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Article: Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China

Fan, Weiguo / Chen, Zhongdian / Dong, Xiaobin / Lu, Nachuan / Wang, Xuechao / Wei, Hejie / Weng, Boqi / Wu, Feilong / Xu, Zihan / Zhang, Peng

Sustainability. 2018 May 31, v. 10, no. 6

2018

Abstract: ... of Xingyuan, Fuqing, this paper evaluates the potential impacts of the pig farming industry-dragon ...

Abstract	The process for reasonably evaluating the potential impacts of circular agriculture on the environment has become a key issue in the sustainable development of circular agriculture. Based on this consideration, by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and focusing on the circular agriculture industry company of Xingyuan, Fuqing, this paper evaluates the potential impacts of the pig farming industry-dragon fruit planting-forage planting-fishery industry-mushroom planting-biogas generating-organic fertilizer production circular agriculture model compared to a main agriculture industrial model, the pig farming industry, from environmental and environmental-economic perspectives. Moreover, this paper determines key elements that restrict the development of circular agriculture through a sensitivity analysis. The results show that if we simply consider the potential environmental impacts, circular agriculture does not produce better results than those of the main agricultural production model. In addition, if we consider reducing the potential environmental impact as well as improving the economic benefits from the perspective of a “reduction ring”, we should consider removing mushroom planting and organic fertilizer from the circular agriculture framework. Moreover, if we want to reduce the potential environmental impact without changing the current recycling model, we should focus on the premix components, especially the three main components of corn, soybean meal, and whey protein concentrate.
Keywords	agricultural industry ; case studies ; corn ; environmental assessment ; environmental impact ; farming systems ; financial economics ; fruits ; life cycle assessment ; livestock production ; models ; mushroom growing ; mushrooms ; organic fertilizers ; recycling ; soybean meal ; sustainable development ; swine ; whey protein concentrate ; China
Language	English
Dates of publication	2018-0531
Publishing place	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2518383-7
ISSN	2071-1050
ISSN	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su10061810
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Article ; Online: Activity Levels of 210Po, 210Pb and Other Radionuclides (134Cs, 137Cs, 90Sr, 110mAg, 238U, 226Ra and 40K) in Marine Organisms From Coastal Waters Adjacent to Fuqing and Ningde Nuclear Power Plants (China) and Radiation Dose Assessment

Jiang Sun / Wu Men / Fenfen Wang / Junwen Wu

Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol

2021 Volume 8

Abstract: ... Gracilaria, Porphyra) collected in the coastal area adjacent to the Fuqing and Ningde nuclear power plants ...

Abstract	With the rapid development of nuclear power, the radiation impacts on edible marine organisms, and the potential radiation risks to humans have become of considerable concern to public health. In this study, the activities of 210Po and 210Pb as well as those of other radionuclides in fishes (Mugil cephalus, Konosirus punctatus, Largehead hairtail, and Larimichthys polyactis), crustaceans (Mantis shrimp, Parapenaeopsis hardwickii, and Portunus trituberculatus), bivalves (Crassostrea gigas, Sinonovacula conzcta), and macroalgae (Gracilaria, Porphyra) collected in the coastal area adjacent to the Fuqing and Ningde nuclear power plants (NPPs) were determined. The activity range of 210Po and 210Pb was 0.60–48.09 and 0.07–2.76 Bq/kg freshweight, respectively, with 210Po/210Pb activity ratios of 1.1–189.7. The ranking of 210Po activity levels in marine organisms was bivalve mollusks > crustaceans > fishes > macroalgae. The calculated bioconcentration factors of 210Po and 210Pb were 636–44,944 and 3–1,226 L/kg, respectively. These values provide a new supplement to the IAEA reference database. The radiation dose rates for these marine organisms ranged from 0.037 to 1.531 μSv/h, which was much lower than the ERICA ecosystem screening benchmark of 10 μGy/h. The calculated committed effective dose received by humans from ingestion of these marine organisms was 0.06–2.99 mSv. Overall, 210Po was the dominant radiation dose contributor in marine organisms and humans, whereas the dose contributions from the artificial nuclides 90Sr and 137Cs were negligible.
Keywords	lead ; polonium ; marine biota ; nuclear power plant ; dose assessment ; Science ; Q ; General. Including nature conservation ; geographical distribution ; QH1-199.5
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
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Article ; Online: Updated analysis to reject the laboratory-engineering hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2.

