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Ambient Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: From Theoretical Guidance to Catalyst Design
Ammonia, a vital component in the synthesis of fertilizers, plastics, and explosives, is traditionally produced via the energy‐intensive and environmentally detrimental Haber–Bosch process. Given its considerable energy consumption and significant greenhouse gas emissions, there is a growing shift toward electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis as an eco‐friendly alternative. However, developing efficient electrocatalysts capable of achieving high selectivity, Faraday efficiency, and yield under ambient conditions remains a significant challenge. This review delves into the decades‐long research into electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis, highlighting the evolution of fundamental principles, theoretical descriptors, and reaction mechanisms. An in‐depth analysis of the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) and nitrate reduction reaction (NitRR) is provided, with a focus on their electrocatalysts. Additionally, the theories behind electrocatalyst design for ammonia synthesis are examined, including the Gibbs free energy approach, Sabatier principle, d‐band center theory, and orbital spin states. The review culminates in a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and prospective future directions in electrocatalyst development for NRR and NitRR, paving the way for more sustainable methods of ammonia production.
This review delves into the decades‐long research into electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis, highlighting the evolution of fundamental principles, theoretical descriptors, and reaction mechanisms and paving the way for more sustainable methods of ammonia production.
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لقاء في القرية العالمية = An encounter in the global village : قصص مختارة من المؤتمر الدولي الرابع عشر للقصة القصيرة
هذا الكتاب يحتوي على قصص مختارة من المؤتمر الدولي الرابع عشر للقصة القصيرة وهذا اللقاء الذي نظم من قبل جمعية دراسة القصص القصيرة الإنجليزية (أس أس أس أس إي) وهي جمعية عالمية أنشئت في الولايات المتحدة عام 1992 وينعقد كل عامين ويعتبر اللقاء العالمي الوحيد الذي يركز بشكل خاص على دراسات القصة القصيرة أما القصص المشاركة في اللقاء فهي مكتوبة من قبل 29 كاتبا ينتمون إلى عشرة دول هي الصين وتايوان والهند والولايات المتحدة وكندا ونيوزلندا وفرنسا وإيرلندا والنمسا وسنغافورا وجامايكا.
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Research on Location Characteristics of UCF Layout Based on DNSCAN Algorithm
Since the reform and opening up, the prosperity of culture has always been the strong desire of the party and the country, and repeatedly put forward the goal of improving the public cultural service system (PCSS), requiring priority development of infrastructure construction related to the vital cultural interests of the people. Urban cultural facilities (UCF) are an important material basis in the cultural service system. The essential assurance for achieving the goal of developing a PCSS that covers the entire community is to improve the layout of cultural facilities (CF) and to allocate CF in a scientific and reasonable manner. This research examines the geographical layout characteristics of CF in Xiamen using POI data from libraries, art galleries, and museums crawled by Baidu API and spatial statistical tools such as ArcGIS. Taking the interest points of cultural promote serving residents as research objects, the advancement of spatial pattern of CF in Zhengzhou in 2007 and 2017 was quantitatively analyzed by using standard deviation ellipse and kernel density analysis. The paper compares and analyzes the location distribution characteristics of museums, libraries, cultural centers, art galleries and theaters from two aspects of macro spatial form and microgathering center. Residents’ behavioral characteristics are introduced to examine the influence on the spatial form of CF, and appropriate suggestions are made for the planning and development of CF in Zhengzhou, based on large-scale field survey data and geographical detectors. This article, on the analysis of the state and international public facilities location layout on the basis of optimization study, starting from the present circumstances of urban public sports facilities layout, puts forward the geographic information system (GIS) technology and local approximation (LA) model is introduced into urban public sports service facility location, using DNSCAN network analysis function of urban public sports facilities in site selection and layout optimization, Provide a new method for site selection of sports facilities. And the actual case analysis, in order to provide a reference for the future location layout of public service facilities. Zhengzhou cultural resources through the establishment of GIS database, investigation, cultural needs, put forward the planning should not only include public CF, CF planning should also include the cultural heritage, cultural creative industry, and put forward the development strategy of the construction of the overall urban culture network, realize the cultural space planning and career planning, the fusion of the culture industry planning.
