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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been widely developed over the decades. This advanced technology has shown efficacy in the conception and breeding of an animal. However, several issues such as polyspermy, low maturation rate, and low development rate in vitro remain unresolved. Fallopian tube derived cells are proposed to promote the maturation and development of oocyte. This study aims to characterize porcine (PFTSC) and bovine fallopian tube stem cell (BFTSC) while comparing allogeneic and xenogeneic paracrine effects on porcine oocyte. FTSC of Taiwan yellow cattle (B. indicus) and porcine (Landrace x Yorkshire dam x Duroc) were isolated and identified. Conditioned media (Medium 199 or PZM-3) from porcine and bovine was collected and added to porcine cells during in vitro maturation (IVM) and in vitro culture (IVC). Both PFTSC and BFTSC expressed little CD44, CD105, and CD4. Both cells were induced to transform into chondrocytes, very few cells gave rise to osteocytes and adipocytes. IVM test showed a significant elevation of maturation rate in both groups (Porcine 66.5 ± 3.5% > 55.9 ± 1.7%, p 55.9 ± 1.7%, p less then .05). IVC test demonstrated markedly reduction of blastocyst in both groups. In a diluted conditioned medium with different concentration, 25% and 50% PFTSC showed a decrease in blastocyst rate which is significantly different, but BFTSC demonstrated no significant difference. DiR chemical PFTSC and BFTSC possessed properties of stem cells. Conditioned media from both PFTSC and BFTSC could improve maturation rate but not blastocyst rate in vitro.A previous study has indicated that mRNA transcript of Rnf128 (Grail) is significantly increased in porcine epithelial cells expressing porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) open reading frame 5 (ORF5). RNF128 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that can modulate the activity of target protein via ubiquitination of specific lysine residues. However, the function of RNF128 in PCV2-infected epithelial cells has not been well studied yet. Thus, the objective of the present study was to examine the functional role of RNF128 in porcine epithelial cells (PK15 cells) after PCV2 infection. Results clearly indicated that PCV2 ORF5 increased the expression of RNF128 which inhibited type I IFN production and enhanced viral replication of PCV2 in PK15 cells. Therefore, up-regulating RNF128 by PCV2 ORF5 can help PCV2 circumvent initial immune surveillance of porcine epithelial cells.Developing new electrode materials is one of the keys to improving the energy density of supercapacitors. In this article, a novel cobalt polysulfide/carbon nanofibers (C,N-CoxSy/CNF) film derived from zeolitic imidazolate framework is first prepared by a facile strategy. The composite material with two-dimensional leaf-shaped nanoarray neatly grown on the surface of carbon nanofibers is composed of CoS, CoS2, Co9S8, N-doped carbon nanosheets, and carbon nanofibers. It is found that the composite can not only increase the contact area with the electrolyte but also provide abundant redox-active sites and a Faraday capacitance for the entire electrode. The C,N-CoxSy/CNF composite exhibits excellent electrochemical properties, including a high capacity of up to 1080F g -1 at 1 A g -1 and a good rate capability (80.4 % from 1 A g -1 to 10 A g -1). A C,N-CoxSy/CNF//AC asymmetric supercapacitor device is assembled using C,N-CoxSy/CNF as the positive electrode and activated carbon as the negative electrode, showing high energy density (37.29 Wh kg [email protected] W kg -1) and good cycle stability (90.5% of initial specific capacitance at 10 g-1 after 5000 cycles). This C,N-CoxSy/CNF composite material may also be used as a potential electrode for future lithium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, etc.The preparation of hollow materials is one of the most feasible ways to obtain efficient electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorbers. Herein, using the copper-based metal-organic frameworks (Cu-MOF-74) as templates, hollow copper-based sulfides with various morphologies (rod-like, cubic, and dodecahedral) were designed and synthesized. The outer Cu2S and/or Cu31S16 shell possesses excellent electronic conductivity and abundant heterogeneous interfaces, while the inner hollow cavity endows the absorbers with lightweight characteristics and good impedance matching according to the Maxwell-Garnett (MG) theory. Accordingly, the effective absorption bandwidth reaches 6.2 GHz at 2.3 mm with 20 wt% filler loading, exhibiting superior performance compared with the vast majority of previous MOFs derived absorbers. Furthermore, our study can serve a guide to construct hollow structured nanocomposites to tune electromagnetic parameters and strengthen EMW absorption properties.Advanced microwave absorption (MA) materials have attracted widespread attention to meet the challenges of electromagnetic (EM) pollution. Herein, MgFe2O4/MgO/C fibers were successfully prepared via electrospinning technology and carbonization, and their surfaces were coated by MoS2 via hydrothermal method. The EM wave absorption performance of composites was enhanced due to the introduction of MoS2. The results showed that the EM wave absorption performance of MgFe2O4/MgO/C could not meet the requirements due to low dielectric loss and poor impedance matching. The performance of the composites was improved after coating of MoS2, which showed the strong wave absorption capability and the broad absorption bandwidth. The optimal reflection loss (RL) is -56.94 dB at 9.5 GHz and the effective absorption bandwidth is 3.9 GHz (8.08-11.98 GHz) with a thickness of 2.7 mm. The excellent MA performance can be mainly attributed to excellent synergistic effect between MgFe2O4/MgO/C and MoS2. Furthermore, MoS2 also contributes to dielectric loss and ideal impedance matching. MgFe2O4/MgO/C@MoS2 composites may be utilized for lightweight and high-efficient MA materials.Molecularly imprinted nanocomposite membranes with three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-based structure (MINMs-TM) were successfully prepared by using propranolol as template molecule. Importantly, for the first time, polycarbonate track etch membranes had been used as the supporting surfaces to construct the polydopamine (PDA)-induced MOFs composite structure, in which the as-prepared PDA-modified surface would promote the crystallization and nucleation of ZIF-8-based composite layer. Based on the entire preparation processes of our design, the as-prepared PDA-induced ZIF-8-modified surfaces could be regarded as the imprinted-initiated units of sol-gel imprinting polymerization. Abundant recognition sits of propranolol were achieved in MINMs-TM, which showed characteristic properties of permeability and selectivity. Therefore, high adsorption capacity (41.31 mg/g) and fast adsorption equilibrium rate (within 30 min) had been successfully achieved. Meanwhile, excellent permselectivity rates (β) of MINMs-TM toward propranolol were also obtained as 5.04, 4.79 and 5.14, which MINMs-TM the successful synthesis of high-affinity and high-density propranolol-imprinted sites. Overall, for the practical selective separation and scalability, we had successfully MINMs-TM the preparation of MINMs-TM-based to selective rebinding and separation of propranolol from complex solution system and mimetic water sample, which had further confirmed the desired and potential applications of many environmental pollutants.Herein, we systematically investigated the mechanisms of OH production and arsenic (As(III)) oxidation induced by sulfur vacancy greigite (Fe3S4) under anoxic and oxic conditions. Reactive oxygen species analyses revealed that sulfur vacancy-rich Fe3S4 (SV-rich Fe3S4) activated molecular oxygen to produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) via a two-electron reduction pathway under oxic conditions. Subsequently, H2O2 was decomposed to OH via the Fenton reaction. Additionally, H2O was directly oxidized to OH by surface high-valent iron (Fe(IV)) resulting from the abundance of sulfur vacancies in Fe3S4 under anoxic/oxic conditions. These differential OH-generating mechanisms of Fe3S4 resulted in higher OH production of SV-rich Fe3S4 compared to sulfur vacancy-poor Fe3S4 (SV-poor Fe3S4). Moreover, the OH production rate of SV-rich Fe3S4 under oxic conditions (19.3 ± 1.0 μM•h-1) was 1.6 times greater than under anoxic conditions (11.8 ± 0.4 μM•h-1). As(III) removal experiments and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) showed that both OH production pathways were favorable for As(III) oxidation, and a higher concentration of As(V) was immobilized on the surface of SV-rich Fe3S4 under oxic conditions. This study provides new insights concerning OH production and environmental pollutants removal mechanisms on surface defects of Fe3S4 under anoxic and oxic conditions.
Transition metal supported TiO
is one of the hottest catalysts in the field of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides. Various formulas have been put forward for an enhanced activity. However, seldom work emphasizes on easy and fast screening of an effective catalyst.

