Publications by authors named "Hongxu Fang"

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  • * Findings show that increased surface hydroxyl content enhances carbon dioxide (CO) adsorption affinity, with the wettability type significantly impacting CO displacement behavior and oil recovery efficiency.
  • * The research concludes that oil-wet pores reduce CO-EOR efficiency, while certain pore structures can influence displacement speed, emphasizing the need to optimize wettability to improve recovery processes.
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The liver and intestine play a critical role in nutrient absorption, storage, and metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate expression pattern of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway that included PI3K, AKT1, mTOR, FoxO1, SREBP-1, PPARα, PTEN and FXR in the maternal liver and duodenum. Ovine livers and duodenums were sampled at day 16 of the estrous cycle, and at days 13, 16 and 25 of gestation, and RT-qPCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry analysis were used to detect mRNA and protein expression.

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  • The liver is crucial for nutrient metabolism in pregnant women, overseeing processes like glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism.
  • The review discusses how the liver adapts to the nutritional needs during pregnancy and what recent findings have emerged about these adaptations.
  • Various hormones and factors, such as estrogen and insulin-like growth factor 1, play significant roles in regulating liver nutrient metabolism during pregnancy, emphasizing the need for more focus on this area to enhance nutrient use and prevent liver diseases.
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Severe CO emissions has posed an increasingly alarming threat, motivating the development of efficient CO capture materials, one of the key parts of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). In this study, a series of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) named Sc-X (X = S, M, L) were constructed inspired by recorded MOFs, Zn-BPZ-SA and MFU-4l-Li. The corresponding isoreticular double-interpenetrating MOFs (Sc-X-IDI) were subsequently constructed via the introduction of isoreticular double interpenetration.

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  • - The liver is crucial for immune responses during pregnancy, and it undergoes specific adaptations to support maternal health and fetal development.
  • - The review discusses various liver-related pregnancy complications, such as hyperemesis gravidarum and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, highlighting their immunological links.
  • - It also covers recent findings on hormones and factors that regulate liver function and immune responses during pregnancy, emphasizing their role in preventing complications and supporting a healthy pregnancy.
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The differences in pore width distributions and connectivity of shale reservoirs have significant influences on supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO)-enhanced oil recovery (CO EOR) in shale. Herein, the molecular dynamics simulation was adopted to investigate the microscopic mechanism of CO EOR in the shale nanopores with different pore size width distributions and pore connectivity. The results show that the pore connectivity has significant effects on the oil displacement, and the recovery efficiency is ordered as: connected pore > double pore > single pore for the 3 nm pore, which are 91.

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Because of the growing demand for energy, oil extraction under complicated geological conditions is increasing. Herein, oil displacement by CO2 in wedge-shaped pores was investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. The results showed that, for both single and double wedge-shaped models, pore Ⅱ (pore size from 3 to 8 nm) exhibited a better CO2 flooding ability than pore Ⅰ (pore size from 8 to 3 nm).

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NOD receptors (NLRs) mediate adaptive immune responses and immune tolerance. Nevertheless, it is not clear if gestation modulates the NLR signaling pathway in lymph nodes of ewes. In this study, lymph nodes of ewes were collected at day 16 of the estrous cycle, and at days 13, 16 and 25 of gestation ( = 6 for each group).

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