Geographic and socioeconomic disparities in mortality burden attributable to long-term exposure to NO across 231 cities in China from 2015 to 2019.

Research on geographic and socioeconomic disparities of NO attributed mortality burden is limited. This study aims to quantify the geographic and socioeconomic differences in the association between long-term exposure to NO and mortality burden in China. We estimated the all-cause mortality burden of adults over 16 years old attributable to NO exposure above 10 µg/m for 231 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2019, and geographic and socioeconomic differences .

Interaction effects of exposure to air pollution and social activities on cognitive function in middle-aged and older Chinese adults based on a nationwide cohort study.

Background: Although there have been many studies on the relationship between ambient air pollution and cognitive functioning in developed countries, there are no studies focusing on the interaction between ambient air pollution and social activities. This study aims to examine interactive effects of ambient air pollution and social activities on cognitive function in Chinese middle-aged and older.

Methods: This study used nationally representative longitudinal survey data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2013, 2015 and 2018.

The interaction effects between summer heat exposure and economic development on the settlement intention in floating population in China.

Limited studies examined the interaction effects between summer heat exposure and economic development on the settlement intention, especially for the floating population. Binary logistic regression model was used to examine the association of summer temperature, per capita GRDP (PGRDP), summer temperature × PGRDP with settlement intention. Additive interaction term for summer temperature and PGRDP level was used to test the interactive effects.

Event-triggered distributed secure state estimation for homologous sensor attacks.

Network security technology is capable of mitigating attack signals launched by malicious attackers, thereby safeguarding and bolstering system security. Secure state estimation is a type of network defense technology that involves reconstructing the system state by measuring potential attacks. The relevant research has also been expanded to distributed systems to enable collaborative secure state estimation among different agents facing homogeneous attacks; however, such research significantly enhance the communication load of the system.

The interaction effects between exposure to ambient PM and economic development on the settlement intention for floating population in China.

Limited studies examined the interaction effects between exposure to ambient PM and economic development on the settlement intention of floating population. We used binary logistic model to examine the association of PM, per capita GDP (PGDP), PM [Formula: see text] PGDP on the settlement intention. Additive interaction term of PM and PGDP level was used to investigate their interactive effects.

Associations between short-term exposure to ambient PM and incident cases of cardiovascular disease in Yantai, China.

There are limited studies investigating the association between short-term exposure to PM and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) cases in China. This study aims to examine the short-term effects of PM on the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. A combination of Poisson-distribution generalized linear model and distributed lag non-linear model was used to examine the association between short-term exposure to PM and incident cases of CVD.

Association between exposure to ambient PM and the health status in the mobile population from 338 cities in China.

There are limited studies investigating the relationship between exposure to PM and the health status among the mobile population. A cross-sectional analysis was performed in a nationally representative sample (2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey data) consisting of 169,469 mobile population. The ordered logistic regression model was used to examine the association between PM and the health status in mobile population.

Highly Efficient and Chemoselective Tandem Hydroformylation-Hydrogenation of Alkenes to Alcohols over g-CN Supported Bimetallic Rh and Co Nanoparticles Catalysts.

The objective of the tandem hydroformylation-hydrogenation of alkenes to corresponding alcohols was to design an efficient and stable heterogeneous catalyst. To this end, a series of novel heterogeneous graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) supported bimetallic Rh-Co nanoparticle catalysts (Rh-Co/g-CN) were prepared and subsequently studied for this one-pot two-step reaction. The lamellar structure makes Rh and Co nanoparticles with diameters of <1 nm and 20 nm, respectively, homogeneously deposited on the surface of g-CN layers, exhibit remarkable conversion of styrene (99.

Association between PM and hypertension among the floating population in China: a cross-sectional study.

Few studies have investigated the association between PM and hypertension among floating populations. We therefore examined the relationship using binary logistic regression. Each grade of increment in the annual average PM (grade one: ≤15 µg/m; grade two: 15-25 µg/m; grade three: 25-35 µg/m [Excluding 25]; grade four: ≥35 µg/m) was associated with an increased risk of hypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 1.

