Concentrated solar power(CSP)plants are generally located in solar-abundant yet hot and water-stressed *** such circumstances,efficient but water-intensive once-through wet cooling and water-free but inefficient air c...
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Concentrated solar power(CSP)plants are generally located in solar-abundant yet hot and water-stressed *** such circumstances,efficient but water-intensive once-through wet cooling and water-free but inefficient air cooling are both *** both thermal efficiency and water availability/temperature,recir-culating evaporative cooling is a better ***,evaporative cooling still loses large amounts of water into the atmosphere and thus requires a nonstop water ***,simultaneously reducing water loss and maintaining thermal efficiency requires efficient means of supplemental cooling for CSP ***-ing our previous work on scalable radiative cooling films and a kW-scale radiative cooling system,we explore the potential of consumptive water use reduction in recirculating wet-cooled CSP plants by integrating supplemental radiative cooling and cold *** modeling of a reference CSP plant with a supplemental radiative cooling system as large as the plant solar field,the results show that 40%-60%of the annual consumptive water use can be potentially reduced in the hot southwestern *** with daytime-only radiative cooling,whereas the annual potential water saving can be as much as 65%-85%if the radiative cooling system works both day and night with cold storage.
Background and objective Tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1(TIMP-1),thenaturalendogenousinhibitorofmatrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9), is implicated in dysfunction of the extracellular matrix and results in blood-b...
Background and objective Tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1(TIMP-1),thenaturalendogenousinhibitorofmatrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9), is implicated in dysfunction of the extracellular matrix and results in blood-brain barrier disruptions. While
The intrinsic phase instability of CsPbI_(2)Br perovskite hinders its development and application in solar ***,we adopt 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate(BMIMPF6),a hydrophobic ionic liquid(IL),to improv...
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The intrinsic phase instability of CsPbI_(2)Br perovskite hinders its development and application in solar ***,we adopt 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate(BMIMPF6),a hydrophobic ionic liquid(IL),to improve the phase stability of CsPbI_(2)*** functional theory calculation reveals that the formation energy of CsPbI_(2)Br with BMIMPF6 is reduced,thereby restraining the[PbX_(6)]^(4-) octahedral *** reduced structural distortion and relaxed lattice strain result in improved phase stability of CsPbI_(2)*** addition,the interfacial dipole moment increases after introducing BMIMPF6,which facilitates the charge ***,the CsPbI_(2)Br solar cells with BMIMPF6 deliver a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 16.2%along with excellent *** unencapsulated devices with BMIMPF6 maintain 98.9%,88.6%,and 99.5%of the initial PCEs after 1200 h storage in N_(2),1000 h storage in air(30%relative humidity),and 200 thermal cycles(25–100℃),respectively.
Inoperable liver tumors are often treated by thermal ablation that destroys the tumor in situ and spares the adjacent hepatic ***–physical treatment has many advantages,but treatment by freezing or heating alone has ...
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Inoperable liver tumors are often treated by thermal ablation that destroys the tumor in situ and spares the adjacent hepatic ***–physical treatment has many advantages,but treatment by freezing or heating alone has some *** taking the advantages and disadvantages of cryosurgery and thermotherapy into consideration,a new thermal technique that combines cryosurgery and radio frequency ablation has been proposed,thereby overcoming the disadvantages of each treatment strategy and improving therapeutic *** new approach remains to be systematically studied in the liver;therefore,this study was performed to estimate survival after alternated cooling and heating ablation therapy in a VX2 rabbit liver tumor *** days after VX2 carcinoma implantation into the rabbit liver,tumors were treated with alternated cooling and heating ablation *** were monitored for 6 months after treatment and assessed with ultrasound(US)and computed tomography at 1,7,14,and 30 days *** tumor-bearing animals served as the control *** results show that alternate freezing and heating ablation therapy resulted in a good recovery of VX2 *** with the control group,treated rabbits lived significantly longer(P\0.05),with 70%of treated animals surviving to 196 days posttreatment without metastasis or recurrence,while none of the controls did *** was no local recurrence in the treatment *** rabbits in the control group developed metastasis,while metastasis was only observed in 30% of treated *** results suggest that alternate cooling and heating ablation therapy can prolong the survival time of rabbits with VX2 liver tumors and is an effective method for tumor ***,we also showed in this model that contrast enhanced US is a valid follow-up approach to assess treatment effectiveness.
