Global and Local Deformation Effects of Dry Vacuum-Consolidated Triaxial Compression Tests on Sand Specimens: Making a Database Available for the Calibration and Development of Forward Models.

A comprehensive experimental database containing results of a series of dry vacuum-consolidated triaxial compression tests was populated. The tests were performed on sand specimens and conducted under similar experimental conditions, in which specimens' boundary deformation was captured using a three-dimensional digital image correlation analysis (3D-DIC). The use of a standard triaxial device along with the 3D-DIC technology allowed the specimens' global and local boundary displacement fields to be computed from start to end of the compression phase.

Modulation of Lipid Metabolism by Trans-Anethole in Hepatocytes.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is caused by excessive lipid accumulation in hepatocytes. Although trans-anethole (TAO) affects hypoglycemia and has anti-immune activity and anti-obesity effects, its role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of TAO on cellular senescence, lipid metabolism, and reinforcement of microenvironments in HepG2 cells.

Protective Functions of Group 3 Late Embryogenesis Abundant (G3LEA) Proteins in During Vancomycin Treatment.

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins protect organisms from various environmental stresses; however, the underlying mechanism of LEA mediated therapeutic evasion is still unclear in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. In this study, group 3 LEA protein (G3LEA) of vancomycin-resistant under sublethal concentration of vancomycin stress was evaluated and shown to have two functions: the first is the reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) content, preventing apoptosis by suppressing apoptotic proteins Cas3 and MAOB, and the second is activating specific drug efflux pumps. Sublethal vancomycin model was established with using Propidium Iodide (PI) stain.

Protection and immune modulation of activated human vaginal epithelial cells by Aurea helianthus extract.

Aurea helianthus extract is associated with various properties including anti-melanogenesis, anti-oxidation, tumorigenic suppression, and immunoregulation; however, the mechanism by which it executes the immunomodulation of human vaginal epithelial cells (HVECs) remains elusive. We established three immunological functions of the extract. First, it mediated tumorigenic suppression in HVECs.

The Different Expression Patterns of HSP22, a Late Embryogenesis Abundant-like Protein, in Hypertrophic H9C2 Cells Induced by NaCl and Angiotensin II.

Background: High-NaCl diet is a contributing factor for cardiac hypertrophy. The role of HSP22 as a protective protein during cardiac hypertrophy due to hypernatremia is unclear. Accordingly, this study aimed to establish a cellular hypernatremic H9C2 model and to compare the expression of HSP22 in Ca homeostasis between a high-NaCl and angiotensin II-induced hypertrophic cellular H9C2 model.

catena-Poly[[[aqua-manganese(II)]-di-μ-sulfato-[aqua-manganese(II)]-μ-N,N,N',N'-tetra-kis(2-pyridylmeth-yl)hexane-1,6-diamine] hexa-hydrate].

In the polymeric title compound, {[Mn(2)(SO(4))(2)(C(30)H(36)N(6))(H(2)O)(2)]·6H(2)O}(n), the two Mn(2+) ions are bridged by two sulfate anions to form dinuclear complexes, and these dinuclear species are linked by the hexa-dentate ligand N,N,N',N'-tetra-kis(2-pyridylmeth-yl)hexane-1,6-diamine (tphn), forming a one-dimensional chain structure running in the [101] direction. The repeat unit of the polymer, Mn(2)(SO(4))(2)(H(2)O)(2)(tphn), is disposed about a twofold axis passing through the centre of the dinuclear unit. The coordination geometry around the Mn centre is distorted octa-hedral.