Sequential combination of pre-chlorination and powdered activated carbon adsorption on iodine removal and I-THMs control in drinking water.

Combining pre-oxidation with activated carbon adsorption was explored as an ideal approach for removing iodine from water source to eliminate the formation of Iodinated trihalomethanes (I-THMs). Compared with permanganate and monochloramine, chlorine is more suitable as pre-oxidant to obtain higher active iodine species (HOI/I2). Active iodine species adsorption using both powdered activated carbon (PAC) and granular activated carbon (GAC) can be well fitted the pseudo-second-order kinetic model indicating that chemical adsorption was the dominant mechanism for HOI/I2 adsorption. The average pore size of activated carbons was the most strongly correlated with the adsorption capacity (R2 > 0.98), followed by methylene blue (R2 > 0.76), pore volume (R2 > 0.70) and iodine number (R2 > 0.67). Moreover, three models, including intraparticle diffusion, Byod kinetic, and diffusion-chemisorption were used to illustrate the mechanisms of HOI/I2 adsorption. Chemical adsorption was the dominant mechanism for HOI/I2 adsorption. In summary, at the molar ratio of [NaClO] and [I-] as 1.2, pre-chloriantion time of 5 min, subsequently dosage of 15 mg/L of PAC E with 20 min adsorption can remove 79.8% iodine. In addition, the combined process can eliminate 61%-87.2% of I-THMs in the subsequent chlor(am)ination. The results indicate that pre-chlorination combined with PAC can effectively removed HOI/I2 and attenuate I-THMs formation in the subsequent disinfection process.

Efficient and Highly Accurate Diagnosis of Malignant Hematological Diseases Based on Whole-Slide Images Using Deep Learning.

Hematopoietic disorders are serious diseases that threaten human health, and the diagnosis of these diseases is essential for treatment. However, traditional diagnosis methods rely on manual operation, which is time consuming and laborious, and examining entire slide is challenging. In this study, we developed a weakly supervised deep learning method for diagnosing malignant hematological diseases requiring only slide-level labels. The method improves efficiency by converting whole-slide image (WSI) patches into low-dimensional feature representations. Then the patch-level features of each WSI are aggregated into slide-level representations by an attention-based network. The model provides final diagnostic predictions based on these slide-level representations. By applying the proposed model to our collection of bone marrow WSIs at different magnifications, we found that an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.966 on an independent test set can be obtained at 10× magnification. Moreover, the performance on microscopy images can achieve an average accuracy of 94.2% on two publicly available datasets. In conclusion, we have developed a novel method that can achieve fast and accurate diagnosis in different scenarios of hematological disorders.

Effect of dietary phosphorus levels on meat quality and lipid metabolism in broiler chickens.

To analyze the influence of dietary phosphorus (P) levels on meat quality and lipid metabolism, a 42-day feeding experiment (P deficient group; normal group; high P level groups of H1 and H2, respectively) using 100 one-day-old broilers was conducted. Results demonstrated that the quality of broiler chicken meat in deficient or high P groups decreased relative to the normal group. High P diets resulted in increased lightness, redness values, shear forces and decreased fatty acid contents and intramuscular fat content in breast meat (p<0.01). Compared with normal group, lower malic enzyme activity, higher fatty acid synthase and AMP-activated protein kinase activities were observed in the treatment groups (p<0.05). Chickens fed with normal diets had the lowest serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels which differed from that of other treatments (p<0.05). High-P diets significantly decreased the lipid accumulation in the liver (p<0.01), whereas phosphorus levels in breast meat increased significantly (p<0.01). It can be concluded that deficient or higher P levels could affect meat quality and expression of indicators on lipid metabolism of broiler chickens.

Bacillus radicibacter sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from root nodule of Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge.

A Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, and endospore-forming strain, designated 53-2(T) was isolated from the root nodule of Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge growing on Qilian mountain, China. The strain can grow at pH 7.0-8.0, 10-50 °C and tolerate up to 11% NaCl. Optimal growth occurred at pH 7.2 and 37 °C. The result of BLASTn search based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain 53-2(T) , being closest related to Bacillus acidicola 105-2(T) , possessed remote similarity (less than 95.64%) to the species within genus Bacillus. The DNA G + C content was 37.8%. Chemotaxonomic data (major quinone is MK-7; major polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, unknown phospholipid, and aminoglycophospholipid; fatty acids are anteiso-C15: 0 , iso-C15:0 and anteiso-C17: 0 ) supported the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Bacillus. On the basis of physiological, phylogenetic, and biochemical properties, strain 53-2(T) represents a novel species within genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus radicibacter is proposed. The type strain is 53-2(T) (=DSM27302(T) =ACCC06115(T) =CCNWQLS5(T) ).

Burkholderia metalliresistens sp. nov., a multiple metal-resistant and phosphate-solubilising species isolated from heavy metal-polluted soil in Southeast China.

A metal-resistant and phosphate-solubilising bacterium, designated as strain D414(T), was isolated from heavy metal (Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn)-polluted paddy soils at the surrounding area of Dabao Mountain Mine in Southeast China. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of heavy metals for strain D414(T) were 2000 mg L(-1) (Cd), 800 mg L(-1) (Pb), 150 mg L(-1) (Cu) and 2500 mg L(-1) (Zn). The strain possessed plant growth-promoting properties, such as 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate assimilation, indole production and phosphate solubilisation. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the isolate is a member of the genus Burkholderia where strain D414(T) formed a distinct phyletic line with validly described Burkholderia species. Strain D414(T) is closely related to Burkholderia tropica DSM 15359(T), B. bannensis NBRC E25(T) and B. unamae DSM 17197(T), with 98.5, 98.3 and 98.3 % sequence similarities, respectively. Furthermore, less than 34 % DNA-DNA relatedness was detected between strain D414(T) and the type strains of the phylogenetically closest species of Burkholderia. The dominant fatty acids of strain D414(T) were C14:0, C16:0, C17:0 cyclo and C18:1 ω7c. The DNA G+C content was 62.3 ± 0.5 mol%. On the basis of genotypic, phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain D414(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Burkholderia metalliresistens sp. nov. is proposed, with D414(T) (=CICC 10561(T) = DSM 26823(T)) as the type strain.

Diaphorobacter ruginosibacter sp. nov., isolated from soybean root nodule, and emended description of the genus Diaphorobacter.

A gram-negative bacterium designated BN30(T), which is motile with a polar flagellum, non-endospores forming, oxidase- and catalase-positive, was isolated from soybean root nodule. The organism is facultative anaerobic and surface-wrinkled rod. It can grow at 10-40 °C, pH 6-8 and 6 % (w/v) NaCl. BLASTn search based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strain is closely related to Diaphorobacter aerolatus 8604S-37(T), Alicycliphilus denitrificans K601(T), Simplicispira limi EMB325(T), Diaphorobacter nitroreducens NA10B(T) and Diaphorobacter oryzae RF3(T), which all belonged to the family Comamonadaceae in class Betaproteobacteria. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the strain formed a firm clade with three Diaphorobacter species, being closest to Diaphorobacter aerolatus 8604S-37(T) with similarity of 98.64 %. DNA-DNA relatedness values between strain BN30(T) and five reference strains ranged from 11.5 to 35.9 %. All the results of phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomical data (predominant fatty acids are C16:0, sum feature 3, sum feature 8 and C17:0 cyclo; major polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol; major quinone is Q-8; G+C of total DNA is 65.2 %), physiological and phenotypic results supported that BN30(T) represented a novel species within the genus Diaphorobacter. The name Diaphorobacter ruginosibacter was proposed, and the type strain is BN30(T) (=ACCC06116(T) = DSM 27467(T)).

[A Quantitative Analysis Method of Water-Soluble Inorganic Ions with ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy].

