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Effect of Copper and Iron Ions on the Sulphidizing Flotation of Copper Oxide in Copper Smelting Slag
The treatment of smelting slag has attracted much attention nowadays. This study investigates the influence of Na2S, CuSO4, and FeCl3 on sulphidizing flotation of copper oxide. The results show that a proper Cu2+ concentration can increase the sulphidizing effect of copper oxide, while Fe3+ inhibits the sulphidizing effect. Further analysis shows that Cu2+ ions can reduce the surface potential, increase the S2− adsorption, then generate more polysulfide, and therefore promote the sulphidizing flotation. However, Fe3+ ions would increase the surface potential, reduce the S2− adsorption, generate more sulfur element, and therefore inhibit the sulphidizing flotation
Production of proton-rich nuclei around Z=84-90 in fusion-evaporation reactions
Within the framework of the dinuclear system model, production cross sections
of proton-rich nuclei with charged numbers of Z=84-90 are investigated
systematically. Possible combinations with the Si, S, Ar
bombarding the target nuclides Ho, Tm, Yb,
Lu, Hf and Ta are analyzed thoroughly. The
optimal excitation energies and evaporation channels are proposed to produce
the proton-rich nuclei. The systems are feasible to be constructed in
experiments. It is found that the neutron shell closure of N=126 is of
importance during the evaporation of neutrons. The experimental excitation
functions in the Ar induced reactions can be nicely reproduced. The
charged particle evaporation is comparable with neutrons in cooling the excited
proton-rich nuclei, in particular for the channels with and proton
evaporation. The production cross section increases with the mass asymmetry of
colliding systems because of the decrease of the inner fusion barrier. The
channels with pure neutron evaporation depend on the isotopic targets. But it
is different for the channels with charged particles and more sensitive to the
odd-even effect.Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:0803.1117, arXiv:0707.258
Ethyl 4-nitrophenylacetate
In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C10H11NO4, there are two crystallographically independent molecules, which are connected via a C—H⋯O hydrogen bond. The crystal structure is stabilized by this hydrogen bond together with an N—O⋯π contact [O⋯Cg 3.297 (5) Å; Cg is the centroid of one of the benzene rings]
Dynamic DNA Methylation During Aging: A “Prophet” of Age-Related Outcomes
The biological markers of aging used to predict physical health status in older people are of great interest. Telomere shortening, which occurs during the process of cell replication, was initially considered a promising biomarker for the prediction of age and age-related outcomes (e.g., diseases, longevity). However, the high instability in detection and low correlation with age-related outcomes limit the extension of telomere length to the field of prediction. Currently, a growing number of studies have shown that dynamic DNA methylation throughout human lifetime exhibits strong correlation with age and age-related outcomes. Indeed, many researchers have built age prediction models with high accuracy based on age-dependent methylation changes in certain CpG loci. For now, DNA methylation based on epigenetic clocks, namely epigenetic or DNA methylation age, serves as a new standard to track chronological age and predict biological age. Measures of age acceleration (Δage, DNA methylation age – chronological age) have been developed to assess the health status of a person. In addition, there is evidence that an accelerated epigenetic age exists in patients with certain age-related diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease). In this review, we provide an overview of the dynamic signatures of DNA methylation during aging and emphasize its practical utility in the prediction of various age-related outcomes
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