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Enhanced performance of electrical double-layer capacitor by controlling the specific surface area and pore structure of ZIF-67
Authors: Son U hyeok , Lee Seon Yeong , Joh Han-Ik 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Electrical double-layer capacitance can be enhanced through the development of carbon materials possessing elevated specific surface area, porosity, and electrical conductivity. In this study, we demonstrate a facile approach to synthesizing carbon materials with a meticulously controlled pore structure of ZIF-67 by precise manipulation of the precursor solution quantities. The concentration of the precursor affects the crystal sizes of ZIF-67 due to the different nucleation rates. After the carbonization of the crystals, smaller cobalt nanoparticles formed within the carbon materials derived from the ZIF-67 crystal with larger dimensions. Removal of the nanoparticles by acid treatment induced the formation of porous carbon, resulting in the enhanced performance of electrical double-layer capacitors. The nanoporous carbon, derived from the largest-sized ZIF-67 template, exhibited a remarkable specific capacitance of 157 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g, retaining an impressive 85% of this value after 30,000 charging/discharging cycles at 16 A/g.
Impacts of Abandoned Sloping Farmland on Soil Aggregates and Aggregate-Associated Organic Carbon in Rocky Desertification Areas of SW China
Authors: Lu Yonghuan , Dai Quanhou , Yi Xingsong , Li Huamei , Peng Huidan , Tan Juan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Vegetation restoration after sloping farmland abandonment effectively sequesters soil organic carbon (SOC), with soil aggregates playing a pivotal role. However, the relationship between soil aggregates, aggregate-associated organic carbon (AAOC), and total SOC content in abandoned farmland with varying degrees of rocky desertification in karst regions remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the dynamic characteristics of the particle size distribution of soil aggregates, total SOC, and AAOC in abandoned sloping farmland (5 years, 10 years, and 15 years) with different levels of rocky desertification (no rocky desertification, potential rocky desertification, slight rocky desertification, and moderate rocky desertification) in a typical karst area. The results indicated that total SOC content in the 0-20 cm soil layer increased after abandonment in all levels of rocky desertification, peaking after 15 years. The abandoned sloping farmland with moderate desertification showed the best recovery effect. Vegetation restoration post-abandonment increased 5-10 mm aggregates while decreasing 1-2 mm and < 0.25 mm sizes. AAOC's contribution to total SOC significantly rose over time for 5-10 mm aggregates. Among sizes, > 1 mm aggregates strongly correlated with total SOC (p < 0.05). The growth of AAOC in 5-10 mm aggregates was the primary driver of total SOC increase. In summary, vegetation restoration following the abandonment of sloping farmland is an effective approach for enhancing total SOC content in slope farmland of varying degrees of rocky desertification. The observed changes are mainly attributed to the increase in 5-10 mm size aggregates and their associated AAOC.
The Ambient Air Quality Standards, green innovation, and urban air quality: Evidence from China
Authors: Zhang Han , Zhang Dandan , Xu Shaofeng 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
As the Chinese economy entering the transition period, the environmental issues have become the one of most concerned topics. Based on panel data of 284 prefecture-level and above cities in China from 2006-2019, this study discusses the regulatory effects of the Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) on urban air quality and its spatial spillover using the various DID models, and further builds a serial multiple mediation model to analyze the channel role of green innovation. The results reveal that (1) the implementation of the AAQS has a positive regulation effect on urban air quality, yet with a “inverted V-shaped” trend; (2) local implementation of the AAQS worsens the air quality of geographically adjacent cities within 400 km, while the effect is reversed for cities that are beyond 400 km; (3) heterogeneity analysis shows that the AAQS improves the air quality of central cities, medium-sized cities, cities of weak-intensity of environmental governance, recession or regeneration resource-based cities; and (4) it might reduce urban air quality only by inducing the green innovation per se. However, either by energy-use effect or industrial-structure effect triggered by the green innovation, can the AAQS favorably enhance urban air quality.
Climate change, thermal anomalies and the recent progression of dengue in Brazil
Authors: Barcellos Christovam , Matos Vanderlei Pascoal , Lana Raquel , Lowe Rachel 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Dengue is rapidly expanding its transmission area across Brazil and much of South America. In this study, data-mining techniques were used to identify climatic and sociodemographic indicators that could explain this trend. The previous circulation of the virus, urbanization, and the occurrence of thermal anomalies for a prolonged period were the main factors that led to increased incidence of dengue in the central region of Brazil. Regions with high altitudes, which previously consisted of a barrier for dengue transmission, became areas of high incidence rates. The algorithm that was developed in this study can be utilized to assess future climate scenarios and plan preventive actions.
