A Preliminary Study of Medical Books on Health Care for the Elderly and Prolonging Life in the Early 20th Century

The present research of Chinese medical history lack detailed discussions on Chinese medicine philology of the elderly and the various sorting of related literature of physiology and diseases both at home and abroad.Based on previous literature,the article aims to introduce the publishing trend of medical books on health cultivation and prolonging life on since modern times,generally describe its significance,and initially analyze the contents related to health cultivation for the elderly.The article finds out that after the scientific concepts were imported into China in large quantities from the beginning of the 20th century,the past superstitions rose again.The sciences of nutrition,bacteriology,and physiology in such books had all verified that the road to immortality was possible.The concept of longevity at the time emphasized a concept that could be controlled by science.With the advancement of scientific research and health concepts,people believed that they could eventually achieve immortality.It was obvious that people were filled with optimism about science at that time,thus gradually subverting the definition of the elderly.

Cathode nanoarchitectonics with Na_(3)VFe_(0.5)Ti_(0.5)(PO_(4))_(3): Overcoming the energy barriers of multielectron reactions for sodium-ion batteries

High electrochemical stability and safety make Na+superionic conductor(NASICON)-class cathodes highly desirable for Na-ion batteries(SIBs).However,their practical capacity is limited,leading to low specific energy.Furthermore,the low electrical conductivity combined with a decline in capacity upon prolonged cycling(>1000 cycles)related to the loss of active material-carbon conducting contact regions contributes to moderate rate performance and cycling stability.The need for high specific energy cathodes that meet practical electrochemical requirements has prompted a search for new materials.Herein,we introduce a new carbon-coated Na_(3)VFe_(0.5)Ti_(0.5)(PO_(4))_(3)(NVFTP/C)material as a promising candidate in the NASICON family of cathodes for SIBs.With a high specific energy of∼457 Wh kg^(-1) and a high Na+insertion voltage of 3.0 V versus Na^(+)/Na,this cathode can undergo a reversible single-phase solid-solution and two-phase(de)sodiation evolution at 28 C(1 C=174.7 mAh g^(-1))for up to 10,000 cycles.This study highlights the potential of utilizing low-cost and highly efficient cathodes made from Earth-abundant and harmless materials(Fe and Ti)with enriched Na^(+)-storage properties in practical SIBs.

Lubricant self-replenishing slippery surface with prolonged service life for fog harvesting

Slippery lubricant-infused surfaces exhibit excellent fog-harvesting capacities compared with superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces.However,lubricant depletion is typically unavoidable under dynamic conditions,and reinfused oil is generally needed to recover the fog-harvesting capacity.Herein,an effective strategy for delaying the depletion of lubricant to prolong the service life of fog harvesting is proposed.An ultrathin transparent lubricant self-replenishing slippery surface was fabricated via facile one-step solvent evaporation polymerization.The gel film of the lubricant self-replenishing slippery surface,which was embedded with oil microdroplets,was attached to glass slides via the phase separation and evaporation of tetrahydrofuran.The gel film GFs-150(with oil content 150 wt%of aminopropyl-terminated polydimethyl siloxane(PDMS–NH2))exhibited superior slippery and fog-harvesting performance to other gel films.Furthermore,the slippery surfaces with the trait of oil secretion triggered by mechanical stress exhibited better fog-harvesting capabilities and longer service life than surfaces without the function of lubricant self-replenishment.The lubricant self-replenishing,ultrathin,and transparent slippery surfaces reported herein have considerable potential for applications involving narrow spaces,visualization,long service life,etc.