A method of fast nondestructive determination of three kinds of water-soluble inorganic ions including SO4²â», NO3⁻ NH4⁺ in aerosol was disscussed. The method of IC measurement values was used on the control of the three kinds of inorganic ion content. The quantitative calibration models of the inorganic ions were developed by using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy combined with PLS algorithm and the model was evaluated. Markov distance discriminant method was used to identify and eliminate outliers, different mathematical treatments for spectra processing and different wavelength ranges were compared to determine the best model and the optimal model parameters was determined. The results showed that second derivative analysis after eliminating outliers can improve the prediction, PLS analysis can get better results for SO4²â» in the range of 1220-900 cm⁻¹, for NO3⁻ in the range of 1521-900 cm⁻¹ and for NH in the range of 1521-1220 cm⁻¹, the RMSEP were 1.736 7, 1.023 9 and 1.482 3, respectively. The foundation of real-time fast quantitative analysis of the three kinds of inorganic ion in a large number of aerosol samples was established.

[Optical Path Difference Analysis and Simulation of Four Typical Rotary Type Interferometer].

The four kinds of the structure characteristics of rotary type interferometer are mainly analyzed from the classical Michelson interferometer structure in the paper. The Optical path difference between the interferometer and the rotation angle is also analyzed. By setting parameters, the four kinds of rotary type optical path difference of the interferometer are simulated based on the optical path difference formula. The rotation velcocity of the four kinds of interferometers is also simulated. By simulation and contrast of the optical path difference, the relationship is intuitively reflect by figure between the optical path difference and the rotation angle. The scope of the rotation angle is discussed within 3% of the velocity errors. It is the very good reference significance to study the structure and properties of the interferometer by analyzing and simulating the optical path difference discussed in the paper.

[Remote sensing of seasonal variation in column concentration of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 in Hefei].

In order to observe two kinds of greenhouse gases, CO2 and CH4, making the biggest contribution to global warming, a ground-based Fourier transform near-infrared spectral remote sensing system was developed to record the perpendicular incidence sun spectra from February 2012 to April 2013 in Hefei continuously. The measured total transmittances in the atmosphere were obtained from perpendicular incidence sun spectra. Methods of line-by-line and low-order polynomial approximation were used to model the total atmospheric transmittances in forward model. The measured transmittance spectra were fitted iteratively using the modeled transmittance spectra in the regions of CO2 6,150-6,270 and CH4 5,970-6,170 cm(-1) in order to obtain their column concentrations. The column-average dry-air mole fractions of CO2 and CH4 were obtained with the internal standard function of O2 column concentrations. CO2 and CH4 daily average values of column-average dry-air mole fractions changed with a larger fluctuation and obvious seasonal periodicity. Their monthly average values were consistent as a whole, although there were different characteristics. Compared with the results reported by Japanese greenhouse-gas satellite in the area of Waliguan, there was a time lag corresponding to peak and trough of CO2 content and the change from peak to trough costed a longtime. CHR content showed variation tendency of unique peak and trough, higher in summer and lower in winter, compared with average values of nationwide CH4 column concentrations based on SCIAMACHY data. The variation characteristics were related to complex factors such as the balance of source and sink, meteorological and climate conditions, and required long-term observation and further study.

[Quantitative analysis of nitrate in atmospheric particulates PM2.5 with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy].

Airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5 as one of composite core pollutants of air pollution is concerned and NO as one of the main components of water-soluble ions has an important impact on precipitation and human health, so searching a method of rapid and reliable detection is an important work. According to advantages of the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technology, the infrared spectrum of NO3- in NH4NO3 was compared with PM2.5 by a sampling method of making film. The result shows that their spectra are consistent with each other. A range of infrared spectra of different masses of NO3- were measured and the absorbance was fitted with mass, correlation and mass range of which are 0.994 8 and 7.82-73.78 microg, respectively. According to the corresponding relationship of mass between solution and sample film, the FTIR of the sample film was measured directly and mass concentrations of NO3- in a month (between 2012-03-20 and 2012-04-20) of Hefei area are listed and the average is 4.1713 microg x m(-3).

[Optical properties research of NH4NO3 by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy].

