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Under the background of global climate change, rainstorm and flood disasters have become the most serious cataclysm. Under the circumstances of an increasingly severe risk situation, it is necessary to enhance urban disaster resilience. Based on the disaster resilience process of prevention, absorption, and enhancement, and considering the safety factors such as personnel, facility, environment and management, this paper forms a dual dimension of the urban disaster resilience assessment model covering the key elements of urban disaster response and the core capacity of urban disaster recovery. Furthermore, if taking into account the characteristics of rainstorm and flood disasters, the paper screens the key indicators to build up an assessment index system of an urban rainstorm and flood disaster. The practical application was implemented in Beijing to have an assessment of the ability to recover from rainstorm and flood disasters in all districts of Beijing. And then, some pertinent suggestions for enhancing the resilience of Beijing to rainstorm and flood disasters were proposed.

Hydraulic fracturing is a new technique which is used in oil yield to maximize its own production. The pumping of fracturing slurry flow through tubing collar can cause considerable mass loss of inner surface materials. This may pose a significantly potential risk even a well loss. Especially, the erosion phenomenon is particularly serious in the structure of variable diameter. Numerical simulation in this paper was used to get particle impact parameters, and it is combined with jet experiments to find out the main factors of BG-13Cr mass loss. Finally, the equation with experimental data was applied to predict erosion rate of premium connection cross-over joint inner wall.

Background Stroke is a globally dangerous disease capable of causing irreversible neuronal damage with limited therapeutic options. Meldonium, an inhibitor of carnitine-dependent metabolism, is considered an anti-ischemic drug. However, the mechanisms through which meldonium improves ischemic injury and its potential to protect neurons remain largely unknown. Methods A rat model with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was used to investigate meldonium’s neuroprotective efficacy in vivo. Infarct volume, neurological deficit score, histopathology, neuronal apoptosis, motor function, morphological alteration and antioxidant capacity were explored via 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining, Longa scoring method, hematoxylin and eosin staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling assay, rotarod test, transmission electron microscopy and Oxidative stress index related kit. A primary rat hippocampal neuron model subjected to oxygen–glucose deprivation reperfusion was used to study meldonium’s protective ability in vitro. Neuronal viability, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial morphology, respiratory function, ATP production, and its potential mechanism were assayed by MTT cell proliferation and cytotoxicity assay kit, cell-permeant MitoTracker ® probes, mitochondrial stress, real-time ATP rate and western blotting. Results Meldonium markedly reduced the infarct size, improved neurological function and motor ability, and inhibited neuronal apoptosis in vivo. Meldonium enhanced the morphology, antioxidant capacity, and ATP production of mitochondria and inhibited the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus during cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury (CIRI) in rats. Additionally, meldonium improved the damaged fusion process and respiratory function of neuronal mitochondria in vitro. Further investigation revealed that meldonium activated the Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway to inhibit mitochondria-dependent neuronal apoptosis. Conclusion Our study demonstrated that meldonium shows a neuroprotective function during CIRI by preserving the mitochondrial function, thus prevented neurons from apoptosis.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) poses significant challenges due to limited treatment options despite its complex pathogenesis involving cellular and molecular mechanisms. This study investigated the role of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channels in regulating M2 macrophage polarization in IPF progression, potentially offering novel therapeutic targets. Using a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis model in C57BL/6J mice, we assessed the therapeutic potential of the TRPA1 inhibitor HC-030031. TRPA1 upregulation was observed in fibrotic lungs, correlating with worsened lung function and reduced survival. TRPA1 inhibition mitigated fibrosis severity, evidenced by decreased collagen deposition and restored lung tissue stiffness. Furthermore, TRPA1 blockade reversed aberrant M2 macrophage polarization induced by bleomycin, associated with reduced Smad2 phosphorylation in the TGF-β1-Smad2 pathway. In vitro studies with THP-1 cells treated with bleomycin and HC-030031 corroborated these findings, highlighting TRPA1's involvement in fibrotic modulation and macrophage polarization control. Overall, targeting TRPA1 channels presents promising therapeutic potential in managing pulmonary fibrosis by reducing pro-fibrotic marker expression, inhibiting M2 macrophage polarization, and diminishing collagen deposition. This study sheds light on a novel avenue for therapeutic intervention in IPF, addressing a critical need in the management of this challenging disease. Graphical abstract

