Synthesis of the 0D/3D CuO/ZnO Heterojunction with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

Construction of heterojunctions has aroused great interest recently in the photocatalysis field because of the special electronic band structure and unique physicochemical properties. In this work, a novel 0D/3D CuO/ZnO heterojunction was obtained via in situ deposition of CuO nanoparticles on the flowerlike ZnO surface using the wet chemistry method. After depositing CuO nanoparticles onto the ZnO, the CuO/ZnO heterojunction exhibits enhanced visible-light harvesting and effective separation of the photogenerated electron–hole pairs compared with those in the pure ZnO. The photocatalytic removal efficiency of phenol over the CuO/ZnO heterojunction is up to 78% under the irradiation of the light, which is ∼2 and ∼4 times higher than those of the pristine ZnO and CuO, respectively. This composite also presents good durability and stability for phenol degradation in the photocatalytic reactions. Additionally, in the photodegradation system of the CuO/ZnO heterojunction, the superoxide radicals (^•O₂^–) and hydroxyl radicals (^•OH) are confirmed as the active species by the trapping experiments. This research provides a promising way to achieve 0D/3D heterojunctions for the application in environmental purification and remedy

Additional file 1 of The CDE region of feline Calicivirus VP1 protein is a potential candidate subunit vaccine

Additional file 1. Prokaryotic expression of the CDE protein. The expression of recombinant CDE protein was assessed by SDS–PAGE analysis, as shown in Fig. 2a in the manuscript

Additional file 1 of Enhanced exclusive enteral nutrition delivery during the first 7 days is associated with decreased 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with normal lactate level: a post hoc analysis of a multicenter randomized trial

Additional file 1. Table S1. Univariable Cox analysis for 28-day mortality. Table S2. Sensitivity analysis for the relationship between enteral nutrition and 28-day mortality. Figure S1. Daily enteral nutrition delivery

Estimates of Health Impacts and Radiative Forcing in Winter Haze in Eastern China through Constraints of Surface PM_2.5 Predictions

The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) Three-Dimensional Variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system is extended to treat the MOSAIC aerosol model in WRF-Chem, and to be capable of assimilating surface PM_2.5 concentrations. The coupled GSI-WRF-Chem system is applied to reproduce aerosol levels over China during an extremely polluted winter month, January 2013. After assimilating surface PM_2.5 concentrations, the correlation coefficients between observations and model results averaged over the assimilated sites are improved from 0.67 to 0.94. At nonassimilated sites, improvements (higher correlation coefficients and lower mean bias errors (MBE) and root-mean-square errors (RMSE)) are also found in PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and AOD predictions. Using the constrained aerosol fields, we estimate that the PM_2.5 concentrations in January 2013 might have caused 7550 premature deaths in Jing-Jin-Ji areas, which are 2% higher than the estimates using unconstrained aerosol fields. We also estimate that the daytime monthly mean anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) to be −29.9W/m² at the surface, 27.0W/m² inside the atmosphere, and −2.9W/m² at the top of the atmosphere. Our estimates update the previously reported overestimations along Yangtze River region and underestimations in North China. This GSI-WRF-Chem system would also be potentially useful for air quality forecasting in China

Additional file 1 of Single-cell RNA sequencing in donor and end-stage heart failure patients identifies NLRP3 as a therapeutic target for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical information of ARVC patients based on Task Force Criteria in 2010. Table S2. Clinical characteristics of enrolled ARVC patients and normal controls. Table S3. Counts of different biotypes. Table S4. Cell types assignment by using SingleR and manual annotation. Table S5. Current list of GWAS cardiac arrhythmia genes. Table S6. The summary of major non-cardiomyocytes subpopulations in ARVC and normal human hearts