Water-Induced Integrated Regeneration of Cathode Materials from Spent Sodium-Ion Batteries.

The increasingly accumulated end-of-life batteries require high-efficiency regeneration technology for sustainable development. However, the existing recycling methods are highly restricted in a direct additive process due to the inconsistent content of alkaline ions within various spent materials and then failure to recover them together. Here, a subtractive process is introduced for the integrated regeneration of spent cathode materials, which successfully transforms the cathode materials with an unknown Na content to the desodiation phase together via water only.

A Na-Free Surface Enables "Three-In-One" Enhancement of Structural, Interfacial and Air Stability for Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes.

O3-type layered oxides are regarded as one of the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. However, the multistep phase transitions, severe electrode/electrolyte parasitic reactions, and moisture sensitivity are challenging for their practical application because of the highly active Na. Here, a Na-free layer is built on the surface of NaNiMnFeO (NMF111) via a leaching treatment and the subsequent surface reconstruction.

Tuning the Solvation Structure in Water-Based Solution Enables Surface Reconstruction of Layered Oxide Cathodes toward Long Lifespan Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Layered oxides of sodium-ion batteries suffer from severe side reactions on the electrode/electrolyte interface, leading to fast capacity degradation. Although surface reconstruction strategies are widely used to solve the above issues, the utilization of the low-cost wet chemical method is extremely challenging for moisture-sensitive Na-based oxide materials. Here, the solvation tuning strategy is proposed to overcome the deterioration of NaNiMnFeO in water-based solution and conduct the surface reconstruction.

The relationship between and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: The relationship between (, HP) infection and pancreatic cancer would be investigated in this article.

Methods: All cohort studies and case-control studies about infection and pancreatic cancer up to October 2021 were searched in the databases of PubMed, Embase and Cochrane. The combined odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated by R 4.

Establishment of a Mouse Severe Acute Pancreatitis Model using Retrograde Injection of Sodium Taurocholate into the Biliopancreatic Duct.

The prevalence of acute pancreatitis (AP), especially severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), is increasing in younger age groups annually. However, there is a lack of effective treatments in the current clinical practice. With the easy accessibility of transgenic and knockout strains and their small size, which allows minimal doses of drugs required for in vivo evaluation, a well-established experimental model in mice is preferred for AP research.

A 14-gene gemcitabine resistance gene signature is significantly associated with the prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients.

To identify a gemcitabine resistance-associated gene signature for risk stratification and prognosis prediction in pancreatic cancer. Pearson correlation analysis was performed with gemcitabine half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) data of 17 primary pancreatic cancer lines from Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) and the transcriptomic data from GDSC and Broad Institute Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia, followed by risk stratification, expression evaluation, overall survival (OS) prediction, clinical data validation and nomogram establishment. Our biomarker discovery effort identified a 14-gene signature, most of which featured differential expression.

Modeling and Inverse Compensation of Cross-Coupling Hysteresis in Piezoceramics under Multi-Input.

In the fast tool servo (FTS) system for microstructure surface cutting, the dynamic voltage hysteresis of piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) and the cutting force produced in the manufacturing affect the driving accuracy and the cutting performance. For a multi-input-single-output (MISO) cutting system, in this paper, a dynamic hysteresis model based on a rate-dependent Prandtl-Ishlinskii model is proposed. A backpropagation neural network (BPNN) is established to describe the cross-coupling effect between the applied voltage and external load.

Relationships are between metformin use and survival in pancreatic cancer patients concurrent with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Increased risk and cancer-related mortality is observed in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Whether using metformin as glucose-lowering therapy can result in survival benefit in this group of patients is still unclear.

Methods: A meta-analysis of 21 studies that including 38,772 patients was performed to investigate the association between metformin and overall survival in patients with PC and concurrent DM.

Structure Design of Low-Temperature Regenerative Hyperbranched Polyamine Adsorbent for CO Capture.

A novel low-temperature regenerative hydroxy-functionalized hyperbranched polyamine adsorbent (0.16OH-HBPA) for CO capture was readily prepared using glutaraldehyde to cross-link amino-terminated hyperbranched polymers (HBP) and functionalized with glycidol, followed by the reduction of the imino groups of 0.16OH-HBPA to alkyl aminos using NaBH.

Mechanism for alpha-MnO2 nanowire-induced cytotoxicity in Hela cells.

Alpha-Manganese dioxide (alpha-MnO2) nanowires are used as electrode materials to significantly enhance the performance of lithium batteries. In this study, we investigate the nanotoxicity of alpha-MnO2 nanowires toward Hela cells. The alpha-MnO2 nanowires, which were successfully synthesized using the hydrothermal approach, can induce cytotoxicity dose-dependently in Hela cells.