The sodium-iodine(Na-I)battery exhibits significant potential as an alternative energy storage device to the lithium-ion battery.However,its development is hindered by inadequate electrical and thermal stability,as we...The sodium-iodine(Na-I)battery exhibits significant potential as an alternative energy storage device to the lithium-ion battery.However,its development is hindered by inadequate electrical and thermal stability,as well as the dissolution and shuttling of polyiodide.In this study,we report a preparation method for melamine carbon sponge(MC)via carbonizing a commercially available kitchen sponge.It was revealed that the as-prepared MC,composed of unique self-growing carbon nanotubes,could provide both physical and chemical adsorption capabilities for intermediate polyiodides to improve the electrochemical performance of NaI.Consequently,the NaI/MC electrode effectively minimized polyiodide dissolution and reduced the electrochemical impedance.The NaI/MC cathode demonstrated a high average discharge capacity of 92.75 mAh·g^(–1)over 200 cycles while maintaining a coulombic efficiency of 94%.The research findings from our study have promising applications in Na-I batteries.展开更多
Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)is considered a low surface energy material widely used in(super)hydrophobic modification.In this paper,the high hydrophobic melamine sponges(MS)were modified with commercial aminopropyl func...Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)is considered a low surface energy material widely used in(super)hydrophobic modification.In this paper,the high hydrophobic melamine sponges(MS)were modified with commercial aminopropyl functionalized polydimethylsiloxane(NH_(2)-PDMS)with different molecular mass.The chemical composition,surface morphology,and wettability of the NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR)and contact angle test.Owing to the porous structure and high hydrophobicity,NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS possesses remarkable absorption capacity(ranging from 46 to 155 times their own mass).Simultaneously,it can effectively separate oil-water mixtures with high separation efficiencies exceeding 98.2%.NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS has no obvious change after 10 cycles of oil-water separation.The results demonstrate PDMS molecular mass on surface can revise material properties and achieve high separation efficiencies in oil-water separation.展开更多
针对能耗等资源受限环境对密码算法的需求,基于Sponge迭代结构,采用基于新加密结构(命名为MS结构)的CLEFIA-128*(轻量级分组密码国际标准的修订算法)作为压缩函数,设计了一个轻量级Hash函数CHF。效率测试和分析表明CHF算法的软件效率高...针对能耗等资源受限环境对密码算法的需求,基于Sponge迭代结构,采用基于新加密结构(命名为MS结构)的CLEFIA-128*(轻量级分组密码国际标准的修订算法)作为压缩函数,设计了一个轻量级Hash函数CHF。效率测试和分析表明CHF算法的软件效率高于常见轻量级Hash函数,并兼顾了硬件效率,既能满足射频识别(Radio frequency identification,RFID)等资源极端受限环境对硬件的使用需求,也可以满足其他一些诸如嵌入式系统和单片机等环境对软件实现的需求,适用范围更广。依赖性测试和安全分析表明,该算法能够满足轻量级Hash函数的安全需求,也从侧面论证了MS结构的安全性。展开更多
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether micro RNA(mi RNA)mi R-21 regulates dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1(DDAH1)expression through binding 3′-UTR regiondirectly in human umbilical venous endothelial cells(HUVECs)...OBJECTIVE To investigate whether micro RNA(mi RNA)mi R-21 regulates dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1(DDAH1)expression through binding 3′-UTR regiondirectly in human umbilical venous endothelial cells(HUVECs)and to explore whether DDAH1-V2/V3 transcripts can function as micro RNA sponge,thereby modulating DDAH1-V1 expression.METHODS The DDAH13′-UTR containing mi R-21 recognizing sequence was cloned into Pmir GLO dual-luciferase mi RNA target expression plasmid to construct PmirGLO-mi R-21.The plasmid and mi R-21(at concentrations of 25,50,100 nmol·L-1,respectively)or negative control(100 nmol·L-1)were co-transfected into HUVECs,luciferase activity was detected at 24 h.HUVECs were incubated with 2μg·m L-1actinomycin D for the indicated time after mi R-21(25 nmol.L-1)transfection,half-lives of DDAH1 m RNA were determined.HUVECs were transfected with Pmir GLO-mi R-21 alone or co-transfected with mi R-21 for 24 h,DDAH1 transcripts m RNA and DDAH1protein expression were determined.RESULTS Mi R-21decreased luciferase activity of Pmir GLO-mi R-21 in a dose-dependent manner(P<0.05 for 25 nmol·L-1mi R-21,P<0.01 for 50 nmol·L-1and 100 nmol·L-1mi R-21),and mi R-21 inhibitor increased reporter activity of PmirGLO-mi R-21 and m RNA expression of all DDAH1 three transcript variants significantly(P<0.05,respectively).The degree of increase in endogenous DDAH1 m RNA expression by mi R-21 inhibitor was more obvious for DDAH1-V3.Overexpression of mi R-21 decreased m RNA expression and m RNA half-life time of all DDAH1 transcripts significantly(P<0.05),and DDAH1-V2 displayed significantly decreased half-life time than DDAH1-V1and-V3 with or without mi R-21 transfection(P<0.05,respectively).Mi R-21(100 nmol·L-1)decreased DDAH1protein expression significantly(P<0.05),which was reversed by Pmir GLO-mi R-21 transfection(P<0.05).Transfection of Pmir GLO-mi R-21 alone increased intracellular mi R-21 expression by approximately 5.6-fold,but only showed a trend of increase in DDAH1 protein expression.CONCLUSION Our results confirmed DDAH13′-UTR as a target for mi R-21,and endogenous mi R-21showed increased inhibitory effect on DDAH1-V3 transcript.DDAH1 3′-UTR,especially for DDAH1-V3,may function as mi R-21 sponge to regulate DDAH1 protein expression.Modulation of mi R-21-DDAH1 interaction may provide a new approach for tackling cardiovascular diseases.展开更多
