Uranyl arsenate minerals,which exhibit low solubility,serve as major sinks for U and As,playing a crucial role in controlling the mobility of U and As in the environment.However,the specific mechanisms underly-ing the...Uranyl arsenate minerals,which exhibit low solubility,serve as major sinks for U and As,playing a crucial role in controlling the mobility of U and As in the environment.However,the specific mechanisms underly-ing the formation of uranyl arsenate minerals have remained largely elusive.Herein,the formation pathway of the non-charged UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O0 complex was investigated to elucidate the early formation of the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O mineral(where n represents the stoichiometric number of H_(2)O),a representative uranyl arsenate mineral.Based on the combination experiments of U(VI)and As(V),our findings underscore the sig-nificant dependence of UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O0 formation on solution pH(4.0–10.0).Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal a two-step reaction involving two distinct pathways(Pathway 1 and Pathway 2)for the formation of UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O,and the intermediate was confirmed by in situ Raman and fluorescence spec-troscopy.Specifically,the hydroxyl‑connected uranyl(UO_(2)OH^(+))reacts with the protonated arsenate(H_(2)AsO_(4)^(-))species to form the intermediate UO_(2)HAsO4·H_(2)O(Pathway 1)or UO_(2)OH–H2AsO4(Pathway 2)with a U/As ratio of 1:1.Meanwhile,all the transition states also were obtained and the energy barrier suggested that the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·2H_(2)O0 formed by Pathway 1 is thermodynamically favored over Pathway 2,and may serve as the primary fundamental structural unit or precursor for the early formation of the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O mineral phase.Altogether,this study contributes to advancing the understanding of the formation of uranyl arsenate min-erals at the molecular scale and provides a theoretical basis for predicting and regulating uranium and arsenic mobilization in their coexisting environment.展开更多
INTRODUCTION.Depressive disorders are mental illnesses that seriously affect public health.There are approximately 320 million patients with depression worldwide,accounting for 4.4% of the total disease burden.1Depres...INTRODUCTION.Depressive disorders are mental illnesses that seriously affect public health.There are approximately 320 million patients with depression worldwide,accounting for 4.4% of the total disease burden.1Depression leads to social and occupational impairment,diminished quality of life and an elevated risk of death by suicide.展开更多
目的探讨动脉粥样硬化(AS)患者口腔菌群多样性与炎症因子水平的特征及关联。方法纳入AS患者50例与健康对照50例,采集唾液和血样进行16S rRNA测序、IL-6、IL-1β、TNF-α、CRP检测;比较两组菌群结构与炎症指标差异,并进行Spearman相关和...目的探讨动脉粥样硬化(AS)患者口腔菌群多样性与炎症因子水平的特征及关联。方法纳入AS患者50例与健康对照50例,采集唾液和血样进行16S rRNA测序、IL-6、IL-1β、TNF-α、CRP检测;比较两组菌群结构与炎症指标差异,并进行Spearman相关和多因素回归分析。结果AS组IL-6、IL-1β、TNF-α、CRP水平均显著高于对照组(IL-6:8.24±2.15 vs 6.15±1.76,P<0.01;CRP:7.42±2.41 vs 3.98±1.57,P<0.01);口腔菌群Shannon指数低于对照组(4.38±0.55 vs 4.61±0.52,P=0.040);Fusobacterium与CRP、IL-6正相关(r=0.41、0.36,均P<0.05)。多因素回归提示Fusobacterium丰度及IL-6、CRP水平均为AS潜在危险因素。结论AS患者口腔菌群多样性下降伴随炎症显著增高,二者或通过免疫和代谢途径相互作用,为AS的风险评估与干预策略提供新的思路。展开更多
Oxygen vacancy engineering is a valid strategy to boost the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) performance of nanostructured electrocatalysts.Current methods for generating surface oxygen vacancies(Vos) in nanostructured ...Oxygen vacancy engineering is a valid strategy to boost the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) performance of nanostructured electrocatalysts.Current methods for generating surface oxygen vacancies(Vos) in nanostructured MnO_(2) is mostly lab-scale,which cannot meet the requirement of large-scale production.Herein,we employed a mechanochemical method of ball milling to introduce surface Vos into the β-MnO_(2) nanoparticles.The ball milling process generated abundant surface Vos,which significantly facilitated the adsorption and activation of O_(2).Consequently,the ORR performance of ball-milled β-MnO_(2) was markedly boosted by varying the ball milling time.As an air cathode catalyst for zinc-air battery(ZAB),the β-MnO_(2) ball-milled for 4 h displayed a high specific capacity of 804 mA·h·g^(-1) and excellent cycling over 500 h at 5 mA·cm^(-2),which were superior than those of pristine β-MnO_(2)-based ZAB.Our work offers a feasible strategy to enhance electrocatalytic ORR performance of MnO_(2),which shows significant potential for large-scale production of efficient ORR electrocatalysts.展开更多
