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Wu CF, Chang T, Wu TP, Leng KJ, Lin MC, Huang SC. Impact of globalization on the environment in major CO 2-emitting countries: Evidence using bootstrap ARDL with a Fourier function. Front Public Health 2022; 10:907403. [PMID: 36159255 PMCID: PMC9493095 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.907403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Alongside sustainable development as a major global aim, the contribution made by globalization to environmental issues has become crucial in recent decades. Prior studies have focused on how trade in globalization influences the environment. However, multiple economic, social, and political factors are also important, the integration of which needs to be considered in sustainable development. Sharp and smooth breaks in time series models are the consequence of real-world structures. Using the bootstrap autoregressive-distributed lag test with a Fourier function, the present study reexamined the nexus between globalization and the environment in China, the United States, and India. The empirical results indicate that in the United States, the nexus between globalization and the environment is cointegrated in the long-term. In the short term, globalization is improving the environment in the United States and India. However, in China, globalization is resulting in environmental degradation. This research will assist policymakers in developing comprehensive strategies for sustainable development.
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- Cheng-Feng Wu
- Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China,School of Business, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, China,School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan,CTBC Business School, Tainan, Taiwan
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- School of Accounting and Finance, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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- Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China,School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China,*Correspondence: Meng-Chen Lin
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- Department of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan,Shian-Chang Huang
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Lin MC, Wu CF. Transportation, Environmental Degradation, and Health Dynamics in the United States and China: Evidence From Bootstrap ARDL With a Fourier Function. Front Public Health 2022; 10:907390. [PMID: 35844846 PMCID: PMC9277069 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.907390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Transportation and environmental degradation, with indirect and direct effects, play a significant role in determining the health of a nation's citizens. This study uses bootstrap ARDL with a Fourier function to examine transportation, environmental degradation, and health dynamics in the United States and China. In the long run, the results support the cointegration relationship between transportation, environmental degradation, and health in both countries. The results show the contingency of the causality where a negative impact of transportation on environmental degradation exists in the United States while a positive impact exists in China. The effect of environmental degradation on health is negative in the United States while a positive effect exists in China. Regarding the causal direction between the variables of interest, the implications provide policymakers in developing strategy and policy for sustainable development.
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- Meng-Chen Lin
- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
- School of Business, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, China
- Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Cheng-Feng Wu
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Lou CW, Lin MC, Huang CH, Lai MF, Shiu BC, Lin JH. Preparation of Needleless Electrospinning Polyvinyl Alcohol/Water-Soluble Chitosan Nanofibrous Membranes: Antibacterial Property and Filter Efficiency. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14051054. [PMID: 35267878 PMCID: PMC8915060 DOI: 10.3390/polym14051054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Electrospinning is an efficient method of producing nanofibers out of polymers that shows a great potential for the filtration territory. Featuring water-soluble chitosan (WS-CS), a low-pollution process and a self-made needleless machine, PVA/WS-CS nanofibrous membranes were prepared and evaluated for nanofiber diameter, bacteriostatic property, filtration efficiency, pressure drop, and quality factor. Test results indicate that the minimal fiber diameter was 216.58 ± 58.15 nm. Regardless of the WS-CS concentration, all of the PVA/WS-CS nanofibrous membranes attained a high porosity and a high water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), with a pore size of 12.06–22.48 nm. Moreover, the membranes also exhibit bacteriostatic efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus, an optimal quality factor of 0.0825 Pa−1, and a filtration efficiency as high as 97.0%, that is 72.5% higher than that of common masks.
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- Ching-Wen Lou
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Fibers and Materials, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China;
- Advanced Medical Care and Protection Technology Research Center, College of Textile and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung City 413305, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung City 404333, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407102, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: (M.-C.L.); (C.-H.H.); (J.-H.L.)
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- Department of Aerospace and Systems Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 407102, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (M.-C.L.); (C.-H.H.); (J.-H.L.)
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- Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407102, Taiwan;
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China;
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- Advanced Medical Care and Protection Technology Research Center, College of Textile and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407102, Taiwan;
- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China;
- Advanced Medical Care and Protection Technology Research Center, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 407102, Taiwan
- School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City 404333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (M.-C.L.); (C.-H.H.); (J.-H.L.)
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Pham TV, Lin MC. Investigation of Product Formation in the O( 1D, 3P) + N 2O Reactions: Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Kinetics. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:1103-1113. [PMID: 35156819 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The spin-forbidden and spin-allowed reactions of the excited and ground electronic state O(1D, 3P) + N2O(X1Σ+) systems have been studied theoretically. Quantum calculations at the UCCSD(T)/CBS(T, Q, 5)//CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ level have located two crossing points, MSX1 and MSX2, with energies of 11.2 and 22.7 kcal mol-1 above O(3P) + N2O, respectively. The second-order P-independent rate constants for the adiabatic and non-adiabatic thermal reactions predicted by adiabatic TST/VTST and non-adiabatic TST, respectively, agree closely with the available literature results. The second-order rate constant, k2a = 9.55 × 10-11 exp(-26.09 kcal mol-1/RT) cm3 molecule-1 s-1, for the O(3P) + N2O → 2NO reaction, contributed by both the dominant MSX2 and the minor TS1-a channels, is in reasonable accord with prior experiments and recommendations, covering the temperature range of 1200-4100 K. The calculated rate constant, k2b = 4.47 × 10-12 exp(-12.9 kcal mol-1/RT) cm3 molecule-1 s-1, for the O(3P) + N2O → N2 + O2(a1Δg) reaction, occurring exclusively via MSX1, is also in good agreement with the combined experimental data measured in a shock tube study at T = 1940-3340 K (ref 16) and the result measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in the temperature range of 988-1083 K (ref 17). Moreover, the spin-allowed rate constants predicted for the singlet-state reactions, k1a = (7.06-7.46) × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 for O(1D) + N2O → 2NO and k1b = (4.36-4.66) × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 for O(1D) + N2O → N2 + O2(a1Δg) in the temperature range of 200-350 K, agree quantitatively with the experimentally measured data, while the total rate constant k1 = k1a + k1b was also found to be in excellent accordance with many reported values.
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- Tien V Pham
- Department of Appl. Chem., National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan.,School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Department of Appl. Chem., National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan.,Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Wu CF, Chang T, Wang CM, Wu TP, Lin MC, Huang SC. Measuring the Impact of Health on Economic Growth Using Pooling Data in Regions of Asia: Evidence From a Quantile-On-Quantile Analysis. Front Public Health 2021; 9:689610. [PMID: 34532306 PMCID: PMC8438143 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.689610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Health improvement has become a significant social priority since a moderately good human capital condition improves the workforce's abilities, efficiency, and quality of life. A rapid increase in healthcare expenditure is a trend in major developing and developed countries; however, healthcare expenditure widely varies among most Asian countries. Asian countries contribute a significant amount of output to economic development worldwide. The statistical test power is more efficient for the pooling of national data than individual national data because of the economic value and trade integration of regional nations. This is the first study that applies the quantile-on-quantile approach to investigate the influence of the quantiles of healthcare on the quantiles of the economy's growth for pooling forty countries in the Asian region. As the quantile of healthcare expenditure increases in the countries, the impact of healthcare expenditure on the economy's growth does not guarantee an increase. The positive and negative effects of healthcare expenditure on developing the economic relationship will repeatedly occur when the quantiles of the economy's growth increase in the countries. One implication is that the governments should account for problems such as corruption, bureaucracy, underinvestment, and inefficiency in health-related resource utilization.
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- Cheng-Feng Wu
- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China.,School of Business, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, China.,Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China.,Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.,CTBC Business School, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of International Business, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Accounting and Finance, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China.,Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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Chen CT, Lin MC, Lee YJ, Li LH, Chen YJ, Chuanyi Hou P, How CK. Association between body mass index and clinical outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors treated with targeted temperature management. J Chin Med Assoc 2021; 84:504-509. [PMID: 33742993 DOI: 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To determine the impact of body mass index (BMI) on clinical outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors treated with targeted temperature management (TTM). METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 261 adult OHCA survivors who received complete TTM between January 2011 and December 2018 using data from the Research Patient Database Registry of Partners HealthCare system in Boston. Patients were categorized as underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (BMI = 25-29.9 kg/m2), and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), according to the World Health Organization classification. RESULTS The average BMI was 28.9 ± 7.1 kg/m2. Patients with a higher BMI had higher rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and were more likely to be witnessed on collapse. Patients with lower BMI levels had higher sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores, blood urea nitrogen values, and mild thrombocytopenia rates (platelet count <150 K/μL) after the TTM treatment. The survival to discharge and favorable neurological outcome at discharge were reported in 117 (44.8%) and 76 (29.1%) patients, respectively. The survival at discharge, favorable neurologic outcomes at discharge, length of hospital admission, and the occurrence of acute kidney injury did not significantly differ between the BMI subgroups. In logistic regression model, BMI was not an independent predictor for survival at discharge (adjusted odds ratio 0.945, 95% CI 0.883-1.012, p = 0.108) nor for the favorable neurologic outcome at discharge (adjusted odds ratio 1.022, 95% CI 0.955-1.093, p = 0.528). CONCLUSION In OHCA patients treated with TTM, there was no significant difference across BMI subgroups for survival or favorable neurologic outcome at discharge.