Common wheat(Triticum aestivum) is a hexaploid plant(AABBDD) derived from genetically related tetraploid wheat T. turgidum(AABB) and a diploid goatgrass Aegilops tauschii(DD). Recent advances in sequencing technology ...
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Common wheat(Triticum aestivum) is a hexaploid plant(AABBDD) derived from genetically related tetraploid wheat T. turgidum(AABB) and a diploid goatgrass Aegilops tauschii(DD). Recent advances in sequencing technology and genome assembly strategies allow the acquisition of multiple wheat genomes, calling for a centralized database to store, manage and query the genomics information in a manner to reflect their evolutionary relationship and to perform effective comparative genome analysis. Here,we built WheatGene, a database that contains five wheat genomes of 318,102 genes and 945,900 transcripts and their expression information in 998 RNA-seq samples that can be searched and compared in an interactive manner. WheatGene was developed with Drupal, a popular content management system and the toolkit Tripal managed the biological information. The database was accessible through a web browser with species, search, gene expression, tools, and literature entries. Tools available were BLAST,synteny viewer, map viewer, JBrowse, data downloads, gene expression heatmap and bar chart, and homologs viewer. Moreover, the map viewer connected genomics data with genetic maps and QTL that can be searched for markers for molecular breeding. WheatGene was developed with open-source modules and libraries. WheatGene is available at http://***.
By combining cryogenic cryotherapy and high-temperature radiofrequency therapy,multimodal ablation generates a rapidly changing temperature field in tissue by heating after *** method completely breaks tumour cells an...
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By combining cryogenic cryotherapy and high-temperature radiofrequency therapy,multimodal ablation generates a rapidly changing temperature field in tissue by heating after *** method completely breaks tumour cells and releases a large amount of active *** with the traditional single modality,the thermal physical ablation method has been shown to have a greater therapeutic effect,but it presents challenges in terms of precise monitoring and rapid control of the temperature during the treatment *** solve this problem,we propose a temperature control system design utilizing aspects of probe sensing,real-time software and hardware signal interfaces,and dynamic compensation control strategies to accurately monitor the temperature changes during multimodal ablation *** results show that the design system has millisecond-level high-speed control capability,an accuracy of 0.5℃,and the dynamic response time is less than 0.1 ***,the temperature fluctuation in in vivo experiments is less than 0.5℃.
The CRISPR/Cas9 technology is evolved from a type II bacterial immune system and represents a new generation of targeted genome editing technology that can be applied to nearly all organisms. Site-specific modificatio...
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The CRISPR/Cas9 technology is evolved from a type II bacterial immune system and represents a new generation of targeted genome editing technology that can be applied to nearly all organisms. Site-specific modification is achieved by a single guide RNA(usually about 20nucleotides) that is complementary to a target gene or locus and is anchored by a protospaceradjacent motif. Cas9 nuclease then cleaves the targeted DNA to generate double-strand breaks(DSBs), which are subsequently repaired by non-homologous end joining(NHEJ) or homology-directed repair(HDR) mechanisms. NHEJ may introduce indels that cause frame shift mutations and hence the disruption of gene functions. When combined with double or multiplex guide RNA design, NHEJ may also introduce targeted chromosome deletions,whereas HDR can be engineered for target gene correction, gene replacement, and gene knock-in. In this review, we briefly survey the history of the CRISPR/Cas9 system invention and its genome-editing mechanism. We also describe the most recent innovation of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, particularly the broad applications of modified Cas9 variants, and discuss the potential of this system for targeted genome editing and modification for crop improvement.
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