To treat wastewater with wastes: a highly efficient flocculant from fly ash and rice straw.

Water resources are vital for sustainable human life and economic activities. However, the issue of water pollution has reached alarming levels. Coking wastewater, known for its high concentrations of organic matter and toxic substances, poses significant environmental hazards.

The Next Generation of Population-Based DFNB16 Carrier Screening and Diagnosis: STRC Copy-Number Variant Analysis from Genome Sequencing Data.

Background: Deafness, autosomal recessive 16 (DFNB16) is caused by compound heterozygous or homozygous variants in STRC and is the second most common form of genetic hearing loss. Due to the nearly identical sequences of STRC and the pseudogene STRCP1, analysis of this region is challenging in clinical testing.

Methods: We developed a method that accurately identifies the copy number of STRC and STRCP1 using standard short-read genome sequencing.