MWCNTs Alleviated saline-alkali stress by optimizing photosynthesis and sucrose metabolism in rice seedling.

Saline and alkali stress affects the growth and development, survival rate, and final yield of rice, while new nano materials can have a positive effect on rice growth. In order to investing the effects of carboxymethyl multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the growth and development of rice seedlings under salt alkali stress, rice seedlings were cultured using rice variety "Songjing 3" using nutrient solution water culture method. The effects of MWCNTs on water absorption capacity, leaf photosynthesis, and sucrose metabolism of rice seedlings under 50 mmol/L saline-alkali stress (1NaCl: 9NaSO: 9NaHCO: 1NaCO) conditions were investigated.

High Photocatalytic Activity of g-CN/La-N-TiO Composite with Nanoscale Heterojunctions for Degradation of Ciprofloxacin.

Ciprofloxacin (CIP) in natural waters has been taken as a serious pollutant because of its hazardous biological and ecotoxicological effects. Here, a 3D nanocomposite photocatalyst g-CN/La-N-TiO (CN/La-N-TiO) was successfully synthesized by a simple and reproducible in-situ synthetic method. The obtained composite was characterized by XRD, SEM, BET, TEM, mapping, IR, and UV-vis spectra.

Supramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Assembly from Non-Coplanar Aromatic Tetra-H-Pyrazoles with Crystallization-Induced Emission (CIE).

Here, we report a design strategy for constructing supramolecular organic frameworks by introducing H-pyrazole groups to aromatic cores as non-coplanar molecules to form diverse supramolecular assemblies through multiple H-pyrazole [N-H···N] hydrogen bonds as well as other weak interactions. The new supramolecular organic frameworks displayed interesting crystallization-induced emission (CIE) behavior.

Hydrogen Abstraction by Alkoxyl Radicals: Computational Studies of Thermodynamic and Polarity Effects on Reactivities and Selectivities.

Density functional theory calculations (ωB97X-D) are reported for the reactions of methoxy, -butoxy, trichloroethoxy, and trifluoroethoxy radicals with a series of 26 C-H bonds in different environments characteristic of a variety of hydrocarbons and substituted derivatives. The variations in activation barriers are analyzed with modified Evans-Polanyi treatments to account for polarity and unsaturation effects. The treatments by Roberts and Steel and by Mayer have inspired the development of a simple treatment involving the thermodynamics of reactions, the difference between the reactant radical and product radical electronegativities, and the absence or presence of α-unsaturation.

Enhancing the Photoelectric Properties of Zinc Porphyrin Dyes by Introducing Five-Membered Heterocyclic Rings into the Electron Donor: A Density Functional Theory and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study.

To fabricate highly efficient dye sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, new zinc porphyrin dye sensitizers were designed based on one of the most efficient dyes, YD2--C8, by introducing electron-rich heterocyclic rings into the electron donor. Five potentially efficient dyes, Dye1-5, were obtained by replacing the phenyl group of the donor in YD2--C8 with pyrrolyl, furyl, and thienyl groups. The electronic structures, absorption spectra, intramolecular charge-transfer characteristics, and excited-state lifetimes of the designed dyes were investigated using the density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods.

Deciphering Reactivity and Selectivity Patterns in Aliphatic C-H Bond Oxygenation of Cyclopentane and Cyclohexane Derivatives.

A kinetic, product, and computational study on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with monosubstituted cyclopentanes and cyclohexanes has been carried out. HAT rates, site-selectivities for C-H bond oxidation, and DFT computations provide quantitative information and theoretical models to explain the observed patterns. Cyclopentanes functionalize predominantly at C-1, and tertiary C-H bond activation barriers decrease on going from methyl- and -butylcyclopentane to phenylcyclopentane, in line with the computed C-H BDEs.

Adjuvant chemotherapy could not bring survival benefit to HR-positive, HER2-negative, pT1b-c/N0-1/M0 invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: a propensity score matching study based on SEER database.

Background: The benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is still unclear. The objective of the current study was to elucidate the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, pT1b-c/N0-1/M0 ILC.

Methods: Based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER) database, we identified original 12,334 HR-positive, HER2-negative, pT1b-c/N0-1/M0 ILC patients, who were then divided into adjuvant chemotherapy group and control group.

Synthesis and nitric oxide releasing properties of novel fluoro S-nitrosothiols.