Building a cloud geodatabase for a sponge city is crucial to integrate the geospatial information dispersed in various departments for multi-user high concurrent access and retrieval,high scalability and availability,...Building a cloud geodatabase for a sponge city is crucial to integrate the geospatial information dispersed in various departments for multi-user high concurrent access and retrieval,high scalability and availability,efficient storage and management.In this study,Hadoop distributed computing framework,including Hadoop distributed file system and MapReduce(mapper and reducer),is firstly designed with a parallel computing framework to process massive spatial data.Then,access control with a series of standard application programming interfaces for different functions is designed,including spatial data storage layer,cloud geodatabase access layer,spatial data access layer and spatial data analysis layer.Subsequently,a retrieval model is designed,including direct addressing via file name,three-level concurrent retrieval and block data retrieval strategies.Main functions are realised,including real-time concurrent access,high-performance computing,communication,massive data storage,efficient retrieval and scheduling decisions on the multi-scale,multi-source and massive spatial data.Finally,the performance of Hadoop cloud geodatabases is validated and compared with that of the Oracle database.The cloud geodatabase for the sponge city can avoid redundant configuration of personnel,hardware and software,support the data transfer,model debugging and application development,and provide accurate,real-time,virtual,intelligent,reliable,elastically scalable,dynamic and on-demand cloud services of the basic and thematic geographic information for the construction and management of the sponge city.展开更多
In this paper,the experimental investigation on the performance improvement of conventional stepped solar still is conducted.The steps are covered by the porous material to improve the performance of the conventional ...In this paper,the experimental investigation on the performance improvement of conventional stepped solar still is conducted.The steps are covered by the porous material to improve the performance of the conventional device and increase the evaporation rate.All the parameters,including the temperature on the glass surface,the water temperature inside the evaporation zone,and the amount of water produced in both conventional and modified stepped solar stills are measured and compared.The efficiency of two devices and their exergy efficiency have been calculated.Finally,the economic analysis of both devices has been done to check the economic feasibility of the modified device.The amount of freshwater generated during one day was 2244.4 and 3076.2 mL/m^(2),respectively for the conventional and modified stepped solar stills.As a result,the amount of water produced in one day by modified stepped solar still is 35.5% more than the conventional one.Also,the costs for the conventional and modified stepped solar stills have been calculated as 0.0359 and 0.029$/(L·m^(-2)),respectively.展开更多
In recent years,composite pellet production with added reductant has been developed instead of traditional iron production.Composite pellets produced by the addition of appropriate proportions of reductant produce spo...In recent years,composite pellet production with added reductant has been developed instead of traditional iron production.Composite pellets produced by the addition of appropriate proportions of reductant produce sponge iron in the reductant melting process at high temperatures.The elements created in the structure by pellet production directly affect the quality of the product obtained by determining the chemical composition and the appropriate reaction temperature.In this study,sponge iron ore concentrate(scale)and reductant(coke coal dust and sodium bentonite)were mixed at certain proportions to produce composite pellet samples;the effects of addition rate of the reductant material of sodium bentonite(1 wt%−4 wt%)and variation in reaction temperature(900−1200℃)on the metallization and compressive strength properties of the produced composite pellet samples were investigated.The analysis results show that the highest compressive strength is obtained from pellet samples produced with 3%sodium bentonite at 1100℃.Additionally,SEM-EDS analysis results of the samples show that the morphologic structure has much lower porosity rates compared to samples produced under the other conditions which makes the samples denser and increases the metallization properties.展开更多
基金supported by Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Carbon Materials Research and Comprehensive Application(Grant No.ZDSYS20220527171407017).