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- Chung-Ting Chen
- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Nursing Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Nursing Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Emergency Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kinmen, Taiwan, ROC
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Chang JCY, Chen YH, Lin MC, Li YJ, Hsu TF, Huang HH, Yen DHT. Emergency department response to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak with a fever screening station and "graded approach" for isolation and testing. J Chin Med Assoc 2020; 83:997-1003. [PMID: 33165287 PMCID: PMC7647421 DOI: 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ever since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, it has had a devastating effect on the world through exponential case growth and death tolls in at least 146 countries. Rapid response and timely modifications in the emergency department (ED) for infection control are paramount to maintaining basic medical services and preventing the spread of COVID-19. This study presents the unique measure of combining a fever screening station (FSS) and graded approach to isolation and testing in a Taiwanese medical center. METHODS An FSS was immediately set up outside the ED on January 27, 2019. A graded approach was adopted to stratify patients into "high risk," "intermediate risk," and "undetermined risk" for both isolation and testing. RESULTS A total of 3755 patients were screened at the FSS, with 80.3% visiting the ED from home, 70.9% having no travel history, 21.4% having traveled to Asia, and 10.0% of TVGH staff. Further, 54.9% had fever, 35.5% had respiratory symptoms, 3.2% had gastrointestinal symptoms, 0.6% experienced loss of smell, and 3.1% had no symptoms; 81.3% were discharged, 18.6% admitted, and 0.1% died. About 1.9% were admitted to the intensive care unit, 10.3% to the general ward, and 6.4% were isolated. Two patients tested positive for COVID-19 (0.1%) and 127 (3.4%) tested positive for atypical infection; 1471 patients were tested for COVID-19; 583 were stratified as high-risk, 781 as intermediate-risk, and 107 as undetermined-risk patients. CONCLUSION Rapid response for infection control is a paramount in the ED to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. The FFS helped divide the flow of high- and intermediate-risk patients; it also decreased the ED workload during a surge of febrile patients. A graded approach to testing uses risk stratification to prevent nosocomial infection of asymptomatic patients. A graded approach to isolation enables efficient allocation of scarce medical resources according to risk stratification.
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- Julia Chia-Yu Chang
- Department of Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Emergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Address correspondence. Dr. David Hung-Tsang Yen, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. E-mail address: (D.H.-T. Yen)
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Huang CH, Wu HH, Lee YC, Van Nieuwenhuyse I, Lin MC, Wu CF. Patient safety in Work Environments: Perceptions of Pediatric Healthcare Providers in Taiwan. J Pediatr Nurs 2020; 53:6-13. [PMID: 32299035 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Extensive research on the link between the organizational characteristics of the work environment and patient safety in a healthcare organization has been conducted; yet, only a few studies have concentrated on care providers in a pediatric unit. OBJECTIVES To determine the correlation between different work environment factors impacting patient safety in a pediatric care unit from the perspective of registered nurses working in these units. DESIGN Cross-sectional design. DATA SOURCES AND METHODS The study was conducted with 155 registered nurses from a pediatric unit in a medical center in Taiwan with the Chinese version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) 2014-2017. RESULTS Teamwork climate, higher job satisfaction, and better working conditions are linked to positive perceptions of patient safety culture. Emotional exhaustion is negatively related to most dimensions of patient safety. CONCLUSION Teamwork climate, job satisfaction, working conditions, and emotional exhaustion were identified as critical factors impacting the patient safety climate. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING OR HEALTH POLICY Investments to improve teamwork climate, job satisfaction, and working conditions and reduce emotional exhaustion may have a positive effect on patient safety in pediatric care units.
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- Chih-Hsuan Huang
- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China; Institute of Wuhan Studies, Jianghan University, Wuhan City, China; Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Wuhan City, China
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- Department of Business Administration, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan; Department of M-Commerce and Multimedia Applications, Asia University, Taichung City, Taiwan; Faculty of Education, State University of Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Health Business Administration, Hung Kuang University, Taichung City, Taiwan; School of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China
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- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China; Institute for Development of Cross-Strait Small and Medium Enterprise, Wuhan City, China; Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan City, China.
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Wu CF, Li F, Hsueh HP, Wang CM, Lin MC, Chang T. A Dynamic Relationship between Environmental Degradation, Healthcare Expenditure and Economic Growth in Wavelet Analysis: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17041386. [PMID: 32098090 PMCID: PMC7068420 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17041386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This paper analyzes the co-movement and causal linkages between environmental pollution and healthcare expenditure, taking economic growth as a control variable by using wavelet analysis for Taiwan over the period 1995 Q1-2016 Q4. The results show that there exists co-movement and causality between environmental pollution and healthcare expenditure at different frequencies and times. The changes in the relationships of the two variables are observed in certain events such as the period of the expansion stage, the policy of environmental pollution, and the issue of the National Health Insurance Integrated Circuit card (NHI-IC) in Taiwan. In the short-term, positive causality runs from healthcare expenditure to environmental pollution before 2004, while negative causality runs from healthcare expenditure to environmental pollution before 2007 in the long-term. After adding economic growth as a control variable, positive causality runs from healthcare expenditure to environmental pollution in the period 2009-2011 in the short-term, while negative causality running from healthcare expenditure to environmental pollution is shown in 2008 in the long-term. The results indicate that "higher government health expenditure leading to higher demand for environment quality" exists in different sub-periods and the argument may concern the factor of economics in the long-term. The positive healthcare lead in the short-term may be based on economics in the expansion stage. Also, the issue of NHI-IC possibly affects the dynamic relationship between healthcare expenditure and environmental pollution without considering economics. Based on empirical analysis, certain policy and managerial implications are addressed for decision-makers at macroeconomic and microeconomic levels.
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- Cheng-Feng Wu
- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China; (C.-F.W.); (M.-C.L.)
- Research Center of Hubei Logistics Development, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Department of Finance, School of Finance, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China;
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- School of Finance, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China;
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- School of Economics and Trade, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China
- Correspondence:
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- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China; (C.-F.W.); (M.-C.L.)
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- Department of Finance, School of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan;
- CTBC Business School, Tainan 709, Taiwan
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Cheng HW, Raghunath P, Wang KL, Cheng P, Haung T, Wu Q, Yuan J, Lin YC, Wang HC, Zou Y, Wang ZK, Lin MC, Wei KH, Yang Y. Potassium-Presenting Zinc Oxide Surfaces Induce Vertical Phase Separation in Fullerene-Free Organic Photovoltaics. Nano Lett 2020; 20:715-721. [PMID: 31870153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure based organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have recently showed great potential for achieving high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). An ideal BHJ structure would feature large donor/acceptor interfacial areas for efficient exciton dissociation and gradient distributions with high donor and acceptor concentrations near the anode and cathode, respectively, for efficient charge extraction. However, the random mixing of donors and acceptors in the BHJ often suffers the severe charge recombination in the interface, resulting in poor charge extraction. Herein, we propose a new approach-treating the surface of the zinc oxide (ZnO) as an electron transport layer with potassium hydroxide-to induce vertical phase separation of an active layer incorporating the nonfullerene acceptor IT-4F. Density functional theory calculations suggested that the binding energy difference between IT-4F and the PBDB-T-2Cl, to the potassium (K)-presenting ZnO interface, is twice as strong as that for IT-4F and PBDB-T-2Cl to the untreated ZnO surface, such that it would induce more IT-4F moving toward the K-presenting ZnO interface than the untreated ZnO interface thermodynamically. Benefiting from efficient charge extraction, the best PCEs increased to 12.8% from 11.8% for PBDB-T-2Cl:IT-4F-based devices, to 12.6% from 11.6% for PBDB-T-2Cl:Y1-4F-based devices, to 13.5% from 12.2% for PBDB-T-2Cl:Y6-based devices, and to 15.7% from 15.1% for PM6:Y6-based devices.
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- Hao-Wen Cheng
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow , University Suzhou , Jiangsu 215123 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow , University Suzhou , Jiangsu 215123 , China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , California NanoSystems Institute, University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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The mechanisms and kinetics of O(3P,1D) + OCS(X1Σ+) reactions have been studied by the high-level G2M(CC2) and CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df)//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) methods in conjunction with the transition-state theory and variational Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory calculations. The result shows that the triplet surface proceeds directly by abstraction and substitution channels to produce SO(3P) + CO(X1Σ+) and S(3P) + CO2(X1 Σg+) by passing the barriers of 7.6 and 9.1 kcal·mol-1 at the G2M(CC2)//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) level, respectively, while two stable intermediates, LM1 (OSCO1) and LM2 (SC(O)O1), are formed barrierlessly from O(1D) + OCS(X1Σ+) in the singlet surface, which lie at -40.5 and -50.1 kcal·mol-1 relative to O(3P) + OCS(X1Σ+) reactants and decompose to CO(X1Σ+) + SO(a1Δ) and S(1D) + CO2(X1Σg+). LM1 and LM2 may also be produced by singlet-triplet surface crossings via MSX1 and MSX2; the predicted total rate constant for the O(3P) + OCS(X1Σ+) reaction including the crossings, 9.2 × 10-11 exp(-5.18 kcal·mol-1/RT) cm3 molecule-1 s-1, is in good agreement with available experimental data. The branching ratio of the CO2 product channel, 0.22-0.32, between 1200 and 1600 K, is also in excellent agreement with the value of 0.2-0.3 measured by Isshiki et al. (J. Phys. Chem. A. 2003, 107, 2464).
