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Materials (Basel) ; 17(7)2024 Mar 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38612046

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According to physical property tests of lead-containing slag, the volatilisation behaviour of lead slag will have adverse impacts on test accuracy and further affect the control of chemical reactions, solidification and removal of inclusions during smelting. To analyse the volatilisation characteristics of lead slag, in this paper, four kinds of lead slags from lead direct reduction smelting with different PbO and ZnO content are taken. thermogravimetry, ISP-TOF were used. Additionally, the changes in volatiles and slag composition and phases were analysed with XRD and ICPS, and the volatilisation reaction mechanism was discussed. The results indicated that the volatilisation of lead slag can lead to a big weight loss of about to the slag with higher PbO content. The weight loss increases with the PbO content in slag increases. The volatile corresponding to the weight loss above 900 °C is mainly PbO and less ZnO. The higher the temperature is, the stronger the volatilisation is. With the increase in temperature and keeping time, most of the PbO can be evaporated and leaves little PbO in the residual slag. This will has great effect to physico-chemical property measurement of the slag with higher PbO content, especially to the property measurement that be kept at high temperature for a long time. Because the volatiles is trend to condense with the temperature decrease, mass spectrometer is limited by the condensation of volatiles, i.e., PbO, ZnO and so on, in the connection pipeline. The device should be modified for this use.

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Forensic Sci Int Genet ; 70: 103031, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38493735

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Blood-containing mixtures are frequently encountered at crime scenes involving violence and murder. However, the presence of blood, and the association of blood with a specific donor within these mixtures present significant challenges in forensic analysis. In light of these challenges, this study sought to address these issues by leveraging blood-specific methylation sites and closely linked microhaplotype sites, proposing a novel composite genetic marker known as "blood-specific methylation-microhaplotype". This marker was designed to the detection of blood and the determination of blood donor within blood-containing mixtures. According to the selection criteria mentioned in the Materials and Methods section, we selected 10 blood-specific methylation-microhaplotype loci for inclusion in this study. Among these loci, eight exhibited blood-specific hypomethylation, while the remaining two displayed blood-specific hypermethylation. Based on data obtained from 124 individual samples in our study, the combined discrimination power (CPD) of these 10 successfully sequenced loci was 0.999999298. The sample allele methylation rate (Ram) was obtained from massive parallel sequencing (MPS), which was defined as the proportion of methylated reads to the total clustered reads that were genotyped to a specific allele. To develop an allele type classification model capable of identifying the presence of blood and the blood donor, we used the Random Forest algorithm. This model was trained and evaluated using the Ram distribution of individual samples and the Ram distribution of simulated shared alleles. Subsequently, we applied the developed allele type classification model to predict alleles within actual mixtures, trying to exclude non-blood-specific alleles, ultimately allowing us to identify the presence of blood and the blood donor in the blood-containing mixtures. Our findings demonstrate that these blood-specific methylation-microhaplotype loci have the capability to not only detect the presence of blood but also accurately associate blood with the true donor in blood-containing mixtures with the mixing ratios of 1:29, 1:19, 1:9, 1:4, 1:2, 2:1, 7:1, 8:1, 31:1 and 36:1 (blood:non-blood) by DNA mixture interpretation methods. In addition, the presence of blood and the true blood donor could be identified in a mixture containing four body fluids (blood:vaginal fluid:semen:saliva = 1:1:1:1). It is important to note that while these loci exhibit great potential, the impact of allele dropouts and alleles misidentification must be considered when interpreting the results. This is a preliminary study utilising blood-specific methylation-microhaplotype as a complementary tool to other well-established genetic markers (STR, SNP, microhaplotype, etc.) for the analysis in blood-containing mixtures.


