Polyhydroxykanoate-Assisted Photocatalytic TiO Films for Hydrogen Production.

The photocatalytic production of hydrogen using biopolymer-immobilized titanium dioxide (TiO) is an innovative and sustainable approach to renewable energy generation. TiO, a well-known photocatalyst, benefits from immobilization on biopolymers due to its environmental friendliness, abundance, and biodegradability. In another way, to boost the efficiency of TiO, its surface properties can be modified by incorporating co-catalysts like platinum (Pt) to improve charge separation.

Long-Term Statistical Process Monitoring of an Ultrafiltration Water Treatment Process.

As water treatment technology has improved, the amount of available process data has substantially increased, making real-time, data-driven fault detection a reality. One shortcoming of the fault detection literature is that methods are usually evaluated by comparing their performance on hand-picked, short-term case studies, which yields no insight into long-term performance. In this work, we first evaluate multiple statistical and machine learning approaches for detrending process data.

Pb-214/Bi-214-TCMC-Trastuzumab inhibited growth of ovarian cancer in preclinical mouse models.

Better treatments for ovarian cancer are needed to eliminate residual peritoneal disease after initial debulking surgery. The present study evaluated Trastuzumab to deliver Pb-214/Bi-214 for targeted alpha therapy (TAT) for HER2-positive ovarian cancer in mouse models of residual disease. This study is the first report of TAT using a novel Radon-222 generator to produce short-lived Lead-214 (Pb-214, t = 26.

Macrophage-Derived Factors with the Potential to Contribute to Pathogenicity of HIV-1 and HIV-2: Role of CCL-2/MCP-1.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is known to be less pathogenic than HIV-1. However, the mechanism(s) underlying the decreased HIV-2 pathogenicity is not fully understood. Herein, we report that β-chemokine CCL2 expression was increased in HIV-1-infected human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) but decreased in HIV-2-infected MDM when compared to uninfected MDM.

The Characterization of Non-oncologic Chronic Drug Therapy in Bladder Cancer Patients and the Impact on Recurrence-Free and Cancer-Specific Survival: A Prospective Study.

We aimed to characterize non-oncologic chronic drug therapy of bladder cancer (BC) patients and evaluate a possible impact on recurrence-free (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS). Patients with a first diagnosis (FD) of BC or radical cystectomy (RC) were included in a prospective, monocentric, observational study. Drugs and medical data was assessed at start and three-monthly for 24 months.