Selected aryl thiosemicarbazones as a new class of multi-targeted monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Mathew, Bijo,Baek, Seung Cheol,Grace Thomas Parambi, Della,Pil Lee, Jae,Joy, Monu,Annie Rilda, P. R.,Randev, Rugma V.,Nithyamol, P.,Vijayan, Vijitha,Inasu, Sini T.,Mathew, Githa Elizabeth,Lohidakshan, The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018 MedChemComm Vol.9 No.11

<P>A series of 13 phenyl substituted thiosemicarbazones (SB1-SB13) were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory potential towards human recombinant monoamine oxidase A and B (MAO-A and MAO-B, respectively) and acetylcholinesterase. The solid state structure of SB4 was ascertained by the single X-ray diffraction technique. Compounds SB5 and SB11 were potent for MAO-A (IC50 1.82 ± 0.14) and MAO-B (IC50 0.27 ± 0.015 μM), respectively. Furthermore, SB11 showed a high selectivity index (SI > 37.0) for MAO-B. The effects of fluorine orientation revealed that SB11 (<I>m</I>-fluorine) showed 28.2 times higher inhibitory activity than SB12 (<I>o</I>-fluorine) against MAO-B. Furthermore, inhibitions by SB5 and SB11 against MAO-A and MAO-B, respectively, were recovered to near reference levels in reversibility experiments. Both SB5 and SB11 showed competitive inhibition modes, with <I>K</I>i values of 0.97 ± 0.042 and 0.12 ± 0.006 μM, respectively. These results indicate that SB5 and SB11 are selective, reversible and competitive inhibitors of MAO-A and MAO-B, respectively. Compounds SB5, SB7 and SB11 showed moderate inhibition against acetylcholinesterase with IC50 values of 35.35 ± 0.47, 15.61 ± 0.057 and 26.61 ± 0.338 μM, respectively. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeation was studied using the parallel artificial membrane permeation assay (PAMPA) method. Molecular docking studies were carried out using AutoDock 4.2.</P>

Temporal Trends and Future Prediction of Breast Cancer Incidence Across Age Groups in Trivandrum, South India

Mathew, Aleyamma,George, Preethi Sara,Arjunan, Asha,Augustine, Paul,Kalavathy, MC,Padmakumari, G,Mathew, Beela Sarah Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2016 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.17 No.6

Background: Increasing breast cancer (BC) incidence rates have been reported from India; causal factors for this increased incidence are not understood and diagnosis is mostly in advanced stages. Trivandrum exhibits the highest BC incidence rates in India. This study aimed to estimate trends in incidence by age from 2005-2014, to predict rates through 2020 and to assess the stage at diagnosis of BC in Trivandrum. Materials and Methods: BC cases were obtained from the Population Based Cancer Registry, Trivandrum. Distribution of stage at diagnosis and incidence rates of BC [Age-specific (ASpR), crude (CR) and age-standardized (ASR)] are described and employed with a joinpoint regression model to estimate average annual percent changes (AAPC) and a Bayesian model to estimate predictive rates. Results: BC accounts for 31% (2681/8737) of all female cancers in Trivandrum. Thirty-five percent (944/2681) are <50 years of age and only 9% present with stage I disease. Average age increased from 53 to 56.4 years (p=0.0001), CR (per $10^5$ women) increased from 39 (ASR: 35.2) to 55.4 (ASR: 43.4), AAPC for CR was 5.0 (p=0.001) and ASR was 3.1 (p=0.001). Rates increased from 50 years. Predicted ASpR is 174 in 50-59 years, 231 in > 60 years and overall CR is 80 (ASR: 57) for 2019-20. Conclusions: BC, mostly diagnosed in advanced stages, is rising rapidly in South India with large increases likely in the future; particularly among post-menopausal women. This increase might be due to aging and/or changes in lifestyle factors. Reasons for the increased incidence and late stage diagnosis need to be studied.