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- Hsin-Tsung Chen
- Department of Chemistry , Chung Yuan Christian University , Chung Li District , Taoyuan City , 32023 , Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Hanoi University of Science and Technology , Hanoi 100000 , Vietnam
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Shown I, Samireddi S, Chang YC, Putikam R, Chang PH, Sabbah A, Fu FY, Chen WF, Wu CI, Yu TY, Chung PW, Lin MC, Chen LC, Chen KH. Carbon-doped SnS 2 nanostructure as a high-efficiency solar fuel catalyst under visible light. Nat Commun 2018; 9:169. [PMID: 29330430 PMCID: PMC5766557 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02547-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Photocatalytic formation of hydrocarbons using solar energy via artificial photosynthesis is a highly desirable renewable-energy source for replacing conventional fossil fuels. Using an L-cysteine-based hydrothermal process, here we synthesize a carbon-doped SnS2 (SnS2-C) metal dichalcogenide nanostructure, which exhibits a highly active and selective photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons under visible-light. The interstitial carbon doping induced microstrain in the SnS2 lattice, resulting in different photophysical properties as compared with undoped SnS2. This SnS2-C photocatalyst significantly enhances the CO2 reduction activity under visible light, attaining a photochemical quantum efficiency of above 0.7%. The SnS2-C photocatalyst represents an important contribution towards high quantum efficiency artificial photosynthesis based on gas phase photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light, where the in situ carbon-doped SnS2 nanostructure improves the stability and the light harvesting and charge separation efficiency, and significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity.
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- Indrajit Shown
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan. .,Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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Billo T, Fu FY, Raghunath P, Shown I, Chen WF, Lien HT, Shen TH, Lee JF, Chan TS, Huang KY, Wu CI, Lin MC, Hwang JS, Lee CH, Chen LC, Chen KH. Ni-Nanocluster Modified Black TiO 2 with Dual Active Sites for Selective Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Small 2018; 14:1702928. [PMID: 29134759 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201702928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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One of the key challenges in artificial photosynthesis is to design a photocatalyst that can bind and activate the CO2 molecule with the smallest possible activation energy and produce selective hydrocarbon products. In this contribution, a combined experimental and computational study on Ni-nanocluster loaded black TiO2 (Ni/TiO2[Vo] ) with built-in dual active sites for selective photocatalytic CO2 conversion is reported. The findings reveal that the synergistic effects of deliberately induced Ni nanoclusters and oxygen vacancies provide (1) energetically stable CO2 binding sites with the lowest activation energy (0.08 eV), (2) highly reactive sites, (3) a fast electron transfer pathway, and (4) enhanced light harvesting by lowering the bandgap. The Ni/TiO2[Vo] photocatalyst has demonstrated highly selective and enhanced photocatalytic activity of more than 18 times higher solar fuel production than the commercial TiO2 (P-25). An insight into the mechanisms of interfacial charge transfer and product formation is explored.
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- Tadesse Billo
- Nano Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Optoelectronic Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Optoelectronic Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Srinivasadesikan V, Raghunath P, Lin MC. Quantum chemical investigation on the role of Li adsorbed on anatase (101) surface nano-materials on the storage of molecular hydrogen. J Mol Model 2015; 21:142. [PMID: 25966674 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2686-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lithiation of TiO2 has been shown to enhance the storage of hydrogen up to 5.6 wt% (Hu et al. J Am Chem Soc 128:11740-11741, 2006). The mechanism for the process is still unknown. In this work we have carried out a study on the adsorption and diffusion of Li atoms on the surface and migration into subsurface layers of anatase (101) by periodic density functional theory calculations implementing on-site Coulomb interactions (DFT+U). The model consists of 24 [TiO2] units with 11.097 × 7.655 Å(2) surface area. Adsorption energies have been calculated for different Li atoms (1-14) on the surface. A maximum of 13 Li atoms can be accommodated on the surface at two bridged O, Ti-O, and Ti atom adsorption sites, with 83 kcal mol(-1) adsorption energy for a single Li atom adsorbed between two bridged O atoms from where it can migrate into the subsurface layer with 27 kcal mol(-1) energy barrier. The predicted adsorption energies for H2 on the lithiated TiO2 (101) surface with 1-10 Li atoms revealed that the highest adsorption energies occurred on 1-Li, 5-Li, and 9-Li surfaces with 3.5, 4.4, and 7.6 kcal mol(-1), respectively. The values decrease rapidly with additional H2 co-adsorbed on the lithiated surfaces; the maximum H2 adsorption on the 9Li-TiO2(a) surface was estimated to be only 0.32 wt% under 100 atm H2 pressure at 77 K. The result of Bader charge analysis indicated that the reduction of Ti occurred depending on the Li atoms covered on the TiO2 surface.
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- V Srinivasadesikan
- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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Huang SC, Nghia NT, Putikam R, Nguyen HMT, Lin MC, Tsuchiya S, Lee YP. Reaction dynamics of O(¹D) + HCOOD/DCOOH investigated with time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared emission spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:154313. [PMID: 25338902 DOI: 10.1063/1.4897418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We investigated the reaction dynamics of O((1)D) towards hydrogen atoms of two types in HCOOH. The reaction was initiated on irradiation of a flowing mixture of O3 and HCOOD or DCOOH at 248 nm. The relative vibration-rotational populations of OH and OD (1 ≦ v ≦ 4, J ≤ 15) states were determined from time-resolved IR emission recorded with a step-scan Fourier-transform spectrometer. In the reaction of O((1)D) + HCOOD, the rotational distribution of product OH is nearly Boltzmann, whereas that of OD is bimodal. The product ratio [OH]/[OD] is 0.16 ± 0.05. In the reaction of O((1)D) + DCOOH, the rotational distribution of product OH is bimodal, but the observed OD lines are too weak to provide reliable intensities. The three observed OH/OD channels agree with three major channels of production predicted with quantum-chemical calculations. In the case of O((1)D) + HCOOD, two intermediates HOC(O)OD and HC(O)OOD are produced in the initial C-H and O-D insertion, respectively. The former undergoes further decomposition of the newly formed OH or the original OD, whereas the latter produces OD via direct decomposition. Decomposition of HOC(O)OD produced OH and OD with similar vibrational excitation, indicating efficient intramolecular vibrational relaxation, IVR. Decomposition of HC(O)OOD produced OD with greater rotational excitation. The predicted [OH]/[OD] ratio is 0.20 for O((1)D) + HCOOD and 4.08 for O((1)D) + DCOOH; the former agrees satisfactorily with experiments. We also observed the v3 emission from the product CO2. This emission band is deconvoluted into two components corresponding to internal energies E = 317 and 96 kJ mol(-1) of CO2, predicted to be produced via direct dehydration of HOC(O)OH and secondary decomposition of HC(O)O that was produced via decomposition of HC(O)OOH, respectively.
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- Shang-Chen Huang
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Engineering - Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Center for Computational Science and Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Zhang JX, Mai SJ, Huang XX, Wang FW, Liao YJ, Lin MC, Kung HF, Zeng YX, Xie D. MiR-29c mediates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human colorectal carcinoma metastasis via PTP4A and GNA13 regulation of β-catenin signaling. Ann Oncol 2014; 25:2196-2204. [PMID: 25193986 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Distant metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related death, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has a critical role in this process. Accumulating evidence indicates that EMT can be regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs). miR-29c has been implicated as a tumor suppressor in several human cancers. However, the role of miR-29c in the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis remains largely unknown. PATIENTS AND METHODS The expression of miR-29c was examined by qRT-PCR in a cohort of primary CRC (PC) and distant liver metastasis (LM) tissues. A series of in vivo and in vitro assays were carried out in order to elucidate the functions of miR-29c and the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of metastatic CRC. RESULTS miR-29c was markedly downregulated in PCs with distant metastasis and determined to be an independent predictor of shortened patient survival. But LM tissues showed higher levels of miR-29c than that in PC tissues. In CRC cells, miR-29c dramatically suppressed cell migration and invasion abilities in vitro and cancer metastasis in vivo. In addition, miR-29c inhibited EMT and negatively regulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Guanine nucleotide binding protein alpha13 (GNA13) and protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA (PTP4A) were identified as direct targets of miR-29c, which acted through ERK/GSK3β/β-catenin and AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathways, respectively, to regulate EMT. Furthermore, significant associations between miR-29c, its target genes (GNA13 and PTP4A) and EMT markers were validated in both PC and LM tissues. CONCLUSION Our findings highlight the important role of miR-29c in regulating CRC EMT via GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling by targeting GNA13 and PTP4A and provide new insights into the metastatic basis of CRC.
