Bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses are reflective organisms that indicate soil health. Investigating the impact of crude oil pollution on the community structure and interactions among bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses in Calamagrostis epigejos soil can provide theoretical support for remediating crude oil pollution in Calamagrostis epigejos ecosystems. In this study, Calamagrostis epigejos was selected as the research subject and subjected to different levels of crude oil addition (0 kg/hm, 10 kg/hm, 40 kg/hm).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNitrogen oxides (NOx) are among the primary pollutants emitted by coal-fired power plants. Accurate prediction of NOx concentrations at the boiler outlet is crucial for optimizing unit control and reducing emissions. This study introduces a data-driven NOx emissions prediction methodology based on a multilayered Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (mGBDT) framework.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postoperative pulmonary complication (PPC) is a leading cause of mortality and poor outcomes in postoperative patients. No studies have enrolled intensive care unit (ICU) patients after noncardiac thoracic surgery, and effective prediction models for PPC have not been developed. This study aimed to explore the incidence and risk factors and construct prediction models for PPC in these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought many conveniences to our daily life. However, it has also introduced various security risks that need to be addressed. The proliferation of IoT botnets is one of these risks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a disease with high incidence and poor prognosis. The conventional treatment involves radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but chemotherapeutic agents are often associated with side effects, , cytotoxicity to nontumor cells. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of novel therapeutic strategies for ccRCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPine wood nematode disease is currently the most deadly forest disease in China, and the is its primary vector. Controlling the is crucial for managing pine wood nematode disease. This study, based on the selected HasA (pGHKW4) secretory expression vector, used electroporation to combine the genetically modified high-toxicity toxin Cry3Aa-T with the entomopathogenic bacterium isolated from the gut of the .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh throughput has become an important research direction in the field of super-resolution (SR) microscopy, especially in improving the capability of dynamic observations. In this study, we present a hexagonal lattice structured illumination microscopy (hexSIM) system characterized by a large field of view (FOV), rapid imaging speed, and high power efficiency. Our approach employs spatial light interference to generate a two-dimensional hexagonal SIM pattern, and utilizes electro-optical modulators for high-speed phase shifting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStructured illumination microscopy (SIM) is a powerful technique for super-resolution (SR) image reconstruction. However, conventional SIM methods require high-contrast illumination patterns, which necessitate precision optics and highly stable light sources. To overcome these challenges, we propose a new method called contrast-robust structured illumination microscopy (CR-SIM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKnottin-type antimicrobial peptides possess exceptional attributes, such as high efficacy, low vulnerability to drug resistance, minimal toxicity, and precise targeting of drug sites. These peptides play a crucial role in the innate immunity of insects, offering protection against bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Knottins have garnered considerable interest as promising contenders for drug development due to their ability to bridge the gap between small molecules and protein-based biopharmaceuticals, effectively addressing the therapeutic limitations of both modalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to profile genetic causal factors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and early predict patients at high ARDS risk.
Methods: We performed a phenome-wide Mendelian Randomization analysis through summary statistics of an ARDS genome-wide association study (1250 cases and 1583 controls of European ancestry) and 33,150 traits. Transcriptomic data from human blood and lung tissues of a preclinical mouse model were used to validate biomarkers, which were further used to construct a prediction model and nomogram.