On attractors of type 1 iterated function systems

Jose Mathew,Sunil Mathew,Nicolae Adrian Secelean 한국전산응용수학회 2024 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.42 No.3

This paper discusses the properties of attractors of Type 1 IFS which construct self similar fractals on product spaces. General results like continuity theorem and Collage theorem for Type 1 IFS are established. An algebraic equivalent condition for the open set condition is studied to characterize the points outside a feasible open set. Connectedness properties of Type 1 IFS are mainly discussed. Equivalence condition for connectedness, arc wise connectedness and locally connectedness of a Type 1 IFS is established. A relation connecting separation properties and topological properties of Type 1 IFS attractors is studied using a generalized address system in product spaces. A construction of 3D fractal images is proposed as an application of the Type 1 IFS theory.

A Short Note on Inclusive and Exclusive Plurals in Korean

Michael Jonathan Mathew Barrie(Michael Jonathan Mathew Barrie ),Éric Mathieu(Éric Mathieu ) 한국생성문법학회 2023 생성문법연구 Vol.33 No.1

The aim of this short article is to give a comprehensive analysis of number in Korean, adding a novel observation about the interpretation of plurals in that language. Based on the new data, our proposal is that number is distributed along the nominal spine with different effects depending on the type of functional head (and semantic features) it is associated with. In particular, we propose that number in Korean is associated with two number projections, NumP1 and NumP2, (see Watanabe 2010 for Japanese, Vazquez Rojas Maldonado 2012 for Purépecha (isolate, tsz), Dali and Mathieu 2021 for Tunisian Arabic (Afro-Asiatic, aeb)). By shedding light on the distinction between inclusive and exclusive plurals in Korean and the relationship between definiteness and plurality, we contribute to the current debate related to the distribution of the Korean plural.

Dissecting Inchoatives and Causatives: English get constructions

Barrie Michael Jonathan Mathew,성문현 한국언어정보학회 2018 언어와 정보 Vol.22 No.3

Barrie, Michael Jonathan Mathew and Sung, Moonhyun. 2018. Dissecting Inchoatives and Causatives: English get Constructions. Language and Information, 22.3. 91-108. In this paper, we present data from English get-constructions and from Northern Iroquoian to challenge the recent consensus that in no languages are causatives built on inchoatives. Our data suggest the need for distinct functional projections for the causative and inchoative. We argue that while they are bundled in other situations, the functional heads for the causative and inchoative can be split as described in the present paper. This line of research follows recent trends in investigating the fine structure of the vP layer (Alexiadou et al. 2015, Harley 2013, Kim 2011, Marantz 2013, Pylkkänen 2008, Ramchand 2008, Legate 2014). We propose a syntactic mechanism for bundling and, in doing so, account for differences in the range of possible meanings with adverbs between canonical causatives and get-causatives. Briefly, get-causatives have unbundled causative and inchoative heads and have a wider ranger of adverbial meanings due to the projection of independent CausP and InchP. Canonical causatives have a bundled Caus-Inch head, projecting a single Caus/InchP, which leads to fewer sites for adverbs to adjoin and accordingly to a narrower range of adverbial meanings. (Sogang University)

Biotransformation of β-keto nitriles to chiral (S)-β-amino acids using nitrilase and ω-transaminase

Mathew, Sam,Nadarajan, Saravanan Prabhu,Sundaramoorthy, Uthayasuriya,Jeon, Hyunwoo,Chung, Taeowan,Yun, Hyungdon Springer-Verlag 2017 Biotechnology letters Vol.39 No.4

Stray light correction and contrast analysis of Hinode broad-band images

Mathew, S.K.,Zakharov, V.,Solanki, S.K. EDP Sciences 2009 Astronomy and astrophysics Vol.501 No.3

Diffusion mediated selective adsorption of Zn²⁺ from artificial seawater by MCM-41

Mathew, A.,Parambadath, S.,Kim, S.Y.,Ha, H.M.,Ha, C.S. Elsevier 2016 Microporous and mesoporous materials Vol.229 No.-

