Fe@C₂N: A highly-efficient indirect-contact oxygen reduction catalyst

Mahmood, Javeed,Li, Feng,Kim, Changmin,Choi, Hyun-Jung,Gwon, Ohhun,Jung, Sun-Min,Seo, Jeong-Min,Cho, Sung-June,Ju, Young-Wan,Jeong, Hu Young,Kim, Guntae,Baek, Jong-Beom Elsevier 2018 Nano energy Vol.44 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Converting unstable earth-abundant group VIIIB transition metals into stable catalysts with high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performances remains a critical challenge for electrochemical technologies. Iron (Fe)-nitrogen (N)-carbon (C)-based electrocatalysts have recently demonstrated ORR performances comparable to platinum (Pt)-based catalysts. However, as their poor stability remains a critical issue, which needs to be resolved to satisfy commercial requirements. Here, we describe a methodology for preparing a high-performance and stable Fe-based ORR catalyst. The catalyst was obtained by the <I>in-situ</I> sandwiching of a Fe<SUP>3+</SUP> precursor in a nitrogenated holey two-dimensional network (denoted as C<SUB>2</SUB>N). Reduction of the sandwiched Fe<SUP>3+</SUP> results in the formation of Fe oxide (Fe<SUB>x</SUB>O<SUB>y</SUB>) nanoparticles, which are simultaneously transformed into highly crystalline Fe<SUP>0</SUP> nanoparticle cores, while the C<SUB>2</SUB>N is catalysed into well-defined, encapsulating, nitrogenated graphitic shells (Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N nanoparticles) during heat-treatment. The resultant Fe<SUP>0</SUP>@C<SUB>2</SUB>N nanoparticles are uniformly distributed on the C<SUB>2</SUB>N substrate, becoming the Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N catalyst, which displayed ORR activities superior to commercial Pt/C in both acidic and alkaline media. Furthermore, the Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N catalyst remained rust-free during harsh electrochemical testing even after 650h, suggesting that its unusual durability originates from indirect-contact electrocatalysis.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Iron (Fe) nanoparticle cores encapsulated in electrochemically transparent and stable shells (Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N) are prepared. </LI> <LI> The Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N catalyst displays superb oxygen reduction (ORR) performance in both alkaline and acidic media. </LI> <LI> The advantages of Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N catalyst over commercial Pt/C are low-cost and comparable ORR activity and superior durability. </LI> <LI> The unusual ORR performance is the result of the electrochemically stable and transparent encapsulating shells. </LI> <LI> Encapsulating shells allow not only an efficient electron tunneling but also protecting unstable active Fe cores. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>Oxygen reduction catalyst from iron encapsulated in C<SUB>2</SUB>N framework (Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N) exhibits outstanding catalytic activities in both alkaline and acidic media. The Fe@C<SUB>2</SUB>N catalyst holds great potential for commercialization.</P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Deubiquitination and Stabilization of PD-L1 by CSN5

Lim, Seung-Oe,Li, Chia-Wei,Xia, Weiya,Cha, Jong-Ho,Chan, Li-Chuan,Wu, Yun,Chang, Shih-Shin,Lin, Wan-Chi,Hsu, Jung-Mao,Hsu, Yi-Hsin,Kim, Taewan,Chang, Wei-Chao,Hsu, Jennifer L.,Yamaguchi, Hirohito,Ding Elsevier 2016 Cancer cell Vol.30 No.6

<P><B>Summary</B></P> <P>Pro-inflammatory cytokines produced in the tumor microenvironment lead to eradication of anti-tumor immunity and enhanced tumor cell survival. In the current study, we identified tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) as a major factor triggering cancer cell immunosuppression against T cell surveillance via stabilization of programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). We demonstrated that COP9 signalosome 5 (CSN5), induced by NF-κB p65, is required for TNF-α-mediated PD-L1 stabilization in cancer cells. CSN5 inhibits the ubiquitination and degradation of PD-L1. Inhibition of CSN5 by curcumin diminished cancer cell PD-L1 expression and sensitized cancer cells to anti-CTLA4 therapy.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> TNF-α stabilizes cancer cell PD-L1 in response to chronic inflammation </LI> <LI> Activation of NF-κB by TNF-α induces CSN5 expression leading to PD-L1 stabilization </LI> <LI> CSN5 enzyme activity controls T cell suppression via PD-L1 deubiquitination </LI> <LI> Destabilization of PD-L1 by CSN5 inhibitor curcumin benefits anti-CTLA4 therapy </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical Abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Pollen record of the mid- to late-Holocene centennial climate change on the East coast of South Korea and its influential factors

