Publications by authors named "J Patrick Leverett"

The human skin, the body's largest organ, undergoes continuous renewal but is significantly impacted by aging, which impairs its function and leads to visible changes. This study aimed to identify botanical compounds that mimic the anti-aging effects of baricitinib, a known JAK1/2 inhibitor. Through in silico screening of a botanical compound library, 14 potential candidates were identified, and 7 were further analyzed for their effects on cellular aging.

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  • - The process of decarbonization aims to convert waste CO into useful fuels and chemicals, such as ethanol and ethylene, using electrochemical CO reduction reactions (CORR), which are heavily dependent on the effectiveness of electrocatalysts.
  • - The current challenge lies in the reliance on essential minerals for these catalysts, whose supply can be limited and face disruptions, raising concerns about sustainability and innovation in this field.
  • - This review focuses on potential strategies to enhance catalyst performance in CORR by improving active site availability and reducing dependency on critical minerals, ultimately promoting the development of efficient catalysts while minimizing negative economic and environmental impacts.
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Coupling the hydrogen evolution reaction with plastic waste photoreforming provides a synergistic path for simultaneous production of green hydrogen and recycling of post-consumer products, two major enablers for establishment of a circular economy. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C N ) is a promising photocatalyst due to its suitable optoelectronic and physicochemical properties, and inexpensive fabrication. Herein, a mechanistic investigation of the structure-activity relationship of g-C N for poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) photoreforming is reported by carefully controlling its fabrication from a subset of earth-abundant precursors, such as dicyandiamide, melamine, urea, and thiourea.

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Unlocking the potential of the hydrogen economy is dependent on achieving green hydrogen (H ) production at competitive costs. Engineering highly active and durable catalysts for both oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions (OER and HER) from earth-abundant elements is key to decreasing costs of electrolysis, a carbon-free route for H production. Here, a scalable strategy to prepare doped cobalt oxide (Co O ) electrocatalysts with ultralow loading, disclosing the role of tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), and antimony (Sb) dopants in enhancing OER/HER activity in alkaline conditions, is reported.

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Objective: Using physiological markers to detect patients at risk of deterioration is common. Deaths at music festivals in Australia prompted scrutiny of tools to identify critically unwell patients for transport to hospital. This study evaluated initial physiological parameters to identify patients selected for transport to hospital from a music festival.

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