Sulfonic acid-based precursors (SAP) play an important role in tailoring mesoporous silica’s and convert them to a solid acid catalyst with a Bronsted-type nature. These kinds of solid acids contribute to sustainable and green chemistry by their heterogeneous, recyclable, and high efficiency features. Therefore, knowing the properties and reactivity of SAPs can guide us to manufacture a sulfona...

Current climate change is projected to have significant effects on temperature and precipitation profiles, increasing the incidence and severity of drought. Drought is the single largest abiotic stress factor leading to reduced crop yields. Given the large share of water use in the agriculture sector and very low efficiency in this sector, selection and development of the new strategies to impr...

BACKGROUND The outcome of patients with septic multiple organ failure (MOF) remains poor. There are experimental and clinical data indicating a beneficial effect of high-volume haemofiltration. Delivering high-volume therapy is only cost effective using on-line devices because of high costs for additional solution bags in conventional continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). We investigated...

BACKGROUND Abdominal infections are frequent causes of sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) and are associated with adverse outcomes. We analyzed the characteristics, treatments and outcome of ICU patients with abdominal infections using data extracted from a one-day point prevalence study, the Extended Prevalence of Infection in the ICU (EPIC) II. METHODS EPIC II included...

ID No: 54 Abstract: Concrete is an important building material, due to its ease to use and relatively low cost. However, the presence of cracks endangers the durability of concrete and can result in reinforcement corrosion since a pathway for harmful particles dissolved in fluids and gases is generated. Manual repair costs can go up to half of the annual construction budget. Instead, introducin...

Abstract Novel superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) were created by solution polymerization at ambient temperature using potassium polyacrylate (KPA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and magnesium chloride as a cross-linking agent with different weights of 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 1 g for KPA 0.33, 0.44, 0.55, 0.733, 1.1 PVA. Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) UV-Vis spectroscopy used to determine the chemi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The SAPS 3 (Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3) prognostic system is composed of 20 parameters, represented by an acute physiology score and assessment of the previous status, aimed at establishing a predictive mortality index for patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU). The objective of this study was to validate this system and determine its discriminatory p...

T here has been an increasing awareness that organizational factors can influence patient outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU). For instance, ICU staffing with a trained intensivist is associated with a reduction in ICU length of stay and in-hospital mortality (1, 2). However, access to intensivist care in the ICU varies, with less availability during evening/night, weekend, and holiday ho...

BACKGROUND About one third of hospital mortality in critically ill patients occurs after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) discharge. Some authors have recently hypothesized that unresolved or latent inflammation and sepsis may be an important factor that contributes to death following successful discharge from the ICU. AIM The aim of our study was to determine the ability of the clinical and inflamm...