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Nanoporous carbon nanoparticles with high graphitic nitrogen amounts were synthesized and used as a metal free catalyst for effective HMF-to-FDCA conversion.

The catalytic conversion of glycerol was performed with iron oxide-based catalysts for production of allyl alcohol using a fixed-bed flow reactor at 623 K under atmospheric pressure.The glycerol dehydration proceeds on acid sites of catalysts while the allyl alcohol production is assumed to be catalyzed by non-acidic sites of catalysts through a hydrogen transfer mechanism.Different alkali metals, including Na, K, Rb, and Cs were supported on ZrO 2 -FeO X and all of them gave impressively higher allyl alcohol yield and suppressed glycerol dehydration due to the reduced catalyst acidic property. K-supported ZrO 2 -FeO X (K/ZrO 2 -FeO X ) was chosen for further studies, and allyl alcohol yield remarkably increased up to 27 mol%-C at the K content of 3-5 mol%. Since no external hydrogen gas is supplied to the system, the hydrogen transfer mechanism should take place between the reaction of glycerol and either hydrogen atoms derived from formic acid forming during the reaction, or active hydrogen species produced from the decomposition of H 2 O by ZrO 2 .Addition of Al 2 O 3 to K/ZrO 2 -FeO X (K/Al 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -FeO X ) was examined in order to improve structure stability during the glycerol conversion. Al 2 O 3 addition to the catalyst was effective to achieve higher structure stability, leading to high glycerol conversion with stable allyl alcohol yield of above 25 mol%-C. Moreover, K/Al 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -FeO X can be applicable to the conversion of crude glycerol which is the waste solution obtained from biodiesel production.3

ABSTRACT. In this study, we investigated the expression of immunoglobulin A (IgA) in porcine salivary gland and its relationship with restraint stress in pigs. IgA was expressed in plasma cells in pig salivary gland, as confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. IgA was also detected in pig saliva itself by ELISA, and salivary IgA levels were increased by a restraint stress. Moreover, there was a circadian rhythm of IgA over the course of a day. These results are the first evidence of IgA expression related to stress in the pig saliva and may make IgA useful as a non-invasive biological marker to evaluate acute stress condition in the pigs.KEY WORDS: IgA, non-invasive biomarker, restraint stress, saliva, salivary glands.

Catalytic upgrading of pyroligneous acid, by-product from slow pyrolysis of woody biomass for char production, was carried out using zirconia-supported iron-oxide catalysts under a steam atmosphere at temperatures ranging from 623 to 723 K, and the effect of ZrO 2 content in the ZrO 2 -FeO X catalysts on catalytic activity and ketone yields was investigated. It was demonstrated that hydroxyacetone and carboxylic acids (acetic and propionic acids) in the pyroligneous acid were converted into aliphatic ketones (acetone and 2-butanone) via a ketonization reaction over the ZrO 2 -FeO X catalyst. However, reaction inhibition by metal impurities in the pyroligneous acid such as potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) was also observed. These metal impurities could be removed from the pyroligneous acid without changing the organic composition by using an ion-exchange resin. The removal of the metal impurities was effective in increasing the ketone yields. Moreover, as the W/F value (W: amount of catalyst, and F: flow rate of the pyroligneous acid in the feed) increased, the ketone yield increased up to approximately 30 C mol%, and the ketone fraction in the liquid product reached 55 C mol%.