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Objective Methods Results Conclusion This study aimed to clarify the clinical application of centrifugal‐membrane hybrid plasmapheresis (CMHP) in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.A retrospective study was conducted on 48 patients who were diagnosed with hyperlipidemia and had received CMHP treatment. Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C), and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) were monitored, and adverse reactions to the treatment were observed.Forty‐eight patients with hyperlipidemia received CMHP over 59 sessions. The average age of the 48 patients with hyperlipidemia, including 32 males (66.67%) and 16 females (33.33%), was 44.23 ± 12.02 years. Twenty‐nine outpatients (60.42%) and 19 inpatients (39.58%) were included. Hypertriglyceridemia was diagnosed in 16 cases (33.33%), mixed hyperlipidemia in 31 cases (64.58%), and hypercholesterolemia in one case (2.08%). The pretreatment blood lipid concentrations were significantly different after the 59 CMHP treatments (p < .001). The concentrations of TC, TG, HDL‐C, and LDL‐C decreased significantly after the treatment, and the median ratios of reduction were 67.06% (range: 58.97%–71.87%), 63.33% (range: 55.20%–74.86%), 45.87% (range: 35.86%–52.95%), and 66.09% (range: 44.37%–73.94%), respectively. Three adverse reactions (5.08%) were recorded. No differences were detected in therapeutic parameters, effects, or adverse reactions between the two blood cell separators, there was no difference in Lipoprotein apheresis efficacy.This preliminary study demonstrated the clinical application of CMHP in patients in the treatment of hyperlipidemia. However, further studies are needed applying CMHP with hyperlipidemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SUMMARY Objectives: A novel pathogen reduction technique based on vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) irradiation was developed to reduce pathogen numbers in red blood cell (RBC) components. Background: Contaminated blood components pose a great risk of infection in blood recipients. The continuous development of blood screening techniques and pathogen inactivating systems has significantly reduced this risk, but many limitations remain. Methods: Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus, and bacteriophage (BP) and Lentivirus (LV) were spiked into suspended red blood cells (sRBCs) or plasma. VUV light with maximum emission at 185 nm and an average dosage of 164 μW/cm2 was placed 5 cm above the targeted products to reduce the pathogen numbers. Results: Treatment for 5 minutes was effective; 3 and 10 log reductions of E coli counts were observed in sRBCs and plasma, and 2 and 3 log reductions of B cereus counts were observed in sRBCs and plasma, respectively. The BP titre was reduced by two and five log points in sRBCs and plasma, respectively; the LV titre was reduced by at least three log points in both sRBCs and plasma. VUV‐based irradiation of RBCs does not cause significant structural and functional harmful effects. This novel strategy provides moderate photonic energy to generate oxygen radicals from H2O and O2 and to selectively decrease DNA integrity of the potential pathogens. Conclusion: The VUV‐based pathogen reduction technique is a simple and fast procedure with high pathogen reduction efficacy, low toxicity and limited adverse effects on cellular blood products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, experimental approaches have been carried out to investigate the removal of sulfur dioxide ([SO.sub.2]) using pulsed discharge nonthermal plasma in the absence of ammonia ([NH.sub.3]). The gas-phase reaction was found to be less attractive due to its large energy cost. The increase in temperature decreased the [SO.sub.2] removal rate, resulting in large energy cost. [SO.sub.2] removal was increased as the concentration of water vapor increased. The presence of [SO.sub.2] did not influence the gas-phase removal of NO in an NO-[SO.sub.2]-[O.sub.2]-[H.sub.2]O-[N.sub.2] system. In the case of the wet-type plasma reactor, gas-phase discharge plasma directed to the surface of water film greatly enhanced the liquid-phase oxidation of [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Comparing the results with different absorbents indicated that the hydroxyl (OH) radical plays a key role in the plasma induced liquid-phase reactions. Index Terms--Advanced oxidation process, chain reaction, nonthermal plasma, OH radical, pulsed corona discharge, sulfur dioxide.

Investigates the removal of sulfur dioxide using pulsed discharge nonthermal plasma in the absence of ammonia. Sulphur dioxide oxidation in a plasma environment; Types of plasma reactors used in the experimental setup; Gas-phase sulfur dioxide removal; Sulfur dioxide removal by heterogeneous reaction.

In order to meet the requirements of high corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and self-lubrication of composite coatings for marine applications, epoxy matrix composite coatings containing PTFE and TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared on the steel substrate. With silane coupling agent KH570 (CH2=C(CH3)COOC3H6Si(OCH3)3), titanium dioxide nanoparticles were modified, and organic functional groups were grafted on their surface to improve their dispersion and interface compatibility in the epoxy matrix. Then, the section morphology, tribological, and anticorrosion properties of prepared coatings, including pure epoxy, epoxy–PTFE, and the composite coating with unmodified and modified TiO2, respectively, were fully characterized by scanning electron microscopy, friction–abrasion testing machine, and an electrochemical workstation. The analytical results show that the modified TiO2 nanoparticles are able to improve the epoxy–PTFE composite coating's mechanical properties of epoxy–PTFE composite coating including section toughness, hardness, and binding force. With the synergistic action of the friction reduction of PTFE and dispersion enhancement of TiO2 nanoparticles, the dry friction coefficient decreases by more than 73%. Simultaneously, modified titanium dioxide will not have much influence on the water contact angles of the coating. A larger water contact angle and uniform and compact microstructure make the composite coating incorporated modified TiO2 nanoparticles show excellent anti-corrosion ability, which has the minimum corrosion current density of 1.688 × 10−7 A·cm−2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]