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Fukushima wastewater release:unanswered questions and global concerns

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International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 2024年第2期17卷 289-290页

作者： samuel Ariyo Okaiyeto Parag Prakash Sutar Arun SMujumdar Hongwei Xiao College of Engineering China Agricultural UniversityBeijing 100083China Department of Food Process Engineering National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela 769008India Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill UniversitySte.Anne de BellevueQuebecCanada

The decision by Japan to begin discharging the Fukushima wastewater into the ocean on August 24,2023 was followed by protests from several countries,including China,Russia,Korea,Vietnam,and deep concerns from the international *** decision is related to the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011,which destroyed the cooling system of the nuclear power plant and caused the reactor cores to *** water was used to cool down the reactors fuel rods;about 1.3 million cubic meters contaminated water with highly radioactive material was generated,which can fill more than 500 Olympic swimming pools[1].In order to reduce the levels of radioactivity,an Advanced Liquid Processing System(ALPS)was used to remove most radioactive contaminants from *** works by circulating water through a system of tanks and filters,which removes specific contaminants such as cesium and strontium,using a multi-step process that includes coagulation,flocculation,ion exchange,and absorption[1].Japan's government and some scientists have argued that the ALPS-treated water is safe for release into the *** to their claims,the discharged water poses minimal risk to human health and the ***,concerns about the long-term effects of this discharge remain in scientists′minds.

关键词： Fukushima wastewater nuclear disaster discharge radioactive contaminants

Constrained re-calibration of two-equation Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes models

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Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters 2024年第2期14卷 82-89页

作者： Yuanwei Bin Xiaohan Hu Jiaqi Li samuel J.Grauer Xiang I.A.Yang Department of Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA 16802USA State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems Peking UniversityBeijing 100871China College of Engineering Peking UniversityBeijing 100871China

Machine-learned augmentations to turbulence models can be advantageous for flows within the training dataset but can often cause harm *** lack of generalizability arises because the constants(as well as the functions)in a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes(RANS)model are coupled,and un-constrained re-calibration of these constants(and functions)can disrupt the calibrations of the baseline model,the preservation of which is critical to the model's *** safeguard the behaviors of the baseline model beyond the training dataset,machine learning must be constrained such that basic calibrations like the law of the wall are kept *** letter aims to identify such constraints in two-equation RANS models so that future machine learning work can be performed without violating these *** demonstrate that the identified constraints are not ***,they help preserve the generalizability of the baseline model.

关键词： Machine learning Turbulence modeling Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes

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Neural Regeneration Research 2025年第2期20卷 366-377页

作者： samuel Abokyi Dennis Yan-yin Tse School of Optometry The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityKowloonHong Kong Special Administrative RegionChina Research Center for SHARP Vision The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityKowloonHong Kong Special Administrative RegionChina Center for Eye and Vision Research Sha TinHong Kong Special Administrative RegionChina

Retinal aging has been recognized as a significant risk factor for various retinal disorders,including diabetic retinopathy,age-related macular degeneration,and glaucoma,following a growing understanding of the molecular underpinnings of their *** comprehensive review explores the mechanisms of retinal aging and investigates potential neuroprotective approaches,focusing on the activation of transcription factor *** meta-analyses have demonstrated promising outcomes of transcription factor EB-targeted strategies,such as exercise,calorie restriction,rapamycin,and metformin,in patients and animal models of these common retinal *** review critically assesses the role of transcription factor EB in retinal biology during aging,its neuroprotective effects,and its therapeutic potential for retinal *** impact of transcription factor EB on retinal aging is cell-specific,influencing metabolic reprogramming and energy homeostasis in retinal neurons through the regulation of mitochondrial quality control and nutrient-sensing *** vascular endothelial cells,transcription factor EB controls important processes,including endothelial cell proliferation,endothelial tube formation,and nitric oxide levels,thereby influencing the inner blood-retinal barrier,angiogenesis,and retinal ***,transcription factor EB affects vascular smooth muscle cells,inhibiting vascular calcification and *** retinal pigment epithelial cells,transcription factor EB modulates functions such as autophagy,lysosomal dynamics,and clearance of the aging pigment lipofuscin,thereby promoting photoreceptor survival and regulating vascular endothelial growth factor A expression involved in *** cell-specific functions of transcription factor EB significantly impact retinal aging mechanisms encompassing proteostasis,neuronal synapse plasticity,energy metabolism,microvasculature,and inflammation,ultimately offering pro

