The mechanism and effect of c/N ratios on the aerobic granules simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) system are still unclear. The reactor performance and microbial community dynam...
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The mechanism and effect of c/N ratios on the aerobic granules simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) system are still unclear. The reactor performance and microbial community dynamics of the system were investigated under variable c/N ratios (20, 10 and 5). The cOD, TP and NH4+-N removal remained unaffected with variable c/N ratios. The decreased c/N ratio of five strongly influenced the nitrogen removal. Further investigations revealed that candidatus_Accumulibacter, Acinetobacter, candidatus_competibacter were the predominant genera. classification of key groups involved in nitrogen and phosphorus removal indicated the lowest c/N ratio resulting in a large microbial community shift. This study might contribute to the application of SNDPR system for the treatment of wastewater. Different c/N ratios led to shift on the microbial community and the dominant was phosphorus-accumulating bacteria. The nitrogen removal efficiency decreased while the removal of cOD, TP and NH4+-N remained remarkable with the decreased c/N ratios.
In this paper, the temperature-dependent vibration damping in c/Sic fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (cMcs) with different fiber preforms under different vibration frequencies is investigated. A micromechani...
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In this paper, the temperature-dependent vibration damping in c/Sic fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (cMcs) with different fiber preforms under different vibration frequencies is investigated. A micromechanical temperature-dependent vibration damping model is developed to establish the relationship between composite damping, material properties, internal damage mechanisms, and temperature. The effects of fiber volume, matrix crack spacing, and interface properties on temperature-dependent composite vibration damping of cMcs and interface damage are analyzed. The experimental temperature-dependent composite damping of 2D and 3D c/Siccomposites is predicted for different loading frequencies. The damping of the c/Siccomposite increases with temperature to the peak value and then decreases with temperature. When the vibration frequency increases from f = 1 to 10 Hz, the peak value of composite damping and corresponding temperature both decrease due to the decrease of interface debonding and slip range, and the damping of 2D c/Sic is much higher than that of 3D c/Sic at temperature range from room temperature to 400 degrees c. When the fiber volume and interface debonding energy increase, the peak value of composite damping and the corresponding temperature decreases, mainly attributed to the decrease of interface debonding and slip range.
Methane was converted into c2 and c3 products under mild conditions using a single stage solid electrolyte reactor, using a proton exchange membrane fuel cell as a SER-Fc and Pd/c as an electrocatalyst prepared by the...
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Methane was converted into c2 and c3 products under mild conditions using a single stage solid electrolyte reactor, using a proton exchange membrane fuel cell as a SER-Fc and Pd/c as an electrocatalyst prepared by the reduction method of sodium borohydride. This electrocatalyst has a cubic pattern of palladium centered on the face and an average size of nanoparticles close to 6.4 nm, according to the literature. Differential mass spectrometry reveals the chemical profile of species obtained from the oxidation of methane with ioniccurrents (Ii) at m/z=16, 28, 30, 32, 44, 46 and 60. In many cases, Ii can be assigned to more than one species;therefore, complementary ATR-FTIR experiments were performed. The ATR-FTIR spectra confirmed the presence of c2 and c3 compounds such as ethane, ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid and propane. considering the low amount of water in the reaction medium, these results may be associated with the use of Pd/c electrocatalysts responsible for the activation of the water molecule.
The present contribution applies a modified version of a well-known weak-scatter scintillation model to the propagation paths between an Earth station and two geostationary satellites, as they are affected by drifting...
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The present contribution applies a modified version of a well-known weak-scatter scintillation model to the propagation paths between an Earth station and two geostationary satellites, as they are affected by drifting ionospheric irregularities detected by the planar Langmuir probe onboard the communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (c/NOFS) satellite. This study considers one year of data from a limited altitude range, two longitude sectors and frequencies to analyze the mitigation effects from the angular distance between the geostationary satellites on the space diversity gain, considering the statistical distributions of the amplitude scintillation index S-4. The results indicate that the space diversity gain increases with the angular distance between geostationary satellites. However, once the angular distance between the geostationary satellites reaches a certain limit (approximately 20 degrees), the space diversity gain no longer increases. Additionally, these gains are high at the L1 frequency and less impressive at an Ultra High Frequency (UHF). It is shown that these observations are consistent with the South American and Indian-Asian equatorial and low-latitude ionospheric environments, also characterized through the same data and the scintillation formulation.
