Cyproterone acetate (CPA) is a steroidal synthetic progestagen and anti-androgenic compound widely administered in prostate cancer which has been evidentially correlated with a severe hepatotoxic potency. Three male p...Cyproterone acetate (CPA) is a steroidal synthetic progestagen and anti-androgenic compound widely administered in prostate cancer which has been evidentially correlated with a severe hepatotoxic potency. Three male patients aged 78-83 years are presented, in whom severe hepatotoxic reactions emerged after CPA administration. Patients were treated with CPA at the doses of 200-300 mg/d for malignant prostate disease for 3-12 mo prior to the acute manifestation of the hepatic disease. Clinical features compatible with mixed hepatocellular and cholestatic liver disease including jaundice, white stools and dark urine, manifested in all three cases whereas encephalopathy and ascites were present in two of the patients. Other primary causes of hepatotoxicity (alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis) were also verified in two cases, and in those patients biopsy findings revealed the presence of cirrhotic lesions in liver parenchyma. Discontinuation of the therapeutic agent led to the amelioration of the clinical profile in all the patients whereas a patient died 40 d after hospital admission due to sepsis, despite acute liver disease improvement. The current article highlights the hepatotoxic potency of a widely administered therapeutic agent and illustrates the importance of clinical surveillance especially in patients with previous hepatic diseases. Three relevant cases are reported and a review of the published literature is made.展开更多
Laboratory scale model of DMMBF （dual mixed media biofilter） were designed and installed in AI-Mustansiriya University Environmental Hydraulic Lab. Experiments were conducted using two mixed layers through PVR colum...Laboratory scale model of DMMBF （dual mixed media biofilter） were designed and installed in AI-Mustansiriya University Environmental Hydraulic Lab. Experiments were conducted using two mixed layers through PVR column--2.2 m height and 300 mm diameter. The first mixed media filter of depth 640mm mixed of sand, rice husk and granular activated carbon. The percentage volume mix is 1：1：1. While the other mixed media of depth 740 mm, consisting of coal, crash porcelinaite, rock and granite with equally percentage volume. Fifty samples were collected during the experiments, which was spread over a period of forty two weeks. The obtained results indicate that when the flow loading raised from 0.15 L/min to 2.7 L/rain, the removal efficiency of BOD decreased 8%-11%, and the removal efficiency of COD deceased 3%-4%, while the removal efficiency of turbidity increased with the decreasing of hydraulic loading. The results showed that the removal efficiency of turbidity is more than 95% at the lower discharge （0.15 L/min）. Therefore, infiltration should be conservatively designed using low loading rates.展开更多
A straightforward and efficient protocol for dearomatizing indoles is described.The reaction,catalyzed by an inexpensive Co(III)/Zn(II)catalyst,starts from easily accessible N‐pyrimidinyl indoles and ene‐yne ketones...A straightforward and efficient protocol for dearomatizing indoles is described.The reaction,catalyzed by an inexpensive Co(III)/Zn(II)catalyst,starts from easily accessible N‐pyrimidinyl indoles and ene‐yne ketones.Mild reaction conditions,high diastereoselectivity,a broad substrate scope,effective functional group tolerance,and reasonable to remarkable yields were observed.展开更多
Natural zeolite and coal cinder were layered as main packing medium of the ecological filter instead of traditional filling to remedy the static lake water in Northern China.The ecological filter was running in a comb...Natural zeolite and coal cinder were layered as main packing medium of the ecological filter instead of traditional filling to remedy the static lake water in Northern China.The ecological filter was running in a combined upward and downward flow mode.Dynamic experiments were carried out to study the effects of retention time and ambient temperature on pollutants' removal efficiency of the hybrid ecological filter.The function of plant was also studied by contrast test.It is showed that the removal efficiencies of NH4+-N and TP are increased when the retention time is changed from 1 h to 2 h and 4 h,but the removal efficiency of TN is decreased,the removal efficiency of NH4+-N is increased from 91.5% to 98% and that of TP is increased from 31.8% to 52.5%.When the temperature declines,the temporal removal efficiency of NH4+-N is reduced,but the removal efficiency of 24 h and 48 h is remained.The removal efficiency of TP after 24 h and 48 h is decreased when the temperature declines evidently.The retention time plays an important role in NH4+-N and TP removal,and the ambient temperature is significant for TP removal.The plant favors for TP and organic matter removal but has little effect on TN removal.展开更多
