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The analysis shows that there has been a significant increase in the importance of day-to-day carryover on ozone levels, and that consequently the ozone weekend effect in Fresno has changed over the last 25 years. In the 1990s, lower NOx on the weekend led to increased ozone on Saturdays and Sundays but levels of Ox remained constant. In the 2010s, lower weekend NOx led to reduced ozone on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays showing that reductions in primary pollutants are sufficient to yield immediate decreases in secondary pollutants. Overall, the photochemical regime in the atmosphere has evolved such that carryover and regional pollution will be increasingly important in determining local ozone concentrations. Policies will therefore need to pay greater attention to regional emissions as local reductions may not be sufficient to meet the health standard. Inland waters emit large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, but emissions from urban lakes are poorly understood. This study investigated seasonal and interannual variations in the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and CO2 flux from Lake Wuli, a small eutrophic urban lake in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, China, based on a long-term (2000-2015) dataset. The results showed that the annual mean pCO2 was 1030 ± 281 μatm (mean ± standard deviation) with a mean CO2 flux of 1.1 ± 0.6 g m-2 d-1 during 2000-2015, suggesting that compared with other lakes globally, Lake Wuli was a significant source of atmospheric CO2. Substantial interannual variability was observed, and the annual pCO2 exhibited a decreasing trend due to improvements in water quality driven by environmental investment. Changes in ammonia nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations together explained 90% of the observed interannual variability in pCO2 (R2 = 0.90, p  less then  0.01). The lake was dominated by cyanobacterial blooms and showed nonseasonal variation in pCO2. This finding was different from those of other eutrophic lakes with seasonal variation in pCO2, mostly because the uptake of CO2 by algal-derived primary production was counterbalanced by the production of CO2 by algal-derived organic carbon decomposition. Selleck C646 Our results suggested that anthropogenic activities strongly affect lake CO2 dynamics and that environmental investments, such as ecological restoration and reducing nutrient discharge, can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from inland lakes. This study provides valuable information on the reduction in carbon emissions from artificially controlled eutrophic lakes and an assessment of the impact of inland water on the global carbon cycle. A series of novel 2-Amino-4-Methylthiazole analogs were developed via three-step reaction encompassing hydrazine-1-carboximidamide motif to combat Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial and fungal infections. Noticeably, the thiazole-carboximidamide derivatives 4a-d displayed excellent antimicrobial activity and the most efficacious analogue 4d with MIC/MBC values of 0.5 and 4 μg/mL, compared to reference drugs with very low toxicity to mammalian cells, resulting in a prominent selectivity more than 100 folds. Microscopic investigation of 4d biphenyl analogue showed cell wall lysis and promote rapid bactericidal activity though disrupting the bacterial membrane. In addition, an interesting in vitro investigation against GlcN-6-P Synthase Inhibition was done which showed potency in the nanomolar range. Meanwhile, this is the first study deploying a biomimicking strategy to design potent thiazole-carboximidamides that targeting GlcN-6-P Synthase as antimicrobial agents. Importantly, Molecular modeling simulation was done for the most active 4d analogue to study the interaction of this analogue which showed good binding propensity to glucosamine binding site which support the in vitro data. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has been recognized as extensively involved in the development and aggravation of cancer, cell propagation and at in the mechanism of chemoresistance development. Low micromolar HO-1 inhibitors selective towards HO-2 has been recently reported, wherein the azole core and the hydrophobic residues are linked through a phenylethanolic spacer bearing a chiral center. Since less information are known about the stereoselective requirements for HO-1 inhibition, here we report the enantiomeric resolution of 1-(biphenyl-3-yl)-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanol (1) and 1-[4-[(4-bromobenzyl)oxy]phenyl]-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanol (2), two among the most potent and selective HO-1 inhibitors known thus far when tested as racemates. The absolute configuration was established for 1 by a combination of experimental and in silico derived electronic circular dichroism spectra, while docking approaches were useful in the case of compound 2. Biological evaluation of pure enantiomers highlighted higher HO-1 inhibitory activity of (R)-enantiomers. Docking studies demonstrated the importance of hydrogen bond interaction, more pronounced for the (R)-enantiomers, with a consensus water molecule within the binding pocket. The present study demonstrates that differences in three-dimensional structure amongst compounds 1 and 2 enantiomers affect significantly the selectivity of these HO-1 inhibitors. We have designed and synthesized 2-methoxy-3-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)quinoline containing amino carbinols as possible anti-tubercular agents to combat the disease. These molecules were synthesized by tethering amino ether linkage with hydroxyl group to diarylquinoline skeleton; hydroxyl and amine chains were engrafted on diaryl ring. They were evaluated against strain (H37Ra) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and most of compounds showed in vitro antitubercular activity. Two compounds having diaryl quinoline hydroxyl amino ether scaffold and three compounds having diaryl amino alkyl carbinol core showed activities at 6.25 μg/mL. This study explores diaryl carbinol prototype as inhibitor against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Roots of Wikstroemia indica is widely used in China as a folk medicine in treatment of many diseases. However, active compounds of guaiane type of sesquiterpene remain largely unknown. In the present work, five new guaiane of type sesquiterpene compounds wikstronone A-E, along with one known guaiane type of sesquiterpene compound were isolated from the petroleum and CH2Cl2 fraction of roots of Wikstroemia indica. Structures of these compounds including absolute configuration were determined by extensive NMR and CD spectroscopic analysis. The inhibitory activity of all isolated compounds were assayed against LPS-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 macrophages by Griess reagent. Among all compounds, wikstronone A (1) showed remarkable NO inhibitory activity comparable to that of positive control Indometacin. Wikstronone D and E (4 and 5) showed weak NO inhibitory activity. The isolated guaiane type of sesquiterpene may be potent NO synthetase inhibitors.