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In order to improve the Ijydrophilicity and antifoujjng performance of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes, ZnL/PVDF blending membranes were prepared by non-solvent phase method (NIPS) with hydrophilic zinc-type chain crystal (ZnL) with metal active site Zn and hydrophilic group -- COOH as fillers. The effect of adding different content of ZnL on the structure and properties of ZnL/PVDF blending membrane was investigated by means of atomic force microscope (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and so on. The results show that the ZnL crystal is uniformly distributed in the PVDF membrane and it is proved that ZnL crystal has good compatibility with PVDF polymer. In addition, the addition of hydrophilic ZnL crystal can obviously improve the hydrophilicity of PVDF membrane and when the content of ZnL crystal is 0.50%, the water flux reached 99.6 L/(m -h), which was increased by 150% than that of the pure PVDF membrane, and the decrease of the rejection rate was lower than that of the pure membrane. With the increase of the content of ZnL crystal, the tensile strength increases first and then decreases. When the content of ZnL crystal is 0.50%, the tensile strength is 3.39 MPa, which is 10% higher than that of the pure PVDF membrane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been implicated in cancer progression through largely unknown mechanisms. Herein, we identify an N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modified circRNA, circNSUN2, frequently upregulated in tumor tissues and serum samples from colorectal carcinoma (CRC) patients with liver metastasis (LM) and predicts poorer patient survival. The upregulated expression of circNSUN2 promotes LM in PDX metastasis models in vivo and accelerates cancer cells invasion in vitro. Importantly, N6-methyladenosine modification of circNSUN2 increases export to the cytoplasm. By forming a circNSUN2/IGF2BP2/HMGA2 RNA-protein ternary complex in the cytoplasm, circNSUN2 enhances the stability of HMGA2 mRNA to promote CRC metastasis progression. Clinically, the upregulated expressions of circNSUN2 and HMGA2 are more prevalent in LM tissues than in primary CRC tissues. These findings elucidate that N6-methyladenosine modification of circNSUN2 modulates cytoplasmic export and stabilizes HMGA2 to promote CRC LM, and suggest that circNSUN2 could represent a critical prognostic marker and/or therapeutic target for the disease. Liver metastasis of colorectal cancer leads to poor prognosis. Here the authors report that an N6-methyladenosine modified circular RNA is upregulated in colorectal cancer and promotes liver metastasis by enhancing the stability of HMGA2 mRNA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comparative analysis was conducted using total ozone products derived from monitoring atmospheric composition and climate (MACC) reanalysis data validated with ozone data from the atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS) satellite and ground-based ozone measurements. The results indicate that the relative deviation of total ozone from the MACC reanalysis data and the ground-based ozone total data is controlled within 17%, and all of the correlation coefficients were between 0.79 and 0.97. The total ozone values from the MACC reanalysis data showed good consistency with the ground-based ozone measurements. With respect to the spatial distribution of multi-year averages, the relative deviation of total ozone values in the MACC reanalysis data and the AIRS satellite data was between -3% and 5%. The total ozone values in the MACC reanalysis data were higher than those from AIRS measurements for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the coastal areas of South China, and were lower for northeast China. Furthermore, the seasonal variations in total ozone values in the MACC reanalysis data were consistent with AIRS data. At Mt. Waliguan station, the monthly averaged trends for near-surface ozone in the MACC reanalysis data were also consistent with surface ozone concentrations; the MACC reanalysis data reflect the observed trends for surface-based ozone measurements in spring, summer, and autumn, but show a large deviation in winter.

Organics,sulfide and nitrogen compounds in industrial wastewater are significant challenges for wastewater treatment. These pollutants could be removed simultaneously from wastewater treatment system using biological technologies. In this study, a heterotrophic denitrifying sulfur bacterial strain HDD1 was isolated from wastewater treatment bioreactor. Strain HDD1 was identified as Thauera sp. based on the 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic analysis and physiological characteristics. Acetate and sulfide could be utilized as electron donors and nitrate as electron acceptor for respiration in Thauera sp. HDD1. The acetate (300 mg·L -1 ), sulfide (200 mg·L -1 ) and nitrate (487 mg·L -1 ) were completely metabolized and removed within 15 hours. The main product of sulfide oxidation was elemental sulfur as identified by scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectrometer. These results suggest that the newly isolated Thauera sp. HDD1 could be used for simultaneous industrial wastewater treatment and elemental sulfur resource recovery.

As the basis of plant canopy chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics, light distribution within the canopy determines the interaction relationship between plant physical processes and ecological environment. Spectroscopy technology plays a very important role in building a prediction model of component content to plant canopies. However, there is only limited number of reports about chlorophyll fluorescence properties of different light intensity areas to free spindle apple canopies. In this paper, with the free spindle apple tree as the research object, the canopy space of apple tree was divided into five layers, and six cube grids with 50cm length of side in each layer, and then the light distribution was determined through measuring the light intensity of each cube grids space. firstly, spectrum data and characters of chlorophyll fluorescence were obtained in the different light area; secondly, a differential spectrum curve in red area(680~760 nm) was determined through removing the interference of system error by a differential spectrum; thirdly, relationship model has been established innovatively between the maximum value in red area(680~760 nm) and the chlorophyll fluorescence characters, which has been used as calculation method of chlorophyll fluorescence characters in different light area to apple tree canopy. Fourthly, root mean square error, mean absolute percentage error, mean forecast error were adopted to evaluate the method. The test result shows that the accuracy of the method is all above 80%, which can be the theoretical basis for pruning and getting best light distribution to apple tree canopy.