Associations between life’s essential 8 and sarcopenia in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis
Authors: Long Feng , Zou Su , Dong Youhai 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is closely associated with sarcopenia. We aimed to examine the relationship between Life’s Essential 8 and the incidence of sarcopenia among adults in the United States. In this study, a cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2013 to 2018 and included 5999 adult participants. LE8 score was categorized into low (< 49), moderate (49–79), and high CVH (≥ 79) groups and consisted of health behavior score and health factor score based on American Heart Association definitions. Sarcopenia was defined according to The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project. Multivariate logistic regressions, restricted cubic spline regressions, and subgroup analyses were used to assess the association between LE8 and sarcopenia. LE8 and its subscales score were negatively associated with the incidence of sarcopenia in US adults.
Time-domain waveforms and phase-domain trajectories of fault recording and mathematical models of phase-domain trajectories
Authors: Ge Qun , Ren Lu , Li Jia 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In order to form the phase-domain trajectories of fault recording and their mathematical models to construct a theoretical basis to mine fault feature parameters deeply, after analyzing the status of existing fault recording analysis and its application, its time-domain waveforms and phase-domain trajectories are plotted by the function of a polar coordinate system in matlab. The mapping relationship between the time-domain waveforms of sinusoids and their phase-domain trajectories is proposed, and the relationship between the initial phase angle of a sinusoid and the position of its trajectory is analyzed, as well as the characteristics and mathematical model of the trajectories of short-circuit currents containing dc components and non-sinusoidal periodical currents containing harmonics. The results show that the relationship between the initial phase angle of a sinusoid and the position of its circular trajectory is definite, the dc components and harmonics in short-circuit currents have different impacts on their trajectories. The dc components have no impact on the positions of the trajectories of the short-circuit currents, but on their sizes and shapes; while the harmonics have an impact on the shapes of the trajectories and their positions are decided by the initial phase angles of the waveforms. Subsequent study of the algorithm of fault recording analysis will be spread based on the contents in this paper.
Dynamics of solition of circular Pearcey Gaussian vortex beams in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media
Authors: Chen Chidao , Wu Jianwen , Deng Dongmei , Zhang Liping 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The evolution of circular Pearcey Gaussian vortex beams (CPGVBs) in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media is investigated numerically. The breathers-like balance states of CPGVBs are obtained directly by adjusting the light field structure parameters of CPGVBs and the nonlinear factor. In particular, as the nonlinear factor increases, the number of CPGVBs foci increases and the distance between the foci decreases. Additionally, varying the parameters of the light field structure can modify the shape of the focal point and the distribution of the beam during propagation. Interestingly, by adjusting the nonlinear factor and the beam width of CPGVBs, the spatial optical soliton states in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media are obtained. In addition, the light field structure parameters of the CPGVBs have a significant impact on the shape of the spatial optical solitons during transmission.
Associations between Dietary behaviours and Mental and Physical Health among Swedish Adolescents: The Role of Socioeconomic and Demographic Status
Authors: Jonsson Kenisha Russell , Bailey Cameron K , Corell Maria , Löfstedt Petra , Adjei Nicholas Kofi 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Aims
Our objective was to assess the association between dietary behaviours and the physical and mental health of Swedish adolescents, taking into account their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
Methods
We used data from the 2017/2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, a comprehensive study comprising 3,692 adolescents aged 11-, 13- and 15- years old. The prevalence and association of dietary behaviours with socioeconomic and demographic factors was estimated. We further assessed the correlation between dietary habits, overweight/obesity and mental health using multivariate logistic regression, with and without model adjustment.
Results
Boys predominantly consumed breakfast and family meals but had lower fruit and vegetable intake, compared to girls. Adolescents from families with lower Family Affluence Scale (FAS) scores and perceived family wealth had poorer dietary habits. Regular breakfast, family meals, consistent fruit and vegetable consumption were positively associated with mental health. Daily family meals in particular were correlated with heightened life satisfaction (OR:1.55, CI: 1.27–1.88), fewer psychosomatic complaints (OR: 0.78, CI: 0.69–0.89), and diminished school stress (OR:0.67, CI: 0.58–0.77). Breakfast was found to be a beneficial dietary habit, while frequent sugar-sweetened beverage consumption negatively impacted life satisfaction. Daily breakfast was associated with lower odds of overweight or obesity, but other dietary behaviours showed no significant relationship with weight status.
Conclusions
Dietary habits are intricately linked to the mental and physical health of adolescents. Socioeconomic and demographic factors play a pivotal role in influencing these behaviours. Recognizing the health disparities based on these factors is vital for developing effective, tailored interventions, especially for the low-income and vulnerable groups.
