Visible-light driven photocatalytic water body purification on 2D carbon materials.

Visible-light-driven photocatalytic water purification has garnered significant attention due to its energy saving, green process, and sustainability. Two-dimensional (2D) carbon-based materials have become strong contenders for photocatalytic water purification due to their distinctive advantages, including rapid charge transfer, low density, and plentiful reactive sites, making them ideal photocatalysts for environmental applications. In this review, the mechanisms underlying photocatalytic water purification is firstly elaborated in depth.

Defect Passivation and Stress Regulation via Bidentate Anchoring of Lewis Base for High-Efficiency CsPbI Solar Cells.

All-inorganic CsPbI perovskites film prepared via the low-temperature solution method often suffers from numerous defects during the crystallization process. Passivators used for surface passivation typically contain monofunctional groups, including sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen. These monodentate groups bind to uncoordinated Pb by sharing electron pairs, thereby reducing surface defects.

Precisely Modulating Oxygen Vacancies Via Heterovalent Ions Substitution in Spinel-Structured Phosphor for Versatile Applications.

Rare-earth ions doped phosphors have attracted great research interests owing to their versatile applications in optoelectronic fields. The phosphors often created atom vacancies because of the heterovalent substitution and different ion radii. However, how to previously modulate the defect concentration and position in ions doped phosphor is still a great challenge and significantly important for facilitating the optical applications.

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), can affect the hepatobiliary system and pancreas, substantially impacting the life quality of patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the quality of evidence and comprehensively assess the validity of associations of IBD with hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases.

Design: We performed an umbrella review of existing meta-analyses in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations.

A speed optimization model for connected and autonomous vehicles at expressway tunnel entrance under mixed traffic environment.

Rear-end collisions frequently occurred in the entrance zone of expressway tunnel, necessitating enhanced traffic safety through speed guidance. However, existing speed optimization models mainly focus on urban signal-controlled intersections or expressway weaving zones, neglecting research on speed optimization in expressway tunnel entrances. This paper addresses this gap by proposing a framework for a speed guidance model in the entrance zone of expressway tunnels under a mixed traffic environment, comprising both Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and Human-driven Vehicles (HVs).

SPINK13 acts as a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting Akt phosphorylation.

The PI3K/Akt pathway is overexpressed in nearly 50% of hepatocellular carcinomas and inhibits apoptosis by promoting the expression of antiapoptotic genes. Serine protease inhibitors have been shown to induce apoptosis in hepatoma cells by downregulating SPINK13 in the PI3K/Akt pathway. In this study, SPINK13 was expressed in lentiviral vectors.

Adjusting the Covalency of Metal-Oxygen Bonds in CuBiO by Zn Cation Doping to Achieve Highly Efficient Photocathodes.

Zn doped CuBiO photocathodes are prepared by using a low-cost solution-based spray pyrolysis method. The doping of Zn in CuBiO promotes the separation and migration of carriers and effectively increases the carrier density. Compared with CuBiO alone, the photoelectrochemical activity of the Zn doped CuBiO photoelectrode is improved with the photocurrent density of -0.

Development of a non-intercepting weak beam current measurement electronics for Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility in Lanzhou.

Non-destructive measurements of low-intensity charged particle beams are particularly challenging for beam diagnostics. At the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL), beams with weak currents below 1 µA are often provided for experiments. The detection of such low beam current is below the threshold of typical standard beam current transformers.

Status and associated factors of food and nutrition literacy among young adults aged 15-44 years in Shenzhen City, China.

Background: Food and nutrition literacy (FNL) plays an important role in young adults' dietary habits and nutrition. This study aimed to investigate FNL status and its associated factors among young adults aged 15-44 years in Shenzhen.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 5,390 participants was conducted in June 2021.

The Effect of Genetic Variation on the Sensitivity to Opioid Analgesics in Patients With Postoperative Pain: An Updated Meta-analysis.

Background: Responsiveness to opioid analgesics differs among patients with acute postoperative pain.

Objective: Our study presents the most recent evidence on the effect of genetic variations on postoperative pain, opioid consumption, nausea, and vomiting in patients treated with opioids.

Study Design: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms and opioids administered to patients with acute postoperative pain.

Tri-comb generation with a dual-ring structure.

By introducing a third measurement comb with different repetition frequencies ( ), the tri-comb spectroscopy technique overcomes the ambiguity problem of the original dual-comb spectroscopy technique and eliminates physical delay stages in multidimensional coherent spectroscopy. Nowadays, tri-comb generation based on three frequency-stabilized comb lasers is overly complicated and costly for many potential applications. Previous research on single-cavity dual-combs inspired research on single-cavity tri-combs.

An alternative ZnO with large specific surface area: Preparation, physicochemical characterization and effects on growth performance, diarrhea, zinc metabolism and gut barrier function of weaning piglets.

High-dose ZnO is widely used to prevent diarrhea and promote growth of weaning piglets, which has led to serious problems of animal toxicity, bacterial resistance and environmental pollution. In this study, a novel alternative ZnO (AZO) was prepared and its physicochemical properties were characterized. Animal experiments were further conducted to evaluate the effects of the ZnO forms, the dose of AZO and the combinations with AZO on the growth performance, diarrhea, zinc metabolism and gut barrier function of weaning piglets.

