Noncovalent cross-linked engineering hydrogel with low hysteresis and high sensitivity for flexible self-powered electronics

In this study,the hydrogel network was reinforced by covalent-like hydrogen bonding,and the strong binding ability of boron-nitrogen coordination served as the main driving force.Among them,acrylamide(AM)and 3-acrylamidophenylboronic acid(AAPBA)were the main body,and the numerous hydroxyl groups in the trehalose(Treh)molecule and other polymer groups formed strong hydrogen bonding interactions to improve the mechanical properties of the PAM/PAAPBA/Treh(PAAT)hydrogel and ensured the simplicity of the synthesis process.The hydrogel possessed high strain at break(1239%),stress(64.7 kPa),low hysteresis(100%to 500%strain,corresponding to dissipation energy from 1.37 to 7.80 kJ/m^(3)),and outstanding cycling stability(retained more than 90%of maximum stress after 200 ten-sile cycles).By integrating carbon nanotubes(CNTs)into PAAT hydrogel(PAATC),the PAATC hydrogel with excellent strain response performance was successfully constructed.The PAATC conductive hydro-gel exhibited high sensitivity(gauge factor(GF)=10.58 and sensitivity(S)=0.304 kPa^(-1)),wide strain response range(0.5%-1000%),fast response time(450 ms),and short recovery time(350 ms),excellent fatigue resistance,and strain response stability.Furthermore,the PAATC-based triboelectric nanogener-ator(TENG)displayed outstanding energy harvesting performance,which shows its potential for appli-cation in self-powered electronic devices.

A comprehensive and systematic analysis of Dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase (DLAT) as a novel prognostic biomarker in pan-cancer and glioma

Background:Dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase(DLAT)is a subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex(PDC),a rate-limiting enzyme complex,that can participate in either glycolysis or the tricarboxylic acid cycle(TCA).However,the pathogenesis is not fully understood.We aimed to perform a more systematic and comprehensive analysis of DLAT in the occurrence and progression of tumors,and to investigate its function in patients’prognosis and immunotherapy.Methods:The differential expression,diagnosis,prognosis,genetic and epigenetic alterations,tumor microenvironment,stemness,immune infiltration cells,function enrichment,single-cell analysis,and drug response across cancers were conducted based on multiple computational tools.Additionally,we validated its carcinogenic effect and possible mechanism in glioma cells.Results:We exhibited that DLAT expression was increased in most tumors,especially in glioma,and affected the survival of tumor patients.DLAT was related to RNA modification genes,DNA methylation,immune infiltration,and immune infiltration cells,including CD4+T cells,CD8+T cells,Tregs,and cancer-associatedfibroblasts.Single-cell analysis displayed that DLAT might regulate cancer by mediating angiogenesis,inflammation,and stemness.Enrichment analysis revealed that DLAT might take part in the cell cycle pathway.Increased expression of DLAT leads tumor cells to be more resistant to many kinds of compounds,including PI3Kβinhibitors,PKC inhibitors,HSP90 inhibitors,and MEK inhibitors.In addition,glioma cells with DLAT silence inhibited proliferation,migration,and invasion ability,and promoted cell apoptosis.Conclusion:We conducted a comprehensive analysis of DLAT in the occurrence and progression of tumors,and its possible functions and mechanisms.DLAT is a potential diagnostic,prognostic,and immunotherapeutic biomarker for cancer patients.

