Reliability assessment method of wind power DC collection system based on MLFTA-SMC.

Wind power DC collection system, as a crucial component of wind farms, plays a vital role in ensuring the safe and stable operation of the entire wind farm. This paper proposes a reliability assessment method for wind power DC collection systems based on MLFTA-SMC. Firstly, it analyzes the topology and key equipment of wind power DC collection systems.

Effects of kangaroo mother care combined with nurse-assisted mindfulness training for reducing stress among mothers of preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can have a positive effect on the mental well-being of a mother. However, there are specific challenges associated with the process that may contribute to increased anxiety for the mother. By integrating nurse-assisted mindfulness training alongside KMC guidance, nurses may effectively alleviate maternal stress to a greater extent.

Can the organization of health resource integration be analyzed in terms of the current state of unmet demand for health services? take the health needs of the elderly in a place in zhejiang province, china, as an example.

Background: The aging of the population has made the health problems of the elderly increasingly prominent, and their health needs are increasing. Existing studies on health resource integration approaches are mostly incomplete in assessing the health service capacity from the perspective of the health service provider.

Objective: The unmet health needs of the elderly were sampled and analyzed from the perspective of health service demanders.

Ultra-selective molecular-sieving gas separation membranes enabled by multi-covalent-crosslinking of microporous polymer blends.

High-performance membranes exceeding the conventional permeability-selectivity upper bound are attractive for advanced gas separations. In the context microporous polymers have gained increasing attention owing to their exceptional permeability, which, however, demonstrate a moderate selectivity unfavorable for separating similarly sized gas mixtures. Here we report an approach to designing polymeric molecular sieve membranes via multi-covalent-crosslinking of blended bromomethyl polymer of intrinsic microporosity and Tröger's base, enabling simultaneously high permeability and selectivity.

Transferrin Receptor Targeted Cellular Delivery of Doxorubicin Via a Reduction-Responsive Peptide-Drug Conjugate.

Purpose: Transferrin receptors (TfRs) are overexpressed in tumor cells but are scarce in normal tissues, which makes TfR an attractive target for drug treatment of cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of BP9a (CAHLHNRS) as a peptide vector for constructing TfR targeted peptide-drug conjugates and selective drug delivery.

Methods: Doxorubicin (DOX) was connected to BP9a via a disulfide-intercalating linker to afford a reduction-responsive BP9a-SS-DOX conjugate.

Design, synthesis, and in vitro antitumor activity of a transferrin receptor-targeted peptide-doxorubicin conjugate.

In this study, a peptide-drug conjugate was designed and synthesized by connecting a transferrin receptor (TfR)-targeted binding peptide analog BP9a (CAHLHNRS) with doxorubicin (DOX) through N-succinimidyl-3-maleimidopropionate (SMP) as the cross-linker. Confocal laser scanning microscopy results indicated that free DOX mainly accumulated in the nuclei of both TfR overexpressed HepG2 hepatoma cells and L-O2 normal liver cells expressing low level of TfR; most of the BP9a-DOX conjugate displayed cytoplasmic location, and its cellular uptake by HepG2 cells was obviously reduced by TfR blockage test. Nevertheless, the cellular uptake of this conjugate by L-O2 cells was much less than that of free DOX.

The effect of boletus polysaccharides on diabetic hepatopathy in rats.

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of boletus polysaccharide (BPS) on diabetic hepatopathy in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rats for the first time. The rats were fed with high-fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks and induced with STZ by a single intraperitoneal injection to develop T2DM model. The HFD was given continually for another 4 weeks after diabetes induction, following the drugs of BPS (400 mg/kg bw/day) infused to stomach of rats once a day.

Relationship of tumor marker CA125 and ovarian tumor stem cells: preliminary identification.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify a prospective association between CA125 and tumorigenic ovarian cancer cells, using the new method of orthotopic transplantation (1).

Method: After making the surgical ovarian cancer specimen into cell suspension, we separated the tumorigenic cells from the nontumorigenic cancer cells based on cell surface marker (cancer antigen CA125 and lineage markers) expression. We developed a SCID mice model in which the CA125+/ lineage- and CA125-/ lineage- cells were injected into ovarian parenchyma by use of a microinjector.

Can we predict the outcome of 595-nm wavelength pulsed dye laser therapy on capillary vascular malformations from the first beginning: a pilot study of efficacy co-related factors in 686 Chinese patients.

Currently, there are no standardized, objective, and clinically applicable methods to predict the outcome of pulsed dye laser (PDL) therapy on capillary vascular malformation (CVM) patients. The introduction of a method that can predict the outcome prior to treatment will be valuable for both the patients and the doctors. In this study, the authors treated CVM with 595-nm wavelength PDL in Chinese patients (n = 686) and analyzed the efficacy of treatment and complications retrospectively in a 5-year period.

Poly(amide-imide)/silica supported PEI hollow fiber sorbents for postcombustion CO(2) capture by RTSA.

Amine-loaded poly(amide-imide) (PAI)/silica hollow fiber sorbents are created and used in a rapid temperature swing adsorption (RTSA) system for CO2 capture under simulated postcombustion flue gas conditions. Poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) is infused into the PAI/mesoporous silica hollow fiber sorbents during fiber solvent exchange steps after fiber spinning. A lumen-side barrier layer is also successfully formed on the bore side of PAI/silica hollow fiber sorbents by using a mixture of Neoprene with cross-linking agents in a post-treatment process.

Aminosilane-grafted polymer/silica hollow fiber adsorbents for CO₂ capture from flue gas.

Amine/silica/polymer composite hollow fiber adsorbents are produced using a novel reactive post-spinning infusion technique, and the obtained fibers are shown to capture CO2 from simulated flue gas. The post-spinning infusion technique allows for functionalization of polymer/silica hollow fibers with different types of amines during the solvent exchange step after fiber spinning. The post-spinning infusion of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APS) into mesoporous silica/cellulose acetate hollow fibers is demonstrated here, and the materials are compared with hollow fibers infused with poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI).

Simultaneous determination of sulfation and glucuronidation of flavones in FVB mouse intestine in vitro and in vivo.

Glucuronidation and sulfation are the two major phase II metabolic pathways for flavones, natural compounds that hold great potential for improving human health. We investigated the positional preference for sulfation and glucuronidation of seven structurally similar flavones in vitro and in situ. An FVB mouse intestinal perfusion model was used in addition to three small intestine S9 fractions catalyzing sulfation only (Sult enzymes), glucuronidation only (Ugt enzymes) or both (Sult and Ugt enzymes).