The development of an ideal cathode for Li-O_(2)battery(LOB)has been a great challenge in achieving high discharge capacity,enhanced stability,and *** formation of undesired and irreversible discharge products on the ...
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The development of an ideal cathode for Li-O_(2)battery(LOB)has been a great challenge in achieving high discharge capacity,enhanced stability,and *** formation of undesired and irreversible discharge products on the surface of current cathode materials limit the life span of the *** this study,we report the systematic electrochemical study to compare the performance of LOB employing a unique graphitic nanostructured carbon architecture,i.e.,vertically aligned carbon nanofiber(VACNF)arrays,as the cathode *** metal(Ni)and noble metal alloy(PtRu)are further deposited on the VACNF array as electrocatalysts to improve the discharge/charge processes at the *** structure of as-prepared electrodes was examined with the field emission scanning electron microscopy,high-resolution transmission electron microscopy,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS).The LOB with VACNF-Ni electrode delivered the highest specific and areal discharge capacities(14.92 Ah·g^(−1),4.32 mAh·cm^(−2))at 0.1 mA·cm^(−2)current density as compared with VACNF-PtRu(9.07 Ah·g^(−1),2.62 mAh·cm^(−2)),bare VACNF(5.55 Ah·g^(−1),1.60 mAh·cm^(−2))and commercial Vulcan XC(3.83 Ah·g^(−1),1.91 mAh·cm^(−2)).Cycling stability tests revealed the superior performance of VACNF-PtRu with 27 cycles as compared with VACNF-Ni(13 cycles),VACNF(8 cycles),and Vulcan XC(3 cycles).The superior cycling stability of VACNF-PtRu can be attributed to its ability to suppress the formation of Li2CO3 during the discharge cycle,as elucidated by XPS analysis of discharged *** also investigated the impact of carbon cloth and carbon fiber as cathode electrode substrate on the performance of LOB.
Objective:Several inflammatory markers have been studied as potential biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma(RCC),however few reports have analyzed their prognostic value in aggregate and in non-clear cell *** hypothesize...
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Objective:Several inflammatory markers have been studied as potential biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma(RCC),however few reports have analyzed their prognostic value in aggregate and in non-clear cell *** hypothesize that a combination of specific inflammatory markers into an RCC Inflammatory Score(RISK)could serve as a rigorous prognostic indicator of overall survival(OS)in patients with clear cell and non-clear cell ***:Combination of preoperative C-reactive protein(CRP),albumin,erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR),corrected calcium,and aspartate transaminase to alanine transaminase(AST/ALT)ratio was used to develop *** was developed using grid-search methodology,receiver-operating-characteristic(ROC)analysis,and sensitivity-specificity trade-off *** value of RISK was analyzed using the KaplaneMeier method and Cox proportional regression *** accuracy was compared with RISK to Size,Size,Grade,and Necrosis(SSIGN)score,University of California-LOS Angeles(UCLA)Integrated Staging System(UISS),and Leibovich Prognosis Score(LPS).
Objective: To characterize long-term mortality following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in two large population-based cohorts assembled more than a decade apart. Methods: All patients age ≥18 hospitalized with nontra...
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Objective: To characterize long-term mortality following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in two large population-based cohorts assembled more than a decade apart. Methods: All patients age ≥18 hospitalized with nontraumatic ICH in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area were identified during 1988 (Cohort 1) and from May 1998 to July 2001 and August 2002 to April 2003 (Cohort 2). Mortality was tabulated using actuarial methods and compared with a log-rank test. Results: There were 183 patients with ICH in Cohort 1 and 1,041 patients in Cohort 2. Patients in Cohort 1 were more likely to be white (p = 0.024) and undergo operation for their ICH (p = 0.002), whereas patients in Cohort 2 were more commonly on anticoagulants (p < 0.001). Among patients in Cohort 1, mortality at 7 days, 1 year, and 10 years was 31, 59, and 82%. Among patients in Cohort 2, mortality at 7 days and 1 year was 34 and 53%. Mortality rates did not differ between cohorts by logrank test (p = 0.259). Conclusions: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) mortality did not improve significantly between study periods. Operation for ICH became less frequent, whereas anticoagulant-associated ICH became more common.
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