Comprehensive impact of pre-treatment methods on white radish quality, water migration, and microstructure.

The preprocessing stage is crucial in vegetable processing, significantly influencing the final product's quality. This study investigates the effects of various pre-pre-treatment methods, including cutting, blanching, osmotic, and ultrasound-assisted osmotic treatment, on the quality characteristics, water migration, and microstructure of white radish. The results showed that osmosis and ultrasound-assisted osmosis has the least effect on the total color difference (ΔE) and the greatest water loss (WL) ( < 0.

Dehydration-rehydration mechanism of vegetables at the cell-wall and cell-membrane levels and future research challenges.

The quality of dehydrated vegetables is affected by the degree to which they are returned to their original state during rehydration (restorability). At present, whether this mechanism occurs at the cell-wall or cell-membrane level is unclear. This paper reviews the important factors affecting the mechanism of dehydration-rehydration, focusing on the analysis of the composition and structure of the cell wall and cell membrane, and summarizes the related detection and analytical techniques that can be used to explore the mechanisms of dehydration-rehydration at the cell-wall and cell-membrane levels.

First report of Fusarium solani causing wilt disease on Gleditsia sinensis in Tianjin, China.

The Gleditsia sinensis Lam. widely grown in China is a perennial plant with medicinal properties (Zhang et al. 2016).

Validation of Herek's attitudes toward lesbian women and gay men scale among undergraduates in mainland China.

The lack of a standardized reliable and valid instrument makes it difficult to measure attitudes toward lesbian women and gay men (ATLG) consistently and thus poses a challenge to compare and contrast intervention measures. This study aimed to validate Herek's ATLG scale among undergraduates in mainland China and identify factors associated with negative attitudes toward LG. A total of 6,036 eligible undergraduates conveniently drawn from 30 provinces across mainland China were randomly split in half.

Discordance between perceived risk and actual risky sexual behaviors among undergraduate university students in mainland China: a cross-sectional study.

Background: HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care services might be hampered by inaccurate risk assessment. This study aimed to investigate the extent of and factors associated with the discordance between perceived risk and actual risky sexual behaviors among undergraduates in mainland China, guided by the Anderson's behavioral model.

Methods: This study involved a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected during the fall semester of 2018-2019 academic year.

DYNAMICS OF CHOLERA EPIDEMIC MODELS IN FLUCTUATING ENVIRONMENTS.

Based on our deterministic models for cholera epidemics, we propose a stochastic model for cholera epidemics to incorporate environmental fluctuations which is a nonlinear system of Itô stochastic differential equations. We conduct an asymptotical analysis of dynamical behaviors for the model. The basic stochastic reproduction value is defined in terms of the basic reproduction number for the corresponding deterministic model and noise intensities.

Inequities in the utilization of HIV counseling and testing services among undergraduates in mainland China.

Background: HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is provided free of charge on college campuses, but very few studies have examined whether HCT uptake is equitably distributed. This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the relative importance of various determinants of HCT uptake among undergraduates in mainland China so as to assess and subsequently to suggest ways to eliminate inequities in its use, guided by the Andersen's behavioral model.

Methods: A total of 10,665 eligible undergraduates were conveniently selected to complete an online survey.

Identification of Stabilization of Malvid Anthocyanins and Antioxidant Stress Activation via the AMPK/SIRT1 Signaling Pathway.

Rupr. "Beibinghong" is abundant in anthocyanins, including malvidin (Mv), malvidin-3-glucoside (Mv3G), and malvidin-3,5-diglucoside (Mv35 G). Anthocyanins offer nutritional and pharmacological effects, but their stability is poor.

Effect of soybean insoluble dietary fiber on prevention of obesity in high-fat diet fed mice via regulation of the gut microbiota.

Increasing evidence has shown that the gut microbiota plays an important role in preventing obesity; however, the mechanism by which insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) prevents high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the effect of SIDF on obesity in HFD mice and determine the mechanism by which it prevents obesity through regulating the gut microbiota. Soybean insoluble dietary fiber (SIDF) was used as an intervention in HFD mice for 20 weeks.

A review of the interaction between anthocyanins and proteins.

Anthocyanins have good physiological functions, but they are unstable. The interaction between anthocyanins and proteins can improve the stability, nutritional and functional properties of the complex. This paper reviews the structural changes of complex of anthocyanins interacting with proteins from different sources.

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF THE STOCHASTIC KELLER-SEGEL EQUATIONS.

This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the non-autonomous one-dimensional stochastic Keller-Segel equations defined in a bounded interval with Neumann boundary conditions. We prove the existence and uniqueness of tempered pullback random attractors under certain conditions. We also establish the convergence of the solutions as well as the pullback random attractors of the stochastic equations as the intensity of noise approaches zero.

Effects of high hydrostatic pressure-assisted organic acids on the copigmentation of Vitis amurensis Rupr anthocyanins.

Natural anthocyanins are safer and nutritious as compared to synthetic pigments; however, their stability is poor. They can produce spontaneous copigmentation with organic acids, leading to the improvement of colour stability, albeit slowly. Box-Behnken experimental design was used to elucidate the mechanism of copigmentation between Vitis amurensis Rupr anthocyanins (0.