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Doadores de Sangue , Líquidos Corporais , Feminino , Humanos , Marcadores Genéticos , Genótipo , Metilação de DNA , Impressões Digitais de DNA/métodos , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Genética Forense
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Small ; : e2308285, 2024 Feb 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38353330

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Heterogenizing the molecular catalysts on conductive scaffolds to achieve the isolated molecular dispersion and expected coordination structures is significant yet still challenging. Herein, a sulfur-driving strategy to anchor monodispersed cobalt phthalocyanine on nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene (NSG-CoPc) is demonstrated. Experimental and theoretical analysis prove that the incorporation of S dramatically improves the adsorption capability of NSG and evokes the monodispersion of the CoPc molecule, promoting the axial Co─N coordination and the electron delocalization of the Co catalytic center. Benefiting from the reduced activation energy barrier and boosted electron transfer, as well as the maximized active site utilization, NSG-CoPc exhibits outstanding H2 O2 oxidization and sensing performance (used as a representative reaction). Moreover, the usage of NSG as a substrate can be readily extended to other metal (Ni, Cu, and Fe) phthalocyanine molecules with molecular-level dispersion. This work clarifies the mechanism of heteroatoms decoration and provides a new paradigm in devising monodispersed molecular catalysts with modulated chemical surroundings for broad applications.

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Plants (Basel) ; 13(3)2024 Jan 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38337927

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This investigation focused on the suppressive impact of varying NaHCO3 concentrations on cucumber seed germination and the ameliorative effects of 2,4-Epibrassinolide (EBR). The findings revealed a negative correlation between NaHCO3 concentration and cucumber seed germination, with increased NaHCO3 concentrations leading to a notable decline in germination. Crucially, the application of exogenous EBR significantly counteracted this inhibition, effectively enhancing germination rates and seed vigor. Exogenous EBR was observed to substantially elevate the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POD), thereby mitigating oxidative damage triggered under NaHCO3 stress conditions. Additionally, EBR improved enzyme activity under alkaline stress conditions and reduced starch content in the seeds. Pertinently, EBR upregulated genes that were associated with gibberellin (GA) synthesis (GA20ox and GA3ox), and downregulated genes that were linked to abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis (NCED1 and NCED2). This led to an elevation in GA3 concentration and a reduction in ABA concentration within the cucumber seeds. Therefore, this study elucidates that alleviating oxidative stress, promoting starch catabolism, and regulating the GA and ABA balance are key mechanisms through which exogenous EBR mitigates the suppression of cucumber seed germination resulting from alkaline stress.

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Small ; : e2400158, 2024 Feb 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38415969

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Noble metallic aerogels with the self-supported hierarchical structure and remarkable activity are promising for methanol fuel cells, but are limited by the severe poisoning and degradation of active sites during electrocatalysis. Herein, the highly stable electrocatalyst of N-doped carbon dots-PtNi (NCDs-PtNi) aerogels is proposed by confining NCDs with alloyed PtNi for methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions. Comprehensive electrocatalytic measurements and theoretical investigations suggest the improvement in structure stability and regulation in electronic structure for better electrocatalytic durability when confining NCDs with PtNi aerogels. Notably, the NCDs-PtNi aerogels perform 12-fold higher activity than that of Pt/C and maintain 52% of their initial activity after 5000 cycles toward acidic methanol oxidation. The enhanced stability and activity of NCDs-PtNi aerogels are also evident for oxygen reduction reactions in different electrolytes. These results highlight the effectiveness of stabilizing metallic aerogels with NCDs, offering a feasible pathway to develop robust electrocatalysts for fuel cells.

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Int J Ophthalmol ; 17(2): 304-310, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38371263

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AIM: To observe the therapeutic effect of conbercept on diabetic macular edema (DME) complicated with diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS: In this retrospective study, 54 patients (54 eyes) that diagnosed as DME from January 2017 to October 2021 were collected. The patients were divided into two groups: DME patients with DN (25 eyes), and DME patients without DN (29 eyes). General conditions were collected before treatment, laboratory tests include fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, microalbumin/creatinine, serum creatinine. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to check the ellipsoidal zone (EZ) and external limiting membrane (ELM) integrity. Central macular thickness (CMT), best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and retinal hyperreflective foci (HF) as well as numbers of injections were recorded. RESULTS: There were significant differences between fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, serum creatinine, urinary microalbumin/creatinine, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between the two groups (all P<0.05). EZ and ELM continuity in the DME+DN group was worse than that in the DME group (P<0.05). BCVA (logMAR) in the DME group was significantly better than that in the DME+DN group at the same time points during treatment (all P<0.05). CMT and HF values were significantly higher in the DME+DN group than that in the DME group at the all time points (all P<0.05) and significantly decreased in both groups with time during treatment. At 6mo after treatment, the mean number of injections in the DME+DN and DME group was 4.84±0.94 and 3.79±0.86, respectively. CONCLUSION: Conbercept has a significant effect in short-term treatment of DME patients with or without DN, and can significantly ameliorate BCVA, CMT and the number of HF, treatment efficacy of DME patients without DN is better than that of DME patients with DN.

