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Zhou B, Zeng X, Wang Q, Liu Y, Liu X, Wu Y, Gong Z, Fang M. Exposure and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal in Crayfish from the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024; 202:332-345. [PMID: 37086355 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-023-03672-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
Abstract
Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkia) is an exposed species to heavy metals due to their lifestyle of direct contact with sediments. Based on the complete crayfish industry, we focus on the presence of heavy metals in crayfish from different circulation links, which provides a new idea for the investigation of heavy metals in food. To analyze the exposure levels of heavy metals in crayfish during aquaculture and circulation, the five elements (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr, Cu) in crayfish from 126 sampling sites were investigated. Cultured environmental samples were collected for Spearman correlation analysis. Monte Carlo simulation was used to analyze the uncertain health risks of heavy metals in crayfish. The results indicated that the average heavy metal concentrations in crayfish were all below the limit threshold values. The hepatopancreas was the main target organ for heavy metal accumulation (Cd: 0.3132 mg/kg; Pb: 0.0258 mg/kg; Hg: 0.0072 mg/kg; Cr: 0.1720 mg/kg; Cu: 10.6816 mg/kg). The positive correlation of heavy metal content between crayfish and sediments was not significant under the crayfish-rice coculture model. The 95th HI values for adults and children ranged from 0.022 to 0.042 and 0.071 to 0.137, well below 1, indicating that heavy metals do not pose a noncarcinogenic risk to humans. The potential carcinogenic risk of Cd and Cr in crayfish should be taken seriously, as the 95th CR values for children have reached 4.299 × 10-5 and 6.509 × 10-5, respectively.
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- Bingjie Zhou
- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese, Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China.
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Rao M, Li X, Xu X, Zhang D, Ma J, Huang J, Xu J, Zheng Q, Ji J, Lu S. Trace elements in aquatic products from Shenzhen, China and their implications for human exposure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 885:163726. [PMID: 37116806 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Aquatic organisms in industrially polluted areas can accumulate large quantities of heavy metals. To assess the resulting health risks, 11 trace elements in 184 aquatic products representing 14 species of fish, crustaceans, and bivalves collected from Shenzhen, China were determined. Aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), antimony (Sb), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The pollution levels of each product and the human health risk resulting from their consumption were then assessed. The concentrations of As in 57 % of samples and Cd in 11 % of samples exceeded the upper limits stipulated by the Chinese National Food Safety Standards (GB 2762-2017), which was mainly due to high concentrations of trace elements in crustaceans and bivalves. The Nemerow integrated pollution index indicated that the aquatic products accumulated high levels of As and Cd. Health risk assessments using the target hazard quotient (THQ) and hazard index (HI) suggested that As and Cd exposure due to consumption of aquatic products presents a potential health risk for residents of Shenzhen.
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- Manting Rao
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China.
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Li H, Li H, Zhang H, Cao J, Ge T, Gao J, Fang Y, Ye W, Fang T, Shi Y, Zhang R, Dong X, Guo X, Zhang Y. Trace elements in red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in China: Spatiotemporal variation and human health implications. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159749. [PMID: 36306845 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The enrichment and health risk assessment of trace elements in crayfish on a national scale are significant for food safety due to the rapidly expanding crayfish consumption in China. In the present study, 4709 samples were extracted from databases to explore the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of trace elements in crayfish. Due to the variance in the background value of trace elements, the level of trace elements varies by region. Additionally, levels of As and Cr in crayfish increased with the promotion of intensive rice-crayfish coculture in China. Health risk assessment results revealed that trace elements may cause non-carcinogenic risk for crayfish consumption for adults and children from the mid-lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the main risk was from As and Hg. The cancer risk values of As for children and adults in Zhejiang, Anhui, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Shandong provinces were above the allowable value. There is concern about the non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk of consuming crayfish containing trace elements in some areas in China. Therefore, the results can serve as a critical reference for policy purposes in China. In addition, it is recommended that further research and assessment on crayfish consumption are required.
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- Hui Li
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Research Institute of Geological Experiment, Hefei 230001, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquaculture and Enhancement of Anhui Province, Fisheries Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, China.
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Dominech S, Albanese S, Guarino A, Yang S. Assessment on the source of geochemical anomalies in the sediments of the Changjiang river (China), using a modified enrichment factor based on multivariate statistical analyses. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 313:120126. [PMID: 36087898 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rivers can be sinks for potential toxic elements (PTEs) inputted in their systems by both natural and anthropic processes. Many indices have been proposed to assess the contamination degree of sediments and the environmental conditions of surficial water bodies. Above all, enrichment factor (EF) is the most used tool, but also it is the most debated for its limitations. The need for a reference element and for a background/baseline composition makes the EF method dependent on the researcher's expertise, implying that its repeatability may not be granted. Starting from the awareness that geochemical processes, bringing to compositional changes in the environmental matrices, involve multiple elements rather than individual variables, we developed a modified EF (mEF) based on the use of elemental associations. Different multivariate statistical methods (i.e. Robust Principal Component Analysis and Fuzzy Clustering), in a compositional data analysis (CoDA) perspective, were used to set all the terms of the mEF. The mEF was applied to 101 sediment samples collected from a 2 m-long core, covering a sedimentation period of about 150 years (1850-2007), located in the lower Changjiang River (China). The method resulted effective in recognizing most of the signals proceeding from the main natural and anthropogenic events which affected the lower river basin in the considered timespan. The largest geochemical variations recorded fit well the flooding events occurred; besides, the effects produced on the system by the recent socio-economic development (following the end of the civil war in 1949 and the beginning of economic reforms in 1978) and the start-up of the Three Gorges Dam (the world's largest power station since 2012) were also intercepted. The proposed method represents a step forward to enhance the effectiveness of the EF in discriminating geochemical anomalies that may be significant to assess the human historical impact on the environment.
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- Salvatore Dominech
- School of Ocean and Earth Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China; Department of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, 80126, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, 80126, Italy
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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Chen M, Wang M, Zhou B, Zhou M, Wang Q, Liu X, Liu Y, Wu Y, Zhao X, Gong Z. Trends in the Exposure, Distribution, and Health Risk Assessment of Perchlorate among Crayfish in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. Foods 2022; 11:foods11152238. [PMID: 35954009 PMCID: PMC9368539 DOI: 10.3390/foods11152238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Perchlorate is a well-known thyroid-disrupting chemical as well as an extremely stable inorganic pollutant widely distributed in the environment. Therefore, perchlorate posts potential risks to the environment as well as human health. Crayfish is a dominant aquatic food with increasing consumption levels in recent years. It is crucial to evaluate the accumulation of perchlorate with well-water-soluble properties in crayfish and to assess its health risks. In our present study, we obtained crayfish samples from cultivated ponds and markets based on the regions of the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. The perchlorate concentration was measured in all 206 samples using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS). Monte Carlo simulation was used to perform health risk assessments. The results indicated that perchlorate levels ranged from 7.74–43.71 μg/kg for cultivated crayfish and 4.90–16.73 μg/kg for crayfish sold in markets. The perchlorate accumulation mainly occurred in exoskeleton parts. All the HQ values were remarkable, at less than one—indicating that perchlorate exposure through the ingestion of crayfish does not pose an appreciable risk to human health.
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- Mengyuan Chen
- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory for Deep Processing of Major Grain and Oil (The Chinese Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Transformation of Agricultural Products, College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China; (M.C.); (M.W.); (B.Z.); (M.Z.); (Q.W.); (X.L.); (Y.L.); (Y.W.); (X.Z.)
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