Surgery remains the standard treatment for spinal metastasis.However,uncontrolled intraoperative bleeding poses a significant challenge for adequate surgical resection and compromises surgical outcomes.In this study,w...Surgery remains the standard treatment for spinal metastasis.However,uncontrolled intraoperative bleeding poses a significant challenge for adequate surgical resection and compromises surgical outcomes.In this study,we develop a thrombin(Thr)-loaded nanorobothydrogel hybrid superstructure by incorporating nanorobots into regenerated silk fibroin nanofibril hydrogels.This superstructure with superior thixotropic properties is injected percutaneously and dispersed into the spinal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)with easy bleeding characteristics,before spinal surgery in a mouse model.Under near-infrared irradiation,the self-motile nanorobots penetrate into the deep spinal tumor,releasing Thr in a controlled manner.Thr-induced thrombosis effectively blocks the tumor vasculature and reduces bleeding,inhibiting tumor growth and postoperative recurrence with Au nanorod-mediated photothermal therapy.Our minimally invasive treatment platform provides a novel preoperative therapeutic strategy for HCC spinal metastasis effectively controlling intraoperative bleeding and tumor growth,with potentially reduced surgical complications and enhanced operative outcomes.展开更多
The achievement of electrical spin control is highly desirable.One promising strategy involves electrically mod-ulating the Rashba spin orbital coupling effect in materials.A semiconductor with high sensitivity in its...The achievement of electrical spin control is highly desirable.One promising strategy involves electrically mod-ulating the Rashba spin orbital coupling effect in materials.A semiconductor with high sensitivity in its Rashba constant to external electric fields holds great potential for short channel lengths in spin field-effect transistors,which is crucial for preserving spin coherence and enhancing integration density.Hence,two-dimensional(2D)Rashba semiconductors with large Rashba constants and significant electric field responses are highly desirable.Herein,by employing first-principles calculations,we design a thermodynamically stable 2D Rashba semiconductor,YSbTe_(3),which possesses an indirect band gap of 1.04 eV,a large Rashba constant of 1.54 eV·Åand a strong electric field response of up to 4.80 e·Å^(2).In particular,the Rashba constant dependence on the electric field shows an unusual nonlinear relationship.At the same time,YSbTe_(3)has been identified as a 2D ferroelectric material with a moderate polarization switching energy barrier(~0.33 eV per formula).By changing the electric polarization direction,the Rashba spin texture of YSbTe_(3)can be reversed.These out-standing properties make the ferroelectric Rashba semiconductor YSbTe_(3)quite promising for spintronic applications.展开更多
Aim: To study the clinical effects of a disposable circumcision device in treatment of male patients of different ages with either phimosis or excess foreskin. Methods: One thousand two hundred patients between the ...Aim: To study the clinical effects of a disposable circumcision device in treatment of male patients of different ages with either phimosis or excess foreskin. Methods: One thousand two hundred patients between the age of 5 and 95 years underwent circumcision using this procedure in the 2-year period between October 2005 and September 2007. Of these cases, 904 had excess foreskin and 296 were cases of phimosis. Results: In 96.33% of the cases the incision healed, leaving a minimal amount of the inner foreskin with no scarring and producing good cosmetic results. There were no incidents of device dislocation or damage to the frenulum. The average operative time was 2.5 min for excess foreskin, and 3.5 min for phimosis. During the 7 days of wearing the device, mild to moderate edema occurred in 10.08 % of cases with excess foreskin and in 2.58 % of those with phimosis. Edema in the frenulum was seen in 1.67% of patients, and only 0.67% had an infection of the incision. A total of 86.25% of patients reported pain due to penile erection. After removal of the device, 0.58% of the cases had minimal bleeding around the incision, and 2.42% had wound dehiscence. Conclusion: The new device can be applied to an overwhelming majority of patients with phimosis and excess foreskin. This technique is relatively simple to perform, and patients who underwent this surgery had very few complications. Antibiotics were not required and patients reported less pain than those who were circumcised using conventional methods. Circumcision with this device requires minimal tissue manipulation, and is quicker and safer than circumcision using conventional techniques.展开更多