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- J X Zhang
- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou.
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Tseng CE, Yeh CM, Fang CY, Shay J, Chen PL, Lin MC, Chang D, Wang M. Detection of human JCPyV and BKPyV in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the GI tract. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013. [PMID: 24258263 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-d13-2010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that infection with human polyomavirus, such as JCPyV and BKPyV, might be associated with various human tumors. However, an association between human JCPyV and BKPyV infection and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to examine DLBCLs of the gastrointestinal tract for evidence of human polyomavirus infection. Nested PCR and DNA sequencing were employed for viral DNA detection and viral genotype identification. In addition, two viral proteins, the large tumor antigen (LT) and the major structural protein (VP1), were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Human JCPyV and BKPyV DNA was detected in 14 out of 16 tissue samples (87.5%), whereby nine cases were infected with JCPyV and five cases were infected with BKPyV. Both archetypal and rearranged genotypes of JCPyV and BKPyV were detected in the tissues. LT was detected in 11 tissue samples (68.75%). However, VP1 was not detected in any of the tissue samples. The presence of human JCPyV and BKPyV DNA and protein in DLBCL tissues of gastrointestinal tract were first reported in this study. The current results provide evidence of a possible association between human JCPyV and BKPyV infection and DLBCL.
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- C E Tseng
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Tseng CE, Yeh CM, Fang CY, Shay J, Chen PL, Lin MC, Chang D, Wang M. Detection of human JCPyV and BKPyV in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the GI tract. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 33:665-72. [PMID: 24258263 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-2010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that infection with human polyomavirus, such as JCPyV and BKPyV, might be associated with various human tumors. However, an association between human JCPyV and BKPyV infection and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to examine DLBCLs of the gastrointestinal tract for evidence of human polyomavirus infection. Nested PCR and DNA sequencing were employed for viral DNA detection and viral genotype identification. In addition, two viral proteins, the large tumor antigen (LT) and the major structural protein (VP1), were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Human JCPyV and BKPyV DNA was detected in 14 out of 16 tissue samples (87.5%), whereby nine cases were infected with JCPyV and five cases were infected with BKPyV. Both archetypal and rearranged genotypes of JCPyV and BKPyV were detected in the tissues. LT was detected in 11 tissue samples (68.75%). However, VP1 was not detected in any of the tissue samples. The presence of human JCPyV and BKPyV DNA and protein in DLBCL tissues of gastrointestinal tract were first reported in this study. The current results provide evidence of a possible association between human JCPyV and BKPyV infection and DLBCL.
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- C E Tseng
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Raghunath P, Lin MC. Ab initio chemical kinetics for SiH2 + Si2H6 and SiH3 + Si2H5 reactions and the related unimolecular decomposition of Si3H8 under a-Si/H CVD conditions. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:10811-23. [PMID: 24059703 DOI: 10.1021/jp407553a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The kinetics and mechanisms for SiH2 + Si2H6 and SiH3 + Si2H5 reactions and the related unimolecular decomposition of Si3H8 have been investigated by ab initio molecular orbital theory based on the QCISD(T)/CBS//QCISD/6-311++G(d,p) method in conjunction with quantum statistical variational Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) calculations. For the barrierless radical association processes, their variational transition states have been characterized by the CASPT2//CASSCF method. The species involved in the study are known to coexist under CVD conditions. The results show that the association reaction of SiH2 and Si2H6 producing Si3H8 occurs by insertion via its lowest-energy path forming a loose hydrogen-bonding molecular complex with 8.3 kcal/mol binding energy; the reaction is exothermic by 55.0 kcal/mol. The chemically activated Si3H8 adduct can fragment by several paths, producing SiH4 + SiH3SiH (-0.7 kcal/mol), Si(SiH3)2 + H2 (-1.4 kcal/mol), and SiH3SiH2SiH + H2 (-1.4 kcal/mol). The predicted enthalpy changes as given agree well with available thermochemical data. Three other decomposition channels of Si3H8 occurring by Si-H or Si-Si breaking were found to be highly endothermic, and the reactions take place without a well-defined barrier. The heats of formation of Si3H8, SiH2SiH, Si2H4, i-Si3H7, n-Si3H7, Si(SiH3)2, and SiH3SiH2SiH have been predicted and found to be in close agreement with those available data in the literature. The product branching rate constants for SiH2 + Si2H6 and SiH3 + Si2H5 reactions and the thermal unimolecular decomposition of Si3H8 for all low-energy paths have been calculated with multichannel variational RRKM theory covering varying P,T conditions typically employed in PECVD and Cat-CVD processes for hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si/H) film growth. The results were also found to be in good agreement with available kinetic data. Our kinetic results may be employed to model and control very large-area a-Si/H film growth for a new generation of solar cell applications.
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- P Raghunath
- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Lin MC, Lee CF, Lin CL, Wu YC, Wang HE, Chen CL, Sung FC, Kao CH. Dental diagnostic X-ray exposure and risk of benign and malignant brain tumors. Ann Oncol 2013; 24:1675-9. [PMID: 23406732 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study evaluates the risk of benign brain tumors (BBTs) and malignant brain tumors (MBTs) associated with dental diagnostic X-ray, using a large population-based case-control study. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified 4123 BBT cases and 16 492 controls without BBT (study 1) and 197 MBT cases and 788 controls without MBT (study 2) from Taiwan National Health Insurance claim data. The risks of both types of tumor were estimated in association with the frequency of received dental diagnostic X-ray. RESULTS The mean ages were ~44.2 years in study 1 and 40.6 years in study 2. Multivariable unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of BBT increases as the frequency of received dental diagnostic X-ray increases. The BBT odds ratio increased from 1.33 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.22-1.44] for those with annual mean X-ray examination of less than one to 1.65 (95% CI 1.37-1.98) for those with three or more X-ray examinations, after controlling for comorbidities. No significant association was found between MBTs and dental diagnostic X-ray exposure. CONCLUSIONS Exposure to dental diagnostic X-rays in oral and maxillofacial care increases the risk of BBTs, but not MBTs.
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- M C Lin
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, E-DA Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- R S Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Chang KW, Lin MC, Lee SY, Chen HY, Chen CC, Fu YK. Effects of [123I]ADAM, a serotonin transporter radiopharmaceutical, on pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats. Appl Radiat Isot 2012; 70:2646-51. [PMID: 22960183 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Serotonin transport abnormalities are implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. [(123)I]ADAM ([(123)I]-2-([2-({dimethylamino}methyl)phenyl]thio)-5-iodophenylamine) is a novel radiotracer that targets serotonin transporters. We assessed the toxicity of [(123)I]ADAM (18.5 MBq) administered in early- and late-phases (8 and 14 day postfertilization, respectively) of pregnancy. The mortality, clinical status, and gross necropsy were measured in pregnant rats, and the fertility index was measured in rat offspring (weight, clinical observations). We found no dosing-related clinical signs. In conclusion, [(123)I]ADAM was not toxic in an animal pregnancy model.
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- K W Chang
- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Division of Isotope Application, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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Yao Y, Fang ZP, Chen H, Yue L, Min DL, Tang LN, Yu WX, Kung HF, Lin MC, Shen Z. HGFK1 inhibits bone metastasis in breast cancer through the TAK1/p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Cancer Gene Ther 2012; 19:601-8. [PMID: 22767217 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2012.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Breast cancer metastasis to bone represents a devastating complication of advanced breast cancer, frequently resulting in significant increases in morbidity and mortality. An understanding of the mechanisms that govern breast cancer metastasis at the molecular level should lead to more effective therapies. Recently, the kringle 1 domain of human hepatocyte growth factor (HGFK1) was identified as a candidate metastasis suppressor gene. Here, we investigated whether HGFK1 is a key regulator of breast cancer bone metastasis. Of the 193 human breast carcinoma tissue samples examined, HGFK1 expression was relative higher in 82 (42.4%) by western blot and in 84 (43.5%) by quantitative real-time PCR. The higher expression of HGFK1 was significantly associated with a better prognostic value (P<0.001) and inversely correlated with bone metastasis (P=0.003). The efficacy of adeno-associated virus carrying HGFK1 (AAV-HGFK1) in osteolytic bone metastasis was then evaluated using an in vivo bone metastasis model. AAV-HGFK1 significantly inhibited osteolytic bone metastasis and prolonged the survival of mice in this model (P<0.01). In vitro, HGFK1 expression resulted in significant anti-invasion effects, enhanced the phosphorylation of TAK1 (transforming growth factor-β-activated kinase 1), p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) and MAPKAPK2 (MAPK-activated protein kinase 2) and decreased the expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB (RANK), which was abrogated by the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. This study shows for the first time that HGFK1 significantly inhibits the metastasis of breast cancer to bone by activating the TAK1/p38 MAPK signaling pathway and inhibiting RANK expression. Thus, AAV-HGFK1 treatment represents a potential therapy for bone metastasis in breast cancer.
