Effect of Externality in Multiplex Networks on One-layer Synchronization

Xin Jiang,Meng Li,Zhiming Zheng,Yifang Ma,Lili Ma 한국물리학회 2015 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.66 No.11

Synchronization phenomenon plays an important role in the dynamic process on complex networks. In this letter, we consider synchronization under multiplex structures and explore the effect of external parts on the multilayered Kuramoto model with positive correlation between frequencies and degree. We show that large and strong mixing parts of the external layer may put off synchronization while the coupling strength of external layers has an accelerating, but limited, influence on synchronization. In particular, an explosive synchronization can be obtained by weakening the co-evolution coupling strength. The transition tends to be smooth when the co-evolution coupling strength increases. Our findings indicate that externality from multiplex networks, especially the mixing parts, and the co-evolution coupling strength should be of importance for synchronization on one certain layer.

Preparation and Properties of Functional Fabric Coating Based on SiO2-aerogel/Polyurethane

Lili Xu,Yan Liu,Binjie Xin,Yuanyuan Zhou 한국섬유공학회 2022 Fibers and polymers Vol.23 No.7

The silane coupling agent modified SiO2 particles, multi aperture silica aerogel and waterborne polyurethaneacrylate (WPUA) were blended to produce resin coated fabrics with good thermal stability, to achieve excellent waterrepellency and a certain protective property. The thermal stability and water repellency of ordinary cotton could be improvedby the hydrophobic SiO2 particles, WPUA and silica aerogel (SA) powders on the fabric surface. Our experimental resultsillustrated that the thermal stability of the coated fabric was greatly improved by adding aerogels and silane modified SiO2,and the amount of residual carbon increased significantly at 600 °C as the corresponding residues of SA/WPUA coated fabricfinally could be 13.19 %. The water contact angle of the fabric was obviously increased after the silane modified SiO2particles mixed with SA/WPUA. It was found that the more aerogel added, the larger the contact angle was, and the contactangel reached about 120 ° when the aerogel was 4 wt%. It could be proved that the coated fabric had a certain surface selfcleaningeffect. The tensile tests characterized that the stress of the coated fabric reached the maximum value of 64 MPawhen the aerogel dosage was 2 wt%. Chemical resistance analysis suggested that the fabric had similar chemical resistanceafter the integration of porous aerogel particles. However, unlike most polyurethane coatings, the majority of chemicals wereadsorbed in aerogel coatings. The infrared spectrum of the coating samples showed that the coating surface was stable, whichwas attributed to the interfacial adhesion between cotton fiber and polyurethane adhesive. The appearance of aerogel andSiO2 particles dispersed on the fabric surface was analyzed by SEM. All outcomes indicated a significant improvement ingeneral properties of WPUA coatings by adding a handful of silica aerogel (0.5-4 wt %).

Distortional Buckling Analysis of I-Steel Concrete Composite Beams Subjected to Hogging Moment

Lili Liu,Lizhong Jiang,Chun-dan Li,Wang-Bao Zhou,Lei-xin Nie 한국강구조학회 2022 International Journal of Steel Structures Vol.22 No.3

Bending-torsional distortion buckling is one of the most critical buckling modes of steel–concrete composite beams when they are working under hogging moment. The rotational and lateral restraint stiff ness provided by the steel web to the steel bottom fl ange are the key factors to determine this form of buckling. Firstly, the formula for solving the elastic rotational restraint stiff ness of the composite fl ange of steel beam upper fl ange and concrete slab to the steel web is derived. Then, the equivalent lateral and rotational restraint stiff ness of the steel bottom fl ange subjected to hogging moment are thoroughly studied. Considering the rotation restraint eff ect of the composite fl ange, this paper provides the calculation formula for the critical bending moment of I-steel concrete composite beams (I-SCCB) under hogging moment. Fifteen examples are considered to calculate the critical bending moment of the I-SCCB under hogging moment with the simplifi ed analytical method introduced in this paper. The results are compared with the ones derived by ANSYS numerical analyses and relevant research of other scholars. The infl uence of the arrangement of the shear studs on the critical bending moment of the I-SCCB is investigated. It is concluded that the results given by the simplifi ed analytical method are in good agreement with the ones obtained by the ANSYS fi nite element numerical method. Both methods show that the critical load of the distortional buckling of the I-SCCB under hogging moment is less aff ected by the member’s length. The critical bending moment of distortional buckling of the I-SCCB signifi cantly increases with the presence of shear studs. However, once shear studs are used, it tends to be stable with the increase of equivalent restrained torsional rotational stiff ness at the top edge of the steel web.