【目的】应用多种分子标记,评估其在鉴定广州市花都区花山镇野鼠粪便中的广州管圆线虫的有效性,并分析野鼠的感染状况。【方法】捕获广州花都区花山镇128只野鼠,采集野鼠粪便,采用FastDNA SPIN Kit for Soil试剂盒提取粪便总DNA,通过PC...【目的】应用多种分子标记,评估其在鉴定广州市花都区花山镇野鼠粪便中的广州管圆线虫的有效性,并分析野鼠的感染状况。【方法】捕获广州花都区花山镇128只野鼠,采集野鼠粪便,采用FastDNA SPIN Kit for Soil试剂盒提取粪便总DNA,通过PCR扩增获得cytb、cox I和ITS2片段,PCR产物经测序鉴定,并对测序产物进行系统发育分析。【结果】通过PCR扩增和测序鉴定,仅有5份样本扩增出的cytb序列没有套峰,可以准确鉴定为广州管圆线虫。结果表明该地区褐家鼠的广州管圆线虫感染率为7.58%(5/66),而黄胸鼠、黄毛鼠、臭鼩鼱及板齿鼠中未检测到cytb序列,表明褐家鼠是广州管圆线虫的适宜宿主,且cytb序列适用于从野鼠粪便中鉴定广州管圆线虫的感染情况。【结论】Cytb序列是鉴定野鼠粪便中广州管圆线虫的良好分子标记,可以用于长期监测野鼠中的广州管圆线虫流行情况和危害潜力。展开更多
Beryllium-containing sludge(BCS)is a typical hazardous waste from Be smelting,which can cause serious harm to ecology and human health by releasing harmful Be if it is stored long-term in environment.Nonetheless,the o...Beryllium-containing sludge(BCS)is a typical hazardous waste from Be smelting,which can cause serious harm to ecology and human health by releasing harmful Be if it is stored long-term in environment.Nonetheless,the occurrence of Be in BCS is unclear,which seriously hinders the development of pollution control technologies.In order to enhance the understanding of BCS,the occurrence of Be and the microscale interactions with coexisting phases were investigated for the first time.It was found that CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O and amorphous SiO_(2) are the primary phases of BCS.The simulated experiments of purified materials showed that Be interacted with CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O and amorphous SiO_(2).Be can enter into the lattice of CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O mainly as free Be2+.Amorphous SiO_(2) can adsorb Be2+particularly at a pH range of 3–5.The dissolution behavior experiment of BCS shows that about 52%of the Be is readily extracted under acidic conditions,which refers to the Be of independent occurrence.In contrast,the remaining 48%of Be can be extracted only after the CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O has completely dissolved.Hence,CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O is identified as the key occurrence phase which determines the highly efficient dissolution of Be.As a result,this study enhances the understanding of BCS and lays the foundation for the development of Be separation technologies.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U20A20267 and 22376223)Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.2023JJ0065).
文摘Uranyl arsenate minerals,which exhibit low solubility,serve as major sinks for U and As,playing a crucial role in controlling the mobility of U and As in the environment.However,the specific mechanisms underly-ing the formation of uranyl arsenate minerals have remained largely elusive.Herein,the formation pathway of the non-charged UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O0 complex was investigated to elucidate the early formation of the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O mineral(where n represents the stoichiometric number of H_(2)O),a representative uranyl arsenate mineral.Based on the combination experiments of U(VI)and As(V),our findings underscore the sig-nificant dependence of UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O0 formation on solution pH(4.0–10.0).Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal a two-step reaction involving two distinct pathways(Pathway 1 and Pathway 2)for the formation of UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O,and the intermediate was confirmed by in situ Raman and fluorescence spec-troscopy.Specifically,the hydroxyl‑connected uranyl(UO_(2)OH^(+))reacts with the protonated arsenate(H_(2)AsO_(4)^(-))species to form the intermediate UO_(2)HAsO4·H_(2)O(Pathway 1)or UO_(2)OH–H2AsO4(Pathway 2)with a U/As ratio of 1:1.Meanwhile,all the transition states also were obtained and the energy barrier suggested that the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·2H_(2)O0 formed by Pathway 1 is thermodynamically favored over Pathway 2,and may serve as the primary fundamental structural unit or precursor for the early formation of the UO_(2)(H_(2)AsO_(4))_(2)·nH_(2)O mineral phase.Altogether,this study contributes to advancing the understanding of the formation of uranyl arsenate min-erals at the molecular scale and provides a theoretical basis for predicting and regulating uranium and arsenic mobilization in their coexisting environment.