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- Y Yao
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, People's Republic of China
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Weng MH, Chen HT, Wang YC, Ju SP, Chang JG, Lin MC. Kinetics and mechanisms for the adsorption, dissociation, and diffusion of hydrogen in Ni and Ni/YSZ slabs: a DFT study. Langmuir 2012; 28:5596-5605. [PMID: 22401369 DOI: 10.1021/la300305m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The adsorption, dissociation, and diffusion of hydrogen in Ni(100) and Ni(100)/YSZ(100) slabs with two different interfaces (Ni/cation and Ni/O interface) have been studied by the density functional theory (DFT) with the Perdew-Wang functional. The H(2) molecule is found to preferentially absorb on a Top (T) site with side-on configuration on the Ni(100) surface, while the H-atom is strongly bound at a fcc Hollow (H) site. The barrier for the H(2) dissociation on both surfaces is calculated to be only ~0.1 eV. The potential energy pathways of H diffusion on pure Ni and Ni/YSZ with the two different interfaces are studied. Our calculated results show that the H-atom diffusion occurs via surface path rather than the bulk path. For the bulk path in Ni/YSZ, H-atom migration can occur more readily at the Ni/cation interface compared to the Ni/O interface. The existence of vacancy in the interface region is found to improve the mobility of H-atoms at the interface of Ni/YSZ slab. The rate constants for hydrogen dissociation and diffusion in pure Ni and Ni/YSZ are predicted.
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- Meng Hsiung Weng
- Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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Aravind K, Lin MC, Ho IL, Wu CS, Kuo W, Kuan CH, Chang-Liao KS, Chen CD. Magnetic field enhanced resonant tunneling in a silicon nanowire single-electron-transistor. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:2509-2512. [PMID: 22755082 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.5797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report fabrication, measurement and simulation of silicon single-electron-transistors made on silicon-on-insulator wafers. At T-2 K, these devices showed clear Coulomb blockade structures. An external perpendicular magnetic field was found to enhance the resonant tunneling peak and was used to predict the presence of two laterally coupled quantum dots in the narrow constriction between the source-drain electrodes. The proposed model and measured experimental data were consistently explained using numerical simulations.
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- K Aravind
- Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Chen HT, Raghunath P, Lin MC. Computational investigation of O2 reduction and diffusion on 25% Sr-doped LaMnO3 cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells. Langmuir 2011; 27:6787-6793. [PMID: 21563810 DOI: 10.1021/la200193a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and diffusion mechanisms on 25% Sr-doped LaMnO(3) (LSM) cathode materials as well as their kinetic behavior have been studied by using spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Bader charge and frequency analyses were carried out to identify the oxidation state of adsorbed oxygen species. DFT and molecular dynamics (MD) results show that the fast O(2) adsorption/reduction process via superoxide and peroxide intermediates is energetically favorable on the Mn site rather than on the Sr site. Furthermore, the higher adsorption energies on the Mn site of the (110) surface compared to those on the (100) surface imply that the former is more efficient for O(2) reduction. Significantly, we predict that oxygen vacancies enhance O(2) reduction kinetics and that the O-ion migration through the bulk is dominant over that on the surface of the LSM cathode.
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- Hsin-Tsung Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli 32023, Taiwan.
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Zhang B, Qian D, Ma HH, Jin R, Yang PX, Cai MY, Liu YH, Liao YJ, Deng HX, Mai SJ, Zhang H, Zeng YX, Lin MC, Kung HF, Xie D, Huang JJ. Anthracyclines disrupt telomere maintenance by telomerase through inducing PinX1 ubiquitination and degradation. Oncogene 2011; 31:1-12. [PMID: 21643006 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Telomere maintenance is essential for cancer growth. Induction of telomere dysfunction, for example, by inhibition of telomeric proteins or telomerase, has been shown to strongly enhance cancer cells' sensitivity to chemotherapies. However, it is not clear whether modulations of telomere maintenance constitute cancer cellular responses to chemotherapies. Furthermore, the manner in which anti-cancer drugs affect telomere function remains unknown. In this study, we show that anthracyclines, a class of anti-cancer drugs widely used in clinical cancer treatments, have an active role in triggering telomere dysfunction specifically in telomerase-positive cancer cells. Anthracyclines interrupt telomere maintenance by telomerase through the downregulation of PinX1, a protein factor responsible for targeting telomerase onto telomeres, thereby inhibiting telomerase association with telomeres. We further demonstrate that anthracyclines downregulate PinX1 by inducing this protein degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent pathway. Our data not only reveal a novel action for anthracyclines as telomerase functional inhibitors but also provide a clue for the development of novel anti-cancer drugs based on telomerase/telomere targeting, which is actively investigated by many current studies.
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- B Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xu ZF, Xu K, Lin MC. Thermal decomposition of ethanol. 4. Ab initio chemical kinetics for reactions of H atoms with CH3CH2O and CH3CHOH radicals. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:3509-22. [PMID: 21446658 DOI: 10.1021/jp110580r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The potential energy surfaces of H-atom reactions with CH(3)CH(2)O and CH(3)CHOH, two major radicals in the decomposition and oxidation of ethanol, have been studied at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory with geometric optimization carried out at the BH&HLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) level. The direct hydrogen abstraction channels and the indirect association/decomposition channels from the chemically activated ethanol molecule have been considered for both reactions. The rate constants for both reactions have been calculated at 100-3000 K and 10(-4) Torr to 10(3) atm Ar pressure by microcanonical VTST/RRKM theory with master equation solution for all accessible product channels. The results show that the major product channel of the CH(3)CH(2)O + H reaction is CH(3) + CH(2)OH under atmospheric pressure conditions. Only at high pressure and low temperature, the rate constant for CH(3)CH(2)OH formation by collisonal deactivation becomes dominant. For CH(3)CHOH + H, there are three major product channels; at high temperatures, CH(3)+CH(2)OH production predominates at low pressures (P < 100 Torr), while the formation of CH(3)CH(2)OH by collisional deactivation becomes competitive at high pressures and low temperatures (T < 500 K). At high temperatures, the direct hydrogen abstraction reaction producing CH(2)CHOH + H(2) becomes dominant. Rate constants for all accessible product channels in both systems have been predicted and tabulated for modeling applications. The predicted value for CH(3)CHOH + H at 295 K and 1 Torr pressure agrees closely with available experimental data. For practical modeling applications, the rate constants for the thermal unimolecular decomposition of ethanol giving key accessible products have been predicted; those for the two major product channels taking place by dehydration and C-C breaking agree closely with available literature data.
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- Z F Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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The mechanisms for the reactions of ClO with C(2)H(2) and C(2)H(4) have been investigated at the CCSD(T)/CBS level of theory. The results show that in both systems, the interaction between the Cl atom of the ClO radical and the triple and double bonds of C(2)H(2) and C(2)H(4) forms prereaction van der Waals complexes with the O-Cl bond pointing perpendicularly toward the π-bonds, both with 2.1 kcal/mol binding energies. The mechanism is similar to those of the HO-C(2)H(2)/C(2)H(4) systems. The rate constants for the low energy channels have been predicted by statistical theory. For the reaction of ClO and C(2)H(2), the main channels are the production of CH(2)CO + Cl (k(1a)) and CHCO + HCl (k(1b)), with k(1a) = 1.19 × 10(-15)T(1.18) exp(-5814/T) and k(1b) = 6.94 × 10(-21) × T(2.60) exp(-6587/T) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). For the ClO + C(2)H(4) reaction, the main pathway leads to C(2)H(4)O + Cl (k(2a)) with the predicted rate constant k(2a) = 2.13 × 10(-17)T(1.52) exp(-3849/T) in the temperature range of 300-3000 K. These rate constants are pressure-independent below 100 atm.
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- R S Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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The reaction of ClO with Cl and its related reverse processes have been studied theoretically by ab initio quantum chemical and statistical mechanical calculations. The geometric parameters of the reactants, products, and transition states are optimized by both UMPW1PW91 and unrestricted coupled-cluster single and double excitation (UCCSD) methods with the 6-311+G(3df) basis set. The potential energy surface has been further refined (with triple excitations, T) at the UCCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df) level of theory. The results show that Cl(2) and O ((3)P) can be produced by chlorine atom abstraction via a tight transition state, while ClOCl ((1)A(1)) and ClClO ((1)A') can be formed by barrierless association processes with exothermicities of 31.8 and 16.0 kcal/mol, respectively. In principle the O ((1)D) atom can be generated with a large endothermicity of 56.9 kcal/mol; on the other hand, its barrierless reaction with Cl(2) can readily form ClClO ((1)A'), which fragments rapidly to give ClO + Cl. The rate constants of both forward and reverse processes have been predicted at 150-2000 K by the microcanonical variational transition state theory (VTST)/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory. The predicted rate constants are in good agreement with available experimental data within reported errors.