Hydrogen sulfide priming enhanced salinity tolerance in sunflower by modulating ion hemostasis, cellular redox balance, and gene expression
Authors: Younis Abeer Abdelrazk , Mansour Mohamed Magdy F. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
The salinity threat represents one of the environmental challenges that drastically affect plant growth and yield. Besides salinity stress, the escalating world population will greatly influence the world’s food security in the future. Therefore, searching for effective strategies to improve crop salinity resilience and sustain agricultural productivity under high salinity is a must. Seed priming is a reliable, simple, low-risk, and low-cost technique. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the impact of seed priming with 0.5 mM NaHS, as a donor of H2S, in mitigating salinity effects on sunflower seedlings. Primed and nonprime seeds were established in nonsaline soil irrigated with tape water for 14 d, and then exposed to 150 mM NaCl for 7 d.
Results
Salinity stress significantly reduced the seedling growth, biomass accumulation, K+, Ca2+, and salinity tolerance index while elevating Na+ uptake and translocation. Salinity-induced adverse effects were significantly alleviated by H2S priming. Upregulation in gene expression (HaSOS2, HaGST) under NaCl stress was further enhanced by H2S priming. Also, H2S reduced lipid peroxidation, electrolyte leakage, and H2O2 content, but elevated the antioxidant defense system. NaCl-induced levels of ascorbate, glutathione, and α tocopherol, as well as the activities of AsA-GSH cycle enzymes: ascorbate peroxidase, monodehydroascorbate reductase, dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione S-transferase, were further enhanced by H2S priming. Increased level of H2S and total thiol by NaCl was also further stimulated by H2S priming.
Conclusion
H2S priming has proved to be an efficient strategy to improve sunflower seedlings’ salinity tolerance by retaining ion homeostasis, detoxifying oxidative damage, modulating gene expression involved in ion homeostasis and ROS scavenging, and boosting endogenous H2S. These findings suggested that H2S acts as a regulatory molecule activating the functional processes responsible for sunflower adaptive mechanisms and could be adopted as a crucial crop management strategy to combat saline conditions.
Two-way predation between larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera litura
Authors: Wang Yuxue , Mbiza Natasha Isabel Tanatsiwa , Zhang Haoran , Hu Zongwei , Liu Ting , Wang Yi , Zhang Yi , Luo Xincheng , Chu Longyan , Yang Yazhen , Wang Xiangping , Li Chuanren , Zhang Jianmin , Yu Yonghao 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Spodoptera frugiperda has co-occurred with the Spodoptera litura in corn fields since it invaded China on December, 2018. In our process of rearing S. frugiperda and S. litura larvae in the lab, we discovered that when the larvae of S. litura and S. frugiperda were on the same host plant, the two-way predation between them occurred. However, a detailed study on this phenomenon has not been reported currently. Therefore, the study on the two-way predation between larvae of S. frugiperda and S. litura was performed under mimicing natural conditions including the presence or absence of maize leaves. The results showed that 4th instar larvae of S. frugiperda could prey actively on the 3rd instar larvae of S. litura under natural conditions in the greenhouse, and there was two-way predation between S. frugiperda and S. litura larvae in either the presence or absence of maize leaves in the lab. In addition, the difference in the daily predation number of S. frugiperda larvae (4th-6th instar) on young larvae of S. litura(1st-3rd instar) was significant between presence and absence of maize leaves. Similarly, the difference in the daily predation number of S. litura larvae (4th-6th instar) on S. frugiperda younglarvae (1st-3rd instar) was very significant between presence and absence of maize leaves. These results confirm that two-way predation exists between larvae of S. frugiperda and S. litura and provide a new strategy for the green control for S. frugiperda.
TGF β1 negatively impacts liver regeneration under chemotherapy
Authors: Račkauskas Rokas , Lukšaitė-Lukštė Raminta , Stulpinas Rokas , Paškonis Marius , Sokolovas Vitalijus , Laurinavičius Arvydas , Strupas Kęstutis 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background: In the modern surgical and chemotherapy era metastatic liver disease is in the renaissance, enabling to extend patient's life with metastatic liver disease. However, the primary limiting factor to more radical surgical treatment is liver volume, particularly in patients with chemotherapy-induced liver damage. Since results regarding whether chemotherapy has an impact on liver volume regeneration are ambiguous, we have aimed to analyze liver regeneration and the factors influencing it.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed. Patient inclusion criteria were as follows: patients between 18 and 90 years; liver resection of at least 2 segments either for benign or colorectal cancer metastasis; patients who underwent liver resection due to metastatic disease had to have previous chemotherapy treatment. All patients were divided into 2 groups – control and chemotherapy groups. Analysis of demographics, perioperative data, liver enzymes, liver stiffness, and liver volume was carried out, as well as the impact on regeneration marker expression in serum and liver tissue.
Results: 34 patients in all were involved in this trial, and they were split into two groups: chemotherapy and control. The two groups were similar. Except for comorbidities, there were no variations between the perioperative and demographic data. In the chemotherapy group, regenerated liver volume was lower compared to control, 1240.5±69.6 vs 1525.3±106.6 ml p-0.039. Further analysis revealed that the chemotherapy group had increased anti-regenerative TGF β1 expression compared to control in serum and liver tissue, p-0.02 and p-0.034.
