An innovative monochromator shielding is designed and implemented for the cold neutron spectrometers XINGZHI and BOYA operated by Renmin University of China at China Advanced Research Reactor.Via Monte Carlo simulatio...An innovative monochromator shielding is designed and implemented for the cold neutron spectrometers XINGZHI and BOYA operated by Renmin University of China at China Advanced Research Reactor.Via Monte Carlo simulations and careful mechanical designs,a shielding configuration has been successfully developed to satisfy safety requirements of below 3μSv/h dose rate at its exterior,meanwhile fulfilling space,floor load and nonmagnetic requirements.Composite materials are utilized to form the sandwich-type shielding walls:the inner layer of boron carbide rubber,the middle layer of steel-encased lead and the outer layer of borated polyethylene.Special-shaped liftable shielding blocks are incorporated to facilitate a continuous adjustment of the neutron energy while preventing radiation leakage.Our work has demonstrated that by utilizing composite shielding materials,along with the sandwich structure and liftable shielding blocks,a compact and lightweight shielding solution can be achieved.This enables the realization of advanced neutron scattering instruments that provide expanded space of measurement,larger energy and momentum coverage,and higher flux on the sample.This shielding represents the first of its kind in neutron scattering instruments in China.Following its successful operation,it has been subsequently employed by other neutron instruments across the country.展开更多
Composite organohydrogels have been widely used in wearable electronics.However,it remains a great challenge to develop mechanically robust and multifunctional composite organohydrogels with good dispersion of nanofil...Composite organohydrogels have been widely used in wearable electronics.However,it remains a great challenge to develop mechanically robust and multifunctional composite organohydrogels with good dispersion of nanofillers and strong interfacial interactions.Here,multifunctional nanofiber composite reinforced organohydrogels(NCROs)are prepared.The NCRO with a sandwich-like structure possesses excellent multi-level interfacial bonding.Simultaneously,the synergistic strengthening and toughening mechanism at three different length scales endow the NCRO with outstanding mechanical properties with a tensile strength(up to 7.38±0.24 MPa),fracture strain(up to 941±17%),toughness(up to 31.59±1.53 MJ m~(-3))and fracture energy(up to 5.41±0.63 kJ m~(-2)).Moreover,the NCRO can be used for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding and strain sensing due to its high conductivity and excellent environmental tolerance such as anti-freezing performance.Remarkably,owing to the organohydrogel stabilized conductive network,the NCRO exhibits superior long-term sensing stability and durability compared to the nanofiber composite itself.This work provides new ideas for the design of high-strength,tough,stretchable,anti-freezing and conductive organohydrogels with potential applications in multifunctional and wearable electronics.展开更多
This paper presents a ZUC-256 stream cipher algorithm hardware system in order to prevent the advanced security threats for 5 G wireless network.The main innovation of the hardware system is that a six-stage pipeline ...This paper presents a ZUC-256 stream cipher algorithm hardware system in order to prevent the advanced security threats for 5 G wireless network.The main innovation of the hardware system is that a six-stage pipeline scheme comprised of initialization and work stage is employed to enhance the solving speed of the critical logical paths.Moreover,the pipeline scheme adopts a novel optimized hardware structure to fast complete the Mod(231-1)calculation.The function of the hardware system has been validated experimentally in detail.The hardware system shows great superiorities.Compared with the same type system in recent literatures,the logic delay reduces by 47%with an additional hardware resources of only 4 multiplexers,the throughput rate reaches 5.26 Gbps and yields at least 45%better performance,the throughput rate per unit area increases 14.8%.The hardware system provides a faster and safer encryption module for the 5G wireless network.展开更多
Sweet tea,which has hundreds of years of use among in Chinese folk,is a traditional herbal tea with pleasant sweetness,bitterness and astringency.In the current study,we used traditional microbial fermentation to impr...Sweet tea,which has hundreds of years of use among in Chinese folk,is a traditional herbal tea with pleasant sweetness,bitterness and astringency.In the current study,we used traditional microbial fermentation to improve sensory characteristics of sweet tea,especially for the reduction of bitterness and astringency.The dynamic changes of non-volatile,volatile compounds and microbial community were investigated during microbial fermentation.The contents of polyphenols,flavonoids,soluble sugar,soluble protein,catechins and dihydrochalcones decreased significantly while the tea pigments,free amino acids and gallic acid content inversely increased during microbial fermentation.A total of 61 volatile compounds were identified and quantified in sweet tea,of which 20 key compounds were identified as odor active compounds(OAV),including 3 aldehydes,1 ketone,4 alcohols,9 esters,4 alkenes and 3 other compounds.In addition,eight fungi and four bacteria were considered as core microorganisms,such as Aspergillus,Alternaria,Cladosporium,Epicoccum,Itersonilia,Penicillium,Periconia,Wallemia,Aureimonas,Enterobacter,Klebsiella and Stenotrophomonas,which were significantly correlated with non-volatile compounds and flavor compounds.These results provided theoretical guidance for processing of fermented sweet tea.展开更多
