Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) Attenuates Serum Uric Acid (SUA) Level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Mazhar Hussain, Asim Elahi, Abid Hussain, Javed Iqbal, Lubna Akhtar, Abdul Majid

“…In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, 70 patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated SUA levels were assigned to two treatment groups. …”
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[(2-Dimesitylboryl)phenyl]ethynyl-Substituted [2.2]Paracyclophane Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Both Solution and Solid-State by Lianfeng Guo, Mengyuan Zhang, Cuihua Zhao

Subjects: “…[2.2]paracyclophane…”
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Phase Equilibrium and Crystallization Process of the Ternary System KCl-(NH2)2CO-H2O at Different Temperatures by Liqiong Chen, Tianxiang Li, Lianjun Shi, Shihan Wang, Zeyu Meng, Jie Zhang, Jing Zhu

“…The phase equilibriums of the ternary system KCl-(NH2)2CO-H2O at 303.15 K, 323.15 K, 333.15 K, and 343.15 K were studied using the isothermal dissolution equilibrium method, in which the composition of equilibrium solid phase was determined by Schreinemaker’s wet residue method and X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. …”
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Interleukin-2/Anti-Interleukin-2 Immune Complex Expands Regulatory T Cells and Reduces Angiotensin II-Induced Aortic Stiffening by Beenish Majeed, Supannikar Tawinwung, Lance S. Eberson, Timothy W. Secomb, Nicolas Larmonier, Douglas F. Larson

“…Three-month-old male C57BL/6J mice were treated with IL-2/mAbCD25 concomitantly with continuous infusion of angiotensin type 1 receptor agonist, [Val5]angiotensin II. …”
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Removal of Zn(II), Cu(II) and Pb(II) from Rainwater by White Bean Peel: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology by Gonçalo H. Cabral, Ana C. Estrada, Patrícia S. M. Santos

“…In this work, white bean peel was evaluated as sorbent for the removal of a mixture of PTEs from rainwater, namely Zn(II), Cu(II) and Pb(II). A uniform experimental design was used to evaluate the sorption and to optimize the removal process by response surface methodology. …”
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Laser-Induced Fluorescence Decay of 2-Methyl-, 2-Methoxy-, and 2-Ethylnaphthlene on α-Alumina during Temperature Programmed Desorption by Bradly B. Baer, Shanan Lau, Hannah E. Ryan, K. A. Martin, A. M. Nishimura

“…The decay of electronically excited molecular films of 2-methylnaphthalene (2-MN), 2-methoxynaphthalene (2-MeON), and 2-ethylnaphthalene (2-EN) on a crystal of α-alumina was monitored as a function of temperature with temperature programmed desorption (TPD) experiments. …”
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Coordination Behavior of Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ in Tetrahedral 1-Methylimidazole Complexes: A DFT/CSD Study by Samuel Tetteh

“…The interaction between nickel (Ni2+), copper (Cu2+), and zinc (Zn2+) ions and 1-methylimidazole has been studied by exploring the geometries of eleven crystal structures in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). …”
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Fischer-Clifford Matrices and Character Table of the Maximal Subgroup (29:(L3(4)):2 of U6(2):2 by Abraham Love Prins, Ramotjaki Lucky Monaledi

“…The automorphism group U6(2):2 of the unitary group U6(2)≅Fi21 has a maximal subgroup G¯ of the form (29:(L3(4)):2 of order 20643840. …”
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Adsorption Equilibrium for Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+) into Zirconium-Based Ferromagnetic Sorbent by Agnes Yung Weng Lee, Soh Fong Lim, S. N. David Chua, Khairuddin Sanaullah, Rubiyah Baini, Mohammad Omar Abdullah

“…Zirconium-based ferromagnetic sorbent was fabricated by coprecipitation of Fe2+/Fe3+ salts in a zirconium solution and explored as a potential sorbent for removing the Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ from aqueous solution. …”
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Incommensurately modulated structure of Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O at high pressure by Roman Gajda, Wojciech Sławiński, Tomasz Poręba, Jan Parafiniuk, Mohamed Mezouar, Przemysław Dera, Krzysztof Woźniak

“…We report the incommensurately modulated structure described in the (3+1)D space group Pnn2(0, β, 0)000. We have determined the modulation mechanism, which involves the fluctuation of atoms between two main positions, occurring mainly along the [100] direction, perpendicular to the modulation vector. …”
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Boundary value problem for r2d2f/dr2+f=f3 (I): existence and uniqueness by Chie Bing Wang

“…We study the equation r2d2f/dr2+f=f3 with the boundary conditions f(1)=0, f(∞)=1, and f(r)>0 for 1<r<∞. …”
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Metal-Based Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents: Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Biological Evaluation of Co(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) Complexes with Amino Acid-Derived Compounds by Zahid H. Chohan, M. Arif, Muhammad A. Akhtar, Claudiu T. Supuran

