Application of Copper-Sulfur Compound Electrode Materials in Supercapacitors.

Supercapacitors (SCs) are a novel type of energy storage device that exhibit features such as a short charging time, a long service life, excellent temperature characteristics, energy saving, and environmental protection. The capacitance of SCs depends on the electrode materials. Currently, carbon-based materials, transition metal oxides/hydroxides, and conductive polymers are widely used as electrode materials.

Advances in the research of carbon electrodes for perovskite solar cells.

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) were first proposed in 2009. They have the advantages of low cost, a simple manufacturing process and excellent photoelectric performance. PSC electrodes are mainly made from precious metals such as gold and silver.

Cost-Effectiveness of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Prevention Based on Its Predicted Incidence within the Datong Coal Mine Group in China.

We aimed to estimate the economic losses currently caused by coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and, on the basis of these measurements, confirm the economic benefit of preventive measures. Our cohort study included 1,847 patients with CWP and 43,742 coal workers without CWP who were registered in the employment records of the Datong Coal Mine Group. We calculated the cumulative incidence rate of pneumoconiosis using the life-table method.

Association between polymorphisms of interleukin-17A and interleukin-17F genes and silicosis susceptibility in Chinese Han people.

Background: To explore the relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin17 (IL-17) gene(A-832G 7488A/G) and the susceptibility to silicosis, a risk factor for lung cancer.

Materials And Methods: A total of 113 silicosis patients and 116 workers without silicosis were enrolled in the case-control study. IL-17A A-832G and IL-17F 7488A/G polymorphisms were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).

[Relationship between genetic polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -3 and susceptibility to silicosis].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the genetic polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) (-735) and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) (-1171) and the susceptibility to silicosis.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted in 113 patients diagnosed with stage I silicosis (case group) and 115 dust-exposed workers without silicosis (control group); the two groups had the same sex, ethnic group, and type of dust and similar age and cumulative exposure time. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to determine the genotypes of MMP-2 (-735) and MMP-3 (-1171).

Risk identification and prediction of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Kailuan Colliery Group in China: a historical cohort study.

Background: Prior to 1970, coal mining technology and prevention measures in China were poor. Mechanized coal mining equipment and advanced protection measures were continuously installed in the mines after 1970. All these improvements may have resulted in a change in the incidence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP).

[The relationship between polymorphisms of epidermal growth factor gene and silicosis].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between epidermal growth factor (EGF) gene polymorphisms at G-61A, R431K, and D784V and susceptibility to silicosis.

Methods: In a case-control study, 116 patients diagnosed with stage I silicosis were included in the case group, and 149 workers without silicosis of the same gender and nationality, exposed to the same nature of dust, and with similar age and cumulative time of dust exposure were included in the control group. Peripheral venous blood was collected, DNA was extracted by salting out, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to identify the genotypes at three polymorphic loci of EGF and the allele frequencies, and their distributions in the case group and control group were analyzed.

[Autophagy in lung tissue of rats exposed to silica dust].

Objective: To investigate the autophagy of effector cells in lung tissue at different time points when rats were exposed to free SiO2 dust.

Methods: Sixty Wistar rats (220∼230 g) were selected and allocated to experimental group (n = 30) and control group (n = 30). In the experimental group, a rat silicosis model was established by infusing SiO2 suspension into the trachea of rats.

[Macrophage apoptosis and the levels of interleukin-1 and interleukin-8 in the rats exposed to silica].

Objective: To study the roles of macrophage apoptosis, IL-1, and IL-8 in the pathogenesis of rat pulmonary fibrosis induced by silica.

Methods: Forty eight male Wistar rats were divided into the 4 control groups (24 rats) and 4 experimental groups (24 rats). Rats in the control groups were treated with 1 ml normal saline by trachea instillation, whereas the rats in experimental groups were exposed 1 ml silica suspension (100 mg/ml) by trachea instillation for 1, 7, 14 and 28 days, respectively.

[Case-control study of relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 gene and susceptibility of silicosis].

Objective: To explore the relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene (-33, +45, VNTR, +429, +448) and the susceptibility of silicosis.

Methods: In a case-control study, the case group consisted of 101 patients with silicosis, and was matched with the control group (121 workers without silicosis), according to the age, sex, nationality, working place, exposure to dust. The polymorphisms of IL-4 (five locus) detected by the method of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) techniques.

[Investigation about prevention behavior for dust workers in machinery, ceramic, and metallurgy industry].

Objective: The purposes of this thesis were to study the behavior about workers exposed to dust and provide scientific basis for health promotion.

Methods: We designed a questionnaire and carry it on the 746 dust workers in the 3 representative corporations of Machinery, Ceramic, and Metallurgy Industry. All data were input into computer.

[Effect of occupational stress on menses and sex hormones of female knitting workers].

Objective: To investigate the effect of occupational stress on menses and sex hormones.

