energy transfer from L1-L3 to lanthanide ions, which are primarily sensitized by diketonate ligands, leads to dual luminescence. (rsc.org)
  • Our group is mainly focusing on material synthesis, with a particular emphasis on structural purity and profound material characterization, and possesses all synthesis and characterization facilities to be competitive on an international level. (uhasselt.be)
  • Diminished methionine synthase leads to the "folate trap" in which 5-methyl-THF accumulates and cannot serve as a methyl donor and cannot be converted to the THF needed for methionine synthesis (ie, biological dead end). (medscape.com)
  • An N-linked CDG caused by defects in the assembly and transfer of oligosaccharide to an asparagine residue on a protein. (cdghub.com)
  • Protein metabolism refers to all enzymatically catalyzed chemical reacting taking place within an organism or its individual cells involved in growth reproduction, tissue repair and energy production. (preservearticles.com)
  • Such buried ionizable groups destabilize the protein and may trigger conformational changes in response to pH variations. (lu.se)
  • Because a uniform dielectric ionizable group in a protein relative to the pKa value of the continuum model is a very crude description of the highly same group in a small reference molecule in dilute aqueous heterogeneous protein interior, the dielectric coefficient, eP, solution. (lu.se)
  • Based on this finding we concluded that OPDs have the potential to be a useful technology up to 2 μm, given that high external quantum efficiencies can be maintained at these low photon energies. (uhasselt.be)
  • Embedded into the broader framework of a 'great global transformation', the prospect of decarbonisation will hopefully serve as a very concrete agenda for an energy transition that is not only efficient and comprehensive, but also inclusive and fair, insofar as it creates a dynamics that ensures a fair participation and distribution of RE around the globe. (fona.de)
  • The IRS targeting conservative groups, Clinton Foundation and email scandals, FBI pseudo-investigations and whitewashing, bureaucrats imposing $1.9 trillion in economy-crushing regulations that ruin families and communities - with virtually no one ever held accountable. (townhall.com)
  • As the investigators reveal, the billionaires' green network transfers millions of dollars from individual, corporate and "charitable foundation" donors … through tax-exempt "educational" nonprofits that do not have to disclose donor names … to activist and pressure groups that work to influence elections, legislation, regulations, legal actions and public perceptions on energy and environmental issues. (townhall.com)
  • Donors Trust enables donors to give anonymously, noting on its website that if you "wish to keep your charitable giving private, especially gifts funding sensitive or controversial issues," you can use it to direct your money. (blogspot.com)
  • Most terpene synthase reactions follow Markovnikov rules for formation of high-energy carbenium ion intermediates. (bvsalud.org)
  • A cryptand as a platform is attractive for studying energy/charge transfer because it allows sequential addition of different fluorophores. (iitk.ac.in)
  • Iverson and others demonstrated that charge transfer and π - π stacking interactions between a colourless guest and electron rich aromatic rings produce coloured donor-acceptor complexes [22]. (researchsquare.com)
  • Due to the charge transfer characteristic of the excited state, Au1-Au3 reveal significant emission solvatochromism (particularly discernible for Au2 , 428 nm in cyclohexane → 580 nm in acetonitrile). (rsc.org)
  • On nanocrystalline, degenerately doped indium tin oxide electrodes, the dyad exhibits distinct frequency-dependent, charge-transfer characters. (osti.gov)
  • Charge-transfer complexes are formed with MSOX and CH(3)XCH(2)CO(2)(-) when X = S, Se, or Te. (rcsb.org)
  • An excellent linear correlation is observed between the energy of the charge transfer bands and the one-electron reduction potentials of the ligands. (rcsb.org)
  • Although L-proline is a poor substrate, aromatic heterocyclic carboxylates containing a five-membered ring and various heteroatoms (X = NH, O, S) are good ligands (K(d, X=NH) = 1.37 mM) and form charge-transfer complexes with MSOX. (rcsb.org)
  • The designed sensitizers consist of 10-Hexylphenoxazine as electron donor and cyanoacrylic acid as an acceptor, connected by the Thiophene and Cyanovinyl π-spacers configurations with symmetrical and asymmetrical form. (bvsalud.org)
  • A wide variety of applications was proposed for graphdiynes (2D allotropes of graphene), including electrocatalysts and energy devices, which exploit the carbon-rich nature, porous framework, and expanded π-electron system of these compounds [11] . (beilstein-journals.org)
  • These methyl groups may be used in the formation of choline, creatine and other important compounds. (preservearticles.com)