基于Ansoft的汽车车窗电子开关PCB电磁兼容性的仿真分析

在汽车电子电路硬件设计中,最突出的问题是由于高频高速所造成的电磁兼容性问题。传统的PCB设计由于缺乏高速分析和仿真指导,信号的质量无法得到保证,本文针对汽车车窗电子开关PCB设计中高频干扰所带来的电磁兼容性问题,提出了一种新的“自上而下”的设计方法,采用软件Protel 99SE和Ansoft Designer相结合的方法对PCB板图进行电磁场仿真分析,根据仿真分析曲线对PCB进行电磁兼容性能的优化改进,通过优化改进以提高产品的电磁兼容性能。

Food restriction decreases BMR,body and organ mass,and cellular energetics,in the Chinese Bulbul(Pycnonotus sinensis)

Background: Food is an important environmental factor that affects animals' energy metabolism and food shortage has significant effects on animals' behavior, physiology and biochemistry. However, to date few studies have focused on the thermogenesis and its effects on the body condition of birds. In this study, we examined the effects of food restriction on the body mass, basal metabolic rate(BMR) and body composition, and several physiological, biochemical and molecular markers potentially related to thermogenesis, in the Chinese Bulbul(Pycnonotus sinensis).Methods: Birds in the control group were provided with food ad libitum whereas those in the food restriction group were provided with one-half of the usual quantity of food for 12 days. Oxygen consumption was measured using an open-circuit respirometry system. Mitochondrial state 4 respiration and cytochrome c oxidase(COX) activity in the liver and pectoral muscle were measured with a Clark electrode. Avian uncoupling protein(avUCP) mRNA expression was determined in pectorals muscle with quantitative Real-time PCR.Results:Chinese Bulbuls in food restriction group decreased in body mass,BMR and internal organ(heart,kidneys,small intestine and total digestive tract)mass compared with the control group over the 12-day period of food restriction.Bulbuls in the food restriction group also had lower levels of state-4 respiration,COX activity in the liver and muscle,and mitochondrial avUCP gene expression in muscle compared to the control group.BMR was positively correlated with body mass,state 4 respiration in the liver and COX activity in the muscle.Conclusions:Our data indicate that Chinese Bulbuls not only sustain food shortage through simple passive mechanisms,such as reducing body and organ mass and energy expenditure,but also by reducing energetic metabolism in the liver and muscle.

One new species and one new record species of Sphaerolaimus(Nematode,Sphaerolaimidae)in offshore wetlands,China

One new species and one new record species of Sphaerolaimus are described.Sphaerolaimus longispiculatus sp.nov.is characterized by body length 2213–2470µm,amphideal fovea 12%–16%corresponding body diameters in males and 9%–10%corresponding body diameters in females,long slender spicules 2.8–3.8 cloacal body diameters,eight small papilliform precloacal supplements,gubernaculum without apophysis,and tail conico-cylindrical,2.5–3.7 cloacal/anal body diameters long.Sphaerolaimus gracilis is recorded from the first time in the mangroves wetlands,it can be distinguished from the original desceiption by longer spicules(66–71µm vs 56µm)and wider body(a=20.1–21.4 vs 25).

A Study on the Development Situation of Sport Resources in Yunnan Section of the Silk Road By

The ancient Silk Road is the main way that connected the communication between ancient China and foreign countries. Until now, many regions along the Silk Road still have broad prospect for development. These abundant tourist resources are also rich in cultural aspects. Among their natural scenery and folk custom, there are various tourist resources could be developed. Developing sport resource which is in the Yunnan section of the Silk Road will be important for boosting Yunnan＇ s tourism. After opening up its tourism, the sport tourism could be transformed into economic and industrial superiority, and then improves the whole economic development of Yunnan areas, achieving a coordinated development for Yunnan＇ s tourism and sport industry. The article analyses and studies the present situation of development which connected with the sport resource in the Yunnan section of the Silk Road. Basing on it, the article comes up with some suggestions about how to develop Yunnan＇ s sport tourism resource.

Construction of Sports Tourism System in Yunnan Province under the Background of Silk Road

Modem tourism development to the present, the tourists are not pursuing the general sense of the mountains and rivers, but the pursuit of harmony between man and nature, unity and the challenges of the nature in order to return to nature, fitness and leisure. Under this condition, this paper proposes the model of construction of sports tourism system in Yunnan province under the core background of Silk Road. The research results of the sports tourism theory and practice have played an important role in promoting the development of sports and tourism. But the concept of sports tourism, different opinions, there is still no unified understanding, especially for the tourism sports research is rare. Our research provides the novel perspective on the solutions to the Yunnan sport travelling that will promote the development of the related subiects.