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated by head-to-tail splicing and are ubiquitously expressed in all multicellular organisms. Their important biological functions are increasingly recognized. Cerebral ischemia reperf...Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated by head-to-tail splicing and are ubiquitously expressed in all multicellular organisms. Their important biological functions are increasingly recognized. Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury-induced brain microvascular endothelial cell dysfunction is an initial stage of blood-brain barrier disruption. The expression profile and potential function of circRNAs in brain microvascular endothelial cells is unknown. Rat brain microvascular endothelial cells were extracted and cultured in glucose-free medium for 4 hours with 5% CO2 and 95% N2, and the medium was then replaced with complete growth medium for 6 hours. The RNA in these cells was then extracted. The circRNA was identified by Find_circ and CIRI2 software. Functional and pathway enrichment analysis of genes that were common to differentially expressed mRNAs and circRNA host genes was performed by the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery Functional Annotation Tool. Miranda software was used to predict microRNAs that were potentially sponged by circRNAs. Furthermore, cytoscape depicted the circR-NA-microRNA interaction network. The results showed that there were 1288 circRNAs in normal and oxygen-glucose deprived/recovered primary brain microvascular endothelial cells. There are 211 upregulated and 326 downregulated differentially expressed circRNAs. The host genes of these differentially expressed circRNAs overlapped with those of differentially expressed mRNAs. The shared genes were further studied by functional enrichment analyses, which revealed that circRNAs may contribute to calcium ion function and the cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (CAMP) dependent protein kinase (PKα) signaling pathway. Next, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays were performed to detect circRNA levels transcribed from the overlapping host genes. Eight out of the ten circRNAs with the highest fold-change identified by sequencing were successfully verified. Subsequently, the circRNA-microRNA interaction networks of these eight circRNAs were explored by bioinformatic analysis. These results demonstrate that altered circRNAs may be important in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury and consequently may also be potential therapeutic targets for cerebral ischemia diseases. All animal experiments were approved by the Chongqing Medical University Committee on Animal Research, China (approval No. CQMU20180086) on March 22, 2018.展开更多
The rapid growth of the demand for carbon nanotubes(CNTs) has greatly promoted their large-scale synthesis and development. However,the continuous production of CNT fibers by floating catalyst chemical vapor depositio...The rapid growth of the demand for carbon nanotubes(CNTs) has greatly promoted their large-scale synthesis and development. However,the continuous production of CNT fibers by floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition(FCCVD) requires a large amount of non-renewable carbon sources. Here, the continuous production of highly graphitized CNT yarns from biomass tannic acid(TA) is reported. The chelation of TA and catalyst promotes the rapid cracking of biomass into carbon source gas, and the pyrolysis cracking produces the reducing gas, which solves the problems of the continuous production of CNT yarns using biomass. Through simple twisting, the mechanical strength of CNT yarn can reach 886 ± 46 MPa, and the electrical conductivity and graphitization(IG/ID) can reach 2 × 10^(5)S m^(-1)and 6.3, respectively. This work presents a promising solution for the continuous preparation of CNT yarns based on green raw material.展开更多
Container is an emerging virtualization technology and widely adopted in the cloud to provide services because of its lightweight,flexible,isolated and highly portable properties.Cloud services are often instantiated ...Container is an emerging virtualization technology and widely adopted in the cloud to provide services because of its lightweight,flexible,isolated and highly portable properties.Cloud services are often instantiated as clusters of interconnected containers.Due to the stochastic service arrival and complicated cloud environment,it is challenging to achieve an optimal container placement(CP)scheme.We propose to leverage Deep Reinforcement Learning(DRL)for solving CP problem,which is able to learn from experience interacting with the environment and does not rely on mathematical model or prior knowledge.However,applying DRL method directly dose not lead to a satisfying result because of sophisticated environment states and huge action spaces.In this paper,we propose UNREAL-CP,a DRL-based method to place container instances on servers while considering end to end delay and resource utilization cost.The proposed method is an actor-critic-based approach,which has advantages in dealing with the huge action space.Moreover,the idea of auxiliary learning is also included in our architecture.We design two auxiliary learning tasks about load balancing to improve algorithm performance.Compared to other DRL methods,extensive simulation results show that UNREAL-CP performs better up to 28.6%in terms of reducing delay and deployment cost with high training efficiency and responding speed.展开更多