基金funded by the Construction Project of the"Flagship"Department of Chinese and Western Medicine Coordination(LiuL/2024-221)the 2024 Medical Service and Security Capacity Improvement Project(National Clinical Key Specialty Construction)(LiuL/Huwei Medical/2024-65)+5 种基金the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Standardization Project(LiuL/No.2023JSP03)the Shanghai Key Discipline Construction Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine(Clinical)(LiuL/2024-No.3)the Shanghai Technical Standardization Management and Promotion Project(LiuL/No.SHDC22023212)the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Project(2022)(LiuL/No.2022Cx004)Clinical research project of Shanghai Health Commission-Youth Project(LW/No.20214Y0056)Shanghai Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Mental Health(LW/No.SZB2023201).
文摘INTRODUCTION.Depressive disorders are mental illnesses that seriously affect public health.There are approximately 320 million patients with depression worldwide,accounting for 4.4% of the total disease burden.1Depression leads to social and occupational impairment,diminished quality of life and an elevated risk of death by suicide.
文摘目的探讨动脉粥样硬化(AS)患者口腔菌群多样性与炎症因子水平的特征及关联。方法纳入AS患者50例与健康对照50例,采集唾液和血样进行16S rRNA测序、IL-6、IL-1β、TNF-α、CRP检测;比较两组菌群结构与炎症指标差异,并进行Spearman相关和多因素回归分析。结果AS组IL-6、IL-1β、TNF-α、CRP水平均显著高于对照组(IL-6:8.24±2.15 vs 6.15±1.76,P<0.01;CRP:7.42±2.41 vs 3.98±1.57,P<0.01);口腔菌群Shannon指数低于对照组(4.38±0.55 vs 4.61±0.52,P=0.040);Fusobacterium与CRP、IL-6正相关(r=0.41、0.36,均P<0.05)。多因素回归提示Fusobacterium丰度及IL-6、CRP水平均为AS潜在危险因素。结论AS患者口腔菌群多样性下降伴随炎症显著增高,二者或通过免疫和代谢途径相互作用,为AS的风险评估与干预策略提供新的思路。
基金financially supported by the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (202201010373)。
文摘Oxygen vacancy engineering is a valid strategy to boost the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) performance of nanostructured electrocatalysts.Current methods for generating surface oxygen vacancies(Vos) in nanostructured MnO_(2) is mostly lab-scale,which cannot meet the requirement of large-scale production.Herein,we employed a mechanochemical method of ball milling to introduce surface Vos into the β-MnO_(2) nanoparticles.The ball milling process generated abundant surface Vos,which significantly facilitated the adsorption and activation of O_(2).Consequently,the ORR performance of ball-milled β-MnO_(2) was markedly boosted by varying the ball milling time.As an air cathode catalyst for zinc-air battery(ZAB),the β-MnO_(2) ball-milled for 4 h displayed a high specific capacity of 804 mA·h·g^(-1) and excellent cycling over 500 h at 5 mA·cm^(-2),which were superior than those of pristine β-MnO_(2)-based ZAB.Our work offers a feasible strategy to enhance electrocatalytic ORR performance of MnO_(2),which shows significant potential for large-scale production of efficient ORR electrocatalysts.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22276219)the foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52121004)+1 种基金the major program Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(No.2021JC0001)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University(No.2024ZZTS0063).
文摘Beryllium-containing sludge(BCS)is a typical hazardous waste from Be smelting,which can cause serious harm to ecology and human health by releasing harmful Be if it is stored long-term in environment.Nonetheless,the occurrence of Be in BCS is unclear,which seriously hinders the development of pollution control technologies.In order to enhance the understanding of BCS,the occurrence of Be and the microscale interactions with coexisting phases were investigated for the first time.It was found that CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O and amorphous SiO_(2) are the primary phases of BCS.The simulated experiments of purified materials showed that Be interacted with CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O and amorphous SiO_(2).Be can enter into the lattice of CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O mainly as free Be2+.Amorphous SiO_(2) can adsorb Be2+particularly at a pH range of 3–5.The dissolution behavior experiment of BCS shows that about 52%of the Be is readily extracted under acidic conditions,which refers to the Be of independent occurrence.In contrast,the remaining 48%of Be can be extracted only after the CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O has completely dissolved.Hence,CaSO_(4)·2H_(2)O is identified as the key occurrence phase which determines the highly efficient dissolution of Be.As a result,this study enhances the understanding of BCS and lays the foundation for the development of Be separation technologies.
