Publications by authors named "Xiao-Wen Fang"
Sequential recovery of copper and nickel from wastewater without net energy input.
Water Sci Technol
December 2015
A novel bioelectrochemical system (BES) was designed to recover copper and nickel from wastewater sequentially. The BES has two chambers separated by a bipolar membrane and two cathodes. Firstly, the copper ions were reduced on a graphite cathode with electricity output, and then with an additional bias-potential applied, the nickel ions were recovered sequentially on a copper sheet with electricity input.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe structure of synthetic nanodiamond has been characterized by (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectral editing combined with measurements of long-range (1)H-(13)C dipolar couplings and (13)C relaxation times. The surface layer of these approximately 4.8-nm diameter carbon particles consists mostly of sp(3)-hybridized C that is protonated or bonded to OH groups, while sp(2)-hybridized carbon makes up less than 1% of the material.
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- The study aimed to create RNAi recombinant adenoviral vectors to specifically target and reduce the expression of GSK-3beta, a gene that plays a critical role in cell proliferation, and to analyze the influence of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway on the growth of human thyroid cells.
- Researchers constructed an adenovirus plasmid with RNAi targeting GSK-3beta, transfected it into HEK293A cells, and then tested its ability to knock down this gene in normal human thyrocytes, assessing its impact on cell proliferation and beta-catenin levels.
- Results showed that the GSK-3beta gene was significantly silenced in infected thyro
Objective: To investigate the effects of topical application of emu oil on wound healing in scalded rats.
Methods: In 144 male Wistar rats with 10%; total body surface superficial II degree scald treated on a random basis with physiological saline, povidone iodine and emu oil, respectively, the changes of the wound were observed and the wound tissue and blood samples harvested at different times after injury for evaluation of histopathological changes, total tissue water content (measured by wet:dry weight ratios), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha levels in the wound tissue and plasma by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The general condition of the wound healing was also observed.