The Optimization of the Transition Zone of the Planar Heterogeneous Interface for High-Performance Seawater Desalination.

Reverse osmosis has become the most prevalent approach to seawater desalination. It is still limited by the permeability-selectivity trade-off of the membranes and the energy consumption in the operation process. Recently, an efficient ionic sieving with high performance was realized by utilizing the bi-unipolar transport behaviour and strong ion depletion of heterogeneous structures in 2D materials.

Study on Irradiation Response of Nanocrystalline Phase in Sm-Doping Fluorapatite Glass-Ceramics under He Ion Irradiation.

Two different of Sm-loading fluorapatite (CaNaSm(PO)F, x = 1 and 2) glass-ceramics were synthesized by a two-step melt sintering method. The samples were irradiated with 50 keV He ions with a fluence of 2.6 × 10 ions/cm at 593 K.

Vertically-Oriented TiCT MXene Membranes for High Performance of Electrokinetic Energy Conversion.

The electrokinetic effect to convert the mechanical energy from ambient has gained sustained research attention because it is free of moving parts and easy to be miniaturized for microscale applications. The practical application is constrained by the limited electrokinetic energy conversion performance. Herein, we report vertically oriented MXene membranes (VMMs) with ultrafast permeation as well as high ion selectivity, in which the permeation is several thousand higher than the largely researched horizontally stacked MXene membranes (HMMs).

Gut mycobiota and adenomas.

Fungal microbiota (mycobiota) is potentially involved in the intestinal illness. The characterization of the mycobiota in patients with adenomas is essential for understanding the etiology of the pre-cancerous lesion since the mycobiota is potentially associated with the presents of adenomas. The recovery of the mycobiome may also help to identify the potential biomarkers which may closely relate to different stages of adenoma.

[Quantitation of intestinal Fusobacterium and butyrate- producing bacteria in patients with colorectal adenomas and colorectal cancer].

Objective: To compare the abundance of 16S rRNA gene of intestinal Fusobacterium and butyrate-producing bacteria in patients with colorectal adenomas patients and colorectal cancer and to reveal the correlation between the target bacteria and the development of colorectal cancer.

Methods: Feces were collected from colorectal cancer patients (n=19), colorectal adenomas patients (n=12) and healthy subjects (n=19). Bacteria genome DNA from the fecal samples was used to quantitate the Fusobacterium, two butyrate-producing bacteria Eubacterium rectal, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and total bacteria by real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Dysbiosis of fungal microbiota in the intestinal mucosa of patients with colorectal adenomas.

The fungal microbiota is an important component of the human gut microbiome and may be linked to gastrointestinal disease. In this study, the fungal microbiota of biopsy samples from adenomas and adjacent tissues was characterized by deep sequencing. Ascomycota, Glomeromycota and Basidiomycota were identified as the dominant phyla in both adenomas and adjacent tissues from all subjects.