Mangiferin ameliorates placental oxidative stress and activates PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in mouse model of preeclampsia

Jing Huang,Lili Zheng,Fang Wang,Yuan Su,Hongfang Kong,Hong Xin 대한약학회 2020 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.43 No.2

Preeclampsia is an inflammatory disease whichcan induce oxidative stress in placenta. Oxidative stressin preeclampsia is regulated by the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) pathway. Mangiferin, an anti-oxidative molecule,is reported to ameliorate oxidative stress in the kidney andbrain through activating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Weaimed to investigate the effects of mangiferin in a mousemodel of preeclampsia, which was induced by phosphatidylserine/dioleoyl-phosphatidycholine (PS/PC) from day 5to 17 of pregnancy. The female pregnant mice were dividedinto five groups according to drug treatment. Animalsreceived mangiferin orally at doses of 10, 20, 40 mg/kg/dayfrom day 0.5 to 17. In preeclampsia mouse model, elevatedsystolic blood pressure and proteinuria were ameliorated bymangiferin treatment. Mangiferin attenuated fms-like tyrosinekinase-1 and placental growth factor expression andoxidative stress in both blood and placenta of preeclampsiamice. The suppressed PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in placentawas activated by mangiferin treatment. This study demonstratesthat mangiferin ameliorates placental oxidative stressand activates PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in a mouse modelof preeclampsia.

A COST-EFFECTIVE MAGNETIC PHOTOCATALYST PALYGORSKITE – TiO 2 – Fe x O y WITH EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE FOR DYE PHOTODEGRADATION UNDER VISIBLE LIGHT

JIAHUI ZHANG,Lili Zhang,JIN HUANG,Shouyong Zhou,Haiqun Chen,WEIGUANG ZHANG,Xin Wang 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2014 NANO Vol.9 No.6

Palygorskite (denoted as Pal) was used as an economical carrier of hybrid photocatalystTiO 2 – FexOy via an in situ depositing technique (marked as Pal – TiO 2 – FexOy). The samples werecharacterized by X-ray di®raction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), brunner-emmet-teller (BET) measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-Vis di®usere°ectance spectra measurements. Results showed that TiO 2 – FexOy composite particles withaverage size of about 10 nm were loaded onto the Pal ¯bers' surface. FexOy acted not only asmagnetic source but also took part in the formation of TiO 2 – FexOy heterojunction structure, which resulted in the obvious absorption in visible light region for the obtained Pal – TiO 2 – FexOy com-posite photocatalyst. The obtained Pal – TiO 2 – FexOy shows excellent photocatalytic activity to-ward photodegradation of Methyl orange (MO) under visible light irradiation and the degradationratio reached 94% within 180 min. Moreover, Pal – TiO 2 – FexOy could be readily recovered from thereaction solution by the magnet. Possible mechanism for the enhancement was also proposed.

Magnetically separable attapulgite−TiO2−FexOy composites with superior activity towards photodegradation of methyl orange under visible light radiation

Jiahui Zhang,Lili Zhang,Shouyong Zhou,Haiqun Chen,Hui Zhong,Yijiang Zhao,Xin Wang 한국공업화학회 2014 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.20 No.5

A magnetically recoverable composite photocatalyst was obtained by introducing TiO2–FexOy hybrid oxide onto the surface of attapulgite via an in-situ deposit technique (marked as ATT–TiO2–FexOy-r, r represents molar ratio of r = nTi/(nTi + nFe)). The obtained composites were carefully characterized and results showed TiO2–FexOy particles with an average size of 10 nm were successfully loaded onto attapulgite fibers’ surface. The FexOy (mixture of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4) acted not only as magnetic source but also took part in the formation of TiO2–Fe2O3 heterojunction structure, which resulted in the obvious absorption in visible light region for the obtained ATT–TiO2–FexOy. The obtained ATT–TiO2–FexOy-r exhibited quite good catalytic activity towards photodegradation of methyl orange under visible light irradiation. The highest degradation ratio and COD removal of methyl orange reached to 94.13% and 90.91% for ATT–TiO2–FexOy-0.5. Moreover, ATT–TiO2–FexOy could be readily recovered and the degradation ratio maintains 83.89% after 5 cycles. Possible mechanism for this enhancement was proposed.

Simultaneously photocatalytic removal of Cr(VI) and metronidazole by asynchronous cross-linked modified sodium alginate

Shaojie Wu,Mingyang Li,Lili Xin,Hongming Long,Xiangpeng Gao 한국공업화학회 2022 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.116 No.-

Conventional photocatalysts for environmental applications are mainly transitional metal compounds orprecious metal nanoparticles, which suffer from weak pollutant adsorption performance, thus limitedtheir applications for high concentrated wastewaters. In this study, asynchronous cross-linked triethylenetetraminemodified sodium alginate (CFTS) was used as photocatalyst for the simultaneouslycatalytic degradation of Cr(VI) and metronidazole (MNZ). Experimental results suggested that asynchronouscross-linking and triethylenetetramine modification have dramatically enhanced the chemicalstability as well as the adsorption and photocatalytic behavior of the material. The grafted amino functionalgroups and cross-linked Fe3+ ions can promote the rapid separation and transfer of electrons, thusreducing the recombination rate of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. The optimum removal rate of Cr(VI) has reached 99.5 % and MNZ can be completely removed within 20 and 30 min at pH 1.0 under UVlight irradiation, respectively. The removal mechanism of Cr(VI) by CFTS is the synergistic effect of electrostaticadsorption and photocatalytic reduction, while photocatalytic oxidation dominated the degradationprocess of MNZ. Moreover, the removal efficiency can be enhanced in the binary solution ofthese two pollutants due to the utilization of photo generated electron-hole pairs, which provides newpathways in the treatment of complicated pharmaceutical and domestic sewage wastewaters.