“…The stoichiometric reaction between the metal(II) ion and synthesized ligands in molar ratio of M: L (1: 1) resulted in the formation of the metal complexes of type [M(L)(H2O)4]Cl (where M = Co(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II)) and of M: L (1: 2) of type [M(L)2(H2O)2] (where M = Co(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II)). …”
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The crystal structure of (S, R p)-4–benzhydrylideneamino-12-(4-tert-butyl oxazolin-2-yl)[2.2]paracyclophane, C36H36N2O by Chen Zhen, Sun Yanwen, Chen Chao, Xu Nuo, Wang Xiaozhong, Li Sijun

“…C36H36N2 ${\mathrm{C}}_{36}{\mathrm{H}}_{36}{\mathrm{N}}_{2}$ O, orthorhombic, P212121 ${2}_{1}{2}_{1}{2}_{1}$ (no. 19), a = 11.849(2) Å, b = 14.373(3) Å, c = 17.183(3) Å, V = 2926.4(10) Å3 ${\mathrm{\mathring{\text{A}}}}^{3}$ , Z = 4, Rgt ${R}_{\mathrm{g}\mathrm{t}}$ (F) = 0.0514, w Rref ${R}_{\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}}$ (F2 ${F}^{2}$ ) = 0.1272, T = 296(2) K.…”
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Ultrasonic treatment-assisted reductive deposition of Cu and Pd nanoparticles on ultrathin 2D Bi2S3 nanosheets for selective electrochemical reduction of CO2 into C2 compounds by Bilal Masood Pirzada, Faisal AlMarzooqi, Ahsanulhaq Qurashi

Subjects: “…Bi2S3 nanosheets…”
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Au-Decorated Ti3C2 MXene Sensor for Enhanced Detection of Gaseous Toxins (CO, COCl2, H2S, NH3, NO2): A DFT Study by Muhammad Huzaifa, Muhammad Shafiq, Nida Ali, Caterina Cocchi, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Zaheer Ul-Haq

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A Pillared-Layer Coordination Network for One-Step Ethylene Production from Ternary CO2/C2H2/C2H4 Gas Mixture by Rong Yang, Tao Zhang, Jinbo Wang, Xue Zhang, Jian-Wei Cao, Yu Wang, Kai-Jie Chen

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Synthesis and Characterization of New Schiff Bases Derived from N (1)-Substituted Isatin with Dithiooxamide and Their Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II), and Pt(IV) Complexes by Ahlam J. Abdul-Ghani, Asmaa M. N. Khaleel

“…Three new Schiff bases of N-substituted isatin LI, LII, and LIII = Schiff base of N-acetylisatin, N-benzylisatin, and N-benzoylisatin, respectively, and their metal complexes C1a,b=[Co2(LI)2Cl3]Cl, C2=[Ni(LI)2Cl2]0.4BuOH, C3=[CuLICl(H2O)]Cl⋅0.5BuOH, C4=[Pd(LI)2Cl]Cl, C5=[Pt(L1)2Cl2]Cl2⋅1.8EtOH.H2O, C6a=[CoLIICl]Cl⋅0.4H2O⋅0.3DMSO, C6b=[CoLIICl]Cl⋅0.3H2O⋅0.1BuOH,C7=[NiLIICl2], C8=[CuLII]Cl2⋅H2O0𝑥000𝑎0, C9=[Pd(LII)2]Cl2, C10=[Pt(LII)2.5Cl]Cl3, C11a=[Co(LIII)]C12⋅H2O, C11b=[Co(LIII)]Cl2⋅0.2H2O, and C12=[Ni(LIII)2]Cl2, C13=[Ni(LIII)2]Cl2 were reported. …”
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The crystal structure of aqua-bis(6-chloropicolinato-κ2N,O)copper(II), C12H8Cl2N2O5Cu by Zhang Zhongyu, Tong Mingqiong, Liu Yanling

“…C12H8Cl2N2O5Cu, triclinic, P1‾$P&#x203e;{1}$ (no. 2), a = 6.800(2) Å, b = 9.086(3) Å, c = 11.363(4) Å, α = 86.701(6)°, β = 84.830(5)°, γ = 77.353(5)°, V = 681.7(4) Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.0250, wRref(F2) = 0.0655, T = 296(2) K.…”
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Collective Optical, FTIR, and Photoluminescence Spectra of CeO2 and/or Sm2O3-Doped Na2O–ZnO–P2O5 Glasses by M. A. Marzouk, H. A. ElBatal, Y. M. Hamdy, F. M. Ezz-Eldin

“…Collective optical, photoluminescence, and FT-infrared spectral studies were carried out. CeO2-doped glasses show two extra UV absorption bands due to Ce4+ and Ce3+ ions while Sm2O3-doped samples reveal pronounced peaks collected into two segments from 367 to 472 nm and from 950 to 1623 nm which are characteristic of absorption from Sm3+ ions. …”
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