The Huanghe River(Yellow River)Delta has a wide distribution of fine-grained soils.Fluvial alluviation,erosion,and wave loads affect the shoal area,resulting complex physical and mechanical properties to sensitive fin...The Huanghe River(Yellow River)Delta has a wide distribution of fine-grained soils.Fluvial alluviation,erosion,and wave loads affect the shoal area,resulting complex physical and mechanical properties to sensitive finegrained soil located at the river-sea boundary.The cone penetration test(CPT)is a convenient and effective in situ testing method which can accurately identify various soil parameters.Studies on undrained shear strength only roughly determine the fine content(FC)without making the FC effect clear.We studied four stations formed in different the Huanghe River Delta periods.We conducted in situ CPT and corresponding laboratory tests,examined the fine content influence on undrained shear strength(S_(u)),and determined the cone coefficient(N_(k)).The conclusions are as follows.(1)The fine content in the area exceeded 90%,and the silt content was high,accounting for more than 70%of all fine particle compositions.(2)The undrained shear strength gradually increased with depth with a maximum of approximately 250 kPa.When the silt content was lower than 60%–70%,the undrained shear strength decreased.(3)The silt and clay content influenced undrained shear strength,and the fitted f_(s)h/q_(t) function model was established,which could be applied to strata with a high fine content.The cone coefficients were between 20 and 25,and the overconsolidated soil layer had a greater cone coefficient.展开更多
Objective: To evaluate neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR) as diagnostic and prognostic role in sepsis. Methods: It was a prospective, observational study, conducted in Intensive Care Unit of Mianyang Central Hospital...Objective: To evaluate neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR) as diagnostic and prognostic role in sepsis. Methods: It was a prospective, observational study, conducted in Intensive Care Unit of Mianyang Central Hospital , from August 2017 to August 2018. A total of 37 cases of newly diagnosed cases of sepsis were included in the study and 20 healthy adults were taken as controls. According to the mortality within 30 d,patients with sepsis were divided into survival group (n=15) and death group (n=22) . The white blood cell (WBC), neutrophils count (NEU), lymphocyte count (LYM), and NLR in peripheral blood were recorded at 1, 3,5,7 days after admission for patients . Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the risk factors for predicting the outcome, and receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC) was plotted for evaluating the value of these factors on the 30-day prognosis. Results: NLR on day 1 (NLR1) of sepsis was signifcantly higher as compared to controls (P<0.001), with far higher diagnostic efficiency (AUC=0.959) than WBC (AUC=0.788) and equivalent to NEU% (AUC=0.942);WBC and NLR on day 7 (NLR7) is independent risk factors for 30-day mortality of sepsis patients and is helpful to predict the prognosis of sepsis. Conclusion: NLR can be a convenient and useful diagnostic and prognostic marker in sepsis and is of great clinical applicative value for primary hospitals without ability to detect other costly biomarkers and for emergency department.展开更多
Roxarsone(ROX)is a commonly used antibacterial and growth-promoting additive to animal feed.The development of an effective method for detecting ROX and its conversion products is of importance because of their potent...Roxarsone(ROX)is a commonly used antibacterial and growth-promoting additive to animal feed.The development of an effective method for detecting ROX and its conversion products is of importance because of their potential harm to human health and ecosystem.Herein,we report the designed synthesis of a novel one-dimensional covalent organic framework(1D COF),named EP-COF,and its application as a fluorescent probe for ROX sensing.EP-COF is constructed based on imine linkages,exhibiting high crystallinity,strong fluorescence emission,and good dispersibility in water.It displays a remarkable capability to efficiently detect ROX,with an impressive detection limit of 4.5 nmol/L.Moreover,EP-COF also offers advantages of excellent selectivity,and high structural stability.This work not only presents a promising approach for the detection of harmful substances like ROX,but also serves as a valuable reference for exploring application of 1D COFs in chemical sensing.展开更多
