Research on Prediction Model for Durability of Straw Bale Walls in Warm (Humid) Continental Climate-A Case Study in Northeast China.

This research analyses straw degradation inside straw bale walls in the region and develops the prediction of degradation inside straw bale walls. The results show that the straw inside straw bale walls have no serious concerns of degradation in the high hygrothermal environment in the region with only moderate concerns of degradation in the area 2-3 cm deep behind the lime render. The onsite investigations indicate that the degradation isopleth model can only predict straw conditions behind the rendering layer, whereas the isothermal model fits the complete situation inside straw bale walls.

Synergistic antitumor effect of the combination of a dual cancer-specific oncolytic adenovirus and cisplatin on lung cancer cells.

The effect of the combination of a recombinant adenovirus (ATV) expressing a specific apoptin protein and cisplatin on human lung cancer cells (A549 cells) was determined. The inhibitory effects of ATV and cisplatin, ATV alone, or cisplatin alone on the migration and invasion of A549 cells were evaluated using cell proliferation, wound healing, Transwell migration and Matrigel invasion assays. The tumor inhibition effect on A549 cells was assessed by observing the tumor growth and survival rate of nude mice with subcutaneous tumor xenografts grown from implanted A549 cells after treatment with ATV, cisplatin, or ATV combined with cisplatin.