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physics

by diya sen -
A particle A having a charge 2x10-2C and a mass of 100 g is placed at the bottom of a smooth inclined plane of inclination 300. Where should b the third particle having same charge and mass b placed on the plane so that the particle is in equilibrium ?

Explore the Uses of Formaldehyde

by alan janes -

 

This simple molecule plays an invaluable role in many areas of the economy including the aerospace, automotive and building and construction sectors. It is essential to the workings of the human body and other biological systems and is used in making pill coatings, heart valves and vaccines. Its benefits have been improving our lives for more than a century.

A close look at the stamp below reveals leg braces that were worn by thousands of children and adults who suffered from poliomyelitis until the 1960s. One of the most famous victims of polio was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, who was stricken as an adult and forced to use the type of heavy leg braces that appear in the stamp, although he most often appeared publicly in a wheelchair. Thousands of U.S. and Canadian children and adults did not survive the disease and it still persists today in developing countries.

Formaldehyde played a pivotal role in the defeat of polio by allowing Jonas Salk to pioneer a "killed-virus" vaccine that would immunize without the potential risk of injecting a live virus.

The Formaldehyde Council, Inc. (FCI) was formed by the producers and users of formaldehyde to ensure that accurate information regarding the use of this important compound would be available to the public. FCI supports the scientific evaluation of formaldehyde and formaldehyde-based materials. The organization is dedicated to communicating credible scientific information relating to the uses, benefits and sustainability of those products and the potential risk that may be associated with their manufacture.

Glycoproteins

by alan janes -

Glycoproteins are proteins that contain covalently attached sugar residues. The hydrophilic and polar characteristics of sugars may dramatically change the chemical characteristics of the protein to which they are attached. The addition of sugars is often required for a glycoprotein to function properly and reach its ultimate destination in the cell or organism. Glycoproteins are frequently present at the surface of cells where they function as membrane proteins or as part of the extracellular matrix. These cell surface glycoproteins play a critical role in cell–cell interactions and the mechanisms of infection by bacteria and viruses.

There are three types of glycoproteins based on their structure and the mechanism of synthesis: N-linked glycoproteins, O-linked glycoproteins, and nonenzymatic glycosylated glycoproteins.

N-linked glycoproteins are synthesized and modified within two membrane-bound organelles in the cell, the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. The protein component of the glycoprotein is assembled on the surface of the rough endoplasmic reticulum by the sequential addition of amino acids, creating a linear polymer of amino acids called a polypeptide. Twenty different amino acids can be used for the synthesis of polypeptides. The specific order of the amino acids in the polypeptide is critical to its function and is referred to as the amino acid sequence. One of the twenty amino acids used for the synthesis of polypeptides, asparagine (C4H8N2O3), is essential for the synthesis of N-linked glycoproteins.

N-linked glycoproteins have carbohydrates attached to the R side chain of asparagine residues within a polypeptide. The carbohydrate is always located in amino acid sequences, where the asparagine is followed by some other amino acid and then a serine or threonine residue (-Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr). Carbohydrate is not attached to the polypeptide one sugar at a time. Rather, a large preformed carbohydrate containing fourteen or more sugar residues is attached to the asparagine as the protein is being translated in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The carbohydrate on the glycoprotein is then modified by enzymes that remove some sugars and attach others as the newly formed glycoprotein moves from the rough endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus and other locations in the cell. Many N-linked glycoproteins eventually become part of the cell membrane or are secreted by the cell.

O-linked glycoproteins are usually synthesized by the addition of sugar residues to the hydroxyl side chain of serine or threonine residues in polypeptides in the Golgi apparatus. Unlike N-linked glycoproteins, O-linked glycoproteins are synthesized by the addition of a single sugar residue at a time. Many O-linked glycoproteins are secreted by the cell to become a part of the extracellular matrix that surrounds it.

Nonenzymatic glycosylation or glycation creates glycoproteins by the chemical addition of sugars to polypeptides. Since this type of glycosylation is nonenzymatic, the factors that control glycosylation are simply time and the concentration of sugar. Older proteins are more glycosylated, and people with higher circulating levels of glucose experience higher levels of nonenzymatic glycosylation. This is the basis of the glycosylated hemoglobin A1c diagnostic test used for the monitoring and long-term maintenance of blood sugar levels in diabetics.

mathematics

by krishna avasarala -
the function f(x)=(x/(ex-1))+(x/2)+1 is
(a) even (b)periodic (c) odd (d) neither even nor odd



plz give the solution to this

series

by Aashwin Gaur -

what is the value of

1/1*2*3    +  1/2*3*4    +  1/3*4*5 ........and so on..

will it be done by method of difference

Einstein's Quote

by Tarun Valecha -
What did Einstein mean when he said -
"The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible"

question concept for kinematics

by ashish tanwar -
(1) what are the direction of acceleration with respect to velocity?
(2) what does any line or a curve in the 2,3 ,4 quadrant means for a position time graph?