1.INTRODUCTION With rapid developments in genetic engineering,tumor immunology,and cellular engineering,chimeric antigen receptor T cell(CAR-T)cell therapy has become a novel immunotherapy for oncology and other medic...1.INTRODUCTION With rapid developments in genetic engineering,tumor immunology,and cellular engineering,chimeric antigen receptor T cell(CAR-T)cell therapy has become a novel immunotherapy for oncology and other medical fields.1 The promising results of CD19 CAR-T treating B-cell malignancies were reported.2,3 Simultaneously,there existed many adverse events,the most reported of which including B-cell aplasia,hematological toxicity,cytokine release syndrome(CRS),and immune effector-cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome(ICANS),3,4 but there is still lack of reports demonstrating the impact of CD19 CAR-T on the ABO blood group potency of patient’s serum.展开更多
The dengue virus(DENV) is a vital global public health issue. The 2014 dengue epidemic in Guangzhou, China, caused approximately 40,000 cases of infection and five deaths. We carried out a comprehensive investigation ...The dengue virus(DENV) is a vital global public health issue. The 2014 dengue epidemic in Guangzhou, China, caused approximately 40,000 cases of infection and five deaths. We carried out a comprehensive investigation aimed at identifying the transmission sources in this dengue epidemic. To analyze the phylogenetics of the 2014 dengue strains, the envelope(E) gene sequences from 17 viral strains isolated from 168 dengue patient serum samples were sequenced and a phylogenetic tree was reconstructed. All 17 strains were serotype Ⅰ strains, including 8genotype Ⅰ and 9 genotype V strains. Additionally, 6 genotype Ⅰ strains that were probably introduced to China from Thailand before 2009 were widely transmitted in the 2013 and 2014 epidemics, and they continued to circulate until 2015, with one affinis strain being found in Singapore. The other 2 genotype Ⅰ strains were introduced from the Malaya Peninsula in 2014. The transmission source of the 9 genotype Ⅴ strains was from Malaysia in 2014. DENVs of different serotypes and genotypes co-circulated in the 2014 dengue outbreak in Guangzhou. Moreover, not only had DENV been imported to Guangzhou, but it had also been gradually exported, as the viruses exhibited an enzootic transmission cycle in Guangzhou.展开更多
Here,authors report on composition of a stretchable,mechanically durable and superhydrophilic polyaniline(PANI)/hal-loysite nanotubes(HNTs)decorated PU nanofiber(PANI/HNTs@PU).The polymer nanofibers are placed as the ...Here,authors report on composition of a stretchable,mechanically durable and superhydrophilic polyaniline(PANI)/hal-loysite nanotubes(HNTs)decorated PU nanofiber(PANI/HNTs@PU).The polymer nanofibers are placed as the core and PANI/HNTs makes the shell section.The PANI/HNTs creates a membrane with outstanding light absorption and photo-thermal conversion performance.The strong solar absorption capability and superhydrophilicity of the PANI/HNTs@PU remain almost unchanged during stretching,abrasion,and ultrasonic washing tests,exhibiting superior surface stability and durability.When the PANI/HNTs@PU is used for the interfacial evaporation,the evaporation rate and efficiency reach as high as 1.61 kg m^(-2) h^(-1) and 94.7%,respectively.No salt precipitation is observed on the solar absorber surface even under a high salinity or during the long term or cyclic evaporation test.Furthermore,the excellent interfacial evaporation function is maintained when the nanofiber composite is mechanically stretched.The PANI/HNTs@PU based evaporation device shows promising applications in high performance solar desalination.展开更多
Signaling pathway alterations in COVID-19 of living humans as well as therapeutic targets of the host proteins are not clear.We analyzed 317 urine proteomes,including 86 COVID-19,55 pneumonia and 176 healthy controls,...Signaling pathway alterations in COVID-19 of living humans as well as therapeutic targets of the host proteins are not clear.We analyzed 317 urine proteomes,including 86 COVID-19,55 pneumonia and 176 healthy controls,and identified specific RNA virus detector protein DDX58/RIG-I only in COVID-19 samples.Comparison of the COVID-19 urinary proteomes with controls revealed major pathway alterations in immunity,metabolism and protein localization.Biomarkers that may stratify severe symptoms from moderate ones suggested that macrophage induced inflammation and thrombolysis may play a critical role in worsening the disease.Hyper activation of the TCA cycle is evident and a macrophage enriched enzyme CLYBL is up regulated in COVID-19 patients.As CLYBL converts the immune modulatory TCA cycle metabolite itaconate through the citramalyl-CoA intermediate to acetyl-CoA,an increase in CLYBL may lead to the depletion of itaconate,limiting its anti-inflammatory function.These observations suggest that supplementation of itaconate and inhibition of CLYBL are possible therapeutic options for treating COVID-19,opening an avenue of modulating host defense as a means of combating SARS-CoV-2 viruses.展开更多
