The efficient detection of dopamine (DA) is extremely important for human health. In this paper, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) modified by glutathione (GSH) and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (11-MUA) were synthesized at room...
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The efficient detection of dopamine (DA) is extremely important for human health. In this paper, gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) modified by glutathione (GSH) and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (11-MUA) were synthesized at room temperature. The amino pillar[5]arene (AP5) can be loaded onto the surface of AuNCs through classical EDC/NHS condensation reaction to obtain the AP5-AuNCs nanocomposite. The proposed AP5-AuNCs fluorescent probe is designed for DA detection. The fluorescence of AP5-AuNCs probe can be quenched effectively by electron transfer of oxidized DA. The linear range of DA was 5-700 nM and the detection limit was 1.5 nM. The probe was applied to the determination of DA in human urine samples, the recovery rate of DA was 98.97-100.29%. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was in the range of 1.56-2.31. This indicated that the present method can be applied to detection of dopamine in human urine samples.
Root-knot nematode is a common plant-parasitic pest with a highly destructive that infects more than 2000 plant species. Panax notoginseng (P. notoginseng) is one of the most susceptible traditional medicine. More imp...
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Root-knot nematode is a common plant-parasitic pest with a highly destructive that infects more than 2000 plant species. Panax notoginseng (P. notoginseng) is one of the most susceptible traditional medicine. More importantly, it is difficult to distinguish the powders of P. notoginseng infected with root-knot nematode from those of healthy P. notoginseng due to the color and shape are same after being ground into powder. In this paper, Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) was used to identify P. notoginseng samples. Multiplicative scatter correction (MSC) was applied to preprocess the spectral data. Competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) and successive projection algorithm (SPA) were employed to select feature variables. Density-based spatial clustering of application with noise (DBSCAN) was adopted to discover groups within the data. Also, we found that the geographical origin is a pivotal factor to consider when identifying unhealthy P. notoginseng. Therefore, we introduced a novel multi-label classification (MLC) method to identify healthy and unhealthy P. notoginseng powders from three different geographical origins. In addition, binary relevance method (BR), classifier chain (CC), ensembles of classifier chains (ECC), and multilayer perceptron classifier (MLPC) were applied to create classification models, ECC exhibits superior performance in particular. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Recognition of specific chromatin modifications by distinct structural domains within "reader" proteins plays a critical role in the maintenance of genomic stability. However, the specific mechanisms involve...
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Recognition of specific chromatin modifications by distinct structural domains within "reader" proteins plays a critical role in the maintenance of genomic stability. However, the specific mechanisms involved in this process remain unclear. Here we report that the PHD-Bromo tandem domain of tripartite motif-containing 66 (TRIM66) recognizes the unmodified H3R2-H3K4 and acetylated H3K56. The aberrant deletion of Trim66 results in severe DNA damage and genomic instability in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Moreover, we find that the recognition of histone modification by TRIM66 is critical for DNA damage repair (DDR) in ESCs. TRIM66 recruits Sirt6 to deacetylate H3K56ac, negatively regulating the level of H3K56ac and facilitating the initiation of DDR. Importantly, Trim66-deficient blastocysts also exhibit higher levels of H3K56ac and DNA damage. Collectively, the present findings indicate the vital role of TRIM66 in DDR in ESCs, establishing the relationship between histone readers and maintenance of genomic stability.
As an important transmission component of diesel engines, the connecting rod has to meet a very high processing accuracy. However, as an elongated part, the connecting rod has a weak rigidity, and the unevenness of th...
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As an important transmission component of diesel engines, the connecting rod has to meet a very high processing accuracy. However, as an elongated part, the connecting rod has a weak rigidity, and the unevenness of the cutting force and the clamping force during the machining processes will lead to the deformation of the connecting rod. In previous researches, cutting and clamping are always studied separately, and their interactions are neglected. In this paper, the finite element simulation method is used to analyze the deformation of the connecting rod. Based on the Deform-3D software, the article builds a connecting rod milling finite element simulation model and predicts the residual stress of the connecting rod milling simulation and the formation of milling chips. The residual stress of the simulation is compared with the residual stress of the experimental measurement and the simulation chip is compared with the actual chip to verify the accuracy of the simulation model, which provides a theoretical basis for the model construction of the next simulation study. Based on the Deform-3D software, simulation studies the influence of different milling parameters on the deformation of the connecting rods. And optimize the link milling process parameters. Based on ANSYS software, the effect of superposition of cutting force and clamping force on machining deformation of the connecting rod was simulated and analyzed. The resultant milling force should not be greater than 734N. This method makes up for the defects that cutting and clamping are studied separately and their interactions are neglected.
Thallium (Tl) is a typical toxic metal, which poses a great threat to human health through drinking water and the food chain (biomagnification). China has rich Tl-bearing mineral resources, which have been extensively...
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Thallium (Tl) is a typical toxic metal, which poses a great threat to human health through drinking water and the food chain (biomagnification). China has rich Tl-bearing mineral resources, which have been extensively explored and utilized, leading to release of large amounts of Tl into the environment. However, research on Tl pollution and removal techniques is relatively limited, because Tl has not been listed within the scope of environmental monitoring in China for several decades. This paper reviewed Tl pollution in wastewater arising from various industries in China, as well as the latest available methods for treating Tl-containing industrial wastewater, in order to give an outlook on effective technologies for controlling Tl pollution. Conventional physical and chemical treatment technologies are efficient at removing trace amounts of Tl, but it proved to be difficult to achieve the stringent environmental standard (<= 0.1-5 mu g/L) cost-effectively. Adsorption by using newly developed nanomaterials, and metal oxide modified polymer materials and microbial fuel cells are highly promising and expected to become next-generation technologies for remediation of Tl pollution. With the potential for greater Tl contamination in the environment under accelerated growth of industrialization, researches based on lab-scale implementation of such promising treatment technologies should be further expanded to pilot and industrial scale, ensuring environmental protection and the safety of drinking water for sustainable development. Comprehensive insights into experiences of Tl pollution in China and in-depth perspectives on new frontier technologies of Tl removal from wastewaters will also benefit other nations/regions worldwide, which are susceptible to high exposure to Tl likewise.
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