关键词： age-related macular degeneration anti-aging interventions autophagy calorie restriction diabetic retinopathy exercise glaucoma neuromodulation phagocytosis photoreceptor outer segment degradation retinal aging transcription factor EB

The function of doping nitrogen on removing fluoride with decomposing La-MOF-NH_2:Density functional theory calculation and experiments

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2024年第1期135卷 118-129页

作者： Hongguo Zhang KuilinWan Jia Yan Qian Li Yufang Guo Lei Huang samuel Raj Babu Arulmani Jian Luo School of Environmental Science and Engineering Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou 510006China Guangzhou University-Linkoping University Research Center on Urban Sustainable Development Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou 510006China School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaGA 30332USA

Fluoride is an important pollutant in wastewater,and adsorption is an effective way to remove *** nitrogen plays an important role in adsorbent materials,computational models were developed to understand the changes in work function resulting from nitrogen ***-N-C-800℃,was prepared by pyrolyzing La-MOF-NH_(2)to verify the influence on the performance of removing fluoride by *** and electrochemical performance tests were performed to characterize La-N-C-800℃.Adsorption kinetics,adsorption thermodynamics,initial concentrations,pH,and ions competition were investigated using La-N-C-800℃for fluoride *** addition,density functional theory was applied to evaluate the function of *** nitrogen atoms were added,the density of states,partial density of states,populations,and different orbits of charge were calculated to discover deep *** strengthened the carbon structure and La_(2)O_(3)structure to remove *** addition,nitrogen can also act as an adsorption site in the carbon *** results provide design ideas for improving the performance of adsorbent materials by doping elements.

关键词： Capacitive deionization Fluoride La-MOFs Doping nitrogen

Exceptional catalytic effect of novel rGO-supported Ni-Nb nanocomposite on the hydrogen storage properties of MgH_(2)

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Journal of Materials Science & Technology 2024年第5期172卷 83-93页

作者： samuel Guemou Liuting Zhang Shuai Li Yiqun Jiang Tao Zhong Zichuan Lu Ren Zhou Fuying Wu Qian Li School of Energy and Power Instrumental Analysis CenterJiangsu University of Science and TechnologyZhenjiang 212003China National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys&National Key Laboratory of Advanced Casting Technologies&College of Materials Science and Engineering Chongqing UniversityChongqing 400044China Chongqing Institute of New Energy Storage Materials and Equipment Chongqing 401135China Max Planck Institute for Iron Research Düsseldorf 40237Germany

The design of an excellent active catalyst to improve the sluggish kinetic and thermodynamic properties of magnesium hydride(MgH_(2))remains a great challenge to achieve its practical *** this study,a novel Ni-Nb/rGO nanocomposite catalyst was successfully prepared by one-spot hydrothermal and sub-sequent calcination *** novel Ni-Nb/rGO nanocomposite exhibits an exceptional catalytic effect on improving MgH_(2) sorption ***,the onset desorption temperature of MgH_(2)+10 wt%Ni-Nb/rGO composite is reduced to 198℃,much lower than that of undoped MgH_(2)(330℃).In-terestingly,the composite can release 5.0,5.9,and 6.0 wt%H_(2) within 10 min at 245,260,and 275℃,***,the dehydrogenated MgH_(2)+10 wt%Ni-Nb/rGO composite starts to absorb hydrogen even at room temperature with approximate 2.75 wt%H_(2) uptake at 75℃under 3 MPa H_(2) pressure within 30 min and exhibits excellent stability by maintaining 6.0 wt%hydrogen content after 20 cycles at 300℃.Chou’s model suggests that the de/hydrogenation kinetics of Ni-Nb/rGO-modified MgH_(2) switches from surface penetration model to diffusion model at lower ***,the ac-tivation energies(E a)for the de/hydrogenation of MgH_(2)+10 wt%Ni-Nb/rGO are reduced to 57.8 kJ/mol and 33.9 kJ/mol,which are significantly lower than those of undoped MgH_(2).The work demonstrates that the addition of a novel ternary Ni-Nb/rGO catalyst is an effective strategy to not only boost the sorption kinetics of MgH_(2) but also maintain its cycling property.

