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Inorg Chem ; 61(31): 12308-12317, 2022 Aug 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35892197

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The monoanionic tetrapyrrolic macrocycle B,C-tetradehydrocorrin (TDC) resides chemically between corroles and corrins. This chemical space remains largely unexplored due to a lack of reliable synthetic strategies. We now report the preparation and characterization of Co(II)- and Ni(II)-metalated TDC derivatives ([Co-TDC]+ and [Ni-TDC]+, respectively) with a combination of crystallographic, electrochemical, computational, and spectroscopic techniques. [Ni-TDC]+ was found to undergo primarily ligand-centered electrochemical reduction, leading to hydrogenation of the macrocycle under cathodic electrolysis in the presence of acid. Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy reveals that [Ni-TDC]+ and the two-electron-reduced [Ni-TDC]- possess long-lived excited states, whereas the excited state of singly reduced [Ni-TDC] exhibits picosecond dynamics. The Co(I) compound [Co-TDC] is air stable, highlighting the notable property of the TDC ligand to stabilize low-valent metal centers in contradistinction to other tetrapyrroles such as corroles, which typically stabilize metals in higher oxidation states.

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J Environ Manage ; 306: 114510, 2022 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35051818

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In-depth investigation of the spatiotemporal driver patterns of city carbon emissions is vital toward establishing carbon neutrality, as such knowledge would aid policymakers in formulating differentiated emission reduction policies. Through developing a unique carbon emission dataset and applying a spatiotemporal logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition approach, we explored the spatiotemporal drivers of CO2 emission for diverse cities in China categorized by economic structure and population size during 2002-2018. The results highlighted GDP per capita and industrial structure as the most positive and negative drivers, respectively, with the former overweighing the latter before 2016. Furthermore, the between-group differences of cities categorized using population size were higher than differences within groups, implying evident heterogeneity of carbon emissions. Emission related to within-differences in net primary productivity (NPP) constitutes the largest contributing factor promoting carbon emission in megacities and highly industrialized cities, whereas NPP between-differences in agricultural carbon intensity are predominantly associated with inhibiting emissions in large and highly commercialized cities. We therefore suggest that policymakers should optimize the industrial structure in highly industrialized cities and develop carbon sequestration in cities with high vegetation coverage through fiscal transfer for achieving carbon neutrality.


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Dióxido de Carbono , Carbono , Carbono/análise , Dióxido de Carbono/análise , China , Cidades , Desenvolvimento Econômico , Fatores Socioeconômicos
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Mikrochim Acta ; 186(5): 302, 2019 04 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31028493

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A surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) method is described for the determination of vanillin, methyl vanillin and ethyl vanillin at trace levels. Flower-like silver nanoparticles on a silicon wafer are used as the SERS substrate, and the analytes can be specifically and non-destructively recognized by their specific Raman bands. The molecules can be recognized rapidly by identifying the characteristic bands. The SERS spectra of vanillin (C8H8O3) were used as mid-contrast, and specific bands of methyl vanillin and ethyl vanillin (C9H10O3) were acquired at 775 cm-1, 1350 cm-1 and 1282 cm-1, 1382 cm-1, respectively. In addition, by using an improved principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm, the organic molecule can be quantitatively determined. Dissolved in water, vanillin, methyl vanillin and ethyl vanillin still can be detected at a concentration of 10-8 M, at which their characteristic Raman peaks are still visible. The method was successfully applied to the determination of vanillin in milk powder products. Graphical abstract Vanillin can be identified at trace levels by laser irradiation of milk and by using flower-like silver nanoparticles as the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. Vanillin and its methyl and ethyl derivatives can be quantitatively analyzed by the principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm.

