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ased DES solutions. The present results are expected to be useful for colloidal solutions of DES and their mixtures with water.The ever-increasing demand for the finite source of oil has led oil production companies to produce and transport the produced crude oil as efficiently and economically as possible. One of the major concerns especially in waters like the South China Sea is the deposition of wax on the walls of the pipeline or wellbore, constricting and hindering the hydrocarbon flow. This is due to the low seabed temperatures, which can be below the wax appearance temperature (WAT), leading to the deposition of wax out of waxy crude oil through the molecular dispersion mechanism. Currently, many prevention and remedy methods are in place to overcome the problem, but most of the additives possess environmental threat, as most of the chemical solutions used are toxic, nonorganic, and costly. Hence, this paper aims to provide some insights into the effect of palm oil derivatives such as crude palm oil (CPO) and crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) on wax inhibition. The effect of aging time (i.e., immersion time) was also evaluated. A comparison was made between paraffin inhibition efficiency results (PIE %) obtained by CPO, CPKO, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA), and triethanolamine (TEA). It was observed that the average efficiency of 81.67% was obtained when 1% CPO was added to heavy crude oil. The wax inhibition performance reached a plateau after 1.5 h of aging time for all of the investigated samples.Here, a three-channel absorbance sensor array based on the nanocurcumin-metal ion (NCur-MI) aggregates is designed for the detection and identification of deoxyribonucleic acid nucleobases (DNA NBs) for the first time. For this purpose, the binding affinities of some of MIs (i.e., Co2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Hg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, V3+, and Zn2+) to the NCur to induce the aggregation were evaluated under various experimental conditions. Further studies reveal that in the presence of DNA NBs, the aggregates of NCur-Co2+, NCur-Ni2+, and NCur-Zn2+ show the diverse absorbance responses to the deaggregation of NCur depending on the binding affinity of each of DNA NBs to the metal ions Co2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+. These responses are distinguishable from one another. Thus, clear differentiation among the DNA NBs is achieved by linear discriminant analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis to generate clustering maps. The discriminatory capacity of the sensor array for the identification of the DNA NBs is tested in the ranges of 2.4-16 and 5.6-10.4 μM. Furthermore, a mixed set of the DNA NBs was prepared for multivariate multicomponent analysis. Finally, the practicability of the sensor array is confirmed by the discrimination of the DNA NBs in an animal DNA sample. It should be noted that the proposed array is the first example to fabricate an NCur-based sensor array for the simultaneous detection of DNA NBs.The authors report on the effect of manganese (Mn) substitution on the crystal chemistry, morphology, particle size distribution characteristics, chemical bonding, structure, and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by a simple, cost-effective, and eco-friendly one-pot aqueous hydrothermal method. Crystal structure analyses indicate that the Mn(II)-substituted cobalt ferrites, Co1-x Mn x Fe2O4 (CMFO, x = 0.0-0.5), were crystalline with a cubic inverse spinel structure (space group Fd 3 m ). Selleckchem GNE-049 The average crystallite size increases from 8 to 14 nm with increasing Mn(II) content; the crystal growth follows an exponential growth function while the lattice parameters follow Vegard's law. Chemical bonding analyses made using Raman spectroscopic studies further confirm the cubic inverse spinel phase. The relative changes in specific vibrational modes related to octahedral sites as a function of Mn content suggest a gradual change of measure of inversion of the ferrite lattice at nanoscale dimensions. Small-angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy revealed a narrow particle size distribution with the spherical shape morphology of the CMFO NPs. The zero-field-cooled and field-cooled magnetic measurements revealed the superparamagnetic behavior of CMFO NPs at room temperature. The sample with x = 0.3 indicates a lower value of blocking temperature (9.16 K) with the improved (maximum) value of saturation magnetization. The results and the structure-composition-property correlation suggest that the economic, eco-friendly hydrothermal approach can be adopted to process superparamagnetic nanostructured magnetic materials at a relatively lower temperature for practical electronic and electromagnetic device applications.

Globally, over one million cardiac operations occur each year, whereas cardiac surgery is expensive and largely inaccessible without insurance or philanthropic support. Substantial cost variation has been reported within cardiac surgery in the United States and among non-cardiac surgical procedures globally, but little is known on the global procedural cost variation for common adult cardiac surgical procedures.

This review seeks to assess variation in procedural costs of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, aortic valve repair, aortic valve replacement, and combined CABG-mitral or CABG-aortic valve procedures between and within countries. Results may give insights in the scope and drivers of cost variation around the world, posing cost reduction lessons. Results may further inform the potential of economies of scale in reducing procedural costs, benefiting patients, hospitals, governments, and insurers.

A systematic review will be performed using the Eca peer-review journal.

This study protocol has been prospectively registered on the International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols. This review requires no institutional review board approval. Results of this study will be summarized and disseminated in a peer-review journal.

Oro-facial fibrosis is a common and disabling manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), causing a plethora of functional, aesthetic and social compromise, yet is without effective treatment. Autologous lipotransfer is an established minimally invasive surgical procedure that is postulated to exert anti-fibrotic effects by adipose-derived stem cells, and presents a novel method in the treatment of fibrotic conditions. This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of autologous lipotransfer for facial involvement in SSc.

This is the first randomised controlled study with an open label design to assess autologous lipotransfer for oro-facial involvement in systemic sclerosis. The goals of this study are to assess the feasibility of using a range of quantitative and qualitative outcome measures to effectively measure disease severity and treatment outcome, and to assess patient acceptability for future multi-centre trials. A total of 50 participants will be randomised to a treatment or control group. The treatment group will receive autologous fat transfer to the peri-oral region by a single surgeon.