calculating risk from sea food exposure to persistent organic pollutants continues to be problematic as estimates of exposure from diet require extensive monitoring of fish species and limited assessments of bioavaila...
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calculating risk from sea food exposure to persistent organic pollutants continues to be problematic as estimates of exposure from diet require extensive monitoring of fish species and limited assessments of bioavailability from sediments where the contaminants tend to reside. Previous studies in our laboratory utilized a laboratory-based isotope dilution method (IDM) to estimate the bioavailability of DDT [1,1,1-trichloro-2, 2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane] and its metabolites from sediment to biota froma superfund site on the shelf of the Palos Verdes (PVS) Peninsula in california (USA). Using a biota-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF) derived from IDM and biomagnification factors (BMF) calculated from previous studies as well as seafood-consumption data specific to anglers in the PVS area, we estimated cancer and non-cancer risks for anglers and nursing infants representing sensitive groups. Predicted cancer risks from consumption of White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) to the 50th and 95th percentile to all shore mode anglers were, respectively, 2 x 10(-7) and 7 x 10(-7), which were similar (t)o field studies using fish concentrations of all DDT isomers and their environmental degradates (SDDT) from collected animals. The calculated non-cancer hazard quotient values for the 50th and 95th percentile shore mode anglers consuming White croaker from this study (0.008 and 0.023, respectively) were also of similar magnitude as those obtained from studies based on samples obtained solely from fish. For nursing infants, similar results were also observed. These results indicate that estimates of bioavailability using IDM from sediment could be used accurately to determine risk to SDDT in humans from fish consumption. (c) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Limber pine (Pinus flexilis James) co-evolved with the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins;MPB) and is now also challenged by the non-native pathogen cronartium ribicola (J.c. Fisch.) that causes the...
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Limber pine (Pinus flexilis James) co-evolved with the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins;MPB) and is now also challenged by the non-native pathogen cronartium ribicola (J.c. Fisch.) that causes the lethal disease white pine blister rust (WPBR). Previous research suggests that trees infected with WPBR can be preferred hosts for MPB. Using resin duct traits associated with MPB resistance, we tested for a relationship between resistance to MPB and WPBR in limber pine, in the absence of either biological agent. These analyses will help evaluate if MPB historically may have contributed to natural selection for WPBR resistance in advance of WPBR invasion, and could help explain the unusually high frequency of the dominant cr4 allele for complete resistance to WPBR in limber pine populations of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Resin duct production, density and relative duct area did not differ between healthy trees previously inferred to carry the dominant cr4 allele and trees that lack it at 22 sites, though some duct traits varied with elevation. MPB resistance does not appear to have played an evolutionary role in contributing to the high frequency of cr4 in naive populations, however, MPB may affect the future evolution of resistance to WPBR in the pines where the two pests coincide and WPBR will affect forest recovery after MPB epidemics. MPB-WPBR interactions in a changing climate will affect the future trajectory of limber pine.
目的探讨硫辛酸对不同时期糖尿病肾病患者尿微量白蛋白和炎症的影响。方法选取2015年7月至2017年12月在梅州市人民医院内分泌科住院治疗的2型糖尿病患者90例,根据24 h尿微量白蛋白排泄率(UAER)分为3组,即正常白蛋白尿组(NA,UAER<30 mg/24 h)、微量白蛋白尿组(MA,30 mg/24 h≤UAER<300 mg/24 h)和临床肾病组(cN,UAER≥300 mg/24 h);同时随机选取同期健康体检者30名作为正常对照组(Nc)。再将3组糖尿病患者按随机数字表法随机分为等样本量的观察组和对照组,对照组给予常规治疗,观察组在常规治疗基础上给予注射用硫辛酸0.45 g加入0.9 %氯化钠注射液250 ml中避光缓慢静滴,1次/d,共2周。观察各组患者UAER、血清肌酐(Scr)、血糖、血清超敏c反应蛋白(hs-cRP)、血清肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)水平的变化。结果2型糖尿病肾病患者血清hs-cRP、TNF-α水平明显高于正常对照组[(5.98±1.54)mg/L vs (6.49±1.84)mg/L vs(7.02±1.75)mg/L vs(2.95±0.86)mg/L;(17.19±5.05)ng/L vs(19.61±5.42)ng/L vs (20.25±6.23)ng/L vs (10.24±3.16)ng/L],差异具有统计学意义(F=15.63、25.22,P均<0.01),但糖尿病肾病不同时期比较差异无统计学意义;观察组经硫辛酸治疗后与对照组治疗后比较,其hs-cRP、TNF-α、Scr、UAER水平明显降低[(5.01±0.93)mg/L vs (3.89±0.72)mg/L,(5.51±1.23)mg/L vs (4.25±0.88)mg/L,(6.15±1.32)mg/L vs (4.78±1.01)mg/L;(15.59±4.19)ng/L vs (12.04±3.45)ng/L,(18.02±4.42)ng/L vs (14.43±4.22)ng/L,(18.67±4.88)ng/L vs (15.09±4.47)ng/L;(83.5±9.4)μmol/L vs (67.3±6.2)μmol/L,(85.6±16.0)μmol/L vs (61.3±16.7)μmol/L,(98.5±20.4)μmol/L vs (69.4±16.8)μmol/L;(16.5±7.4)mg/24 h vs(13.3±6.2)mg/24 h,(145.6±66.0)mg/24 h vs (106.3±56.7)mg/24 h,(805.5±166.4)mg/24 h vs(612.3±110.8)mg/24 h],差异具有统计学意义(t=3.689、3.227、3.192、2.526、2.275、2.095、5.572、4.069、4.265、5.597、2.051、3.742,P均<0.05)。结论2型糖尿病肾病患者存在炎症反应,硫辛酸可改善2型糖尿病肾病炎症状态,减少尿微量白蛋白排泄和降低血肌酐水平,从而达到肾保护作用。
In 1941J. Heyrovsky invented Oscillographic Polarography (OP) with controlled alternating current (a.c.). The method was developed during the World War and the first commercially available instruments for OP were prod...
