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Extending the Lifespan of Soluble Lead Flow Batteries with a Sodium Acetate Additive

In this report, we present a method for the construction of a soluble lead flow battery (SLFB) with an extended cycle life. By supplying an adequate ...

National Taiwan University

There are some limitations of standard chemotherapy for acute leukemia. Vincristine and doxorubicin are commonly used for acute leukemia, but they may induce serious side effects such as cardiomyopathy and neurotoxicity. Furthermore, chemotherapy resistance occurs more and more frequently. Therefore, effective treatment strategies are needed. Histone deacetylase 6 inhibition is considered as a potential therapeutic strategy for acute leukemia, since it is observed that HDAC6 is overexpressed in acute leukemia and regulates tumor survival. Combination therapy for cancer is used to minimize adverse drug effects, reduce drug dosage, enhance efficacy, and prevent drug resistance. In order to improve efficacy of chemotherapy agents of acute leukemia, this study will investigate the effects of combination MPT0G211, a novel histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor, with doxorubicin or vincristine on human acute leukemia cells.

The anticancer effects of MPT0G211, a novel HDAC6 inhibitor, combined with chemotherapeutic agents in human acute leukemia cells.

We report a measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment with nearly 4 million reactor ν[over ¯]_{e} inverse β decay candidates observed over 1958 days of data collection. The installation of a flash analog-to-digital converter readout system and a special calibration campaign using different source enclosures reduce uncertainties in the absolute energy calibration to less than 0.5% for visible energies larger than 2 MeV. The uncertainty in the cosmogenic ^{9}Li and ^{8}He background is reduced from 45% to 30% in the near detectors. A detailed investigation of the spent nuclear fuel history improves its uncertainty from 100% to 30%. Analysis of the relative ν[over ¯]_{e} rates and energy spectra among detectors yields sin^{2}2θ_{13}=0.0856±0.0029 and Δm_{32}^{2}=(2.471_{-0.070}^{+0.068})×10^{-3}  eV^{2} assuming the normal hierarchy, and Δm_{32}^{2}=-(2.575_{-0.070}^{+0.068})×10^{-3}  eV^{2} assuming the inverted hierarchy.

Measurement of the Electron Antineutrino Oscillation with 1958 Days of Operation at Daya Bay.

The widespread use and deep reach of smartphones motivate the use of mobile applications to continuously monitor the relationship between circadian system, individual sleep patterns, and environmental effects. We selected 61 adults with 14-day data from the "Know Addiction" database. We developed an algorithm to identify the "sleep time" based on the smartphone behaviors. The total daily smartphone use duration and smartphone use duration prior to sleep onset were identified respectively. We applied mediation analysis to investigate the effects of total daily smartphone use on sleep through pre-sleep use (PS). The results showed participants' averaged pre-sleep episodes within 1 h prior to sleep are 2.58. The duration of three pre-sleep uses (PS) maybe a more representative index for smartphone use before sleep. Both total daily duration and the duration of the last three uses prior to sleep of smartphone use significantly delayed sleep onset, midpoint of sleep and reduced total sleep time. One hour of increased smartphone use daily, delays the circadian rhythm by 3.5 min, and reduced 5.5 min of total sleep time (TST). One hour of increased pre-sleep smartphone use delayed circadian rhythm by 1.7 min, and reduced 39 s of TST. The mediation effects of PS significantly impacted on these three sleep indicators. PS accounted for 14.3% of total daily duration, but the proportion mediated of delayed circadian rhythm was 44.0%. We presented "digital chronotype" with an automatic system that can collect high temporal resolution data from naturalistic settings with high ecological validity. Smartphone screen time, mainly mediated by pre-sleep use, delayed the circadian rhythm and reduced the total sleep time.

Kai-Rui Pan

Bio-industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department

National Taiwan University

Extending the Lifespan of Soluble Lead Flow Batteries with a Sodium Acetate Additive

Kai-Rui Pan

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National Taiwan University

Extending the Lifespan of Soluble Lead Flow Batteries with a Sodium Acetate Additive

Bio-industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department