High-efficiency leaching process for selective leaching of lithium from spent lithium iron phosphate.

With the arrival of the scrapping wave of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO) batteries, a green and effective solution for recycling these waste batteries is urgently required. Reasonable recycling of spent LiFePO (SLFP) batteries is critical for resource recovery and environmental preservation. In this study, mild and efficient, highly selective leaching of lithium from spent lithium iron phosphate was achieved using potassium pyrosulfate (KSO) and hydrogen peroxide (HO) as leaching agents.

Quantitative Risk Assessment of an Oil-Gas-Hydrogen-Electricity Integrated Energy Station in China.

This paper presents a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) study of an oil-gas-hydrogen-electricity integrated energy station in China. A comprehensive assessment of the station was made in terms of consequences and risks, respectively. Consequence analysis shows that the severity of hazardous chemical leakage accidents in the station is in the order of natural gas, hydrogen, gasoline, and diesel fuel, especially in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) storage tank areas, which may cause major accidents in the event of leakage.

Red wine alleviates atherosclerosis-related inflammatory markers in healthy subjects rather than in high cardiovascular risk subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Moderate red wine (RW) consumption is associated with a low risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, few studies have evaluated the effects of RW and white wine (WW) on inflammatory markers related to atherosclerosis in healthy individuals and high-risk subjects for CVD. This study aimed to assess the effect of RW on inflammatory markers in healthy individuals and high-risk subjects for CVD compared with moderate alcohol consumption.

Novel diagnostic biomarkers related to necroptosis and immune infiltration landscape in acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can occur suddenly, which may induce deadly outcomes, and the population suffering from AMI presents a younger trend. Necroptosis, the new cell necrosis type, is associated with the pathogenic mechanisms of diverse cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Its diagnostic value and molecular mechanisms in AMI are still unclear.

Telomelysin shows potent antitumor activity through apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death in soft tissue sarcoma cells.

This study investigated the pathway underlying the antitumor activity of telomelysin, a telomerase-dependent, replication-selective oncolytic adenovirus, in soft tissue sarcoma cells. Treatment with telomelysin alone resulted in simultaneous induction of apoptosis and autophagy, whereas cotreatment with telomelysin and 3-methyladenine significantly reduced cell viability and increased apoptosis and the cellular ATP level compared to treatment with telomelysin alone, indicating that telomelysin-mediated autophagy is a death-protective but not death-promoting process. Cotreatment with Z-Val-Ala-Asp-CH2F significantly increased cellular ATP depletion compared to telomelysin-alone treatment while inhibiting telomelysin-induced apoptosis and having no significant effect on cell viability, indicating that it promotes transition from apoptotic to necrotic cell death.

Long-term efficacy of oral alendronate therapy in an elderly patient with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia: A case report.

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD) is a high- turnover bone disease that frequently entails chronic bone pain, pathological fractures and severe deformities. Recently, bisphosphonates have shown effective antiresorptive properties in the treatment of children or adults with PFD. We report on a 79-year-old female with PFD, who had severe lower limb deformity and chronic bone pain in multiple sites of her extremities for more than 55 years.

Establishment and characterization of a novel dedifferentiated liposarcoma cell line, NDDLS-1.

We established a dedifferentiated liposarcoma cell line (NDDLS-1) that produces interleukin-6 (IL-6) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). The parental tumor showed high leukemoid reactions. The NDDLS-1 cell line was established from a pleural effusion associated with a lung metastasis.

Frequent absence of tumor suppressor FUS1 protein expression in human bone and soft tissue sarcomas.

Background: FUS1 is a tumor suppressor gene located on human chromosome 3p21.3. Frequent loss of FUS1 protein expression is associated with lung cancer development.

High-level expression of podoplanin in benign and malignant soft tissue tumors: immunohistochemical and quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis.

Podoplanin is a 38 kDa mucin-type transmembrane glycoprotein that was first identified in rat glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes). It is expressed in normal lymphatic endothelium, but is absent from vascular endothelial cells. D2-40 is a commercially available mouse monoclonal antibody which binds to an epitope on human podoplanin.

Expression of podoplanin in human bone and bone tumors: New marker of osteogenic and chondrogenic bone tumors.

Podoplanin is known as a lymphatic marker because its expression is detected in lymphatic but not vascular endothelium. Podoplanin is also expressed in several normal tissues including osteocytes or osteoblasts. A systematic examination of the podoplanin expression was conducted in normal skeletal tissues and some bone tumor cell lines, and the diagnostic value determined in primary bone tumors.

Cytogenetic and real-time quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analyses in pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma.

Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma (PRMS) is a rare variant of rhabdomyosarcoma that occurs mostly in adults. A few cytogenetic studies of PRMS have been reported, but no consistent specific chromosome aberrations were detected. We herein report a cytogenetic study of three cases of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma using a conventional G-banded karyotyping analysis.

[Reform of the pedicled abdominal flap and its clinical application].

Objective: To investigate the closing method of wound after removal of the traditional pedicled abdominal flap.

Methods: According to the design, the pedicled abdominal flaps were cut and lifted, and then the incision were extended from both sides on base of the flap to anterior superior iliac spine, respectively. After separating on superficial fascia, two flaps were obtained.