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Both COVID-19 infection and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) cause hypercoagulability in patients, and it remains unknown whether PAD predisposes patients to experience worse outcomes when infected with SARS-CoV-2.

The Yale DOM-CovX Registry consecutively enrolled inpatients for SARS-CoV-2 between March 1, 2020, and November 10, 2020. Adjusted logistic regression models examined associations between PAD and mortality, stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE, all endpoints combined).

Of the 3,830 patients were admitted with SARS-CoV-2, 50.5% were female, mean age was 63.1 ±18.4 years, 50.7% were minority race, and 18.3% (n = 693) had PAD. PAD was independently associated with increased mortality (OR=1.45, 95% CI 1.11-1.88) and MACE (OR=1.48, 95% CI 1.16-1.87). PAD was not independently associated with stroke (p=0.06) and MI (p=0.22).

Patients with PAD have a >40% odds of mortality and MACE when admitted with a SARS-CoV-2, independent of known risk factors.

40% odds of mortality and MACE when admitted with a SARS-CoV-2, independent of known risk factors.Tetracycline is a potentially hazardous residual antibiotic detected in various sewages. High concentration (mg/L) of tetracycline is found in pharmaceutical/hospital wastewater and wastewater derived from livestock and poultry. So far, only antibiotics in μg/L level have been reported in granulation of aerobic sludge during wastewater treatment, but its effects in high concentration are rarely reported. In this study, the influence of tetracycline in high concentration (∼2 mg/L) on the formation of granular sludge, structure, and metabolic function of the microbial community during the granulation of aerobic sludge was investigated to improve the understanding of the aerobic granular sludge formation under high-level of tetracycline. The role of extracellular polymers substances (EPSs) derived from granular sludge in the granulation and tetracycline removal process was also investigated, showing that tetracycline improved the relative hydrophobicity, flocculability and protein/polysaccharide ratio of EPSs, accelerating the granulation of sludge. Succession of microbial communities occurred during the domestication of functional bacteria present in the sludge and was accompanied with regulation of metabolic function. The addition of tetracycline lead to an increase of tetracycline-degrading bacteria or antibiotic resistance genus. Those findings provide new perspectives of the influence of tetracycline on aerobic sludge granulation and the removal mechanism of tetracycline.The use of antibiotics for beings is a most significant milestone in present era. However, owing to the excessive use, a large amount of antibiotics accumulated in water, leading to serious pollution. An efficient method is urgently needed to treat the antibiotics pollution. GSK2118436 Photo-Fenton process is a green method with utilizing solar energy. Catalyst is important. This work combines manganese ferrite MnFe2O4 and MoS2 to synthesize MnFe2O4-MoS2 (FMG) composite as the catalyst of photo-Fenton process, which shows good performance on tetracycline antibiotics degradation. Light intensity exhibits positive correlation with the catalytic activity. h+, •OH and 1O2 participate in tetracycline degradation. h+ plays a key role in tetracycline removal. •OH has a little impact on tetracycline removal, but it has a great impact on the mineralization ability of this photo-Fenton process. Additionally, cycling experiments confirm the stability of FMG. And owing to its magnetism, FMG can be easily recycled by external magnetic field. This photo-Fenton process over FMG with utilizing the synergism of MnFe2O4 and MoS2 is a promising method for antibiotics pollution treatment.The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the main control area of the clock rhythm in the mammalian brain. It drives daily behaviours and rhythms by synchronizing or suppressing the oscillations of clock genes in peripheral tissue. It is an important brain tissue structure that affects rhythm stability. SCN has high plasticity and is easily affected by the external environment. In this experiment, we found that exposure to the endocrine disruptor 17β-trenbolone (17β-TBOH) affects the rhythmic function of SCN in the brains of adolescent male balb/c mice. Behavioural results showed that exposure to 17β-TBOH disrupted daily activity-rest rhythms, reduced the robustness of endogenous rhythms, altered sleep-wake-related behaviours, and increased the stress to light stimulation. At the cellular level, exposure to 17β-TBOH decreased the c-fos immune response of SCN neurons to the large phase shift, indicating that it affected the coupling ability of SCN neurons. At the molecular level, exposure to 17β-TBOH interfered with the daily expression of hormones, changed the expression levels of the core clock genes and cell communication genes in the SCN, and affected the expression of wake-up genes in the hypothalamus. Finally, we observed the effect of exposure to 17β-TBOH on energy metabolism. The results showed that 17β-TBOH reduced the metabolic response and affected the metabolic function of the liver. This study revealed the influence of environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on rhythms and metabolic disorders, and provides references for follow-up research.Rainwater contains multiple oxidants, such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and perchlorate (ClO4-). The aim of the study was to investigate the rainwater of trace H2O2 and ClO4- affected on the arsenic (As) methylation and volatilization in the rice paddy of As contamination (arsenite (As(III)) and roxarsone (Rox)). Heavy rainfall monitoring and simulation experiments were applied in this study. The result showed that the