Particulate matter(PM)pollution has become a serious problem worldwide and various kinds of nanofibrous filters aiming to solve the problem have been developed.It is urgent to remove PM from high-temperature pollution...Particulate matter(PM)pollution has become a serious problem worldwide and various kinds of nanofibrous filters aiming to solve the problem have been developed.It is urgent to remove PM from high-temperature pollution sources,such as industrial emissions,coal furnaces,and automobile exhaust gases.However,filtration at pollution sources remains challenging because most existing air filters are not resistant to high temperature.Herein,heat-resistant polyimide(PI)nanofibrous air filters are fabricated via a simple and scalable solution blow-spinning method.These air filters show excellent thermal stability at high temperature up to 420℃.They exhibit a filtration efficiency as high as 99.73%at ambient temperature and over 97%at 300℃.In addition,a field test shows that the filters remove>97%of PM from the car exhaust fumes.Hence,the blow-spun PI nanofibrous membranes combined with the facile preparation strategy have great potential in high temperature air filtration fields and other similar applications such as water purification and protein separation.展开更多
Flexible ceramic fibers(FCFs)have been developed for various advanced applications due to their superior mechanical flexibility,high temperature resistance,and excellent chemical stability.In this article,we present a...Flexible ceramic fibers(FCFs)have been developed for various advanced applications due to their superior mechanical flexibility,high temperature resistance,and excellent chemical stability.In this article,we present an overview on the recent progress of FCFs in terms of materials,fabrication methods,and applications.We begin with a brief introduction to FCFs and the materials for preparation of FCFs.After that,various methods for preparation of FCFs are discussed,including centrifugal spinning,electrospinning,solution blow spinning,self-assembly,chemical vapor deposition,atomic layer deposition,and polymer conversion.Recent applications of FCFs in various fields are further illustrated in detail,including thermal insulation,air filtration,water treatment,sound absorption,electromagnetic wave absorption,battery separator,catalytic application,among others.Finally,some perspectives on the future directions and opportunities for the preparation and application of FCFs are highlighted.We envision that this review will provide readers with some meaningful guidance on the preparation of FCFs and inspire them to explore more potential applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52103171,82172738,82272457,22305044)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M730638)+3 种基金“Technology Innovation Action Plan”of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(21S11902700)Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(21ZR1412300),Shanghai Science and Technology program(23Y31900202,23010502600)Shanghai“Rising Stars of Medical Talent”Youth Development Program(Youth Medical Talents-Specialist Program,[2020]087)Medical Engineering fund of Fudan University(yg2023-27).
文摘Surgery remains the standard treatment for spinal metastasis.However,uncontrolled intraoperative bleeding poses a significant challenge for adequate surgical resection and compromises surgical outcomes.In this study,we develop a thrombin(Thr)-loaded nanorobothydrogel hybrid superstructure by incorporating nanorobots into regenerated silk fibroin nanofibril hydrogels.This superstructure with superior thixotropic properties is injected percutaneously and dispersed into the spinal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)with easy bleeding characteristics,before spinal surgery in a mouse model.Under near-infrared irradiation,the self-motile nanorobots penetrate into the deep spinal tumor,releasing Thr in a controlled manner.Thr-induced thrombosis effectively blocks the tumor vasculature and reduces bleeding,inhibiting tumor growth and postoperative recurrence with Au nanorod-mediated photothermal therapy.Our minimally invasive treatment platform provides a novel preoperative therapeutic strategy for HCC spinal metastasis effectively controlling intraoperative bleeding and tumor growth,with potentially reduced surgical complications and enhanced operative outcomes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22322304,22273092,22373095)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB0450101)+2 种基金the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(2021ZD0303306)the USTC Tang ScholarThe authors wish to acknowledge the Supercomputing Center of the USTC for providing computational resources.
