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    Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 and Connective Tissue Growth Factor: Novel Targets for Treatment of Renal Fibrosis?

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    Obliczanie napi臋cia powierzchniowego dwusk艂adnikowych roztwor贸w jonowych na podstawie modelu Butlera

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    It was attempted in this work to study the applicability of Butler approach to the metal oxide solutions. First of all, the authors tried to determine the impact of the thermodynamic activity coefficients of the components of the bulk phase on the surface tension. The activity coefficients series expansions reported by Ban-ya and one of the authors of this work were used. The model equations were solved by means of a Newton regression method, which allowed to calculate the components contents in the surface phase. Those contents were subsequently substituted into the modified Butler master equation, which gave desired final surface tensions estimates for the considered oxide binaries. The computations were done for liquid MnO-SiO2 system (at 1843 K and 1990 K) and subsequently for MnO-AI2O3 (at 2058 K) and MnO-CaO (at 2473 K) systems. For MnO-SiO2 system at 1843 K, the obtained results could be compared to the experimental ones and a fairly good agreement was found. For MnO-Al2O3 and MnO-CaO systems, unfortunately, there is no experimentally measured surface tension data, therefore it was not possible to make any comparison. Nevertheless, the model may be quite useful for the surface tension estimates for the systems, which have not been yet investigated and such model calculations like presented in this work may provide acceptable predictions.W pracy podj臋to pr贸b臋 zastosowania modelu Butlera do roztwor贸w tlenk贸w metali. G艂贸wnym celem by艂o zbadanie wp艂ywu warto艣ci aktywno艣ci termodynamicznej sk艂adnik贸w roztworu na napi臋cie powierzchniowe. Do oblicze艅 przyj臋to rozwini臋cia na wsp贸艂czynniki aktywno艣ci zaproponowane przez Ban-ya oraz niezale偶nie przez jednego z autor贸w niniejszej pracy. R贸wnania modelu Butlera rozwi膮zano metod膮 regresji Newtona, w celu otrzymania st臋偶e艅 sk艂adnik贸w w fazie powierzchniowej. Po wprowadzeniu tych st臋偶e艅 do r贸wna艅 Butlera uzyskano ostatecznie warto艣ci napi臋cia powierzchniowego dla rozwa偶anych binarnych uk艂ad贸w tlenkowych. Obliczenia przeprowadzono dla ciek艂ych uk艂ad贸w MnO-SiO2 (w temperaturach 1843 K i 1990 K) oraz MnO-Al2O3 (2058 K) i MnO-CaO (2473 K). W przypadku uk艂adu MnO-SiO2 w 1843 K wyniki oblicze艅 por贸wnano z wynikami eksperymentalnymi, uzyskuj膮c do艣膰 dobr膮 zgodno艣膰. Niestety w przypadku MnO-Al2O3 oraz MnO-CaO takie por贸wnanie by艂o niemo偶liwe z powodu braku danych eksperymentalnych. Jednak wydaje si臋, 偶e model mo偶e by膰 u偶yteczny do oceniania napi臋cia powierzchniowego uk艂ad贸w nie zbadanych pod tym k膮tem eksperymentalnie, dostarczaj膮c prognoz mo偶liwych do zaakceptowania

    The Role of Neurohumoral Activation in Cardiac Fibrosis and Heart Failure

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    Electrochemistry鈥擨

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