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5% to 8.8% for an interquartile range increment of PM. PM0.2 was also positively associated with diastolic blood pressure, with an increase of 5.9% (95% CI, 1.0%-11.0%) for an interquartile range increment (5.8 μg/m3) at lag 0 to 24 hours. For PM2.5 constituents, we found positive associations between chloride and diastolic blood pressure (1.7% [95% CI, 0.1%-3.3%]), and negative associations between vanadium and diastolic blood pressure (-1.6% [95% CI, -3.0% to -0.1%]). Conclusions Both particle size and constituent exposure are significantly associated with blood pressure in the first 24 hours following exposure in healthy Chinese adults.Background Previous studies have found associations between fine particulate matter less then 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among populations with no CVD history. Less is understood about susceptibility of adults with a history of CVD and subsequent PM2.5-related CVD events and whether current regulation levels for PM2.5 are protective for this population. Methods and Results This retrospective cohort study included 96 582 Kaiser Permanente Northern California adults with a history of stroke or acute myocardial infarction. Outcome, covariate, and address data obtained from electronic health records were linked to time-varying 1-year mean PM2.5 exposure estimates based on residential locations. Cox proportional hazard models estimated risks of stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular mortality associated with PM2.5 exposure, adjusting for multiple covariates. Secondary analyses estimated risks below federal and state regulation levels (12 µg/m3 for 1-year mean PM2.5). A 10-µg/m3 increase in 1-year mean PM2.5 exposure was associated with an increase in risk of cardiovascular mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 1.20; 95% CI, 1.11-1.30), but no increase in risk of stroke or acute myocardial infarction. Analyses of less then 12 µg/m3 showed increased risk for CVD mortality (HR, 2.31; 95% CI, 1.96-2.71), stroke (HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.09-1.83]), and acute myocardial infarction (HR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.21-1.89) per 10-µg/m3 increase in 1-year mean PM2.5. Conclusions Adults with a history of CVD are susceptible to the effects of PM2.5 exposure, particularly on CVD mortality. Increased risks observed at exposure levels less then 12 µg/m3 highlight that current PM2.5 regulation levels may not be protective for this susceptible population.Background Diesel exhaust (DE) emissions are a major contributor to ambient air pollution and are strongly associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Exposure to traffic-related particulate matter is linked with acute adverse cardiovascular events; however, the mechanisms are not fully understood. NADPH tetrasodium salt chemical structure We examined the role of the autonomic nervous system during exposure to DE that has previously only been indirectly investigated. Methods and Results Using microneurography, we measured muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) directly in the peroneal nerve of 16 healthy individuals. MSNA, heart rate, and respiration were recorded while subjects rested breathing filtered air, filtered air with an exposure mask, and standardized diluted DE (300 µg/m3) through the exposure mask. Heart rate variability was assessed from an ECG. DE inhalation rapidly causes an increase in number of MSNA bursts as well as the size of bursts within 10 minutes, peaking by 30 minutes (P50% of the maximum burst) from filtered air with an exposure mask (r2=0.368, P=0.013). Conclusions Our study provides direct evidence for the rapid modulation of the autonomic nervous system after exposure to DE, with an increase in MSNA. The quick increase in sympathetic outflow may explain the strong epidemiological data associating traffic-related particulate matter to acute adverse cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction. Registration URL https//www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier NCT02892279.An approach to investigate the physical parameters related to ion thermodiffusion in aqueous solutions is proposed herein by calculating the equilibrium hydration free energy and the self-diffusion coefficient as a function of temperature, ranging from 293 to 353 K, using molecular dynamics simulations of infinitely diluted ions in aqueous solutions. Several ion force field parameters are used in the simulations, and new parameters are proposed for some ions to better describe their hydration free energy. Such a theoretical framework enables the calculation of some single-ion properties, such as heat of transport, Soret coefficient, and mass current density, as well as properties of salts, such as effective mass and thermal diffusion, Soret and Seebeck, coefficients. These calculated properties are compared with experimental data available from optical measurements and showed good agreement revealing an excellent theoretical predictability of salt thermodiffusion properties. Differences in single-ion Soret and self-diffusion coefficients of anions and cations give rise to a thermoelectric field, which affects the system response that is quantified by the Seebeck coefficient. The fast and slow Seebeck coefficients are calculated and discussed, resulting in values with mV/K order of magnitude, as observed in experiments involving several salts, such as K+Cl-, Na+Cl-, H+Cl-, Na+OH-, TMA+OH-, and TBA+OH-. The present approach can be adopted for any ion or charged particle dispersed in water with the aim of predicting the thermoelectric field induced through the fluid. It has potential applications in designing electrolytes for ionic thermoelectric devices in order to harvest energy and thermoelectricity in biological nanofluids.Ventricular cardiac arrhythmia (VA) arises in acquired or congenital heart disease. Long QT syndrome type-3 (LQT3) is a congenital form of VA caused by cardiac sodium channel (INaL) SCN5A mutations that prolongs cardiac action potential (AP) and enhances INaL current. Mexiletine inhibits INaL and shortens the QT interval in LQT3 patients. Above therapeutic doses, mexiletine prolongs the cardiac AP. We explored structure-activity relationships (SAR) for AP shortening and prolongation using dynamic medicinal chemistry and AP kinetics in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Using patient-derived LQT3 and healthy hiPSC-CMs, we resolved distinct SAR for AP shortening and prolongation effects in mexiletine analogues and synthesized new analogues with enhanced potency and selectivity for INaL. This resulted in compounds with decreased AP prolongation effects, increased metabolic stability, increased INaL selectivity, and decreased avidity for the potassium channel. This study highlights using hiPSC-CMs to guide medicinal chemistry and "drug development in a dish".The acidity of acetylene CH is stronger than that of alkane CH, and the attractive interaction between an acetylene CH with π-electrons, which shows a clear hydrogen bond property, is called activated CH/π interaction. In this study, cooperative enhancement of the activated CH/π interaction has been probed through the cluster size dependence of the red shift of the acetylene CH stretching vibrational band in neutral phenol-(acetylene)n (∼16 ≤ n ≤ ∼30) and (acetylene)n+ (10 ≤ n ≤ 70). In both the clusters, the characteristic asymmetric (red-shaded) shape of the CH stretch band has been observed. This band shape means that the magnitude of the activated CH/π interaction is enhanced by its cooperativity in the interior moiety of the cluster. The red-shifted component of the band extends with increasing cluster size, and the edge of this component seems to reach to the CH stretch band position of crystalline acetylene at the size of n = 20-30, indicating that dozens of molecules need to interact each other to maximize cooperativity in the activated CH/π interaction of acetylene. On the other hand, the peak position of the band does not converge to that of crystalline acetylene in the observed size range. The present result suggests that the spectral convergence of acetylene clusters to the bulk may occur in the cluster size range of hundreds or larger.Processes that rely on heterogeneous catalysts underpin the production of bulk chemicals and fuels. In spite of this, understanding of the interplay between the structure and reactivity of these complex materials remains elusive-rendering rational improvement of existing systems challenging. Herein, we describe efforts to understand complex materials capable of selective thermochemical conversion of CO2 to methanol using a surface organometallic chemistry (SOMC) approach. In particular, we focus on the remarkable, but often subtle, roles of metal-metal synergy and metal-support interfaces in determining the reactivity of many different systems for the conversion of CO2 to methanol. Specifically, we explore synthetic and analytical strategies for the systematic study of synergistic behaviors of multi-component catalytic systems in the context of CO2 hydrogenation, and we discuss how the insights obtained can inform the design of materials. We also address limitations of the approach employed and opportunities to expand upon the observations emerging from this work, before attempting to establish transposable and generalizable trends for Cu-based catalysts and beyond.The past decade has witnessed a significant development of droplet microfluidics for applications such as directed evolution and single-cell analysis. While the stability and manipulation of droplets are part of the prerequisites to further their applications, most of the currently available surfactants serve solely as stabilizers between the interfaces of water and oil. In this study, we present a novel type of photo-responsive fluorosurfactant based on fluorinated plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs). The demonstration by fluorinated gold-silica core-shell NPs (f-Au@SiO2) has been shown to be effective in stabilizing the water-in-fluorocarbon oil droplets. More importantly, the photothermal response enabled by the f-Au@SiO2 has been shown to be promising for the movement of droplets as well as the alteration of interfacial stability. The unique photo-responsiveness provided by the plasmonic NPs is expected to gear up the droplet microfluidics with an "active" surfactant for reconfigurable optical manipulation.We describe a high radiochemical yield late-stage direct 18F-labeling of bare biomolecules containing common active groups. Spontaneity and site-selectivity are attributed to the remarkably higher rates of nucleophilic substitution reactions on phosphonates than on other electrophiles by F- at various hydrogen bond forms. Rapid access to many medicinally significant 18F-labeled biomolecules is achieved at 21-68% radiochemical yields and 35.9-55.1 GBq μmol-1 molar activities both manually or automatically.We revived and implemented a method developed by Kuhn in 1934, originally only published in German, that is, the so-called "freely jointed chain" model. This approach turned out to be surprisingly useful for analyzing state-of-the-art computer simulations of the thermosensitive coil-globule transition of N-Isopropylacrylamide 20-mer. Our atomistic computer simulations are orders of magnitude longer than those of previous studies and lead to a reliable description of thermodynamics and kinetics at many different temperatures. The freely jointed chain model provides a coordinate system, which allows us to construct a Markov state model of the conformational transitions. Furthermore, this guarantees a reliable reconstruction of the kinetics in back-and-forth directions. In addition, we obtain a description of the high diversity and variability of both conformational states. Thus, we gain a detailed understanding of the coil-globule transition. Surprisingly, conformational entropy turns out to play only a minor role in the thermodynamic balance of the process.