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262 OD•mL/ng) and 25-fold decrease in the LOD for sEH (0.03 ng/mL). The streptavidin bridged double nanobody ELISA was then applied successfully to tests for recovery, cross-reactivity, and real samples. Meanwhile, we accidentally found that blocking with skim milk could severely damage the performance of the capture nanobody by an order of magnitude, compared to BSA. This work provides guideline to retain the high effectiveness of capture nanobody and thus to further develop double nanobody ELISA for various analytes.Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit excellent light-harvesting properties in the visible spectral range, which makes them a convenient material for the conversion of light into useful chemical fuel. However, the need for using surface ligands to ensure colloidal stability of nanoparticles inhibits their photochemical performance due to the insulating molecular shell hindering the carrier transport. We show that cellulose fibers, abundant in chemical functional groups, can serve as a robust substrate for the immobilization of gold nanorods, thus also providing a facile way to remove the surfactant molecules. The resulting functional composite was implemented in a bioinspired photocatalytic process involving dehydrogenation of sodium formate and simultaneous photoregeneration of cofactor molecules (NADH, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) using visible light as an energy source. By systematic screening of experimental parameters, we compare photocatalytic and thermocatalytic properties of the composite and evaluate the role of palladium cocatalyst.The nonuniform nucleation of lithium (Li) leads to dendritic behavior and formation of dead Li, which seriously hinders the practical application of Li metal batteries. Here, atomic layer deposition (ALD) is used to deposit uniform and conformal ZnO coating (at a low content of 5.96%) on carbon fibers to form a free-standing framework Li host material without uncontrollable dendrites. Compared with the liquid deposition process, the ALD method can achieve homogeneous and conformal ZnO coating and excellent lithiophilicity of the carbon fiber, guiding molten Li infusion into the carbon fiber skeleton to obtain the Li/C composite electrode with a flat surface, thereby minimizing the effective current density. More importantly, the converted LiZn alloy will serve as uniform and numerous nucleation sites for Li and guide synchronous growth of the Li metal along carbon fibers, displaying a dendrite-free morphology after large-current and long-term deposition/dissolution cycling. Therefore, the ALD ZnO-modified carbon fiber/Li exhibits significantly better cycle and rate performances than the liquid deposition ZnO-modified carbon fiber/Li composite anode. The electrodes display an ultralong lifespan up to 400 cycles at 3.0 mA/cm2, as well as a high rate performance (with a deposition overpotential of 338 mV at 25.0 mA/cm2) at a high Li deposition areal capacity of 5.0 mA h cm-2.Crystallization of Al3+-bearing solid phases from highly alkaline Na2OAl2O3H2O solutions commonly necessitates an Al3+ coordination change from tetrahedral to octahedral, but intermediate coordination states are often difficult to isolate. Here, a similar Al3+ coordination change process is examined during the solid-state recrystallization of monosodium aluminate hydrate (MSA) to nonasodium bis(hexahydroxyaluminate) trihydroxide hexahydrate (NSA) at ambient temperature. While the MSA structure contains solely oxolated tetrahedral Al3+, the NSA structure is a molecular aluminate salt solely based upon monomeric octahedral Al3+. Spontaneous recrystallization of MSA and excess sodium hydroxide hydrate into NSA over 3 days of reaction time was clearly evident in X-ray diffractograms and in Raman spectra. In situ single-pulse 27Al magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and 27Al multiple quantum (MQ) MAS NMR spectroscopy showed no evidence of intermediate aluminates, suggesting that transitional states, such as pentacoordinate Al3+, are short-lived and require spectroscopy with greater time resolution to detect. Such research is advancing upon a detailed mechanistic understanding of Al3+ coordination change mechanisms in these highly alkaline systems, with relevance to aluminum refining, corrosion sciences, and nuclear waste processing.Aim To investigate CD133 expression and its relationship to clinicopathological profile in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed at the Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Adam Malik General Hospital. The colorectal cancer tissue was taken from surgical resection and colonoscopy biopsy from CRC patients. Clinical profile was obtained by a questionnaire. Histopathology examination was done using hematoxylin and eosin staining. Immunohistochemistry (distribution score and intensity score) combined with ROC analysis were conducted to determine CD133 expression. An association between CD133 expression and clinicopathological profile was then analyzed. Results Out of 118 patients, 690 (58.5%) were male. The high and low level of CD133 expression were found in 44 (37.3%) and 74 (62.7%) patients, respectively. No difference between gender, age, body mass index, hemoglobin, leucocytes, platelets, and histopathology with CD133 expression was found. There was a significant difference between CD133 and different CRC locations (p=0.002). CD133 expression was higher in the proximal colon than the rectum (p=0.002), and it was higher in the distal colon than the rectum (p=0.008), especially in terms of percentages of stained cancer cells (distribution score). Conclusion CD133 expression was associated with the tumour location, but not with other clinicopathological factors. Copyright© by the Medical Assotiation of Zenica-Doboj Canton.Aim The use of PecS block 1 as perioperative analgesia for a central catheter removal -reimplantation combined procedure. Methods A 55-year-old woman suffering from peritoneal metastases from gastric cancer needed to have a port-a-cath implanted for infection removed and to have a central venous catheter (CVC) implanted in the homolateral axillary vein due to patient's history of deep vein thrombosis of the right upper limb. We used PECS 1 block for perioperative analgesia. read more Results Compared to the traditional catheter implantation technique, reduction in the doses of local anaesthetics, shortening in the execution time, less intra-procedural bleeding, better patient's compliance, and no need for a rescue dose of local anaesthetic were observed. Conclusion The PEC1 block was effectively and safely used to remove an infected port-a-cath and to place a CVC on the same side. We hypothesize that it may be useful also for simple port-acath positioning. Copyright© by the Medical Assotiation of Zenica-Doboj Canton.