Publications by authors named "Luyao Xu"

Environmental taxes have become an essential tool for regulating pollution emissions. However, there is limited literature exploring the spillover effects of environmental taxes on emission reduction from a 'point-to-line' perspective. This study examines the supply chain spillover effects of environmental taxes levied on upstream and downstream enterprises on the emission reduction of focal enterprises, using data from Chinese A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2021.

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The Amendment (XI) to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, effective March 1, 2021, introduced the crime of dangerous work, extending criminal liability concerning work safety in China to hazardous conditions even without actual accidents. However, the core element 'real danger' remains undefined, resulting in the absence of a scientifically rigorous judgment methodology for the crime of dangerous work. This study analyzed 151 judgments on the crime of dangerous work using hazard theory.

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Background: Chronic sleep deprivation (CSD) plays an important role in mood disorders. However, the changes in the gut microbiota and metabolites associated with CSD-induced anxiety/depression-like behavior in female mice have not been determined. Due to the influence of endogenous hormone levels, females are more susceptible than males to negative emotions caused by sleep deprivation.

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  • Butanol-octanol wastewater (BOW) from coal syngas conversion hinders anaerobic digestion (AD) due to its hazardous properties and high salinity.
  • The study explores the effectiveness of different carbon-based conductive materials (CCM) — specifically powdered activated carbon (PAC), granular activated carbon (GAC), and carbon fiber cloth (CFC) — in enhancing methane conversion rates during AD of BOW.
  • Results show that GAC, with its more aromatic functional groups, significantly improved electron transfer and microbial community dynamics, leading to higher methane conversion rates by promoting direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET).
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  • Researchers discovered a new compound called sanyensin from deep-sea bacteria, characterized by its unique macrodiolide structure.
  • They established its stereochemistry using advanced techniques like NOEs and a novel workflow that simplifies the analysis of flexible molecular structures.
  • This study enhances understanding of deep-sea microbial biosynthesis and offers a streamlined approach for identifying and confirming new natural products.
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The traditional anaerobic treatment process for highly concentrated, toxic, and acidic poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) wastewater faces challenges. In contrast, the anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) offers the advantage of robust performance, but the influence of start-up modes has not been explored. This study investigated the impact of one-step and stepwise startup (gradual dilution of wastewater) strategies in AnMBR treating PBAT wastewater.

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Objective: To summarize the current available evidence and to outline recommendations for the future research of acupuncture for patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Design: Seven electronic databases were searched: China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang Database, Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Cochrane Library, PubMed, and EMBASE. All studies on acupuncture for patients after PCI were included.

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  • Scientists studied how certain cancer treatments, called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), can cause eye problems.
  • They found over 1,200 cases of these eye issues linked to various ADCs, especially with drugs like belantamab mafodotin and trastuzumab emtansine.
  • The most common eye problems included blurry vision, dry eyes, and night blindness, and some treatments caused these issues sooner than others.
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Bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S (BPS) have been widely spread in the global environment. However, for conjugated BPA and BPS metabolites, limited studies have investigated their occurrence in environmental matrices. We collected paired indoor and outdoor dust (n = 97), as well as human urine (n = 153) samples, from residential houses in Quzhou, China, and measured these samples for 8 conjugated BPA and BPS metabolites.

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Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive mental stimulant, and MA abuse remains a significant public health problem worldwide, while effective treatment options are limited. Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP), a major effective component extracted from Lycium barbarum, has potential health-promoting effects on the nervous system; however, its role in MA dependence remains unclear. In this study, the conditioned place preference (CPP) of MA addiction in adult male mice was established to detect changes in gut microbiota profiles after LBP treatment through 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

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Exposure to carbazole (CZ) and polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs) may pose a threat to human health, owing to their potential dioxin-like toxicity. Until now, the presence of these chemicals in the human urine from the general population is still unclear. Human urine samples (n = 210) were taken from the general population in Quzhou, China in this study, and were analyzed for CZ and 14 PHCZs.

