Effect of acupuncture on tic disorder: a randomized controlled clinical trial based on energy metabolomics and infrared thermography.

Background: Acupuncture is a method for treating tic disorder. However, there is a lack of sufficient clinical objective basis in regards of its treatment efficacy. Indeed, there are structural abnormalities present in energy metabolism and infrared thermography in children with tic disorder.

[Occurrence of Denitrifying Dephosphatation in a Hybrid Constructed Wetland System and Its Stability].

This study was conducted to explore the startup characteristics and stability of a hybrid constructed wetland (HCW) system with a denitrifying dephosphatation process, which was composed of two tidal flow-constructed wetlands (termed T-A and T-B). As the system was operated according to the two-time feeding tidal flow operation mode, denitrifying dephosphatation and nitrification could be respectively enhanced in T-A and T-B, and the HCW achieved ideal simultaneous denitrification and phosphorus removal effects when treating domestic sewage. The introduction of periodical carbon source supplements for phosphorus harvesting alleviated excessive phosphorus accumulation in T-A and increased the storage of PHB within denitrifying phosphate-accumulating organisms (DPAOs).

[Mechanism of Pre-ozonation Enhanced Coagulation on DON in the Secondary Effluent].

Municipal wastewater effluent is increasingly used as reclaimed water and source water for downstream areas. Scholars are beginning to study the potential of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) as a precursor to the formation of nitrogen disinfection by-products (DBP). In order to explore the mechanism of pre-ozonation coupled with enhanced coagulation on DON in the secondary effluent, the distributions of molecular weight and hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of DON were analyzed.

[Oxidative Capacity of the PM and PM in Beijing During 2014 APEC].

In order to evaluate the effect of the joint air pollution prevention and control program on the toxicity of the airborne particles in Beijing during the APEC conference, we collected the PM and PM (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters of less than 10 μm and 2.5 μm respectively) from October to December in the urban district of Beijing, and analyzed the oxidative capacity of the particles by plasmid scission assay. The results indicated that the oxidative capacity of PM was higher than that of PM during the APEC conference, and that the damage rate of supercoiled DNA by the samples increased with their experimental dose levels.

[Chlorination characteristic and disinfection by-product formation potential of dissolved organic nitrogen compounds in municipal wastewater].

In order to explore the chlorinated disinfection by-product formation potential and chemical structure of dissolved organic nitrogen compounds in municipal wastewater, the water quality parameters, such as DON, DOC, NH4(+) -N and UV254 etc, were determined in the secondary effluent and the molecular weight distribution of the DON was investigated before and after the reaction with chlorine. DBPs were determined by gas chromatography, and the changes of DON were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy before and after the reaction with chlorine. The results showed that DON, DOC, NH4(+) -N and UV254 were 2.

[Removal of DON in micro-polluted raw water by coagulation and adsorption using activated carbon].

Dissolved organic nitrogen as a precursor of new type nitrogenous disinfection by-products in drinking water attracted gradually the attention of scholars all over the world. In order to explore the mechanism of DON removal in micro-polluted raw water by coagulation and adsorption, water quality parameters, such as DON, DOC, NH4(+) -N, UV254, pH and dissolved oxygen, were determined in raw water and the molecular weight distribution of the DON and DOC was investigated. The variations in DON, DOC and UV254 in the coagulation and adsorption tests were investigated, and the changes of DON in raw water were characterized using three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy.

[Mechanism of NH(4+)-N removal in drinking water biofilter].

In order to explore the mechanism of NH(4+)-N removal in drinking water biofilter, water quality parameters, such as NH(4+)-N, NO(2-)-N, NO(3-)-N, total phosphorus, permanganate index, nitrogen gas, temperature and dissolved oxygen etc, were determined in the inflow and outflow of biofilter. Samples of granular activated carbon (GAC) at different height (0, 10, 20, 40, 60 cm) of the biofiter media were collected and analyzed for the bacterial community with molecular biology techniques. The bacterial diversity in the activated carbon biofilm sample was studied based on the phylogenetic analysis of sequences.