Photo‐catalyzed tandem dearomatization/carboxylation of benzyl o‐halogenated aryl ether with CO_(2) was achieved,which affords spirocyclic carboxylic acids under mild conditions.The reaction has good functional grou...Photo‐catalyzed tandem dearomatization/carboxylation of benzyl o‐halogenated aryl ether with CO_(2) was achieved,which affords spirocyclic carboxylic acids under mild conditions.The reaction has good functional group tolerance with high yields.Mechanism studies indicate that the transformation was realized via intramolecular radical addition and nucleophilic addition.展开更多
The energy barriers of thermal decarboxylation reactions of petroleum acids and catalytic decarboxylation reactions of Bronsted acid and Lewis acid were analyzed using molecular simulation technology. Compared with th...The energy barriers of thermal decarboxylation reactions of petroleum acids and catalytic decarboxylation reactions of Bronsted acid and Lewis acid were analyzed using molecular simulation technology. Compared with thermal decarboxylation reactions of petroleum acids, the decarboxylation reactions by acid catalysts were easier to occur. The decarboxylaton effect by Lewis acid was better than Bronsted acid. The mechanisms of catalytic decarboxylation over acid catalyst were also verified by experiments on a fixed bed and a fluidized bed, the experimental results showed that the rate of acid removal could reach up to 97% over the acidic catalyst at a temperature above 400℃.展开更多
In this paper, the charge distribution, the chemical bond order and the reactive performance of carboxylic acid model compounds on acidic catalyst were investigated by using molecular simulation technology. The simula...In this paper, the charge distribution, the chemical bond order and the reactive performance of carboxylic acid model compounds on acidic catalyst were investigated by using molecular simulation technology. The simulation results showed that the bond order of C—O was higher than that of C—C, and C—C bond connected to the carbon atom in the carboxyl radical had the lowest bond order. The charge distributions of model naphthenic acids were similar in characteristics that the negative charges were concentrated on carboxyls. According to the simulation results, the mechanisms of catalytic decar- boxylation over acidic solid catalyst were proposed, and a new route was put forward regarding removal of the naphthenic acid from crude oil through catalytic decarboxylation.展开更多
Removal of nitrophenols （NPs） from aqueous solutions through the adsorption process by using cationic β-cyclodextrin （CCD） modified zeolite （CCDMZ） was investigated. The effects of particle size, contact time, ...Removal of nitrophenols （NPs） from aqueous solutions through the adsorption process by using cationic β-cyclodextrin （CCD） modified zeolite （CCDMZ） was investigated. The effects of particle size, contact time, solution pH values and sodium chloride content in the aqueous on adsorption capacity were evaluated through a series of batch experiments. The results showed that CCDMZ had a higher adsorption capacity for removing NPs at a size fraction of 0.45-0.9 mm while adsorption of NPs on CCDMZ reached equilibrium within 60 min. The adsorption process was apparently influenced by pH values and sodium chloride content in aqueous solution. To ascertain the mechanisms of sorption, the experimental data were modeled by using the pseudo-first and pseudo-second order kinetic equations, and the results indicated that the adsorption kinetics of NPs on CCDMZ well-matched with the pseudo-second order rate expression.展开更多
To evaluate the removal efficiency of organic pollutants in the sewage by Harbin municipal sewage treatment plant, the influent and effluent samples from the plant were pretreated by liquid-liquid extraction （LLE） u...To evaluate the removal efficiency of organic pollutants in the sewage by Harbin municipal sewage treatment plant, the influent and effluent samples from the plant were pretreated by liquid-liquid extraction （LLE） under conditions of acidity, neutrality and alkaleseence in sequence, and then were analyzed by gas chromatograph-mass spectrum （GC-MS） procedures. Results indicate that there are 70 species of organic pollutants in the influent sample of the plant, which mainly consist of alkyls, benzene series, esters, and heteroeyclic compounds. Some of these organic pollutants are biotoxie and belong to persistent organic pollutants （POPs）. Four species among them are on the list of Prior Pollutants of Environmental Protection Agency of USA （USEPA）. However, 7 species of organic pollutants appearing in the effluent sample mainly include alkyls of multi-carbons and phthalate esters. The removal efficiency of phthalates is poor because of their poor biodegradability. The sewage treatment technique is effective in removing most＋of organics pollutants.展开更多
