Prostate cancer remains the most common non-cutaneous malignancy in the Western world and is the second leading cause of cancer death in males, after lung cancer (Nelson et al., 2003; Papatsoris & Anagnostopoulos, 2009). Based on experimental and preclinical findings, novel anti-prostate cancer strategies have been developed (Papatsoris & Papavassiliou, 2001; Papatsoris et al., 2005). However, ...

Performance of Ni/Al2O3 catalysts (10 wt.% Ni) in steam reforming of n-butane was investigated in terms of n-butane conversion, selectivity to hydrogen and hydrogen yield. The process was carried out in a fixed-bed tubular reactor at 650 °C and atmospheric pressure. The volumetric flow rates of n-butane and steam were 0.1 mL/min and 0.6 mL/min, respectively. The catalysts were prepared by preci...

Several mesoporous nickel-based catalysts with MgO-Al2O3 as the catalyst support were prepared using a co-precipitation method at a constant pH. The supports were prepared from the decomposition of an Mg-Al hydrotalcite-like structure which had already been prepared with Mg/Al=1. Prior to impregnating 10 wt.% nickel on the supports, the precursor was decomposed at several ...