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Planta ; 247(5): 1077-1087, 2018 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29350280

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MAIN CONCLUSION: Six types of lignin-carbohydrate complex (LCC) fractions were isolated from Eucalyptus. The acidic dioxane treatment applied significantly improved the yield of LCCs. The extraction conditions had a limited impact on the LCC structures and linkages. Characterization of the lignin-carbohydrate complex (LCC) structures and linkages promises to offer insight on plant cell wall chemistry. In this case, Eucalyptus LCCs were extracted by aqueous dioxane, and then precipitated sequentially by 70% ethanol, 100% ethanol, and acidic water (pH = 2). The composition and structure of the six LCC fractions obtained by selective precipitation were investigated by sugar analysis, molecular weight determination, and 2D HSQC NMR. It was found that the acidic (0.05-M HCl) dioxane treatment significantly improved the yield of LCCs (66.4% based on Klason lignin), which was higher than the neutral aqueous dioxane extraction, and the extraction condition showed limited impact on the LCC structures and linkages. In the fractionation process, the low-molecular-weight LCCs containing a high content of carbohydrates (60.3-63.2%) were first precipitated by 70% ethanol from the extractable solution. The phenyl glycoside (PhGlc) bonds (13.0-17.0 per 100Ar) and highly acetylated xylans were observed in the fractions recovered by the precipitation with 100% ethanol. On the other hand, such xylan-rich LCCs exhibited the highest frequency of ß-O-4 linkages. The benzyl ether (BE) bonds were only detected in the fractions obtained by acidic water precipitation.


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Carboidratos/isolamento & purificação , Eucalyptus/metabolismo , Lignina/isolamento & purificação , Metabolismo dos Carboidratos , Carboidratos/química , Precipitação Química , Dioxanos/uso terapêutico , Lignina/química , Lignina/metabolismo , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Peso Molecular
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J Acoust Soc Am ; 141(4): 2821, 2017 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28464666

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Vibro-acoustic modulation (VAM) is a form of a non-destructive testing technique used in nonlinear acoustic methods for the detection of defects. It comprises of exciting the structure with a dual frequency sinusoidal signal and studying the interaction of this wave with the underlying defect. In this work a theoretical study on the mechanics of VAM is presented for a generic material body. The roles of different types of defect on the response of the material are analyzed. The theoretical analysis shows the origins of the nonlinear frequencies in the form of higher harmonics and sidebands commonly observed in the output response of VAM excitation. In addition, the analysis provides insights on the relationships between the magnitudes of the nonlinear responses and those of the input vibrations, and on the physical origins of the nonlinear responses. For a physical visualization of the nonlinear vibrations associated with the theory a finite element analysis of VAM is also performed. The model looks into the plausibility of using VAM for the mapping of damage in physical structures. The model is also used to investigate the effects of the defect size and defect depth on the nonlinear mechanism of VAM.

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Bioresour Technol ; 406: 131009, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38909869

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This paper examines the adaptive responses of microbial communities to gradual shifts in pH toward the mild alkaline range in anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. The results indicate that a pH of 8.0 serves as a critical upper limit for stable AD operation, beyond which microbial efficiency declines, underscoring the importance of microbial resilience against elevated pH stress. Specifically, hydrolysis genera, e.g. Eubacterium and Anaerobacterium, and syntrophic bacteria were crucial for reactor stability. Fibrobacter had also been shown to play a key role in the accumulation of propionate, thus leading to its dominance in the volatile fatty acid profile throughout the experimental phases. Overall, this investigation revealed the potential adaptability of microbial communities in AD systems to mild alkaline pH shifts, emphasizing the hydrolysis bacteria and syntrophic bacteria as key factors for maintaining metabolic function in elevated pH conditions.