关键词： Hydrogen storage materials Magnesium hydride Ni-Nb/rGO Kinetic analysis Catalytic mechanism

Prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among women of reproductive age in Mwaluphamba,Kwale

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2024年第2期17卷 71-83页

作者： samuel M.Ngui Joseph M.Mwangangi Joachim Richter Josephine W.Ngunjiri Department of Biological Sciences University of EmbuKenya Medical Entomology Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)Center for Geographic Medicine Research Coast KilifiKenya Institute of International Health Global Health CenterCharitéUniversity MedicineBerlinCorporate Member of Free University and Humboldt University and Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute BaselSwitzerland Tropical and Infectious Diseases Department of Biological sciencesUniversity of EmbuKenya

Objective:To assess the epidemiology of urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among women of reproductive age in Mwaluphamba,Kwale County,***:A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed to randomly sample 422 women of reproductive age(15-<50 years)from four villages in Mwaluphamba *** specimens were collected and examined using the Kato-Katz method,while filtration technique was used to analyze urine ***’sociodemographic details were obtained using a standardized ***:Urinary schistosomiasis prevalence was at 4.7%(20/422,95%CI 2.8%-6.9%)while the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection was 4.5%(19/422,95%CI 2.6%-6.7%).The infection intensities of urinary schistosomiasis among the study participants ranged from 1 to 120 eggs/10 mL of urine with median egg count of 18.45 eggs/10 *** patients were diagnosed with light infection,of 56.16 egg/gram and 48.48 egg/gram for Trichuris trichiura and hookworms,*** without latrines had 15.7 times higher risk of having urinary schistosomiasis compared to those with a ***,use of surface water(aOR=1.0,95%CI 0.2-1.4,P=0.010)and crossing the river to go to a place(aOR=1.1,95%CI 0.3-1.6,P=0.009)were statistically significant risk factors for getting urinary *** bivariable regression analysis,defecating around the water source(OR=4.3,95%CI 1.5-12.9)had a statistically significant association with the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis(P=0.008).Conclusions:This study has given an insight on the prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Mwaluphamba location that form a basis for strengthening the control and elimination programmes for these neglected tropical diseases.

关键词： Urinary schistosomiasis Prevalence Soiltransmitted helminths Mwaluphamba

Polyoxidovanadates a new therapeutic alternative for neurodegenerative and aging diseases

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Neural Regeneration Research 2024年第3期19卷 571-577页

作者： Sonia Irais Gonzalez-Cano Gonzalo Flores Jorge Guevara Julio Cesar Morales-Medina samuel Treviño Alfonso Diaz Faculty of Chemical Sciences Benemerita Autonomous University of PueblaPueblaMexico Institute of Physiology Benemerita Autonomous University of PueblaPueblaMexico Department of Biochemistry Faculty of MedicineNational Autonomous University of MexicoMexico CityMexico Animal Reproduction Research Center CINVESTAV-Autonomous University of TlaxcalaTlaxcalaMexico

Aging is a natural phenomenon characterized by a progressive decline in physiological integrity,leading to a deterioration of cognitive function and increasing the risk of suffering from chronic-degenerative diseases,including cardiovascular diseases,osteoporosis,cancer,diabetes,and *** is considered the major risk factor for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease ***,diabetes and insulin resistance constitute additional risk factors for developing neurodegenerative ***,no treatment can effectively reverse these neurodegenerative ***,some antidiabetic drugs have opened the possibility of being used against neurodegenerative *** the previous framework,Vanadium species have demonstrated a notable antidiabetic *** research group evaluated polyoxidovanadates such as decavanadate and metforminium-decavanadate with preventive and corrective activity on neurodegeneration in brain-specific areas from rats with metabolic *** results suggest that these polyoxidovanadates induce neuronal and cognitive restoration *** review aims to describe the therapeutic potential of polyoxidovanadates as insulin-enhancer agents in the brain,constituting a therapeutic alternative for aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