A series of new fluoro S-nitrosothiols is reported as potential nitric oxide (NO) donors. A three-step synthesis and the NO releasing kinetic profiles of these species are presented. The stoichiometric release of NO, with the clean formation of corresponding disulfides, confirms that these new species can facilitate their application as NO donors for various applications including creating novel antimicrobial and thromboresistant fluoropolymer-based medical devices.

Relationships between Product Ratios in Ambimodal Pericyclic Reactions and Bond Lengths in Transition Structures.

Ambimodal reactions involve a single transition state leading to multiple products. In such reactions, transition state theory gives no information about the ratio of products that are formed, and molecular dynamics must be performed to predict this ratio. Understanding the relationship between the transition structure and the product ratio is a long-standing problem in molecular dynamics.

Bimodal Evans-Polanyi Relationships in Dioxirane Oxidations of sp C-H: Non-perfect Synchronization in Generation of Delocalized Radical Intermediates.

The selectivities in C-H oxidations of a variety of compounds by DMDO have been explored with density functional theory. There is a linear Evans-Polanyi-type correlation for saturated substrates. Activation energies correlate with reaction energies or, equivalently, BDEs (ΔH = 0.

Pico-HPLC system integrating an equal inner diameter femtopipette into a 900 nm I.D. porous layer open tubular column.

A picoflow high performance liquid chromatography (pico-HPLC) system was developed, which could directly pipette femtoliter samples using a separation column tip driven by an electroosmotic pump. Amino acid enantiomers were separated in the 900 nm I.D.

Catalytic Asymmetric Chlorocyclization of 2-Vinylphenylcarbamates for Synthesis of 1,4-Dihydro-2H-3,1-benzoxazin-2-one Derivatives.

A facile synthetic approach to a series of chiral 4-chloromethyl-1,4-dihydro-2H-3,1-benzoxazin-2-one derivatives has been described. This transformation is achieved through the catalytic asymmetric chlorocyclization of 2-vinylphenylcarbamates using a newly developed organocatalyst. Furthermore, the resulting products can be easily converted into diverse bioactive agents.

Cod skin peptide reduces chemotherapy-induced toxicity in gastric cancer patients.

Background And Objectives: The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of cod skin peptide (CSPE) on chemotherapy-induced toxicity in gastric cancer patients.

Methods And Study Design: A cohort of 60 gastric cancer patients for chemotherapy was randomly divided into two groups (n=30 per group), who were orally treated with either supplemental CSPE or placebo apart from chemotherapy. The hematologic and gastrointestinal toxicities experienced by the patients, as well as their Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) as an index of quality of life was evaluated.

Electronic effects of the substituent on the dioxygen-activating abilities of substituted iron tetraphenylporphyrins: a theoretical study.

A density functional theoretical (DFT) method was applied to understand the effects of the substituent on dioxygen activation by a series of substituted iron tetraphenylporphyrins [FeT(o/p-R)PP (o = ortho-substituted, p = para-substituted; R = -H, -Cl, -NO2, -CH3, -OCH3)]. The ground states (GS) of the dioxygen adducts of the substituted iron tetraphenylporphyrins [FeT(o/p-R)PPO2] were determined at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level without any symmetry constraints. Binding energy calculations indicated that the presence of electron-withdrawing substituents at the para position favors O2 binding.

CD243 gene polymorphism significantly associated with breast cancer susceptibility.

We aimed to obtain a summary risk estimate for CD243 gene polymorphism associated with breast cancer. A total of nine case-control studies, including 5,073 cancer patients and 7,498 control subjects, were pooled in our fixed effects meta-analysis of the association between CD243 gene polymorphism and risk of breast cancer. All data were analyzed by using Stata software (version 12.

Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphism (-634G/C) and breast cancer risk.

The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess if the -634G/C polymorphism represents a predisposition factor for the risk of breast cancer. We included eight published case-control studies, in which a total of 6,175 cancer cases and 6,421 cancer-free controls were included. Pooled ORs and 95 % CIs were calculated by the fixed effects model to evaluate the association of the -634G/C polymorphism and breast cancer risk.

A monochromatic electrochemiluminescence sensing strategy for dopamine with dual-stabilizers-capped CdSe quantum dots as emitters.

A promising electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing strategy was proposed with dual-stabilizers-capped CdSe quantum dots (QDs) as ECL emitters. The dual-stabilizers-capped CdSe QDs were covalently immobilized onto p-aminobenzoic acid modified glass carbon electrode with ethylenediamine as a link molecule. This strategy can preserve the completely passivated surface states of dual-stabilizers-capped CdSe QDs, so that the sensor demonstrated eye-visible greenish, band gap engineering and monochromatic ECL emission at 546 nm with a fwhm of 35 nm.

