Glycerol (GC, propane-1,2,3-triol), propylene glycol (PG, propane-1,2-diol), and triacetin (TA, propane-1,2,3-triyl triacetate) (Figure 1) are commonly used as solvents, food additives, and humectants in the food and tobacco industries. Their use often involves high-temperature conditions, in which thermal decomposition reactions occur, exposing the human body to potentially harmful substances ...

In the context where lengthy protocols are used to extract and characterize each substance from mummification balms using techniques such as gas chromatography mass spectrometry, this paper presents evaluation of efficiency an original method SIMPLISMA algorithm in infrared spectroscopy. This tool is a pure variable approach corresponding selection calibration variables. developed was combined ...

The concentrations of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (sigmaPAHs) and 15 individual PAH compounds in 20 surface sediments collected from four mangrove swamps in Hong Kong were analysed. sigmaPAH concentrations ranged from 356 to 11,098 ng g(-1) dry weight with mean and median values of 1992 and 1,142 ng g(-1), respectively. These values were significantly higher than those of marine bott...

Purpose Spasm of the near reflex (SNR) is a triad of miosis, excess accommodation and excess convergence. Primary SNR is most often functional in origin We aim to highlight the clinical features which distinguish primary convergence from other conditions with a similar presentation but more sinister underlying aetiology, for example bilateral abducens nerve palsy. Observations There is a pauc...