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Tongji University
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About: Tongji University is a education organization based out in Shanghai, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Adsorption. The organization has 76116 authors who have published 81176 publications receiving 1248911 citations. The organization is also known as: Tongji & Tóngjì Dàxué.
Topics: Population, Adsorption, Cancer, Finite element method, Lung cancer
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TL;DR: The Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone (YZSZ) ophiolites have been studied for almost 30 years and is the youngest of the sutures recognized on Tibet Plateau as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that higher PM may induce metabolic alterations that are consistent with activations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and sympathetic- adrenal-medullary axes, adding potential mechanistic insights into the adverse health outcomes associated with PM.
Abstract: Background Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes, but potential mechanisms are largely unknown. Metabolomics represents a powerful approach to study global metabolic changes in response to environmental exposures. We therefore conducted this study to investigate changes in serum metabolites in response to the reduction of PM exposure among healthy college students. Methods We conducted a randomized, double-blind crossover trial in 55 healthy college students in Shanghai, China. Real and sham air purifiers were placed in participants' dormitories in random order for 9 days with a 12-day washout period. Serum metabolites were quantified by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Between-treatment differences in metabolites were examined using orthogonal partial least square-discriminant analysis and mixed-effect models. Secondary outcomes include blood pressure, corticotropin-releasing hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, insulin resistance, and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation. Results The average personal exposure to PMs with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm was 24.3 μg/m3 during the real purification and 53.1 μg/m3 during the sham purification. Metabolomics analysis showed that higher exposure to PMs with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm led to significant increases in cortisol, cortisone, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Between-treatment differences were also observed for glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, and lipids. We found significantly higher blood pressure, hormones, insulin resistance, and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation among individuals exposed to higher PMs with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm. Conclusions This study suggests that higher PM may induce metabolic alterations that are consistent with activations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and sympathetic-adrenal-medullary axes, adding potential mechanistic insights into the adverse health outcomes associated with PM. Furthermore, our study demonstrated short-term reductions in stress hormone following indoor air purification. Clinical trial registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02712333.
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Albany Medical College1, University of Duisburg-Essen2, Maastricht University3, University of Colorado Denver4, University of California, San Francisco5, Cleveland Clinic6, University of Paris7, University of Illinois at Chicago8, Ohio State University9, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai10, University of Cincinnati11, Nippon Medical School12, University of Pennsylvania13, Tongji University14, University of Freiburg15
TL;DR: An instrument was developed by expert opinion that may be useful for the clinician and researcher in establishing criteria for sarcoidosis organ involvement.
Abstract: Introduction: A Case Control Etiology of Sarcoidosis Study (ACCESS) sarcoidosis organ assessment instrument has been used for more than a decade to establish uniform standards for the probability of sarcoidosis organ involvement. The ACCESS instrument has become increasingly outdated as new technologies have been developed. Furthermore, the ACCESS instrument failed to address all possible organs involved with sarcoidosis. For these reasons, the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases (WASOG) developed a new sarcoidosis organ assessment instrument. Methods: Clinical sarcoidosis experts assessed various clinical manifestations for the probability of sarcoidosis organ involvement. Two criteria were required to apply this assessment: 1) histologic evidence of granulomatous inflammation of unknown cause in an organ that was not being assessed; 2) the clinical manifestation being addressed required that alternative causes other than sarcoidosis had been reasonably excluded. Clinical manifestations were assessed as either: a) highly probable: likelihood of sarcoidosis causing this manifestation of at least 90%.; b) probable: likelihood of sarcoidosis causing this manifestation of between 50 and 90%; c) possible: likelihood of sarcoidosis causing this manifestation of less than 50%. The sarcoidosis experts voted on the likelihood of sarcoidosis causing each manifestation using Delphi study methodology where at least 70% agreement of the experts was needed for consensus. Results: Various clinical manifestations were classified as highly probable, at least probable, possible, or indeterminate when no consensus could be reached. Conclusion: An instrument was developed by expert opinion that may be useful for the clinician and researcher in establishing criteria for sarcoidosis organ involvement.
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TL;DR: The GW190521 signal is consistent with a binary black hole (BBH) merger source at redshift 0.13-0.30 Gpc-3 yr-1.8 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The gravitational-wave signal GW190521 is consistent with a binary black hole (BBH) merger source at redshift 0.8 with unusually high component masses, 85-14+21 M o˙ and 66-18+17 M o˙, compared to previously reported events, and shows mild evidence for spin-induced orbital precession. The primary falls in the mass gap predicted by (pulsational) pair-instability supernova theory, in the approximate range 65-120 M o˙. The probability that at least one of the black holes in GW190521 is in that range is 99.0%. The final mass of the merger (142-16+28 M o˙) classifies it as an intermediate-mass black hole. Under the assumption of a quasi-circular BBH coalescence, we detail the physical properties of GW190521's source binary and its post-merger remnant, including component masses and spin vectors. Three different waveform models, as well as direct comparison to numerical solutions of general relativity, yield consistent estimates of these properties. Tests of strong-field general relativity targeting the merger-ringdown stages of the coalescence indicate consistency of the observed signal with theoretical predictions. We estimate the merger rate of similar systems to be 0.13-0.11+0.30 Gpc-3 yr-1. We discuss the astrophysical implications of GW190521 for stellar collapse and for the possible formation of black holes in the pair-instability mass gap through various channels: via (multiple) stellar coalescences, or via hierarchical mergers of lower-mass black holes in star clusters or in active galactic nuclei. We find it to be unlikely that GW190521 is a strongly lensed signal of a lower-mass black hole binary merger. We also discuss more exotic possible sources for GW190521, including a highly eccentric black hole binary, or a primordial black hole binary.
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Gang Chen | 167 | 3372 | 149819 |
Yang Yang | 164 | 2704 | 144071 |
Georgios B. Giannakis | 137 | 1321 | 73517 |
Jian Li | 133 | 2863 | 87131 |
Jianlin Shi | 127 | 859 | 54862 |
Zhenyu Zhang | 118 | 1167 | 64887 |
Ju Li | 109 | 623 | 46004 |
Peng Wang | 108 | 1672 | 54529 |
Qian Wang | 108 | 2148 | 65557 |
Yan Zhang | 107 | 2410 | 57758 |
Richard B. Kaner | 106 | 557 | 66862 |
Han-Qing Yu | 105 | 718 | 39735 |
Wei Zhang | 104 | 2911 | 64923 |
Fabio Marchesoni | 104 | 607 | 74687 |
Feng Li | 104 | 995 | 60692 |