High Energy Density Polyanion Electrode Material: LiVPO₄O_1–<i>x</i>F_<i>x</i> (<i>x</i> ≈ 0.25) with Tavorite Structure

Polyanion compounds as an electrode material in lithium-ion battery are of great interest due to superior structural and thermal stability, but they have relatively low energy density. Here, we report high energy density electrode material, LiVPO₄O_1–<i>x</i>F_<i>x</i> (<i>x</i> ≈ 0.25) with tavorite structure that is first synthesized by single-step solid-state reaction and that can use more than 1.6 electrons during charging/discharging process. The doping of F instead of O into LiVPO₄O was confirmed with a structural solid-solution measured by neutron powder diffraction and with a mixed valence state of V measured by X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy. The resulting material has distinct and beneficial electrochemical properties compared to both LiVPO₄F and LiVPO₄O. LiVPO₄O_0.75F_0.25 has higher average operating voltage and better electrochemical activity than LiVPO₄O and shows higher operating voltage (∼2.4 V) than LiVPO₄F (∼1.8 V). As a result, LiVPO₄O_0.75F_0.25 can achieve high specific capacity of 260 mA h/g in the voltage range from 2.0–4.8 V and thereby can deliver 820 W h/kg, which is relatively high energy density achieved in known polyanion compounds

Uptake Mechanism for Iodine Species to Black Carbon

Natural organic matter (NOM) plays an important role in determining the fate and transport of iodine species such as iodide (I^–) and iodate (IO₃^–) in groundwater system. Although NOM exists as diverse forms in environments, prior iodine studies have mainly focused on uptake processes of iodide and iodate to humic materials. This study was conducted to determine the iodide and iodate uptake potential for a particulate NOM (i.e., black carbon [BC]). A laboratory-produced BC and commercial humic acid were used for batch experiments to compare their iodine uptake properties. The BC exhibited >100 times greater uptake capability for iodide than iodate at low pH of ∼3, while iodide uptake was negligible for the humic acid. The uptake properties of both solids strongly depend on the initial iodine aqueous concentrations. After uptake reaction of iodide to the BC, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy results indicated that the iodide was converted to electrophilic species, and iodine was covalently bound to carbon atom in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in the BC. The computed distribution coefficients (i.e., <i>K</i>_d values) suggest that the BC materials retard significantly the transport of iodide at low pH in environmental systems containing even a small amount of BC

Visualization 1: Fiber bundle-based integrated platform for wide-field fluorescence imaging and patterned optical stimulation for modulation of vasoconstriction in the deep brain of a living animal

FITC fluorescence cerebrovascular video with bleeding due to vessel damage by excessive insertion of a 620-µm fiber bundle into the brain of living B6 wild-type adult mouse. Originally published in Biomedical Optics Express on 01 June 2017 (boe-8-6-2781

Visualization 5: Fiber bundle-based integrated platform for wide-field fluorescence imaging and patterned optical stimulation for modulation of vasoconstriction in the deep brain of a living animal

Video of vasoconstriction in a single cerebral blood vessel using patterned light stimulation at 4.7 mm below the cortical surface of living ChR2 transgenic mouse (SM22(CAG-ChR2-EYFP)). Originally published in Biomedical Optics Express on 01 June 2017 (boe-8-6-2781

Additional file 1: of Associations between hypertension and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ (PPARD) gene rs7770619 C>T polymorphism in a Korean population

Table S1. Top 10 SNPs associated with plasma MDA. Figure S1. Flow of the study participants. (DOCX 112 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of EPHA6 rs4857055 C > T polymorphism associates with hypertension through triglyceride and LDL particle size in the Korean population

Top twenty-five SNPs associated with systolic and diastolic BP. (DOCX 17 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of The peptidylglycine-Îą-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) gene rs13175330 A>G polymorphism is associated with hypertension in a Korean population

Characteristics of the Korean chip. Table S2. Top ten SNPs associated with systolic and diastolic BP. Table S3. Frequencies of the PAM rs13175330 A>G SNP genotypes in the normotensive controls and HTN group based on antihypertensive therapy. Table S4. PAM gene function. (DOCX 22 kb

Additional file 1: of Impact of 8-week linoleic acid intake in soy oil on Lp-PLA2 activity in healthy adults

P-values for correlations among changes in (Δ) plasma fatty acid level, LDL-cholesterol, oxidized LDL, apolipoprotein B, hs-CRP, hemostatic markers and Lp-PLA2 activity. P-values were derived from Pearson’s correlation coefficients. (DOCX 29 kb

dvdres-oct-2017-00156-File003 – Supplemental material for <i>PPARD</i> rs7770619 polymorphism in a Korean population: Association with plasma malondialdehyde and impaired fasting glucose or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

<p>Supplemental material, dvdres-oct-2017-00156-File003 for <i>PPARD</i> rs7770619 polymorphism in a Korean population: Association with plasma malondialdehyde and impaired fasting glucose or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes by Minjoo Kim, Minkyung Kim, Hye Jin Yoo, Yao Sun, Sang-Hyun Lee and Jong Ho Lee in Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research</p

Correlation between changes (∆) in Lp-PLA₂ and systolic BP and between changes in oxidized LDL and systolic BP in normal-weight (○) and overweight (*) groups according to the <i>PLA2G7</i> V279F genotype.

<p>(a) Correlation between changes in Lp-PLA₂ and systolic BP in individuals with the VV genotype. (b) Correlation between changes in oxidized LDL and systolic BP in individuals with the VV genotype. (c) Correlation between changes in Lp-PLA₂ and systolic BP in individuals with the VF+FF genotype. (d) Correlation between changes in oxidized LDL and systolic BP in individuals with the VF+FF genotype.</p