Methods: 415 female knitting workers were investigated using the generic job stress questionnaire. Their venous blood were collected and the six sex hormones were detected by using radio-immune method.

[Investigation on job stress of pediatricians and nurses working in pediatric department].

Objective: To investigate the occupational stressors and modifiers of pediatricians and nurses in order to find the measurements for control of the job stress.

Methods: 427 pediatricians and nurses working in five hospitals of a city served as subjects. Of them, the staff in section of pharmacy and toll offices in each hospital mentioned above served as control group.

[Relationship between gene polymorphism of fibronectin and pneumoconiosis].

Objective: To explore the relationship between the genetic polymorphism of fibronectin (FN) (4 genetic locus) and pneumoconiosis.

Methods: 128 male I-period pneumoconiosis were selected as cases who were examined with radiography and diagnosed by the Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis Expert Panel, based on the Chinese National Diagnosis Criteria of Pneumoconiosis (GBZ 70 - 2002). According to 1:1 paired matching method, 128 dust exposure workers were selected as control who were exposed to same dust as cases.

[Decrease of cyclin D1 and CDK4 protein and their related factors induced by quartz in human embryonic lung fibroblasts].

Objective: To study the expression level of cyclin D1-CDK4 protein in human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HELF) induced by quartz, and to study whether the expression level of cyclin D1-CDK4 protein mediated by mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK)/(AP-1) signaling pathways.

Methods: Cells were harvested after stimulation 2 h for the detection of cytokines. Cyclin D1 and CDK4 (cyclin dependent kinase 4) proteins was measured by immunocytochemistry (IC) and Western blot (WB).

Downregulation of cyclin D1-CDK4 protein in human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HELF) induced by silica is mediated through the ERK and JNK pathway.

Silica is a factor in the induction of acute injury and chronic pulmonary fibrosis. In 1996, silica was also listed as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). However, the molecular mechanisms involved in its pathologic effects are not well understood.

[Association of genetic polymorphism of XPD with chromosomal damage in workers exposed to radiation].

Objective: To explore association genetic polymorphism of XPD with chromosomal damage in workers exposed to radiation.

Methods: 182 workers exposed to radiation for at least one year with chromosomal damage were selected as cases based on a general health examination for all workers exposed to radiation in Tangshan city. The control group without chromosomal damage was matched to case by age (within 5 years), sex, work unit, type of exposed to radiation, cumulate serve length (within 1 year) according to 1:1.

[The activation of MAPK/cyclin D1-CDK4 signaling pathway caused by quartz].

Objectives: To study the phosphorylation level of mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) in human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HELF), and the expression level of cyclin D1-CDK4 protein in S-HELF and whether the expression level of cyclin D1-CDK4 protein mediated by MAPK/AP-1 signaling pathway in S-HELF.

Methods: Two kinds of treatment: (1) Cells were harvested after stimulation 2 h for the detection of cytokines. (2) Cells were stimulated by quartz for a long time (2 months) for transformation characters (S-HELF).

[Relationship between gene polymorphism of transforming growth factor-beta and pneumoconiosis].

Objective: To explore the association between genetic polymorphisms of TGF-beta (TGF-beta) and susceptibility to pneumoconiosis.

Methods: One hundred and seventeen patients with pneumoconiosis were selected as case. The control group was workers exposed to dust but without pneumoconiosis who had the same sex, nationality, and workshop or work site as case.

[Relationship between genetic polymorphism of interleukin-6 and pneumoconiosis].

Objective: To explore the relationship between interleukin-6 (IL-6) (-634C/G) genetic polymorphisms and the pneumoconiosis.

Methods: A total of 104 male stage I pneumoconiosis patients diagnosed by the Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis Expert Panel according to the Chinese National Diagnosis Criteria of Pneumoconiosis (GBZ 70 - 2002) were selected. The pneumoconiosis comprised 66 silicosis and 38 coal worker' pneumoconiosis (CWP).

[Relationship between polymorphism of interleukin-1 and pneumoconiosis susceptibility].

Objective: To explore the relationship between the polymorphism of Interleukin-1 and the pneumoconiosis susceptibility.

Methods: Eighty patients with silicosis and 45 with coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) were selected while 125 male workers, Han nationality in the same workplace as the patients were selected as the controls. Between the patients and the control, the differences of age and cumulative length of service were less than five years and two years, respectively.

[Relationship between polymorphisms of DNA repair gene XRCC1 and susceptibility to radiation injury].

Objective: To explore the relationship between polymorphisms of DNA repair gene XRCC1 and susceptibility to radiation injury.

Methods: In 1:1 case-control study, 113 abnormal chromosome workers exposed to ionizing radiation were selected as cases and 113 normal chromosome as controls who matched with case for sex, age (+/- 5 years), nation, type of work, the same or more but in 2 years work length and the same similar levels of the cumulative exposure radiation dose. Genotypes were analysed using PCR based restriction fragment length polymorphism techniques.