Bandgap engineered and high monochromatic electrochemiluminescence from dual-stabilizers-capped CdSe nanocrystals with practical application potential.

The development of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters over a broad spectrum of wavelengths is anticipated for the multiplexed ECL sensing and diagnostic application. Herein, a facile dual-stabilizers-capped strategy was developed for synthesizing a series of water-soluble CdSe nanocrystals (NCs) with strong, bandgap engineered and monochromatic ECL emissions in greenish region. The linkage of surface cadmium atoms to the dual stabilizers, mercaptopropionic acid and sodium hexametaphosphate, not only can effectively remove the nonradiative surface state and deep surface trap of CdSe NCs for improved ECL efficiency and monochromaticity, but is also favorable for the electrochemical involved electron and hole injection processes for higher ECL intensity.

Poor metabolizers at the cytochrome P450 2C19 loci is at increased risk of developing cancer in Asian populations.

Background: CYP2C19 encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes, which play a central role in activating and detoxifying many carcinogens and endogenous compounds thought to be involved in the development of cancer. In the past decade, two common polymorphisms among CYP2C19 (CYP2C19*2 and CYP2C19*3) that are responsible for the poor metabolizers (PMs) phenotype in humans and cancer susceptibility have been investigated extensively; however, these studies have yielded contradictory results.

Methods And Results: To investigate this inconsistency, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of 11,554 cases and 16,592 controls from 30 case-control studies.

Quantitative assessment of common genetic variants on chromosome 5p12 and hormone receptor status with breast cancer risk.

Several genome-wide association studies on breast cancer (BC) have reported similar findings of a new susceptibility locus, 5p12. After that, a number of studies reported that the rs10941679, rs4415084, and rs981782 polymorphism in chromosome 5p12 has been implicated in BC risk. However, the studies have yielded contradictory results.

[Determination of the ofloxacin in the biologic samples by fluorescence microscopic imaging technique].

The method of CTMAB-Al(3+)-OFLX ternary complex fluorescence microscopic imaging technique was established for the determination of ofloxacin based on the capillary effect of solvent on solid supports, and the concentration in the serum after the chicken was burdened with ofloxacin tablet, the concentration in the human urines and the percentage composition in the honeies, ofloxacin tablets and eye-drops were measured with satisfaction, respectively. In the presence of pH 9. 50 NH3-NH4Cl buffer solution and PVA-124, CTMAB-Al(3+)-OFLX ternary complex can form a self-ordered ring on the hydrophobic supports with the diameter of 1.

Substituent effects on geometric and electronic properties of iron tetraphenylporphyrin: a DFT investigation.

To investigate the effects of the substituents, substituent positions and axial chloride ligand on the geometric and electronic properties of the iron tetraphenylporphyrin (FeTPP), a series of the substituented iron tetraphenylporphyrins and their chlorides, FeT(o/p-R)PP and FeT(o/p-R)PPCl (R = -H, -Cl, -NO(2), -OH, -OCH(3)), were systematically calculated without any symmetry constraint by using DFT method. For geometric structure, the substituent position and axial Cl ligand change the configuration of the iron porphyrin obviously. The ortho-substituents prefer making the phenyls perpendicular to the porphyrin ring; the axial chloride draws the central Fe ion ~0.

Spatial arrangement of alpha-cyclodextrins in a rotaxane. Insights from free-energy calculations.

The rotaxane formed by alpha-cyclodextrins (alpha-CDs) threaded onto a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chain was investigated in the gas phase and in an aqueous solution by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The free-energy difference between the three possible spatial arrangements of consecutive alpha-CD--viz..

Molecular dynamics study of the inclusion of cholesterol into cyclodextrins.

The interaction of three cyclodextrins (CDs), viz. beta-CD, heptakis (2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-CD (DM-beta-CD), and 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-CD (HP-beta-CD), with cholesterol was investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The free energy along the reaction pathway delineating the inclusion of cholesterol into each CD was computed using the adaptive biasing force method.

Chiral recognition of aromatic compounds by beta-cyclodextrin based on bimodal complexation.

The chiral recognition of the selected aromatic chiral compounds by native beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) based on bimodal complexation was studied using a flexible docking algorithm FDOCK. A quantitative empirical free energy relationship model was employed to predict the complex stability constants and the preferred binding modes. The results showed that the calculated complex stability constants are in good agreement with the experimental data.