To The Editor:The role of measurable residual disease(MRD)in prognosis and treatment in acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is evolving.Studies have demonstrated the correlation between MRD and risks of relapse in adult AML:pe...To The Editor:The role of measurable residual disease(MRD)in prognosis and treatment in acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is evolving.Studies have demonstrated the correlation between MRD and risks of relapse in adult AML:persistently positive MRD after induction is associated with a high risk of relapse,1,2 and these patients should consider allogeneic transplantation(allo-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation(HSCT))and clinical trial,even in favorable-risk groups.However,because of the financial issue or lack of suitable transplant donors,many of the patients could not receive allo-HSCT,so how to prolong the relapse-free survival of these patients remains a challenge.Platzbecker et al treated MRD-positive patients with azacytidine(AZA),and found pre-emptive therapy with AZA can prevent or substantially delay hematological relapse in MRD-positive patients with MDS(myelodysplastic syndrome)or AML who are at a high risk of relapse.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12004426,U2030106,and 12304185)the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project of NSFC(Grant No.11227906)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFA1406500)。
文摘An innovative monochromator shielding is designed and implemented for the cold neutron spectrometers XINGZHI and BOYA operated by Renmin University of China at China Advanced Research Reactor.Via Monte Carlo simulations and careful mechanical designs,a shielding configuration has been successfully developed to satisfy safety requirements of below 3μSv/h dose rate at its exterior,meanwhile fulfilling space,floor load and nonmagnetic requirements.Composite materials are utilized to form the sandwich-type shielding walls:the inner layer of boron carbide rubber,the middle layer of steel-encased lead and the outer layer of borated polyethylene.Special-shaped liftable shielding blocks are incorporated to facilitate a continuous adjustment of the neutron energy while preventing radiation leakage.Our work has demonstrated that by utilizing composite shielding materials,along with the sandwich structure and liftable shielding blocks,a compact and lightweight shielding solution can be achieved.This enables the realization of advanced neutron scattering instruments that provide expanded space of measurement,larger energy and momentum coverage,and higher flux on the sample.This shielding represents the first of its kind in neutron scattering instruments in China.Following its successful operation,it has been subsequently employed by other neutron instruments across the country.
基金financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51873178)Qing Lan Project of Yangzhou University and Jiangsu Province+1 种基金High-end Talent Project of Yangzhou UniversityJiangsu Students'Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(202211117059Z)。
文摘Composite organohydrogels have been widely used in wearable electronics.However,it remains a great challenge to develop mechanically robust and multifunctional composite organohydrogels with good dispersion of nanofillers and strong interfacial interactions.Here,multifunctional nanofiber composite reinforced organohydrogels(NCROs)are prepared.The NCRO with a sandwich-like structure possesses excellent multi-level interfacial bonding.Simultaneously,the synergistic strengthening and toughening mechanism at three different length scales endow the NCRO with outstanding mechanical properties with a tensile strength(up to 7.38±0.24 MPa),fracture strain(up to 941±17%),toughness(up to 31.59±1.53 MJ m~(-3))and fracture energy(up to 5.41±0.63 kJ m~(-2)).Moreover,the NCRO can be used for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding and strain sensing due to its high conductivity and excellent environmental tolerance such as anti-freezing performance.Remarkably,owing to the organohydrogel stabilized conductive network,the NCRO exhibits superior long-term sensing stability and durability compared to the nanofiber composite itself.This work provides new ideas for the design of high-strength,tough,stretchable,anti-freezing and conductive organohydrogels with potential applications in multifunctional and wearable electronics.