In this work, Diffuse Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (DRIFTS) screened catalyst by analyzing intermediates during SCR.

TiO
provided main adsorption sites for NH
and the "Eley-Rideal" mechanism dominated the catalysis. The transition metals served as the bridge of electron transport. Moreover, the area reduction rate of adsorbed NH
and NH

species in DRIFTS represented the electron-transfer rate as well as catalytic activity. In other words, a faster area reduction indicated a better SCR activity. Therefore, this work supplied a fast strategy to screen the most effective catalyst among different materials even without using a nitrogen oxides detector. At the same time, less ammonia and nitrogen oxides were used or discharged.
TiO2 provided main adsorption sites for NH3 and the "Eley-Rideal" mechanism dominated the catalysis. The transition metals served as the bridge of electron transport. Moreover, the area reduction rate of adsorbed NH3 and NH4+ species in DRIFTS represented the electron-transfer rate as well as catalytic activity. In other words, a faster area reduction indicated a better SCR activity. Therefore, this work supplied a fast strategy to screen the most effective catalyst among different materials even without using a nitrogen oxides detector. At the same time, less ammonia and nitrogen oxides were used or discharged.High-entropy materials (HEMs) have attracted extensive interests in exploring multicomponent systems for highly efficient and durable catalysts. Tuning composition and configuration of HEMs provides untapped opportunities for accessing better catalytic performance. Herein, we report three amorphous high-entropy transition metal oxides catalysts with uniform composition through a simple and controllable liquid phase non-equilibrium reduction method. The self-made catalyst FeCoNiMnBOx exhibits excellent oxygen evolution performance, including a low overpotential (266 mV at 10 mA cm-2), small Tafel slope (64.5 mV dec-1) and extremely high stability (only 3.71% increase of potential after 100 h test and no current decay after cyclic voltammetry of 31,000 cycles). The outstanding performance can be attributed to the in-situ electrochemical activation induced surface reconstruction to form a stable oxyhydroxide surface layer, the cocktail effect (multi-metal synergy) brought by high entropy, and the advantages of amorphous structure itself.
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