Song, Bing,Yi, Sangheon,Jia, Hongjuan,Nahm, Wook-Hyun,Kim, Jin-Cheul,Lim, Jaesoo,Lee, Jin-Young,Sha, Longbin,Mao, Limi,Yang, Zhongyong,Nakanishi, Toshimichi,Hong, Wan,Li, Zhen Elsevier 2018 Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol.151 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>To understand historical climate change in western Pacific coastal areas, a sediment core (SOJ-2) from the stable sedimentary environment of the Songjiho Lagoon on the east coast of South Korea was obtained for centennial-resolution palynological analysis. The ages of the SOJ-2 core is well controlled by carbon 14 dating with high-resolution accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), and the results indicated a general warm to cold climate trend from the mid-Holocene to the present, which can be divided into two different stages: a warmer stage between 6842 and 1297 cal yr BP and a colder stage from 1297 cal yr BP to the present, with fluctuations during these stages. The climate was wetter from 6842 to 6227 cal yr BP and 4520 to 1297 cal yr BP and was drier from 6227 to 4520 cal yr BP. The climate changed to cold and dry during the period from 1297–425 cal yr BP. The impact of human activity on the climate began at approximately 1297 cal yr BP and became pronounced starting in 425 cal yr BP. The general cooling trend may represent a response to decreasing solar insolation; however, the relative dryness or wetness of the climate may have been co-determined by westerlies and the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM). The climate had a teleconnection with the North Atlantic region, resulting from changes in solar activity. Nevertheless, EI Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) activity played an important role in impacting the EASM changes in western Pacific coastal areas.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> There is a centennial resolution climate record from 6842 cal yr BP to present. </LI> <LI> The general cooling trend was probably triggered by decreasing solar insolation. </LI> <LI> The precipitation was co-determined by westerlies and the East Asian Summer Monsoon. </LI> <LI> The ENSO activity may be an important factor for East Asian Summer Monsoon change. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Bathyal records of enhanced silicate erosion and weathering on the exposed Luzon shelf during glacial lowstands and their significance for atmospheric CO₂ sink

Xu, Zhaokai,Li, Tiegang,Clift, Peter D.,Wan, Shiming,Qiu, Xiaohua,Lim, Dhongil Elsevier 2018 Chemical geology Vol.476 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>We present a new high-resolution multiproxy data set of mass accumulation rates, Sr-Nd isotopes, as well as major and trace elements for the siliciclastic sediment fraction from International Marine Global Change Study Core MD06-3052, located on the continental slope of the western Philippine Sea. We integrate our new data with published grain sizes and sea surface temperatures from the same core, as well as with Equatorial Pacific sea level, and East Asian summer monsoon precipitation, in order to constrain at high-resolution changes in physical erosion and chemical weathering intensities on Luzon, and sediment source-to-sink processes. We assess the potential significance of chemical weathering of arc silicates in regulating global atmospheric CO<SUB>2</SUB> since 156kyr BP. Sr-Nd isotopes show that the siliciclastic sediments were dominantly sourced from volcanic rocks exposed on Luzon (~68–100%), with a lesser contribution from Asian dust (~0–32%). Different indices indicate that stronger physical erosion and chemical weathering occurred during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6 (130–156kyr BP), as well as in the latter stage of MIS 3 and MIS 2 (14–40kyr BP). The large sea-level lowstands and associated significant exposure of continental shelf in the western Philippine Sea during these two cold periods should favor physical erosion and chemical weathering of unconsolidated sediments on the exposed shelf. Furthermore, we notice the relatively good coherence between chemical weathering intensities on Luzon and global atmospheric CO<SUB>2</SUB> concentrations over these cold intervals. We suggest that strengthening of chemical weathering of silicates on Luzon and other tropical arcs (within 20° of the Equator) during the Quaternary glacial sea-level lowstands may significantly contribute to the lowering of atmospheric CO<SUB>2</SUB> concentrations during ice ages. We estimate that a significant fraction, up to ~16% (i.e., ~8ppmv), of all atmospheric CO<SUB>2</SUB> ultimately sequestered by silicate weathering may be processed through an area corresponding to only ~1% of the exorheic drainage area worldwide.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> First high-resolution silicate weathering study of the western Philippine Sea. </LI> <LI> Glacial sea-level lowstands favored silicate weathering of sediments on exposed shelf. </LI> <LI> Enhanced weathering on tropical arcs significantly sequestered atmospheric CO2. </LI> </UL> </P>

Post-transcriptionla Control in Human Diseases : Chemical genetic dissection of the SMN complex and snRNP biogenesis

( Li Li Wan ),( Mumtaz Kasim ),( Sung Chan Cho ),( Elizebah Ottinger ),( Chi Kong Lau ),( Daniel Battle ),( Jennifer Bachorik ),( Tina Glisovic ),( Cong Li Wang ),( Yoon Cho ),( Gideon Dreyfuss ) 한국생화학분자생물학회 (구 한국생화학회) 2008 생화학분자생물학회 춘계학술발표논문집 Vol.2008 No.-

Association of Family History with Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma (A Propensity Score Matching Analysis)

( Ju-dong Li ),( Xin-fei Xu ),( Jiong-jie Yu ),( Zhen-li Li ),( Hao Xing ),( Han Wu ),( Han Zhang ),( Chao Li ),( Ming-da Wang ),( Meng-chao Wu ),( Wan-yee Lau ),( Tian Yang ) 대한간학회 2018 춘·추계 학술대회 (KASL) Vol.2018 No.1

