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Pyrolysis of biomass with phosphate compound is a promising method to improve biochar characteristics. However, how phosphate compound affects the three components of biomass during the biochar formation is still unclear. In this study, a typical phosphate compound, calcium dihydrogen phosphate (Ca(H2PO4)2), was premixed with cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin reagent, at the ratio of 20% (w/w) for biochar production through pyrolysis, aiming to investigate the effects of Ca(H2PO4)2 addition on biochar formation. Results show that, with Ca(H2PO4)2 additions, carbon retention of biochars from cellulose (MCBC) and hemicellulose (MHBC) increased by 63.4% and 48.3%, respectively, but that of lignin (MLBC) decreased by 6.7% due to the reactions between lignin and Ca(H2PO4)2. Moreover, the stable carbon proportion in the biochar decreased by 10.2% for MCBC, almost unchanged for MHBC, and increased by 6.15% for MLBC based on the potassium dichromate oxidation. During the pyrolysis process, Ca(H2PO4)2 addition fixed more volatile and/or labile carbon in biochar, resulting in greater carbon retention. Declined carbon stability of biochar might be caused by the inhibited formation of aromatic-C, evidenced by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis. This study highlights the importance and potential mechanisms of calcium dihydrogen phosphate influencing the carbon retention and stability of biochar derived from three biomass components. The present study deals with the potential application of Purolite S957 and Diphonix Resin® for the removal of rare earth elements from aqueous liquors as a result of the extraction of spent Ni-MH batteries in the presence of citric acid. The effects of the metal ion and the citric acid ratio, pH, ion exchanger dose, contact time, initial concentration and temperature were studied using the batch technique. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models were used for the description of the adsorption process. The equilibrium adsorption data were fitted using the pseudo first order, pseudo second order, intraparticle diffusion, Boyd, film diffusion and Dumwald-Wagner models. The maximum adsorption capacity q0 obtained from the Langmuir isotherm was found to be 46.63 mg/g for Ni(II) and 60.75 mg/g for La(III) on Purolite S957 as well as 46.55 mg/g for Ni(II) and 60.12 mg/g for La(III) on Diphonix Resin®. The kinetics followed the pseudo second order reaction. Based on the Weber-Morris model the adsorption process proved to proceed in two stages. Based on the Boyd model the rate controlling steps were film and intraparticle diffusions. The adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. Reusability of ion exchangers in the desorption studies was also evaluated as a sustainable approach. The physicochemical properties of Purolite S957 and Diphonix Resin® were studied using the ASAP analysis, optical and scanning electron microscopy, potentiometric titration, pHPZC and FT-IR as well as XPS analysis. BACKGROUND Brain metastases (BM) are a feared progression of breast cancer (BC) with impact on quality of life and survival. Despite improved treatments, it is believed patients suffering from BM are increasing. AIMS To study potential changes in the number of BM, the possible links between BC subgroup and extent of BM with prognosis. To investigate the interval between primary BC/extra cranial recurrence, and diagnosis of BM in the years 1994-2014. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical data from 191 patients with BM diagnosed 1994-2014, was retrieved from charts. Primary tumours where re-evaluated histologically. RESULTS There was an increase of BM in 5 years cohorts (1994-99 (n = 9); 2000-04 (n = 36); 2005-09 (n = 60); 2010-14 (n = 86)). We found no difference in the time interval from primary BC to BM but an insignificant increase in time from extra cranial relapse to development of BM in the time periods 1994-2004 and 2005-2014 of 15.5 and 25.0 months (p = 0.0612). Survival after BM was 7 months (95% CI 6-10) with a statistically significant difference between HER2 positive and TNBC with an inferior outcome for the latter (p = 0.018) whilst no differences were present when Luminal BC were compared with HER2 positive BC (p = 0.073). CONCLUSIONS We show an increase of BM over time whilst the time span from primary BC to BM is unchanged supports earlier findings that adjuvant treatments have little preventive function. Time from extra cranial recurrence to BM was prolonged with one year. Patients with TNBC or more advance extent of BM had the shortest survival with BM. Neighborhood violence is associated with a range of health consequences but little is known about the biological processes involved. Research in disease pathogenesis has identified low-grade inflammation as a process that, beginning in the first decades of life, is both induced by chronic stress and a contributor to multiple cardiometabolic diseases that present throughout the lifecourse. Previous research has examined whether neighborhood violence is associated with inflammatory biomarkers, but has been limited to cytokine indicators of inflammation. In a sample of adolescents (n = 203) residing in Chicago, we tested cross-sectional associations between neighborhood violence and cellular and cytokine indicators of inflammation. Neighborhood-level violence was measured in multiple ways (as murder rates of Census block groups and as the sum of homicides within 1 and ½ mile zones) in the areas surrounding where youth lived and attended school. At the individual level, violence exposure was measured by self-reposuggesting a pro-inflammatory mechanism through which contextual stressors such as neighborhood violence may compromise health. To avoid methodological biases, psychoneuroendocrine studies have generally excluded psychotropic medication users. In workplace stress research, this has limited our ability to understand how psychotropic medication use affects many stress-related measures of interest. compound 10 In this exploratory study, the effects of psychotropic medication use on stress physiology, occupational stress, and mental health were measured in a sample of healthy adult psychiatric hospital workers (N = 203, 70 % women). Diurnal cortisol was assessed on two non-consecutive work-days at five time-points (e.g., awakening, thirty minutes after awakening, 2 P M, 4 P M and bedtime). Cortisol reactivity was assessed by exposing participants to the Trier Social Stress Test. An allostatic load index was constructed using 19 neuroendocrine, immune, cardiovascular, and metabolic biomarkers. Occupational stress (e.g., job strain, effort-reward imbalance) and psychiatric symptoms (e.g., depression, burnout) were assessed with well-validated self-reports.
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