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In the past few years, novel markers such as the interval between the peak and the end of T-wave (Tpte) and Tpte/QT ratio have been shown to have high sensitivity for ventricular arrhythmias and mortality. We analyzed these and other parameters of ventricular repolarization, such as QT interval, QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc), and QT dispersion (QTd) in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD). Additionally, we investigated their relationship with the progression of the disease, echocardiographic parameters, and ventricular arrhythmiasand assessed their prognostic value with development of clinical signs or mortality as the final outcome.

Epidemiological, clinical, echocardiographic, and electrocardiographic data were obtained from 236 dogs with MMVD and 15 healthy dogs. Prognostic and survival information was also recorded for the MMVD group. All ventricular repolarization indices were measured in 10 lead electrocardiographic recordings.

With the exception of the QT interval, most repolarization markers increased along with the frequency of arrhythmiasand with the progression of MMVD. The parameters that best identified ventricular arrhythmias (AUC > 0.7) were Tpte (aVR, rV2, average rV2-V10, average rV2-V4) and Tpte/QT (II, aVR, rV2). In survival analysis, statistically significant markers with the highest differences in median survival were Tpte (maximum of any lead, maximum rV2-V10), QTc aVR, and Tpte rV2.

Tpte and Tpte/QT are good non-invasive markers for clinical risk stratification in dogs with MMVD.

Tpte and Tpte/QT are good non-invasive markers for clinical risk stratification in dogs with MMVD.The presence of microplastics in the various food web raised concerns on human health, but little is known about the target cells and mechanism of toxicity of microplastics. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity of microplastics using relevant cell lines to the oral route of exposure. Approximately 100 μm-sized fragment-type polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) particles were prepared by sieving after pulverization and further applied the accelerated weathering using ultraviolet and heat. Thus, the panel of microplastics includes fresh PP (f-PP), fresh PS (f-PS), weathered PP (w-PP), and weathered PS (w-PS). The spherical PS with a similar size was used as a reference particle. Treatment of all types of PP and PS did not show any toxic effects to the Caco-2 cells and HepG2 cells. However, the treatment of microplastics to THP-1 macrophages showed significant toxicity in the order of f-PS > f-PP > w-PS > w-PP. The weathering process significantly reduced the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation potential of both microplastics because the weathered microplastics have an increased affinity to bind serum protein which acts as a ROS scavenger. The intrinsic ROS generation potential of microplastics showed a good correlation with the toxicity endpoints including cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in THP-1 macrophages. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that the target cell type of microplastics via oral administration can be macrophages and the pathogenic factor to THP-1 macrophages is the intrinsic ROS generation potential of microplastics. Nevertheless, the toxic effect of microplastics tested in this study was much less than that of nano-sized particles.The synergistic photoelectrochemical (PEC) technology is a robust process for the conversion of CO2 into fuels. However, designing a highly efficient UV-visible driven photoelectrocatalyst is still challenging. Sivelestat order Herein, a plasmonic Ag NPs modified TiO2/RGO photoelectrocatalyst (Ag-TiO2/RGO) has been designed for the PEC CO2 reduction into selective production of CH3OH. HR-TEM analysis revealed that Ag and TiO2 NPs with average sizes of 4 and 7 nm, respectively, were densely grown on the few-micron-sized 2D RGO nanosheets. The physicochemical analysis was used to determine the optical and textural properties of the Ag-TiO2/RGO nanohybrids. Under VU-Vis light illumination, Ag-TiO2/RGO photocathode possessed a current density of 23.5 mA cm-2 and a lower electrode resistance value of 125 Ω in CO2-saturated 1.0 M KOH-aqueous electrolyte solution. Catalytic studies showed that the Ag-TiO2/RGO photocathode possessed a remarkable PEC CO2 reduction activity and selective production of CH3OH with a yield of 85 μmol L-1 cm-2, the quantum efficiency of 20% and Faradic efficiency of 60.5% at onset potential of -0.7 V. A plausible PEC CO2 reduction mechanism over Ag-TiO2/RGO photocathode is schematically demonstrated. The present work gives a new avenue to develop high-performance and stable photoelectrocatalyst for PEC CO2 reduction towards sustainable liquid fuels production.Bioconversion of biogas to value-added liquids has received increasing attention over the years. However, many biological processes are restricted under acidic conditions owing to the excessive carbon dioxide (CO2, 30-40% v/v) in biogas. Here, using an enriched culture dominated by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) 'Candidatus Nitrosoglobus', this study examined the feasibility of producing methanol from methane in the CO2-acidified environment (i.e. pH of 5.0). Within the tested dissolved methane range (0.1-0.9 mM), methane oxidation by the acid-tolerant AOB culture followed first-order kinetics, with the same rate constant (i.e. 0.43 (L/(g VSS‧h)) between pH 7.0 and 5.0. The acidic methane oxidation showed robustness against high dissolved concentrations of CO2 (up to 4.06 mM) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S up to 0.11 mM), which led to a high methanol yield of about 30-40%. As such, the raw biogas containing toxic CO2 and H2S can directly serve for methanol production by this acid-tolerant AOB culture, economizing a conventionally costly biogas upgradation process. Afterwards, two batch reactors fed with methane and oxygen intermittently both obtained a final concentration of 1.5 mM CH3OH (equal to 72 mg chemical oxygen demand/L) in the liquid, suggesting it is a useful carbon source to enhance denitrification in wastewater treatment systems. In addition, ammonia availability was identified to be critical for a higher rate of this AOB-mediated methanol production. Overall, our results for the first time demonstrated the capability of a novel acid-tolerant AOB culture to oxidize methane, and also illustrated the technical feasibility to utilize raw biogas for methanol production at acidic conditions.