In the present paper, the infrared spectrum of aerosol and NH4 NO3 was analysed and compared, and the result showed that the infrared spectral features of aerosol are consistent with that of NH4 NO3. The absorption coefficient alpha and the mass absorption cross section kappa of NO3- was calculated by the transmissivity of NO3- in NH4 NO3 according to Beer-Lambert law. Then the imaginary part of the complex refractive index was calculated through alpha. The real part of the complex refractive index was derived from the K-K(Kramers-Kroning) relationship. It has important significance for further research on the scattering and absorption characteristics of the different composition of the atmospheric aerosol through analysing the results of the experiment.

Rhizobium qilianshanense sp. nov., a novel species isolated from root nodule of Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge in China.

During a study of the diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from root nodules of Oxytropis ochrocephala grown in the northwest of China, four strains were classified in the genus Rhizobium on the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences. These strains have identical 16S rRNA gene sequences, which showed a mean similarity of 94.4 % with the most closely related species, Rhizobium oryzae. Analysis of recA and glnA sequences showed that these strains have less than 88.1 and 88.7 % similarity with the defined species of Rhizobium, respectively. The genetic diversity revealed by ERIC-PCR fingerprinting indicated that the isolates correspond to different strains. Strain CCNWQLS01(T) contains Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone. The major fatty acids were identified as feature 8 (C18: 1ω7c and/or C18: 1ω6c; 67.2 %). Therefore, a novel species Rhizobium qilianshanense sp. nov. is proposed, and CCNWQLS01(T) (= ACCC 05747(T) = JCM 18337(T)) is designated as the type strain.

[Investigation of the limit of detection of an infrared passive remote sensing and scanning imaging system for pollution gas].

NECL could be used to estimate the limit of detection of the infrared passive remote sensing system. It was an important indicator of the sensitivity of the system. The theoretical equation of the NECL according to the atmospheric infrared radiation transfer model showed that NECL related to NESR, the brightness temperature of background and pollution gas, and the absorption coefficient of pollution gas. The remote sensing of SF6 was done. The limit of detection of the system at the different brightness temperature of background and pollution gas could be calculated. False color image of NECL was given from the measured data. The results show that NECL decreases rapidly by increasing the difference in brightness temperature of the background and pollution gas, the value of NECL was down to 10(-2) order of magnitude when the brightness temperature difference was equal to 30 K. False color image of NECL contributes to the discrimination of the limit of detection of the system in the complex background.

[Optical properties research of Bacillus subtilis spores by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy].

The authors measured IR transmission spectra of two different concentrations of Bacillus subtilis spores by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) technology. The mass extinction cross section k of Bacillus subtilis spores was calculated according to Lambert-Beer law and the imaginary part n(i) of the complex refractive index was also calculated through k. The real part n(r) of the complex refractive index was derived from the KK (Kramers-Kronig) relationship and the experimental results were also analyzed and discussed with the study of measurement and analysis method of the complex refractive index on Bacillus subtilis spores, it is of great significance to further research the absorption and scattering characteristics, and to broaden the measurement and remote sensing technology method of the biological aerosols.

[Ozone concentration inversion based on multi-reflected cell FTIR spectra and correlation analysis].

The stratosphere ozone plays the protective action role for human and the ground-level ozone is harmful to human health. Monitoring ozone with different ways and methods took an active part in understanding distribution and transformation of ozone, which was useful to controlling pollution emission. Spectra were got by multi-reflected white cell Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, inversed with nonlinear least squares (NLLSQ) method and then the concentrations of ozone were got exactly. The correlations of measured ozone concentration time series by Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, open path UV differential optical absorption spectrometer and ozone analyzer of the Thermo Corporation were significant. The results showed that the measured ozone absolute concentrations with different monitoring methods and instruments had some differences, but the concentration diurnal variations were coincident and the correlations were good. Therefore, ozone concentration inversion method, based on multi-reflected cell Fourier transform infrared spectrum and not reported in domestic articles, could be used as an effective technique to measure ozone concentration.

[Monitoring and analysis of urban ozone using open path Fourier transform infrared spectrometry].