文摘The achievement of electrical spin control is highly desirable.One promising strategy involves electrically mod-ulating the Rashba spin orbital coupling effect in materials.A semiconductor with high sensitivity in its Rashba constant to external electric fields holds great potential for short channel lengths in spin field-effect transistors,which is crucial for preserving spin coherence and enhancing integration density.Hence,two-dimensional(2D)Rashba semiconductors with large Rashba constants and significant electric field responses are highly desirable.Herein,by employing first-principles calculations,we design a thermodynamically stable 2D Rashba semiconductor,YSbTe_(3),which possesses an indirect band gap of 1.04 eV,a large Rashba constant of 1.54 eV·Åand a strong electric field response of up to 4.80 e·Å^(2).In particular,the Rashba constant dependence on the electric field shows an unusual nonlinear relationship.At the same time,YSbTe_(3)has been identified as a 2D ferroelectric material with a moderate polarization switching energy barrier(~0.33 eV per formula).By changing the electric polarization direction,the Rashba spin texture of YSbTe_(3)can be reversed.These out-standing properties make the ferroelectric Rashba semiconductor YSbTe_(3)quite promising for spintronic applications.
基金Acknowledgment The project (The Fundamental Researches of the Reproductive Health) was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (G1999055905, branch topic).
文摘Aim: To study the clinical effects of a disposable circumcision device in treatment of male patients of different ages with either phimosis or excess foreskin. Methods: One thousand two hundred patients between the age of 5 and 95 years underwent circumcision using this procedure in the 2-year period between October 2005 and September 2007. Of these cases, 904 had excess foreskin and 296 were cases of phimosis. Results: In 96.33% of the cases the incision healed, leaving a minimal amount of the inner foreskin with no scarring and producing good cosmetic results. There were no incidents of device dislocation or damage to the frenulum. The average operative time was 2.5 min for excess foreskin, and 3.5 min for phimosis. During the 7 days of wearing the device, mild to moderate edema occurred in 10.08 % of cases with excess foreskin and in 2.58 % of those with phimosis. Edema in the frenulum was seen in 1.67% of patients, and only 0.67% had an infection of the incision. A total of 86.25% of patients reported pain due to penile erection. After removal of the device, 0.58% of the cases had minimal bleeding around the incision, and 2.42% had wound dehiscence. Conclusion: The new device can be applied to an overwhelming majority of patients with phimosis and excess foreskin. This technique is relatively simple to perform, and patients who underwent this surgery had very few complications. Antibiotics were not required and patients reported less pain than those who were circumcised using conventional methods. Circumcision with this device requires minimal tissue manipulation, and is quicker and safer than circumcision using conventional techniques.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China,No.81601058(to WL)Basic Research and Frontier Science Exploration Foundation of Yuzhong District,Chongqing,China,No.20180106(to FFS)
文摘Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated by head-to-tail splicing and are ubiquitously expressed in all multicellular organisms. Their important biological functions are increasingly recognized. Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury-induced brain microvascular endothelial cell dysfunction is an initial stage of blood-brain barrier disruption. The expression profile and potential function of circRNAs in brain microvascular endothelial cells is unknown. Rat brain microvascular endothelial cells were extracted and cultured in glucose-free medium for 4 hours with 5% CO2 and 95% N2, and the medium was then replaced with complete growth medium for 6 hours. The RNA in these cells was then extracted. The circRNA was identified by Find_circ and CIRI2 software. Functional and pathway enrichment analysis of genes that were common to differentially expressed mRNAs and circRNA host genes was performed by the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery Functional Annotation Tool. Miranda software was used to predict microRNAs that were potentially sponged by circRNAs. Furthermore, cytoscape depicted the circR-NA-microRNA interaction network. The results showed that there were 1288 circRNAs in normal and oxygen-glucose deprived/recovered primary brain microvascular endothelial cells. There are 211 upregulated and 326 downregulated differentially expressed circRNAs. The host genes of these differentially expressed circRNAs overlapped with those of differentially expressed mRNAs. The shared genes were further studied by functional enrichment analyses, which revealed that circRNAs may contribute to calcium ion function and the cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (CAMP) dependent protein kinase (PKα) signaling pathway. Next, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays were performed to detect circRNA levels transcribed from the overlapping host genes. Eight out of the ten circRNAs with the highest fold-change identified by sequencing were successfully verified. Subsequently, the circRNA-microRNA interaction networks of these eight circRNAs were explored by bioinformatic analysis. These results demonstrate that altered circRNAs may be important in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury and consequently may also be potential therapeutic targets for cerebral ischemia diseases. All animal experiments were approved by the Chongqing Medical University Committee on Animal Research, China (approval No. CQMU20180086) on March 22, 2018.
