波浪扰动对太湖底泥磷释放影响模拟

为揭示波浪扰动对湖泊底泥磷释放的影响,在波浪水槽中模拟了不同波高情况下扰动对水体、水土界面、底泥间隙水的磷、溶解氧等的影响。结果显示,在大波扰动下,沉积物大量悬浮,水体总磷随之增加,溶解性磷增加却不显著;波浪扰动显著增加了水体和沉积物界面的溶解氧浓度,并增加了溶解氧在沉积物的侵蚀深度;波浪扰动降低了沉积物表层10 cm内间隙水中的磷浓度,而10 cm以下沉积物中间隙水中磷浓度基本保持不变。研究表明,波浪扰动可迅速增加水体中颗粒态的营养盐,但是对于溶解态营养盐,尤其是水体中活性磷浓度的影响,则受沉积物性质、水-沉积物间隙水磷浓度差,以及水-沉积物中氧含量等多方面因素的影响。

Selective Removal of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds from Transportation Diesel Fuels with Reactive Adsorbent

This paper presents a new selective adsorbent to remove nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds from model and commercial transportation diesel fuels based on characteristic reaction designed to occur in the pores of substrate.This reactive adsorbent is composed of formaldehyde,phosphotungstic acid and Santa Barbara USA(SBA)-15.The experiment was based on assumed hydroxymethylation reaction of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds with formaldehyde using phosphotungstic acid as catalyst in batch and fixed-bed systems.The nitrogen concentration in the model fuel was 237.33 ng.μl-1,carbazole and toluene were used as model nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and solvent,respectively.The effectiveness of reactive adsorbent for removal of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds from commercial 0# diesel fuel containing 224.86 ng.μl-1 nitrogen was examined in a fixed-bed reactor at 70 ℃.The results showed that nitrogen in the model fuel was very low and the nitrogen concentration in the commercial diesel reduced to 2.44 ng.μl-1.The demand for transportation fuel with ultra-low nitrogen is satisfied.

Hepato-biliary profile of potential candidate liver progenitor cells from healthy rat liver

AIM： To evaluate the presence of progenitor cells in healthy adult rat liver displaying the equivalent ad- vanced hepatogenic profile as that obtained in humans. METHODS： Rat fibroblastic-like liver derived cells （rFLDC） were obtained from collagenase-isolated liver cell suspensions and characterized and their phenotype profile determined using flow cytometry, immunocyto- chemistry, reverse transcription polymerase chain reac- tion and functional assays. RESULTS： rFLDC exhibit fibroblastoid morphology, ex- press mesenchymal （CD73, CD90, vimentin, m-smooth muscle actin）, hepatocyte （UGTIA1, CK8） and biliary （CK19） markers. Moreover, these cells are able to store glycogen, and have glucose 6 phosphatase activity, but not UGTIA1 activity. Under the hepatogenic differentia- tion protocol, rFLDC display an up-regulation of hepatocyte markers expression （albumin, tryptophan 2,3-di- oxygenase, G6Pase） correlated to a down-regulation of the expression of the biliary marker CK19. CONCLUSION： Advanced hepatic features observed in human liver progenitor cells could not be demonstrated in rFLDC. However, we demonstrated the presence of an original rodent hepato-biliary cell type.

Mechanical Stress Induces Neuroendocrine and Immune Responses of Sea Cucumber(Apostichopus japonicus)

Grading procedure in routine sea cucumber hatchery production is thought to affect juvenile sea cucumber immunologi- cal response. The present study investigated the impact of a 3-min mechanical perturbation mimicking the grading procedure on neuroendocrine and immune parameters of the sea cucumber Apostichopusjaponicus. During the application of stress, concentrations of noradrenaline and dopamine in coelomic fluid increased significantly, indicating that the mechanical perturbation resulted in a transient state of stress in sea cucumbers. Coelomocytes concentration in coelomic fluid increased transiently after the beginning of stressing, and reached the maximum in 1 h. Whereas, coelomocytes phagocytosis at 3 min, superoxide anion production from 3 min to 0.5 h, acid phosphatase activity at 0.5 h, and phenoloxidase activity from 3 min to 0.5 h were all significantly down-regulated. All of the immune parameters recovered to baseline levels after the experiment was conducted for 8 h, and an immunostimulation occurred after the stress considering the phagocytosis and acid phosphatase activity. The results suggested that, as in other marine invertebrates, neuroendocrine/immnne connections exist in sea cucumber A. japonicus. Mechanical stress can elicit a profound influence on sea cucumber neuroendocrine system. Neuroendocrine messengers act in turn to modulate the immunity fimctions. Therefore, these ef- fects should be considered for developing better husbandry procedures.

Direct synthesis of parallel doped N-MoP/N-CNT as highly active hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst

Doped phosphide is promising in earthabundant element based catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER). Here we employ ammonium hypophosphite(NH4H2PO2) to synthesize a novel parallel doped catalyst,nitrogen doped molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles(NPs)supported on nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes(N-MoP/N-CNTs). The NH4H2PO2 as a bifunctional agent severs as both phosphidation agent and nitrogen source, which makes the synthetic route simple and efficient. The as-obtained parallel doped N-MoP/N-CNTs show an overpotential of 103±5 mV at 10 mA cm-2, which is 140 mV lower than that of MoP NPs. The enhanced HER performance is attributed to the electronic effect by doped MoP and CNTs supports. This work provides a facile route to synthesize doped phosphides for the potential applications in hydrogen energy.