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Time-variant reliability analysis using moment-based equivalent Gaussian process and importance sampling
Time-variant reliability analysis (TRA) has drawn tremendous interest of engineers attributable to its ability in assessing the probability that a system performs its intended function over the time interval of interest. This paper proposes a new simulation method for TRA by combining moment-based Hermite polynomial model (HPM) and importance sampling (IS). By evaluating the statistical moments of limit state function (LSF) and using moment-based HPM, the LSF is transformed into a moment-based equivalent Gaussian process. Then, based on the concept of the composite limit state, the time-variant reliability problem is equivalent to solving a multi-dimensional Gaussian integral. To improve the computational efficiency, an efficient updating strategy is proposed to simultaneously construct Kriging models for both the mean value function and auto-correlation function of this process. Meanwhile, an efficient IS method is also developed to combine Expansion Optimal Linear Estimation for solving multi-dimensional Gaussian integral. The efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated through three numerical examples involving nonlinear LSFs and non-stationary non-Gaussian processes.
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Hierarchical Pt-In Nanowires for Efficient Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) have attracted increasing research interest recently; however, their output performance is severely hindered by the sluggish kinetics of the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) at the anode. Herein, unique hierarchical Pt-In NWs with uneven surface and abundant high-index facets are developed as efficient MOR electrocatalysts in acidic electrolytes. The developed hierarchical Pt89In11 NWs exhibit high MOR mass activity and specific activity of 1.42 A mgPt−1 and 6.2 mA cm−2, which are 5.2 and 14.4 times those of Pt/C, respectively, outperforming most of the reported MORs. In chronoamperometry tests, the hierarchical Pt89In11 NWs demonstrate a longer half-life time than Pt/C, suggesting the better CO tolerance of Pt89In11 NWs. After stability, the MOR activity can be recovered by cycling. XPS, CV measurement and CO stripping voltammetry measurements demonstrate that the outstanding catalytic activity may be attributed to the facile removal of CO due to the presence of In site-adsorbing hydroxyl species.
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Global trend of diabetes mortality attributed to vascular complications, 2000–2016
Background
The global epidemic of diabetes mellitus continues to grow and affects developed and developing countries alike. Intensive glycemic control is thought to modify the risks for vascular complications, hence the risks for diabetes-related death. We investigated the trend of diabetic vascular complication-related deaths between 2000 and 2016 in the global diabetes landscape.
Methods
We collected 17 years of death certificates data from 108 countries in the World Health Organization mortality database between 2000 and 2016, with coding for diabetic complications. Crude and age-standardized proportions and rates were calculated. Trend analysis was done with annual average percentage change (AAPC) of rates computed by joinpoint regression.
Results
From 2000 through 2016, 7,108,145 deaths of diabetes were reported in the 108 countries. Among them, 26.8% (1,904,787 cases) were attributed to vascular complications in damaged organs, including the kidneys (1,355,085 cases, 71.1%), peripheral circulatory (515,293 cases, 27.1%), nerves (28,697 cases, 1.5%) and eyes (5751 cases, 0.3%). Overall, the age-standardized proportion of vascular complication-related mortality was 267.8 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 267.5–268.1] cases per 1000 deaths and the rate was 53.6 (95% CI 53.5–53.7) cases per 100,000 person-years. Throughout the 17-year period, the overall age-standardized proportions of deaths attributable to vascular complications had increased 37.9%, while the overall age-standardized mortality rates related to vascular complications had increased 30.8% (AAPC = 1.9% [1.4–2.4%, p < 0.05]). These increases were predominantly driven by a 159.8% increase in the rate (AAPC = 2.7% [1.2–4.3%, p < 0.05]) from renal complications. Trends in the rates and AAPC of deaths varied by type of diabetes and of complications, as well as by countries, regions and domestic income.
