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Its potential and limitations are elucidated by summarizing the key influencing factors including availability of iron sulphides, low denitrification rates, sulphate emission and leaching heavy metals. This review also put forward two key questions in the mechanism of anoxic iron sulphides oxidation, i.e. dissolution of iron sulphides and direct substrates for denitrifiers. Finally, its prospects for future sustainable wastewater treatment are highlighted. An iron sulphides-based biotechnology towards next-generation wastewater treatment (NEO-GREEN) is proposed, which can potentially harness bioenergy in wastewater, incorporate resources (P and Fe) recovery, achieve simultaneous nutrient and emerging contaminants removal, and minimize waste sludge production.Background and aims The pathogenesis Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), a common global problem, remains to be elucidated. As part of our exploratory metabolomics research we determined if homoserine levels are an early biomarker of nascent MetS. Methods An exploratory study involving 28 patients with nascent MetS and 20 matched controls. Metabolites were studied from early morning urine samples and assayed by the NIH Western Metabolomics Center using gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry and were standardized to urine creatinine. All of the patients enrolled in the study had normal renal and hepatic function. Results Patients with MetS had statistically significant increases in overall waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose, HOMA-IR, HbA1C in comparison to the control group. Additionally, increases in IL-1b, IL-6, TLR-4, endotoxin, and leptin were also seen in the MetS group subjects compared to the control group. The concentrations of homoserine were significantly decreased 3-fold in patients with MetS in comparison to the matched controls, p = 0.0027. Furthermore, levels of homoserine were inversely correlated to multiple biomarkers of inflammation and cardio-metabolic risk factors such as HbA1C, blood pressure, TLR-4, leptin, endotoxin, and SAT secreted fetuin A. In addition, homoserine was positively correlated with lysine and NAT. Conclusions In conclusion, low levels of homoserine could potentially contribute to the proinflammatory state in MetS.In this communication a prototype of paper-based analytical device designed for simultaneous determination of orthophosphate and calcium ions, which levels are significant for hyperphosphatemia diagnostics, is presented. The laboratory-on-paper structure for two analytes detection was wax-printed on the surface of filter paper. These two-analyte disposable paper strips are combined with two paired LED-based fluorescence detectors and simple voltmeter used as recorder of analytical signal, what makes the developed device miniature, extremely low-cost, portable and user-friendly. Thus the developed device allows usage outside of specialized clinical laboratory. Moreover, each paper strip is disposable and its utilization is easy and fast and, additionally, burnt strip tests ensure waste non-infectious. The presented LED&Paper-based analytical device provides low detection limits 1.4 μmol L-1 and 7.4 μmol L-1 for orthophosphate and calcium ions, respectively. The practical utility of the developed device for calcemia/phosphatemia diagnostics is demonstrated using control serum standards and real human serum.High-frame-rate volume imaging (HFR-VI) aims to provide high-quality images with high-temporal information. Despite its potential, HFR-VI translation into clinical applications has been challenging due to the high cost of the equipment required to drive matrix probes with a large number of elements. The goal of this study is to introduce and test sparse-random-aperture compounding (SRAC), a technique that allows use of matrix probes with an ultrasound system that has fewer channels while maintaining high frame rates. Four scanning methods were implemented with a 256-channel system using a 4-to-1 multiplexer and a 3-MHz matrix probe with 1024 elements. These methods used three types of waves, either single-diverging waves (SDW), multiplane-diverging waves (MDW) or wide beams (WB); and were driven using one to four SRAC. All methods were also implemented in a 1024-channel multisystem. The main-lobe-to-side-lobe ratio (MLSLR) and the contrast ratio (CR) were studied using a string phantom and a CIRS phantom, respectively. The results showed an increase in the MLSLR and CR as a function of the number of SRAC. The multisystem provided the best results for the MLSLR. However, four SRAC outperformed the multisystem with respect to CR. The method using SDW provided the highest frame rates (i.e., 1875 and 7500 Hz for four and one SRAC, respectively), however it provided the lowest image quality. The two methods using MDWs showed a good compromise between image quality and frame rate (i.e., 187 to 750 Hz for four and one SRAC). Smad inhibitor WB provided the best image quality at the expense of frame rate (i.e., 18 to 75 Hz for four and one SRAC). Our results suggest that SRAC in combination with the tested scanning methods can provide a low-channel count alternative for HFR-VI systems and allows a tunable tradeoff between image quality and frame rate guided by the desired application.Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain containing proteins (NRLPs) are central components of the inflammasome. Accumulating evidence has shown that a reproductive clade of NRLPs is predominantly expressed in oocyte to cleavage stage embryos, and participates in mammalian preimplantation development as a component of a multiprotein complex known as the subcortical maternal complex (SCMC). Nlrp9s belong to the reproductive class of NLRPs; Nlrp9b is unique in acting as an inflammasome against rotavirus in intestines. Here we generated mice carrying mutations in all three members of the Nlrp9a/b/c gene (Nlrp9 triple mutant (TMut) mice). When crossed with wild-type males, the Nlrp9 TMut females were fertile, but deliveries with fewer pups were increased in the mutants. Consistent with this, blastocyst development was retarded and lethality to the preimplantation embryos increased in the Nlrp9 TMut females in vivo. Under in vitro culture conditions, the fertilized eggs from the Nlrp9 TMut females exhibited developmental arrest at the 2-cell stage, accompanied by asymmetric cell division.