Vapour-Liquid Equilibria of Ethane and Ethanethiol : Experiments and Modelling

We acknowledge the Scottish Funding Council for providing a travel grant to Dr Waheed Afzal under Northern Research Partnership program. Mr Pascal Theveneau is gratefully acknowledged for his support to adopt experimental setup for this work.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Comparison between batch aerobic biodegradation of paracetamol and glucose with open mixed microbial cultures : experimental data and kinetic modelling

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Pretreatment of Miscanthus giganteus with Lime and Oxidants for Biofuels

ACKNOWLEDEGMENTS The authors are grateful to the Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, for financial support, Dr. Stefan R. Bauer, Valerie D. Mitchell, and Ana Belen Ibanez Zamora for technical assistance, and Jason Cai for fruitful discussions. The authors thank the China Scholarship Council for financial assistance to Fuxin Yang during his stay at University of California, Berkeley.Peer reviewedPostprin

Process simulation and life cycle assessment of waste plastics : a comparison of pyrolysis and hydrocracking

Acknowledgements: This study was funded by The LEVERHULME TRUST (Grant DS-017-0723). Muhammad Usman Azam, a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar, is part of the 15 PhD scholarships of the “Leverhulme Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Materials” at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, United Kingdom).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Evidence of scawtite and tilleyite formation at ambient conditions in hydrated Portland cement blended with freshly-precipitated nano-size calcium carbonate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Acknowledgements We thank CCM for its financial support of a PhD student ship tenable by LJM. Electron Microscopy was performed in the ACEMAC Facility at the University of Aberdeen by Mr. J. Still. Several of our group have contributed to discussion and provided samples, so thanks go to Wanawan Pragot and M. Ara Carballo-MeilanPeer reviewedPostprin

Sodium carbonate-based post combustion carbon capture utilising trona as main sorbent feed stock

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Comparative efficacy of melatonin in attenuation of endotoxin/LPS induced hepatotoxicity in BALB/c mice

Background: Sepsis is characterized by overwhelming surge of cytokines and oxidative stress to one of many factors, gram negative bacteria commonly implicated. Despite major expansion and elaboration of sepsis pathophysiology and therapeutic approach; death rate remains very high in septic patients due to multiple organ damage including hepatotoxicity. The present study was aimed to ascertain the adequacy of melatonin (10mg/kg i.p), and its comparability with dexamethasone (3mg/kg i.p), delivered separately and collectively in endotoxin induced hepatotoxicity.Methods: The number of animals in each group was six. Endotoxin/LPS induced hepatotoxicity was reproduced in mice by giving LPS of serotype E. coli intraperitoneally. Preventive role was questioned by giving the experimental agent half an hour prior to LPS injection whereas therapeutic potential of the experimental agent was searched out via post LPS delivering. The extent of liver damage was adjudged via serum alanine aminotransferases (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) estimation along with histopathological examination of liver tissue.Results: Melatonin was prosperous in aversion (Group 3) and curation (Group 4) of LPS invoked hepatotoxicity as evident by lessening of augmented ALT (≤0.01) and AST (≤0.01) along with restoration of pathological changes on liver sections (p≤0.05). Dexamethasone given before (Group5) and after LPS (Group 6) significantly (p≤0.05) attenuated LPS generated liver injury. Combination therapy with dexamethasone in conjunction with melatonin (Group 7) after LPS administration tapered LPS evoked hepatic dysfunction statistically considerably, however the result was comparable to single agent therapy.Conclusions: Melatonin set up promising results in endotoxin induced hepatotoxicity and can be used therapeutic adjuncts to conventional treatment strategies in sepsis induced liver failure. Combination therapies however generated no synergistic results

Adequacy of phosphodiesterase inhibitor in prevention and treatment of LPS induced organ failure in BALB/c mice

Background: Even though with immense improvement and extensive understanding of pathophysiology of sepsis induced organ failure and affected population, it continues to put hundreds of people worldwide to eternal sleep due to lack of targeted therapy. Newer treatment modalities is the dire need of time. The present study was aimed to ascertain the adequacy of phosphodiesterases inhibitor - pentoxifylline (75mg/kg i.p) in endotoxin/LPS induced hepatotoxicity in BALB/c mice.Methods: The number of animals in each group was six. Endotoxin/lipopolysaccharides induced hepatotoxicity was reproduced in mice by giving lipopolysaccharide of serotype E. coli intraperitoneally. To ascertain the Preventive role, pentoxifylline was administered forehand LPS injection whereas therapeutic potential adjuged via post LPS delivering. The extent of liver damage was evaluated through serum alanine aminotransferases (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) estimation along with histopathological examination of liver tissue.Results: Results set forth that serum ALT, AST levels and histological alteration abated considerably (p ≤0.05) both in animals subjected to pentoxifylline pre and post-treatment.Conclusions: Pentoxifylline set up promising results in endotoxin induced hepatotoxicity and can be used therapeutic adjuncts to conventional treatment strategies in sepsis induced liver failure

Hydrocracking of surgical face masks over Y zeolites : catalyst development, process design and life cycle assessment

Acknowledgement This study was funded by The LEVERHULME TRUST (Grant DS-2017-073). Muhammad Usman Azam, a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar, is part of the 15 PhD scholarships of the “Leverhulme Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Materials” at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, United Kingdom). Auguste Fernandes thanks Portuguese FCT for funding (CQE - UIDB/00100/2020 and UIDP/00100/2020; IMS-LA/P/0056/2020; contract hiring under DL57/2016 law).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The physicochemical properties of Portland cement blended with calcium carbonate with different morphologies as a supplementary cementitious material

Acknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge Dr Mohammed Imbabi (late) and Prof Fred Glasser for their contributions to the early discussions regarding mineral carbon capture and utilization and to Prof Fred Glasser for fruitful discussions regarding mineralogy and cement chemistry. We also thank Dr Wanawan Pragot for sharing her experience especially related to LCA. We acknowledge ACEMAC Facility at the University of Aberdeen for their support for electron microscopy. Funding This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.Peer reviewedPostprin