[Soil fertility characteristics and their influencing factors in tea plantations of Jiangxi Pro-vince, China].

To investigate soil fertility status and characteristics of typical tea plantations, we selec-ted 372 typical tea plantations of 21 areas across Jiangxi Province and analyzed the soil nutrient, spatial data, and their correlations with topography, soil type, elevation and plantation age. The results showed that soil pH, organic matter, alkaline nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, total nitrogen, total phosphorus and total potassium of tea plantation in Jiangxi reached 53.9%, 60.

[Effect of the Food to Mass Ratio and Hydraulic Retention Time on Hydrogen Production from Fruit and Vegetable Waste].

Semi-continuous biogas production from fruit and vegetable waste by medium temperature anaerobic fermentation was conducted. Hydrogen production under different food-microorganism ratios (F/M 0.5, 0.

Reinvestigation of the Substitutions Reaction of Stereogenic Phosphoryl Compounds: Stereochemistry, Mechanism, and Applications.

Nucleophilic substitutions at P centers are of high importance in biological processes and asymmetric synthesis. However, detailed studies on this topic are rare. P-Stereogenic compounds containing P-Cl, P-O, and P-S bonds were diastereoselectively prepared and then used to study the substitution of Cl, O, and S at phosphorus centers with organometallic reagents.

Stereospecific Preparations of P-Stereogenic Phosphonothioates and Phosphonoselenoates.

P-Stereogenic phosphonothioates and phosphonoselenoates were readily prepared utilizing RP-menthyl phenylphosphite 1 by two methods. The first method used elemental sulfur or selenium to react with 1, followed by alkylation of the intermediates with alkyl halides. The second used 1 to react with disulfide or diselenide.

X-ray therapy promotes structural regeneration after spinal cord injury in a rat model.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of x-ray treatment on rats following spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Forty-six female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to spinal cord injury using the modified Allen weight-drop method. The animals were randomly divided into six groups.

One-pot process that efficiently generates single stereoisomers of 1,3-bisphosphinylpropanes having five chiral centers.

P,C-stereogenic 1,3-bisphosphinylpropanes 3 that have up to five stereogenic centers could be obtained stereoselectively in high yields by a one-step reaction of (RP)-menthylphenylphosphine oxide 1 with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes 2 catalyzed by KOH at room temperature. A mechanism was proposed as to involve a stereoselective intermolecular 1,3'-phosphorus migration from the 1,2-adduct of 1 with 2 to another 2 generating a 1,4-adduct that subsequently reacts with 1 to produce 3.

Addition of optically pure H-phosphinate to ketones: selectivity, stereochemistry and mechanism.

Aromatic methyl ketones and cyclic asymmetric ketones underwent hydrophosphorylation with P-stereogenic H-P species in the presence of potassium carbonate to produce P,C-stereogenic tertiary α-hydroxyl phosphinates in excellent yields with up to 99 : 1 dr. The diastereoselectivity was induced by a reversible conversion of less stable stereomer of product to that of a more stable one via an equilibrium, which was confirmed by aldehyde/ketone exchanging reaction. Toward the exchange, aliphatic or aldehyde carbonyl were more active than aromatic or ketone carbonyls, respectively.

Stereogenic phosphorus-induced diastereoselective formation of chiral carbon during nucleophilic addition of chiral H-P species to aldehydes or ketones.

P,C-stereogenic α-hydroxyl phosphinates or phosphine oxides were prepared from the additions of (RP)-phosphinate to ketones or (RP)-phosphine oxide to aldehydes, respectively, catalyzed by bases at room temperature in up to >99:1 diasteromeric ratio (d.r.P/d.

Enhancement of bioelectricity generation by cofactor manipulation in microbial fuel cell.

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are promising for harnessing bioenergy from various organic wastes. However, low electricity power output (EPT) is one of the major bottlenecks in the practical application of MFCs. In this study, EPT improvement by cofactor manipulation was explored in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa-inoculated MFCs.

Enhancement of bioelectricity generation by manipulation of the electron shuttles synthesis pathway in microbial fuel cells.

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are promising for generating bioenergy and treating organic waste simultaneously. However, low extracellular electron transfer (EET) efficiency between electrogens and anodes remains one of the major bottlenecks in practical applications of MFCs. In this paper, pyocyanin (PYO) synthesis pathway was manipulated to improve the EET efficiency in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-inoculated MFCs.

Factors affecting the performance of a single-chamber microbial fuel cell-type biological oxygen demand sensor.

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that exploit microorganisms as biocatalysts to degrade organic matter or sludge present in wastewater (WW), and thereby generate electricity. We developed a simple, low-cost single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC)-type biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) sensor using carbon felt (anode) and activated sludge, and demonstrated its feasibility in the construction of a real-time BOD measurement system. Further, the effects of anodic pH and organic concentration on SCMFC performance were examined, and the correlation between BOD concentration and its response time was analyzed.

(1-Methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-2-yl)(phen-yl)phosphinate monohydrate.

The title compound, C(10)H(11)N(2)O(2)P·H(2)O, contains a tetra-coordinate penta-valent P atom. The phosphinate group plays a predominant role in the cohesion of the crystal structure by forming chains along the b axis via inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. These chains are connected by O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding involving the lattice water.

(R(P))-5-Methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclo-hexyl phen-yl{phen-yl[(1-phenyl-eth-yl)amino]-meth-yl}phosphinate.

In the title compound, C(31)H(40)NO(2)P, the P atom has a distorted tetra-hedral stereochemistry [bond-angle range about P = 103.33 (6)-115.24 (15)°] and has R(P) chirality, which was confirmed crystallographically.

[Local X-irradiation promotes regeneration of spinal cord central nervous system in a rat model].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of local X-irradiation on spinal cord injury by using physiology, kinology, electrophysiology and histology method.

Methods: 46 female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to spinal cord injury by weight dropping on T(11-12). All animals were divided into 3 groups randomly.