Aims: A family history of liver cancer is regarded as a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. We investigated the association between family history and cancer recurrence and survival in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)- related HCC. Methods: Patients who underwent curative resection of HBV-related HCC between 2003 and 2013 from a tertiary hepatobiliary center in China were enrolled in this study. A family history was defined as a self-reported history of primary liver cancer in the first-degree relatives. Propensity score matching (PSM) and multivariable Cox-regression analyses were performed to compare the overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) between patients with and without a family history of liver cancer. Results: Of 1,112 patients, 183 patients (16.5%) had a family history of liver cancer. A family history was not associated with OS and RFS (P=0.994 and 0.428) in the entire cohort. Using PSM, 179 pairs of patients with and without a family history but with comparable baseline characteristics and operative variables were created. A family history was associated with decreased OS and RFS (P=0.042 and 0.006) in the PSM cohort. On multivariable Cox-regression analyses, a family history was significantly associated with decreased OS (HR: 1.574, 95% CI: 1.171-2.116, P=0.003) and RFS (HR: 1.534, 95% CI: 1.176-2.002, P=0.002) after adjusting for other prognostic factors. Conclusions: A family history of liver cancer was associated with decreased OS and RFS rates after curative resection in patients with HBV-related HCC.

The characteristics of lysine-mediated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles on the ITO glass

Wan-Chao Li,이상화 한국물리학회 2012 Current Applied Physics Vol.12 No.5

In this study, lysine was investigated as a cross-linker to induce the self-assembly of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with the variation of solution pH, dosage amounts of lysine, and GNP size. Lysine molecules at acidic pH ranges induced the aggregation of Au colloids via a, 3-amine mediated self-assembly of GNPs,consequently leading to the generation of secondary peak at longer wavelength for aggregated GNPs. At intermediate and basic pH ranges, however, the ionization of carboxylic acid groups in lysine hindered the cross-linking between Au colloids with the consequent disappearance of secondary peak. For the array of small Au colloids (ca. 43 nm), lysine induced heavily-aggregated GNPs on the ITO glass at strongly acidic condition (pH2w3) through its molecular bridging effect. For the array of large Au colloids (ca.70 nm), lysine produced one-dimensional assembly of GNPs on the ITO glass at slightly acidic condition (at pH4.7) through zwitterions-mediated interactions.

Pemetrexed in Treating Patients with Metastatic Bladder Cancer

Li, Qing,Li, Jian-Zhang,Xu, Wan-Hai,Gao, Lin Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.9

Background: This pooled analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed based chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic bladder cancer as salvage chemotherapy. Methods: Clinical studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed based regimens on response and safety for patients with bladder cancer were identified by using a predefined search strategy. Pooled response rate (RR) of treatment were calculated. Results: In pemetrexed based regimens, 3 clinical studies which including 105 patients with advanced transitional cell cancer of the urothelium were considered eligible for inclusion. Pooled analysis suggested that, in all patients, pooled RR was 26.7% (28/105) for pemetrexed based regimens. Major adverse effects were neutropenia, anorexia, fatigue, and anemia in pemetrexed based treatment. Two treatment related deaths occurred with pemetrexed based treatment. Conclusion: This pooled analysis suggests that pemetrexed based regimens are associated with mild activity and good tolerability in treating patients with metastatic bladder cancer.

Image Watermarking Scheme Based on Scale-Invariant Feature Transform

( Wan-li Lyu ),( Chin-chen Chang ),( Thai-son Nguyen ),( Chia-chen Lin ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2014 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.8 No.10

In this paper, a robust watermarking scheme is proposed that uses the scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm in the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) domain. First, the SIFT feature areas are extracted from the original image. Then, one level DWT is applied on the selected SIFT feature areas. The watermark is embedded by modifying the fractional portion of the horizontal or vertical, high-frequency DWT coefficients. In the watermark extracting phase, the embedded watermark can be directly extracted from the watermarked image without requiring the original cover image. The experimental results showed that the proposed scheme obtains the robustness to both signal processing and geometric attacks. Also, the proposed scheme is superior to some previous schemes in terms of watermark robustness and the visual quality of the watermarked image.

Product data model for PLM system

Li, Yumei,Wan, Li,Xiong, Tifan Society for Computational Design and Engineering 2011 International Journal of CAD/CAM Vol.11 No.1

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a new business strategy for enterprise's product R&D. A PLM system holds and maintaining the integrity of the product data produced throughout its entire lifecycle. There is, therefore, a need to build a safe and effective product data model to support PLM system. The paper proposes a domain-based product data model for PLM. The domain modeling method is introduced, including the domain concept and its defining standard along the product evolution process. The product data model in every domain is explained, and the mapping rules among these models are discussed. Mapped successively among these models, product data can be successfully realized the dynamic evolution and the historical traceability in PLM system.