文摘The sodium-iodine(Na-I)battery exhibits significant potential as an alternative energy storage device to the lithium-ion battery.However,its development is hindered by inadequate electrical and thermal stability,as well as the dissolution and shuttling of polyiodide.In this study,we report a preparation method for melamine carbon sponge(MC)via carbonizing a commercially available kitchen sponge.It was revealed that the as-prepared MC,composed of unique self-growing carbon nanotubes,could provide both physical and chemical adsorption capabilities for intermediate polyiodides to improve the electrochemical performance of NaI.Consequently,the NaI/MC electrode effectively minimized polyiodide dissolution and reduced the electrochemical impedance.The NaI/MC cathode demonstrated a high average discharge capacity of 92.75 mAh·g^(–1)over 200 cycles while maintaining a coulombic efficiency of 94%.The research findings from our study have promising applications in Na-I batteries.
基金Project(2025JJ70532)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,ChinaProjects(21862009,21563016)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2022GX020)supported by the Taian Science and Technology Innovation Development Project,China。
文摘Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)is considered a low surface energy material widely used in(super)hydrophobic modification.In this paper,the high hydrophobic melamine sponges(MS)were modified with commercial aminopropyl functionalized polydimethylsiloxane(NH_(2)-PDMS)with different molecular mass.The chemical composition,surface morphology,and wettability of the NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR)and contact angle test.Owing to the porous structure and high hydrophobicity,NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS possesses remarkable absorption capacity(ranging from 46 to 155 times their own mass).Simultaneously,it can effectively separate oil-water mixtures with high separation efficiencies exceeding 98.2%.NH_(2)-PDMS-modified MS has no obvious change after 10 cycles of oil-water separation.The results demonstrate PDMS molecular mass on surface can revise material properties and achieve high separation efficiencies in oil-water separation.
文摘针对能耗等资源受限环境对密码算法的需求,基于Sponge迭代结构,采用基于新加密结构(命名为MS结构)的CLEFIA-128*(轻量级分组密码国际标准的修订算法)作为压缩函数,设计了一个轻量级Hash函数CHF。效率测试和分析表明CHF算法的软件效率高于常见轻量级Hash函数,并兼顾了硬件效率,既能满足射频识别(Radio frequency identification,RFID)等资源极端受限环境对硬件的使用需求,也可以满足其他一些诸如嵌入式系统和单片机等环境对软件实现的需求,适用范围更广。依赖性测试和安全分析表明,该算法能够满足轻量级Hash函数的安全需求,也从侧面论证了MS结构的安全性。
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81170091,81373489,81422052)Special Topic of the Major Subject of National Science and Technology(2013ZX09509-107)+1 种基金Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan(13JJ1010)Funds for Hunan Education Department Program(12K006)
文摘OBJECTIVE To investigate whether micro RNA(mi RNA)mi R-21 regulates dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1(DDAH1)expression through binding 3′-UTR regiondirectly in human umbilical venous endothelial cells(HUVECs)and to explore whether DDAH1-V2/V3 transcripts can function as micro RNA sponge,thereby modulating DDAH1-V1 expression.METHODS The DDAH13′-UTR containing mi R-21 recognizing sequence was cloned into Pmir GLO dual-luciferase mi RNA target expression plasmid to construct PmirGLO-mi R-21.The plasmid and mi R-21(at concentrations of 25,50,100 nmol·L-1,respectively)or negative control(100 nmol·L-1)were co-transfected into HUVECs,luciferase activity was detected at 24 h.HUVECs were incubated with 2μg·m L-1actinomycin D for the indicated time after mi R-21(25 nmol.L-1)transfection,half-lives of DDAH1 m RNA were determined.HUVECs were transfected with Pmir GLO-mi R-21 alone or co-transfected with mi R-21 for 24 h,DDAH1 transcripts m RNA and DDAH1protein expression were determined.RESULTS Mi R-21decreased luciferase activity of Pmir GLO-mi R-21 in a dose-dependent manner(P<0.05 for 25 nmol·L-1mi R-21,P<0.01 for 50 nmol·L-1and 100 nmol·L-1mi R-21),and mi R-21 inhibitor increased reporter activity of PmirGLO-mi R-21 and m RNA expression of all DDAH1 three transcript variants significantly(P<0.05,respectively).The degree of increase in endogenous DDAH1 m RNA expression by mi R-21 inhibitor was more obvious for DDAH1-V3.Overexpression of mi R-21 decreased m RNA expression and m RNA half-life time of all DDAH1 transcripts significantly(P<0.05),and DDAH1-V2 displayed significantly decreased half-life time than DDAH1-V1and-V3 with or without mi R-21 transfection(P<0.05,respectively).Mi R-21(100 nmol·L-1)decreased DDAH1protein expression significantly(P<0.05),which was reversed by Pmir GLO-mi R-21 transfection(P<0.05).Transfection of Pmir GLO-mi R-21 alone increased intracellular mi R-21 expression by approximately 5.6-fold,but only showed a trend of increase in DDAH1 protein expression.CONCLUSION Our results confirmed DDAH13′-UTR as a target for mi R-21,and endogenous mi R-21showed increased inhibitory effect on DDAH1-V3 transcript.DDAH1 3′-UTR,especially for DDAH1-V3,may function as mi R-21 sponge to regulate DDAH1 protein expression.Modulation of mi R-21-DDAH1 interaction may provide a new approach for tackling cardiovascular diseases.
