The electrical and dielectric properties of the synthesized 2-(antipyrin-4-ylhydrazono)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)acetonitrile (AHNA) have been studied. The direct and alternating current (DC and AC) conductivities and complex dielectric constant were investigated in temperature range 303–403 K. The AC conductivity and dielectric properties of AHNA were investigated over frequency range 100 Hz–5 MHz. From DC and AC measurements, electrical conduction is found to be a thermally activated process. The frequency-dependent AC conductivity obeys Jonscher's universal power law in which the frequency exponent decreases with increasing temperature. The correlated barrier hopping (CBH) is the predominant model for describing the charge carrier transport in which the electrical parameters are evaluated. The activation energy is found to decrease with increasing frequency. The behaviors of dielectric and dielectric loss are discussed in terms of a polarization mechanism. The dielectric loss shows frequency power law from which the maximum barrier height is determined as 0.19 eV in terms of the Guintini model.

Several new pyridine derivatives were prepared via reacting the enaminoketones 1a-d with active hydrogen reagents. Reaction of the enaminoketones 1a-c with 4-acetyl-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3(2H)-one 2a yielded the pyridines 3a-c. Condensation of the enaminonitrile 1d with 2b-d or 3-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3- dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile 8 give the pyridine derivatives 6a-c and 10 respectivly. Also, (E)-3- (3-(dimethylamino)acryloyl)-2H-chromen-2-one 1a reacted with active methylenes in diethyl 3-oxopentanedioate 12 and 4-methyl-6-oxo-2-thioxo-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile 15 to afford the pyridine derivatives 14 and 16 respectively.

Abstract- Botryodiplodia sp. AUMC 9468 was isolated in pure culture from canker on Ficus benjamina, on side of Ibraheemia bank stream at Assiut governorate, Egypt. The analysis of growth condition suggested the trees were stressed induced by light, nutrient and medium factors. This report is the first for Botryodiplodia canker on F. benjamina in Egypt. The pathogenicity test were resulted on that the fungus was introduced with the trees, penetrated through bark wounds, and incubated under conditions stressful to the well-being of the tree.

Keywords- Canker,Ficus benjamina, Botryodiplodia.

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OBJECTIVE. In a clinical setting, lipoma can sometime show low signal intensity on susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) mimicking hemorrhage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fat-water interface chemical-shift artifacts between SWI and T2*-weighted imaging with a phantom study and evaluate SWI in lipoma cases.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. SWI, magnitude, high-pass filtered phase, and T2*-weighted imaging of a lard-water phantom were evaluated in the in-phase, out-of phase, and standard partially out-of-phase TE settings used for clinical 3-T SWI (19.7, 20.9, and 20.0 ms, respectively) to identify the most prominent fat-water interface low signal. SWI of five cases of CNS lipoma were retrospectively evaluated by two neuroradiologists.

RESULTS. TE at 19.7 ms (in-phase) showed the minimum fat-water interface low signal in the phase-encoding direction on magnitude, high-pass filtered phase, and SWI. TE at 20.9 ms (out-of-phase) showed the maximum fat-water interface in the phase-encoding direction on magnitude, high-pass filtered phase, and SWI. TE at 20.0 ms (partially out-of-phase) showed more fat-water interface low signal on SWI than on T2*-weighted imaging, especially in the phase-encoding direction. All lipomas in the five patients showed high signal intensity with surrounding peripheral dark rim on SWI.

CONCLUSION. Fat-water interface is more prominent on the standard TE setting used for clinical SWI (20.0 ms) than that of T2*-weighted imaging and shows a characteristic surrounding peripheral low-signal-intensity rim in lipoma. Knowing the fat-water appearance on SWI is important to avoid misinterpreting intracranial lipomas as hemorrhages.

The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of vanadium (V(5+)) on Cyp1 expression and activity in C57BL/6 mice liver and isolated hepatocytes. For this purpose, C57BL6 mice were injected intraperitoneally with V(5+) (5 mg/kg) in the absence and presence of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) (15 μg/kg) for 6 and 24 h. Furthermore, isolated hepatocytes from C57BL6 mice were treated with V(5+) (5, 10, and 20 μM) in the absence and presence of TCDD (1 nM) for 3, 6, 12, and 24 h. In vivo, V(5+) alone did not significantly alter Cyp1a1, Cyp1a2, or Cyp1b1 mRNA, protein, or catalytic activity levels. Upon co-exposure to V(5+) and TCDD, V(5+) significantly potentiated the TCDD-mediated induction of the Cyp1a1, Cyp1a2, and Cyp1b1 mRNA, protein, and catalytic activity levels at 24 h. In vitro, V(5+) decreased the TCDD-mediated induction of Cyp1a1 mRNA, protein, and catalytic activity levels. Furthermore, V(5+) significantly inhibited the TCDD-induced AhR-dependent luciferase activity. V(5+) also increased serum hemoglobin (Hb) levels in animals treated for 24 h. Upon treatment of isolated hepatocytes with Hb alone or in the presence of TCDD, there was an increase in the AhR-dependent luciferase activity. When isolated hepatocytes were treated for 2 h with V(5+) in the presence of TCDD, followed by replacement of the medium with new medium containing Hb, there was further potentiation to the TCDD-mediated effect. The present study demonstrates that there is a differential modulation of Cyp1a1 by V(5+) in C57BL/6 mice livers and isolated hepatocytes and demonstrates Hb as an in vivo specific modulator.