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Small ; : e2307666, 2024 Jan 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38279566

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Discovery of new topology covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is a mainstay in reticular chemistry and materials research because it not only serves as a stepwise guide to the designed construction of covalent-organic architectures but also helps to comprehend function from structural design point-of-view. Proceeding on this track, the first 3D COF, TUS-38, with the topology is constructed by reticulating a planar triangular 3-c node of D3h symmetry with a tetragonal prism 8-c node of D2h symmetry via [3 + 8] reversible imine condensation reaction. TUS-38 represents a twofold interpenetrated multidirectional pore network with a high degree of crystallinity and structural integrity. Interestingly, stemming from the nitrogen-rich s-triazine rings with electron-deficient character and ─C â• N─ linkages composing the TUS-38 framework that benefit to the charge-transfer and hence dipole-dipole electrostatic interactions between the framework and iodine in addition to exclusive topological characteristics of the exotic the net, TUS-38 achieves an exemplary capacity for iodine vapor uptake reaching 6.3 g g-1 . Recyclability studies evidence that TUS-38 can be reused at least five times retaining 95% of its initial adsorption capacity; while density functional theory (DFT) calculations have heightened the understanding of the interactions between iodine molecules and the framework.

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Sci Total Environ ; 912: 169048, 2024 Feb 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38061654

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Biodegradable plastics (BPs) have gained increased attention as a promising solution to plastics pollution problem. However, BPs often exhibited limited in situ biodegradation in the soil environment, so they may also release microplastics (MPs) into soils just like conventional non-degradable plastics. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the impacts of biodegradable MPs (BMPs) on soil ecosystem. Here, we explored the effects of biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) MPs and conventional polyethylene (PE) MPs on soil-plant (pakchoi) system at three doses (0.02 %, 0.2 %, and 2 %, w/w). Results showed that PBAT MPs reduced plant growth in a dose-dependent pattern, while PE MPs exhibited no significant phytotoxicity. High-dose PBAT MPs negatively affected the rhizosphere soil nutrient availability, e.g., decreased available phosphorus and available potassium. Metagenomics analysis revealed that PBAT MPs caused more serious interference with the rhizosphere microbial community composition and function than PE MPs. In particular, compared with PE MPs, PBAT MPs induced greater changes in functional potential of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur cycles, which may lead to alterations in soil biogeochemical processes and ecological functions. Moreover, untargeted metabolomics showed that PBAT MPs and PE MPs differentially affect plant root exudates. Mantel tests, correlation analysis, and partial least squares path model analysis showed that changes in plant growth and root exudates were significantly correlated with soil properties and rhizosphere microbiome driven by the MPs-rhizosphere interactions. This work improves our knowledge of how biodegradable and conventional non-degradable MPs affect plant growth and the rhizosphere ecology, highlighting that BMPs might pose greater threat to soil ecosystems than non-degradable MPs.


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Plásticos Biodegradáveis , Brassica , Microplásticos , Rizosfera , Ecossistema , Plásticos , Exsudatos e Transudatos , Biodegradação Ambiental , Polietileno , Exsudatos de Plantas , Fósforo , Solo
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Int J Legal Med ; 138(2): 361-373, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37843624

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The GA118-24B Genetic Analyzer (hereafter, "GA118-24B") is an independently developed capillary electrophoresis instrument. In the present research, we designed a series of validation experiments to test its performance at detecting DNA fragments compared to the Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer (hereafter, "3500"). Three commercially available autosomal short tandem repeat multiplex kits were used in this validation. The results showed that GA118-24B had acceptable spectral calibration for three kits. The results of accuracy and concordance studies were also satisfactory. GA118-24B showed excellent precision, with a standard deviation of less than 0.1 bp. Sensitivity and mixture studies indicated that GA118-24B could detect low-template DNA and complex mixtures as well as the results generated by 3500 in parallel experiments. Based on the experimental results, we set specific analytical and stochastic thresholds. Besides, GA118-24B showed superiority than 3500 within certain size ranges in the resolution study. Instead of conventional commercial multiplex kits, GA118-24B performed stably on a self-developed eight-dye multiplex system, which were not performed on 3500 Genetic Analyzer. We compared our validation results with those of previous research and found our results to be convincing. Overall, we conclude that GA118-24B is a stable and reliable genetic analyzer for forensic DNA identification.


