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The role of tea polyphenol (TP) in modulating kidney stone crystallization and regulating the relative nephropathy pathway of rats was investigated. Calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystallization and oxidative stress are essential for kidney stone diseases. The kidney stone model in a rat was established by using ethylene glycol to affect the oxalic acid metabolism. The crystallization process of CaOx in the rat kidney was modulated by different TP intakes. At the same time, the effects of different types of CaOx, extracted from the rat kidney, on the proliferation and differentiation of HK-2 cells were also studied. The results showed that calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals were obtained in the blank control and the low-dose TP groups. However, CaOx crystals extracted from higher-TP-intake groups were mainly calcium oxalate dihydrate. Moreover, the size of the CaOx crystals produced in TP intake groups was much smaller than that of the blank control group. Cell experiment results show that TP can effectively reduce the damage of CaOx crystals to HK-2 cells. Further research found that TP can significantly improve oxidative stress in cases of kidney stones. TP has been proven to control CaOx crystallization in vitro, but the in vivo research results obtained through the rat stone model in this paper are novel and originally important for researching the relationship between tea drinking and preventive treatment of kidney stone diseases.In this research, the results of the life cycle assessment of polyurethane (PUR) foams with different recycled polyol contents are presented. A methodological framework implementing laboratory activities directly into the life cycle assessment has been developed. Laboratory activities made the primary data related to the recycled polyol production available through the glycolysis of polyurethane scraps and the subsequent production and characterization of the foams. Five different formulations were analyzed with glycolyzed polyol content ranging from 0 to 100%. A comprehensive set of impact categories was considered. To ensure the robustness of the results, the influence of two different end-of-life allocation approaches was investigated, and the model was subjected to sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Formulations with recycled content of 50 and 75% scored better environmental impacts compared to others. The main contributions to the overall impact resulted to be related to the production of isocyanate and virgin polyol. Physical characteristics such as density and thermal conductivity emerged as the main variables to be considered to minimize the overall environmental impacts of PUR foams.Various alkyl-methylimidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) were inspected using infrared spectroscopy in the middle frequency range. In the 1050-1200 cm-1 range, there is a skeletal vibrational mode accompanied with a large in-plane +C(2)-H bending motion and +C(4)-H and +C(5)-H motions, and in the 1500-1650 cm-1 range, there are two skeletal vibrational modes with in-plane +C(4,5)-H bending motions. Interestingly, in both ranges, we found that skeletal vibrational modes with a large in-plane +C(2)-H bending motion and in-plane +C(4,5)-H bending motions are insensitive to increases in the basicity of anions or the strengthening of hydrogen bond-type interactions, and the behaviors are completely different from those in the +C-H stretching vibrational modes in the 3000-3200 cm-1 range and the skeletal vibrational modes with large out-of-plane +C-H motions in the 700-950 cm-1 range. Furthermore, in alkyl-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C n mim+][BF4-] ILs, we found that absorption due to the (threefold) degenerate vibrational mode of [BF4-] was observed as a broad absorption band with three splitting peaks in the 900-1150 cm-1 range as a result of local symmetry breaking due to the cation-anion interactions.This paper addresses the energy consumption of distillation process via an actuator, which is a challenging problem in process industries. Precise control action would enhance energy consumption and improve the productivity. This paper is an experimental validation of EPC-PI control algorithm and analysis of distillate purity of a lab-scale distillation column. The PI control scheme uses closed-loop data of extended predictive controller (EPC) that has been performed through off-line simulation. The performance of control method is compared with different schemes such as Hägglund's one-third rule and Skogestad's overshoot method. The issue of integral windup in the multivariable process is addressed in the aspect of optimal energy consumption. The energy consumption calculations are made with respect to power utility of actuators throughout the process. The distillate product of post-controller implementation is processed to qualitative analysis using UV spectroscopy. Performance index is carried out via integral time absolute error (ITAE) by perturbing plant parameters up to 30% uncertainty.New derivatives of [1,3,4]oxadiazole-2-thione and triazole-3-thione were synthesized through the cyclocondensation of dicarbonyl ester 2 with phenyl hydrazine followed by hydrazinolysis to give the corresponding hydrazide, which reacted with carbon disulfide or ammonium thiocyanate to afford [1,3,4]oxadiazole 5 or triazole-3-thione 7, respectively. BTK signaling pathway inhibitor Hydrazinolysis of compound 5 gave [1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol 9 which was treated with different aromatic aldehydes to obtain 10a-c. Mannich bases 11a-c were obtained from the reaction of Schiff bases 10a-c with morpholine and formaldehyde. Moreover, treatment of triazole-3-thione 7 with hydrazine was followed by cyclocondensation with diethyl oxalate, chloroacetic acid, or formic acid to give the corresponding [1,2,4]triazine-3,4-dione 14, [1,2,4]triazin-4-one 15, or [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b][1,2,4] triazole 16, respectively. Screening of some chosen synthesized compounds against the human colon carcinoma cancer cell lines showed that the compound [1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol 9 exhibiting cytotoxic activity was roughly equivalent to standard Vinblastine, while compounds 4, 7, 10, 11a, 14, and 16 exhibited moderate cytotoxic activity.
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