Electric plasma assisted pyrolysis of methane represents a highly promising greener alternative to produce ethylene from biogas and renewable energies compared to conventional steam cracking of naphtha. The mediocre performance of typical Pd-Ag catalysts for the downstream purification of the substantially higher concentrated acetylene impurities (≥15 vol.-%) in those ethylene streams via selective hydrogenation is yet limiting economic interest.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndustrial heterogeneous catalysts show high performance coupled with high material complexity. Deconvoluting this complexity into simplified models eases mechanistic studies. However, this approach dilutes the relevance because models are often less performing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe C29197T mutation is one of 4 point mutations known to cause N-gene target failure (NGTF) in the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Xpert Omni SARS-CoV-2 assays from Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA). We describe a high local prevalence in January of 8.5% (CI 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe classic presentation of acute gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infection including fever, diarrhea, nausea, and/or abdominal pain is not always a reliable measure. In these cases, parasitic infections require sensitive stool testing to be identified and treated effectively. The standard practice for stool analysis typically requires 3 separate stool specimens to be collected on 3 separate days to overcome the possibility of misdiagnosis due to intermittent shedding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe most often seen perianal dermatitis is the eczema, which is caused symptomatically by haemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, proctitis, contact allergies, the funnel shaped anus and intensified folding of the perianal skin. Before treatment of the eczema all these causes have to be eliminated. Differential diagnosis of the perianal dermatitis are psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, endogenous eczema, intertrigo, proctitis and skin cancer.
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