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Protective Autophagy Attenuates the Cytotoxicity of MTI-31 in Renal Cancer Cells by Activating the ERK Pathway
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key regulatory molecular target to treat cancer, and MTI-31 is a potent mTOR inhibitory agent for the therapeutically target of the renal cell carcinoma (RCC). How...
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Green synthesis of porous bamboo-based activated carbon with high VOCs adsorption performance via steam activation method
VOCs has serious impacts on the environment and humans due to its volatility. Activated carbon, as an adsorption material, has a rich pore structure and is widely used. This study uses fast-growing bamboo as a...
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A method for discriminating neutron and gamma waveforms based on a comparison of differences between pulse feature heights
Accurate discrimination of neutron and gamma signals is essential for precise neutron detection. However, traditional discrimination methods face challenges under less-than-ideal conditions, such as varying si...
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Superabsorbent fabric: in situ polymerisation of macroporous starch–sodium alginate–polyacrylate hydrogel on fibre surface
A comfortable microenvironment can be obtained by applying superabsorbent fabrics in personal protective equipment. We prepared a superabsorbent and high-water-retention fabric via in situ polymerisation of st...
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Open AccessHigh-level production of Aspergillus niger prolyl endopeptidase from agricultural residue and its application in beer brewing
Prolyl endopeptidase from Aspergillus niger (AN-PEP) is a prominent serine proteinase with various potential applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. However, the availability of efficient and low-...
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Emulsions Stabilization and Lipid Digestion Profiles of Sodium Alginate Microgels: Effect of the Crosslink Density
In this research, microgels with different crosslink density were prepared using the hydrophilic sodium alginate (ALG), and the interfacial adsorption, emulsion formation and lipid digestion profiles of these...
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Nanocellulose based flexible and highly conductive film and its application in supercapacitors
A novel conductive film with a sandwich structure was successfully prepared from nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). This film possessed an anisotropic electrical conductivity, and its...
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Genome shuffling improved acid-tolerance and succinic acid production of Actinobacillus succinogenes
Succinic acid is widely applied to chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and agricultural industries. With the rapid development of these industries, a great demand of succinic acid is required. The acid-tolerance a...
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Performance of combined fragmentation and retention prediction for the identification of organic micropollutants by LC-HRMS
In nontarget screening, structure elucidation of small molecules from high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) data is challenging, particularly the selection of the most likely candidate structure among the m...
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Effect of fermentation parameters and their optimization on the phytochemical properties of lactic-acid-fermented mulberry juice
Morus nigra is an excellent source of polyphenols which, are associated with its functional properties. Lactic acid bacteria have been reported to hydrolyse complex polyphenols into simpl...
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Optimization of LC-Orbitrap-HRMS acquisition and MZmine 2 data processing for nontarget screening of environmental samples using design of experiments
Liquid chromatography–high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) is a well-established technique for nontarget screening of contaminants in complex environmental samples. Automatic peak detection is essential...
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Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Properties of Two Zinc(II) Coordination Polymers Constructed from Polycarboxylate and Bis(Benzimidazole) Ligands
Two Zn(II) coordination polymers, formulated as {[Zn(L1)0.5(btc)0.5(H2O)]·H2O} n (1) and {[Zn(L2)(1,4-ndc)]·2H2O} n (2) [L1 = 1,4-bis(2-methyl...
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Modern analytics for synthetically derived complex drug substances: NMR, AFFF–MALS, and MS tests for glatiramer acetate
Glatiramer acetate (GA) is a mixture of synthetic copolymers consisting of four amino acids (glutamic acid, lysine, alanine, and tyrosine) with a labeled molecular weight range of 5000 to 9000 Da. GA is market...
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Modification of lutetium hydroxide for the structural and electrochemical stability of Ni-Al layered double hydroxide
The modification of lutetium hydroxide on a layered double hydroxide (LDH), [Ni4Al(OH)10]NO3, is carried out by coprecipitation and thereafter hydrothermal treatment. When the content of Lu is less, only X-ray di...
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Syntheses, structures, and properties of zinc(II), cadmium(II), cobalt(II), and manganese(II) coordination polymers with tetraiodoterephthalate
The coordination chemistry of a rigid periodinated ligand, 2,3,5,6-tetraiodo-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H2BDC-I4), with a series of transition metal ions has been explored to afford five new coordination polym...
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Effect of lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate (LiDFOB) additive on the performance of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries
Lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) was investigated as an electrolyte additive for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries in order to decrease the decomposition of the electrolyte. As a typical high-voltage ...
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Effect of calcium hydroxide on the electrochemical performance of a [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH electrode
Samples of [Ni4Al(OH)10]OH were prepared by co-precipitation with the existence of calcium and subsequent hydrothermal treatment. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) measurements show that the composition of prepare...
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Effects of particle size on the electrochemical performances of a layered double hydroxide, [Ni4Al(OH)10]NO3
In this paper, the electrochemical performances of a layered double hydroxide, [Ni4Al(OH)10]NO3, of different particle sizes are studied. The results show that the particle size of the sample has evident effects ...