<P>MCM-41 can play a pivotal role as a host material for adsorption applications. In this work, MCM-41 was found to be 100% selective for Zn2+ from artificial seawater containing Ni2+, Li+, Co2+, Cd2+ and Zn2+ as hetero ions. The pristine and Zn2+ ions adsorbed MCM-41 (Zn@MCM-41) were well characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. The selective Zn2+ ion adsorption property of MCM-41 remained intact irrespective of the concentration of Zn2+ ions. The adsorption property of MCM-41 was unaffected by the synthesis strategy of MCM-41. SBA-15 exhibited 85 and 15% mole selectivity for Zn2+ and Cd2+ ions, respectively, under similar experimental conditions. This highlights the unique property of MCM-41 for the selective adsorption of Zn2+ ions from artificial seawater. TEM, FTIR and XPS analysis confirmed the presence of Zn2+ ions in Zn@MCM-41. The protection using methyl group on the outer/both surfaces of MCM-41 (Me-MCM-41/MeS-MCM-41) disclosed the necessity of interaction between silica surface and metal ion for selective adsorption of Zn2+ ions. The detailed investigation of adsorption mechanism postulates that the selective adsorption of Zn2+ ions by MCM-41 was achieved only in the presence of sodium chloride, which is the major component of artificial seawater. An adsorbed amount of 12 mg g(-1) was observed for Zn2+ ions even in presence of Cd2+ ions, while both of the ions possess similar chemical characteristics. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</P>

Synthesis and characterization of soluble polyimides functionalized with carbazole moieties

Mathews, Anu Stella,Kim, Dongjo,Kim, Youngkyoo,Kim, Il,Ha, Chang-Sik Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2008 Journal of polymer science Part A, Polymer chemist Vol.46 No.24

<P>Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of new soluble polyimides that are functionalized using carbazole moieties in their side chain. As a monomer for synthesizing the polyimides, 4″-carbazole-9-yl-[1,1′;2′,1″] terphenyl-4-4′-diamine and 2-(3-carbazol-9-yl-propyl)-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine were synthesized and then characterized using <SUP>1</SUP>H NMR, <SUP>13</SUP>C NMR, FTIR, UV–visible and photoluminescence spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and elemental analysis. The polyimides synthesized via chemical imidization processes were characterized with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, wide angle X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, DSC, tensile strength measurement, and dielectric property measurement. Results showed that the synthesized polyimides were soluble in a variety of organic solvents, optically transparent in a visible range, thermally stable, mechanically strong, and considerably low dielectric. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 8117–8130, 2008</P> <B>Graphic Abstract</B> <P>We report here new soluble semiconducting polyimides (PIs) containing carbazole moieties in the side chain. For dianydrides were used pyromellitic anhydride (PMDA) or 2, 2′-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA). The carbazole diamine derivatives are 4″-carbazole-9-yl-[1,1′;2′,1″] terphenyl-4-4′-diamine (CzTPDA) and 2-(3-carbazol-9-yl-propyl)-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (CzHBPDA). All PIs showed high mechanical strength (>1.5 GPa) and extremely high glass transition temperature (>260 °C). Interestingly, most of PIs exhibited low dielectric constant below 3, whilstile the PI films were optically transparent in the visible range (>∼400 nm). Here are structures of CzTPDA and CzHBPDA synthesized in this work. <img src='wiley_img/0887624X-2008-46-24-POLA23109-gra001.gif' alt='wiley_img/0887624X-2008-46-24-POLA23109-gra001'> </P>

European Union Interregionalism and the Capability-Expectations Gap

( Mathew Doidge ) 한국EU학회 2009 Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies Vol.7 No.1

This article addresses interregionalism in EU external relations. It considers the nature of interregionalism centred on two functional varieties-an internally focused, capacity building interregionalism and an externally focused, globally active form-and, in broad brush strokes, the evidence for each of these forms in EU interregional strategies. On this basis, it notes a capability-expectations gap in the EU`s approach to interregionalism, with a certain dissonance between the Union`s apparent acknowledgement of limited regional actorness in its partner groupings on the one hand and, on the other, its coincident high-level expectations as to what is achievable in the context of these relationships. The article concludes by suggesting priority areas for EU interregional strategy.