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Impressões Digitais de DNA , DNA , Humanos , Impressões Digitais de DNA/métodos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Repetições de Microssatélites , Eletroforese Capilar/métodos
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37944981

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Objective: Investigating the therapeutic effect of the non-cutting traction seton technique on perianal abscess. Methods: The clinical data of 70 patients with perianal abscesses diagnosed and treated by the Department of Anorectal Surgery of University Affiliated Hospital from January 2020 to December 2021 were collected, and conducted a retrospective study on them, of which 40 cases were treated with non-cut traction seton in the study group, and other 30 cases were treated with perianal abscess incision and drainage in the control group. The perioperative indexes (operation time, intraoperative bleeding volume, time of postoperative dressing change, time of postoperative granulation tissue formation, postoperative defecation-control ability, postoperative pain score, postoperative wound cleanliness) and follow-up indexes (wound healing time, incontinence Wexner score, recurrence rate, patient satisfaction) were compared between these two groups. Results: The operation time of the study group was more than that of the control group, and the difference was not statistically significant (P > .05). The intraoperative bleeding volume, time of postoperative dressing change, time of postoperative granulation tissue formation, the scores on postoperative defecation-control ability, the scores on postoperative wound cleanliness, postoperative complication rate, postoperative pain score, time of wound healing, incontinence Wexner score, and recurrence rate all from the study group were better than those in the control group. The patient satisfaction from the study group was higher than that in the control group, and the above differences were statistically significant (P < .05). Conclusion: Non-cutting traction suture technique has obvious advantages in the treatment of perianal abscess, shortening wound healing time and granulation tissue formation time, reducing intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complication rate, etc. It provides a reference for clinical treatment of perianal abscess.

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Anal Chem ; 95(48): 17851-17859, 2023 12 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37988254

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Dynamic and accurate monitoring of cell-released electroactive signaling biomolecules through electrochemical techniques has drawn significant research interest for clinical applications. Herein, the functionalized carbon nanotubes (f-CNTs) featuring with gradient surface wettability from hydrophobicity to hydrophilicity, and even to superhydrophilicity, were regulated by thermolysis of an ionic liquid for exploration of the dependence of surface wettability on electrochemical biosensing performance to a cell secretion model of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The superhydrophilic f-CNTs demonstrated boosting electrocatalytic reduction activity for H2O2. Additionally, the molecular dynamic (MD) simulations confirmed the more cumulative number density distribution of H2O2 molecules closer to the superhydrophilic surface (0.20 vs 0.37 nm), which would provide a faster diffusional channel compared with the hydrophobic surface. Thereafter, a superhydrophilic biosensing platform with a lower detectable limit reduced by 200 times (0.5 vs 100 µM) and a higher sensitivity over 56 times (0.112 vs 0.002 µA µM cm-2) than that of the hydrophobic one was achieved. Given its excellent cytocompatibility, the superhydrophilic f-CNTs was successfully applied to determine H2O2 released from HeLa cells which were maintained alive after a 30 min real-time monitoring test. The surface hydrophilicity regulation of electrode materials presents a facile approach for real-time monitoring of H2O2 released from living cells and would provide new insights for other electroactive signaling targets at the cellular level.


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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Nanotubos de Carbono , Humanos , Nanotubos de Carbono/química , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Técnicas Eletroquímicas/métodos , Eletrodos , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos
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Microsyst Nanoeng ; 9: 152, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38033990

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It is important to monitor the intra-/extracellular concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in biological processes. However, miniaturized devices that enable portable and accurate H2O2 measurement are still in their infancy because of the difficulty of developing facile sensing strategies and highly integrated sensing devices. In this work, portable H2O2 sensors based on Pt-Ni hydrogels with excellent peroxidase-like and electrocatalytic activities are demonstrated. Thus, simple and sensitive H2O2 sensing is achieved through both colorimetric and electrochemical strategies. The as-fabricated H2O2 sensing chips exhibit favorable performance, with low detection limits (0.030 µM & 0.15 µM), wide linearity ranges (0.10 µM-10.0 mM & 0.50 µM-5.0 mM), outstanding long-term stability (up to 60 days), and excellent selectivity. With the aid of an M5stack development board, portable visual and electrochemical H2O2 sensors are successfully constructed without complicated and expensive equipment or professional operators. When applied to the detection of H2O2 released from HeLa cells, the results obtained by the developed sensors are in good agreement with those from an ultraviolet‒visible spectrophotometer (UV‒vis) (1.97 µM vs. 2.08 µM) and electrochemical station (1.77 µM vs. 1.84 µM).