Effect of GZO thickness and annealing temperature on the structural, electrical and optical properties of GZO/Ag/GZO sandwich films

Shumei Song,Tianlin Yang,Yanqing Xin,Lili Jiang,Yanhui Li,Zhiyong Pang,Maoshui Lv,Shenghao Han 한국물리학회 2010 Current Applied Physics Vol.10 No.2

The GZO/Ag/GZO sandwich films were deposited on glass substrates by RF magnetron sputtering of Gadoped ZnO (GZO) and ion-beam sputtering of Ag at room temperature. The effect of GZO thickness and annealing temperature on the structural, electrical and optical properties of these sandwich films was investigated. The microstructures of the films were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD). X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the GZO layers in the sandwich films are polycrystalline with the ZnO hexagonal structure and have a preferred orientation with the c-axis perpendicular to the substrates. For the sandwich film with upper and under GZO thickness of 40 and 30 nm, respectively, it owns the maximum figure of merit of 5.3 × 10-2 Ω-1 with a resistivity of 5.6 × 10-5 Ω cm and an average transmittance of 90.7%. The electrical property of the sandwich films is improved by post annealing in vacuum. Comparing with the as-deposited sandwich film, the film annealed in vacuum has a remarkable 42.8% decrease in resistivity. The sandwich film annealed at the temperature of 350 ℃ in vacuum shows a sheet resistance of 5 Ω/sq and a transmittance of 92.7%, and the figure of merit achieved is 9.3 × 10-2 Ω-1.

Protective efficacy of a novel multivalent vaccine in the prevention of diarrhea induced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in a murine model

Hong Zhao,Yongping Xu,Gen Li,Xin Liu,Xiaoyu Li,Lili Wang 대한수의학회 2022 Journal of Veterinary Science Vol.23 No.1

Background: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection is a primary cause of livestock diarrhea. Therefore, effective vaccines are needed to reduce the incidence of ETEC infection. Objectives: Our study aimed to develop a multivalent ETEC vaccine targeting major virulence factors of ETEC, including enterotoxins and fimbriae. Methods: SLS (STa-LTB-STb) recombinant enterotoxin and fimbriae proteins (F4, F5, F6, F18, and F41) were prepared to develop a multivalent vaccine. A total of 65 mice were immunized subcutaneously by vaccines and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). The levels of specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and pro-inflammatory cytokines were determined at 0, 7, 14 and 21 days post-vaccination (dpv). A challenge test with a lethal dose of ETEC was performed, and the survival rate of the mice in each group was recorded. Feces and intestine washes were collected to measure the concentrations of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA). Results: Anti-SLS and anti-fimbriae-specific IgG in serums of antigen-vaccinated mice were significantly higher than those of the control group. Immunization with the SLS enterotoxin and multivalent vaccine increased interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) concentrations. Compared to diarrheal symptoms and 100% death of mice in the control group, mice inoculated with the multivalent vaccine showed an 80% survival rate without any symptom of diarrhea, while SLS and fimbriae vaccinated groups showed 60 and 70% survival rates, respectively. Conclusions: Both SLS and fimbriae proteins can serve as vaccine antigens, and the combination of these two antigens can elicit stronger immune responses. The results suggest that the multivalent vaccine can be successfully used for preventing ETEC in important livestock.

High Expression of KIFC1 in Glioma Correlates with Poor Prognosis

Pengfei Xue,Juan Zheng,Rongrong Li,Lili Yan,Zhaohao Wang,Qingbin Jia,Lianqun Zhang,Xin Li 대한신경외과학회 2024 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.67 No.3

Objective : Kinesin family member C1 (KIFC1), a non-essential kinesin-like motor protein, has been found to serve a crucial role in supernumerary centrosome clustering and the progression of several human cancer types. However, the role of KIFC1 in glioma has been rarely reported. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the role of KIFC1 in glioma progression. Methods : Online bioinformatics analysis was performed to determine the association between KIFC1 expression and clinical outcomes in glioma. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted to analyze the expression levels of KIFC1 in glioma and normal brain tissues. Furthermore, KIFC1 expression was knocked in the glioma cell lines, U251 and U87MG, and the functional roles of KIFC1 in cell proliferation, invasion and migration were analyzed using cell multiplication, wound healing and Transwell invasion assays, respectively. The autophagic flux and expression levels matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) were also determined using imaging flow cytometry, western blotting and a gelation zymography assay. Results : The results revealed that KIFC1 expression levels were significantly upregulated in glioma tissues compared with normal brain tissues, and the expression levels were positively associated with tumor grade. Patients with glioma with low KIFC1 expression levels had a more favorable prognosis compared with patients with high KIFC1 expression levels. In vitro, KIFC1 knockdown not only inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of glioma cells, but also increased the autophagic flux and downregulated the expression levels of MMP2. Conclusion : Upregulation of KIFC1 expression may promote glioma progression and KIFC1 may serve as a potential prognostic biomarker and possible therapeutic target for glioma.