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Reatores Biológicos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Anaerobiose , Bactérias/metabolismo , Álcalis/farmacologia , Álcalis/química , Ácidos Graxos Voláteis/metabolismo , Hidrólise
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Diabetes Technol Ther ; 26(6): 394-402, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38277166

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Background: We used continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data to investigate glycemic outcomes in a real-world population with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from South Korea, where the widespread use of CGM and the nationwide education program began almost simultaneously. Methods: Data from Dexcom G6 users with T1D in South Korea were collected between January 2019 and January 2023. Users were included if they provided at least 90 days of glucose data and used CGM at least 70% of the days in the investigational period. The relationship between CGM utilization and glycemic metrics, including the percentage of time in range (TIR), time below range (TBR), and time above range (TAR), was assessed. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Samsung Medical Center (SMC 2023-05-030). Results: A total of 2288 users were included. Mean age was 41.5 years (57% female), with average uploads of 428 days. Mean TIR was 62.4% ± 18.5%, mean TBR <70 mg/dL was 2.6% ± 2.8%, mean TAR >180 mg/dL was 35.0% ± 19.3%, mean glucose was 168.1 ± 35.8 mg/dL, mean glucose management indicator was 7.2% ± 0.9%, and mean coefficient of variation was 36.7% ± 6.0%. Users with higher CGM utilization had higher TIR (67.8% vs. 52.7%), and lower TBR <70 mg/dL (2.3% vs. 4.7%) and TAR >180 mg/dL (30.0% vs. 42.6%) than those with low CGM utilization (P < 0.001 for all). Users whose data were shared with others had higher TIR than those who did not (63.3% vs. 60.8%, P = 0.001). Conclusions: In this South Korean population, higher CGM utilization was associated with a favorably higher mean TIR, which was close to the internationally recommended target. Using its remote data-sharing feature showed beneficial impact on TIR.


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Automonitorização da Glicemia , Glicemia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 , Humanos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/sangue , República da Coreia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Automonitorização da Glicemia/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Adulto , Glicemia/análise , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Controle Glicêmico/estatística & dados numéricos , Insulina/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Monitoramento Contínuo da Glicose
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J Gastrointest Surg ; 27(2): 422-432, 2023 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36417036

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INTRODUCTION: The optimal choice of anastomotic techniques for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis in esophagectomy remains unclear. METHODS: An electronic literature search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science (data up to April 2022) was conducted and screened to compare hand sewn (HS), circular stapling (CS), side-to-side linear stapling (LS), and triangulating stapling (TS) for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis. Anastomotic leak, pulmonary complications, anastomotic stricture, and reflux esophagitis of the 4 anastomotic techniques were evaluated using a Bayesian network meta-analysis by R. RESULT: Twenty-nine studies were ultimately included, with a total of 5,020 patients from 9 randomized controlled trials, 7 prospect cohort studies, and 13 retrospective case-control studies in the meta-analysis. The present study demonstrates that the incidence of anastomotic leakage is lower in TS than HS and CS (TS vs. HS: odds ratio (OR) = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.1 to 0.9; TS vs. CS: OR = 0.37, 95% CI: 0.13 to 1.0), and the incidence of anastomotic stricture is lower in TS than in HS and CS (TS vs. HS: OR = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.11 to 0.86; TS vs. CS: OR = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.58). TS ranks best in terms of anastomotic leakage, pulmonary complication, anastomotic stricture, and reflux esophagitis. CONCLUSION: TS for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis of esophagectomy had a lower incidence of anastomotic leakage and stricture. TS should be preferentially recommended. Large-scale RCTs will be needed to provide more evidence in future studies.


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Neoplasias Esofágicas , Esofagite Péptica , Humanos , Esofagectomia/efeitos adversos , Esofagectomia/métodos , Fístula Anastomótica/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Constrição Patológica/etiologia , Constrição Patológica/cirurgia , Constrição Patológica/epidemiologia , Esofagite Péptica/cirurgia , Teorema de Bayes , Metanálise em Rede , Grampeamento Cirúrgico/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Esofágicas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Esofágicas/complicações , Resultado do Tratamento , Anastomose Cirúrgica/efeitos adversos , Anastomose Cirúrgica/métodos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/cirurgia
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Bioelectrochemistry ; 153: 108456, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37247529