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Front Psychiatry ; 14: 1229436, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37795515

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Although a portion of patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) present mental disorders, there is currently a lack of appropriate technologies to evaluate brain functions that are relevant to neurovascular coupling. Furthermore, there are no established objective criteria for diagnosing and distinguishing CSVD-induced mental disorders and psychiatric diseases. In this study, we report the first comprehensive investigation of the cerebral hemodynamics of CSVD patients who also presented with mental disorders. Two CSVD patients with similar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes but with non-identical mental symptoms participated in this study. The patients were instructed to perform the verbal fluency task (VFT), high-level cognition task (HCT), as well as voluntary breath holding (VBH). A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure the cerebral oxygenation responses. Additionally, a diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) was used to measure the cerebral blood flow (CBF) responses. Both technologies were also applied to a healthy subject for comparison. The fNIRS results showed that both CSVD patients presented abnormal cerebral oxygenation responses during the VFT, HCT, and VBH tasks. Moreover, the patient with cognition impairment showed fluctuations in CBF during these tasks. In contrast, the patient without cognition impairment mostly presented typical CBF responses during the tasks, which was consistent with the healthy subject. The cognitive impairment in CSVD patients may be due to the decoupling of the neurons from the cerebrovascular, subsequently affecting the autoregulation capacity. The results of the fNIRS and DCS combined provide a comprehensive evaluation of the neurovascular coupling and, hence, offer great potential in diagnosing cerebrovascular or psychiatric diseases.

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Heliyon ; 9(9): e19633, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37809914

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Purpose: We investigated the effect of awake prone positioning on endotracheal intubation rates in spontaneously breathing patients with COVID-19 not undergoing endotracheal intubation. Methods: We searched the CINAHL, Cochrane Library, PUBMED, MEDLINE, and Web of Science databases until December 31, 2022. Prospective randomized controlled, cohort, and case-control studies were included. A meta-analysis was performed on the primary outcome measure, tracheal intubation rates, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Results: Ten studies with a total of 2641 patients were included. The tracheal intubation rate in the awake prone position was 34% (95%CI: 0.59-1.10; P = 0.18; I2 = 55%), showing a non-significant benefit. Mortality was lower in prone-positioned than in supine-positioned patients (odds ratio: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.61-0.93; P = 0.007; I2 = 46%), prone positioning significantly improved the PaO2/FiO2 ratio (mean difference -29.17; 95%CI: -50.91 to -7.43; P = 0.009; I2 = 44%). Conclusions: Prone positioning can improve the PaO2/FIO2 ratio in patients with COVID-19 but we found no significant effect on tracheal intubation rates. Awake prone positioning seems to be associated with lower mortality, however, and may thus be a beneficial and effective intervention for patients with COVID-19. The optimal timing, duration, and target population need to be determined in future studies.

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Huan Jing Ke Xue ; 44(8): 4679-4688, 2023 Aug 08.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37694660

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Climate warming can increase soil temperature and lead to soil carbon release, but it can also increase soil organic carbon by increasing primary productivity. Cropland soils are considered to have a huge potential to sequester carbon; however, direct observations for the responses of cropland soil organic carbon to climate warming over broad geographic scales are rarely documented. Paddy soil is one of the important cultivated soils in China. Based on the data of 2217 sampling points obtained during the second national soil survey and the data of 2382 sampling points collected during 2017-2019, this study analyzed the change characteristics of soil organic carbon content of paddy surface soil in Sichuan Basin of China and explored the relationships between the soil organic carbon change of paddy soil and temperature, precipitation, cropland use type, fertilization intensity, and grain yield. The results showed that the content of soil organic carbon of paddy soil changed from 13.33 g·kg-1to 15.96 g·kg-1, with an increase of 2.63 g·kg-1, suggesting that soils in the Sichuan Basin have acted as a carbon sink over past 40 years. The soil organic carbon increment of paddy soil varied with different geomorphic regions and different secondary basins. The increase in SOC content in paddy soil was positively correlated with annual average temperature; negatively correlated with annual average precipitation; and initially increased and then decreased with annual average fertilizer application, annual average increase rate of fertilizer application, annual average grain yield, and annual average grain yield growth rate. The relationship between the increase in SOC content and the annual average temperature growth rate was different under different farmland utilizations, and the increase in the annual average temperature growth rate had significant effects with the increase in SOC content only on paddy-dryland rotation. These results indicate that the paddy soil organic carbon change in Sichuan Basin was co-affected by various factors, but climate warming was an important factor leading to the paddy soil organic carbon change, and its influence was controlled by the water conditions determined by farmland use.