This paper carries out an experiment study of decoupling performance for a novel lateral axis micromachined gyroscope with varying environmental parameters. The non-ideal mathematical model for the coupling mechanism ...This paper carries out an experiment study of decoupling performance for a novel lateral axis micromachined gyroscope with varying environmental parameters. The non-ideal mathematical model for the coupling mechanism of the gyroscope is estab-lished through the gyro dynamic response matrix. The coupling components varying with ambient pressure and temperature induced by stiffness coupling, damping coupling and electrostatic force coupling are semi-analytically discussed. The overall coupling ratio is evaluated via experiments in the custom-built installation. The testing results show that the decoupling per-formance of the gyroscope is sensitive to the environmental parameters and all the non-ideal errors are determined as a function of ambient pressure and temperature. The coupling error varies from 0.05% to 0.25% within the pressure range of 100 Pa-100 kPa. The characteristics of coupling with temperature are measured from 20℃ to 100℃ with a variation from 0.35% to 0.41%. The results also indicate that within the range of measured ambient pressure and temperature, the minimum coupling ratio occurs at 100 Pa and room temperature. The overall performance of the gyroscope is tested under the pressure of about 2000 Pa and room temperature to achieve a relatively low coupling ratio. The scale factor is measured to be 7.8 mV （°）-1 s-1 with nonlinearity about 0.45% in the full-scale range of 600 （°） s-1. The short-term bias stability is approximately 0.06 （°）s-1 （1σ） for 20 min with noise equivalent angular rate evaluated to be 0.077 （°） s-1 Hz-1/2.展开更多
Atrazine is a widely used herbicide for controlling weeds on both agricultural and nonagricultural land,which is equally detected in water supplies beyond safe concentrations.Although the presence of atrazine metaboli...Atrazine is a widely used herbicide for controlling weeds on both agricultural and nonagricultural land,which is equally detected in water supplies beyond safe concentrations.Although the presence of atrazine metabolites is an indication of herbicide degradation,some of them still exhibit toxicity,greater water solubility and weaker interaction with soil components than atrazine.Hence,studies with atrazine in the environment are of interest because of its potential to contaminate drinking water sources.Data on atrazine availability for transport,plant uptake,and microbial degradation and mineralization are therefore required to perform more comprehensive and realistic environmental risk assessments of its environmental fate.This review presents an account of the sorption-desorption phenomenon of atrazine on soil and other sorbents by revisiting the several mechanisms of atrazine-sorbent binding reported in the literature.The retention and transport of atrazine in soils;the influence of organic matter on atrazine sorption;the interactions of atrazine with humic substances,atrazine uptake by plants,atrazine bioccumulation and microbial degradation;atrazine transformation in composting environments;and finally atrazine removal by biosorption are discussed.展开更多
High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping...High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping.Herein,a high interfacial-energy artificial solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)with rich LiF embedded in lithiated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid(PAMPS-Li)network is designed to realize favorable Li^(0) nucleation and rapid desolvation of Li+simultaneously.The Li-F bonds in LiF(001)exhibit stronger ion-dipole interactions with Li atoms,offering higher interfacial energies.When the growth surface energy and total interfacial energy of Li^(0) are balanced,the high interfacial energy SEI with abundant LiF can promote the formation of larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos.In addition,the PAMPS-Li with immobilized anions presents weaker interaction with Li^(0) and possesses higher polymer-Li interfacial energy,and its amide and sulfonic acid groups exhibit higher binding energies with Li^(+).Therefore,PAMPS-Li can easily promote the Li+to escape from the solvent sheath and weaken the desolvation energy barrier.The highly reversible Li^(0) deposition behavior with restricted side reactions is achieved based on the synergistic modification of high interfacial energy SEI with heterostructure.Most importantly,lifespan of multi-layered Li^(0) pouch cell(330 Wh kg-1)with a low N/P ratio(1.67)is over 100 cycles,verifying its potential practical application.展开更多