The Multi‐Threat Medical Countermeasure (MTMC) technique is crucial for developing common biochemical signaling pathways, molecular mediators, and cellular processes. This study revealed that the Nod‐like receptor 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway may be a significant contributor to the cytotoxicity induced by various organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs). The study demonstrated that exposure to six different types of OPPs (paraoxon, dichlorvos, fenthion, dipterex, dibrom, and dimethoate) led to significant cytotoxicity in BV2 cells, which was accompanied by increased expression of NLRP3 inflammasome complexes (NLRP3, ASC, Caspase‐1) and downstream inflammatory cytokines (IL‐1β, IL‐18), in which the order of cytotoxicity was dichlorvos > dipterex > dibrom > paraoxon > fenthion > dimethoate, based on the IC50 values of 274, 410, 551, 585, 2,158, and 1,527,566 μM, respectively. The findings suggest that targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway could be a potential approach for developing broad‐spectrum antitoxic drugs to combat multi‐OPPs‐induced toxicity. Moreover, inhibition of NLRP3 efficiently protected the cells against cytotoxicity induced by these six OPPs, and the expression of NLRP3, ASC, Caspase‐1, IL‐1β, and IL‐18 decreased accordingly. The order of NLRP3 affinity for OPPs was dimethoate > paraoxon > dichlorvos > dibrom > (fenthion and dipterex) based on KD values of 89.8, 325, 1,460, and 2,690 μM, respectively. Furthermore, the common molecular mechanism of NLRP3‐OPPs was clarified by the presence of toxicity effector groups (benzene ring, nitrogen/oxygen‐containing functional group); =O, ‐O‐, or =S (active) groups; and combination residues (Gly271, Asp272). This finding provided valuable insights into exploring the common mechanisms of multiple threats and developing effective therapeutic strategies to prevent OPPs poisoning. Plain Language Summary This study aimed to explore the role of Nod‐like receptor 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation in organophosphorus pesticide (OPPs)‐induced cytotoxicity. Six different OPPs, including dimethoate, paraoxon, dichlorvos, dibrom, fenthion, and dipterex, were introduced to BV2 cells and caused significant cytotoxicity along with increased expression of NLRP3 inflammasome complexes and downstream cytokines. Inversely, inhibition of NLRP3 protected against these OPPs. We believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because it suggests that the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway may be a common mechanism of multi‐OPPs‐induced cytotoxicity. By introducing a therapeutic target for OPPs poisoning prevention, broad‐spectrum antitoxic drugs may be designed to effectively protect against OPPs‐induced cytotoxicity. Key Points The NLRP3 inflammasome potentially contributes to cytotoxicity induced by six types of OPPs Inhibition of the NLRP3 pathway effectively prevented cytotoxicity caused by six OPPs The study proposed targets for broad‐spectrum antitoxic drugs to prevent OPPs‐poisoning

This paper briefly introduced the design and operation features of capillary air conditioning system, put forward multi-objective optimization problem in hydraulic calculation process, using genetic algorithm to solve multi-objective optimization problem and established a capillary air-conditioning system hydraulic calculation model. The problems of hydraulic calculation were transformed into the problems of multi-objective optimization Pareto optimal solution using genetic algorithm (GA). And GA was applied to illustrate corresponding to specific model. The optimal specific frictional resistance under the different flow conditions was described here.

Aiming at the research on mechanical mechanism of hard-inclusion earthquake preparation model, in this paper, experimental and contrast research on stress field and rupture feature of hard-inclusion model has been made respectively, which contained en echelon and composite cracks systems in models, and was loaded under uniaxial compressive stress. The result shows that reverse en echelon and T-shape cracks systems in hard-inclusion are the favorable geological structures to trigger earthquakes.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Fractal and chaotic laws of engineering structures are discussed in this paper, it means that the intrinsic essences and laws on dynamic systems which are made from seismic dissipated energy intensity E ^sub d^ and intensity of seismic dissipated energy moment I ^sub e^ are analyzed. Based on the intrinsic characters of chaotic and fractal dynamic system of E ^sub d^ and I ^sub e^, three kinds of approximate dynamic models are rebuilt one by one: index autoregressive model, threshold autoregressive model and local-approximate autoregressive model. The innate laws, essences and systematic error of evolutional behavior I ^sub e^ are explained over all, the short-term behavior predictability and long-term behavior probability of which are analyzed in the end. That may be valuable for earthquake-resistant theory and analysis method in practical engineering structures.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]