The molecular mechanism of WRINKLED1 transcription factor regulating oil accumulation in developing seeds of castor bean.

The transcription factor WRINKLED1 (WRI1), a member of AP2 gene family that contain typical AP2 domains, has been considered as a master regulator regulating oil biosynthesis in oilseeds. However, the regulatory mechanism of RcWRI1 in regulating oil accumulation during seed development has not been clearly addressed. Castor bean () is one of the most important non-edible oil crops and its seed oils are rich in hydroxy fatty acids, widely applied in industry.

Engineering an oilseed crop for hyper-accumulation of carotenoids in the seeds without using a traditional marker gene.

Ketocarotenoids were synthesized successfully in Camelina sativa seeds by genetic modification without using a traditional selection marker genes. This method provided an interesting tool for metabolic engineering of seed crops. Camelina sativa (L.

Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidative Effects of Isorhamnetin for Protection Against Lung Injury in a Rat Model of Heatstroke in a Dry-Heat Environment.

BACKGROUND Isorhamnetin is a natural flavonoid compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. However, its roles in alleviating lung injury associated with heatstroke remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the protective effects of different isorhamnetin doses on lung injury in heatstroke rat models exposed to a dry-heat environment.

[Cadmium tolerance and enrichment characteristics of Eulaliopsis binata].

A pot experiment was conducted to study the cadmium (Cd) tolerance and enrichment characteristics of Eulaliopsis binata. Applying low concentration Cd (5 mg x kg(-1)) could boost the growth and physiological vigor of E. binata, with the twelve indexes such as biomass and net photosynthetic rate, etc.

[Effect of health service and its influence factors in flood disaster areas].

Objective: To explore the effect of health service and its influential factors in flood disaster areas.

Methods: Fifty-five towns were sampled randomly from Dongting Lake area suffering from flood in 1998. The health service level, effect, and its influence factors were investigated retrospectively.

Brief screening instrument of posttraumatic stress disorder for children and adolescents 7-15 years of age.

The objective of this paper is to develop a brief screening instrument of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for young victims of natural disasters. Data were derived from flood victims in 1998 and 1999 in Hunan, China. A representative population sample of 6,852 subjects 7-15 years of age was selected.

[Years of potential life of residents among different flood areas in Hunan province].

Objective: To determine the damage of different types of floods on the residents health.

Methods: The methods of standard mortality rate (SMR) and years of potential life lost (YPLL) were used to analyze the death of sample residents from flood areas in Dongting Lake in Hunan province.

Results: The order of death causes in the soaked area, the collapsed area and the non-flood area was the same.

The molecular phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a complex and polyphyletic genus of gingers.

Alpinia is the largest, most widespread, and most taxonomically complex genus in the Zingiberaceae with 230 species occurring throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. Species of Alpinia often predominate in the understory of forests, while others are important ornamentals and medicinals. Investigations of the evolutionary relationships of a subset of species of Alpinia using DNA sequence-based methods specifically test the monophyly of the genus and the validity of the previous classifications.

[A research on the public health index related to the comprehensive assessment on floods].

Objective: To develop a public health index related to the comprehensive assessment on the impact caused by floods.

Methods: A Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) theory was used to establish the initial evaluation system on the impact of floods. Modified-Delphi process was used to screen and determine the indicators and their weights while synthetical scored method was used to establish the comprehensive assessment model.

[A study on the health status of residents affected by flood disasters].

Objective: To study the immediate and long-term effects of disasters caused by floods on residents health status.

Methods: Stratified sampling by ranks of flood disaster occurred in 1996 and 1998, flood disaster areas and control areas were carried out. A retrospective study was also carried out to study all diseases involved during 1996 - 1999.

[Study on hospitalization expenses of flood disaster areas' residents of Dongting Lake in Hunan province in 1998].

Objective: To study the expenses of hospitalization among the population in the flood disaster areas of Dongting Lake in Hunan province in 1998.

Methods: Descriptive epidemiologic study were conducted to analyze hospitalization expenses of the residents of 55 villages in flood disaster areas in 1998; single factors analysis and logarithmic linear regression analysis were carried out to explore influencing factors about hospitalization expenses of the residents.

Results: The hospitalization rate was 4.