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- Z F Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lin MC, Vreeman DJ, McDonald CJ, Huff SM. A characterization of local LOINC mapping for laboratory tests in three large institutions. Methods Inf Med 2010; 50:105-14. [PMID: 20725694 DOI: 10.3414/me09-01-0072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We characterized the use of laboratory LOINC® codes in three large institutions, focused on the following questions: 1) How many local codes had been voluntarily mapped to LOINC codes by each institution? 2) Could additional mappings be found by expert manual review for any local codes that were not initially mapped to LOINC codes by the local institution? and 3) Are there any common characteristics of unmapped local codes that might explain why some local codes were not mapped to LOINC codes by the local institution? METHODS With Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, we obtained deidentified data from three large institutions. We calculated the percentage of local codes that have been mapped to LOINC by personnel at each of the institutions. We also analyzed a sample of unmapped local codes to determine whether any additional LOINC mappings could be made and identify common characteristics that might explain why some local codes did not have mappings. RESULTS Concept type coverage and concept token coverage (volume of instance data covered) of local codes mapped to LOINC codes were 0.44/0.59, 0.78/0.78 and 0.79/0.88 for ARUP, Intermountain, and Regenstrief, respectively. After additional expert manual mapping, the results showed mapping rates of 0.63/0.72, 0.83/0.80 and 0.88/0.90, respectively. After excluding local codes which were not useful for inter-institutional data exchange, the mapping rates became 0.73/0.79, 0.90/0.99 and 0.93/0.997, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Local codes for two institutions could be mapped to LOINC codes with 99% or better concept token coverage, but mapping for a third institution (a reference laboratory) only achieved 79% concept token coverage. Our research supports the conclusions of others that not all local codes should be assigned LOINC codes. There should also be public discussions to develop more precise rules for when LOINC codes should be assigned.
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- M C Lin
- The Department of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Xu ZF, Lin MC. Computational studies on metathetical and redox processes of HOCl in gas phase. III. Its self-reaction and interactions with HNOx (x = 1-3). J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:5320-6. [PMID: 20361765 DOI: 10.1021/jp100977k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The gas-phase redox reactions of HOCl with its self and HNO(x) (x = 1-3) have been studied theoretically by ab initio quantum chemical and statistical mechanical theories. The structures of reactants, intermediate complexes, products, and transition states were optimized at the MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. The potential energy surface of each reaction was refined at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. The most favorable products are predicted to be ClClO + H(2)O and ClOCl + H(2)O for the HOCl self-reaction (A), H(2)O + Cl + NO for the HOCl + HNO reaction (B), H(2)O + ClNO(2) for the HOCl + HONO-t reaction (C), H(2)O + cis-ClONO for the HOCl + HONO-c reaction (D). For the HOCl + HONO(2) reaction (E), only one dehydration reaction channel was considered to produce H(2)O + ClONO(2). The rate constants of all above five reactions have been predicted at 300-3000 K by the VTST/RRKM theory. The calculation shows that the theoretical rate constants are within the upper limits of experimental results. In addition, we calculated the equilibrium constant for the Cl(2)O + H(2)O --> HOCl + HOCl reaction, which is also in reasonable agreement with experimental data within the error of the available experimental enthalpy change.
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- Z F Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Xu ZF, Lin MC. Computational studies on metathetical and redox processes of HOCl in the gas phase: (II) reactions with ClO(x) (x = 1-4). J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:833-8. [PMID: 20070128 DOI: 10.1021/jp908882b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The reactions of HOCl + ClO(x) (x = 1-4) have been studied theoretically by ab initio quantum chemical and statistical mechanical methods. The structures of reactants, intermediates, products, and transition states were optimized at the MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory, and the potential energy surface of each reaction was refined at the G2M and CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) levels of theory. The most favorable reaction channels are predicted to be Cl-abstraction in HOCl + ClO with a barrier of 18.5 kcal/mol and H abstraction in HOCl + OClO with a barrier of 23.9 kcal/mol. In the HOCl + ClO(3) reaction both processes can occur; the barriers of Cl and H abstraction are 16.4 and 17.1 kcal/mol, respectively. In the HOCl + ClO(4) reaction, the H abstraction transition state lies below that of the reactants by 1.4 kcal/mol. The rate constants for all low barrier channels have been calculated in the temperature range 200-3000 K by statistical theory. In addition, the rate constant for the reverse of the HOCl + ClO reaction, Cl(2)O + OH --> HOCl + ClO, has been predicted; the result is in good agreement with the bulk of available experimental data.
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- Z F Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Chou JW, Lin KC, Tang YT, Hsueh FK, Lee YJ, Luo CW, Chen YN, Yuan CT, Shih HC, Fan WC, Lin MC, Chou WC, Chuu DS. Fluorescence signals of quantum dots influenced by spatially controlled array structures. Nanotechnology 2009; 20:415201. [PMID: 19755732 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/41/415201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Fluorescence signals of quantum dots (QDs) influenced by different array structures of gold-coated silicon nanorods (SiNRs) were investigated via experimental observations and two-dimensional (2D) finite element method (FEM) simulations. On the densest gold-coated SiNRs array structure, the highest QD fluorescence quenching rates were observed and on the sparsest array structure, the highest QD fluorescence enhancement rates were observed. By developing a new technique which obtains the optical image of the array structures without losing information about the QD locations, we were able to further investigate how the QD fluorescence is influenced by spatially controlled array structures.
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- J W Chou
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
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He ML, Zheng BJ, Chen Y, Wong KL, Huang JD, Lin MC, Yuen KY, Sung JJY, Kung HF. Development of interfering RNA agents to inhibit SARS-associated coronavirus infection and replication. Hong Kong Med J 2009; 15:28-31. [PMID: 19509435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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- M L He
- Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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The reaction between O((1)D) and C(6)H(6) (or C(6)D(6)) was investigated with crossed-molecular-beam reactive scattering and time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. From the crossed-molecular-beam experiments, four product channels were identified. The major channel is the formation of three fragments CO+C(5)H(5)+H; the channels for formation of C(5)H(6)+CO and C(6)H(5)O+H from O((1)D)+C(6)H(6) and OD+C(6)D(5) from O((1)D)+C(6)D(6) are minor. The angular distributions for the formation of CO and H indicate a mechanism involving a long-lived collision complex. Rotationally resolved infrared emission spectra of CO (1<or=upsilon<or=6) and OH (1<or=upsilon<or=3) were recorded with a step-scan Fourier-transform spectrometer. At the earliest applicable period (0-5 mus), CO shows a rotational distribution corresponding to a temperature of approximately 1480 K for upsilon=1 and 920-700 K for upsilon=2-6, indicating possible involvement of two reaction channels; the vibrational distribution of CO corresponds to a temperature of approximately 5800 K. OH shows a rotational distribution corresponding to a temperature of approximately 650 K for upsilon=1-3 and a vibrational temperature of approximately 4830 K. The branching ratio of [CO]/[OH]=2.1+/-0.4 for O((1)D)+C(6)H(6) and [CO]/[OD]>2.9 for O((1)D)+C(6)D(6) is consistent with the expectation for an abstraction reaction. The mechanism of the reaction may be understood from considering the energetics of the intermediate species and transition states calculated at the G2M(CC5) level of theory for the O((1)D)+C(6)H(6) reaction. The experimentally observed branching ratios and deuterium isotope effect are consistent with those predicted from calculations.
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- Hui-Fen Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Yeung BHY, Wong KY, Lin MC, Wong CKC, Mashima T, Tsuruo T, Wong AST. Chemosensitisation by manganese superoxide dismutase inhibition is caspase-9 dependent and involves extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2. Br J Cancer 2008; 99:283-93. [PMID: 18594523 PMCID: PMC2480972 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chemoresistance and therapeutic selectivity are major obstacles to successful chemotherapy of ovarian cancer. Manganese superoxide disumutase (MnSOD) is an important antioxidant enzyme responsible for the elimination of superoxide radicals. We reported here that MnSOD was significantly elevated in ovarian cancer cells and its overexpression was one of the mechanisms that increased resistance to apoptosis in cancer cells. Knockdown of MnSOD by small-interfering RNA (siRNA) led to an increase in superoxide generation and sensitisation of ovarian cancer cells to the two front-line anti-cancer agents doxorubicin and paclitaxel whose action involved free-radical generation. This synergistic effect was not observed in non-transformed ovarian surface epithelial cells. Furthermore, our results revealed that this combination at the cellular level augmented activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9, but not caspase-8, suggesting involvement of an intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Evaluation of signalling pathways showed that MnSOD siRNA enhanced doxorubicin- and paclitaxel-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2. Akt activation was not affected. These results identify a novel chemoresistance mechanism in ovarian cancer, and show that combination of drugs capable of suppressing MnSOD with conventional chemotherapeutic agents may provide a novel strategy with a superior therapeutic index and advantage for the treatment of refractory ovarian cancer.