Sepsis is an organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection and remains an ongoing threat to human health worldwide. Septic shock is the most severe subset of sepsis as characterized by abnormalities in cells, circulation, and metabolism. As a time-dependent condition, early recognition allowing appropriate therapeutic measures to be started in a timely manner becomes the most effective way to improve prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLinear-conjugated polymers (LCPs) are excellent semiconductor photocatalysts. However, its inherent amorphous structures and simple electron transport channels restrict efficient photoexcited charge separation and transfer. Herein, "2D conjugated engineering" is employed to design high-crystalline polymer photocatalysts with multichannel charge transport by introducing alkoxyphenyl sidechains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA more practical model for plasmonic core@shell-satellite antenna-reactor photocatalysts is promoted. In contrast to the mainstream view, total light absorption in the Pt nanoparticle (NP) reactors can be further improved by 70% after coating a 10-nm-thick high refractive index TiO shell on the large Ag antenna as a result of more Pt NPs undergoing high absorption enhancement. The enhancement effect is maximized at the electric quadrupole (EQ) resonance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBy rational design and parameter engineering of the TiO-Pt core-satellite construction, visible light absorption in small Pt nanoparticles (NPs) can be enhanced by nearly 100 times. The TiO microsphere support works as the optical antenna, giving rise to superior performance compared to conventional plasmonic nanoantennas. A crucial step is to bury the Pt NPs completely in the high refractive index TiO microsphere, because light absorption in the Pt NP approximately scales with the fourth power of the refractive index of its surrounding media.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gastric cancer (GC) is an aggressive malignancy with a high mortality rate and poor prognosis. Telomeric repeat-binding factor 2 (TRF2) is a critical telomere protection protein. Emerging evidence indicates that TRF2 may be an essential treatment option for GC; however, the exact mechanism remains largely unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Jian Pi Sheng Sui Gao (JPSSG), a Chinese traditional herbal paste, possesses certain efficacy in patients with cancer-related fatigue (CRF); however, its related mechanism remains unclear. Hence, network pharmacology analysis, followed by and experiments were conducted in this study with the aim to evaluate the effect of JPSSG on CRF and clarify its potential mechanism.
Methods: Network pharmacology analysis was performed.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour
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is a pest which spreads in China, Laos, Japan and some other countries in Asia. The complete mitochondrial genome of is 15,854 bp in length with 32.1% GC content, including 38.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotodynamic therapy (PDT), which uses targeted photosensitizing drugs, has been regarded as a promising method for cancer therapy. In the present study, photosensitizer red phosphorus modified P25 nanophotosensitizers (P25-RP) were generated, which were coated with platelet membrane (P25-RP@PLT) extracted from platelet rich plasma. The biocompatibility of P25-RP was demonstrated by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and optical microscope assay, more than 93 % cells in the concentration of 100 μg/ml of P25-RP suspension after co-incubation for 24 h were still kept alive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are a diverse family of RNA binding proteins that are implicated in RNA metabolism, such as alternative splicing, mRNA stabilization and translational regulation. According to their different cellular localization, hnRNPs display multiple functions. Most hnRNPs were predominantly located in the nucleus, but some of them could redistribute to the cytoplasm during virus infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials are widely used in different fields, and the increased application of 1D nanomaterials has drawn concerns about their unknown toxicity. 1D titanium oxide (TiO) nanomaterials in different crystal phases are commonly applied in environmental remediation and solar energy conversion fields, but these materials pose a threat to human health, especially to the kidneys, an organ with abundant blood flow. To systematically evaluate the cytotoxicity to the kidneys, TiO nanofibers with TiO(B), anatase, and rutile phases, as well as nanorods with anatase and rutile phases were synthesized and added to the culture medium of HK2 cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a serious and tenacious disease. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) are effective means of cancer treatment. However, PDT combined with PTT has been rarely reported in ccRCC treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotocatalytic water disinfection has emerged as a promising approach for water purification. However, exploring efficient and rapid visible light driven materials for photocatalytic bacterial inactivation is still a challenging problem. Herein, red phosphorus/titanium oxide (TiO@RP) nanofibers were developed for effective water disinfection by a vacuum ampoule strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a typical family of two-dimensional (2D) materials, MXenes present physiochemical properties and potential for use in energy storage applications. However, MXenes suffer some of the inherent disadvantages of 2D materials, such as severe restacking during processing and service and low capacity of energy storage. Herein, a MXene@N-doped carbonaceous nanofiber structure is designed as the anode for high-performance sodium- and potassium-ion batteries through an bioadsorption strategy; that is, TiCT nanosheets are assembled onto biofungal nanoribbons and converted into a 2D/1D heterostructure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel 2D/3D Z-scheme g-CN/SnS photocatalyst was successfully fabricated via self-assembly forming 3D flower-like SnS microspheres on the surface of the 2D g-CN nanosheets. The photocatalytic performances of the samples were systematically explored through catalytic reduction of Cr and oxidation of Bisphenol S (BPS) under the illumination of visible light, and the photocatalytic degradation pathway of BPS was also proposed based on the degradation products confirmed by GCMS. Among the as-prepared samples, 0.
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