We present clog, a declarative language for describing staticcode checkers for c. Unlike other extensible state-of-the-art checker frameworks, clog enables powerful interprocedural checkers without exposing the under...
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We present clog, a declarative language for describing staticcode checkers for c. Unlike other extensible state-of-the-art checker frameworks, clog enables powerful interprocedural checkers without exposing the underlying program representation: clog checkers consist of Datalog-style recursive rules that access the program under analysis via syntactic pattern matching and control flow edges only. We have implemented clog on top of clang, using a custom Datalog evaluation strategy that piggy-backs on clang's AST matching facilities while working around clang's limitations to achieve our design goal of representation independence. Our experiments demonstrate that clog can concisely express a wide variety of checkers for different security vulnerabilities, with performance that is similar to clang's own analyses and highly competitive on real-world programs.
In this study, biomass carbon-modified coZn-ZIF-8 was firstly fabricated through a hybridization approach. The coZn/c was prepared by directly carbonizing a coZn-ZIF-8/c at the designed temperature and investigated by...
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In this study, biomass carbon-modified coZn-ZIF-8 was firstly fabricated through a hybridization approach. The coZn/c was prepared by directly carbonizing a coZn-ZIF-8/c at the designed temperature and investigated by multiple techniques including XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM analyses. After carbonization, coZn/c shows a high capacitance of 757.8 F/g at 5 mV/s, which is an outstanding characteristiccompared with that of recently reported supercapacitor. As a consequence, the improved electrochemical performance of coZn/c attributed to the biomass carbon can significantly enhance the mass transport channels of electron-hole pairs. Remarkably, the composite shows excellent capacitive performances originating from the abundant reservoir for the charge storage derived from ZIF-derived porous and electroactive species exposure as well as high ion diffusion rate. coZn/ccan be regarded as a promising material for practical supercapacitor, and this work also provides a valuable reference for the preparation and application of high-performance electrode materials which greatly promote the supercapacitor development.
caenorhabditis elegans is a well-established model organism for toxicity testing of chemical substances. We recently demonstrated its potential for bioanalysis of the toxic potency of chemical contaminants in water. W...
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caenorhabditis elegans is a well-established model organism for toxicity testing of chemical substances. We recently demonstrated its potential for bioanalysis of the toxic potency of chemical contaminants in water. While many detoxification genes are homologues to those in mammalians, c. elegans is reported to be deficient in cytochrome cYP1-like P450 metabolism and that its aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) homolog encoded by ahr-1 purportedly does not interact with dioxins or any other known xenobiotic ligand. This suggests that c. elegans is insensitive for compounds that require bioactivation (indirectly acting compounds) and for dioxins or dioxin-like compounds. This study analysed genome-wide gene expression of the nematode in response to 30 mu M of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P), Aroclor 1254 (PcB1254), and 10 mu M of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TcDD). After 24 h of exposure in the early L4 larval stage, microarray analysis revealed 182, 86, and 321 differentially expressed genes in the nematodes treated with 30 mu M of AFB1, B(a)P, and PcB1254, respectively. Among these genes, many encode xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes, and their transcription levels were among the highest-ranked fold-changed genes. Interestingly, only one gene (F59B1.8) was upregulated in the nematodes exposed to 10 mu M TcDD. Genes related to metabolic processes and catalytic activity were the most induced by exposure to 30 mu M of AFB1, B(a)P, and PcB1254. Despite the genotoxic nature of AFB1 and B(a)P, no differential expression was found in the genes encoding DNA repair and cell cycle checkpoint proteins. Analysis of con-centration-response curves was performed to determine the Lowest Observed Transcriptomic Effect Levels (LOTEL) of AFB1, B(a)P, and PcB1254. The obtained LOTEL values showed that gene expression changes in c. elegans are more sensitive to toxicants than reproductive effects. Overall, transcriptional responses of meta-bolic enzymes suggest that the nema
Structural instability is the major obstacle in the Li2FeSiO4/ccathode during charge and discharge process, which can be improved by the substitution of cations in the host cage. In this study, the transition metal i...
