Associations between weight-adjusted-waist index and infertility: Results from NHANES 2013 to 2020.

Female infertility is a significant problem for women of reproductive age worldwide. Obesity has been proven to pose a danger for infertility in women. Weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) is a recently created biomarker of obesity, and this research aims to explore the relationship between female infertility and WWI.

Comprehensive interventions to reduce occupational hazards among medical staff in the pathology department of five primary hospitals.

Objective: To explore comprehensive interventions to reduce occupational hazards among medical staff in the pathology department of five primary hospitals.

Methods: The indoor air quality in the pathology department of five primary hospitals and the health status of staff were investigated and analyzed. Formaldehyde and benzene concentrations in the technical and diagnostic rooms of the pathology departments were analyzed before and after comprehensive interventions.

Production of free fatty acids from various carbon sources by Ogataea polymorpha.

Energy shortage and environmental concern urgently require establishing the feasible bio-refinery process from various feedstocks. The methylotrophic yeast Ogataea polymorpha is thermo-tolerant and can utilize various carbon sources, such as glucose, xylose and methanol, which makes it a promising host for bio-manufacturing. Here, we explored the capacity of O.

[Production of fatty acids by engineered ].

Fatty acids (FA) are widely used as feed stocks for the production of cosmetics, personal hygiene products, lubricants and biofuels. is considered as an ideal chassis for bio-manufacturing, due to its outstanding characteristics such as methylotroph, thermal-tolerance and wide substrate spectrum. In this study, we harnessed for overproduction of fatty acids by engineering its fatty acid metabolism and optimizing the fermentation process.

mTOR partly mediates insulin resistance by phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 on serine(307) residues after burn.

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is an important mediator for cross talk between nutritional signals and metabolic signals of insulin by downregulating insulin receptor substrate proteins. Therefore, mTOR inhibition could become a therapeutic strategy in insulin-resistant states, including insulin resistance induced by burn. We tested this hypothesis in the rat model of 30% TBSA full thickness burn, using the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin.

The direct hospitalisation costs of paediatric scalds: 2-year results of a prospective case series.

Objective: To reveal the characteristic and distribution of length of hospital stay (LOS) and direct hospitalisation costs of paediatric scald.

Methods: A prospective case series observation was performed from January 2005 to December 2006 at the Burn Center, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China. The information, such as demographics, clinical diagnosis and treatments since admission, of the paediatric scald patients included in the series was recorded.

Insulin resistance following thermal injury: an animal study.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic glucose clamps following a 30% TBSA full thickness third degree burn in rats. Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 160-170g received 30% TBSA full thickness third degree burn by immersing the back of trunk for 12s in a boiling water bath under anesthesia. Weight- and time-matched sham burn group (control) was treated in the same manner as the trauma group, except that they were immersed in a room-temperature water bath.