Philosophical Reflections of the Crisis and Opportunities of Sports Competitions

With the increasingly fierce athletic competition, some of the negative phenomena that appear in sports competitions are al-so increasing. In order to solve this problem, through literature and logical analysis, this article attempts to analyze the reasons for the sub- jective and objective aspects of athletic competition arising from the crisis, and put forward the reasonable proposals in order to provide a reference for related research.

Drug delivery systems for colorectal cancer chemotherapy

Colorectal cancer causes the third most common type of malignant tumors with high morbidity and mortality.Chemotherapy is currently one of the most effective and common treatments for colorectal cancer.However,the poor water solubility of some chemotherapeutics,untargeted drug delivery,and the undesirable systemic side effects of conventional treatment remain the major issues for colorectal cancer chemotherapy.Fortunately,drug delivery systems(DDS)based on biomaterials have been widely investigated and found to be capable of resolving those issues with good performance.Therefore,the main goal of this review is to summarize and discuss the progress and potential advantages of different DDS for colorectal cancer chemotherapy.We not only reviewed the nanocarriers used to improve the solubility of chemotherapeutics,including liposomes,micelles,and nanoparticles,but also discussed targeted DDS based on specific ligand-receptor recognition and tumor microenvironmental stimulus responses.Furthermore,locally administered systems based on hydrogels and microspheres,which have been shown to increase drug accumulation at the tumor site while decreasing systemic toxicity,were also emphasized.DDS provides a good option for improving the efficacy of chemotherapy in the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Assembly of a core–shell MOF with stability into polyacrylamide hydrogel for boosting extraction of uranium from seawater

Efficient and selective extraction of uranium(U(VI))from seawater is essential for sustainable nuclear power production.This study reports a novel adsorbent zeolitic imidazolate framework(ZIF)-67@SiO_(2)-A/polyacrylamide(PAM)which was synthesized by grafting the core–shell metal–organic frameworks(MOFs)-based nanostructures coated with the 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane(APTES)functionalized SiO_(2)(SiO_(2)-A)onto PAM hydrogel.The SiO_(2) shell was grown on the surface of MOF,which improved the acid-base resistance of MOF.The introduction of ZIF-67@SiO_(2)-A enhances the specific surface area and adsorption efficiency of the PAM.The ZIF-67@SiO_(2)-A/PAM shows remarkable adsorption capacity,fast adsorption kinetics,and good reusability for uranium.It has excellent adsorption property(6.33 mg·g^(-1),30 d)in natural seawater.The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),Fourier transform infrared(FTIR),energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS)mappings,and density functional theory reveal that the coordination by N and O in ZIF-67@SiO_(2)-A/PAM with uranium is the main mechanism of uranium adsorption.Thus,ZIF-67@SiO_(2)-A/PAM has great potential to capture uranium from natural seawater.

Photodynamic eradication of intratumoral microbiota with bacteria-targeted micelles overcomes gemcitabine resistance of pancreatic cancer

Increasing evidence suggests that intratumoral microbiota plays a pivotal role in tumor progression,immunosurveillance,metastasis,and chemosensitivity.Particularly,in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,tumor-resident Gammaproteobacteria could transform the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine(Gem)into its inactive form,thus rendering chemotherapy ineffective.Herein,a strategy for selectively eradicating intratumoral bacteria was described for overcoming Gem resistance in a pancreatic cancer animal model.An antimicrobial peptide was linked with photosensitizer through a poly(ethylene glycol)chain,which can self-assemble into micelles with a diameter of∼20 nm.The micelles could efficiently kill bacteria under light irradiation by inducing membrane depolarization,thereby inhibiting Gem metabolism.In a bacteria-resident pancreatic cancer animal model,the selective photodynamic eradication of intratumoral bacteria was demonstrated to efficiently reverse Gem resistance.This research highlights antibacterial photodynamic therapy as a promising adjuvant strategy for cancer therapy by modulating intratumoral microbiota.

