Myocardial energy metabolism may be normal in the early stages of heart failure but, as failure progresses, mitochondrial oxidative metabolism is reduced and glycolysis is increased, with downregulation of glucose oxidation. Reducing free fatty acid oxidation and a concomitant increase in glucose oxidation improve cardiac contraction and slow the progression of left ventricular failure. Trimeta...

An increased demand on hydrogen, which is essential for a deeper hydrorefining of petroleum oils to ensure better quality of motor fuels (from the point of view of exhaust emissions) motivate research on partial oxidation (POX) of high-boiling hydrocarbons residues or alternative biomass waste1–4. Process POX is based on the reaction between raw material and oxygen in the presence of water vapo...

Cu-Exchanged zeolites are known as active materials for methane oxidation to methanol. However, understanding of the formation of Cu active species during synthesis, dehydration and activation is fragmented and rudimentary. We show here how a synthesis protocol guided by insight in the ion exchange elementary steps leads to highly uniform Cu species in mordenite (MOR).