Embryonic Trophectoderm Secretomics Reveals Chemotactic Migration and Intercellular Communication of Endometrial and Circulating MSCs in Embryonic Implantation

Embryonic implantation is a key step in the establishment of pregnancy. In the present work, we have carried out an in-depth proteomic analysis of the secretome (extracellular vesicles and soluble proteins) of two bovine blastocysts embryonic trophectoderm primary cultures (BBT), confirming different epithelial–mesenchymal transition stages in these cells. BBT-secretomes contain early pregnancy-related proteins and angiogenic proteins both as cargo in EVs and the soluble fraction. We have demonstrated the functional transfer of protein-containing secretome between embryonic trophectoderm and maternal MSC in vitro using two BBT primary cultures eight endometrial MSC (eMSC) and five peripheral blood MSC (pbMSC) lines. We observed that eMSC and pbMSC chemotax to both the soluble fraction and EVs of the BBT secretome. In addition, in a complementary direction, we found that the pattern of expression of implantation proteins in BBT-EVs changes depending on: (i) their epithelial–mesenchymal phenotype; (ii) as a result of the uptake of eMSC- or pbMSC-EV previously stimulated or not with embryonic signals (IFN-τ); (iii) because of the stimulation with the endometrial cytokines present in the uterine fluid in the peri-implantation period.     

A Dual Physical Cross-Linking Strategy to Construct Tough Hydrogels with High Strength,Excellent Fatigue Resistance,and Stretching-Induced Strengthening Effect

Hydrogels with excellent stiffness, toughness, anti-fatigue, and self-recovery properties are regarded as promising water-containing materials. In this work, a dual physically cross-linked (DPC) sodium alginate (SA)/poly[acrylamide (AAm)-acrylic acid (AAc)-octadecyl methacrylate (OMA)]-Fe³⁺ hydrogel is reported, which is constructed by hydrophobic association (HA) and ionic coordination (IC). The optimal DPC hydrogel demonstrates excellent mechanical performance: tensile modulus of 0.65 MPa, tensile strength of 3.31 MPa, elongation at break of 1547%, and toughness of 27.8 MJ m^–3. SA/P(AAm-AAc-OMA)-Fe³⁺ DPC hydrogels also exhibit prominent anti-fatigue and self-recovery performance (99.1–109.7% modulus recovery and 90.4–108.9% dissipated energy recovery after resting for 5 min without additional stimuli at ambient temperature) through the reconstruction of reversible physical cross-linking. Some of the SA/P(AAm-AAc-OMA)-Fe³⁺ DPC hydrogels even exhibit a stretching-induced strengthening effect, which is similar to the performance of muscle—“the more training, the more strength.” Hence, the combination of HA and IC will provide an effective approach to design DPC hydrogels with desirable mechanical performances and a longer service life for wider applications of soft materials.     

重芳烃轻质化催化剂n（Ni）/n（Ni+Mo）的优化与分析

以β分子筛为载体,在保持金属总负载量不变的情况下,采用等体积浸渍法制备了4种不同n（Ni）/n（Ni+Mo）的催化剂。分别采用X射线衍射（XRD）、比表面积测试（BET）、氨程序升温脱附（NH₃-TPD）、氢程序升温还原（H₂-TPR）、氢程序升温脱附（H₂-TPD）和热重-差热分析（TG-DTG）等方法对催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,4种催化剂的酸量和酸强度相近,在n（Ni）/n（Ni+Mo）等于基准+0.2时,Mo与载体之间的相互作用最弱,其氢气吸附量最多且积炭量最少;采用某炼厂重整C₁₀⁺ 重芳烃对4种催化剂进行评价,结果表明n（Ni）/n（Ni+Mo）等于基准+0.2催化剂具有最优的催化活性和稳定性。上述结果表明,影响重芳烃轻质化催化剂活性和稳定性的关键因素是催化剂氢气吸附量的多少,氢气吸附量越多金属表面的溢流氢效应越明显,积炭前驱体被溢流氢及时消除,从而保护了催化剂的加氢活性中心不被积炭覆盖,有助于催化剂在较高活性下保持稳定。     

从改革中求发展 从改革中求效益

总结了解放４５年来上海钢铁工业所取得的成就，重点阐述了技术、工艺、装备方面的现状和不足以及发展目标，指出：只有实行改革开放，加快技术改造，才能提高上海钢铁工业的总体水平，提高经济效益，也才能使老企业焕发青春，步入现代化钢铁工业之林。     

基于群延时信息的超声信号处理方法

充分利用超声信号的群延时信息，结合短时傅里叶变换，给出了群延时对频率导数在时一频域中的分布，以此来反映时一频域中局部信噪比的强弱。在此基础上，进一步利用超声信号的群延时信息，极大地增强了缺陷信号。     

炉前包内冲废钢对灰铸铁组织和强度的影响

采用炉前包冲内冲废钢与孕育相结合的方法，研究了炉前包内冲废钢对灰铸铁组织和强度的影响。结果表明：冲废钢可以增加灰铸铁中初生奥氏体的数量，改变初生奥氏体枝晶的分布形态，强化灰铸铁孕育效果，有利于提高灰铸铁的强度。     

现代铁水净化技术

铁水的质量是影响铸件产品质量的主要矛盾,其中铁水纯净度是影响铁水质量的薄弱环节。介绍了采用铁神一号净化剂对灰铁、球铁和铸钢进行净化处理的效果、操作方法和注意事项。     

除草剂对植物和动物共有靶标的毒性机制

除草剂对哺乳动物和植物的毒性是通过对靶标位点的作用而产生的,目前已发现了近20种不同的除草剂作用机制,它们的靶标位点有些是植物所特有的,有些是哺乳动物和植物以及微生物所共有的。就这些除草剂的作用机制进行了系统的阐述,比较了它们对植物和哺乳动物的相对活性,以及如何确定它们的毒性。同时,除靶标位点外,除草剂的吸收、传导、代谢和降解也是影响毒性的重要因素,对这些因素的研究也有助于提高对非靶标生物的安全性。     

两性聚丙烯酰胺的合成方法及应用进展

结合国内外研究情况，从技术路线和实施方法两个角度着重阐述了制备两性聚丙烯酰胺的方法，同时简单介绍了其应用情况，并对今后的研究工作提出了一些建议。