Genetic and functional characterization of multiple thermophilic organosulfur-removal systems reveals desulfurization potentials for waste residue oil cleaning.

Heavy oil and petroleum refining residues usually contain high concentrations of recalcitrant hazardous organosulfur compounds, causing long-term serious global environmental pollution during leakage and combustion. Research conducted here identified a unique thermophilic bacterium Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius W-36 with the notable ability of waste residue oil desulfurization, utilization and tolerance of multiplex hazardous organosulfur pollutants. Genome information mining revealed multiple desulfurization systems in three organosulfur-utilizing gene clusters.

A novel zirconium-based metal-organic framework covalently modified by methyl pyridinium bromide for mild and co-catalyst free conversion of CO to cyclic carbonates.

Building metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) covalently modified by onium halides is a promising approach to develop efficient MOF-based heterogeneous catalysts for the cycloaddition of CO to epoxides (CCE) into cyclic carbonates. Herein, we report a novel zirconium-based MOF covalently modified by methyl pyridinium bromide, ZrO(OH)(MPTDC)(N-CH-MPTDC)Br ((Br-)CH3-Pyridinium-MOF-1), where MPTDC denotes 3-methyl-4-pyridin-4-yl-thieno[2,3-] thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate. The structure and composition of this complex were fully characterized with PXRD, NMR, XPS, TEM and so on.

Associations between short-term exposure to ambient PM and incident cases of cerebrovascular disease in Yantai, China.

There are limited studies examining the association between PM exposure and incident cerebrovascular disease (CD) cases in China. In this study, daily counts of incident CD cases and daily PM concentrations were obtained in Yantai, Shandong Province, China from 2014 to 2019. We used a combination of the Poisson-distribution generalized linear model (GLM) and a distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) to examine the association of short-term exposure to ambient PM and incident cases of CD.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons residues and the carcinogenic risk assessment to pregnant women in Nantong, China using QuEChERS method and HPLC-A pilot case study.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method with a modified QuEChERS extraction for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in blood serum was developed to investigate the internal exposure level and the carcinogentic toxicity contribution rate of PAHs for pregnant women in Nantong, China. Venous blood (n = 48) was collected in the local hospital and the internal exposure level of 16 PAHs and the contribution rate of carcinogenicity to pregnant women were analyzed. Among all of the detected PAHs, the detection rate of pyrene (77.

A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity.

One great challenge in understanding the history of life is resolving the influence of environmental change on biodiversity. Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms were used to synthesize data from 11,000 marine fossil species, collected from more than 3000 stratigraphic sections, to generate a new Cambrian to Triassic biodiversity curve with an imputed temporal resolution of 26 ± 14.9 thousand years.

The determinants of urban sustainability in Chinese resource-based cities: A panel quantile regression approach.

Improving energy efficiency and reducing environmental pollution emissions are two important ways to alleviate energy problems. Despite the progress in energy efficiency, the growth in energy demand still exceeds the efficiency improvements. This study adopts nonparametric methods to estimate the total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) of 105 resource-based cities covering the period 2010-2016 in China and analyzes the spatiotemporal characteristics of changes in energy efficiency.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed the key pathways responsible for organic sulfur removal by thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius W-2.

Biodesulfurization is a promising method to desulfurize sulfur-containing compounds in oil with its unique advantages, such as environment-friendly treatments and moderate reaction conditions. In this study, a thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius W-2 was reported to show nearly 40% and 55% desulfurization rates on heavy oil with 2.81% and 0.

[Schistosomiasis monitoring and its cost in population in Danyang City, 2010-2014].

Objective: To explore the monitoring method of the infection source of schistosomiasis in the population of the schistosomiasis transmission-interrupted area with Oncomelania hupensis snails.

Methods: The changes of schistosomiasis among the population were investigated by using the active and passive monitoring methods in Danyang City from 2010 to 2014, and the cost-effectiveness of the two monitoring methods was evaluated.

Results: Totally 49,277 persons were detected for schistosomiasis by dipstick dye immunoassay (DDIA) from 2010 to 2014 and 608 cases were positive, and the positive rate was 1.