Burden of lung cancer attributable to household air pollution in the Chinese female population: trend analysis from 1990 to 2019 and future predictions.

This study analyzes the long-term trend of the burden of lung cancer attributable to household air pollution in the Chinese female population, from 1990 to 2019, and make predictions for the next decade. Based the data from the 2019 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD 2019), the joinpoint regression model was used to reflect the temporal trend of the burden of lung cancer attributable to household air pollution, and an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was used to predict the burden of disease over the next decade. From 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rates of the Chinese female population were higher than the global rates, and the gap due to residential radon increased over time.

A new digital beam position and phase measurement implementation based on a field programmable gate array for the high intensity heavy-ion accelerator iLinac.

A new digital beam position and phase measurement (BPM) system was designed for the ion-Linac accelerator at the high intensity heavy ion accelerator facility. The fundamental and second harmonic signals are retrieved from the BPM electrodes to simultaneously calculate their respective beam positions and phases. All data acquisition and digital signal processing algorithm routines are performed in a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

A Novel Central Camera Calibration Method Recording Point-to-Point Distortion for Vision-Based Human Activity Recognition.

The camera is the main sensor of vison-based human activity recognition, and its high-precision calibration of distortion is an important prerequisite of the task. Current studies have shown that multi-parameter model methods achieve higher accuracy than traditional methods in the process of camera calibration. However, these methods need hundreds or even thousands of images to optimize the camera model, which limits their practical use.

Development of a diagonal-cut type beam position monitor for the booster ring in the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility project.

A diagonal-cut type beam position monitor (BPM) has been developed for the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) project at the Institute of Modern Physics. Compared with other types of BPMs, the diagonal-cut type BPM has almost perfect position linearity, i.e.

Coupling Removal of P-Chloronitrobenzene and Its Reduction Products by Nano Iron Doped with Ni and FeOOH (nFe/Ni-FeOOH).

The removal of chlorinated pollutants from water by nanoparticles is a hot topic in the field of environmental engineering. In this work, a novel technique that includes the coupling effect of n-Fe/Ni and its transformation products (FeOOH) on the removal of p-chloronitrobenzene (p-CNB) and its reduction products, p-chloroaniline (p-CAN) and aniline (AN), were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were employed to characterize the nano-iron before and after the reaction.

The willingness for dietary and behavioral changes in frontline epidemic prevention workers after experiencing the outbreak of COVID-19 in China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a massive impact on public health, resulting in sudden dietary and behavioral habit changes. Frontline epidemic prevention workers play a pivotal role against COVID-19. They must face high-risk infection conditions, insufficient anti-epidemic material supplies, mental pressure, and so on.

The association between subjective impact and the willingness to adopt healthy dietary habits after experiencing the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a cross-sectional study in China.

To investigate the associations between subjective perception of impacts and willingness to change dietary habits in China after experiencing the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an online questionnaire survey was carried out and 22,459 respondents in mainland China participated in the study, with an average age of 27.9±7.8 years old.

Identification and Analysis of p53-Regulated Enhancers in Hepatic Carcinoma.

Enhancers can act as cis-regulatory elements to control transcriptional regulation by recruiting transcription factors (TFs) in a distance and orientation-independent manner. However, it is still unclear how p53 participates in the enhancer network as TF in hepatic carcinoma under the condition of DNA damage. A total of 14,286 active enhancers were identified through the integration of stable and unstable enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) captured by CAGE and GRO-seq, respectively.

Cadmium Exposure and Osteoporosis: A Population-Based Study and Benchmark Dose Estimation in Southern China.

This study aimed to assess the association between osteoporosis and long-term environmental Cd exposure through diet in southern China. A total of 1116 subjects from a Cd-polluted area and a non-Cd-polluted area were investigated. All subjects met the criteria of having been living in the investigated area for more than 15 years and lived on a subsistence diet of rice and vegetables grown in that area.

Associations between Urinary Excretion of Cadmium and Renal Biomarkers in Nonsmoking Females: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Areas of South China.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the relationship between urinary excretion of cadmium (U-Cd) and biomarkers of renal dysfunction.

Methods: One hundred eighty five non-smoking female farmers (aged from 44 to 71 years) were recruited from two rural areas with different cadmium levels of exposure in southern China. Morning spot urine samples were collected for detecting U-Cd, urinary creatinine (U-cre), β₂-microglobulin (β₂-MG), α₁-microglobulin (α₁-MG), metallothionein (MT), retinol binding protein (RBP), albumin (AB), N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1).

[Long-term effect of cadmium exposure on residents' renal dysfunction: An epidemiologic study].

Objective: To study long-term effect on renal function exposed to environmental cadmium.

Methods: Stratified random sampling and cluster sampling method of epidemiological investigations were carried out in northern Guangdong province between April, 2011 and August, 2012. A total of 167 residents who lived in high cadmium exposure area for more than 15 years, aged above 40 were selected in exposed group.

Overexpression of Six1 leads to retardation of myogenic differentiation in C2C12 myoblasts.

The Six1 homeoprotein belongs to the Six (sine oculis) transcription factor family, the members of which are known to act as master regulators of development. Six1 is essential for promoting myogenesis during mammalian somitogenesis. Previous studies have shown that Six1 participates in later steps of myogenic differentiation by enhancing early activation of myogenin via binding to the Mef3 site of the myogenin promoter.