Making the assumption that the value of the second Griineisen parameter q is constant, we present a relation for the pressure dependence of the Griineisen parameter y. The tests on four solids (NaCl, Li, Na, and K) show that the agreement between the calculated results given by the relation and the experimental data on the pressure dependence of y is excellent. A comparison between the linear relation suggested by Kumari and Dass and the relation presented in this paper demonstrates that the latter is better.

We use a simplified treatment to calculate the melting temperature of metals under a high pressure presented by Schlosser et al (1989) using Lindemann's law, the Debye model and the assumption that the Gruneisen parameter divided by the volume is constant. Although the same assumptions are made in this paper, the procedure for calculating the melting temperature under a high pressure for seven metals (Al, Ag, Au, Cu, Na, K and Rb) demonstrates that the method used in this paper has the same efficiency as that of Schlosser et al but that our method is much simpler.

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Long noncoding RNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 10 (SNHG10) has been suggested to function as tumor promoter in various human cancer types. Herein, the role of SNHG10 in colorectal cancer (CRC) was explored. Expression levels of genes in colorectal cancer tissues and cell lines were detected by Starbase and reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), the BrdU incorporation assay and Transwell assays were explored to study the function of SNHG10 in HCT116 and DXH-1 cells. In addition, the interaction of SNHG10 and miR-3690 was analyzed by dual-luciferase reporter assays. SNHG10 had a high expression level in CRC tissues and cell lines. Meanwhile, knockdown of SNHG10 reduced cell viability, inhibited cell proliferation and decreased cell migration and invasion. Moreover, bioinformatics analysis revealed that one potential target gene of SNHG10 was miR-3690. Dual-luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-3690 directly targeted SNHG10. Importantly, SNHG10 could decrease the expression of miR-3690 in HCT116 and DXH-1 cells. More importantly, the silencing of miR-3690 reversed the effect of the SNHG10 knockdown on the cell viability, proliferation, migration and invasion of HCT116 and DXH-1 cells. The present results demonstrated that SNHG10 promotes colorectal cancer cells the malignant progression by targeting miR-3690.

According to Lindemann's law and the Debye model and with the assumption that the volume derivative [Formula: see text] of the Grüineisen parameter [Formula: see text] is a constant depending on the material, we present a new expression for the analysis of the experimental data for the melting temperature of solids under a high pressure. The test on rare-gas solids (Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe) shows that the calculated results are in good agreement with the corresponding experimental data.