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- B H Y Yeung
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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- Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
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Chen HT, Chang JG, Musaev DG, Lin MC. Computational study on kinetics and mechanisms of unimolecular decomposition of succinic acid and its anhydride. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:6621-9. [PMID: 18582025 DOI: 10.1021/jp8019733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanisms and kinetics of unimolecular decomposition of succinic acid and its anhydride have been studied at the G2M(CC2) and microcanonical RRKM levels of theory. It was shown that the ZsgsZ conformer of succinic acid, with the Z-acid form and the gauche conformation around the central C-C bond, is its most stable conformer, whereas the lowest energy conformer with the E-acid form, ECGsZ, is only 3.1 kcal/mol higher in energy than the ZsgsZ. Three primary decomposition channels of succinic acid producing H2O + succinic anhydride with a barrier of 51.0 kcal/mol, H2O + OCC2H3COOH with a barrier of 75.7 kcal/mol and CO2 + C2H5COOH with a barrier of 71.9 kcal/mol were predicted. The dehydration process starting from the ECGCZ-conformer is found to be dominant, whereas the decarboxylation reaction starting from the ZsgsZ-conformer is only slightly less favorable. It was shown that the decomposition of succinic anhydride occurs via a concerted fragmentation mechanism (with a 69.6 kcal/mol barrier), leading to formation of CO + CO2 + C2H4 products. On the basis of the calculated potential energy surfaces of these reactions, the rate constants for unimolecular decomposition of succinic acid and its anhydride were predicted. In addition, the predicted rate constants for the unimolecular decomposition of C2H5COOH by decarboxylation (giving C2H6 + CO2) and dehydration (giving H3CCHCO + H2O) are in good agreement with available experimental data.
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- Hsin-Tsung Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Cherry L Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Gao Y, Ng SSM, Chau DHW, Yao H, Yang C, Man K, Huang PT, Huang C, Huang JJ, Kung HF, Lin MC. Development of recombinant adeno-associated virus and adenovirus cocktail system for efficient hTERTC27 polypeptide-mediated cancer gene therapy. Cancer Gene Ther 2008; 15:723-32. [PMID: 18535618 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2008.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The low in vivo transduction efficiency of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) and the undesirably strong immunogenicity of adenovirus (rAdv) have limited their clinical utilization in cancer gene therapy. We have previously demonstrated that intratumoral injection of rAAV expressing a C-terminal polypeptide of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (rAAV-hTERTC27) effectively inhibits the growth of glioblastoma xenografts in nude mice. To further improve its efficacy, we combined rAAV-hTERTC27 with rAdv and investigated the efficiency of the cocktail vectors in vivo. At a nontherapeutic dose (1 x 10(8) plaque-forming units (PFUs)), rAdv-null and rAdv-hTERTC27 were equipotent in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of rAAV-hTERTC27 (1.5 x 10(11) v.g.), and complete tumor regression was achieved in 25% of the treated animals. Importantly, the combination of rAAV-hTERTC27 and a therapeutic dose (2.5 x 10(9) PFU) of rAdv-hTERTC27 significantly augmented the therapeutic effects and led to a 38% complete tumor regression rate. In vivo optical imaging also showed that rAAV-luc/rAdv-luc cocktail vectors could synergistically enhance the early transient and latent sustained expression of luciferase, as compared to rAdv-luc and rAAV-luc alone. These findings suggest that the combination of rAAV-hTERTC27 and a therapeutic dose of rAdv-hTERTC27 is potentially a promising treatment for glioblastoma, and the rAAV/rAdv cocktail vector system warrants further development for cancer gene therapy.
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- Y Gao
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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A simple method for the fabrication of highly photoactive nanocrystalline two-layer TiO(2) electrodes for solar cell applications is presented. Diluted titanium acetylacetonate has been used as a precursor for covering SnO(2):F (FTO) films with dense packed TiO(2) nanocrystallites. The nanoporous thick TiO(2) film follows the dense packed thin TiO(2) film as a second layer. For the latter, amorphous TiO(2) nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by a sol-gel technique in an acidic environment with pH<1 and hydrothermal growth at a temperature of 200 °C. The acidic nanoparticle gel was neutralized by basic ammonia and a TiO(2) gel of pH 5 was obtained; this pH value is higher than the recently reported value of 3.1 (Park et al 2005 Adv. Mater. 17 2349-53). Highly interconnected, nanoporous, transparent and active TiO(2) films have been fabricated from the pH 5 gel. SEM, AFM and XRD analyses have been carried out for investigation of the crystal structure and the size of nanoparticles as well as the surface morphology of the films. Investigation of the photocurrent-voltage characteristics has shown improvement in cell performance along with the modification of the surface morphology, depending on pH of the TiO(2) gel. Increasing the pH of the gel from 2.1 to 5 enhanced the overall conversion efficiency of the dye-sensitized solar cells by approximately 30%. An energy conversion efficiency of 8.83% has been achieved for the cell (AM1.5, 100 mWcm(-2) simulated sunlight) compared to 6.61% efficiency in the absence of ammonia in the TiO(2) gel.
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- Tereza M Paronyan
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Institute for Physical Research, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Ashtarak-2, Armenia
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Choi Y, Lin MC, Liu M. Computational Study on the Catalytic Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction on La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:7214-9. [PMID: 17639518 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200700411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yongman Choi
- Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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The photodissociation of phenol at 193 and 248 nm was studied using multimass ion-imaging techniques and step-scan time-resolved Fourier-transform spectroscopy. The major dissociation channels at 193 nm include cleavage of the OH bond, elimination of CO, and elimination of H(2)O. Only the former two channels are observed at 248 nm. The translational energy distribution shows that H-atom elimination occurs in both the electronically excited and ground states, but elimination of CO or H(2)O occurs in the electronic ground state. Rotationally resolved emission spectra of CO (1 <or= v <or= 4) in the spectral region of 1860-2330 cm(-1) were detected upon photolysis at 193 nm. After a correction for rotational quenching, CO (v <or= 4) shows a nascent rotational temperature of approximately 4600 K. The observed vibrational distribution of (v = 1)/(v = 2)/(v = 3)/(v = 4) = 64.3/22.2/9.1/4.4 corresponds to a vibrational temperature of 3350 +/- 20 K. An average rotational energy of 6.9 +/- 0.7 kcal mol(-1) and vibrational energy of 3.8 +/- 0.7 kcal mol(-1) are observed for the CO product. The dissociation channels, translational energy distributions of the photofragment, and vibrational and rotational energies of product CO are consistent with potential energy surfaces from quantum chemical calculations and the branching ratios from an RRKM calculation.
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- Chien-Ming Tseng
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 23-166, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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The unimolecular decomposition of C(6)H(5)OH on its singlet-state potential energy surface has been studied at the G2M//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level of theory. The result shows that the most favorable reaction channel involves the isomerization and decomposition of phenol via 2,4-cyclohexadienone and other low-lying isomers prior to the fragmentation process, producing cyclo-C(5)H(6) + CO as major products, supporting the earlier assumption of the important role of the 2,4-cyclohexadienone intermediate. The rate constant predicted by the microcanonical RRKM theory in the temperature range 800-2000 K at 1 Torr--100 atm of Ar pressure for CO production agrees very well with available experimental data in the temperature range studied. The rate constants for the production of CO and the H atom by O-H dissociation at atmospheric Ar pressure can be represented by k(CO) = 8.62 x 10(15) T(-0.61) exp(-37,300/T) s(-1) and k(H) = 1.01 x 10(71) T(-15.92) exp(-62,800/T) s(-1). The latter process is strongly P-dependent above 1000 K; its high- and low-pressure limits are given.
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- Z F Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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The mechanism of the reactions of W and W(+) with the water molecule have been studied for several lower-lying electronic states of tungsten centers at the CCSD(T)/6-311G(d,p)+SDD and B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)+SDD levels of theory. It is shown that these reactions are essentially multistate processes, during which lower-lying electronic states of the systems cross several times. They start with the formation of initial prereaction M(H(2)O) complexes with M-H(2)O bonding energies of 9.6 and 48.2 kcal/mol for M = W and W(+), followed by insertion of the metal center into an O-H bond with 20.0 and 53.3 kcal/mol barriers for neutral and cationic systems, respectively. The overall process of M + H(2)O --> t-HM(OH) is calculated to be highly exothermic, 48.4 and 48.8 kcal/mol for M = W and W(+). From the HM(OH) intermediate the reaction may proceed via several different channels, among which the stepwise HM(OH) --> HMO + H --> (H)(2)MO and concerted HM(OH) --> (H)(2)MO pathways are more favorable and can compete (energetically) with each other. For the neutral system (M = W), the concerted process is the most favorable, whereas for the charged system (M = W(+)), the stepwise pathway is slightly more favorable. From the energetically most favorable intermediate (H)(2)MO the reactions proceed via H(2)-molecule formation with a 53.1 kcal/mol activation barrier for the neutral system. For the cationic system, H-H formation and dissociation is an almost barrierless process. The overall reaction of W and W(+) with the water molecule leading to H(2) + MO formation is found to be exothermic by 48.2 and 39.8 kcal/mol, respectively. In the gas phase with the collision-less conditions the reactions W((7)S) + H(2)O --> H(2) + WO((3)Sigma(+)), and W(+)((6)D) + H(2)O --> H(2) + WO(+)((4)Sigma(+)) are expected to proceed via a 10.4 and 5.1 kcal/mol overall energy barrier corresponding to the first O-H dissociation at the TS1. On the basis of these PESs, we predict kinetic rate constants for the reactions of W and W(+) with H(2)O.