Wu, Fuqing

Environmental research

2023 Volume 224, Page(s) 115481

Abstract: A clear understanding of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is important for future pandemic preparedness. Here, I provided an updated analysis of the type IIS endonuclease maps in genomes of alphacoronavirus, betacoronavirus, and SARS-CoV-2. Scenarios to engineer ...

Abstract	A clear understanding of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is important for future pandemic preparedness. Here, I provided an updated analysis of the type IIS endonuclease maps in genomes of alphacoronavirus, betacoronavirus, and SARS-CoV-2. Scenarios to engineer SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory and the associated workload was also discussed. The analysis clearly shows that the endonuclease fingerprint does not indicate a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2 and engineering a SARS-CoV-2 virus in the laboratory is extremely challenging both scientifically and financially. On the contrary, current scientific evidence does support the animal origin of SARS-CoV-2.
MeSH term(s)	Animals ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; Alphacoronavirus
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-02-18
Publishing country	Netherlands
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ZDB-ID	205699-9
ISSN	1096-0953 ; 0013-9351
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Article ; Online: The association between glymphatic system dysfunction and alterations in cerebral function and structure in patients with white matter hyperintensities.

Zhi, Zhang / Liang, Xiao / Huang, Muhua / Wu, Lin / Zhou, Fuqing

Neuroreport

2024 Volume 35, Issue 7, Page(s) 476–485

Abstract: The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between the glymphatic system and alterations in the structure and function of the brain in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) patients. MRI data were collected from 27 WMH patients and 23 healthy ...

Abstract	The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between the glymphatic system and alterations in the structure and function of the brain in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) patients. MRI data were collected from 27 WMH patients and 23 healthy controls. We calculated the along perivascular space (ALPS) indices, the anterior corner distance of the lateral ventricle, and the width of the third ventricle for each subject. The DPABISurf tool was used to calculate the cortical thickness and cortical area. In addition, data processing assistant for resting-state fMRI was used to calculate regional homogeneity, degree centrality, amplitude low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF), fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF), and voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC). In addition, each WMH patient was evaluated on the Fazekas scale. Finally, the correlation analysis of structural indicators and functional indicators with bilateral ALPS indices was investigated using Spearman correlation analysis. The ALPS indices of WMH patients were lower than those of healthy controls (left: t = -4.949, P < 0.001; right: t = -3.840, P < 0.001). This study found that ALFF, fALFF, regional homogeneity, degree centrality, and VMHC values in some brain regions of WMH patients were alternated (AlphaSim corrected, P < 0.005, cluster size > 26 voxel, rmm value = 5), and the cortical thickness and cortical area of WMH patients showed trend changes (P < 0.01, cluster size > 20 mm2, uncorrected). Interestingly, we found significantly positive correlations between the left ALPS indices and degree centrality values in the superior temporal gyrus (r = 0.494, P = 0.009, P × 5 < 0.05, Bonferroni correction). Our results suggest that glymphatic system impairment is related to the functional centrality of local connections in patients with WMH. This provides a new perspective for understanding the pathological mechanisms of cognitive impairment in the WMH population.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Glymphatic System/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain Mapping/methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-04-10
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	1049746-8
ISSN	1473-558X ; 0959-4965
ISSN (online)	1473-558X
ISSN	0959-4965
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Article ; Online: Eye infection risks from

Gitter, Anna / Mena, Kristina D / Mendez, Karla S / Wu, Fuqing / Gerba, Charles P

Applied and environmental microbiology

2024 Volume 90, Issue 4, Page(s) e0211923

Abstract: Eye infections from bacterial contamination of bulk-refillable liquid soap dispensers and artificial tear eye drops continue to occur, resulting in adverse health outcomes that include impaired vision or eye enucleation. ...

Abstract	Eye infections from bacterial contamination of bulk-refillable liquid soap dispensers and artificial tear eye drops continue to occur, resulting in adverse health outcomes that include impaired vision or eye enucleation.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; Soaps ; Lubricant Eye Drops ; Bacteria ; Pseudomonas Infections/epidemiology ; Pseudomonas Infections/prevention & control ; Eye Infections ; Hand Disinfection/methods
Chemical Substances	Soaps ; Lubricant Eye Drops
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-03-18
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	223011-2
ISSN	1098-5336 ; 0099-2240
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Article ; Online: Glymphatic system dysfunction in recovered patients with mild COVID-19

Lin Wu / Zhi Zhang / Xiao Liang / Yao Wang / Yuan Cao / Meng Li / Fuqing Zhou

iScience, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 108647- (2024)

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Abstract: Summary: Central nervous sequelae are often reported in recovered patients with COVID-19. It is not clear whether recovered COVID-19 patients have glymphatic impairment and clinical correlation. In this study, we demonstrated that mild COVID-19 patients ... ...