基金supported in part by the National R&D Program for Major Research Instruments of China(Grant No:62027814)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No:62104054)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(Grant No:F2018010)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province,China(No:LBH-Z20133)the Fundamental Research Funds for The Central Universities,China(3072021CF0806)。
文摘This paper presents a ZUC-256 stream cipher algorithm hardware system in order to prevent the advanced security threats for 5 G wireless network.The main innovation of the hardware system is that a six-stage pipeline scheme comprised of initialization and work stage is employed to enhance the solving speed of the critical logical paths.Moreover,the pipeline scheme adopts a novel optimized hardware structure to fast complete the Mod(231-1)calculation.The function of the hardware system has been validated experimentally in detail.The hardware system shows great superiorities.Compared with the same type system in recent literatures,the logic delay reduces by 47%with an additional hardware resources of only 4 multiplexers,the throughput rate reaches 5.26 Gbps and yields at least 45%better performance,the throughput rate per unit area increases 14.8%.The hardware system provides a faster and safer encryption module for the 5G wireless network.
基金This work was financially supported by the Yaan Science and Technology Program Project(2021)the Cooperation Project of Lushan County and Sichuan Agricultural University(2019)the National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(CN)(202110626036).The authors thank Home for Researchers editorial team(www.home-for-researchers.com)for polishing and editing the article.
文摘Sweet tea,which has hundreds of years of use among in Chinese folk,is a traditional herbal tea with pleasant sweetness,bitterness and astringency.In the current study,we used traditional microbial fermentation to improve sensory characteristics of sweet tea,especially for the reduction of bitterness and astringency.The dynamic changes of non-volatile,volatile compounds and microbial community were investigated during microbial fermentation.The contents of polyphenols,flavonoids,soluble sugar,soluble protein,catechins and dihydrochalcones decreased significantly while the tea pigments,free amino acids and gallic acid content inversely increased during microbial fermentation.A total of 61 volatile compounds were identified and quantified in sweet tea,of which 20 key compounds were identified as odor active compounds(OAV),including 3 aldehydes,1 ketone,4 alcohols,9 esters,4 alkenes and 3 other compounds.In addition,eight fungi and four bacteria were considered as core microorganisms,such as Aspergillus,Alternaria,Cladosporium,Epicoccum,Itersonilia,Penicillium,Periconia,Wallemia,Aureimonas,Enterobacter,Klebsiella and Stenotrophomonas,which were significantly correlated with non-volatile compounds and flavor compounds.These results provided theoretical guidance for processing of fermented sweet tea.
基金the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(Grant no.2021-1-I2M-041)Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission Grant(Grant no.20JCZDJC00120).
文摘1.INTRODUCTION With rapid developments in genetic engineering,tumor immunology,and cellular engineering,chimeric antigen receptor T cell(CAR-T)cell therapy has become a novel immunotherapy for oncology and other medical fields.1 The promising results of CD19 CAR-T treating B-cell malignancies were reported.2,3 Simultaneously,there existed many adverse events,the most reported of which including B-cell aplasia,hematological toxicity,cytokine release syndrome(CRS),and immune effector-cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome(ICANS),3,4 but there is still lack of reports demonstrating the impact of CD19 CAR-T on the ABO blood group potency of patient’s serum.
基金supported by the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (No. S2012030006598)the Science & Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province of China (No. 2013A020229007)the Innovative Program of the State Key Laboratory of Virology (No. 2016KF001)
文摘The dengue virus(DENV) is a vital global public health issue. The 2014 dengue epidemic in Guangzhou, China, caused approximately 40,000 cases of infection and five deaths. We carried out a comprehensive investigation aimed at identifying the transmission sources in this dengue epidemic. To analyze the phylogenetics of the 2014 dengue strains, the envelope(E) gene sequences from 17 viral strains isolated from 168 dengue patient serum samples were sequenced and a phylogenetic tree was reconstructed. All 17 strains were serotype Ⅰ strains, including 8genotype Ⅰ and 9 genotype V strains. Additionally, 6 genotype Ⅰ strains that were probably introduced to China from Thailand before 2009 were widely transmitted in the 2013 and 2014 epidemics, and they continued to circulate until 2015, with one affinis strain being found in Singapore. The other 2 genotype Ⅰ strains were introduced from the Malaya Peninsula in 2014. The transmission source of the 9 genotype Ⅴ strains was from Malaysia in 2014. DENVs of different serotypes and genotypes co-circulated in the 2014 dengue outbreak in Guangzhou. Moreover, not only had DENV been imported to Guangzhou, but it had also been gradually exported, as the viruses exhibited an enzootic transmission cycle in Guangzhou.