Conclusions: The present study showed that chemotherapy is associated with lower regenerated volume in patients who received resection. Anti-regenerative TGFβ1 marker expression in liver tissue and serum might have an impact on regenerated liver volume, however, the exact mechanisms involved in decreased regeneration are further to be studied.
Seasonal Variation of Body Condition in Feral Horses at Tornquist Park, Southern Pampas, Argentina
Authors: Franco Bostal , Luis Scorolli Alberto , Martín Zalba Sergio 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Body condition of feral horses is important for animal welfare considerations and to anticipate population densities that may cause negative effects on the ecosystem. Body condition scores (BCS) of adult males and females were monthly estimated in 2001 and 2002 for a dense population of feral horses in a grassland nature reserve in Argentina. Monthly mean BCS showed a seasonal pattern for both sexes. Female BCS was higher throughout 2001 with respect to 2002, while males only showed this pattern between wet seasons. BCS was higher for males than for females throughout the study, and also higher during the wet season for both sexes. Mean monthly BCS of males was correlated to precipitation of the previous month. The seasonal variation found tracks the known trend in grass productivity in the area. Lower BCS values for females can be explained by the additional energy expenditure associated with pregnancy and lactation. The appropriate time to monitor body condition in the area would be during the autumn rainfall peak or the winter minimum, and the estimates corresponding to females more precise considering their dependence to density and rainfall. The implementation of management measures guided by BCS could minimize the risk of reaching population levels close to carrying capacity, reducing the negative impacts on the environment and on the welfare of the horses themselves.
IoT-AgriSens: A LoRa-Based Smart Agriculture Monitoring and Decision-Making System with Amalgamation of IoT and Cloud- Enabled Services
Authors: K Lova Raju , V Vijayaraghavan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Acquiring real-time agricultural data for field monitoring and crop yield predictions is difficult. Real-time sensors enable field monitoring and agricultural yield modeling. Existing systems for real-time data modeling and field monitoring are inadequate. The majority of smart agricultural systems only measure air temperature and humidity and these systems are unable to send sensor data long distances. In addition to a data transmission range of 100 meters, these devices have limitations for agricultural field coverage. Therefore, crop yields are under expectations. The problems are addressed through an architectural framework. An agri-field architecture that monitors air temperature and humidity, soil temperature, soil moisture, and soil pH in real time is presented. The design uses open-source platforms and features a transmitter and receiver. The WSAMU (Wireless Smart Agriculture Monitoring Unit) analyzes and sends environmental and field data to a LoRa gateway. A LoRa gateway allows a WSAMU to send data to a WARMU (Wireless Agriculture Receiver Monitoring Unit). The following key experiments validated the proposed architecture: (a) Five sensors with WSAMU attached to LoRa, HC-12, and Wi-Fi networks. In agriculture, sensors are deployed. (b) An experimental setup was arranged to measure the current supply in operational and non-operational approaches of 0.8840 A*s and 1.0424 A*s respectively. The contributions of a WSAMU to calculate its typical current use. (c) The life expectancy of a WSAMU was estimated as approximately 4 days under hypothetical conditions. To support smart agriculture monitoring and decision-making, the Measurement Index (MI) has been developed based on all sensor data.
Malignant glaucoma presenting with deep central anterior chamber after laser-assisted cataract surgery: A case report
Authors: Hu Jun , Zhang Wanping , Zhou zheng , Lei Qiong 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
Malignant glaucoma is characterized by a shallow of the central and peripheral anterior chambers of the eye, often elevated intraocular pressure, and in a small number of patients, early intraocular pressure may be normal. we describe a patient who developed malignant glaucoma presenting with deep central anterior chamber after laser-assisted cataract surgery. After anterior vitrectomy, the patient's symptoms were controlled.
Case presentation:
A 59-year-old female patient who was diagnosed as binocular age-related cataract, binocular primary angle-closure glaucoma (advanced in left eye, early in right eye), binocular medullated nerve fiber underwent femtosecond laser-assisted cataract phacoemulsification plus intraocular lens implantation plus goniosynechialysis in our hospital. The operation was successfully completed without special conditions. After surgery, both eyes showed increased intraocular pressure, normal central anterior chamber depth, and varying degrees of myopic drift. Based on the patient's condition and related examinations, the final diagnosis was binocular malignant glaucoma, and the anterior vitrectomy of both eyes was performed successively. After surgery, the intraocular pressure of both eyes returned to normal.
Conclusions
From this case, what we could learn is that the typical symptoms of malignant glaucoma are missing sometimes, which make diagnosis more difficult and often delayed treatment of patients. Therefore, we should remain highly suspicious of any disease and do not miss a diagnosis in clinical practice.