Kinetic Insights into Methanol Synthesis from CO Hydrogenation at Atmospheric Pressure over Intermetallic PdGa Catalyst.

This study presents a single-site microkinetic model for methanol synthesis by CO hydrogenation over intermetallic PdGa/SiO. A reaction path analysis (RPA) combining theoretical results and realistic catalyst surface reaction data is established to elucidate the reaction mechanism and kinetic models of CO hydrogenation to methanol and CO. The RPA leads to the derivation of rate expressions for both reactions without presumptions about the most abundant reactive intermediate (MARI) and rate-determining step (rds).

Infantile thiamine deficiency: Redefining the clinical patterns.

Objectives: Thiamine deficiency (TD) is frequently suspected and treated at our hospital. In our retrospective study, we aimed at finding the clinical and laboratory spectrum of infantile TD presenting to a single center over a period of time.

Methods: The diagnosis was made on criterion standard of response to thiamine challenge.

Impact of consanguineous marriages and degrees of inbreeding on fertility, child mortality, secondary sex ratio, selection intensity, and genetic load: a cross-sectional study from Northern India.

Background: The aim of our study was to understand the relationship between consanguineous marriages and reproductive outcomes.

Methods: A total of 999 families were recruited from five Muslim populations of Jammu region. Family pedigrees were drawn to access the family history and inbreeding status in terms of coefficient of inbreeding (F).

Thiamine responsive acute life threatening metabolic acidosis in exclusively breast-fed infants.

Background: Acute life threatening metabolic acidosis in exclusively breast fed infants due to thiamine deficiency is not described. Kashmir valley, a north Indian state has a population that largely consumes polished rice.

Methods: A six months prospective descriptive study of infants who presented with acute life threatening metabolic acidosis (Blood pH ≤ 7.

Clinical Epidemiology of SIRS and Sepsis in Newly Admitted Children.

Objective: To assess the clinical and demographic profile of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis, among newly admitted children in different age groups in a hospital in North India.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted at a referral care centre in Northern India. All children, age group 0 to <18 y, admitted on days selected for study were screened and those with abnormal temperature and abnormal leukocyte count were included for further assessment.