基金the support from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (20JC1414900)the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U20A20257)+1 种基金the Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (20XD1433700)the International Cooperation Fund of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (20520740800)。
文摘The rapid growth of the demand for carbon nanotubes(CNTs) has greatly promoted their large-scale synthesis and development. However,the continuous production of CNT fibers by floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition(FCCVD) requires a large amount of non-renewable carbon sources. Here, the continuous production of highly graphitized CNT yarns from biomass tannic acid(TA) is reported. The chelation of TA and catalyst promotes the rapid cracking of biomass into carbon source gas, and the pyrolysis cracking produces the reducing gas, which solves the problems of the continuous production of CNT yarns using biomass. Through simple twisting, the mechanical strength of CNT yarn can reach 886 ± 46 MPa, and the electrical conductivity and graphitization(IG/ID) can reach 2 × 10^(5)S m^(-1)and 6.3, respectively. This work presents a promising solution for the continuous preparation of CNT yarns based on green raw material.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61702048)the Public Support Platform Construction of Industrial Internet platform.
文摘Container is an emerging virtualization technology and widely adopted in the cloud to provide services because of its lightweight,flexible,isolated and highly portable properties.Cloud services are often instantiated as clusters of interconnected containers.Due to the stochastic service arrival and complicated cloud environment,it is challenging to achieve an optimal container placement(CP)scheme.We propose to leverage Deep Reinforcement Learning(DRL)for solving CP problem,which is able to learn from experience interacting with the environment and does not rely on mathematical model or prior knowledge.However,applying DRL method directly dose not lead to a satisfying result because of sophisticated environment states and huge action spaces.In this paper,we propose UNREAL-CP,a DRL-based method to place container instances on servers while considering end to end delay and resource utilization cost.The proposed method is an actor-critic-based approach,which has advantages in dealing with the huge action space.Moreover,the idea of auxiliary learning is also included in our architecture.We design two auxiliary learning tasks about load balancing to improve algorithm performance.Compared to other DRL methods,extensive simulation results show that UNREAL-CP performs better up to 28.6%in terms of reducing delay and deployment cost with high training efficiency and responding speed.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos S42177153,U2006213 and 41806075the Shandong Province Focused Research and Development Program under contract No.2019GHY112075the National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Project under contract No.41627801.
文摘The Huanghe River(Yellow River)Delta has a wide distribution of fine-grained soils.Fluvial alluviation,erosion,and wave loads affect the shoal area,resulting complex physical and mechanical properties to sensitive finegrained soil located at the river-sea boundary.The cone penetration test(CPT)is a convenient and effective in situ testing method which can accurately identify various soil parameters.Studies on undrained shear strength only roughly determine the fine content(FC)without making the FC effect clear.We studied four stations formed in different the Huanghe River Delta periods.We conducted in situ CPT and corresponding laboratory tests,examined the fine content influence on undrained shear strength(S_(u)),and determined the cone coefficient(N_(k)).The conclusions are as follows.(1)The fine content in the area exceeded 90%,and the silt content was high,accounting for more than 70%of all fine particle compositions.(2)The undrained shear strength gradually increased with depth with a maximum of approximately 250 kPa.When the silt content was lower than 60%–70%,the undrained shear strength decreased.(3)The silt and clay content influenced undrained shear strength,and the fitted f_(s)h/q_(t) function model was established,which could be applied to strata with a high fine content.The cone coefficients were between 20 and 25,and the overconsolidated soil layer had a greater cone coefficient.
