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Identifying of variations of renal vascular anatomy is important for radical surgery, endovascular intervention, and renal transplantation. While there are common normal variations of renal vascular anatomy, such as accessory renal arteries, a main renal artery that originates from the thoracic aorta (thoracic renal artery) is remarkably rare. The majority of reported cases of thoracic renal artery were right side, except two cases reported on 1980 and 2016. The author reports a rare case of left renal artery originating from the thoracic aorta.An increasing number of ‘-omics’ datasets, generated by labs all across the world, are becoming available. They contain a wealth of data that are largely unexplored. Not every scientist, however, will have access to the required resources and expertise to analyze such data from scratch. Fortunately, a growing number of investigators is dedicating their time and effort to the development of user friendly, online applications that allow researchers to use and investigate these datasets. Here, we will illustrate the usefulness of such an approach. Using regulation of Wnt7b expression as an example, we will highlight a selection of accessible tools and resources that are available to researchers in the area of mammary gland biology. We show how they can be used for in silico analyses of gene regulatory mechanisms, resulting in new hypotheses and providing leads for experimental follow up. We also call out to the mammary gland community to join forces in a coordinated effort to generate and share additional tissue-specific ‘-omics’ datasets and thereby expand the in silico toolbox.Dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from soil (SDOM) and biochar (BDOM) plays an important role in the fate of pollutants for the application of biochar in soil remediation. However, little attention has been paid to the impact of DOM on the adsorption of soil and/or biochar-bisphenol A (BPA) system. Hence, batch sorption experiments combined with quenching titration experiments were processed to reveal these behaviors and complexation mechanisms based on red soil and corn straw biochar. Moreover, multiple spectral technologies and methods were also introduced including ultraviolet-visible, three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix, synchronous fluorescence spectrum, two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS), and parallel factor analysis. Isothermal adsorption results showed that the non-linearity and the adsorption capacity both increased after the addition of biochar, indicating that biochar could improve the surface adsorption capacity of the sorption system. Besides, the sorption capacity of BPA decreased for soil while increased for biochar after removal of the water-extractable DOM. JH-RE-06 cost 2D-COS analysis showed that the protein-like components preferentially occurred for both SDOM and BDOM under BPA surrounding. In addition, C2 (humic-like), C4 (tyrosine-like), and C5 (tryptophan-like) in the two DOMs were all involved in the quenching reaction with BPA, with C4 and C5 having higher quenching degree than C2, suggesting that protein-like substances had stronger affinity quenching effect with BPA. This study highlighted the significance of fluorescence property for DOM, which can extend the knowledge of the fate of pollutants in the application of biochar.Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are employed as an ultraviolet filter in sunscreen products because of their high ultraviolet absorptivity. However, sunscreen sprays may pose health risks due to the toxicity of inhaled TiO2 NPs. Therefore, we estimated the potential human health risk posed by inhaled TiO2 NPs emitted from sunscreen sprays. The physiology-based lung model was employed to predict the lung TiO2 NPs burden caused by long-term exposure. A Hill-based dose-response model described the relationship between lung inflammation and TiO2 NP accumulation. The Weibull threshold model was used to estimate the threshold amount of accumulation inducing 0.5% of the maximum increase in neutrophils. The potential health risk was assessed using a hazard quotient-based probabilistic risk model. All data obtained to date indicate that application of sunscreen sprays poses no significant health risk. However, using data simulations based on the threshold criterion, we discovered that in terms of practical strategies for preventing the risks posed by inhaled TiO2 NPs emitted from spray products, the suggested daily use amount and pressing number are 40 g (95% confidence interval 11-146 g) and 66 (18-245), respectively. In this study, we successfully translated the potential health risk of long-term exposure to NP-containing sunscreen sprays and recommendations for daily application into mechanistic insights.The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health emergency. Thousands of articles have been published to tackle this crisis. Here, a bibliometric study of the publications in environmental studies has been conducted to identify the emerging research trends in this field in the era of COVID-19. Bibliometric analysis serves as a useful tool to evaluate research productivity and scholarly trends in a field. For this, publications were searched in nine environment-related subject categories indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) database of the Web of Science Core Collection. A bibliometric evaluation of 495 relevant documents was performed to identify various essential research indicators, including the type of the publication, the most prominent journals, subject categories, authors, institutions, and the countries, that contributed significantly to this theme. Major focus of this bibliometric study is to illustrate the potential research hotspots emerged during this pandemic. It has been found that significant amount of research has been conducted for the assessment of environmental quality and its contribution in environmental transmission of COVID-19. In addition to its positive impacts on environment, COVID-19 has contributed indirectly in worsening many environmental threats such as increased exposure to disinfectants and antimicrobials, poor solid waste management, and food insecurity. Researchers have also been focusing on the strategies for the planning of post-COVID-19 cities and buildings and to protect the ecology. This bibliometric study allowed the visualization of research agenda in the field of environmental studies during this pandemic.