Improvement of the Mechanical Properties of 1022 Carbon Steel Coil by Using the Taguchi Method to Optimize Spheroidized Annealing Conditions.

Cold forging is often applied in the fastener industry. Wires in coil form are used as semi-finished products for the production of billets. This process usually requires preliminarily drawing wire coil in order to reduce the diameter of products.

Genes are differentially expressed at transcriptional level of Neocaridina denticulata following short-term exposure to nonylphenol.

To assess the toxicity of nonylphenol towards aquatic crustaceans, Neocaridina denticulata were exposed short-term to sublethal concentration (0.001-0.5 mg/L).

Differentially enhanced gene expression in hemocytes from Macrobrachium rosenbergii challenged in vivo with lipopolysaccharide.

In order to better understand the immune response in prawns after treatment with the immunostimulant lipopolysaccharide (LPS), in this study, the differential gene expression of the hemocytes from LPS-injected versus non-injected prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) were isolated and identified using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). The hemocytes were extracted after treatment for 1, 6, and 12h. The upregulated genes (i.

Initiation of signal transduction of the respiratory burst of prawn haemocytes triggered by CpG oligodeoxynucleotides.

Phagocytosis is important in the immune system of the prawn and is believed to be a defence parameter. Previous studies have demonstrated that CpG oligonucleotides enhance the activation of the prophenoloxidase activating system of the prawn through either the G-protein/protein kinase C (PKC) or the cAMP pathway. This study investigated the influence of CpG ODN on the respiratory burst used as the indicator of phagocytic activity and on the initiation of the signal pathway in haemocytes of Macrobrachium rosenbergii.