关键词： Alzheimer’s disease antidiabetic brain cognition diabetes insulin neurodegeneration neuroinflammation oxidative stress Vanadium species

Nitrogen-based fertilizers differentially affect protist community composition in paddy field soils

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Soil Ecology Letters 2024年第3期6卷 35-44页

作者： Seda Ozer Bodur Solomon Oloruntoba samuel Kazuki Suzuki Naoki Harada Rasit Asiloglu Graduate School of Science and Technology Niigata UniversityNiigataJapan Department of Plant and Microbial Biology North Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA Institute of Science and Technology Niigata UniversityNiigataJapan

Protists are one of the most diverse and dominant microbial groups and they play critical roles in the soil *** nitrogen fertilizers have a profound impact on protist communities,still less is known about how different nitrogen fertilizer types affect protist community composition in different soil *** we investigated the effects of six inorganic nitrogen fertilizers(urea,ammonium nitrate,ammonium sulfate,potassium nitrate,ammonium chloride,and diammonium hydrogen phosphate)and an organic fertilizer(a mixture of rice husk and cow manure)on protist community composition in three paddy field soils using a high-throughput sequencing *** effect of the fertilizers on the functional groups of protists,namely consumers(predators and decomposers),photoautotrophs,and parasites(plant pathogens and animal parasites)was also *** results showed that nitrogen fertilizers had distinctive effects on the beta diversity of the protists,while we also observed that the same fertilizer had slightly different effects depending on the soil *** and Rhizaria were the most affected protist taxonomical groups,while predatory protists were the main functional groups that were affected by nitrogen *** forest analysis showed that most of the fertilizer-affected protists were predators,among which Cercozoa was the most affected *** conclusion,our results provide important insights into the impact of nitrogen fertilizers on soil protist communities.

关键词： nitrogen fertilizer bottom-up paddy field predatory protist soil protist community

Enhanced direct gaseous CO_(2) fixation into higher bio-succinic acid production and selectivity

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2024年第9期143卷 164-175页

作者： Ziyi Yang Wanling Wu Qing Zhao Irini Angelidaki samuel Gyebi Arhin Dongliang Hua Yuxiao Zhao Hangyu Sun Guangqing Liu Wen Wang Biomass Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Center Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing 100029China College of Chemical Engineering Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing 100029China Department of Chemical and Biochemical Environmental Engineering Technical University of DenmarkDK-2800Kgs LyngbyDenmark Energy Research Institute Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences)Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomass Gasification TechnologyJinan 250014China

Utilizing CO_(2)for bio-succinic acid production is an attractive approach to achieve carbon capture and recycling(CCR)with simultaneous production of a useful platform *** succinogenes and Basfia succiniciproducens were selected and investigated as microbial ***,the type and concentration of inorganic carbon concentration and glucose concentration were evaluated.6 g C/L MgCO_(3)and 24 g C/L glucose were found to be the optimal basic operational conditions,with succinic acid production and carbon yield of over 30 g/L and over 40%,***,for maximum gaseous CO_(2)fixation,carbonate was replaced with CO_(2)at different ***“less carbonate more CO_(2)”condition of the inorganic carbon source was set as carbonate:CO_(2)=1:9(based on the mass of carbon).This condition presented the highest availability of CO_(2)by well-balanced chemical reaction equilibrium and phase equilibrium,showing the best performance with regarding CO_(2)fixation(about 15 mg C/(L·hr)),with suppressed lactic acid *** to key enzymes analysis,the ratio of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase to lactic dehydrogenase was enhanced at high ratios of gaseous CO_(2),which could promote glucose conversion through the succinic acid *** further increase gaseous CO_(2)fixation and succinic acid production and selectivity,stepwise CO_(2)addition was evaluated.50%-65%increase in inorganic carbon utilization was obtained coupled with 20%-30%increase in succinic acid *** was due to the promotion of the succinic acid branch of the glucose metabolism,while suppressing the pyruvate branch,along with the inhibition on the conversion from glucose to lactic acid.

关键词： Succinic acid CO_(2) fixation Actinobacillus succinogenes Basfia succiniciproducens Lactic acid