Abstract	Summary: Central nervous sequelae are often reported in recovered patients with COVID-19. It is not clear whether recovered COVID-19 patients have glymphatic impairment and clinical correlation. In this study, we demonstrated that mild COVID-19 patients experienced asymmetric bilateral glymphatic function decline after four months of recovery, and the decrease in glymphatic function was more obvious in older recovered patients. Our results further showed that recovered patients with right-sided glymphatic dysfunction experienced a greater proportion of cognitive decline (MoCA score <26) than patients with left-sided glymphatic dysfunction. With COVID-19 infection over 90% of the general population currently, future studies of cognitive disorders in the older population should consider the impact of COVID-19 infection.
Keywords	Clinical microbiology ; Cognitive neuroscience ; Microbiology ; Neuroscience ; Science ; Q
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Elsevier
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Article ; Online: The emergence of a virus variant: dynamics of a competition model with cross-immunity time-delay validated by wastewater surveillance data for COVID-19.

Pell, Bruce / Brozak, Samantha / Phan, Tin / Wu, Fuqing / Kuang, Yang

Journal of mathematical biology

2023 Volume 86, Issue 5, Page(s) 63

Abstract: We consider the dynamics of a virus spreading through a population that produces a mutant strain with the ability to infect individuals that were infected with the established strain. Temporary cross-immunity is included using a time delay, but is found ... ...

Abstract	We consider the dynamics of a virus spreading through a population that produces a mutant strain with the ability to infect individuals that were infected with the established strain. Temporary cross-immunity is included using a time delay, but is found to be a harmless delay. We provide some sufficient conditions that guarantee local and global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium and the two boundary equilibria when the two strains outcompete one another. It is shown that, due to the immune evasion of the emerging strain, the reproduction number of the emerging strain must be significantly lower than that of the established strain for the local stability of the established-strain-only boundary equilibrium. To analyze the unique coexistence equilibrium we apply a quasi steady-state argument to reduce the full model to a two-dimensional one that exhibits a global asymptotically stable established-strain-only equilibrium or global asymptotically stable coexistence equilibrium. Our results indicate that the basic reproduction numbers of both strains govern the overall dynamics, but in nontrivial ways due to the inclusion of cross-immunity. The model is applied to study the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the presence of the Alpha variant using wastewater surveillance data from the Deer Island Treatment Plant in Massachusetts, USA.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Animals ; Wastewater ; Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; Deer
Chemical Substances	Wastewater
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-03-29
Publishing country	Germany
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
ZDB-ID	187101-8
ISSN	1432-1416 ; 0303-6812
ISSN (online)	1432-1416
ISSN	0303-6812
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Article ; Online: Glymphatic system dysfunction in recovered patients with mild COVID-19: A DTI-ALPS study.

Wu, Lin / Zhang, Zhi / Liang, Xiao / Wang, Yao / Cao, Yuan / Li, Meng / Zhou, Fuqing

iScience

2023 Volume 27, Issue 1, Page(s) 108647

Abstract: Central nervous sequelae are often reported in recovered patients with COVID-19. It is not clear whether recovered COVID-19 patients have glymphatic impairment and clinical correlation. In this study, we demonstrated that mild COVID-19 patients ... ...

Abstract	Central nervous sequelae are often reported in recovered patients with COVID-19. It is not clear whether recovered COVID-19 patients have glymphatic impairment and clinical correlation. In this study, we demonstrated that mild COVID-19 patients experienced asymmetric bilateral glymphatic function decline after four months of recovery, and the decrease in glymphatic function was more obvious in older recovered patients. Our results further showed that recovered patients with right-sided glymphatic dysfunction experienced a greater proportion of cognitive decline (MoCA score <26) than patients with left-sided glymphatic dysfunction. With COVID-19 infection over 90% of the general population currently, future studies of cognitive disorders in the older population should consider the impact of COVID-19 infection.
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-12-07
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ISSN	2589-0042
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Article ; Online: Association of Nightly Fasting, Meal Frequency, and Skipping Meals with Metabolic Syndrome among Kuwaiti Adults.