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Lower yields and poorer quality of biopharmaceutical products result from cell death in bioreactors. Such cell death is commonly associated with programmed cell death or apoptosis. During apoptosis, caspases are activated and cause a cascade of events that eventually lead to cell destruction. We report on an impedance spectroscopy measurement technique for the detection of total caspase-9 in buffer and complex fluids, such as cell culture media. Enhanced sensitivity is achieved by leveraging the physiochemical properties of zinc oxide and copper oxide at the electrode-solution interface. Characterisation of the biosensor surface was performed using scanning electron microscopy and indirectly using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The characteristic biomolecular interactions between the target analyte and specific capture probe of the biosensor are quantified using non-faradaic electrical impedance spectroscopy (nfEIS). The proof-of-concept biosensor demonstrated a detection limit of 0.07 U/mL (0.032 µM) in buffer. The sensor requires a low sample volume of 50 µL without the need for sample dilution facilitating rapid analysis. Using a luminescence-based assay, the presence of active caspase-9 was detected in the culture media following exposure to a pro-apoptotic agent. We envision that the caspase-9 biosensor will be useful as a cell stress screening device for apoptosis monitoring.


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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Animais , Caspase 9 , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos , Apoptose , Caspases , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Espectroscopia Dielétrica , Mamíferos
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Micromachines (Basel) ; 14(2)2023 Feb 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36838117

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Biped locomotion provides more mobility and effectiveness compared with other methods. Animals have evolved efficient walking patterns that are pursued by biped robot researchers. Current researchers have observed that symmetry is a critical criterion to achieve efficient natural walking and usually realize symmetrical gait patterns through morphological characteristics using simplified dynamic models or artificial priors of the center of mass (CoM). However, few considerations of symmetry and energy consumption are introduced at the joint level, resulting in inefficient leg motion. In this paper, we propose a full-order biped gait planner in which the symmetry requirement, energy efficiency, and trajectory smoothness can all be involved at the joint level, and CoM motion is automatically determined without any morphological prior. In order to achieve a symmetrical and efficient walking pattern, we first investigated the characteristic of a completely symmetrical gait, and a group of nearly linear slacked constraints was designed for three phases of planning. Then a Constrained Direct Collocation (DIRCON)-based full-order biped gait planner with a weighted cost function for energy consumption and trajectory smoothness is proposed. A dynamic simulation with our newly designed robot model was performed in CoppliaSim to test the planner. Physical comparison experiments on a real robot device finally validated the symmetry characteristic and energy efficiency of the generated gait. In addition, a detailed presentation of the real biped robot is also provided.

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J Clin Med ; 12(2)2023 Jan 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36675495

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BACKGROUND: recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (RLNP) is a common and severe complication of esophagectomy in esophageal cancer (EC). Several studies explored the application of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in esophagectomy to prevent RLNP. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the value of IONM in esophagectomy for EC. METHODS: an electronic of the literature using Google Scholar, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science (data up to October 2022) was conducted and screened to compare IONM-assisted and conventional non-IONM-assisted esophagectomy. RLNP, the number of mediastinal lymph nodes (LN) dissected, aspiration, pneumonia, chylothorax, anastomotic leakage, the number of total LN dissected, postoperative hospital stay and total operation time were evaluated using Review Manager 5.4.1. RESULT: ten studies were ultimately included, with a total of 949 patients from one randomized controlled trial and nine retrospective case-control studies in the meta-analysis. The present study demonstrated that IONM reduced the incidence of RLNP(Odds Ratio (OR) 0.37, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.26-0.52) and pneumonia (OR 0.58, 95%CI 0.41-0.82) and was associated with more mediastinal LN dissected (Weighted Mean Difference (WMD) 4.75, 95%CI 3.02-6.48) and total mediastinal LN dissected (WMD 5.47, 95%CI 0.39-10.56). In addition, IONM does not increase the incidence of aspiration (OR 0.4, 95%CI 0.07-2.51), chylothorax (OR 0.55, 95%CI 0.17-1.76), and anastomotic leakage (OR 0.78, 95%CI 0.48-1.27) and does not increase the total operative time (WMD -12.33, 95%CI -33.94-9.28) or postoperative hospital stay (WMD -2.07 95%CI -6.61-2.46) after esophagectomy. CONCLUSION: IONM showed advantages for preventing RLNP and pneumonia and was associated with more mediastinal and total LN dissected in esophagectomy. IONM should be recommended for esophagectomy.

