Investigation of α-FeO catalyst structure for efficient photocatalytic fenton oxidation removal of antibiotics: preparation, performance, and mechanism.

Currently, the surface structure modification of photocatalysts is one of the effective means of enhancing their photocatalytic efficiency. Therefore, it is critically important to gain a deeper understanding of how the surface of α-FeO photocatalysts influences catalytic activity at the nanoscale. In this work, α-FeO catalysts were prepared using the solvothermal method, and four distinct morphologies were investigated: hexagonal bipyramid (THB), cube (CB), hexagonal plate (HS), and spherical (RC).

[Pollution Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Bioretention Systems of Sponge Cities].

As an important water purification and seepage measure for sponge cities, biofiltration systems have been widely used in their construction in China. In order to identify the heavy metal accumulation, pollution, and its potential environmental risk in the biofiltration systems, this study examined the heavy metal contents and spatial distribution characteristics by taking the biofiltration systems of Yuelai new town, Chongqing, the first demonstration area of sponge city construction in China, as the research object, and conducted a risk evaluation of the pollution level and ecological environment in this new town using the contamination factor (CF), geo-accumulation Index (), and potential ecological risk coefficient (PERC). The results showed that, except for Mn, the average contents of Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni, and Cd in the biofiltration systems of Yuelai new town were 4.

Use of medical exome sequencing for identification of underlying genetic defects in NICU: Experience in a cohort of 2303 neonates in China.

Emerging evidence demonstrates the clinical utility of genomic applications in newborn intensive care unit (NICU) patients with strong indications of Mendelian etiology. However, such applications' diagnostic yield and utility remain unclear for NICU cohorts with minimal phenotype selection. In this study, focused medical exome sequencing was used as a first-tier, singleton-focused diagnostic tool for 2303 unrelated sick neonates.

Simultaneous Desalination and Removal of Recalcitrant Organics from Reverse Osmosis Leachate Concentrate by Electrochemical Oxidation.

Reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate produced in the municipal solid waste (MSW) leachate treatment process is extremely hard to be treated because of its high color, high salt content, and high concentration of recalcitrant organic compounds. A new multichannel flow reactor with electrode gaps of 5 mm was designed to desalinate and remove organics simultaneously from the RO leachate concentrate (ROLC) by electrochemical oxidation process using the RuO/IrO-coated titanium plate (RuO/IrO-Ti) as the anodes. The effects of the process parameters of current density ( ), superficial circulating velocity ( ), etc.

Genome-Wide Association Studies of HIV-1 Host Control in Ethnically Diverse Chinese Populations.

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed several genetic loci associated with HIV-1 outcome following infection (e.g., HLA-C at 6p21.

Combined analysis with copy number variation identifies risk loci in lung cancer.

Background: Lung cancer is the most important cause of cancer mortality worldwide, but the underlying mechanisms of this disease are not fully understood. Copy number variations (CNVs) are promising genetic variations to study because of their potential effects on cancer.

Methodology/principal Findings: Here we conducted a pilot study in which we systematically analyzed the association of CNVs in two lung cancer datasets: the Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial datasets.

Identifying chemicals with potential therapy of HIV based on protein-protein and protein-chemical interaction network.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a severe infectious disease that causes a large number of deaths every year. Traditional anti-AIDS drugs directly targeting the HIV-1 encoded enzymes including reverse transcriptase (RT), protease (PR) and integrase (IN) usually suffer from drug resistance after a period of treatment and serious side effects. In recent years, the emergence of numerous useful information of protein-protein interactions (PPI) in the HIV life cycle and related inhibitors makes PPI a new way for antiviral drug intervention.

[Effect of the subsurface constructed wetland evolution into free surface flow constructed wetland on the removal of organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphor in wastewater].

Many previous studies demonstrated that the performance of the subsurface constructed wetlands (SSCW) for wastewater treatment was superior to that of the free flow surface constructed wetlands (FFSCW). However, our results indicated that the performance of FFSCW derived from the evolution of SSCW due to clogging for COD, TOC, total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphor (TP) removal was higher than those of SSCW with the same substrate and plant. The laboratory culture experiments were adopted to evaluate the effect of the constructed wetland evolution on the organic matter mineralization, nitrification/denitrification as well as removal of nitrogen and phosphor.

SKAP2, a novel target of HSF4b, associates with NCK2/F-actin at membrane ruffles and regulates actin reorganization in lens cell.

In addition to roles in stress response, heat shock factors (HSFs) play crucial roles in differentiation and development. Heat shock transcription factor 4 (HSF4) deficiency leads to defect in lens epithelial cell (LEC) differentiation and cataract formation. However, the mechanism remains obscure.

Length of the ORF, position of the first AUG and the Kozak motif are important factors in potential dual-coding transcripts.

A single mammalian transcript normally encodes one protein, but the transcript of GNAS (G-protein alpha-subunit) contains two reading frames and produces two structurally unrelated proteins, XLalphas and ALEX. No other confirmed GNAS-like dual-coding transcripts have been reported to date, even though many such candidate genes have been predicted by bioinformatics analysis. In this study, we constructed a series of vectors to test how two protein products were translated from a single transcript in vitro.

Screening of Kozak-motif-located SNPs and analysis of their association with human diseases.

The Kozak motif, which is located near the translational start codon, often regulates the protein translation. Moreover, it is believed that the conserved positions -3 and +4 contribute the most. Since changes that occur in this motif have a great impact on protein yield and in some cases are associated with disease, we screened the human SNP database for all Kozak-motif-located SNPs (kSNPs) and focused on the strong-changed kSNPs (sckSNPs).