Suppressing Voltage Fading of Li‐Rich Oxide Cathode via Building a Well‐Protected and Partially‐Protonated Surface by Polyacrylic Acid Binder for Cycle‐Stable Li‐Ion Batteries

Li‐rich manganese based oxides (LRMOs) are considered an attractive high‐capacity cathode for advanced Li‐ion batteries; however, their poor cyclability and gradual voltage fading have hindered their practical applications. Herein, an efficient and facile strategy is proposed to stabilize the lattice structure of LRMOs by surface modification of polyacrylic acid (PAA). The PAA‐coated LRMO electrode exhibits only 104 mV of the voltage fading after 100 cycles and 88% capacity retention over 500 cycles. The structural stability is attributed to the carboxyl groups in PAA chains reacting with oxygen species on the surface of LRMO to form a uniform and tightly coated film, which significantly suppresses the dissolution of transition metal elements from the cathode materials into the electrolyte. Importantly, a H⁺/Li⁺ exchange reaction takes place between the LRMO and PAA, generating a proton‐doped surface layer. Density functional theory calculations and experimental evidence demonstrates that the H⁺ ions in the surface lattice efficiently inhibit the migration of transition metal ions, leading to a stabilized lattice structure. This surface modification approach may provide a new route to building a stable Li‐rich oxide cathode with high capacity retention and low voltage fading for practical Li‐ion battery applications.     

不同切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术对白内障合并青光眼患者视力、角膜内皮细胞及生活质量的影响

摘要 目的：探讨不同切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术对白内障合并青光眼患者视力、角膜内皮细胞及生活质量的影响。方法：回顾性分析2018年4月~2019年7月期间我院收治的150例白内障合并青光眼患者的临床资料,根据手术方式的不同分为A组（n=75,单切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术）和B组（n=75,双切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术）。比较两组患者眼压、裸眼视力、最佳矫正视力、角膜内皮细胞、生活质量及并发症。结果：两组术后3个月健康调查简表(SF-36)各维度评分均升高,且B组高于A组（P<0.05）。两组术后3个月眼压均降低,且B组低于A组（P<0.05）;两组术后3个月裸眼视力和最佳矫正视力均升高,且B组高于A组（P<0.05）。两组术后3个月角膜内皮细胞面积均增加,但B组小于A组（P<0.05）;角膜内皮细胞密度均下降,但B组高于A组（P<0.05）。B组术后并发症总发生率低于A组（P<0.05）。结论：与单切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术相比,白内障合并青光眼患者采用双切口超声乳化术联合小梁切除术治疗,在改善患者眼压、裸眼视力、最佳矫正视力、角膜内皮细胞、生活质量及减少并发症发生率方面的效果更佳。     

Assessment of skin dose in breast cancer radiotherapy: on-phantom measurement and Monte Carlo simulation

AimThe main purpose of the present study is assessment of skin dose in breast cancer radiotherapy.BackgroundAccurate assessment of skin dose in radiotherapy can provide useful information for clinical considerations.Materials and methodsA RANDO phantom was irradiated using a 6 MV Siemens Primus linac with medial and tangential radiotherapy fields for simulating breast cancer treatment. Dosimetry was also performed on various positions across the fields using an EBT3 radiochromic film. Similar conditions of measurement on the RANDO phantom including field size, irradiation angle, number of fields, etc. were subsequently simulated via the Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport code (MCNP). Ultimately, dose values for corresponding points from both methods were compared.ResultsConsidering dosimetry using radiochromic films on the RANDO phantom, there were points having underdose and overdose based on the prescribed dose and skin tolerance levels. In this respect, 81.25% and 18.75% of the points had underdose and overdose, respectively. In some cases, several differences were observed between the measurement and the MCNP simulation results associated with skin dose.ConclusionBased on the results of the points which had underdose, it was suggested that a bolus should be used for the given points. With regard to overdose points, it was advocated to consider skin tolerance dose in treatment planning. Differences between the measurement and the MCNP simulation results might be due to voxel size of tally cells in simulations, effect of beam’s angle of incidence, validation time of linac’s head, lack of electronic equilibrium in the build-up region, as well as MCNP tally type.     

Calibration of MTT assay in proton beams using radiochromic films

PurposeThis study provides methodology of calibrating as well as controlling the output for an MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) colorimetric assay irradiated in a low energy proton beam using EBT3-model GAFCHROMIC^TM film, without correcting for quenching effect.MethodsA calibrated Markus ionization chamber was used to measure the depth dose and beam output for 26.5 MeV protons produced by a CS30 cyclotron. A time-controlled aluminum cylinder was added in front of the horizontal beam-exit serving as a radiation shutter. Following the TRS-398 reference dosimetry protocol for proton beams, the output was calibrated in water at a reference depth of 3 mm. EBT3 film was calibrated for doses up to 8 Gy at the same depth. To verify the dose distribution for each 96-well MTT assay plate, EBT3 film was placed at the reference depth during irradiation and cell doses were scaled by measured percent depth dose (PDD) data.ResultsThe radiochromic film dosimetry system in this study provides dose measurements with an uncertainty better than 3.3% for doses higher than 1 Gy. From a single exposure and utilizing the Gaussian shape of the beam, multiple dose points can be obtained within different wells of the same plate ranging from 6.9 Gy (sigma ∼4%) in the central well, and 2 Gy (sigma ∼8%) for wells positioned closer to the periphery.ConclusionsWe described a methodology for radiochromic film-based dose monitoring system, using low-energy protons, which can be used for the MTT assay in any proton beam, except within Bragg peak region.     

The future of bioenergy

Energy from biomass plays a large and growing role in the global energy system. Energy from biomass can make significant contributions to reducing carbon emissions, especially from difficult‐to‐decarbonize sectors like aviation, heavy transport, and manufacturing. But land‐intensive bioenergy often entails substantial carbon emissions from land‐use change as well as production, harvesting, and transportation. In addition, land‐intensive bioenergy scales only with the utilization of vast amounts of land, a resource that is fundamentally limited in supply. Because of the land constraint, the intrinsically low yields of energy per unit of land area, and rapid technological progress in competing technologies, land intensive bioenergy makes the most sense as a transitional element of the global energy mix, playing an important role over the next few decades and then fading, probably after mid‐century. Managing an effective trajectory for land‐intensive bioenergy will require an unusual mix of policies and incentives that encourage appropriate utilization in the short term but minimize lock‐in in the longer term.     

大兴安岭泥炭地不同菌根类型木本植物叶片凋落物分解及其温度敏感性差异

以我国大兴安岭多年冻土区泥炭地常见的3种外生菌根木本植物(细叶沼柳Salix rosmarinifolia、白桦Betula platyphylla和柴桦B.fruticosa)和4种欧石楠菌根木本植物(笃斯越桔Vaccinium uliginosum、狭叶杜香Ledum palustre、甸杜Chamaedaphne calyculata和小叶杜鹃Rhododendron parrifolum)为研究对象,通过315天培养试验测定10和20℃叶片凋落物分解过程中的碳(C)累积矿化量和重量损失,并分析其温度敏感性。结果表明:外生菌根植物叶片凋落物的C矿化量和重量损失在10和20℃均高于欧石楠菌根植物;外生菌根植物凋落物分解过程中C矿化量的温度敏感性系数高于欧石楠菌根植物,但重量损失的温度敏感性系数低于欧石楠菌根植物;在每一培养温度下,C矿化量和重量损失均与凋落物全氮(N)和全磷(P)浓度呈正相关,与C/N和C/P呈负相关;尽管C矿化量的温度敏感性系数与凋落物初始化学组成无显著相关性,但重量损失的温度敏感性系数与凋落物全N和全P浓度呈负相关,与C/N和C/P呈正相关。本研究结果为认识和预测气候变暖及其引起的物种组成变化对北方泥炭地植物凋落物分解的影响提供理论依据。     

