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Copper corrosion in soils contaminated with high concentrations of chlorides

The influence of the soil composition on the corrosion resistance of buried metallic structures and the nature of the corrosion products formed are of great importance in many industrial applications, as well as in archaeological studies of metallic finds. Modifications in the soils characteristics can result from agricultural activity, such as fertilization, chemicals accidentally spilled into the soil (acids ...

Esterification of free fatty acids over chitosan with sulfonic acid groups

Chitosan, which is an abundant biopolymer, with sulfonic acid groups was used as an efficient, environmentally friendly heterogeneous catalyst for the esterification of free fatty acids with methanol into their more fatty acid methyl ester. Sulfonic acid catalysts supported on chitosan have been studied in the esterification of palmitic acid with methanol at 60 C. The sulfonic acid groups were introduced onto ...

Sorption of lead (Pb2+) from aqueous solutions using chars obtained in the pyro...

Carbonaceous solid products resulting from thermochemical processes (pyrolysis, gasification), commonly known as chars, are emerging as low-cost sorbents of metallic contaminants, being their effectiveness already demonstrated in several studies (Inyang et al., 2012; Fuente-Cuesta et al., 2012; Ko³odyñska et al., 2012; Quek and Balasubramanian, 2009; Devecia and Kar, 2013). Given the fact that the commercial v...

Biomarkers in Kidney Transplantation: Translating to clinical practice

Improving long-term graft survival is a major challenge in kidney transplantation. Ischaemia-reperfusion injury is a critical early allograft insult that enhances the risk of delayed graft function, which is common in deceased-donor transplantation. Delayed graft function complicates the post-transplant management and has a negative impact on both short and long-term outcomes. The development of effective inter...

Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of 150 patients from one Centre in Po...

Introduction: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) outcomes are conditioned in the short-term mostly by post-operative complications. In the long-term, cardiovascular (CV) disease and immunological loss are the main limitations to transplant survival. Aims: To analyse retrospectively the results from 150 SPKT performed at our centre. Patients and Methods: The 81 females and 69 males had a mea...

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in kidney transplantation is an earl...

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) has been suggested as potential early marker of delayed graft function (DGF) following kidney transplantation (KTx). We conducted a prospective study in 40 consecutive KTx recipients to evaluate serial changes of uNGAL within the first week after KTx and assess its performance in predicting DGF (dialysis requirement during initial posttransplant week) a...

Tromboembolia pulmonar de risco elevado com trombos na cavidade auricular direita

Mesoporous carbon as an efficient catalyst for alcoholysis and aminolysis of ep...

The ring opening reaction of epoxides by alcohols and amines using mesoporous activated carbon as efficient and environmentally friendly heterogeneous catalyst is reported. Carbon xerogels were synthesized by polymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde. The surface of the activated carbon was oxidized in liquid phase with HNO3 and then functionalized with H2SO4. Chemical and textural characterization by eleme...

Hydrolysis of sucrose over composite catalysts

The hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose was carried out over composite catalysts at 80 ◦C. These catalysts consisted of USY and Beta zeolites dispersed in polymeric matrices (PDMS and PVA). The swelling degree of polymers increased with the amount of zeolite immobilised in PDMS and PVA. This result can be explained by the increase in the polymeric matrix channelling. Additionally, the effective diff...

SBA-15 with sulfonic acid groups as a Green Catalyst for the acetoxylation of α...

The acetoxylation of a-pinene was carried out over SBA-15 with sulfonic acid groups. The products of acetoxylation of a-pinene are acetates (a-terpinyl acetate, bornyl acetate and b-fenchyl acetate) and hydrocarbons (camphene, tricyclene, limonene, g-terpinene, terpinolene and a-terpinene). Catalysts with different amount of sulfonic acid groups were prepared. It was observed that the activity increases with in...