Antitumor and vascular effects of apatinib combined with chemotherapy in mice with non-small-cell lung cancer

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the antitumor and vascular effects of apatinib use combined with chemotherapy on mice with non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods First,60 tumor-bearing nude mice were randomly divided into control,low-dose,and high-dose groups.Four nude mice per group were sacrificed before administration and on days 1,3,7,and 10 after administration.HIF-1αexpression in tumor tissues was detected.Second,32 nude mice were randomly divided into control,premetrexed,synchronous,and sequential groups.The weights and tumor volumes of mice were recorded.Results(1)HIF-1αexpression decreased significantly on days 3 and 7 after low-dose apatinib treatment.There was no significant difference in HIF-1αexpression in the high-dose apatinib group(P>0.05).MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression levels in the low-dose apatinib group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).(2)In the low-dose apatinib group,the microvessel density increased gradually from days 3 to 7 post-treatment,while that in the high-dose apatinib group decreased significantly.(3)The inhibitory effect of sequential therapy using low-dose apatinib and pemetrexed was optimal,while that of synchronous treatment was not better than that of pemetrexed usage alone.Sequential treatment using low-dose apatinib and pemetrexed exerted the best antitumor effect.(4)The expression levels of p-AKT,p-mTOR,p-MEK,and p-ERK in the sequential group were significantly lower than those in the other three groups(P<0.05).Conclusion Apatinib usage involves certain considerations,such as dose requirements and time window for vascular normalization during lung cancer treatment in nude mice,suggesting that dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and other tests can be conducted to determine the vascular normalization window in patients with lung cancer and to achieve the optimal anti-vascular effect.

Symbol Synchronization of Single-Carrier Signal with Ultra-Low Oversampling Rate Based on Polyphase Filter

An efficient single-carrier symbol synchronization method is proposed in this paper,which can work under a very low oversampling rate.This method is based on the frequency aliasing squared timing recovery assisted by pilot symbols and time domain filter.With frequency aliasing squared timing recovery with pilots,it is accessible to estimate timing error under oversampling rate less than 2.The time domain filter simultaneously performs matched-filtering and arbitrary interpolation.Because of pilot assisting,timing error estimation can be free from alias and self noise,so our method has good performance.Compared with traditional time-domain methods requiring oversampling rate above 2,this method can be adapted to any rational oversampling rate including less than 2.Moreover,compared with symbol synchronization in frequency domain which can operate under low oversampling rate,our method saves the complicated operation of conversion between time domain and frequency domain.By low oversampling rate and resource saving filter,this method is suitable for ultra-high-speed communication systems under resource-restricted hardware.The paper carries on the simulation and realization under 64QAM system.The simulation result shows that the loss is very low(less than 0.5 dB),and the real-time implementation on field programmable gate array(FPGA)also works fine.

Recent advances on decomplexation mechanisms of heavy metal complexes in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes

In some industrial wastewater,heavy metals combine with organic complexing agents to form heavy metal complexes(HMCs).These HMCs can be difficult to decompose and remove through conventional techniques due to their higher stability than free heavy metal ions.In recent years,persulfate based advanced oxidation processes(PS-based AOPs)have been recognized as a viable technique for HMCs degradation.Nevertheless,a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the relevant HMCs decomplexation mechanisms in PS-based AOPs is still lacking.This review delineates the current progress of HMCs decomplexation in PS-based AOPs.We discuss the distinctions between the two widely used oxidant types in PS-based AOPs techniques.Moreover,we summarize and highlight the decomplexation mechanisms based on electron and energy transfer,and degradation pathways of HMCs.We also emphasize the effects of environmental water constituents,namely p H,inorganic ions,and natural organic matter(NOM),on HMCs decomplexation.Ultimately,we identify the existing challenges and perspectives that will steer the direction of advancing PS-based AOPs to remove HMCs.

Three new bifunctional additive for safer nickel-cobalt-aluminum based lithium ion batteries

Three different types of new electrolyte additives were adopted as flame retardant to improve the safety of nickel-cobalt-aluminum(LiNi_(0.8)Co_(0.15)Al_(0.05)O_2, abbreviation NCA) based lithium batteries. By adding 5 wt% of the additives, an obvious flame retardant effect can be observed for the electrolyte. Furthermore,it was found that the additives can help for forming a stable cathode electrolyte interface(CEI) film on the NCA cathode, which are important for enhancing the thermal stability of the electrolyte and make the electrolyte obviously reduce the flammability, as well as good effect on the cycling cycle performance of the battery. These results indicate that our flame retardant are favorable additives in conventional liquid electrolytes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with good safety and high performances.