Alkhulaifi, Fatema / Al-Hooti, Suad / Al-Zenki, Sameer / Alomirah, Husam / Xiao, Qian / Chan, Wenyaw / Wu, Fuqing / Darkoh, Charles

Nutrients

2024 Volume 16, Issue 7

Abstract: Mounting evidence suggests that meal timing and frequency are associated with cardiometabolic health by influencing circadian rhythms. However, the evidence is inconsistent and limited, especially in non-Western cultures. This cross-sectional study aims ... ...

Abstract	Mounting evidence suggests that meal timing and frequency are associated with cardiometabolic health by influencing circadian rhythms. However, the evidence is inconsistent and limited, especially in non-Western cultures. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the association between temporal habits of dietary intake, such as nightly fasting duration and meal frequency, and metabolic syndrome among Kuwaiti adults. A 24-hour recall was used to assess temporal habits of dietary intake. Meal frequency was defined as the number of daily eating episodes. The study included a total of 757 adults aged 20 years and older. The participants' mean age was 37.8 ± 12.3 years. After adjusting for all confounders, higher meal frequency was found to be associated with a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adults (OR, 0.43; 95%CI, 0.19-0.96) and a lower prevalence of elevated triglycerides in men only (OR, 0.23; 95%CI, 0.09-0.60). No association was found between nightly fasting and metabolic syndrome, but a longer fasting duration was associated with a lower prevalence of elevated triglycerides (OR, 0.19; 95%CI, 0.06-0.63). The findings suggest that having frequent meals and longer durations of nightly fasting may help decrease the risk of metabolic syndrome and elevated triglycerides.
MeSH term(s)	Adult ; Male ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Metabolic Syndrome/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Kuwait/epidemiology ; Fasting ; Hypertriglyceridemia ; Meals ; Triglycerides
Chemical Substances	Triglycerides
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-03-28
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2518386-2
ISSN	2072-6643 ; 2072-6643
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Article ; Online: In patients with mild disability NMOSD: is the alteration in the cortical morphological or functional network topological properties more significant.

Ma, Haotian / Zhu, Yanyan / Liang, Xiao / Wu, Lin / Wang, Yao / Li, Xiaoxing / Qian, Long / Cheung, Gerald L / Zhou, Fuqing

Frontiers in immunology

2024 Volume 15, Page(s) 1345843

Abstract: Objective: To assess the alteration of individual brain morphological and functional network topological properties and their clinical significance in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).: Materials and methods: Eighteen ... ...

Abstract	Objective: To assess the alteration of individual brain morphological and functional network topological properties and their clinical significance in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Materials and methods: Eighteen patients with NMOSD and twenty-two healthy controls (HCs) were included. The clinical assessment of NMOSD patients involved evaluations of disability status, cognitive function, and fatigue impact. For each participant, brain images, including high-resolution T1-weighted images for individual morphological brain networks (MBNs) and resting-state functional MR images for functional brain networks (FBNs) were obtained. Topological properties were calculated and compared for both MBNs and FBNs. Then, partial correlation analysis was performed to investigate the relationships between the altered network properties and clinical variables. Finally, the altered network topological properties were used to classify NMOSD patients from HCs and to analyses time- to-progression of the patients. Results: The average Expanded Disability Status Scale score of NMOSD patients was 1.05 (range from 0 to 2), indicating mild disability. Compared to HCs, NMOSD patients exhibited a higher normalized characteristic path length (λ) in their MBNs (P = 0.0118, FDR corrected) but showed no significant differences in the global properties of FBNs (p: 0.405-0.488). Network-based statistical analysis revealed that MBNs had more significantly altered connections (P< 0.01, NBS corrected) than FBNs. Altered nodal properties of MBNs were correlated with disease duration or fatigue scores (P< 0.05/6 with Bonferroni correction). Using the altered nodal properties of MBNs, the accuracy of classification of NMOSD patients versus HCs was 96.4%, with a sensitivity of 93.3% and a specificity of 100%. This accuracy was better than that achieved using the altered nodal properties of FBNs. Nodal properties of MBN significantly predicted Expanded Disability Status Scale worsening in patients with NMOSD. Conclusion: The results indicated that patients with mild disability NMOSD exhibited compensatory increases in local network properties to maintain overall stability. Furthermore, the alterations in the morphological network nodal properties of NMOSD patients not only had better relevance for clinical assessments compared with functional network nodal properties, but also exhibited predictive values of EDSS worsening.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Neuromyelitis Optica ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Brain ; Disabled Persons ; Fatigue
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-02-05
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Comment
ZDB-ID	2606827-8
ISSN	1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
ISSN (online)	1664-3224
ISSN	1664-3224
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