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Med Phys ; 2023 Dec 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38063140

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BACKGROUND: Accurate and automated segmentation of thoracic organs-at-risk (OARs) is critical for radiotherapy treatment planning of thoracic cancers. However, this has remained a challenging task for four major reasons: (1) thoracic OARs have diverse morphologies; (2) thoracic OARs have low contrast with the background; (3) boundaries of thoracic OARs are blurry; (4) class imbalance issue caused by small organs. PURPOSE: To overcome the above challenges and achieve accurate and automated segmentation of thoracic OARs on thoracic CT. METHODS: A novel cascaded framework based on mixed attention and multiscale information for thoracic OARs segmentation, called Cascaded-TOARNet. This cascaded framework comprises two stages: localization and segmentation. During the localization stage, TOARNet locates each organ to crop the regions of interest (ROIs). During the segmentation stage, TOARNet accurately segments the ROIs, and the segmentation results are merged into a complete result. RESULTS: We evaluated our proposed method and other common segmentation methods on two public datasets: the AAPM Thoracic Auto-Segmentation Challenge dataset and the Segmentation of Thoracic Organs at Risk (SegTHOR) dataset. Our method demonstrated superior performance, achieving a mean Dice score of 92.6% on the SegTHOR dataset and 90.8% on the AAPM dataset. CONCLUSIONS: This segmentation method holds great promise as an essential tool for enhancing the efficiency of thoracic radiotherapy planning.

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J Cardiothorac Surg ; 18(1): 268, 2023 Oct 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37794501

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BACKGROUND: This study aims to investigate the outcomes of patients who received early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy due to esophageal cancer. METHODS: A prospective randomized clinical trial was performed between March 2020 and June 2022. Patients who were scheduled for thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy due to esophageal cancer were enrolled. Then, these patients were assigned to the control group (traditional postoperative care) and study group (traditional postoperative care with early bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage). The outcomes, which included the length of hospital stay and medical expenses, and postoperative complications, which included pulmonary infection, atelectasis, respiratory dysfunction and anastomotic leakage, were compared between these two groups. RESULTS: A total of 106 patients were enrolled for the present study, and 53 patients were assigned for the control and study groups. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, and location of the esophageal cancer between the two groups. Furthermore, the length of hospital stay was statistically significantly shorter and the medical expenses were lower during hospitalization in the study group, when compared to the control group (12.3 ± 1.2 vs. 18.8 ± 1.3 days, 5.5 ± 0.9 vs. 7.2 ± 1.2 Chinese Yuan, respectively; all, P < 0.05). Moreover, there were statistically significantly fewer incidences of overall complications in study group, when compared to the control group (20.7% vs.45.2%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: For patients with esophageal cancer, early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy can shorten the length of hospital stay, and lower the medical expense and incidence of postoperative complications.


