Macroscopic assembly of 2D materials for energy storage and seawater desalination.

Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted widespread attention due to their excellent physical and chemical properties in the fields of energy, environment, catalysis, and optoelectronics. However, there are still many key problems in the process of practical application. To further promote the potential of 2D materials for practical applications, macroscopic assembly of 2D materials is crucial for the continued development of 2D materials, especially in the fields of energy storage and seawater desalination.

[Pollution Characteristics and Source Apportionment of Heavy Metals in Vegetable Field in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (Chongqing Section)].

To explore the pollution characteristics, ecological risks, and sources of heavy metals, soil surface samples of vegetable fields in 14 typical districts of the Three Gorges Reservoir area (Chongqing section) were collected in October 2021. The contents of seven types of heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were analyzed. Based on the single-factor pollution index, the Nemerow integrated pollution index and potential ecological risk coefficient of heavy metals were evaluated.

[Pollution Characteristics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Antibiotics in Vegetable Field in Kaizhou, Chongqing].

The accumulation of antibiotics in farmland and its ecological risk have become a research hotspot at home and abroad. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence and accumulation of antibiotics and their potential environmental and ecological risks in vegetable fields in Kaizhou district of Chongqing country. The occurrence characteristics of antibiotics including tetracyclines, sulfonamides, quinolones, macrolides, and chloramphenicols were detected using experimental analysis.

Overexpression of heat shock protein 70 induces apoptosis of intestinal epithelial cells in heat-stressed pigs: A proteomics approach.

Heat stress (HS)-induced intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis may play a pivotal role in intestinal barrier dysfunction in animals. However, the underlying molecular mechanism by which HS induces apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells is still poorly understood. Herein, a eukaryotic expression vector for an HSP70 gene was constructed and transfected into intestinal porcine epithelial cells (IPEC-J2).

Proteomic study of hypothalamus in pigs exposed to heat stress.

Background: With evidence of warming climates, it is important to understand the effects of heat stress in farm animals in order to minimize production losses. Studying the changes in the brain proteome induced by heat stress may aid in understanding how heat stress affects brain function. The hypothalamus is a critical region in the brain that controls the pituitary gland, which is responsible for the secretion of several important hormones.

An FPGA Implementation of Deep Spiking Neural Networks for Low-Power and Fast Classification.

A spiking neural network (SNN) is a type of biological plausibility model that performs information processing based on spikes. Training a deep SNN effectively is challenging due to the nondifferention of spike signals. Recent advances have shown that high-performance SNNs can be obtained by converting convolutional neural networks (CNNs).

Chitosan oligosaccharide-mediated attenuation of LPS-induced inflammation in IPEC-J2 cells is related to the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.

The protective mechanism of chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) against lipopolysaccharides (LPS) -induced inflammatory responses in IPEC-J2 and in mice with DSS dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) -induced colitis is reported. Upon exposure to LPS, the proliferation rate of IPEC-J2 cells markedly decreased, and epithelial cell integrity was compromised. However, COS pretreatment significantly reduced these changes.

piR-651 and its function in 95-D lung cancer cells.

PIWI-associated RNAs (piRNAs or piRs), a new-found class of small non-coding RNAs, which are mainly expressed in germline cells and partly in somatic lines, have a vital role in carcinogenesis by maintaining genomic integrity and regulation of epigenetics. The previous studies have confirmed that the expression of piR-651 is upregulated in several cancer tissue and cell lines, including lung cancer. However, the mechanism of carcinogenesis and piR-651 remains to be elucidated.