文摘Cyproterone acetate (CPA) is a steroidal synthetic progestagen and anti-androgenic compound widely administered in prostate cancer which has been evidentially correlated with a severe hepatotoxic potency. Three male patients aged 78-83 years are presented, in whom severe hepatotoxic reactions emerged after CPA administration. Patients were treated with CPA at the doses of 200-300 mg/d for malignant prostate disease for 3-12 mo prior to the acute manifestation of the hepatic disease. Clinical features compatible with mixed hepatocellular and cholestatic liver disease including jaundice, white stools and dark urine, manifested in all three cases whereas encephalopathy and ascites were present in two of the patients. Other primary causes of hepatotoxicity (alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis) were also verified in two cases, and in those patients biopsy findings revealed the presence of cirrhotic lesions in liver parenchyma. Discontinuation of the therapeutic agent led to the amelioration of the clinical profile in all the patients whereas a patient died 40 d after hospital admission due to sepsis, despite acute liver disease improvement. The current article highlights the hepatotoxic potency of a widely administered therapeutic agent and illustrates the importance of clinical surveillance especially in patients with previous hepatic diseases. Three relevant cases are reported and a review of the published literature is made.
文摘Laboratory scale model of DMMBF （dual mixed media biofilter） were designed and installed in AI-Mustansiriya University Environmental Hydraulic Lab. Experiments were conducted using two mixed layers through PVR column--2.2 m height and 300 mm diameter. The first mixed media filter of depth 640mm mixed of sand, rice husk and granular activated carbon. The percentage volume mix is 1：1：1. While the other mixed media of depth 740 mm, consisting of coal, crash porcelinaite, rock and granite with equally percentage volume. Fifty samples were collected during the experiments, which was spread over a period of forty two weeks. The obtained results indicate that when the flow loading raised from 0.15 L/min to 2.7 L/rain, the removal efficiency of BOD decreased 8%-11%, and the removal efficiency of COD deceased 3%-4%, while the removal efficiency of turbidity increased with the decreasing of hydraulic loading. The results showed that the removal efficiency of turbidity is more than 95% at the lower discharge （0.15 L/min）. Therefore, infiltration should be conservatively designed using low loading rates.
文摘A straightforward and efficient protocol for dearomatizing indoles is described.The reaction,catalyzed by an inexpensive Co(III)/Zn(II)catalyst,starts from easily accessible N‐pyrimidinyl indoles and ene‐yne ketones.Mild reaction conditions,high diastereoselectivity,a broad substrate scope,effective functional group tolerance,and reasonable to remarkable yields were observed.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50809037)Innovation Fund of Shanghai University(Grant No.10-0111-07-010)+1 种基金the Specialized Research Fund for the Outstanding Young Teachers of Shanghai(Grant No.37-0111-07-701)Systems Biology Research Foundation of Shanghai University
文摘Natural zeolite and coal cinder were layered as main packing medium of the ecological filter instead of traditional filling to remedy the static lake water in Northern China.The ecological filter was running in a combined upward and downward flow mode.Dynamic experiments were carried out to study the effects of retention time and ambient temperature on pollutants' removal efficiency of the hybrid ecological filter.The function of plant was also studied by contrast test.It is showed that the removal efficiencies of NH4+-N and TP are increased when the retention time is changed from 1 h to 2 h and 4 h,but the removal efficiency of TN is decreased,the removal efficiency of NH4+-N is increased from 91.5% to 98% and that of TP is increased from 31.8% to 52.5%.When the temperature declines,the temporal removal efficiency of NH4+-N is reduced,but the removal efficiency of 24 h and 48 h is remained.The removal efficiency of TP after 24 h and 48 h is decreased when the temperature declines evidently.The retention time plays an important role in NH4+-N and TP removal,and the ambient temperature is significant for TP removal.The plant favors for TP and organic matter removal but has little effect on TN removal.