Sustained co-delivery of 5-fluorouracil and cis-platinum via biodegradable thermo-sensitive hydrogel for intraoperative synergistic combination chemotherapy of gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide,posing a severe threat to human health.Surgical resection remains the most preferred option for gastric cancer treatment.However,for advanced gastric cancer,the curative effect of surgical resection is usually limited by the local recurrence,peritoneal carcinomatosis,or distal metastasis.Intraoperative chemotherapy is an attractive in situ adjuvant treatment strategy to reduce the recurrence and metastasis after surgical resection.Here,we designed a 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)and cis-platinum(DDP)co-delivery system based on a biodegradable temperature-sensitive hydrogel(PDLLA-PEG-PDLLA,PLEL)for intraoperative adjuvant combination chemotherapy of gastric cancer.This 5-FU+DDP/PLEL hydrogel system characterized by a special sol-gel phase transition in response to physiological temperature and presented sustained drug release in vitro and in vivo.A strong synergistic cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis promotion of 5-FU+DDP/PLEL were observed against gastric cancer MKN45-luc cells.After intraperitoneal injection,the dual-drug loaded hydrogel formulation showed superior anti-tumor effects than the single-drug carrying hydrogels and combination of free 5-FU and DDP on the gastric cancer peritoneal carcinomatosis model.The use of hydrogel for dual-drug delivery had benefited to fewer side effects as well.What’s more,we established a mouse model for postsurgical residual tumors and peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastric cancer,in which the intraoperative administration of 5-FU+DDP/PLEL also remarkably inhibited the local recurrence of the orthotopic tumors and the growth of the abdominal metastatic tumors,resulting in an extended lifetime.Hence,this developed dual-drug loaded hydrogel system has great potential in the intraoperative chemotherapy of gastric cancer,that suggests a clinically-relevant and valuable option for postsurgical management of gastric cancer.

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Omicron diverse spike gene mutations identifies multiple inter-variant recombination events

The current pandemic of COVID-19 is fueled by more infectious emergent Omicron variants.Ongoing concerns of emergent variants include possible recombinants,as genome recombination is an important evolutionary mechanism for the emergence and re-emergence of human viral pathogens.In this study,we identified diverse recombination events between two Omicron major subvariants(BA.1 and BA.2)and other variants of concern(VOCs)and variants of interest(VOIs),suggesting that co-infection and subsequent genome recombination play important roles in the ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2.Through scanning high-quality completed Omicron spike gene sequences.

Hollow Zn/Co zeolitic imidazolate framework-implanted composite hydrogel for highly efficient uranium extraction from seawater

Efficient capture of uranium(VI)(U(VI))from seawater is of great significance to the sustainable development of nuclear energy and environmental protection,which is also a serious challenge at present.In this study,hollow Zn/Co zeolitic imidazolate framework(H-ZIF)was decorated on polyacrylamide/sodium alginate(PAM/SA)hydrogel by chelating and covalently crosslinking,and a new type of PAM/SA/H-ZIF hydrogel was synthesized.The combination of PAM/SA and H-ZIF gives PAM/SA/H-ZIF hydrogel excellent mechanical properties,good stability,and abundant surface functional groups,which is beneficial to improving the adsorption properties.The extraction amount of U(VI)by PAM/SA/H-ZIF is 171.14 mg·g^(-1)at C_(0)=99.52 mg·L^(-1)and pH=5.0.The adsorption equilibrium is reached in 120 min and the adsorption process fits well with Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order rate equation.The PAM/SA/H-ZIF also showed good recyclability and stability after 10 cycles of adsorption-desorption.More importantly,the rate of uranium adsorption is 0.196 mg·g^(-1)·day^(-1)after 30 days,which implies that the PAM/SA/H-ZIF could serve as a potential adsorbent for the development of uranium capture from seawater.