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Neoplasias Esofágicas , Laparoscopia , Humanos , Irrigação Terapêutica/efeitos adversos , Escarro , Estudos Prospectivos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Laparoscopia/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Esofágicas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Esofágicas/complicações , Esofagectomia/efeitos adversos , Toracoscopia/efeitos adversos , Estudos Retrospectivos
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Front Surg ; 9: 989408, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36157416

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Background: The counts of examined lymph nodes (ELNs) in predicting the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a controversial issue. We conducted a retrospective study to develop an ELNs-based model to individualize ESCC prognosis. Methods: Patients with ESCC from the SEER database and our center were strictly screened. The optimal threshold value was determine by the X-tile software. A prognostic model for ESCC patients was developed and validated with R. The model's efficacy was evaluated by C-index, ROC curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results: 3,629 cases and 286 cases were screened from the SEER database and our center, respectively. The optimal cut-off value of ELNs was 10. Based on this, we constructed a model with a favorable C-index (training group: 0.708; external group 1: 0.687; external group 2: 0.652). The model performance evaluated with ROC curve is still reliable among the groups. 1-year AUC for nomogram in three groups (i.e., 0.753, 0.761, and 0.686) were superior to that of the TNM stage (P < 0.05). Similarly, the 3-year AUC and the 5-year AUC results for the model were also higher than that of the 8th TNM stage. By contrast, DCA showed the benefit of this model was better in the same follow-up period. Conclusion: More than 10 ELNs are helpful to evaluate the survival of ESCC patients. Based on this, an improved model for predicting the prognosis of ESCC patients was proposed.

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Bioresour Technol ; 361: 127672, 2022 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35878771

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This study investigated the selective production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) during anaerobic mixed-culture fermentation. The experiment used chicken manure (CM) as a potential substrate to produce high added-value propionic acid and butyric acid under an alkaline environment. The conversion of CM into selective VFAs depends highly on operational conditions such as pH and redox balance. Therefore, the current experiment is designed to employ amino acid addition and develop a redox balance control method to control the final VFA profile. This study showed that 0.2-5.0 % valine and threonine addition successfully enhanced propionic acid and butyric acid production during alkaline fermentation and hence decreased the proportion of acetic acid from 83 % to approximately 47 %. The oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) and redox cofactor ratio (NADH/NAD+) were measured to support the selective VFA production mechanism. The results obtained in this study bring extra value to the valorization of CM within the circular economy concept for selective value-added VFA production.


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Ácidos Graxos Voláteis , Propionatos , Anaerobiose , Reatores Biológicos , Ácido Butírico , Fermentação , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Esterco , Oxirredução , Células Th17
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Resour Policy ; 77: 102760, 2022 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36569596

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China's economy is experiencing a rapid revival in the post Covid-19 era, while energy consumption is surging and environmental pressure is prominent. Environmental protection expenditure is an important means for local governments to improve environmental quality; it plays a crucial role in guiding market investment, providing environmental treatment funds and energy conservation and utilization. Based on a sample of 286 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2017, this study analyzes environmental governance effects of local environmental protection expenditure while considering the time duration, regional differences, and spatial spillover characteristics of industrial pollution emissions. The results reveal that local environmental protection expenditure could help reduce industrial pollution emissions in Chinese cities; however, the governance effects were heterogeneous in different clustering city groups. In addition, the effects of environmental protection expenditure at the neighborhood level varied greatly; the results showed that the stronger the spillover of pollutants, the more significant was the trans-regional governance effect of local environmental protection expenditure. Therefore, local governments should promote a cooperative mode of "joint prevention and control and cross-regional governance" when treating pollutants with strong spillover potential.

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Biomimetics (Basel) ; 7(4)2022 Nov 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36412731

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Various constraints exist in bipedal movement. Due to the natural ability of effectively handling constraints, trajectory optimization has become one of the mainstream methods in biped gait planning, especially when constraints become much more complex on non-flat terrain. In this paper, we propose a multi-modal biped gait planner based on DIRCON, which can generate different gaits for multiple, non-flat terrains. Firstly, a virtual knot is designed to model the state transitions when the swing foot contacts terrain and is inserted as the first knot of the target trajectory of the current support phase. Thus, a complete gait or multi-modal gaits sequence can be generated at one time. Then, slacked complementary constraints, which can avoid undesired trajectories, are elaborated to describe the coupling relationships between terrain information and bipedal motion for trajectory optimization based gait planning. The concrete form of the gait planner is also delivered. Finally, we verify the performance of the planner, as well as the structural design of our newly designed biped robot in CoppeliaSim through flat terrain walking, stairs terrain walking and quincuncial piles walking. The three experiments show that the gaits planned by the proposed planner can enable the robot to walk stably over non-flat terrains, even through simple PD control.

