Hanyang University

About: Hanyang University is a education organization based out in Seoul, South Korea. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Thin film & Population. The organization has 29387 authors who have published 58815 publications receiving 1190144 citations. The organization is also known as: Hanyang Taehakkyo.

Case of the Index Patient Who Caused Tertiary Transmission of COVID-19 Infection in Korea: the Application of Lopinavir/Ritonavir for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infected Pneumonia Monitored by Quantitative RT-PCR

Abstract: Since mid-December of 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has been spreading from Wuhan, China. The confirmed COVID-19 patients in South Korea are those who came from or visited China. As secondary transmissions have occurred and the speed of transmission is accelerating, there are rising concerns about community infections. The 54-year old male is the third patient diagnosed with COVID-19 infection in Korea. He is a worker for a clothing business and had mild respiratory symptoms and intermittent fever in the beginning of hospitalization, and pneumonia symptoms on chest computerized tomography scan on day 6 of admission. This patient caused one case of secondary transmission and three cases of tertiary transmission. Hereby, we report the clinical findings of the index patient who was the first to cause tertiary transmission outside China. Interestingly, after lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra, AbbVie) was administered, β-coronavirus viral loads significantly decreased and no or little coronavirus titers were observed.

Hydrolytic degradation of polylactic acid (PLA) and its composites

Abstract: Biodegradable polymers are seen as a potential solution to the environmental problems generated by plastic waste In particular, the renewable aliphatic polyesters of poly(hydroxyacid)-type homopolymers and copolymers consisting of polylactic acid (PLA), poly(glycolic acid) (PGA), and poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) constitute the most promising bioresorbable materials for applications in biomedical and consumer applications Among those polymers, PLA has attracted particular attention as a substitute for conventional petroleum-based plastics PLA is synthesized by the fermentation of renewable agricultural sources, including corn, cellulose, and other polysaccharides Although some of its characteristics are disadvantageous (eg, poor melt properties, mechanical brittleness, low heat resistance, and slow crystallization), there exist potential routes to resolve these shortcomings These include copolymerization, blending, plasticization modification, or the addition of reinforcing phases (eg, chitosan (Cs), cellulose, and starch) In this review, we discuss the degradation mechanisms of PLA and its modified form in the environment, current issues that hinder the achievement of good Cs/PLA combination, and ways to overcome some of these problems Furthermore, our discussion is extended to cover the subjects of hydrolytic degradation and weathering effects with different Cs/PLA blends

Lithium-Oxygen Batteries and Related Systems: Potential, Status, and Future

Abstract: The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C requires a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions across many sectors of the world economy. Batteries are vital to this endeavor, whether used in electric vehicles, to store renewable electricity, or in aviation. Present lithium-ion technologies are preparing the public for this inevitable change, but their maximum theoretical specific capacity presents a limitation. Their high cost is another concern for commercial viability. Metal-air batteries have the highest theoretical energy density of all possible secondary battery technologies and could yield step changes in energy storage, if their practical difficulties could be overcome. The scope of this review is to provide an objective, comprehensive, and authoritative assessment of the intensive work invested in nonaqueous rechargeable metal-air batteries over the past few years, which identified the key problems and guides directions to solve them. We focus primarily on the challenges and outlook for Li-O2 cells but include Na-O2, K-O2, and Mg-O2 cells for comparison. Our review highlights the interdisciplinary nature of this field that involves a combination of materials chemistry, electrochemistry, computation, microscopy, spectroscopy, and surface science. The mechanisms of O2 reduction and evolution are considered in the light of recent findings, along with developments in positive and negative electrodes, electrolytes, electrocatalysis on surfaces and in solution, and the degradative effect of singlet oxygen, which is typically formed in Li-O2 cells.

Formation of Ni-Co-MoS2 Nanoboxes with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution.

Abstract: Nickel and cobalt incorporated MoS2 nanoboxes are synthesized via the reaction between Ni-Co Prussian blue analogue nanocubes and ammonium thiomolybdate. Due to the structural and compositional advantages, these well-defined nanoboxes manifest enhanced electrochemical activity as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction.