Biological nitrogen removal with nitrification and denitrification via nitrite pathway

Presently, the wastewater treatment practices can be significantly improved through the introduction of new microbial treatment technologies. To meet increasingly stringent discharge standards, new applications and control strategies for the sustainable removal of ammonium from wastewater have to be implemented. Partial nitrification to nitrite was reported to be technically feasible and economically favorable, especially when wastewater with high ammonium concentrations or low C/N ratios is treated. For successful implementation of the technology, the critical point is how to maintain partial nitrification of ammonium to nitrite. Partial nitrification can be obtained by selectively inhibiting nitrite oxidizing bacteria through appropriate regulation of the system’s DO concentration, microbial SRT, pH, temperature, substrate concentration and load, operational and aeration pattern, and inhibitor. The review addressed the microbiology, its consequences for their application, the current status regarding application, and the future developments.     

生物降解地膜应用与地膜残留污染防控

地膜是农业生产中重要的生产资料之一,过去30多年,地膜用量和农作物覆膜面积一直稳定增长,2014年地膜用量达到了144万t,覆膜面积超过1 800万hm~2,该技术对保障我国农产品安全供给作出了重大贡献。与此同时,地膜残留污染问题越来越严重,一些农田的地膜残留量超过250 kg/hm~2,在我国西北的局部区域,地膜残留已经对农田土壤、作物生长发育、农事作业等造成严重影响和危害。生物降解地膜成为替代普通PE地膜、解决地膜残留污染的一种有效措施和手段,目前生物降解地膜正处于产品研发和评价试验的关键阶段,部分生物降解地膜产品在马铃薯、花生、烟草生产上显示出良好的效果,但总体上还面临巨大挑战,主要包括需要进一步提高地膜产品质量,提高地膜产品破裂和降解可控性,改善地膜的增温保墒能力,实现满足农作物对地膜覆盖功能的要求;此外,需要降低生物降解地膜综合成本,促进生物降解地膜规模化应用。总体上,随着技术进步和农业生产环境的变化,生物降解地膜应用将具有良好的前景。     

低温处理对侧耳属栽培菌株菌丝体酯酶同工酶谱的影响

应用垂直板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳对不同低温、不同缓化方式处理后的侧耳属(Pleurotus)不同栽培种12个菌株进行酯酶(EST)同工酶谱分析。结果表明:不同菌株对低温的耐受能力不同,缓化方式对于酯酶基因表达的影响不同,但低温并没有使其酯酶酶活力完全丧失。     

4种种子处理剂对菜心安全性及保护作用评价

为评价4种种子处理剂对菜心种子的安全性以及对黄曲条跳甲Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius)的防治效果和保苗作用,本研究开展了室内、田间安全性试验以及田间保护试验。室内安全性试验结果显示,40%溴酰·噻虫嗪种子处理悬浮剂、600 g/L吡虫啉悬浮种衣剂、18%噻虫胺种子处理悬浮剂、54%吡虫·氟虫腈悬浮种衣剂用量分别低于5 120、9 600、2 880、7 040 g(a.i.)/100 kg种子时,对菜心种子发芽和生长无影响。田间安全性及保护作用结果显示,40%溴酰·噻虫嗪种子处理悬浮剂和54%吡虫·氟虫腈悬浮种衣剂保护作用显著,菜心出苗后25 d的株高和鲜重与对照组相比均有增加,且差异显著。结果表明40%溴酰·噻虫嗪种子处理悬浮剂和54%吡虫·氟虫腈悬浮种衣剂对菜心种子具有较好的安全性,且对菜心苗期有良好的保护作用。     

神经梅毒的诊断与治疗（附23例分析）

观察神经梅毒的临床特点,以提高对神经梅毒的诊断与治疗水平。回顾性分析哈尔滨医科大学附属第一医院2005年1月至2010年12月收治的23例神经梅毒患者的临床资料。神经梅毒患者男17例（73.9%）,女6例（26.1%）,男女比约为2.8∶1;年龄27~71岁,平均年龄43.1岁。本组首发症状：麻痹性痴呆（7例）、精神异常（3例）、急性脑梗死（3例）、癫痫（2例）、脊髓病变（2例）、颅高压（2例）、周围神经损害（2例）、脑神经损害（1例）、无症状性神经梅毒（1例）。23例患者血清及脑脊液快速血浆反应素实验及梅毒螺旋体血凝试验均呈阳性反应。颅脑电子计算机断层扫描（CT）和/或磁共振成像（MRI）检查多表现为额叶、顶叶、颞叶、基底节等多发病变。本组患者经大剂量青霉素治疗后病情有显著改善20例,死亡1例,自动出院2例。神经梅毒的临床表现复杂多样,神经系统各部位均可受累,诊断依靠病史及临床表现、实验室血清及脑脊液梅毒抗体检测,误诊率高,应早期诊断,诊断后应进行规范治疗,早期治疗效果较好。     

香根草和风车草人工湿地对猪场废水氮磷处理效果的研究

分别以香根草 (Vetiveriazizanioides )和风车草 (Cyperusalternifolius)为植被 ,按 1.0m× 0 .5m×0 .8m建立人工湿地 ,通过四季测试研究其对猪场废水N、P的净化功能及其随季节、进水浓度及水力停留时间变化的规律 .结果表明 ,两湿地对NH3 N和S PO3 -4 去除率受污水停留时间和污水浓度影响较大 .香根草或风车草人工湿地在春季对NH3 N和S PO3 -4 有明显的去除效果 ;在秋季 ,则对去除废水TN均有效果 ,在去除TP上 ,香根草湿地效果明显 ,风车草湿地效果差 .秋春季人工湿地随水力停留时间 (t)延长 ,TP或S PO3 -4 (Y)的去除遵从指数方程Yt=Y0 ·e-kt规律 .冬季和夏季 ,进水浓度对湿地去除P影响较大 ;在相同停留时间内 ,冬夏季人工湿地随进水浓度变化 ,进出水S PO3 -4 遵从直线方程 y =a +bx规律     

Role of the Wnt and GTPase pathways in breast cancer tumorigenesis and treatment

Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in all the populations of the world. Although the BC mortality rate has declined, resistance to treatment is still a significant challenge for patient survival. Various cellular signaling pathways, such as Wnt and Rho/GTPase have been linked to the development, migration, and metastasis of BC, and also in treatment resistance mechanisms. Some studies have shown an association between two important cellular pathways, Wnt and Rho/GTPase, in cytoskeleton activation and cancer invasion. However, their involvement in BC has received little attention. This review summarizes the Wnt and Rho/GTPases signaling pathway functions, and also the crosstalk between these pathways in the progression, metastasis, and drug resistance mechanisms in BC. Considering the signaling pathways involved in BC tumorigenesis, future studies will need to investigate possible molecular interventions and new opportunities for the development of personalized strategies for BC treatment in order to improve overall outcomes.     

心脏术后急性肾损伤的研究进展

急性肾损伤（Acute Kidney Injury,AKI）是心脏术后较常见且较严重的并发症,明显增加患者的住院费用,并且增加手术死亡率。研究发现术前肾功能不全、糖尿病、及外周血管疾病等是术后AKI的危险因素。最新的研究发现一些新的生物学标准物可以为我们早期诊断心脏术后AKI的发生的提供帮助。而一旦出现AKI,选择适当药物治疗和肾脏替代治疗,可以保护肾功能,改善AKI患者的预后。     

The influence of NaCl on the degradation rate of dichloromethane byHyphomicrobium sp.

The degradation of dichloromethane by the pure strainHyphomicrobium GJ21 and by an enrichment culture, isolated from a continuously operating biological trickling filter system, as well as the corresponding growth rates of these organisms were investigated in several batch experiments. By fitting the experimental data to generally accepted theoretical expressions for microbial growth, the maximum growth rates were determined. The effect of NaCl was investigated at salt concentrations varying from 0 to 1000 mM. Furthermore the dichloromethane degradation was investigated separately in experiments in which a high initial biomass concentration was applied. The results show that microbial growth is strongly inhibited by increased NaCl concentrations (50% reduction of _max at 200–250 mM NaCl), while a certain degree of adaptation has taken place within an operational system eliminating dichloromethane. A critical NaCl concentration for growth of 600 mM was found for the microbial culture isolated from an operational trickling filter, while a value of 375 mM was found for the pure cultureHyphomicrobium GJ21. The substrate degradation appears to be much less susceptible to inhibition by NaCl. Even at 800 mM NaCl relatively high substrate degradation rates are still observed, although this process is again dependent on the NaCl concentration. Here the substrate elimination is due to the maintenance requirements of the microorganisms. The inhibition of the dichloromethane elimination was also investigated in a laboratory scale trickling filter. The results of these experiments confirmed those obtained in the batch experiments. At NaCl concentrations exceeding 600 mM a considerable elimination of dichloromethane was still observed for during several months of operation. These observations indicate that the inhibition of microbial growth offers a significant control parameter against excessive biomass growth in biological trickling filters for waste gas treatment.