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Sci Rep ; 12(1): 1582, 2022 Jan 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35091654

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Recyclable titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based photocatalytic self-cleaning films (SCFs) having a bilayer structure were prepared and assessed. These SCFs comprised two layers of fibers fabricated using an electrospinning process. The self-cleaning layer was made of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) fibers with embedded TiO2 while the substrate layer was composed of fibers made by simultaneously electrospinning poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and ABS. This substrate improved the mechanical strength of the SCF and provided greater adhesion due to the presence of the PVA. The experimental results showed that the hydrophobicity (as assessed by the water contact angle), photocatalytic properties and self-cleaning efficiency of the SCF were all enhanced with increasing TiO2 content in the ABS/TiO2 fibers. In addition, the introduction of the substrate layer allowed the SCFs to be applied to various surfaces and then peeled off when desired. The ABS fibers effectively improved the strength of the overall film, while deterioration of the ABS upon exposure to UV light was alleviated by the addition of TiO2. These SCFs can potentially be recycled after use in various environments, and therefore have applications in the fields of environmental protection and medical science.

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BMC Med Genomics ; 15(1): 274, 2022 12 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36587194

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PURPOSE: Previous studies showed that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and PPARγ coactivator1 family (PPARGC1A and PPARGC1B) gene single nucleotide variants (SNVs)were strongly associated with cancer susceptibility. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of PPARγ, PPARGC1A, and PPARGC1B variants with the risk of gastric cancer (GC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a case-control study of 490 GC cases and 1,476 healthy controls from eastern China. PPARγ rs1801282 C > G, rs3856806 C > T, PPARGC1A rs2970847 C > T, rs8192678 C > T and PPARGC1B rs7732671 G > C, rs17572019 G > A SNVs were selected to investigate the association between these SNVs and GC susceptibility. Genotypes of the SNVs were assessed by multiplex fluorescent PCR using a custom-by-design 48-Plex SNPscantm Kit. RESULTS: The PPARγ rs1801282 SNV was associated with a decreased risk for GC (GC vs. CC: odds ratio (OR) = 0.62, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 0.42-0.93, adjusted P = 0.019; GC + GG vs. GG: OR = 0.63 95%CI = 0.42-0.93, adjusted P = 0.019; respectively). In addition, stratified analysis revealed that the PPARγ rs1801282 SNV was correlated with the risk of GC in subgroups of age ≥ 61, no smoking, and no alcohol consuming. We also confirmed that the PPARγ rs3856806 C > T SNV promoted the risk of GC in women. The PPARGC1A rs8192678 TT genotype decreased the susceptibility of GC in men. The PPARGC1A rs2970847 C > T SNV decreased the susceptibility of GC in the subgroup of BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2. The PPARGC1B rs7732671 G > C and rs17572019 G > A SNVs promoted the risk of GC in the subgroup of BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the PPARγ, PPARGC1A, and PPARGC1B SNVs may be associated with the susceptibility of GC in eastern Chinese population. Future studies with larger populations, detailed H. pylori infection status for subgroup analysis, and functional study are needed to further clarify the relationship between these SNVs and GC risk.


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PPAR gama , Coativador 1-alfa do Receptor gama Ativado por Proliferador de Peroxissomo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA , Neoplasias Gástricas , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos de Casos e Controles , População do Leste Asiático , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Coativador 1-alfa do Receptor gama Ativado por Proliferador de Peroxissomo/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , PPAR gama/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Fatores Sexuais
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