文摘Photo‐catalyzed tandem dearomatization/carboxylation of benzyl o‐halogenated aryl ether with CO_(2) was achieved,which affords spirocyclic carboxylic acids under mild conditions.The reaction has good functional group tolerance with high yields.Mechanism studies indicate that the transformation was realized via intramolecular radical addition and nucleophilic addition.
基金the National Key Basic Re-search and Development Program (No. 2006CB202505).
文摘The energy barriers of thermal decarboxylation reactions of petroleum acids and catalytic decarboxylation reactions of Bronsted acid and Lewis acid were analyzed using molecular simulation technology. Compared with thermal decarboxylation reactions of petroleum acids, the decarboxylation reactions by acid catalysts were easier to occur. The decarboxylaton effect by Lewis acid was better than Bronsted acid. The mechanisms of catalytic decarboxylation over acid catalyst were also verified by experiments on a fixed bed and a fluidized bed, the experimental results showed that the rate of acid removal could reach up to 97% over the acidic catalyst at a temperature above 400℃.
文摘In this paper, the charge distribution, the chemical bond order and the reactive performance of carboxylic acid model compounds on acidic catalyst were investigated by using molecular simulation technology. The simulation results showed that the bond order of C—O was higher than that of C—C, and C—C bond connected to the carbon atom in the carboxyl radical had the lowest bond order. The charge distributions of model naphthenic acids were similar in characteristics that the negative charges were concentrated on carboxyls. According to the simulation results, the mechanisms of catalytic decar- boxylation over acidic solid catalyst were proposed, and a new route was put forward regarding removal of the naphthenic acid from crude oil through catalytic decarboxylation.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （NEPCP 200809098） and the Natural Science Foundation ot Gansu Province （0803RJZA003）.
文摘Removal of nitrophenols （NPs） from aqueous solutions through the adsorption process by using cationic β-cyclodextrin （CCD） modified zeolite （CCDMZ） was investigated. The effects of particle size, contact time, solution pH values and sodium chloride content in the aqueous on adsorption capacity were evaluated through a series of batch experiments. The results showed that CCDMZ had a higher adsorption capacity for removing NPs at a size fraction of 0.45-0.9 mm while adsorption of NPs on CCDMZ reached equilibrium within 60 min. The adsorption process was apparently influenced by pH values and sodium chloride content in aqueous solution. To ascertain the mechanisms of sorption, the experimental data were modeled by using the pseudo-first and pseudo-second order kinetic equations, and the results indicated that the adsorption kinetics of NPs on CCDMZ well-matched with the pseudo-second order rate expression.
文摘To evaluate the removal efficiency of organic pollutants in the sewage by Harbin municipal sewage treatment plant, the influent and effluent samples from the plant were pretreated by liquid-liquid extraction （LLE） under conditions of acidity, neutrality and alkaleseence in sequence, and then were analyzed by gas chromatograph-mass spectrum （GC-MS） procedures. Results indicate that there are 70 species of organic pollutants in the influent sample of the plant, which mainly consist of alkyls, benzene series, esters, and heteroeyclic compounds. Some of these organic pollutants are biotoxie and belong to persistent organic pollutants （POPs）. Four species among them are on the list of Prior Pollutants of Environmental Protection Agency of USA （USEPA）. However, 7 species of organic pollutants appearing in the effluent sample mainly include alkyls of multi-carbons and phthalate esters. The removal efficiency of phthalates is poor because of their poor biodegradability. The sewage treatment technique is effective in removing most＋of organics pollutants.