基金This study was supported by Research Project of Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province (16PJ 187)
文摘Objective: To evaluate neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR) as diagnostic and prognostic role in sepsis. Methods: It was a prospective, observational study, conducted in Intensive Care Unit of Mianyang Central Hospital , from August 2017 to August 2018. A total of 37 cases of newly diagnosed cases of sepsis were included in the study and 20 healthy adults were taken as controls. According to the mortality within 30 d,patients with sepsis were divided into survival group (n=15) and death group (n=22) . The white blood cell (WBC), neutrophils count (NEU), lymphocyte count (LYM), and NLR in peripheral blood were recorded at 1, 3,5,7 days after admission for patients . Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the risk factors for predicting the outcome, and receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC) was plotted for evaluating the value of these factors on the 30-day prognosis. Results: NLR on day 1 (NLR1) of sepsis was signifcantly higher as compared to controls (P<0.001), with far higher diagnostic efficiency (AUC=0.959) than WBC (AUC=0.788) and equivalent to NEU% (AUC=0.942);WBC and NLR on day 7 (NLR7) is independent risk factors for 30-day mortality of sepsis patients and is helpful to predict the prognosis of sepsis. Conclusion: NLR can be a convenient and useful diagnostic and prognostic marker in sepsis and is of great clinical applicative value for primary hospitals without ability to detect other costly biomarkers and for emergency department.
基金the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.20JC1415400)for financial support。
文摘Roxarsone(ROX)is a commonly used antibacterial and growth-promoting additive to animal feed.The development of an effective method for detecting ROX and its conversion products is of importance because of their potential harm to human health and ecosystem.Herein,we report the designed synthesis of a novel one-dimensional covalent organic framework(1D COF),named EP-COF,and its application as a fluorescent probe for ROX sensing.EP-COF is constructed based on imine linkages,exhibiting high crystallinity,strong fluorescence emission,and good dispersibility in water.It displays a remarkable capability to efficiently detect ROX,with an impressive detection limit of 4.5 nmol/L.Moreover,EP-COF also offers advantages of excellent selectivity,and high structural stability.This work not only presents a promising approach for the detection of harmful substances like ROX,but also serves as a valuable reference for exploring application of 1D COFs in chemical sensing.
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51788104 and 51661135025)the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2015CB932500)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2018M640124 and 2019T120083).
文摘Particulate matter(PM)pollution has become a serious problem worldwide and various kinds of nanofibrous filters aiming to solve the problem have been developed.It is urgent to remove PM from high-temperature pollution sources,such as industrial emissions,coal furnaces,and automobile exhaust gases.However,filtration at pollution sources remains challenging because most existing air filters are not resistant to high temperature.Herein,heat-resistant polyimide(PI)nanofibrous air filters are fabricated via a simple and scalable solution blow-spinning method.These air filters show excellent thermal stability at high temperature up to 420℃.They exhibit a filtration efficiency as high as 99.73%at ambient temperature and over 97%at 300℃.In addition,a field test shows that the filters remove>97%of PM from the car exhaust fumes.Hence,the blow-spun PI nanofibrous membranes combined with the facile preparation strategy have great potential in high temperature air filtration fields and other similar applications such as water purification and protein separation.
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52102090,52127805,52073047)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(20JC1414900)+1 种基金the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2017-01-07-00-03-E00055)the Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader(20XD1433700).
文摘Flexible ceramic fibers(FCFs)have been developed for various advanced applications due to their superior mechanical flexibility,high temperature resistance,and excellent chemical stability.In this article,we present an overview on the recent progress of FCFs in terms of materials,fabrication methods,and applications.We begin with a brief introduction to FCFs and the materials for preparation of FCFs.After that,various methods for preparation of FCFs are discussed,including centrifugal spinning,electrospinning,solution blow spinning,self-assembly,chemical vapor deposition,atomic layer deposition,and polymer conversion.Recent applications of FCFs in various fields are further illustrated in detail,including thermal insulation,air filtration,water treatment,sound absorption,electromagnetic wave absorption,battery separator,catalytic application,among others.Finally,some perspectives on the future directions and opportunities for the preparation and application of FCFs are highlighted.We envision that this review will provide readers with some meaningful guidance on the preparation of FCFs and inspire them to explore more potential applications.