Effective Liquid-phase Nitration of Benzene Catalyzed by a Stable Solid Acid Catalyst: Silica Supported Cs_2.5H_0.5PMo₁₂O₄₀

Gong, Shu-Wen,Liu, Li-Jun,Zhang, Qian,Wang, Liang-Yin Korean Chemical Society 2012 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.33 No.4

Silica supported $Cs_{2.5}H_{0.5}PMo_{12}O_{40}$ catalyst was prepared through sol-gel method with ethyl silicate-40 as silicon resource and characterized by X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption and potentiometric titration methods. The $Cs_{2.5}H_{0.5}PMo_{12}O_{40}$ particles with Keggin-type structure well dispersed on the surface of silica, and the catalyst exhibited high surface area and acidity. The catalytic performance of the catalysts for benzene liquid-phase nitration was examined with 65% nitric acid as nitrating agent, and the effects of various parameters were tested, which including temperature, time and amount of catalyst, reactants ratio, especially the recycle of catalyst was emphasized. Benzene was effectively nitrated to mononitro-benzene with high conversion (95%) in optimized conditions. Most importantly, the supported catalyst was proved has excellent stability in the nitration progress, and there were no any other organic solvent and sulfuric acid were used in the reaction system, so the liquid-phase nitration of benzene that we developed was an eco-friendly and attractive alternative for the commercial technology.

Life Prediction of Hydraulic Concrete Based on Grey Residual Markov Model

Li Gong,Xuelei Gong,Ying Liang,Bingzong Zhang,Yiqun Yang 한국정보처리학회 2022 Journal of information processing systems Vol.18 No.4

Hydraulic concrete buildings in the northwest of China are often subject to the combined effects of lowtemperaturefrost damage, during drying and wetting cycles, and salt erosion, so the study of concretedeterioration prediction is of major importance. The prediction model of the relative dynamic elastic modulus(RDEM) of four different kinds of modified concrete under the special environment in the northwest of Chinawas established using Grey residual Markov theory. Based on the available test data, modified values of thedynamic elastic modulus were obtained based on the Grey GM(1,1) model and the residual GM(1,1) model,combined with the Markov sign correction, and the dynamic elastic modulus of concrete was predicted. Thecomputational analysis showed that the maximum relative error of the corrected dynamic elastic modulus wassignificantly reduced, from 1.599% to 0.270% for the BS2 group. The analysis error showed that the modelwas more adjusted to the concrete mixed with fly ash and mineral powder, and its calculation error wassignificantly lower than that of the rest of the groups. The analysis of the data for each group proved that themodel could predict the loss of dynamic elastic modulus of the deterioration of the concrete effectively, as wellas the number of cycles when the concrete reached the damaged state.

Low-noise reconstruction method for coded-aperture gamma camera based on multi-layer perceptron

Rui Zhang,Xiaobin Tang,Pin Gong,Peng Wang,Cheng zhou,Xiaoxiang Zhu,Dajian Liang,Zeyu Wang 한국원자력학회 2020 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.52 No.10

Accurate localization of radioactive materials is crucial in homeland security and radiological emergencies. Coded-aperture gamma camera is an interesting solution for such applications and can be developed into portable real-time imaging devices. However, traditional reconstruction methods cannot effectively deal with signal-independent noise, thereby hindering low-noise real-time imaging. In this study, a novel reconstruction method with excellent noise-suppression capability based on a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) is proposed. A coded-aperture gamma camera based on pixel detector and coded-aperture mask was constructed, and the process of radioactive source imaging was simulated. Results showed that the MLP method performs better in noise suppression than the traditional correlation analysis method. When the Co-57 source with an activity of 1 MBq was at 289 different positions within the field of view which correspond to 289 different pixels in the reconstructed image, the average contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) obtained by the MLP method was 21.82, whereas that obtained by the correlation analysis method was 5.85. The variance in CNR of the MLP method is larger than that of correlation analysis, which means the MLP method has some instability in certain conditions.

Core@shell MOFs derived Co2P/CoP@NPGC as a highly-active bifunctional electrocatalyst for ORR/OER

Weijia Gong,Hongyu Zhang,Liuyang Zhou,Ya Yang,Jiashuo Wang,Heng Liang 한국공업화학회 2022 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.106 No.-

In this study, Co2P/CoP hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) imbedded on the surface of core–shell metal–organicframeworks (MOFs) derived three-dimensional N, P co-doped graphitized carbon (Co2P/CoP@NPGC) areprepared via direct pyrolysis of P-containing MOF precursors. P dopant dosage is tailored to adjust activesites and crystalline phases of Co2P/CoP@NPGC. The active Co2P and CoP NPs and the synergistic effectfrom the Co-Nx/C and Co-P/C active sites and porous NPGC make the dominant contributions to theORR/OER. For ORR, the half-wave potential of Co2P/CoP@NPGC-1 is 0.93 V, which is superior to that ofPt/C (E1/2 = 0.875 V). As for OER, Co2P/CoP@NPGC-1 displays a lower overpotential (ƞ = 340 mV) comparedto RuO2 (ƞ = 380 mV, at 10 mA cm2). The Co2P@CoOOH heterojunction guarantees intrinsic conductivity. Furthermore, doping with N and P can modify the surface electronic structure of catalyst to lower theenergy of oxygen adsorption and dissociation, which are beneficial to enhance the ORR and OER activity. Additionally, its bifunctional activity parameter (DE) for ORR and OER is only 0.64 V, which is lower thanthat of Pt/C and RuO2 (0.76 V). Therefore, this work proposes a new sight into constructing a competitivecore–shell MOFs derived electrocatalyst for ORR/OER.