Recent Advances in Near-Infrared Absorption Nanomaterials as Photoacoustic Contrast Agents for Biomedical Imaging

Photoacoustic imaging(PAI)is an emerging whole-body imaging modality offering high spatial resolution,deep penetration and high contrast in vivo.Signals for PAI are generated from contrast agents,where the laser-gen-erated optical energy is transferred to acoustic emissions and detected by an ultrasound transducer.A great deal of research over the past ten years has shown that near-infrared absorption nanomaterials such as organic dye-based nanoparticals,polymer-based nanoparticles,carbon-based nanomaterials and metallic nanomaterials are promising photoacoustic(PA)contrast agents,which can increase the imaging resolution,contrast and depth of detection.Hence,it is an attractive research field to develop new PA contrast agents.Herein,we reviewed this rapidly grow-ing field and described the applications of nanomaterial-based PA contrast agents for biomedical imaging.Particu-lar focus was given to organic near-infrared absorbing dyes including cyanine,porphyrin and boron-dipyrromethene derivatives.

Melphalan-loaded methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide)copolymer nanomicelles in the treatment of multiple myeloma

Multiple myeloma(MM)is the second most common hematological tumor characterized by the proliferation of monoclonal plasma cells.Melphalan(MEL)is commonly used in the treatment of MM and is especially essential for patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation(ASCT).Although many drugs for MM have been developed in recent years,chemotherapy followed by ASCT remains the optimal option.Melphalan,the backbone of the conditioning regimen,brings severe toxicities at a high dose.Nanodrug delivery systems enable drugs to be highly effective and have low toxicity.In this study,methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide)copolymer(MPEG-PDLLA)was chosen to encapsulate melphalan,and the characteristics,effectiveness,and safety of MEL/MPEG-PDLLA in vitro and in vivo were investigated.MEL/MPEG-PDLLA showed slow release and was easily engulfed by MM cells despite a result of the antitumor assay comparable to that of free melphalan in vitro.The in vivo results showed that MEL/MPEG-PDLLA could significantly alleviate tumor burden and prolong survival time without increasing the toxicity to vital organs.In addition,MEL/MPEG-PDLLA could significantly reduce the damage to the intestinal mucosa caused by melphalan.In conclusion,MEL/MPEG-PDLLA shows improved antitumor activity and has the potential to alleviate pains of MM patients undergoing ASCT.

Smart Supramolecular Nanosystems for Bioimaging and Drug Delivery

The application of smart supramolecular nanosystems in biomedicine increases rapidly and offers promising prospects for disease diagnostics and therapeutics.Supramolecular nanosystems such as liposomes,micelles,or-ganic nanoaggregates and metallic nanostructures etc.have been widely explored as diagnostic/therapeutic tools.Here,we review the recent advances in supramolecular nanosystems with different builtin reporters,e.g.,fluorescent,magnetic and photoacoustic signals for bioimaging.In addition,the substantial progress of supramolecular nanosystems as drug delivery carriers for cancer therapy,including chemotherapy,photothermal and photodynamic therapies is also summarized.

KLVFF peptide functionalized nanoparticles capture Aβ_(42) by co-assembly for decreasing cytotoxicity

The accumulation of extracellular senile plagues of amyloid β-proteins(Aβ) in the patient brain is one of most important facture in Alzheimer’s disease(AD), which is resulted from abnormal self-assembly of Aβpeptide. Nanoparticles show greatly potential for therapeutic studies due to the sophisticated surface which can mimic the functionality of protein. Herein, we design the bis(pyrene)-Lys-Leu-Val-Phe-PheGly-poly ethylene glycol(BP-KLVFFGPEG) based nanoparticles, which capture Aβthrough recognition and co-assembly of KLVFF. The resulting co-assemblies show different morphologies, such as large aggregates, nanoparticles and nanofibers corresponding to the different length chain of PEG, leading to different capture efficiencies. The co-assembly strategy shows a decrease of cytotoxicity, potentially for AD treatment.