Metallkomplexe mit biologisch wichtigen Liganden, LXVIII

The trischelate complexes of the dianion of aspartic acid and -methylaspartic acid (5-C5Me5) (R = H, Me) form adducts with alkali iodides MI (M = Li, Na, K). The polymeric structure of (5-C5Me5)Co(L-asp.-2H+)KI (1c) was determined by X-ray diffraction. In the crystal of 1c the potassium ions are surrounded by five oxygen atoms of the carboxylate groups whereby two oxygen atoms form bridges between two K+ ions. Similarly, trischelate complexes 4 and 5 have been obtained from (5-C5Me5)Co(CO)I2 and 2,3-diaminopropionic, 2,4-diaminobutyric acid, and asparagine, respectively

Introduction [to special issue (v.25:5, July 2010)of the CACAIE journal, devoted to some recent research applying CI in structural engineering and mechanics]

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Mindfully Resisting the Bandwagon – IT Implementation and Its Consequences in the Financial Crisis

Although the ”financial meltdown” between 2007 and 2009 can be substantially attributed to herding behaviour in the subprime market for credit default swaps, a “mindless” IT implementation of participating financial services providers played a major role in the facilitation of the underlying bandwagon. The problem was a discrepancy between two core complementary capabilities: (1.) the (economic-rationalistic) ability to execute financial transactions (to comply with the herd) in milliseconds and (2.) the required contextualized mindfulness capabilities to comprehend the implications of the transactions being executed and the associated IT innovation decisions that enabled these transactions

Heat shock proteins and the cellular response to osmotic stress

In antidiuresis, the intrarenal distribution of HSP25/27, alpha beta -crystallin, HSP72, OSP94 and HSP110 corresponds to the osmotic gradient between cortex and papilla: low amounts in the cortex and high values in the inner medulla and papilla. In addition, medullary HSP72 levels change appropriately with the diuretic state. Studies on MUCK cells suggest that, in the renal medulla in vivo, stressors, such as NaCl and low pH, may act in concert to induce HSP72 expression. Urea, added to the medium at high concentrations (600 mM), causes the majority of MUCK cells to die. Prior exposure of these cells to hypertonic media (NaCl addition), a maneuver that induces HSP72, protects the cells against the deleterious effects of high urea concentrations. Inhibition of HSP72 expression by stable antisense transfection or SB203580 treatment abolishes the beneficial effects of prior hypertonic stress. Conversely, overexpression of HSP72 under isotonic conditions by a dexamethasone-driven vector confers substantial resistance against subsequent exposure to high urea concentrations. Taken together these results suggest that also in the renal inner medulla, NaCl-induced enhancement of HSP72 expression may help counteract the detrimental effects of high urea concentrations. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG Basel

Metal Complexes of Indigo and of Some Related Ligands

While the first coordination compounds of indigo were reported over 100 years ago, a systematic study of the coordination chemistry of this important dye and also its structural “relatives” remained silent for over half a century. Only in the last two decades of the 20th century research on this topic started again keeps on growing ever since. It could be established, mainly by X‐ray crystallography, but also by many other modern spectroscopic techniques, that deprotonated indigo, and its deprotonated oxidized and reduced forms act as mono‐ and bidentate chelate ligands in metal complexe