基金This work was financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51873178)the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering(Sichuan University)(No.sklpme2020-4-03)+1 种基金Qing Lan Project of Yangzhou University and Jiangsu Province,High-end Talent Project of Yangzhou University,the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu province(No.KYCX18_2364,No.KYCX20_2977)Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Fund of Yangzhou University.
文摘Here,authors report on composition of a stretchable,mechanically durable and superhydrophilic polyaniline(PANI)/hal-loysite nanotubes(HNTs)decorated PU nanofiber(PANI/HNTs@PU).The polymer nanofibers are placed as the core and PANI/HNTs makes the shell section.The PANI/HNTs creates a membrane with outstanding light absorption and photo-thermal conversion performance.The strong solar absorption capability and superhydrophilicity of the PANI/HNTs@PU remain almost unchanged during stretching,abrasion,and ultrasonic washing tests,exhibiting superior surface stability and durability.When the PANI/HNTs@PU is used for the interfacial evaporation,the evaporation rate and efficiency reach as high as 1.61 kg m^(-2) h^(-1) and 94.7%,respectively.No salt precipitation is observed on the solar absorber surface even under a high salinity or during the long term or cyclic evaporation test.Furthermore,the excellent interfacial evaporation function is maintained when the nanofiber composite is mechanically stretched.The PANI/HNTs@PU based evaporation device shows promising applications in high performance solar desalination.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0505102,2017YFA0505103,2017YFA0505104,2017YFC0908404,2018YFA0507503,2020YFA0708001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81874237,31870828)+4 种基金Major National Science and technology projects(2017ZX10305501-006)National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine:2019 Project of Building Evidence Based Practice Capacity for TCM(2019XZZX-LG003)Guangdong Key-Area Research and Development Program(2019B020229002,2020B1111300005)Guangzhou Science and Technology Program(201902020009)Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research on Emergency in TCM(2017B030314176).
文摘Signaling pathway alterations in COVID-19 of living humans as well as therapeutic targets of the host proteins are not clear.We analyzed 317 urine proteomes,including 86 COVID-19,55 pneumonia and 176 healthy controls,and identified specific RNA virus detector protein DDX58/RIG-I only in COVID-19 samples.Comparison of the COVID-19 urinary proteomes with controls revealed major pathway alterations in immunity,metabolism and protein localization.Biomarkers that may stratify severe symptoms from moderate ones suggested that macrophage induced inflammation and thrombolysis may play a critical role in worsening the disease.Hyper activation of the TCA cycle is evident and a macrophage enriched enzyme CLYBL is up regulated in COVID-19 patients.As CLYBL converts the immune modulatory TCA cycle metabolite itaconate through the citramalyl-CoA intermediate to acetyl-CoA,an increase in CLYBL may lead to the depletion of itaconate,limiting its anti-inflammatory function.These observations suggest that supplementation of itaconate and inhibition of CLYBL are possible therapeutic options for treating COVID-19,opening an avenue of modulating host defense as a means of combating SARS-CoV-2 viruses.
基金funded by Tianjin Clinical Research Center:Construction of Tianjin Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases(2016.4-2019.12)(15ZXLCSY00010)National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2500003).
文摘To The Editor:The role of measurable residual disease(MRD)in prognosis and treatment in acute myeloid leukemia(AML)is evolving.Studies have demonstrated the correlation between MRD and risks of relapse in adult AML:persistently positive MRD after induction is associated with a high risk of relapse,1,2 and these patients should consider allogeneic transplantation(allo-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation(HSCT))and clinical trial,even in favorable-risk groups.However,because of the financial issue or lack of suitable transplant donors,many of the patients could not receive allo-HSCT,so how to prolong the relapse-free survival of these patients remains a challenge.Platzbecker et al treated MRD-positive patients with azacytidine(AZA),and found pre-emptive therapy with AZA can prevent or substantially delay hematological relapse in MRD-positive patients with MDS(myelodysplastic syndrome)or AML who are at a high risk of relapse.