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Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of a fluid-jet technique with capsular polish in reducing residual lens fibers (RLFs) in phacoemulsification surgery., Setting: Single center., Design: Prospective nonrandomized comparative study., Methods: Patients receiving phacoemulsification were included. Consecutive eligible patients alternately underwent either removal of RLFs on the posterior capsule using capsular polish after irrigation and aspiration, and before intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, or RLF removal using a fluid-jet technique after IOL implantation. Posterior capsular images were used to quantify RLFs. Visual parameters were evaluated at 1 day, 1 week, and 1 year postoperatively. The proportion of capsule occupied by posterior capsule opacification (PCO) (area %) and incidence of protocol-driven laser posterior capsulotomy were recorded at 1 year in masked fashion., Results: Seven hundred forty eyes were allocated to polishing (n = 370) or fluid-jet technique (n = 370). Polishing required 70.4 ± 17.5 seconds and fluid-jet 32.2 ± 9.9 seconds (P ≤ 0.001). Compared with the polishing group, capsular area occupied by RLFs in the fluid-jet group was significantly smaller (3.5% vs 0.5%, P = .031) at the end of surgery. One day postoperatively, the fluid-jet group had more desirable corrected distance visual acuity, objective scattering index, and Strehl ratio (all P < .05). PCO area percentage did not differ between groups (6.5% vs 4.5%, P = .252) 1 year postoperatively, but incidence of posterior capsulotomy was lower in the fluid-jet group (3.2% vs 0.8%, P = .019)., Conclusions: Fluid-jet removed RLFs effectively and had lower incidence of postoperative capsulotomy than capsular polishing.

Context.—: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coagulation dysfunction is a hallmark in patients with COVID-19. Fulminant thrombotic complications emerge as critical issues in patients with severe COVID-19., Objective.—: To present a review of the literature and discuss the mechanisms of COVID-19 underlying coagulation activation and the implications for anticoagulant and thrombolytic treatment in the management of COVID-19., Data Sources.—: We performed a systemic review of scientific papers on the topic of COVID-19, available online via the PubMed NCBI, medRxiv, and Preprints as of May 15, 2020. We also shared our experience on the management of thrombotic events in patients with COVID-19., Conclusions.—: COVID-19-associated coagulopathy ranges from mild laboratory alterations to disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) with a predominant phenotype of thrombotic/multiple organ failure. Characteristically, high D-dimer levels on admission and/or continuously increasing concentrations of D-dimer are associated with disease progression and poor overall survival. SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers the immune-hemostatic response. Drastic inflammatory responses including, but not limited to, cytokine storm, vasculopathy, and NETosis may contribute to an overwhelming activation of coagulation. Hypercoagulability and systemic thrombotic complications necessitate anticoagulant and thrombolytic interventions, which provide opportunities to prevent or reduce "excessive" thrombin generation while preserving "adaptive" hemostasis and bring additional benefit via their anti-inflammatory effect in the setting of COVID-19., (© 2020 College of American Pathologists.)

In electrochemistry, the carbazole is generally coupled to dimer but not to polymer. This work has reported that organic electropolymerization (OEP) of 4,4',4″-tri( N -carbazolyl)triphenylamine (TCTA) would form a high cross-linked carbazole polymer by its high activity/reversibility and a synchronous viscosity control. It has significantly improved the OEP film quality of both hole-transporting and electroluminescent layers in organic light-emitting diodes. As a result, the conductivity and power efficiency of the organic light-emitting diodes with TCTA are eight and four times of that without TCTA. A prototype display device with a 1.7 in. monochrome passive matrix of 58 ppi under the driving chip is successfully fabricated with accurate pixel size and uniform electroluminescence, which shows a great potential of OEP in the electroluminescent application.

Based on the formation of an autotetraploid fish line (4nAUT, 4n = 200; F 2 -F 11 ) derived from the distant hybridization of female Carassius auratus red var. (RCC, 2n = 100) × male Megalobrama amblycephala (BSB, 2n = 48), we produced autotriploid hybrids (3nAUT) by crossing females of RCC with males of 4nAUT and allotriploid hybrids (3nALT) by crossing females of Cyprinus carpio (CC, 2n = 100) with males of 4nAUT. The aim of this study was to comparatively investigate the reproductive characteristics of 3nALT and 3nAUT. We investigated morphological traits, chromosomal numbers, DNA content and gonadal development in 3nAUT and 3nALT. The results indicated both 3nAUT and 3nALT possessed 150 chromosomes and were triploid hybrids. The females and males of 3nALT and males of 3nAUT had abnormal gonadal development and could not generate mature eggs or sperm, but the females of 3nAUT had normal gonadal development and generated mature eggs at 2 years old. The females of 3nAUT generated different sizes of eggs, which fertilized with haploid sperm from RCC and formed viable diploid, triploid, and tetraploid offspring. The formation of these two kinds of triploid hybrids provides an ideal model for studying the reproductive traits of triploid hybrids, which is of great value in animal genetics and reproductive biology.

