Serum Levels of Mitochondrial Fission- and Fusion-Related Genes of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Risk Factor Analysis Based on a Generalized Linear Model.

Objective: We aimed to explore the risk factors for coal workers' pneumoconiosis and to further explore the significance of mitochondrial fission and fusion factors in CWP and verify the feasibility of mitochondrial fission and fusion factors as diagnostic and therapeutic targets.

Methods: The data of 168 cases were collected, and they were divided into a healthy control group (40 cases), dust exposure control group (61 cases), and CWP group (67 cases) and entered into SPSS 24.0.

Bias Stress Stability of Solution-Processed Nano Indium Oxide Thin Film Transistor.

In this paper, the effects of annealing temperature and other process parameters on spin-coated indium oxide thin film transistors (InO-TFTs) were studied. The research shows that plasma pretreatment of glass substrate can improve the hydrophilicity of glass substrate and stability of the spin-coating process. With Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, it is found that InO thin films prepared by the spin coating method are amorphous, and have little organic residue when the annealing temperature ranges from 200 to 300 °C.

Mesoporous silica induces hippocampal neurons cell autophagy through AMPK/mTOR/P70S6K signaling pathway.

Mesoporous silica is a drug carrier with strong targeting, large loading capacity, and easy modification of its surface while its toxicity draws increasing attention recently. In this study, we evaluated the impact of SBA-15 nanomaterials on hippocampal neurons. We found that SBA-15 induces oxidative damage to hippocampal neurons HT22, which further activates autophagy.

Investigation of direct inkjet-printed versus spin-coated ZrO for sputter IGZO thin film transistor.

In this work, a low leakage current ZrO was fabricated for sputter indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) thin-film transistor using direct inkjet-printing technology. Spin-coated and direct inkjet-printed ZrO were prepared to investigate the film formation process and electrical performance for different process. Homogeneous ZrO films were observed through the high-resolution TEM images.

A Simple, Low Cost Ink System for Drop-on-Demand Printing High Performance Metal Oxide Dielectric Film at Low Temperature.

We have successfully developed an ink system containing inexpensive raw materials through a simple process and have printed ZrO dielectric film at a relatively low annealing temperature of 250 °C. The ZrO dielectric film afforded a leakage current density of 5.4 × 10 A/cm at 1 MV/cm and a dielectric constant of 10 and shows a promising future for flexible electronics.

Assessment of microbial products in the biosorption process of Cu(II) onto aerobic granular sludge: Extracellular polymeric substances contribution and soluble microbial products release.

In the present study, the responses of microbial products in the biosorption process of Cu(II) onto aerobic granular sludge were evaluated by using batch and spectroscopic approaches. Batch experimental data showed that extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) contributed to Cu(II) removal from an aqueous solution, especially when treating low metal concentrations, whereas soluble microbial products (SMPs) were released under the metal stress during biosorption process. A three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (3D-EEM) identified four main fluorescence peaks in the EPS, i.

Qualitative and quantitative spectrometric evaluation of soluble microbial products formation in aerobic granular sludge system treating nitrate wastewater.

In present study, the characteristics of soluble microbial products (SMP) were evaluated in aerobic granular sludge system during denitrification process under different chemical oxygen demand/nitrogen (C/N) ratios. Batch experiment showed that the effluent nitrate (NO-N) concentration were 15.24 ± 1.

Properties-Adjustable Alumina-Zirconia Nanolaminate Dielectric Fabricated by Spin-Coating.

In this paper, an alumina-zirconia (Al₂O₃-ZrO₂) nanolaminate dielectric was fabricated by spin-coating and the performance was investigated. It was found that the properties of the dielectric can be adjusted by changing the content of Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ in nanolaminates: when the content of Al₂O₃ was higher than 50%, the properties of nanolaminates, such as the optical energy gap, dielectric strength (V), capacitance density, and relative permittivity were relatively stable, while the change of these properties became larger when the content of Al₂O₃ was less than 50%. With the content of ZrO₂ varying from 50% to 100%, the variation of these properties was up to 0.

Characterization of soluble microbial products in a partial nitrification sequencing batch biofilm reactor treating high ammonia nitrogen wastewater.

In present study, the characterization of soluble microbial products (SMP) was evaluated in a partial nitrification sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR). During the stable operation of SBBR, the NH-N removal efficiency and nitrite accumulation ratio were 96.70±0.

UV-Cured Inkjet-Printed Silver Gate Electrode with Low Electrical Resistivity.

Inkjet-printed silver gate electrode with low electrical resistivity was fabricated by UV curing method. By adjusting the UV curing time and the distance between the samples and UV lamp, the effects of UV curing conditions on the electrical resistivity of the silver films were studied, and the lowest electrical resistivity of 6.69 × 10 Ω·m was obtained.

A Simple Method for High-Performance, Solution-Processed, Amorphous ZrO₂ Gate Insulator TFT with a High Concentration Precursor.

Solution-processed high-k dielectric TFTs attract much attention since they cost relatively little and have a simple fabrication process. However, it is still a challenge to reduce the leakage of the current density of solution-processed dielectric TFTs. Here, a simple solution method is presented towards enhanced performance of ZrO₂ films by intentionally increasing the concentration of precursor.