Experimental Design Technique on Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide using CaO-eggshells Dispersed onto Palm Kernel Shell Activated Carbon：Experiment,Optimization,Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies

This study presents the use of chicken eggshells waste utilizing palm kernel shell based activated carbon（PKSAC） through the modification of their surface to enhance the adsorption capacity of H2S. Response surface methodology technique was used to optimize the process conditions and they were found to be： 500 mg/L for H2S initial concentration, 540 min for contact time and 1 g for adsorbent mass. The impacts of three arrangement factors（calcination temperature of impregnated activated carbon（IAC）, the calcium solution concentration and contact time of calcination） on the H2S removal efficiency and impregnated AC yield were investigated. Both responses IAC yield（IACY, %） and removal efficiency（RE, %） were maximized to optimize the IAC preparation conditions. The optimum preparation conditions for IACY and RE were found as follows： calcination temperature of IAC of 880 ℃, calcium solution concentration of 49.3% and calcination contact time of 57.6 min, which resulted in 35.8% of IACY and 98.2% RE. In addition, the equilibrium and kinetics of the process were investigated. The adsorbent was characterized using TGA, XRD, FTIR, SEM/EDX, and BET. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity was found to be 543.47 mg/g. The results recommended that the composite of PKSAC and Ca O could be a useful material for H2S containing wastewater treatment.

Affinity Switching for Lysozyme and Dual-responsive Microgels by Stopped-flow Technique： Kinetic Control and Activity Evaluation

The use of proteins as therapeutics in nanomedicine is an emerging research field and has developed rapidly.However,proteins are always vulnerable to renal excretion or digestion by the proteolytic system in vivo,which limits their usage to a large extent.Although biocompatible polymers have been covalently linked to proteins to protect them from recognition by the immune system and prolong their circulation time,the biological activity of them is sometimes decreased.To fill this gap,physical isolation,wrapping,or encapsulation techniques are employed.Up to now,various mature examples were reported,but the whole time scales for guest molecules loading and releasing,especially the initial rapid loading process,were rarely mentioned.Herein,a series of dual-responsive poly（N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid）（P（NIPAM-co-MAA）） microgels were synthesized and employed to investigate the kinetics of in situ complexation and release of lysozyme under external stimuli modulation upon a stopped-flow apparatus,which was suitable for rapid dynamic monitoring.Close inspection of the adsorption kinetics during the early stages（〈 50 s） revealed that the initial microgel collapse occurred within ~1 s,with more rapid transitions being observed when higher lysozyme concentrations were targeted.All the dynamic traces could be well fitted with a double exponential function,suggesting a fast（τ1） and a slow（τ2） relaxation time,respectively.Then,the kinetics of releasing bound lysozyme from microgels was carried on by utilizing the p H-responsive property,and the evaluation of the activity of released lysozyme was synchronously measured in a Micrococcus lysodeikticus（M.lysodeikticus） cell suspension.The corresponding relaxation time（τ） was also calculated by fitting the recorded dynamic traces.We speculate that this work can provide basic dynamics data and theoretical basis for microgels based nanocarriers to be used for protein delivery,controlled release,and possible chemical separation.

The dynamic response of heart and its injury involving chest impact

Objective: The dynamic response of the heart during chest impact and the characteristics of heart injuries were investigated to further understand the mechanisms of heart impact injuries. Methods: Eleven dogs and thirty four rabbits were subjected to front thoracic impact with different impact velocities and compression response. The accelerated movement of thoracic wall during the impact period was monitored. The pathological examination of the injured heart was done and the dynamic responses and mechanisms of injuries were analyzed with mathematics models. Results: The analysis of mathematics model and experimental results showed that the injury severity of heart was well correlated with the viscous criterion. The thoracic wall was involved in bi directional movement of compression and expansion. The injured heart showed spotty or stripy hemorrhages in the ventricle endocardium. Light microscopic examination showed interstitial bleeding and rupture of the myocardial fibers in the contusion area. The biomechanical analysis indicated that there was a large deformation caused by the stress concentration on the lateral ventricle wall. Conclusions: There is a high speed and excessive deformation of the heart during the impact period, which might be the key mechanism of heart injury. The strong impact and press coming from both sternum and vertebral column and the rapid elevation of pressure in the ventricle are the main cause of deformation.