金属锂负极失效机制及其先进表征技术

尽管传统的石墨负极在商业化锂离子电池中取得了成功,但其理论容量低(372 mAh·g^(−1))、本身不含锂的先天缺陷限制了其在下一代高比能量锂电池体系中的应用,特别是在需要锂源的锂-硫和锂-空气电池体系中。金属锂因其极高的理论比容量(3860 mAh·g^(−1))和低氧化还原电势(相对于标准氢电极为−3.040 V),被认为是下一代锂电池负极材料的最佳选择之一。但是,金属锂负极存在库伦效率低、循环性能差、安全性差等一系列瓶颈问题亟待解决,而循环过程中锂枝晶的生长、巨大的体积变化、以及电极界面不稳定等是导致这些问题的关键因素。本文综述了近年来关于金属锂负极瓶颈问题及其机理,包括金属锂电极表面固态电解质界面膜的形成,锂枝晶的生长行为,以及惰性死锂的形成。同时,本文还介绍了目前用于研究金属锂负极的先进表征技术,这些技术为研究人员深入认识金属锂负极的失效机制提供了重要信息。

Follow-up evaluation with ultrasonography of peripheral nerve injuries after an earthquake

Published data on earthquake-associated peripheral nerve injury is very limited. Ultrasonography has been proven to be efficient in the clinic to diagnose peripheral nerve injury. The aim of this study was to assess the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of persistent peripheral nerve injuries 1 year after the Wenchuan earthquake. Thirty-four patients with persistent clinical symptoms and neurologic signs of impaired nerve function were evaluated with sonography prior to surgi- cal repair. Among 34 patients, ultrasonography showed that 48 peripheral nerves were entrapped, and 11 peripheral nerves were disrupted. There was one case of misdiagnosis on ultrasonogra- phy. The concordance rate of ultrasonographic findings with those of surgical findings was 98%. A total of 48 involved nerves underwent neurolysis and the symptoms resolved. Only five nerves had scar tissue entrapment. Preoperative and postoperative clinical and ultrasonographic results were concordant, which verified that ultrasonography is useful for preoperative diagnosis and postoperative evaluation of injured peripheral nerves.

脲酶抑制剂的研究综述

土壤中的尿素在脲酶的作用下能够被分解为氨气,致使氮利用率降低,人体中的脲酶会引起各种疾病。本文介绍了不同来源的脲酶活性中心的结构及若干抑制剂与活性中心的结合方式,综述了金属离子类、羟肟酸类、磷酰胺类、磷酸盐类、杂环化合物、金属配合物等脲酶抑制剂的研究进展和存在的问题。

New Combination of Semilate Rice: Yuanliangyou 1000

Yuanliangyou 1000 is new combination of semilate rice bred by Yuan S and R900 by Institute of Grain and Oil Crops of Nanchang Academy of Agricultural Science,Yuanshi Seed Industry High Tech Co.,Ltd.and Jiangxi Pusheng Agricultural Development Co.,Ltd.It passed through new variety certification of Jiangxi Province in 2017,and approval number was Ganshendao 20170020,which was suitable for plantation of semilate rice in Jiangxi.In this paper,breeding process,combination characteristic,main cultivation technique and seed production technology of Yuanliangyou 1000 were introduced.

Research on the Influence of Education on Improving the Social Justice of Residents-Empirical Data Based on Chinese General Social Survey 2015

This study used data from the Chinese General Social Survey(2015)to analyze the impact of education on individual social justice.The study found that:(1)The proportion of the sample data that considered the society to be fairer or very fair was 49.84%,while the proportion that felt more unfair or very unfair was 27.84%;(2)the social justice of residents in the sample data has differences in regions,education,gender,ethnicity,and census;and(3)education has a significant positive effect on social justice.Improving the level of education can increase residents’sense of social justice.

A pilot study on Paxlovid therapy for hemodialysis patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections

We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir(Paxlovid)therapy for hemodialysis-dependent patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)infection.Thirteen hemodialysis patients infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 from April 3 to May 30,2022,were recruited.Laboratory parameters and chest CT(computed tomography)imaging were analyzed.The treatment group included six patients who received 150 mg/100 mg of Paxlovid orally once daily for 5 days,whereas the control group included seven patients who received basic treatment.No serious adverse reactions or safety events were recorded.Four control patients progressed to moderate disease,and none in the treatment group showed progression of chest CT findings(P<0.05).Paxlovid therapy tended toward early viral clearance and low viral load on Day 8.Moreover,83.3%of the patients in the treatment group and 57.1%of the patients in the control group turned negative within 22 days.In the Paxlovid treatment group,we found significantly increased levels of lymphocytes(P=0.03)and eosinophils(P=0.02)and decreased levels of D-dimer on Day 8 compared with those on Day 1.Paxlovid therapy showed a potential therapeutic effect with good tolerance in hemodialysis patients.The optimal dose and effectiveness evaluation must be further investigated in a largeer cohort.