An ozone monitoring system was developed by the method of open path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) spectrometry based on our FTIR spectrometer. In order to improve measurement precision and detection limit, the quantitative analysis was completed to get ozone concentration by combining synthetic background spectrum method which uses information from HITRAN database and instrumental line shape, and nonlinear least squares (NLLSQ) method. The measurement methods for system detection limit were discussed and the result is 1.42 nmol x mol(-1) with sixteen times averages. The authors developed continuous monitoring experiments in the suburban area of Hefei. For the day and month measurement results, the authors analyzed their variations with the generation sources. The result has shown that this system is reliable and precise and can be used as a new device and method for national ozone monitoring.

[Effects of organic fish protein liquid fertilizer on enzyme activities and microbial biomass C and N in a silt soil].

By the method of thermostatic culture, this paper studied the effects of different application rates (0.5, 1.5, and 2.5 ml x kg(-1)) of organic fish protein liquid fertilizer on the enzyme activities and microbial biomass C and N in a silt soil, and the relationships between these parameters and soil nutrient contents. Under the application of the liquid fertilizer, soil pH varied in the range of 7.07-7.31, but had no significant difference from the control. With the increasing application rate of the liquid fertilizer, the activities of soil phosphatase, urease, and protease, as well as the soil biomass C and N, all increased significantly, and the increment was 127, 190 and 196%, 39.81, 78.06 and 173.24%, 56.37, 108.29 and 199.98%, 167, 395 and 474%, and 121, 243 and 406%, respectively, compared with the control. The peak time of the soil urease and protease activities and microbial biomass C and N differed with the fertilization treatments. Soil phosphase, urease, and protease activities and microbial biomass C and N were significantly positively correlated with soil nutrient contents, suggesting that applying organic fish protein liquid fertilizer to silt soil could improve soil microbial growth and enzyme activities, and accordingly, promote the decomposition and transformation of soil organic matter and the release of soil available nutrient elements.

[Analyzing NH3 volatilization of different fertilizers by FTIR spectra measurement].

In the present paper, the authors used FTIR spectra measurement to analyze the volatilization of NH3 of different fertilizers. With the help of HITRAN database, using NLLS arithmetic, the authors retrieved the concentrations of NH3. The authors compared the concentrations and simply analyzed the reason why the concentrations are different. This experiment indicated that the FTIR spectra measurement used to analyze the volatilization of NH3 has many advantages, such as simple operation, high efficiency, measuring in real time and continuity, so this measurement can completely satisfy the demand of analysis in field.

[Study on the method of FTIR spectrum non linear multiple point calibration].

FTIR Technique has developed rapidly since 1980s, and has become increasingly important. It has been used in a variety of fields. In order to make sure the result is of nicety, the authors should manipulate the FTIR spectrometer accurately and study its instrument response function and calibration arithmetic. Because the instrument response of the detector of FTIR spectrometer is different at different wave band, the no-calibrated spectrum was ruleless. Without calibration, we can not obtain the absolute intensity, even relative intensity. There are two calibration arithmetics: Linear calibration arithmetic corresponding linear detector and non-calibration arithmetic corresponding non-linear detector. The present paper gave the arithmetic of linear calibration and non-linear multiple point calibration. The authors measured several blackbody spectra at some different temperatures. Some of them were used for calibration and one was used to test the result of calibration The result indicated that this method of non-linear multiple point calibration was very good. The relative arbitrary between calibrated blackbody spectrum and standard blackbody spectrum was near 0.2%, while the maximum was still lower than 0.4%.

[The study of instrument response function of FTIR detectors].

FTIR spectrometer detectors have different instrument response function in different wave band. In application, no matter absolute or relative intensity of spectrum the authors use, the authors should calibrate the instrument with standard blackbody to find the instrument response function. In the present paper, the authors study the instrument response function of detectors (InSb detector and MCT detector) in Canada MOMAN MR154 FTIR spectrometer. The authors found the law of the change in instrument response function with temperature (radiation brightness). It is important for FTIR spectrometer calibration.