H2O2 and ClO4- of heavy rainfall in 2017 was 5.3-51.6 μmol/L and ND - 6.1 μg/L respectively. Because of the differences in chemical properties, H2O2 and ClO4- affected As methylation and volatilization of paddy soil in different ways. H2O2 performed a temporary effect on As volatilization, which was mainly in the 1st-hour and restored to the controls condition finally. However, ClO4- showed a persistent inhibition on As volatilization which decreased 32 %-69 % in the whole test. In general, the trend of volatilization was following the order CK ≈ H2O2 > ClO4-. The oxidants (H2O2 and ClO4-) also could decrease As(III) in 37 %-44 % and increased As(V) in 24 %-272 %. In addition, planting rice in As contamination soil could enhance As volatilization by 36 %-334 %. These suggested that planting wetland plants on As-contaminated soil probably become a potential way to increase As volatilization.Practical adsorbents that could efficiently collect radioactive Cesium (Cs+) are critically important in achieving proper management and treatment measures for nuclear wastes. Herein, a hyper-crosslinked tetraphenylborate-based adsorbent (TPB-X) was prepared by reacting TPB anions as Cs+ binding sites with dimethoxymethane (DMM) as crosslinker. The most efficient TPB-X synthesis was attained at 14 TPB/DMM mole ratio with sorbent yield of 81.75%. Various techniques such as FTIR, TGA-DTG, N2 adsorption/desorption and SEM-EDS reveal that TPB-X is a water-insoluble, thermally stable and highly porous granular sorbent. Its hierarchical pore structure explains its very high BET surface area (1030 m2 g-1). Sequestration of Cs+ by TPB-X involves its exchange with H+ followed by its binding with the phenyl rings of TPB through cation-π interactions. The Cs+ adsorption in TPB-X is endothermic and spontaneous, which adheres to the Hill isotherm model (qm = 140.58 mg g-1) and follows pseudo-second order kinetics (k2 = 0.063 g mg-1 h-1). Calculations from the density functional theory reveal that the binding of TPB anion is strongest for Cs+. Thus, TPB-X was able to selectively capture Cs+ in simulated surface water containing Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ and in HLLW containing Na+, Rb+, Sr2+, and Ba2+. Hyper-crosslinking was found beneficial in rendering TPB-X reusable as the sorbent was easily retrieved from the feed after Cs+ capture and was able to withstand the acid treatment for its regeneration. TPB-X exhibited consistent performance with no sign of chemical or physical deterioration. TPB-X offers a practical approach in handling Cs+ contaminated streams as it can be repeatedly used to enrich Cs+ in smaller volume of media, which can then be purified for Cs+ reuse or stored for long-term natural Cs+ decay process.Pharmaceutical wastewater with different toxic recalcitrant materials and high salinity requires a novel treatment technology before released into the environment. The present research details the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater along with energy production using bioaugmentation of halophilic consortium in air cathode microbial fuel cell (ACMFC) under saline condition (4%). Organic load (OL) varied from 1.04 to 3.51 gCOD/L was studied in ACMFC. TCOD (Total Chemical Oxygen Demand) removal exhibited 65%, 72%, 84% and 89% at 1.04, 1.52, 2.01 and 2.52 gCOD/L OL respectively. SCOD (Soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand) removal of 60%, 66%, 76% and 82% was recorded during the operation of identical OL (1.04-2.52 gCOD/L). Prominent TCOD (92%), SCOD (90%), TSS (Total Suspended Solids) removal of 73% was attained at 3.02 gCOD/L OL with corresponding energy production of 896 mV (Current density (CD) - 554 mA/m2, Power density (PD)-505 mW/m2). CE (Columbic Efficiency) was 43%, 38%, 33%, 30%, 28% and 22% at different OL ranged between 1.04 and 3.51 gCOD/L. Increase in OL to 3.51 gCOD/L revealed decrement in TCOD (68%), SCOD (62%), TSS (52%) removal and energy production (CD-234 mA/m2, PD-165 mW/m2). Complete removal of phenol was accomplished at different OL in 6 (1.04, 1.52 gCOD/L) and 8 (2.01, 2.52 and 3.02 gCOD/L) days respectively. Ochrobactrum, Marinobacter, Bacillus and Rhodococcus were the dominant halophilic electrogenic strain in ACMFC at different OL.Cadmium (Cd), a widespread, severely toxic heavy metal, can cause serious reproductive toxicity in animals. However, the molecular pathways associated with Cd-induced effects remain unknown. In this study, we first cloned the vasa gene (Shvasa) and characterized the VASA protein (ShVASA) in Sinopotamon henanense. We then investigated the molecular mechanisms of Cd-induced reproductive toxicity. Shvasa was specifically expressed in the ovary and testis. ShVASA was abundant in early ovarian development and significantly less abundant in mature ovaries. During oogenesis, ShVASA was abundant and evenly distributed in the cytoplasm of the oogonium and previtellogenic oocytes, but gradually accumulated in the nuclear periphery of vitellogenic and mature oocytes. As Cd concentration increased, ShVASA abundance decreased gradually in proliferation-stage ovaries, and increased gradually in mature ovaries. Notably, at the small and large growth stages, ShVASA was upregulated following exposure to 14.5 mg/L Cd and downregulated following exposure to 29 mg/L Cd. In contrast to the unexposed control, ShVASA accumulated around the nuclear periphery in Cd-exposed previtellogenic oocytes and scattered gradually into the cytoplasm in Cd-exposed vitellogenic and mature oocytes. Shvasa RNA interference (RNAi) downregulated Shnanos and Shpiwi, but simultaneous Cd exposure and Shvasa RNAi significantly upregulated Shnanos and downregulated Shpiwi. These data suggested that Cd disrupted Shvasa expression and function, as well as the functions of Shnanos and Shpiwi, leading to severe reproductive toxicity in S. henanense.