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- D G Musaev
- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation and Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lin MC, Eid P, Wong PT, Macgregor RB. High pressure fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of poly(dA)poly(dT), poly(dA) and poly(dT). Biophys Chem 2007; 76:87-94. [PMID: 17027462 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(98)00234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/1998] [Revised: 09/11/1998] [Accepted: 10/07/1998] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effect of hydrostatic pressure upon the DNA duplex, poly(dA)poly(dT), and its component single strands, poly(dA) and poly(dT) has been studied by fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The spectral data indicate that at 28 degrees C and pressures up to 12 kbar (1200 MPa) all three polymers retain the B conformation. Pressure causes the band at 967 cm(-1), arising from water-deoxyribose interactions, to shift to higher frequencies, a result consistent with increased hydration at elevated pressures. A larger pressure-induced frequency shift in this band is observed in the single stranded polymers than in the double stranded molecule, suggesting that the effect of pressure on the hydration of single strands may be greater than upon a double stranded complex. A pressure-dependent hypochromicity in the bands attributed to base stacking indicates that pressure facilitates the base stacking in the three polymers, in agreement with previous assessments of the importance of stacking in the stabilization of DNA secondary structure at ambient and high pressures.
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- M C Lin
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of the cyanomidyl radical (HNCN) with the hydroxyl radical (OH) have been investigated by ab initio calculations with rate constants prediction. The single and triplet potential energy surfaces of this reaction have been calculated by single-point calculations at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level based on geometries optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) and CCSD/6-311++G(d,p) levels. The rate constants for various product channels in the temperature range of 300-3000 K are predicted by variational transition-state and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theories. The predicted total rate constants can be represented by the expressions ktotal=2.66 x 10(+2)xT-4.50 exp(-239/T) in which T=300-1000 K and 1.38x10(-20)xT2.78 exp(1578/T) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1) where T=1000-3000 K. The branching ratios of primary channels are predicted: k1 for forming singlet HON(H)CN accounts for 0.32-0.28, and k4 for forming singlet HONCNH accounts for 0.68-0.17 in the temperature range of 300-800 K. k2+k7 for producing H2O+NCN accounts for 0.55-0.99 in the high-temperature range of 800-3000 K. The branching ratios of k3 for producing HCN+HNO, k6 for producing H2N+NCO, k8 for forming 3HN(OH)CN, k9 for producing CNOH+3NH, and k5+k10 for producing NH2+NCO are negligible. The rate constants for key individual product channels are provided in a table for different temperature and pressure conditions.
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- Shucheng Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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The reactions of trimethylindium (TMIn) with H2O and H2S are relevant to the chemical vapor deposition of indium oxide and indium sulfide thin films. The mechanisms and energetics of these reactions in the gas phase have been investigated by density functional theory and ab initio calculations using the CCSD(T)/[6-31G(d,p)+Lanl2dz]//B3LYP/[6-31G(d,p)+Lanl2dz] and CCSD(T)/[6-31G(d,p)+Lanl2dz] //MP2/[6-31G(d,p)+Lanl2dz] methods. The results of both methods are in good agreement for the optimized geometries and relative energies. When TMIn reacts with H2O and H2S, initial molecular complexes [(CH3)3In:OH2 (R1)] and [(CH3)3In:SH2 (R2)] are formed with 12.6 and 3.9 kcal/mol binding energies. Elimination of a CH4 molecule from each complex occurs with a similar energy barrier at TS1 (19.9 kcal/mol) and at TS3 (22.1 kcal/mol), respectively, giving stable intermediates (CH3)2InOH and (CH3)2InSH. The elimination of the second CH4 molecule from these intermediate products, however, has to overcome very high and much different barriers of 66.1 and 53.2 kcal/mol, respectively. In the case of DMIn with H2O and H2S reactions, formation of both InO and InS is exothermic by 3.1 and 30.8 kcal/mol respectively. On the basis of the predicted heats of formation of R1 and R2 at 0 K and -20.1 and 43.6 kcal/mol, the heats of formation of (CH3)2InOH, (CH3)2InSH, CH3InO, CH3InS, InO, and InS are estimated to be -20.6, 31.8, and 29.0 and 48.4, 35.5, and 58.5 kcal/mol, respectively. The values for InO and InS are in good agreement with available experimental data. A similar study on the reactions of (CH3)2In with H2O and H2S has been carried out; in these reactions CH3InOH and CH3InSH were found to be the key intermediate products.
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- P Raghunath
- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Reaction mechanisms for the interactions between CeO(2)(111) and (110) surfaces are investigated using periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Both standard DFT and DFT+U calculations to examine the effect of the localization of Ce 4f states on the redox chemistry of H(2)-CeO(2) interactions are described. For mechanistic studies, molecular and dissociative local minima are initially located by placing an H(2) molecule at various active sites of the CeO(2) surfaces. The binding energies of physisorbed species optimized using the DFT and DFT+U methods are very weak. The dissociative adsorption reactions producing hydroxylated surfaces are all exothermic; exothermicities at the DFT level range from 4.1 kcal mol(-1) for the (111) to 26.5 kcal mol(-1) for the (110) surface, while those at the DFT+U level are between 65.0 kcal mol(-1) for the (111) and 81.8 kcal mol(-1) for the (110) surface. Predicted vibrational frequencies of adsorbed OH and H(2)O species on the surfaces are in line with available experimental and theoretical results. Potential energy profiles are constructed by connecting molecularly adsorbed and dissociatively adsorbed intermediates on each CeO(2) surface with tight transition states using the nudged elastic band (NEB) method. It is found that the U correction method plays a significant role in energetics, especially for the intermediates of the exit channels and products that are partially reduced. The surface reduction reaction on CeO(2)(110) is energetically much more favorable. Accordingly, oxygen vacancies are more easily formed on the (110) surface than on the (111) surface.
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- Hsin-Tsung Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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The mechanism for ClO + NH2 has been investigated by ab initio molecular orbital and transition-state theory calculations. The species involved have been optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) level and their energies have been refined by single-point calculations with the modified Gaussian-2 method, G2M(CC2). Ten stable isomers have been located and a detailed potential energy diagram is provided. The rate constants and branching ratios for the low-lying energy channel products including HCl + HNO, Cl + NH2O, and HOCl + 3NH (X(3)Sigma(-)) are calculated. The result shows that formation of HCl + HNO is dominant below 1000 K; over 1000 K, Cl + NH2O products become dominant. However, the formation of HOCl + 3NH (X(3)Sigma(-)) is unimportant below 1500 K. The pressure-independent individual and total rate constants can be expressed as k1(HCl + HNO) = 4.7 x 10(-8)(T(-1.08)) exp(-129/T), k(2)(Cl + NH2O) = 1.7 x 10(-9)(T(-0.62)) exp(-24/T), k3(HOCl + NH) = 4.8 x 10(-29)(T5.11) exp(-1035/T), and k(total) = 5.0 x 10(-9)(T(-0.67)) exp(-1.2/T), respectively, with units of cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1), in the temperature range of 200-2500 K.
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- R S Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Wu CW, Lee YP, Xu S, Lin MC. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Rate Coefficients for the Reaction O(3P) + C2H5OH at High Temperatures. J Phys Chem A 2007; 111:6693-703. [PMID: 17497834 DOI: 10.1021/jp068977z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rate coefficients of the reaction O(3P)+C2H5OH in the temperature range 782-1410 K were determined using a diaphragmless shock tube. O atoms were generated by photolysis of SO2 at 193 nm with an ArF excimer laser; their concentrations were monitored via atomic resonance absorption. Our data in the range 886-1410 K are new. Combined with previous measurements at low temperature, rate coefficients determined for the temperature range 297-1410 K are represented by the following equation: k(T)=(2.89+/-0.09)x10(-16)T1.62 exp[-(1210+/-90)/T] cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1); listed errors represent one standard deviation in fitting. Theoretical calculations at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df, 2p)//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) level predict potential energies of various reaction paths. Rate coefficients are predicted with the canonical variational transition state (CVT) theory with the small curvature tunneling correction (SCT) method. Reaction paths associated with trans and gauche conformations are both identified. Predicted total rate coefficients, 1.60 x 10(-22)T3.50 exp(16/T) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1) for the range 300-3000 K, agree satisfactorily with experimental observations. The branching ratios of three accessible reaction channels forming CH3CHOH+OH (1a), CH2CH2OH+OH (1b), and CH3CH2O+OH (1c) are predicted to vary distinctively with temperature. Below 500 K, reaction 1a is the predominant path; the branching ratios of reactions 1b,c become approximately 40% and approximately 11%, respectively, at 2000 K.
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- Chih-Wei Wu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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