Nonferrous metal smelting produces a large amount of Hg 0 in flue gas, which has caused serious damage to the environment and human health. In this work, amorphous cobalt sulfide was synthesized by a liquid-phase precipitation method and was used for capturing gaseous Hg 0 from simulated smelting flue gas at low temperatures (50~150 °C). In the adsorption process, Hg 0 can be transformed into the stable mercury compound, which is confirmed to be HgS by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature programmed desorption of Hg (Hg-TPD) analysis. Meanwhile, XPS results also demonstrate that S 2 2- species on the surface of cobalt sulfide play an important role in Hg 0 transformation. At the temperature of 50 °C (inlet Hg 0 concentration of 214 μg·m -3 ), the Hg 0 adsorption capacity of cobalt sulfide (penetration rate of 25%) is as high as 2.07 mg·g -1 , which is much higher than that of popular adsorbents such as activated carbons and metal oxides. In addition, it was found that the Hg 0 removal efficiency by cobalt sulfide in the flue gas with high concentration of SO 2 (5%) remained more than 94%. The good adsorption and Hg 0 removal performance guarantee cobalt sulfide the great superiority and application potential in the treatment of Hg 0 in smelting flue gas with high concentration of SO 2 .

Impairments in social behaviors are features of a number of psychiatric diseases associated with subtle alterations in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) circuitry. G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) 5 is widely expressing in the cortex, however, its role in regulation of the mPFC activity and the development of social behaviors and psychiatric disorders is unclear. Here, we found that GRK5 dificiency in mice caused social behavior impairments. Further morphological, electrophysiological, and biochemical analyses showed abnormal postsynaptic ultrastructure, impaired excitatory synaptic transmission, the increased association of raptor with mTOR, and overactivated mTORC1-S6K signaling in the mPFC of Grk5-/- mice. Conditional knockdown of GRK5 in the mPFC caused impairments in social interaction and social novelty recognition behaviors; whereas selectively overexpressing GRK5 in the mPFC of Grk5-/- mice rescued the social novelty recognition phenotype. Inhibition of the overactivated mTORC1-S6K signaling pathway by rapamycin or mGluR5 antagonist ameliorated the deficiency of the excitatory synaptic transmission in the mPFC and the social recognition of Grk5-/- mice. These results indicate that GRK5 is critical for maintaining normal mTORC1 signaling and connectivity in mPFC, and normal social behavior., (© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Converting the NO from gaseous pollutant into NH 4 + through electrocatalytical reduction using cost-effective materials holds great promise for pollutant purifying and resources recycling. In this work, we developed a highly selective and stable catalyst CoSe 2 nanoparticle hybridized with carbon nanotubes (CoSe 2 @CNTs). The CoSe 2 @CNTs hybrid catalysts performed an extraordinary high selectivity for NH 4 + formation in NO electroreduction with minimal N 2 O production and H 2 evolution. The specific spatial structure of CoSe 2 is conductive to the predominant formation of N-H bond between the N from adsorbed NO and H and inhibition of N-N formation from adjacent adsorbed NO. It was also the first time to convert the coordinated NO into NH 4 + using non-noble metal catalysis. Moreover, the original concept of employing CoSe 2 as eletrocatalyst for NO hydrogenation presented in this work can broaden horizons and provide new dimensions in the design of new highly efficient catalysts for NH 4 + synthesis in aqueous solution.

Alkaline thermal treatment is an important pretreatment method for sewage sludge. In this paper, in order to optimize the alkaline thermal treatment conditions for sludge pretreatment, four pretreatment parameters ( sludge concentration, pH, temperature and treatment time) were investigated through orthogonal experiments to determine their effects on the sludge disintegration, sludge concentration and sludge morphology of sewage sludge. The experimental results showed that the significance of the four factors on sludge characteristics was in the order of pH > temperature > treatment time > sludge concentration. Additionally, the optimal conditions of the four factors for the release of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) of unit sludge and decrease of sludge concentration were as follows: 36.55 g x L(-1), pH 12.45, 175 degrees C and 60 min. While the optimal conditions for the decrease of particle size and fractal dimension were 36.55 g x L(-1), pH 12.5, 175 degrees C and 45 min.

