Highly efficient and conductive in-situ assembled VS-VO on reduced Graphene-oxide as advanced cathode materials for thermal batteries.

Thermal batteries are a type of thermally activated reserve batteries, where the cathode material significantly influences the operating voltage and specific capacity of the battery. In this work, VS-VO has been synthesized through the hydrothermal method and used as the cathode material for thermal batteries. Firstly, the material with the VS crystallinity is obtained at 170 °C and the mass percentages of VS/VO are 63.

Multiband Spectrum Method for Quantifying the Ionic Contribution of Volume Strategy and Filler Strategy: Enhancing the Ionic Transport Channels for Polymeric Solid-State Batteries.

As a promising solution for solid-state batteries with high energy density and safety, understanding the mechanism of fast ion conduction in polymer-ceramic composite solid-state electrolytes (CSEs) is still a challenging task. Herein, we understand the enhanced ion conduction in CSEs using a series of ionic spectra. Ionic insight is extended to ion conduction in CSEs, resolving the mechanism of fast ion migration.

1T-VS@VO Synergistic Nanoarchitecture-Based Lamellar Clusters as the High Conductivity Cathodes of Thermal Batteries.

Thermal batteries are solid-state, thermally activated batteries with long storage times and high reliability. FeS is used as a cathode material commonly, but the high internal resistance and low voltage platform limit the improvement of battery performance. Herein, the 1T-phase vanadium disulfide (VS) is prepared via the scalable hydrothermal method and applied to thermal battery cathode materials for the first time.

Nickel-promoted Electrocatalytic Graphitization of Biochars for Energy Storage: Mechanistic Understanding using Multi-scale Approaches.

Owing to high-efficiency and scalable advantages of electrolysis in molten salts, electrochemical conversion of carbonaceous resources into graphitic products is a sustainable route for achieving high value-added carbon. To understand the complicated kinetics of converting amorphous carbon (e.g.

The Effects of Multi-Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Capsules Combined with Thalidomide on Hormone-Dependent Ulcerative Colitis.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effects of multi-donor fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) capsules combined with thalidomide on hormone-dependent ulcerative colitis (UC).

Methods: A total of 59 patients with steroid-dependent UC treated at the Gastroenterology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University between January 2017 and January 2019 were enrolled in this study. Using a random number table, the patients were divided into two groups: a group treated with FMT capsules (the FMT group) and a group treated with FMT capsules and thalidomide (the FMT+S group).

Telomerase-initiated three-dimensional DNAzyme motor for monitoring of telomerase activity in living cells.

Telomerase (TE) is recognized as a potential biomarker for early diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of cancer. At present, most of the methods for TE detection are only applicable to in vitro assays, and unsuitable for in vivo applications. Though a few intracellular probes have been reported to have good specificity for TE, they do not involve signal amplification, which hinders their applicability in scenarios requiring high sensitivity.

A retrospective analysis of serous effusions based on the newly proposed international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology: a report of 3633 cases in an oncological center.

Background: The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology (TIS) was recently proposed. We retrospectively applied TIS recommendations for reporting the cytological diagnosis of serous effusions and reported our experience.

Methods: All the serous effusions from January 2018 to September 2021 were retrieved from the database.

Ultrasensitive detection of protein biomarkers by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry based on ZnFeO nanoparticles and mass tagging signal amplification.

A facile MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric platform for quantitative analysis of protein biomarkers was developed based on magnetic ZnFeO nanoparticles and mass tagging signal amplification. In this platform, magnetic ZnFeO nanoparticles functionalized with an aptamer of the biomarker of interest was used to magnetically separate silica nanoparticles modified with another aptamer of the target biomarker and a barcoding peptide from solution phase in the presence of the biomarker of interest. After the silica nanoparticles were dissolved by KHF, the released barcoding peptide was detected by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry with magnetic ZnFeO nanoparticles used as assisting matrix of laser desorption ionization.

Calculation on surface energy and electronic properties of CoS.

Density functional theory was employed to investigate the (111), (200), (210), (211) and (220) surfaces of CoS. The surface energies were calculated with a sulfur environment using first-principle-based thermodynamics. It is founded that surfaces with metal atoms at their outermost layer have higher energy.

Inhibition of Gene Expression by Small Interfering RNA on // Signaling Pathway in Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

The objective of this article is to study the effect of inhibiting phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted chromatosome 10 gene on phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B ()/Forkhead homeobox O3a signaling pathway in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma HK-1 cells. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma HK-1 cell lines were divided into gene interference group (siPTEN), nonspecific small interfering RNA group (siNC), empty vector group (Vector), and no transfection control group (Normal). The mRNA and protein expression levels of , , and were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot.

Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma exhibiting neuroendocrine differentiation: Case report with cytomorphology, immunocytochemistry, and review of the literature focusing on cytology.

Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumor of the thyroid gland with thymic epithelial differentiation; it is the malignant counterpart of ectopic thymoma of the thyroid gland and histologically resembles thymic carcinoma. Given its favorable prognostic course, preoperative cytological diagnosis is important to distinguish this neoplasm from other more aggressive thyroid neoplasms that can have similar or overlapping cytomorphological features. However, there is little information about the cytology of this disease available in the literature, even in the latest fourth edition of World Health Organization classification of tumors of endocrine organs.

Quantification of enantiomers by mass spectrometry based on chemical derivatization and spectral shape deformation quantitative theory.

A facile mass spectrometric kinetic method for quantitative analysis of chiral compounds was developed by integrating mass spectrometry based on chemical derivatization and the spectral shape deformation quantitative theory. Chemical derivatization was employed to introduce diastereomeric environments to the chiral compounds of interest, resulting in different abundance distribution patterns of fragment ions of the derivatization products of enantiomers in mass spectrometry. The quantitative information of the chiral compounds of interest was extracted from complex mass spectral data by an advanced calibration model derived based on the spectral shape deformation quantitative theory.

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of Borrmann type IV gastric cancer.

Purpose: Borrmann type IV gastric cancer is still detected at an advanced stage and survival rates for these patients remain poor. The purpose of this study was to provide valuable prognostic and surgical information on patients with Borrmann type IV gastric cancer.

Methods: We compared the clinicopathological features of Borrmann type IV gastric cancer with those of other types of gastric cancer.

Odor composition analysis and odor indicator selection during sewage sludge composting.

Unlabelled: On the basis of total temperature increase, normal dehydration, and maturity, the odor compositions of surface and internal piles in a well-run sewage sludge compost plant were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with a liquid nitrogen cooling system and a portable odor detector. Approximately 80 types of substances were detected, including 2 volatile inorganic compounds, 4 sulfur organic compounds, 16 benzenes, 27 alkanes, 15 alkenes, and 19 halogenated compounds. Most pollutants were mainly produced in the mesophilic and pre-thermophilic periods.

Circulation and in vivo distribution of duck hepatitis A virus types 1 and 3 in infected ducklings.

The circulation of duck hepatitis A virus types 1 (DHAV-1) and 3 (DHAV-3) in Southeast Asia has resulted in a continuously changing epidemiological scenario. In this study, a duplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous quantitative detection of DHAV-1 and DHAV-3 was established, and 200 liver samples from dead ducklings collected from 31 different flocks in Shandong province, China, were tested. Fifty-eight (29.

Molecular characterization of H9N2 influenza virus isolated from mink and its pathogenesis in mink.

In mid-August 2013, two H9N2 influenza viruses, named A/mink/Shandong/F6/2013 (Mk/SD/F6/13) and A/mink/Shandong/F10/2013 (Mk/SD/F10/13), were isolated from lung samples of 2 of 45 farmed mink exhibiting respiratory signs in mideastern Shandong province, China. The seroprevalence of antibodies to H9N2 in mink was 20% (53/265). Based on sequence analysis, the eight nucleotide sequences showed 99.

Subtle mutation detection of SMN1 gene in Chinese spinal muscular atrophy patients: implication of molecular diagnostic procedure for SMN1 gene mutations.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations of the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Approximately 90-95% of SMA patients have a homozygous deletion of SMN1, and 5-10% of patients are believed to have subtle mutations. The molecular diagnosis of SMN1 subtle mutations is hampered by a highly homologous SMN2 gene.

Impact of molecular testing in the diagnosis of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: data from mainland China.

Background: The molecular work-up of thyroid nodules from fine needle aspiration samples has given clinicians a new level of diagnostic information. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utility of molecular analysis in thyroid fine needle aspiration samples from a Chinese population.

Methods: Specimens were collected from thyroid nodules by fine needle aspiration.

[Sequence analysis of VP1 gene of the duck hepatitis A virus type 3 strains isolated from Shandong Province of China in 2012].

To reveal the genetic variation of the viral protein 1 (VP1) gene of the duck hepatitis A virus type 3 (DHAV-3), the VP1 gene of 13 virulent DHAV-3 strains isolated from Shandong province of China in 2012 were amplified by RT-PCR, sequenced and analyzed. The results showed that all the VP1 genes of the 13 isolates contained 720 nucleotides encoding 240 amino acids, and shared with nucleotide identities of 94. 6%-99.