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BT was able to preferentially reduce Au(3+) to Au NPs when placed in contact with an Au(3+)/Pd(2+) mixture, and subsequently, www.selleckchem.com/products/CX-6258.html the formed Au NPs served as in situ seeds for the growth of a Pd shell, resulting in the formation of Au@Pd NPs. Importantly, it is feasible to adjust the morphology of the Pd shell by varying the Pd(2+)/Au(3+) molar ratio. Au@Pd NPs with a spherical Pd shell were formed when the Pd(2+)/Au(3+) molar ratio was 1/50, while Au@Pd NPs with cubic Pd shell predominated when the ratio was increased to 2/1. The core-shell structure of synthesized Au@Pd NPs was characterized by TEM, HAADF-STEM, EDS mapping, an EDS line scan, and EDS point scan. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggested that the localization of BT molecules on the surface of the Au clusters was the crucial factor for the formation of Au@Pd NPs, since the BT molecules increased the surface negative charges of the Au NPs, favoring the attraction of Pd(2+) over Au NPs and resulting in the formation of a Pd shell.”
“BackgroundAcute upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is a common emergency department (ED) presentation whose severity ranges from benign to life-threatening and the best tool to risk stratify the disease is an upper endoscopy, either by scope or by capsule, a procedure performed almost exclusively by gastroenterologists.

Unfortunately, on-call gastroenterology specialists are often unavailable, HSP990 supplier and emergency physicians (EPs) currently lack an alternative method to endoscopically visualize a suspected acute upper GI hemorrhage. Recent reports have shown that video capsule endoscopy is well tolerated by ED patients and has similar sensitivity and specificity to endoscopy for upper GI hemorrhage.\n\nObjectivesThe study objective was to determine if EPs can detect upper GI bleeding on capsule endoscopy after a brief

training session.\n\nMethodsA survey study was designed to demonstrate video examples of capsule endoscopy to EPs and determine if they could detect upper GI bleeding after a brief training session. All videos were generated from a prior ED-based study on patients with C188-9 datasheet suspected acute upper GI hemorrhage. The training session consisted of less than 10minutes of background information and capsule endoscopy video examples. EPs were recruited at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly in Denver, Colorado, from October 8, 2012, to October 10, 2012. Inclusion criteria included being an ED resident or attending physician and the exclusion criteria included any formal endoscopy training. The authors analyzed the agreement between the EPs and expert adjudicated capsule endoscopy readings for each capsule endoscopy video. For the outcome categories of blood (fresh or coffee grounds type) or no blood detected, the sensitivity and specificity were calculated.