Scientific Reports 5: Article number: 10942; published online: 01 June 2015; updated: 23 February 2016 This Article contains typographical errors in Table 2 where ‘Week 2 (N = 32)’ was incorrectly given as ‘Week (N = 2)’.

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Correction: Corrigendum: The Serum Profile of Hypercytokinemia Factors Identified in H7N9-Infected Patients can Predict Fatal Outcomes

Yuelong Shu1, John McCauley2 1. WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China 2. WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Crick Worldwide Influenza Centre, the Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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This review focuses on the synthesis, crystallization mechanism, and application of colloidal zeolites. The synthesis formulations and features of different zeolite-type structures prepared in nanosized form are summarized. Special attention is paid to zeolites prepared as stable colloidal suspensions. Next, new insights into zeolite crystallization mechanism gained by using colloidal zeolites as model systems are discussed. Further, the methods for deposition of zeolite nanocrystals from suspensions onto supports of different shapes and compositions used for the fabrication of zeolite films and membranes are reviewed. The use of colloidal zeolites for the fabrication of hierarchical macrostructures is also described. Other uses of nanozeolites for the preparation of functionalized materials, for the synthesis of mesoporous silicas of improved hydrothermal stability, and as seeds for zeolite syntheses are illustrated. The emerging applications of nanozeolites in sensing, optoelectronics, and medicine cons...

Nanozeolites: Synthesis, Crystallization Mechanism, and Applications

Owing to their immense potential in energy conversion and storage, catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, separation and life science applications, significant interest has been devoted to the design and synthesis of hierarchically porous materials. The hierarchy of materials on porosity, structural, morphological, and component levels is key for high performance in all kinds of applications. Synthesis and applications of hierarchically structured porous materials have become a rapidly evolving field of current interest. A large series of synthesis methods have been developed. This review addresses recent advances made in studies of this topic. After identifying the advantages and problems of natural hierarchically porous materials, synthetic hierarchically porous materials are presented. The synthesis strategies used to prepare hierarchically porous materials are first introduced and the features of synthesis and the resulting structures are presented using a series of examples. These involve templating methods (surfactant templating, nanocasting, macroporous polymer templating, colloidal crystal templating and bioinspired process, i.e. biotemplating), conventional techniques (supercritical fluids, emulsion, freeze-drying, breath figures, selective leaching, phase separation, zeolitization process, and replication) and basic methods (sol–gel controlling and post-treatment), as well as self-formation phenomenon of porous hierarchy. A series of detailed examples are given to show methods for the synthesis of hierarchically porous structures with various chemical compositions (dual porosities: micro–micropores, micro–mesopores, micro–macropores, meso–mesopores, meso–macropores, multiple porosities: micro–meso–macropores and meso–meso–macropores). We hope that this review will be helpful for those entering the field and also for those in the field who want quick access to helpful reference information about the synthesis of new hierarchically porous materials and methods to control their structure and morphology.

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Hierarchically porous materials: synthesis strategies and structure design

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Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome

Background Infection of poultry with influenza A subtype H7 viruses occurs worldwide, but the introduction of this subtype to humans in Asia has not been observed previously. In March 2013, three urban residents of Shanghai or Anhui, China, presented with rapidly progressing lower respiratory tract infections and were found to be infected with a novel reassortant avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus. Methods We obtained and analyzed clinical, epidemiologic, and virologic data from these patients. Respiratory specimens were tested for influenza and other respiratory viruses by means of real-time reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction assays, viral culturing, and sequence analyses. Results A novel reassortant avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus was isolated from respiratory specimens obtained from all three patients and was identified as H7N9. Sequencing analyses revealed that all the genes from these three viruses were of avian origin, with six internal genes from avian influenza A (H9N2) virus...

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Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus

Electrophoretic assembly of nanozeolites: zeolite coated fibers and hollow zeolite fibers

The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the electrophysiological results obtained after employing the posterior approach for spinal accessory nerve-suprascapular nerve (SAN-SSN) tr...

Posterior approach for accessory-suprascapular nerve transfer: an electrophysiological outcomes study.

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 17 fatal H7N9 cases in Shanghai in 2013, analyzed clinical variables and described their clinical and epidemiologic characteristics The median age was 73 years, and 824% had underlying medical conditions The most frequent symptoms were fever (100%), followed by productive cough (471%) and dry cough (355%) Thirteen (765%) patients had dyspnea or respiratory distress, five (294%) had shock, and four (235%) had acute kidney injury Seventeen (1000%) patients had lymphopenia Involvement of both lungs was found by chest radiography in 14 (824%) patients at presentation Fifteen (882%) patients were hospitalized The median times from illness onset to hospitalization and to diagnosis confirmation were both six days Eleven (647%) patients were admitted to the intensive care unit Sixteen (941%) patients were treated with oseltamivir The median time from illness onset to oseltamivir treatment was six days Among six patients for whom the duration of viral shedding was available, the median duration of viral shedding after oseltamivir treatment was 17 days The median time from illness onset to death was 11 days Refractory hypoxemia accounted for most deaths The clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in the Shanghai fatal series of patients do not differ from other reports of H7N9 patients in China This investigation reflects a delay in the diagnosis and antiviral treatment of H7N9 patients in the early stage of the epidemic in Shanghai Late antiviral treatment and a long duration of viral shedding may be associated with a fatal outcome in these patients

Y. Gu

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Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus

Electrophoretic assembly of nanozeolites: zeolite coated fibers and hollow zeolite fibers

Posterior approach for accessory-suprascapular nerve transfer: an electrophysiological outcomes study.

Fatal cases of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in Shanghai, China in 2013.