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Structural instability is the major obstacle in the Li2FeSiO4/ccathode during charge and discharge process, which can be improved by the substitution of cations in the host cage. In this study, the transition metal ions with different valence (Ag1+, Zn2+, cr3+, and Ti4+) have been substituted in Li2FeSiO4/c via modified sol-gel method and the impact on the structural, electrical, and electrochemical performances has been systematically explored. The Rietveld-refined XRD pattern and HR-TEM (SAED) result reveal that all the prepared samples maintain orthorhombic structure (S.G- Pmn2(1)). The FE-SEM and TEM micrographs of bare and doped Li2FeSiO4/c display nanoparticle formation with 20-40 nm size. Among different cation-substituted silicates, Li2Fe0.9Ti0.1SiO4/c sample exhibits an excellent total conductivity of 1.20 x 10(-4) S cm(-1) which is one order of magnitude higher than the bare Li2FeSiO4/c sample. The galvanostaticcharge-discharge curves and cyclic voltammetric analysis reveal that the Li2Fe0.9Ti0.1SiO4/c material provides an excellent initial specificcapacity of 242 mAh g(-1) and maintains a capacity of 226 mAh g(-1) after 50 cycles with capacity retention of 93.38%. The Ti doping is a promising strategy to overcome the capacity fading issues, by preventing the structural collapse during Li-ion intercalation/de-intercalation processes in the Li2FeSiO4/c electrode through the strong hybridization between the 3d and 4s orbitals in titanium and 2p orbital in oxygen.
LiFePO4/c was prepared by employing coprecipitation method and carbothermal reduction method using FeSO4 with different purity as the iron source. The purity of FeSO4 has a great influence on the morphology of FePO4, ...
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LiFePO4/c was prepared by employing coprecipitation method and carbothermal reduction method using FeSO4 with different purity as the iron source. The purity of FeSO4 has a great influence on the morphology of FePO4, but has little effect on the morphology of LiFePO4/c. The cycling performance decreases with the decrease of purity, and purity has a significant effect on the specific discharge capacities at low temperature. The specific discharge capacities of the five samples at - 20 degrees c and 0.5 c were 85.3, 74.2, 65.5, 60.4, and 50.1 mAh g(-1), and the capacity retention rates were 53.3%, 47.1%, 42.9%, 38.7%, and 31.9%, respectively. Full battery low temperature performance test results validate the test results of coin cell. The Li+ diffusion coefficients are 4.53 x 10(-13), 2.02x 10(-13), 4.73 x 10(-14), 2.34x 10(-14), and 8.56 x 10(-15) cm(2) s(-1), respectively. D-Li(+) is reduced two orders of magnitude with reduction of raw material purity. This is mainly because the low-purity FeSO4 contains a large amount of Ti, which enters the LiFePO4/ccrystal lattice, causing the lattice distortion to block the lithium ion diffusion channel. Therefore, improving the purity of raw materials is an important method to improve the low temperature performance of LiFePO4/c.
Due to their elongated and polarized morphology, neurons rely on the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton for their shape, as well as for efficient intracellular transport that maintains neuronal function, survival, and conn...
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Due to their elongated and polarized morphology, neurons rely on the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton for their shape, as well as for efficient intracellular transport that maintains neuronal function, survival, and connectivity. Although all MTs are constructed from alpha-and ll-tubulins that are highly conserved throughout eukaryotes, different MT networks within neurons exhibit different dynamics and functions. For example, molecular motors must be able to differentially recognize the axonal and dendritic MTs to deliver appropriate cargos to sensory endings and synaptic regions. The Tubulin code hypothesis proposes that MTs can be specialized in form and function by chemical differences in their composition by inclusion of different alpha-and ll-tubulins into the MT lattice, as well as differences in post-translational enzymatic modifications. The chemical differences encode information that allow MTs to regulate interactions with various microtubule-based molecular motors such as kinesins and dyneins as well as with structural microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), which can, in turn, modify the function or stability of ***, we review studies involving c. elegans, a model organism with a relatively simple nervous system that is amenable to genetic analysis, that have contributed to our understanding of how the Tubulin code can specialize neuronal MT networks to establish differences in neuronal morphology and function. Such studies have revealed molecules and mechanisms that are conserved in vertebrates and have the potential to inform our understanding of neurological diseases involving defects in the cytoskeleton and intracellular transport.
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