基金Project(NZ1628)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia,China
文摘Building a cloud geodatabase for a sponge city is crucial to integrate the geospatial information dispersed in various departments for multi-user high concurrent access and retrieval,high scalability and availability,efficient storage and management.In this study,Hadoop distributed computing framework,including Hadoop distributed file system and MapReduce(mapper and reducer),is firstly designed with a parallel computing framework to process massive spatial data.Then,access control with a series of standard application programming interfaces for different functions is designed,including spatial data storage layer,cloud geodatabase access layer,spatial data access layer and spatial data analysis layer.Subsequently,a retrieval model is designed,including direct addressing via file name,three-level concurrent retrieval and block data retrieval strategies.Main functions are realised,including real-time concurrent access,high-performance computing,communication,massive data storage,efficient retrieval and scheduling decisions on the multi-scale,multi-source and massive spatial data.Finally,the performance of Hadoop cloud geodatabases is validated and compared with that of the Oracle database.The cloud geodatabase for the sponge city can avoid redundant configuration of personnel,hardware and software,support the data transfer,model debugging and application development,and provide accurate,real-time,virtual,intelligent,reliable,elastically scalable,dynamic and on-demand cloud services of the basic and thematic geographic information for the construction and management of the sponge city.
文摘In this paper,the experimental investigation on the performance improvement of conventional stepped solar still is conducted.The steps are covered by the porous material to improve the performance of the conventional device and increase the evaporation rate.All the parameters,including the temperature on the glass surface,the water temperature inside the evaporation zone,and the amount of water produced in both conventional and modified stepped solar stills are measured and compared.The efficiency of two devices and their exergy efficiency have been calculated.Finally,the economic analysis of both devices has been done to check the economic feasibility of the modified device.The amount of freshwater generated during one day was 2244.4 and 3076.2 mL/m^(2),respectively for the conventional and modified stepped solar stills.As a result,the amount of water produced in one day by modified stepped solar still is 35.5% more than the conventional one.Also,the costs for the conventional and modified stepped solar stills have been calculated as 0.0359 and 0.029$/(L·m^(-2)),respectively.
文摘In recent years,composite pellet production with added reductant has been developed instead of traditional iron production.Composite pellets produced by the addition of appropriate proportions of reductant produce sponge iron in the reductant melting process at high temperatures.The elements created in the structure by pellet production directly affect the quality of the product obtained by determining the chemical composition and the appropriate reaction temperature.In this study,sponge iron ore concentrate(scale)and reductant(coke coal dust and sodium bentonite)were mixed at certain proportions to produce composite pellet samples;the effects of addition rate of the reductant material of sodium bentonite(1 wt%−4 wt%)and variation in reaction temperature(900−1200℃)on the metallization and compressive strength properties of the produced composite pellet samples were investigated.The analysis results show that the highest compressive strength is obtained from pellet samples produced with 3%sodium bentonite at 1100℃.Additionally,SEM-EDS analysis results of the samples show that the morphologic structure has much lower porosity rates compared to samples produced under the other conditions which makes the samples denser and increases the metallization properties.
