This review provides a summary statement of recommended implementations of arterial spin labeling (ASL) for clinical applications. It is a consensus of the ISMRM Perfusion Study Group and the European ASL in Dementia consortium, both of whom met to reach this consensus in October 2012 in Amsterdam. Although ASL continues to undergo rapid technical development, we believe that current ASL methods are robust and ready to provide useful clinical information, and that a consensus statement on recommended implementations will help the clinical community to adopt a standardized approach. In this review, we describe the major considerations and trade‐offs in implementing an ASL protocol and provide specific recommendations for a standard approach. Our conclusion is that as an optimal default implementation, we recommend pseudo‐continuous labeling, background suppression, a segmented three‐dimensional readout without vascular crushing gradients, and calculation and presentation of both label/control difference images and cerebral blood flow in absolute units using a simplified model. Magn Reson Med 73:102–116, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Primary alkoxyl free radicals were generated from their readily synthesized N-phthalimido derivatives under reductive conditions. Primary alkoxyl radicals derived from their corresponding xylo- and ribofuranose derivatives underwent, exclusively, an unusual beta-fragmentation affording L-threose and D-erythrose derivatives, respectively. This occurs because the alkoxyl radical is capable of achieving an internal hydrogen-bonding interaction leading to a stable six-membered ring intramolecular hydrogen-bonded structure. When the hydroxyl group is protected, the beta-fragmentation pathway is prevented and the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) pathway occurs. Computational studies provided strong support for the experimental observations.

By using cheap and innocuous reagents, such as NaClO 2 , NaOCl, and catalytic amounts of TEMPO, a new environmentally friendly protocol for the selective and catalytic TEMPO C(sp 3 )−H oxidation of piperazines and morpholines to 2,3-diketopiperazines (2,3-DKP) and 3morpholinones (3-MPs), respectively, has been developed. This novel direct access to 2,3-DKP from piperazines provides significant advantages over the traditional N-monoacylation/ intramolecular C−N cyclization procedure. Additionally, by modulating the amounts of TEMPO, 2-alkoxyamino-3morpholinone can be prepared from morpholine derivatives, which would enable further functionalization at the C2 position of the morpholine skeleton.

In this paper we describe a probabilistic framework for describing dynamical systems. The approach is inspired by quantum dynamical expectation dynamics. Specifically, an abstract evolution operator corresponding to the Hamiltonian in quantum dynamics is constructed. The evolution of this operator defining PDE's solution is isomorphic to the functional structure of the wave function as long as its initial form permits. This operator enables us to use one of the most important probabilistic concepts, namely expectations. The expectation dynamics are governed by equations which are constructed via commutator algebra. Based on inspiration from quantum dynamics, we have used both the independent variables and the symmetric forms of their derivatives. For construction of the expectation dynamics, the algebraic independent variable operators which multiply their operands by the corresponding independent variable suffice. In our descriptions, we remain at the conceptual level in a self-consistent manner. The phenomenological implications and the tremendous potential of this approach for scientific discovery and advancement is described in the companion to this paper. M. Demiralp (B)

Addition of organocuprates, generated in situ using an excess of a 1:2 mixture of CuI·DMS and Grignard reagent, to N-enoyl oxazolidinethiones in the presence of excess TMSI gave preferentially the anti diastereomer where the addition took place when the conformation of the substrate was syn-s-cis. The reaction was investigated with indene-based and three different phenyl glycine derived oxazolidinethiones.

e physicochemical parameters, mineral composition, and nutraceutical properties of ready-to-drink flavored-colored commercial teas were analyzed in the present study. e pH of samples was slightly acidic (3.72 to 4.11), titratable acidity was low (0.092 to 0.174%), and color parameters were wide variable (pink, yellow, brown, and red assays. e levels of sodium reported in labels of all samples were lower than data obtained in our analysis. Also the levels observed for total phenols in blueberry-, citrus-, and rose petal-flavored teas were lower than our analysis, but total phenols of lemon-, peach-, and sangria-flavored teas were higher than the content reported in their labels. e results obtained in the present work give information to consumers for choosing flavored-colored ready-to-drink tea based on the physicochemical, nutritional, and nutraceutical properties.

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This paper is the second in a series of two. The first paper has been devoted to the detailed explanation of the mathematical formulation of the underlying theoretical framework. Specifically, the first paper shows that it is possible to construct an infinite linear ODE set, which describes a probabilistic evolution. The evolution is probabilistic because the unknowns are expectations, with appropriate initial conditions. These equations, which we name, Probabilistic Evolution Equations (PEE) are linear at the level of ODEs and initial conditions. In this paper, we first focus on the phenomenological reasoning that lead us to the derivation of PEE. Second, the aspects of the PEE construction is revisited with a focus on the spectral nature of the probabilistic evolution. Finally, we postulate fruitful avenues of research in the fields of dynamical causal modeling in human neuroimaging and effective connectivity analysis. We believe that this final section is a prime example of how the rigorous methods developed in the context of mathematical chemistry can be influential in other fields and disciplines.