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In 1941J. Heyrovsky invented Oscillographic Polarography (OP) with controlled alternating current (a.c.). The method was developed during the World War and the first commercially available instruments for OP were produced in czechoslovakia at the beginning of the 1950's. Such instruments offered derivative and cyclic OP curves allowing simple analysis of various compounds and stimulated the publication of hundreds of papers. Thanks to OP, electrochemical analysis of DNA started already in 1958. According to the present nomenclature, OP can be denominated as a.c. chronopotentiometry. Surprisingly, authors who later described derivative and cyclicchronopotentiometry did not consider J. Heyrovsky's OP methodology in their work. Present electrochemical studies of biomacromolecules take advantage of modern instruments for constant current chronopotentiometric stripping, allowing DNA and protein structure-sensitive analysis. Recent progress in these studies is reviewed.
Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response of liver cells to chronic injuries caused by viral infections, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis c virus (HcV), toxins, and alcohol abuse. The ability to stage dis...
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Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response of liver cells to chronic injuries caused by viral infections, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis c virus (HcV), toxins, and alcohol abuse. The ability to stage diseases for treatment na?ve patients to initiate proper medical procedures and predict the clinical causes of the disease or the treatment response is important given the increased prevalence of liver fibrosis caused by HBV, HcV and fatty liver diseases. cHI3L1 (chitinase-3-like protein 1, also known as YKL-40), which belongs to the chitinase family but lacks chitinolytic activity and is highly expressed in the liver, seems to fulfill this role. cHI3L1 is a non-invasive staging marker for liver fibrosis caused by HBV, HcV and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as well as a predictor of the clinical causes and fibroticchanges after treatments. cHI3L1 predicts histological progression of liver fibrosis and fibrosis progression rate (fibrosis unit/year), rapid fibrosis progression after liver transplantation and response to interferon and recent direct acting antiviral therapy in chronic HcV patients. cHI3L1 also predicts response to antiviral therapy in chronic HBV patients.
The main objective of this work is to understand steam gasification performance of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The thermodynamic analysis was carried out by using seven different kinds of MSWs as the feedstock with...
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The main objective of this work is to understand steam gasification performance of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The thermodynamic analysis was carried out by using seven different kinds of MSWs as the feedstock with the temperature ranging from 773 to 1773 K and steam to MSW ratio ranging from 0.5 to 1.5. It is summarized that temperature and the effective mole ratio of H/c (R-H/c) are two key factors, and lower temperature and/or larger R-H/c result in a larger mole ratio of H-2/cO. The model predictions agree very well with the referenced experimental results, which can predict steam gasification performance of MSWs.
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Bardhan, Neelkanth M.MIT
Dept Mat Sci & Engn Dept Biol Engn Koch Inst Integrat Canc Res Cambridge MA 02139 USA
carbon-based nanomaterials (cANOMATs), including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and their derivatives, are widely considered to be the next-generation materials for a broad range of biomedical applications, o...
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carbon-based nanomaterials (cANOMATs), including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and their derivatives, are widely considered to be the next-generation materials for a broad range of biomedical applications, owing to their unique opto-electronic, chemical, and mechanical properties. However, for bio-applications, cANOMATs need to be surface-functionalized, to render them passive, non-toxic, and water-soluble. Here, we review the current state-of-the-art in the methods of functionalization of cANOMATs. In contrast to other Reviews, we present an objective analysis of the various approaches reported in the literature, using metrics such as the agent of functionalization, number of steps, and time required, the need for special instruments, effect on properties, scalability, reproducibility, and applications. Our Review offers a way for researchers to make a rational selection of the process of functionalization to best suit their desired application. This opens up new opportunities for developing targeted functionalization strategies, based on the need to excel at the above metrics.
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