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  • Robbins Linnet posted an update 9 days ago

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the risks of stroke in subjects with metabolically abnormal normal weight (MANW) in China. We recruited 102,037 participants from the Zhejiang Metabolic Syndrome Cohort and the Kailuan cohort. The mean years of follow-up were 9.9 years. General obesity was defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥ 28, overweight by BMI  less then  28 and ≥ 24, and normal weight by BMI  less then  24 and ≥ 18.5. Metabolic abnormality was defined as two or more abnormal components (elevated triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated systolic blood pressure or diastolic blood pressure, or use of antihypertensive drug therapy, elevated fasting plasma glucose, or antidiabetic treatment). A multiple Cox regression model was used to calculate hazard ratio (HR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI), adjusted by potential confounding factors. Overall HR of the risks in two cohorts was calculated by a meta-analysis. Compared with the subjects who were metabolically normal with normal weight (MNNW), the pooled HR for stroke in MANW subjects was 1.82 (95% CI, 1.59-2.07). The risks of stroke in MANW subjects were significantly lower than that in subjects with metabolically abnormal obesity (MAO), but higher than that in those with metabolically normal obesity (MNO) (P  less then  0.05). These associations remained in the subtypes of cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. In normal-weight subjects, the HR for stroke was significantly positively correlated with the number of abnormal metabolic components (Ptrend  less then  0.001). In brief, metabolic abnormality increased the risk of stroke irrespective of obesity status. MANW individuals showed a greater risk of stroke, and this risk was positively correlated with the number of abnormal metabolic components.The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.In view of the importance of water quality and environmental aspect, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) adsorbent was synthesized via a solvothermal approach for oil removal from water. Sumatriptan Response surface methodology-central composite design approach (RSM-CCD) using a statistical software (Design expert, version 8.0.6) was employed to identify the influence of three independent variables of ZIF-8 synthesis procedure including ligand/salt molar ratio, solvent/salt molar ratio, and synthesis temperature on the oil adsorption capacity and yield of adsorbent as RSM responses. The optimum conditions for preparing ZIF-8 were found as follows ligand/salt molar ratio of 10.4, solvent/salt ratio of 702.7, and temperature of 52.9 °C, which resulted in 1120 mg/g of olive oil uptake and 43% of ZIF-8 yield. Morphological and structural properties of the prepared adsorbent were characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption, XRD, FE-SEM, and FTIR analyses. Batch equilibrium adsorption experiments were conducted under varied system parameters expected to affect the ZIF-8 adsorption capacity including oil concentration, ZIF-8 dosage, contact time, and temperature. The isotherm and kinetic of olive oil adsorption onto ZIF-8 followed the Freundlich and pseudo-first-order models, respectively. The evaluation of thermodynamic parameters demonstrated that olive oil adsorption onto optimized ZIF-8 was spontaneous and exothermic in nature. In addition, the used ZIF-8 can be recovered effectively using a simple ethanol-washing method. Based on experimental results, the ZIF-8 prepared in this study can be successfully used in oil/water emulsion separation.Real-time toxicity detection and monitoring using a microbial fuel cell (MFC) is often based on observing current or voltage changes. Other methods of obtaining more information on the internal state of the MFC, such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), are invasive, disruptive, time consuming, and may affect long-term MFC performance. This study proposes a soft sensor approach as a non-invasive real-time method for evaluating the internal state of an MFC biosensor during toxicity monitoring. The proposed soft sensor approach is based on estimating the equivalent circuit model (ECM) parameters in real time. A flow-through MFC biosensor was operated at several combinations of carbon source (acetate) and toxicant (copper) concentrations. The ECM parameters, such as internal resistance, capacitance, and open-circuit voltage, were estimated in real time using a numerical parameter estimation procedure. The soft sensor approach proved to be an adequate replacement for EIS measurements in quantifying changes in the biosensor internal parameters. The approach also provided additional information, which could lead to earlier detection of the toxicity onset.This study investigated the effect of Ulva fasciata and Sargassum lacerifolium seaweeds as heavy metal remediators for soil and on the growth of radish (Raphanus sativus L.). The soil was inoculated by dry biomass of each seaweed alone and by their mixture. Seaweeds inoculation increased the organic matter content, clay-size fraction, and nutrients in the soil. Seaweeds mixture treatment caused a significant reduction in the contents of Pb, Cu, Zn and Ni in the soil samples and reduced them to the tolerable limits (40.2, 49.3, 43.8 and 1.1 mg kg-1, respectively), while Cd, Cr, Fe, and Mn contents were closely decreased to the tolerable limits. Biosorption of soil heavy metals by seaweeds decreased the bioaccumulated concentrations of metals in radish plant roots and/or translocated to its shoots compared to control. For seaweeds mixture-treated soil, cultivated radish roots were able to phyto-extract Cd, Cu, Cr, and Ni from the soil (bioaccumulation factor values > 1) of 7.45, 1.18, 3.13, and 26.6, respectively. Seaweeds inoculation promoted the growth of cultivated radish and improved the germination percentage and the morphological and biochemical growth parameters compared to control plants. The achieved soil remediation by dried seaweeds might be due to their efficient metal biosorption capacity due to the existence of active functional groups on their cell wall surfaces. Increased growth observed in radish was as a result of nutrients and growth hormones (gibberellins, indole acetic acid, and cytokinins) present in dried seaweeds. This study shows the efficiency of seaweeds as eco-friendly bioremediators for controlling soil pollution.

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