Serum metabolic profiling implicates mTOR activation and insulin resistance in the development of pulmonary hypertension in a rat model of pressure overload-induced heart failure

Pulmonary hypertension(PH)due to left heart failure(HF)accounts for approximately half of PH cases worldwide.It has been demonstrated that PH is a frequent complication of HF but is difficult to recognize in its early stage because it is characterized by nonspecific symptoms including shortness of breath and decreased tolerance of activity.Moreover,nearly all multicentric clinical trials targeting pulmonary circulation in PH-HF have reported negative results.1 Thus,there are no effective methods for diagnosing early PH,and the current treatment of PH-HF is insufficient.

Fluorescent visualization and evaluation of NPC1L1- mediated vesicular endocytosis during intestinal cholesterol absorption in mice

Excessive cholesterol absorption from intestinal lumen contributes to the pathogenesis of hypercholesterolemia,which is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.Niemann-Pick C1-like 1(NPC1L1)is a major membrane protein responsible for cholesterol absorption,in which the physiological role of vesicular endocytosis is still controversial,and it lacks a feasible tool to visualize and evaluate the endocytosis of NPC1L1 vesicles in vivo.Here,we genetically labeled endogenous NPC1L1 protein with EGFP in a knock-in mouse model,and demonstrated fluorescent visualization and evaluation of the endocytic vesicles of NPC1L1-cago during intestinal cholesterol absorption.The homozygous NPC1L1-EGFP mice have normal NPC1L1 expression pattern as well as cholesterol homeostasis on chow or high-cholesterol diets.The fluorescence of NPC1L1-EGFP fusion protein localizes at the brush border membrane of small intestine,and EGFP-positive vesicles is visualized beneath the membrane as early as 5 min post oral gavage of cholesterol.Of note,the vesicles colocalize with the early endosomal marker early endosome antigen 1(EEA1)and the filipin-stained free cholesterol.Pretreatment with NPC1L1 inhibitor ezetimibe inhibits the formation of these cholesterol-induced endocytic vesicles.Our data support the notion that NPC1L1-mediated cholesterol absorption is a vesicular endocytic process.NPC1L1-EGFP mice are a useful model for visualizing cellular NPC1L1-cargo vesicle itineraries and for evaluating NPC1L1 activity in vivo in response to diverse pharmacological agents and nutrients.

多维碳材料/聚氨酯复合材料的制备、力学性能及功能性

文中采用异氟尔酮二异氰酸酯对氧化石墨烯(GO)和羟基碳纳米管(OH-MWCNTs)混合碳材料接枝改性,制备出NCO官能团接枝的MWCNTs-g-GO高活性多维碳材料及新型聚氨酯复合材料。研究了MWCNTs-g-GO多维碳材料对力学性能、老化行为和导电性的影响。由X射线衍射分析得出,改性后混合碳材料中GO的层间距由0.87 nm扩大到1.71 nm,碳纳米管缠结程度明显降低,有效提升了碳纳米材料的分散性;随着多维MWCNTs-g-GO含量的增加,对聚氨酯进行了力学性能测试,其硬度、定伸强度逐渐增加,断裂伸长率单调降低,拉伸强度则先增大后减小;当其含量为0.05%时,拉伸强度较空白样提高23%,增大到48.7 MPa;老化150℃×5 d后,衰减率约为26.3%;当含量为0.20%时,电导率约为6.12×10-4 S/cm,是空白样的76倍。多维碳纳米材料较单一碳材料对聚氨酯表现出优异的增强、抗热氧和导电等作用。

一种基于功能化修饰磁性纳米颗粒的石墨烯基光学生物传感器

提出了一种利用石墨烯基光学生物传感器对特异性生物小分子实现高灵敏检测的方法,采用易于修饰的磁性纳米颗粒作为生物探针载体,通过磁场控制实现磁性颗粒在石墨烯表面的吸附,优化了石墨烯表面复杂的改性过程。利用搭建的基于功能化修饰磁性纳米颗粒的石墨烯基光学生物传感器,实现了0.01 ng·mL^-1的赭曲毒素A的检测,在0.01~5 ng·mL^-1微小浓度范围内具有良好的响应,且表现出较好的特异性。该方法扩展了石墨烯基的光学生物传感器的应用范围,简化了生物分子的传感过程,提高了光学生物传感器的灵敏度。

High-performance planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells： Preserving long charge carrier diffusion lengths and interracial engineering

We demonstrate that charge carrier diffusion lengths of two classes of perovskites, CH3NH3PbI3-xClx and CH3NH3PbI3, are both highly sensitive to film processing conditions and optimal processing procedures are critical to preserving the long carrier diffusion lengths of the perovskite films. This understanding, together with the improved cathode interface using bilayer-structured electron transporting interlayers of [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester （PCBM）/ZnO, leads to the successful fabrication of highly efficient, stable and reproducible planar heterojunction CH3NH3PbI3-xCl2 solar cells with impressive power-conversion efficiencies （PCEs） up to 15.9%. A 1-square-centimeter device yielding a PCE of 12.3% has been realized, demonstrating that this simple planar structure is promising for large-area devices.