Down-regulation of miRNA-452 is Associated with Adriamycin-resistance in Breast Cancer Cells

Hu, Qing,Gong, Jian-Ping,Li, Jian,Zhong, Shan-Liang,Chen, Wei-Xian,Zhang, Jun-Ying,Ma, Teng-Fei,Ji, Hao,Lv, Meng-Meng,Zhao, Jian-Hua,Tang, Jin-Hai Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.13

Adriamycin (ADR) is an important chemotherapeutic agent frequently used in treatment of breast cancer. However, resistance to ADR results in treatment failure in many patients. Recent studies have indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) may play an important role in such drug-resistance. In the present study, microRNA-452 (miR-452) was found to be significantly down-regulated in adriamycin-resistant MCF-7 cells (MCF-7/ADR) compared with the parental MCF-7 cells by miRNA microarray and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). MiR-452 mimics and inhibitors partially changed the adriamycin-resistance of breast cancer cells, as also confirmed by apoptosis assay. In exploring the potential mechanisms of miR-452 in the adriamycin-resistance of breast cancer cells, bioinformatics analysis, RT-qPCR and Western blotting showed that dysregulation of miR-452 played an important role in the acquired adriamycin-resistance of breast cancer, maybe at least in part via targeting insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R).

Transient propagation of BmLV and dysregulation of gene expression in nontarget cells following BmLV infection

Feng Yongjie,Zhang Xing,Kumar Dhiraj,Kuang Sulan,Liu Bo,Hu Xiaolong,Zhu Min,Liang Zi,Cao Guangli,Xue Renyu,Gong Chengliang 한국응용곤충학회 2021 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.24 No.3

Bombyx mori latent virus (BmLV), a novel positive-strand RNA virus was first identified in the B. mori cultured BmN cell line. Whether the infectivity of BmLV to silkworm larvae and non-silkworm cells is connected with dysregulation of gene expression are not well understood. A complete sequence of BmLV genomic RNA was identified and revealed that a fragment with 495 nt in length was deleted from the RNA-dependent RNA poly merase (RdRp) gene in some BmLV genomic RNAs. Studies on the infectivity of BmLV to nontarget cells showed that BmLV can infect silkworm larvae, Spodoptera frugiperda Sf-9 and H1299 lung cancer cells with transient propagation. The dysregulation of gene expression of Sf-9 cells followed by BmLV infection was analyzed. Out of 743 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), 300 were upregulated and 443 were downregulated. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis indicated the DEGs were enriched into oxidoreductase activity for CH-NH 2 group donors, gluta mate biosynthetic process, response to stress and proteasome core complex. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that DEGs were mainly enriched into sulfur metabolism, RNA degradation, proteasome, pentose and glucuronate interconversions. Undesirable nutrients and temperature factors contributed to the propagation of BmLV in Sf-9 cells. Additionally, the Imd and RNAi pathways were activated by BmLV infection without stimulating Toll and JAK-STAT pathways. Therefore, it is suggested that BmLV is originated from plants, which can enter nontarget cells with transient propagation. The transient infection of BmLV may not only be regulated by Imd and RNAi immune pathways but also mediated by dysregulation of gene expression.

Efficient Mining Maximal Subspace Differential Co-expression Patterns in Matrix Datasets : a General Earthquake Analysis Approach

Miao Wang,Zhiyong Xiong,Liang Xu,Lihua Zhang,Cheng Gong,Yi Hu,Yi Lin 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Database Theory and Appli Vol.8 No.3

The electromagnetic anomaly observations before earthquake, have been confirmed by many cases of strong earthquakes. The analysis of earthquake magnetic anomaly is an effective approach for seismo-precursor detection. Traditional frequent mining methods for electromagnetic matrix datasets analysis often find the co-related items. However, these methods may miss the items which are differential co-related patters under different datasets. Mining these differential co-related patterns is more valuable for inferring potential knowledge. In this paper, we develop an algorithm, MSPattern, to mine maximal subspace differential co-expression patterns. MSPattern constructs a weighted undirected item-item relational graph firstly. Then all the maximal co-related patterns would be mined using item-growth method in above graph. MSPattern also utilizes several techniques for producing maximal patterns without candidate patterns maintenance. Evaluated by real electromagnetic matrix datasets and the gene expression datasets, the experimental results show our algorithm can find some potential knowledge for earthquake analysis, and MSPattern algorithm is more efficient than traditional ones. The performance of MSPattern is also evaluated by empirical p-value and gene ontology, the results show our algorithm can find statistical significant and biological differential co-expression patterns.

