The impact of industrial transformation on green economic efficiency:New evidence based on energy use

Developing a green economy is key to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This paper uses the SBM-GML index, which includes non-desired outputs, to measure the trend of regional green economic efficiency changes and analyze the impact mechanism and realization path of industrial transformation on green economic efficiency. The research results show that advanced industrial structure has a positive influence on green economic efficiency nationwide, while energy utilization structure and energy utilization efficiency have positive partial intermediary effects in the influence path;industrial structure rationalization is also significantly positively related to green economic efficiency nationwide, and the mediating effect of energy utilization is positive. The impact of industrial transformation on green economic efficiency has regional heterogeneity, and the mediating effect of energy use also differs. Among them, the impact effect in the eastern region is basically consistent with the national sample, but is negative in the central and western regions. This paper proposes countermeasures in terms of adjusting the industrial structure, improving energy efficiency, and perfecting industrial and energy policies, which can provide theoretical and practical references for promoting the transformation and upgrading of regional industrial structure, optimizing energy utilization, and advancing the efficiency of the national and regional green economy.

Effect of Nb on the dynamic recrystallization behavior of high-grade pipeline steels

The dynamic recrystallization （DRX） behavior of high-grade X80/X100 pipeline steels with different Nb contents was investi- gated through single pass compression experiment using a Gleeble 1500 thermomechanical simulator. By the regression of stress-sWain data obtained in the experiment, the deformation activation energy of DRX was identified, and the critical strain was calculated with the Po- liak-Jonas （P-J） method. Based on the analysis, the occurrence condition and kinetics of DRX were determined. The results show that as the Nb content increases from 0.08wt% to 0.095wt%, the activation energy of recrystallization raises from 365 to 395 kJ/mol. The critical swain of DRX can be determined more accurately by the P-J method, and the ratios of critical swain to peak sWain of XS0 and X100 pipeline steels are 0.51 and 0.49, respectively, which are similar to the results achieved by other researchers and calculated with empirical formulae.

Effect of Mg-treatment on transformation of oxide inclusions in X80 pipeline steel

In order to investigate the modification behavior and regularity of inclusions in X80 pipeline steel by Mg-treatment, the comparative industrial experiments of Mg-treatment and Ca-treatment in X80 pipeline steel were carried out. Mg and Ca were added to the steel in the form of cored wire after RH (Ruhrstahl-Hereaeus vacuum degassing) process. After adding Ca-containing cored wire, the inclusions were transformed into CaO–Al_(2)O_(3) in the steel. With the progress of smelting, the cleanliness of molten steel became worse, and the equivalent diameter of inclusions was at a higher level. Mg-treatment had a good effect on the modification of inclusions. After Mg-containing cored wire was added to the steel, Al_(2)O_(3) and CaO–Al_(2)O_(3) in the steel were transformed into MgO, MgO·Al_(2)O_(3), and CaO–MgO–Al_(2)O_(3) inclusions, which were basically spherical. The initial precipitated MgO became the core of other inclusions in the steel, which promotes the precipitation of MgO·Al_(2)O_(3). After Mg-treatment, almost no unmodified calcium aluminate inclusions existed in the hot rolled plate, and the cleanliness of the steel was improved. The effect of Ca and Mg on the transformation of inclusions in pipeline steel was studied by thermodynamic calculation, the result of which is consistent with the experimental results.

Breast cancer-derived exosomes transmit lncRNA SNHG16 to induce CD73+γδ1 Treg cells

γδT cells have been reported to exert immunosuppressive functions in multiple solid malignant diseases,but their immunosuppressive functional subpopulation in breast cancer(BC)is still undetermined.Here,we collected 40 paired BC and normal tissue samples from Chinese patients for analysis.First,we showed thatγδT1 cells comprise the majority of CD3+T cells in BC;next,we found that CD73+γδT1 cells were the predominant regulatory T-cell(Treg)population in BC,and that their prevalence in peripheral blood was also related to tumour burden.In addition,CD73+γδT1 cells exert an immunosuppressive effect via adenosine generation.We also found that BC could modulate CD73 expression onγδT cells in a non-contact manner.The microarray analysis and functional experiments indicated that breast tumour cell-derived exosomes(TDEs)could transmit lncRNA SNHG16,which upregulates CD73 expression,to Vδ1 T cells.Regarding the mechanism,SNHG16 served as a ceRNA by sponging miR-16–5p,which led to the derepression of its target gene SMAD5 and resulted in potentiation of the TGF-β1/SMAD5 pathway to upregulate CD73 expression in Vδ1 T cells.Our results showed that the BC-derived exosomal SNHG16/miR-16–5p/SMAD5-regulatory axis potentiates TGF-β1/SMAD5 pathway activation,thus inducing CD73 expression in Vδ1 T cells.Our results first identify the significance of CD73+Vδ1 Tregs in BC,and therapy targeting this subpopulation or blocking TDEs might have potential for BC treatment in the future.