Dose calculation plays a key role in treatment planning of radiotherapy. Algorithms for dose calculation require high accuracy and computational efficiency. Finite size pencil beam (FSPB) algorithm is a method commonly adopted in the treatment planning system for radiotherapy. However, improvement on its computational efficiency is still desirable for such purpose as real time treatment planning. In this paper, we present an implementation of the FSPB, by which the most time-consuming parts in the algorithm are parallelized and ported on graphic processing unit (GPU). Compared with the FSPB completely running on central processing unit (CPU), the GPU-implemented FSPB can speed up the dose calculation for 25-35 times on a low price GPU (Geforce GT320) and for 55-100 times on a Tesla C1060, indicating that the GPU-implemented FSPB can provide fast enough dose calculations for real-time treatment planning.

The title complex, {(C(2)H(8)N)[Y(C(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)]·3H(2)O}(n), was obtained accidentally under hydro-thermal conditions. The Y(III) atom is chelated by four oxalate ligands and one water mol-ecule resulting in a distorted tricapped trigonal-prismatic geometry. Each oxalate ligand bridges two Y(III) atoms, thus generating a three-dimensional network with cavities in which the ammonium cations and lattice water mol-ecules reside. Various O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions stabilize the crystal structure. The title complex is isotypic with the Eu and Dy analogues.

The effect of immobilized microorganism technique on the micro-polluted river water was studied by four kinds of gaia-biological aerated filter (G-BAF), which were formed by special microorganism (BP35) and four different carriers, including haydite, FPUFS, aquamats flexible carrier and artificial aquatic mat. The removal rates of NH4(+) -N, chlorophyll and turbidity were 83.0%-89.0%, 77.5%-89.0% and 84.4%-95.2%, respectively, and they were all higher than the removal rates of COD, UV254 and TP. The FPUFS contained reactive groups, such as hydroxyl, epoxy and acylamide groups, which made FPUFS load a great amount of enzymes and microorganisms. Therefore, the removal rates of pollutants for FPUFS-G-BAF were higher than those for the other three kinds of G-BAF. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) had little effect on the removal rate of NH4(+) -N, while affected the removal rate of COD significantly. When the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) increased from < 2 mg/L to > 4 mg/L, for the four kinds of G-BAF, the removal rates of COD and NH4(+) -N increased 11.9%-18.0% and 12.7%-16.1%, respectively. The result of GC-MS showed that the technique of G-BAF could effectively degrade the macro-molecule refractory organics into small-molecule substance.

Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in different phases in water was assessed in a wetland in Guanting, Beijing, China, by analyzing their concentrations in sediment, 30 d-exposed caged Chinese rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) and triolein embedded cellulose acetate membrane (TECAM). The applicability of TECAM to bioavailability assessment of PAHs and OCPs for aquatic organisms was also examined. The results showed that there were great differences of both bio-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) and TECAM-sediment accumulation factors (TSAFs) for target analytes between experiment sites with variation coefficients of 10%-70% and 20%-50%, respectively. The BSAFs and TSAFs were independent of relevant Kow. For the target pollutants especially PAHs, BSAFs for rare minnow were lower about one order of magnitude than those (1-4) predicted by equilibrium partitioning theory (EPT). However, TSAFs of PAHs and OCPs for TECAM were almost consistent with the EPT. Meanwhile, good correlations were found between the BSAFs and TSAFs for OCPs at 5 experiment sites (r = 0.80, 0.87, 0.83, 0.85 and 0.84, p < 0.01), but not good for PAHs (p > 0.1). It can be concluded that it is more reliable and accurate to assess the pollution status jointly using sediment, fish and TECAM, and that TECAM can be used as a biomimetic sampler to predict bioaccumulation potential of poorly biodegradable organic compounds like OCPs in fish.

To investigate the pollution levels, occurrence and distribution of estrogens, six estrogens in the surface sediments of Wenyuhe River were analyzed quantitatively by GC/MS following ultrasonicated extraction including diethylstilbestrol (DES), estrone (E1), beta-estradiol(E2), 17alpha-ethynylestradiol(EE2), estriol(E3), and beta-estradiol 17-valerate (EV). Six estrogen concentrations ranged from 0.39-36.6 ng/g and the mean concentration was 10.2 ng/g. E1 and E2 were detected in all samples while other four estrogens were only detected in a few samples, and the concentrations of El was higher than those of E2 in all samples. There were significant correlation relationships between the concentrations of six estrogens and the concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC), total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) in sediments. Considering also the characteristics of the sampling locations and pollution sources, six estrogens should come from wastewater discharges along the river and the contaminated tributaries. The contents of estrogens in this area are medium or slightly higher level compared with other areas abroad.