14种中国典型极小种群野生植物繁育特性和人工繁殖研究进展

繁殖是植物种群更新与维持的重要环节。包括极小种群野生植物在内的受威胁物种, 其濒危原因是在长期演化过程中自身繁育力的衰退、生活力的下降等内在因素和人类的过度采挖和生境的破坏等外在因素共同作用的结果。对极小种群野生植物进行高效的人工繁殖, 能扩大种群数量并应用于迁地保护、自然回归和满足商品市场的需求, 有利于其种质资源的保护和可持续利用。为了保持物种的遗传多样性, 采用种子繁殖育苗是有效的方法, 扦插、嫁接和组织培养技术等无性繁殖方法则可用于对难以用种子繁殖的种类进行快速繁殖。本文对14种中国典型极小种群野生植物的繁殖特性和已有的人工繁殖方法进行了综述, 并简要介绍在其种苗繁殖研究方面取得的进展。其中利用播种繁殖成功的物种有12种, 共繁殖230,000株种苗; 利用扦插繁殖成功的物种有5种, 共繁殖33,100株种苗; 华盖木(Manglietiastrum sinicum)、河北梨(Pyrus hopeiensis)和黄梅秤锤树(Sinojackia huangmeiensis)采用嫁接繁殖出了2,415株种苗; 9个物种的组织培养技术获得成功, 共繁殖了24,850株种苗。这些种苗有些已应用于迁地保护和自然回归。上述研究结果为这14种极小种群野生植物的保护和利用提供了理论和技术基础, 也能为其他极小种群野生植物的保护和利用提供参考。     

气候变化和经济发展对肾综合征出血热发生的影响

肾综合征出血热(hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, HFRS)是一种啮齿动物传播的自然疫源性疾病, 危害严重, 已成为全球重要的公共卫生问题。本研究采用数理统计模型及小波分析方法, 对陕西省西安市鄠邑区1984-2016年HFRS的发生与鼠类、气候和经济因素的关系进行分析, 探讨气候和经济因素对HFRS发生的影响。小波分析结果表明, 该地区的HFRS暴发史可能分为两个时期, 推测每个时期具有不同的主要宿主, 在2002年褐家鼠(Rattus norvegicus)可能取代黑线姬鼠(Apodemus agrarius)成为HFRS疫源地的主要宿主。广义可加模型模拟结果表明, HFRS的发生与1984-2001年黑线姬鼠密度间存在极显著非线性效应(F_2.06,9.02 = 102.415, P < 0.01), 两者间显现为正相关; 与2002-2016年的褐家鼠密度间呈正相关(F_1.67,9.02 = 73.929, P < 0.01); HFRS主要宿主的这种变化可能与当地气候变化和经济发展有关: HFRS的发生与年平均温度存在极显著的非线性效应(F_2.93,9.02 = 12.164, P < 0.01), 两者间呈负相关; 同样, HFRS的发生与上一年的国内生产总值(GDP)也存在显著非线性效应(F_1.70,9.02 = 2.917, P < 0.05), 两者间也呈负相关。结构方程模型通过直接和间接的影响途径证明了这种转移机制, 发现温度对HFRS发生有显著的直接负向影响以及通过褐家鼠的间接正向影响; GDP对HFRS发生有直接的负向影响。本研究表明HFRS的发生与气候变化和经济发展相关, 两者均能影响HFRS的暴发, 该结论有助于今后更好地对HFRS疾病进行预防和控制。     

极小种群野生植物坡垒的生境特征及其对幼苗多度的影响

极小种群野生植物坡垒(Hopea hainanensis)曾经是热带低地雨林的优势种, 但由于商业采伐和刀耕火种等严重人类干扰及自然更新困难, 致使其种群数量急剧下降到最小可存活的界限, 急需开展种群的拯救恢复工作。而对于坡垒生境适宜性及更新限制的了解, 是进行种群保护及恢复的基础。本文在对野生坡垒种群及其生境因子调查测定的基础上, 分析了生物与非生物生境特征及其对坡垒种群更新幼苗多度的影响。结果表明: 坡垒种群从幼苗至幼树阶段存在着严重的增补限制。坡度小、土壤含水量和有效磷含量高、母株胸径和冠幅较大、伴生种胸高断面积中等的环境是坡垒幼苗较为适宜的生境, 且坡垒幼苗多度与坡度及土壤pH值显著负相关, 与土壤含水量及土壤全磷含量显著正相关。这些研究结果为极小种群野生植物坡垒的就地保护与种群复壮提供了科学依据。