Conclusion
Diabetic vascular complication-related deaths had increased substantially during 2000–2016, mainly driven by the increased mortality of renal complications.
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Differential physiological, transcriptomic and metabolomic responses of Arabidopsis leaves under prolonged warming and heat shock
Background
Elevated temperature as a result of global climate warming, either in form of sudden heatwave (heat shock) or prolonged warming, has profound effects on the growth and development of plants. However, how plants differentially respond to these two forms of elevated temperatures is largely unknown. Here we have therefore performed a comprehensive comparison of multi-level responses of Arabidopsis leaves to heat shock and prolonged warming.
Results
The plant responded to prolonged warming through decreased stomatal conductance, and to heat shock by increased transpiration. In carbon metabolism, the glycolysis pathway was enhanced while the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle was inhibited under prolonged warming, and heat shock significantly limited the conversion of pyruvate into acetyl coenzyme A. The cellular concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H
2
O
2
) and the activities of antioxidant enzymes were increased under both conditions but exhibited a higher induction under heat shock. Interestingly, the transcription factors, class A1 heat shock factors (HSFA1s) and dehydration responsive element-binding proteins (DREBs), were up-regulated under heat shock, whereas with prolonged warming, other abiotic stress response pathways, especially basic leucine zipper factors (bZIPs) were up-regulated instead.
Conclusions
Our findings reveal that
Arabidopsis
exhibits different response patterns under heat shock versus prolonged warming, and plants employ distinctly different response strategies to combat these two types of thermal stress.
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Spin-Steered Photosynthesis of H2O2 in Magnetic Single-Atom Modified Covalent Triazine Frameworks: A Density Functional Theory Study
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) demonstrate promising potential in the photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 owing to favorable light absorption, superior charge separation, and considerable surface area. However, the efficiency of H2O2 photosynthesis is impeded by insufficient O2 adsorption sites and a high reaction barrier. In this work, various metal single atoms (Fe, Co, Ni) are introduced onto covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) with N-N coordination sites to significantly enhance O2 adsorption and optimize H2O2 synthesis. Computational findings suggest that the presence of Fe, Co, and Ni not only enhances O2 adsorption but also exerts an influence on the reaction pathway of H2O2. Significantly, Fe exhibits a distinct advantage in modulating O2 adsorption through its unique electron spin state when compared to Co and Ni, as confirmed by crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) analysis. Additionally, this integration of metal atoms also improves light absorption and charge separation in CTFs. The study provides strategic insight into elevating H2O2 production by incorporating tailored metal single atoms into COFs.
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Taurocholic Acid and Glycocholic Acid Inhibit Inflammation and Activate Farnesoid X Receptor Expression in LPS-Stimulated Zebrafish and Macrophages
A hyperactive immune response can be observed in patients with bacterial or viral infection, which may lead to the overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines, or “cytokine storm”, and a poor clinical outcome. Extensive research efforts have been devoted to the discovery of effective immune modulators, yet the therapeutic options are still very limited. Here, we focused on the clinically indicated anti-inflammatory natural product Calculus bovis and its related patent drug Babaodan to investigate the major active molecules in the medicinal mixture. Combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry, transgenic zebrafish-based phenotypic screening, and mouse macrophage models, taurochiolic acid (TCA) and glycoholic acid (GCA) were identified as two naturally derived anti-inflammatory agents with high efficacy and safety. Both bile acids significantly inhibited the lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage recruitment and the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines in in vivo and in vitro models. Further studies identified strongly increased expression of the farnesoid X receptor at both the mRNA and protein levels upon the administration of TCA or GCA, which may be essential for mediating the anti-inflammatory effects of the two bile acids. In conclusion, we identified TCA and GCA as two major anti-inflammatory compounds in Calculus bovis and Babaodan, which could be important quality markers for the future development of Calculus bovis, as well as promising lead compounds in the treatment of overactive immune responses.
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