Characteristics of Cholesterol-lowering Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei strain GL-03 Isolated from Cheese

Hong-Man Hou,Dong-Qi Guo,Gong-Liang Zhang,Li-Ming Sun,Yu-Na Cui 한국응용생명화학회 2014 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.57 No.5

Cholesterol-lowering effect of lactic acid bacteria iswell-known. In the present study, nine cholesterol-loweringLactobacillus strains from Chinese traditional cheese, pickle, andyoghurt were screened and characterized for their potential use. The microbial contents of all strains significantly decreased at pH1.5; however, the residual counts of Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei GL-03, L. plantarum ZP-Z, L. plantarum ZP-05, and L. brevis ZP-04 were more than 107 CFU/mL after incubation for 6h. All nine strains of Lactobacillus indicated good tolerance to bileat concentration less than 0.2% after incubation for 2 to 6 h. L. plantarum ZP-W had maximum hydrophobicity towards xylene,whereas GL-03 strain possessed maximum hydrophobicity forboth hexadecane and octane. ZP-05 strain had more effectiveinhibitory activity against both Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillussubtilis than other eight strains. Furthermore, GL-03 strainsignificantly reduced cholesterol TC and TG levels in hyperlipidemiamice fed high-cholesterol diet. The growth of GL-03 strain waspromoted by five kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, and theChinese hawthorn at concentration of 0.0125% showed thehighest promoting effect. These results suggest that L. casei subsp. casei GL-03 may be effective as a probiotic with cholesterollowingactivities.

Characteristics of Cholesterol-lowering Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei strain GL-03 Isolated from Cheese

Hou, Hong-Man,Guo, Dong-Qi,Zhang, Gong-Liang,Sun, Li-Ming,Cui, Yu-Na 한국응용생명화학회 2014 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.57 No.5

Cholesterol-lowering effect of lactic acid bacteria is well-known. In the present study, nine cholesterol-lowering Lactobacillus strains from Chinese traditional cheese, pickle, and yoghurt were screened and characterized for their potential use. The microbial contents of all strains significantly decreased at pH 1.5; however, the residual counts of Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei GL-03, L. plantarum ZP-Z, L. plantarum ZP-05, and L. brevis ZP-04 were more than $10^7CFU/mL$ after incubation for 6 h. All nine strains of Lactobacillus indicated good tolerance to bile at concentration less than 0.2% after incubation for 2 to 6 h. L. plantarum ZP-W had maximum hydrophobicity towards xylene, whereas GL-03 strain possessed maximum hydrophobicity for both hexadecane and octane. ZP-05 strain had more effective inhibitory activity against both Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis than other eight strains. Furthermore, GL-03 strain significantly reduced cholesterol TC and TG levels in hyperlipidemia mice fed high-cholesterol diet. The growth of GL-03 strain was promoted by five kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, and the Chinese hawthorn at concentration of 0.0125% showed the highest promoting effect. These results suggest that L. casei subsp. casei GL-03 may be effective as a probiotic with cholesterol-lowering activities.

Port-Site Metastases and Chimney Effect of B-Ultrasound-Guided and Laparoscopically-Assisted Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Perfusion Chemotherapy

Ming-Chen Ba,Hui Long,Xiang-Liang Zhang,Yuan-Feng Gong,Zhao-Fei Yan,Shuai Wang,Yun-Qiang Tang,Shu-Zhong Cui 연세대학교의과대학 2017 Yonsei medical journal Vol.58 No.3

Purpose: CO2 leakage along the trocar (chimney effect) has been proposed to be an important factor underlying port-site metastasisafter laparoscopic surgery. This study aimed to test this hypothesis by comparing the incidence of port-site metastasis betweenB-ultrasound-guided and laparoscopically-assisted hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy (HIPPC). Materials and Methods: Sixty-two patients with malignant ascites induced by gastrointestinal or ovarian cancer were divided into two groups to receive either B-ultrasound-guided or laparoscopically-assisted HIPPC. Clinical efficacy was assessed from the objective remission rate (ORR), the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score, and overall survival. The incidence of port-site metastasis was compared between the two groups. Results: Patients in the B-ultrasound (n=32) and laparoscopy (n=30) groups were comparable in terms of age, sex, primary diseasetype, volume of ascites, and free cancer cell (FCC)-positive ascites. After HIPPC, there were no significant differences between the B-ultrasound and laparoscopy groups in the KPS score change, ORR, and median survival time. The incidence of port-site metastasis after HIPPC was not significantly different between the B-ultrasound (3 of 32, 9.36%) and laparoscopy (3 of 30, 10%) groups, but significantly different among pancreatic, gastric, ovarian, and colorectal cancer (33.33, 15.79, 10.00, and 0.00%, p<0.001). Conclusion: The chimney effect may not be the key reason for port-site metastasis after laparoscopy. Other factors may play a role, including the local microenvironment at the trocar site and the delivery of viable FCCs (from the tumor or malignant ascites) to the trauma site during laparoscopic surgery.