Research Progress in the Preparation of Transition Metal Sulfide Materials and Their Supercapacitor Performance.

Transition metal sulfides are widely used in supercapacitor electrode materials and exhibit excellent performance because of their rich variety, low price, and high theoretical specific capacity. At present, the main methods to prepare transition metal sulfides include the hydrothermal method and the electrochemical method. In order to further improve their electrochemical performance, two aspects can be addressed.

Biochar application enhanced rice biomass production and lodging resistance via promoting co-deposition of silica with hemicellulose and lignin.

Biochar, an environmentally friendly soil amendment, is created via a series of thermochemical processes from carbon-rich organic matter. The biochar addition enhances soil characteristics dramatically and increases crop growth and yields. However, the mechanism by which biochar improves plant lodging resistance, which is heavily influenced by cell walls, remains unknown.

The change of drug utilization in China's public healthcare institutions under the "4 + 7" centralized drug procurement policy: Evidence from a natural experiment in China.

Improving drug accessibility and rational drug use are major challenges for China's healthcare reform. In 2018, the Chinese government introduced a novel nationwide policy of centralized drug procurement for off-patent drugs, focusing on improving drug utilization patterns of public medical institutions. To estimate the impacts of the Chinese centralized drug procurement policy (the so-called "4 + 7" policy) on drug utilization in public medical institutions.

Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus badius NBPM-293, a Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Rhizosphere Soil.

species have a long history of widespread use in biocontrol and crop growth-promoting fields. Here, we present the genome sequence of the rhizobacterium NBPM-293. The genome sequence will provide valuable information for a better understanding of the mechanism of plant growth promotion.

ALKBH5 Inhibited Cell Proliferation and Sensitized Bladder Cancer Cells to Cisplatin by m6A-CK2α-Mediated Glycolysis.

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most commonly occurring internal RNA modification to be found in eukaryotic mRNA and serves an important role in various physiological events. AlkB homolog 5 RNA demethylase (ALKBH5), an m6A demethylase, belongs to the AlkB family of dioxygenases and has been shown to specifically demethylate m6A in RNA, which is associated with a variety of tumors. However, its function in bladder cancer remains largely unclear.

Experimental study on the repair of ureteral functional regeneration with highly bioactive extracellular matrix stent.

Background: The research of extracellular matrix stent (ECM) has made some progress in the repair of urethra and bladder defects.

Objectives: To observe the effects of highly bioactive ECM scaffold on the regeneration and repair of defects in long-segment ureteral replacement.

Material And Methods: An animal model of long-segment ureteral defect was established and four-layer tubular highly bioactive ECM materials were prepared.

ALKBH5 promotes the proliferation of renal cell carcinoma by regulating AURKB expression in an mA-dependent manner.

Background: The modification and regulation of N6-methyladenosine (mA) at mRNA level can affect the development and progression in various tumors. ALKBH5, as an mA demethylase, plays different roles in tumors by regulating the mA modification of mRNA. However, its role in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains unclear.

[Supplemental role of thrombospondin-1 in the diagnosis of prostate cancer].

Objective: To employ enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure the serum level of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) and analyze its diagnostic value for prostate cancer.

Methods: The serum levels of TSP-1 were measured by human TSP-1 ELISA kit in 50 patients with organ-confined prostate cancer (n = 22) and non-organ-confined prostate cancer (n = 28). And the subjects of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, n = 20) and healthy controls (n = 16) were selected.

Diagnostic significance of overexpression of Golgi membrane protein 1 in prostate cancer.

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic significance of Golgi membrane protein 1 (GOLM1) expression in prostate cancer.

Methods: The localization of GOLM1 in prostate cancer cells was detected by immunofluorescence. The GOLM1 expression in prostate cancer cells at the mRNA and protein level was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, respectively.

Chlorophyllin e4 is a novel photosensitizer against human bladder cancer cells.

The aim of the study was to investigate the photodynamic effect of the novel photosensitizer chlorophyllin e4 against human bladder cancer cells. T24 and 5637 bladder cancer cell lines were incubated with chlorophyllin e4 and irradiated with a 650-nm laser light. The controls included cells treated with chlorophyllin e4 but without light as well as cells exposed to laser light without chlorophyllin e4.

The sweet pepper ferredoxin-like protein (pflp) conferred resistance against soft rot disease in Oncidium orchid.

Genetic engineering to date has not been used to introduce disease resistance genes into the orchid gene pool. The ferredoxin-like protein gene originally isolated from sweet pepper is thought to function as a natural defense against infection due to its antimicrobial properties. Hence it was reasoned that introduction of this gene might produce Oncidium plants resistant to Erwinia carotovora, the causal agent for the soft rot disease.

Sweet pepper ferredoxin-like protein ( pflp) gene as a novel selection marker for orchid transformation.

A novel method for selection of transgenic plants utilizing the sweet pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) ferredoxin-like protein ( pflp) gene as selection marker and Erwinia carotovora as the selection agent has been developed. An expression vector containing a pflp cDNA driven by a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter was successfully transformed into protocorm-like bodies of Oncidium orchid by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and particle bombardment, respectively.