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Template Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Cubic Ordered Mesoporous Carbon With Tunable Pore Sizes
Three-dimensional cubic ordered mesoporous carbons with tunable pore sizes have been synthesized by using cubic Ia3d mesoporous KIT-6 silica as the hard template and boric acid as the pore expanding agent. The prepared ordered mesoporous carbons were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption–desorption analysis. The results show that the pore sizes of the prepared ordered mesoporous carbons with three-dimensional cubic structure can be regulated in the range of 3.9–9.4 nm. A simplified model was proposed to analyze the tailored pore sizes of the prepared ordered mesoporous carbons on the basis of the structural parameters of the silica template
Entanglement generation under feedback control in dispersive regime
The entanglement generation in a system of two atoms dispersively coupled to a damped
cavity mode and driven by a classical field is investigated by using the
quantum-jump-based feedback control. We demonstrate that the entanglement of the two atoms
can be significantly enhanced and a steady state of antisymmetric Bell state can be
obtained. We focus on the role of classical driving, and verify that the laser driving
results in a global steady state which can be reached in the whole atomic subspace, but it
can only be reached from some special initial states without laser driving. Therefore the
system with classical driving is more robust against spontaneous emission and non-unit
detection efficiency. Numerical results demonstrate that the maximal entanglement can be
obtained for a wide range of parameters
Outer dynein arm docking complex subunit 2 polymorphism rs7893462 modulates hepatocellular carcinoma susceptibility and can serve as an overall survival biomarker for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: a cohort study with a long-term follow-up
Abstract Background Genetic variants of outer dynein arm docking complex subunit 2 (ODAD2) have been reported to be closely associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia and colorectal cancer in previous studies, but the association of genetic variants of ODAD2 with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been reported. Methods We enrolled 80 healthy subjects and 468 Guangxi hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC patients in this study. A case–control study method was used to explore the association of different ODAD2-rs7893462 genotypes with hepatocarcinogenesis. A comprehensive survival analysis was used to explore the association of rs7893462 with the prognosis of HBV-related HCC in Guangxi. Results Through a case–control study, we observed that patients carrying the G allele of rs7893462 had a markedly increased susceptibility to hepatocarcinogenesis (odds ratio = 1.712, 95% confidence interval = 1.032–2.839, P = 0.037). We found that there were significant prognosis differences among three different genotypes of rs7893462. Nomogram analysis suggested that the contribution of rs7893462 polymorphisms to the prognosis of HBV-related HCC was second only to the BCLC stage. Stratified survival analysis suggested that the AG genotype of rs7893462 was an independent prognostic risk factor for HBV-related HCC. Joint effect survival analysis also observed that the AG genotype of rs7893462 combined with clinical parameters could significantly identify HBV-related HCC patients with different prognostic outcomes more accurately, and the AG genotype was also observed to be independent of clinical factors in HBV-related HCC survival. Conclusion The ODAD2-rs7893462 polymorphisms can be used as an independent prognostic indicator of HBV-related HCC overall survival and are significantly associated with susceptibility to hepatocarcinogenesis
Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Assembled Aligned Multilayer Graphene/Epoxy Composite
The
exceptional thermal conductivity of graphene is expected to
endow polymer composites with ultrahigh thermal conductivities, which
can be even similar to those of some metals such as stainless steel
and aluminum alloy. The thermal conductivities of composites prepared
by dispersing multilayer graphene (MLG) in epoxy matrix increase only
by an order of magnitude over the pure epoxy. However, the improvement
has been limited since the large interfacial thermal resistance exists
between graphene and the surrounding epoxy. We have reported an extraordinary
increase in thermal conductivity of the MLG/epoxy composites through
the fabrication of the vertically aligned and densely packed MLG in
the epoxy matrix. The ultrahigh thermal conductivity of 33.54 W/(m
K) has been achieved in the aligned MLG/epoxy composite (AG/E). The
thermal conductivity of AG/E exhibits a positive temperature response
related to the aligned structure while increasing the temperature
from 40 °C to 90 °C
Additional file 1 of Outer dynein arm docking complex subunit 2 polymorphism rs7893462 modulates hepatocellular carcinoma susceptibility and can serve as an overall survival biomarker for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: a cohort study with a long-term follow-up
Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical parameters of HBV-related HCC patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University cohort