  • Also co-authoring this paper was Akihito Ishizaki in Fleming's research group. (lbl.gov)
  • In 2007, Fleming and his research group reported the first direct evidence that this essentially instantaneous energy transfer was made possible by a remarkably long-lived, wavelike electronic quantum coherence. (lbl.gov)
  • Dr. Calero-Bernal is a postdoctoral researcher at the Saluvet Research Group of the Complutense University, Madrid. (cdc.gov)
  • The organic structures in light harvesting complexes and their synthetic mimics could also serve as useful components of quantum computers or other quantum-enhanced devices, such as wires for the transfer of information. (lbl.gov)
  • Over the past 12 years, the DSOS group has been active in the field of organic/polymer solar cells. (uhasselt.be)
  • Here we show that despite adjusting the HOMO energy level to that of the perovskite is a believed requisite to achieve efficient interfacial hole transfer, additional factors must be taken into account to design novel and efficient HTMs, such as a high hole mobility, solubility in organic solvents, and thermal stability. (iciq.org)
  • Nowadays, we mainly focus on truly transparent OPVs, indoor OPVs, and the implementation of continuous flow chemistry to improve material and device reproducibility, in strong collaboration with the Vandewal group at imo-imomec. (uhasselt.be)
  • To further elaborate on the fundamentals defining these limitations, we now focus on the influence of specific material imperfections on the material properties and device performance, in close collaboration with the Vandewal group at imo-imomec. (uhasselt.be)
  • http://www.teokem.lu.se/people/seniors/persson/) from the Division of Theoretical Chemistry at Lund University, and will be conducted in collaboration with experimental groups at the Chemistry Department at Lund University including the groups of Prof. Kenneth Wärnmark (coordinating Principal Investigator, CAS), Prof. Arkady Yartsev (Chemical Physics), and Prof. Reine Wallenberg (CAS). (lu.se)
  • In this report, documents as project evaluations and descriptions of the term "Northerners" is used to refer to donors and current S-to-S collaboration activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Megaloblastosis describes a heterogeneous group of disorders that share common morphologic characteristics: large cells with an arrest in nuclear maturation. (medscape.com)
  • The initiation of a worldwide, internationally binding climate agreement serves as a wake-up call for a rapid transformation of the energy system, especially in African countries. (fona.de)
  • In this context, India called for the UNFCCC to foster collaborative R&D between developing and developed countries and their institutions as was done fifty years back in agriculture in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). (peoplesclimatemovement.net)
  • In its monthly economic report, Tanzania's central bank noted that its current transfer inflows, which comprise donor aid and loans, declined substantially after a group of international donors said in October that they will only pay outstanding pledges of budget support worth nearly $500 million unless the government took appropriate action on graft allegations in the energy sector. (trademarkafrica.com)
  • Notable private-public sector infrastructure projects that have been undertaken in the Kingdom include the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam backed by China's Huaneng Group, the Malaysian-built coal-fired plant operated Cambodia Energy Ltd, and the country's three international airports, developed by French-owned Cambodia Airports. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • A large group of proteins that move substances across a membrane, e.g. as part of nutrient uptake or waste disposal. (cdghub.com)
  • However, in some proteins an ionizable group is embedded in an apolar internal region. (lu.se)
  • All or other nearby charged groups, the pKa shift of a buried pH-dependent properties of proteins are ultimately governed residue is dominated by the large electrostatic self-energy by the electrostatic interactions of ionizable side chains. (lu.se)
  • New colorimetric receptors R1 and R2 with varied positional substitution of a cyano and nitro signaling unit having a hydroxy functionality as the hydrogen bond donor site have been designed, synthesized and characterized by FTIR, 1 H NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. (beilstein-journals.org)
  • Core level spectroscopies can be used as a tool for proton location refinement due to the direct sensitivity of the core electron binding energy to the acceptor-proton distance. (diamond.ac.uk)
  • The most active tea party groups Skocpol encountered held monthly meetings, invited speakers and formed committees to stay informed on what was happening in their state legislatures. (fivethirtyeight.com)