Sparse grid-based polynomial chaos expansion for aerodynamics of an airfoil with uncertainties

The uncertainties can generate fluctuations with aerodynamic characteristics. Uncertainty Quantification（UQ） is applied to compute its impact on the aerodynamic characteristics.In addition, the contribution of each uncertainty to aerodynamic characteristics should be computed by uncertainty sensitivity analysis. Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos（NIPC） has been successfully applied to uncertainty quantification and uncertainty sensitivity analysis. However, the non-intrusive polynomial chaos method becomes inefficient as the number of random variables adopted to describe uncertainties increases. This deficiency becomes significant in stochastic aerodynamic analysis considering the geometric uncertainty because the description of geometric uncertainty generally needs many parameters. To solve the deficiency, a Sparse Grid-based Polynomial Chaos（SGPC） expansion is used to do uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis for stochastic aerodynamic analysis considering geometric and operational uncertainties. It is proved that the method is more efficient than non-intrusive polynomial chaos and Monte Carlo Simulation（MSC） method for the stochastic aerodynamic analysis. By uncertainty quantification, it can be learnt that the flow characteristics of shock wave and boundary layer separation are sensitive to the geometric uncertainty in transonic region. The uncertainty sensitivity analysis reveals the individual and coupled effects among the uncertainty parameters.

热熔灌输法制备三维骨架支撑金属锂复合负极

金属锂因具有极高的理论比容量(3860 mAh/g)和最低的电化学势(相对于标准氢电极为-3.04 V),被认为是下一代高比能锂离子电池的首选负极材料。然而,金属锂负极在电池循环过程中发生的刺状枝晶生长和体积变化等问题严重阻碍了其产业化应用进程。近年来研究表明,通过在金属锂中引入具有三维(3D)结构的宿主骨架,不但能有效抑制锂枝晶的生长,而且可以缓解金属锂负极的体积变化,从而提高金属锂电池的循环性能与安全性。因此,设计3D骨架/金属锂复合负极被认为是一种能有效解决金属锂问题的新兴策略。本文综述了热熔灌输法制备3D骨架/金属锂复合负极的研究进展。首先讨论了当前基于3D骨架的预存金属锂技术,然后着重分析了热熔灌输策略中3D骨架锂润湿性的影响因素,以及不同3D骨架修饰特征和改性方法。最后对3D骨架/金属锂复合负极和热熔灌输策略现存问题进行了总结并提出未来的发展方向。

Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage and mortality in adult patients with severe respiratory failure managed using veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the most severe complications during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). This study aimed to determine the risk factors for ICH and mortality in such patients.Methods: We analyzed the clinical data of 77 patients who received VV-ECMO due to severe respiratory failure from July 2013 to May 2019 at China-Japan Friendship Hospital. Demographical data, laboratory indices, imaging characteristics, and other clinical information were collected. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for ICH and mortality.Results: Of 77 patients, 11 (14.3%) suffered from ICH, and 36 (46.8%) survived. The survival rate was significantly lower (18.2% [2/11]vs. 51.5% [34/66],P = 0.040) in patients with ICH than in those without ICH. Multivariable analysis revealed that factors independently associated with ICH were diabetes mellitus (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 12.848, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.129-146.188,P = 0.040) and minimum fibrinogen during ECMO (aOR: 2.557, 95% CI: 1.244-5.252,P = 0.011). Multivariable analysis showed that factors independently associated with mortality were acute hepatic failure during ECMO (aOR: 9.205, 95% CI: 1.375-61.604,P = 0.022), CO2 retention before ECMO (aOR: 7.602, 95% CI: 1.514-38.188,P = 0.014), and minimum platelet concentration during ECMO (aOR: 0.130, 95% CI: 0.029-0.577,P = 0.007).Conclusions: Diabetes mellitus and minimum fibrinogen concentration during ECMO are risk factors for ICH in patients with severe respiratory failure managed using VV-ECMO. This indicated that anticoagulants use and nervous system monitoring should be performed more carefully in patients with diabetes when treated with VV-ECMO due to severe respiratory failure.