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global epidemic for more than three years, causing more than 6.9 million deaths. COVID-19 has the clinical characteristics of strong infectivity and long incubation period, and can cause multi-system damage, mainly lung damage, clinical symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and systemic multiple organ damage.

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Triclosan (TCS), a broad-spectrum, lipophilic, and antibacterial agent, has been commonly used in cosmetics, medical devices, and household products. The toxicity of TCS has recently become a research hotspot. Emerging evidence has shown that TCS can easily migrate to humans and animals and cause adverse effects on various target organs.

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Place attachment has been extensively studied in the field of tourism. However, it is important to recognize that place attachment alone may not fully capture the emotional expression of tourists' spiritual beliefs and their sense of belonging to a destination. Therefore, a more comprehensive attachment theory is needed to encompass higher dimensions.

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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD), which is induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption, accompanies complicated pathological mechanisms, including oxidative stress, inflammation, cell death, epigenetic changes and acetaldehyde-mediated toxicity. Hydrogen (H) is the lightest gas with multiple biological effects such as high selective anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation and anti-apoptosis. However, the dose effects and innate immune mechanisms of intraperitoneal injection of H on ALD are limited.

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EP300/CBP are histone acetyltransferases recruited onto chromatin by oncogenic transcription factors and control the transcriptional program via their activity in enhancer areas. In the December issue of Cancer Cell, Nicosia et al. offer new promise in targeting EP300/CBP using the small-molecule inhibitor CSS1477 in patients with blood tumors and no other therapeutic options.

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Visceral pain is a complex and heterogeneous pain condition that is often associated with pain-related negative emotional states, including anxiety and depression, and can exert serious effects on a patient's physical and mental health. According to modeling stimulation protocols, the current animal models of visceral pain mainly include the mechanical dilatation model, the ischemic model, and the inflammatory model. Acupuncture can exert analgesic effects by integrating and interacting input signals from acupuncture points and the sites of pain in the central nervous system.

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A variety of microplastics (MPs) have become ubiquitous environmental pollutants, leading to inevitable human contact and health impacts. Most previous research has explored the toxic effects of a single type of MPs exposure. However, the effects of co-exposure to both common types of MPs, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS) MPs on mammals have not been explored.

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  • Lots of new ways have been created recently to turn plant material, like sugarcane leftovers, into eco-friendly fuels and materials.
  • This research looked closely at how recycling waste can help reduce water and energy use when making bioethanol and electricity from sugarcane bagasse.
  • The results showed that using recycling methods can improve the environment by greatly cutting down on pollution and energy needed for these processes.
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Poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) wastewater is a highly concentrated, acidic, and toxic wastewater generated from biodegradable plastics production. Large amounts of alkali would be consumed when treating PBAT wastewater by anaerobic digestion due to the low pH value. This study employed acidic anaerobic digestion to treat PBAT wastewater and compared to neutral anaerobic digestion.

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Background: Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a rare neurodegenerative illness with characteristic brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) manifestations: diffuse symmetric white-matter hyperintensities in lateral cerebral ventricle areas in fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and high-intensity signals along the corticomedullary junction of the frontal-parietal-temporal lobes in diffusion weighted imaging (DWI). Here, we report a case of adult-onset NIID who was misdiagnosed with Susac syndrome (SS) due to unusual corpus callosum imaging findings.

Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man presented with chronic headache, blurred vision, tinnitus, and numbness in the hands as initial symptoms, accompanied by cognitive slowing and decreased memory.

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Objective: Application of Tandem Mass Tags (TMT)-based LC-MS/MS analysis to screen for differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in traumatic axonal injury (TAI) of the brainstem and to predict potential biomarkers and key molecular mechanisms of brainstem TAI.

Methods: A modified impact acceleration injury model was used to establish a brainstem TAI model in Sprague-Dawley rats, and the model was evaluated in terms of both functional changes (vital sign measurements) andstructural changes (HE staining, silver-plating staining and β-APP immunohistochemical staining). TMT combined with LC-MS/MS was used to analyse the DEPs in brainstem tissues from TAI and Sham groups.

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