文摘This paper carries out an experiment study of decoupling performance for a novel lateral axis micromachined gyroscope with varying environmental parameters. The non-ideal mathematical model for the coupling mechanism of the gyroscope is estab-lished through the gyro dynamic response matrix. The coupling components varying with ambient pressure and temperature induced by stiffness coupling, damping coupling and electrostatic force coupling are semi-analytically discussed. The overall coupling ratio is evaluated via experiments in the custom-built installation. The testing results show that the decoupling per-formance of the gyroscope is sensitive to the environmental parameters and all the non-ideal errors are determined as a function of ambient pressure and temperature. The coupling error varies from 0.05% to 0.25% within the pressure range of 100 Pa-100 kPa. The characteristics of coupling with temperature are measured from 20℃ to 100℃ with a variation from 0.35% to 0.41%. The results also indicate that within the range of measured ambient pressure and temperature, the minimum coupling ratio occurs at 100 Pa and room temperature. The overall performance of the gyroscope is tested under the pressure of about 2000 Pa and room temperature to achieve a relatively low coupling ratio. The scale factor is measured to be 7.8 mV （°）-1 s-1 with nonlinearity about 0.45% in the full-scale range of 600 （°） s-1. The short-term bias stability is approximately 0.06 （°）s-1 （1σ） for 20 min with noise equivalent angular rate evaluated to be 0.077 （°） s-1 Hz-1/2.
文摘Atrazine is a widely used herbicide for controlling weeds on both agricultural and nonagricultural land,which is equally detected in water supplies beyond safe concentrations.Although the presence of atrazine metabolites is an indication of herbicide degradation,some of them still exhibit toxicity,greater water solubility and weaker interaction with soil components than atrazine.Hence,studies with atrazine in the environment are of interest because of its potential to contaminate drinking water sources.Data on atrazine availability for transport,plant uptake,and microbial degradation and mineralization are therefore required to perform more comprehensive and realistic environmental risk assessments of its environmental fate.This review presents an account of the sorption-desorption phenomenon of atrazine on soil and other sorbents by revisiting the several mechanisms of atrazine-sorbent binding reported in the literature.The retention and transport of atrazine in soils;the influence of organic matter on atrazine sorption;the interactions of atrazine with humic substances,atrazine uptake by plants,atrazine bioccumulation and microbial degradation;atrazine transformation in composting environments;and finally atrazine removal by biosorption are discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22109030 and 21875195)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2019A1515111069 and 2021A1515010177)the Key Research and Development Program of Yunnan Province(202103AA080019)。
文摘High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping.Herein,a high interfacial-energy artificial solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)with rich LiF embedded in lithiated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid(PAMPS-Li)network is designed to realize favorable Li^(0) nucleation and rapid desolvation of Li+simultaneously.The Li-F bonds in LiF(001)exhibit stronger ion-dipole interactions with Li atoms,offering higher interfacial energies.When the growth surface energy and total interfacial energy of Li^(0) are balanced,the high interfacial energy SEI with abundant LiF can promote the formation of larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos.In addition,the PAMPS-Li with immobilized anions presents weaker interaction with Li^(0) and possesses higher polymer-Li interfacial energy,and its amide and sulfonic acid groups exhibit higher binding energies with Li^(+).Therefore,PAMPS-Li can easily promote the Li+to escape from the solvent sheath and weaken the desolvation energy barrier.The highly reversible Li^(0) deposition behavior with restricted side reactions is achieved based on the synergistic modification of high interfacial energy SEI with heterostructure.Most importantly,lifespan of multi-layered Li^(0) pouch cell(330 Wh kg-1)with a low N/P ratio(1.67)is over 100 cycles,verifying its potential practical application.