Clinical factors associated with composition of lung microbiota and important taxa predicting clinical prognosis in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

Few studies have described the key features and prognostic roles of lung microbiota in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia(SCAP).We prospectively enrolled consecutive SCAP patients admitted to ICU.Bronchoscopy was performed at bedside within 48 h of ICU admission,and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was applied to the collected bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.The primary outcome was clinical improvements defined as a decrease of 2 categories and above on a 7-category ordinal scale within 14 days following bronchoscopy.Sixty-seven patients were included.Multivariable permutational multivariate analysis of variance found that positive bacteria lab test results had the strongest independent association with lung microbiota(R2=0.033;P=0.018),followed by acute kidney injury(AKI;R2=0.032;P=0.011)and plasma MIP-1βlevel(R2=0.027;P=0.044).Random forest identified that the families Prevotellaceae,Moraxellaceae,and Staphylococcaceae were the biomarkers related to the positive bacteria lab test results.Multivariable Cox regression showed that the increase inα-diversity and the abundance of the families Prevotellaceae and Actinomycetaceae were associated with clinical improvements.The positive bacteria lab test results,AKI,and plasma MIP-1βlevel were associated with patients’lung microbiota composition on ICU admission.The families Prevotellaceae and Actinomycetaceae on admission predicted clinical improvements.

Wide-field in situ multiplexed Raman imaging with superresolution

Because of the fingerprint-like specificity of its characteristic spectrogram, Raman spectral imaging has been applied widely in various research areas. Using a combination of structured illumination with the surface- enhanced Raman scattering （SERS） technique, wide-field Raman imaging is developed with a significant improve- ment in spatial resolution. As a result of the relatively narrow Raman characteristic peaks, optically encoded SERS nanoparticles can be used to perform multiplexed imaging. The results show excellent superresolution wide-fidd multiplexed imaging performance. The developed technique has extraordinary potential for applications in biological imaging and other related fields.

Spatio-temporal differentiation of spring phenology in China driven by temperatures and photoperiod from 1979 to 2018

Large amounts of data accumulated in ecology and related environmental sciences arouses urgent need to explore useful patterns and information in it.Here we propose coclustering-based methods and a temperatures-photoperiod driven phenological model to explore spatio-temporal differentiation in long-term spring phenology in China.First,we created the first bloom date(FBD)dataset in China from 1979 to 2018 using the extended spring indices and China Meteorological Forcing Dataset.Then we analyzed the dataset using Bregman block average co-clustering algorithm with I-divergence(BBAC_I)and kmeans algorithm.Such analysis delineated the spatially-continuous phenoregions in China for the first time.Results showed three spatial patterns of FBD in China and their temporal dynamics for 40 years(1979–2018).More specifically,overall late spring onsets occur in 1979–1996,in which areas located in Jiangxi,northern Xinjiang and middle Inner Mongolia experienced constant changing spring onsets.Overall increasingly earlier spring onsets occur in 1997–2012,in which areas located in Fujian,Hunan and eastern Heilongjiang experienced the most variable spring onsets.Stable early spring onsets over China occur after 2012.Results also showed 15 temporal patterns of spring phenology over the study period and their spatial delineation in China.More specifically,most areas in China have the same FBD category for 40 years while northern Guizhou,Hunan and southern Hubei have the same category in 1979–1997 and then fluctuate between different categories.Finally,our results have certain directive significance on the design of existing observational sites in Chinese Phenological Network.

FOXG1 Directly Suppresses Wnt5a During the Development of the Hippocampus

The Wnt signaling pathway plays key roles in various developmental processes.Wnt5a,which activates the non-canonical pathway,has been shown to be particularly important for axon guidance and outgrowth as well as dendrite morphogenesis.However,the mechanism underlying the regulation of Wnt5a remains unclear.Here,through conditional disruption of Foxg1 in hippocampal progenitors and postmitotic neurons achieved by crossing Foxg1~(fl/fl)with Emx1-Cre and Nex-Cre,respectively,we found that Wnt5a rather than Wnt3a/Wnt2b was markedly upregulated.Overexpression of Foxg1 had the opposite effects along with decreased dendritic complexity and reduced mossy fibers in the hippocampus.We further demonstrated that FOXG1 directly repressed Wnt5a by binding to its promoter and one enhancer site.These results expand our knowledge of the interaction between Foxg1 and Wnt signaling and help elucidate the mechanisms underlying hippocampal development.

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP):A potential contributor to atherlosclerotic cardio/cerebro-vascular diseases?

At least 10%of the elderly population above the age of 70 carry a condition termed clonal hematopoiesis indeterminate potential(CHIP)due to oligoclonal expansion of mutated hematopoietic stem cells.Although CHIP is known to predispose patients to a higher risk of malignant blood disorders,the recent revelation of its association with higher morbidity and mortality of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and ischemic stroke is rather surprising.Two independent research groups published studies indicating that Tet2 mutated monocytes from mice modeling CHIP had a causal role in accelerating the growth of atherosclerotic lesions due to their pro-inflammation activities.This important discovery points to CHIP as a risk factor and raises the prospect of novel treatment to minimize the adverse cardio/cerebro-vascular events.