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J Virol Methods ; 322: 114822, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37729969

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Porcine astroviruses (PAstV) are members of the family Astroviridae, Mamastravirus genus and have been identified to have five genotypes (PAstV1-5). These viruses are highly prevalent in pigs and can cause enteric disease as well as neurological or respiratory symptoms depending on their genotypes. At present, the epidemiological impacts of some PAstV genotypes on pigs are largely unknown and hence continuously monitoring of these PAstVs may be needed. The purpose of this research was to develop an improved and efficient detection tool for PAstVs and to evaluate the developed method using clinical samples. Initially, a set of five chimeric primers (CP), each comprising genotype specific primer pairs with an identical universal adapter at the 5' end, and a universal primer (UP) that is identical to universal adapter sequence, were designed. With these tools in place, a novel multiplex PCR system with universal primer was established for the simultaneous detection of the five types of PAstV. This method can specifically detect PAstV genotypes, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 5 copies/µL for each genotype irrespective of single or mixed target template. Using this new assay, 273 pig fecal samples were investigated for further assay evaluation. Among all samples, the positive rate was 70.0% with PAstV4 in 56.8% of the samples, PAstV2 in 38.8%, PAstV1 in 16.8%, and PAstV5 in 11.0%. More than one PAstV in a sample were detected in 39.2% of the samples. The consistency rate between the novel multiplex PCR and singleplex PCRs was 96.4-100%. Given its rapidity, specificity and sensitivity, the novel multiplex PCR is a useful approach for demonstrating single or mixed genotype infections of PAstV.


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Infecções por Astroviridae , Doenças dos Suínos , Animais , Suínos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Multiplex , Genótipo , Doenças dos Suínos/diagnóstico , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Plants (Basel) ; 12(15)2023 Jul 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37570976

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Grafting can overcome problems with soil sensitivity, enhance plant stress tolerance, improve product quality, and increase crop yield and value. This paper reviews the various mechanisms of vegetable grafting, the graft survival process and its influencing factors, the practical applications of grafting, and the molecular regulation of grafting in vegetables. The importance of germplasm and rootstock interactions, the mechanization of vegetable grafting, and future aspects, including intelligence and digitalization, are discussed.

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Electrophoresis ; 44(19-20): 1579-1587, 2023 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37528696

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RNA virus infection such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection shows severe respiratory symptoms on human and could be an obvious individual characteristic for investigations in forensic science. As for biological samples suspected to contain RNA virus in forensic casework, it requires respective detection of viral RNA and human DNA: reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and DNA type (short tandem repeat [STR] analysis). Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been shown to be a versatile technique and used for a variety of applications, so we preliminarily explored the co-detection of RNA virus and STR type on CE by developing a system of co-detecting SARS-CoV-2 and STR type under ensuring both the efficiency of forensic DNA analysis and safety of the laboratory. This study investigated the development and validation of the system, including N and ORF1ab primer designs, polymerase chain reaction amplification, allelic ladder, CE detection, thermal cycling parameters, concordance, sensitivity, species specificity, precision, and contrived and real SARS-CoV-2 sample studies. Final results showed the system could simultaneously detect SARS-CoV-2 and STR type, further indicating that CE has possibilities in the multi-detection of RNA viruses/STR type to help to prompt individual characteristics (viral infection) and narrow the scope of investigation in forensic science.


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COVID-19 , Impressões Digitais de DNA , Humanos , Impressões Digitais de DNA/métodos , SARS-CoV-2/genética , DNA , Eletroforese Capilar , Repetições de Microssatélites
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