Aggressive intravenous hydration protocol of Lactated Ringer's solution benefits patients with mild acute pancreatitis: A meta-analysis of 5 randomized controlled trials.

Objective: The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the role of an aggressive intravenous hydration protocol of Lactated Ringer's solution in patients with mild acute pancreatitis (MAP).

Methods: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published before August 19, 2022. The clinical outcomes were evaluated using the standard mean difference (SMD), mean difference (MD), risk ratio (RR), and 95% confidence interval (CI).

Meta-analysis of visual pretreatment for the prevention of emergence delirium in children undergoing ophthalmic surgery.

To evaluate the role of visual pretreatment in preventing emergence delirium in children receiving ophthalmic surgery. Four randomized controlled trials were identified in four databases, and a meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.3.

Dumbbell structure probe-triggered rolling circle amplification (RCA)-based detection scaffold for sensitive and specific neonatal infection-related small extracellular vesicle (sEV) detection.

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) have been reported to play important roles in cell-to-cell communication and are promising biomarkers for the early diagnosis of infections. Therefore, it is in high demand to develop a method that can integrate easy-to-operate sEV isolation and sensitive quantification. We herein propose a novel detection scaffold for sEV isolation low-speed centrifugation and the quantification of sEVs through DNAzyme-based signal amplification.

Construction of Dual-Target Recognition-Based Specific MicroRNA Detection Method for Acute Pancreatitis Analysis.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles in regulating various biological processes and are considered promising biomarkers for clinical diagnosis and therapy of acute pancreatitis. Herein, we present a duplex-specific nuclease (DSN enzyme) and DNAzyme-assisted fluorescent miRNA detections assay that can provide improved detection specificity due to a design of dual-target recognition and a comparable sensitivity. The dual-target recognitions are composed of (i) miRNA unfold hairpin structure toehold to form DNA-RNA duplex, among which the DNA section will be digested by DSN enzyme, releasing miRNA to participant in a next recycle.

SYL3-k increases style length and yield of F seeds via enhancement of endogenous GA content in Oryza sativa L. pistils.

SYL3-k allele increases the outcrossing rate of male sterile line and the yield of hybrid F seeds via enhancement of endogenous GA content in Oryza sativa L. pistils. The change in style length might be an adaptation of rice cultivation from south to north in the northern hemisphere.

OsSYL2 , an allele identified by gene-based association, increases style length in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

Stigma characteristics are important factors affecting the seed yield of hybrid rice per unit area. Natural variation of stigma characteristics has been reported in rice, but the genetic basis for this variation is largely unknown. We performed a genome-wide association study on three stigma characteristics in six environments using 1.

Anxiety and Depression of Nurses in a North West Province in China During the Period of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak.

Purpose: To investigate the anxiety and depression levels of frontline clinical nurses working in 14 hospitals in Gansu Province, China, during this period.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted online between February 7 and 10, 2020, with a convenience sample of 22,034 nurses working in 14 prefecture and city hospitals in Gansu Province, located in northwest China.

Methods: A self-reported questionnaire with four parts (demographic characteristics, general questions related to novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia, self-rating anxiety scale, and self-rating depression scale) was administered.

Effects of vegetative filter strip on overland flow nitrogen and phosphorus intercepting under different inflow conditions.

The vegetative filter strips can effectively intercept erosion of water and sediment on the slope, with huge potential to prevent and control soil erosion and agricultural non-point source pollution. A series of muddy water scouring experiments under different inflow conditions in the indoor soil trays were conducted to investigate the effects of vegetative filter strip (VFS) on intercepting nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) under different inflow conditions and its internal hydrological responses. The results showed that the VFS could effectively intercept N and P in the runoff.

[Effects of biochar and PAM application on saline soil hydraulic properties of coastal reclamation region].

Disc infiltration tests were carried out to study the soil infiltration characteristics under different rates of soil amendments application, and to investigate the effects of biochar and polyacrylamide (PAM) application on saline soil hydraulic properties, pore characteristics and contribution of each pore to soil water flow in coastal reclamation region. The results showed that soil satura-ted hydraulic conductivity increased by 46.4% when biochar was applied at 2% compared with the control, and decreased with increasing PAM application.

Favorable Marker Alleles for Panicle Exsertion Length in Rice ( L.) Mined by Association Mapping and the RSTEP-LRT Method.

The panicle exsertion length (PEL) in rice ( L.) is an important trait for hybrid seed production. We investigated the PEL in a chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) population consisting of 66 lines and a natural population composed of 540 varieties.

Identification of a Candidate Gene for Panicle Length in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Via Association and Linkage Analysis.

Panicle length (PL) is an important trait for improving panicle architecture and grain yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Three populations were used to identify QTLs and candidate genes associated with PL.

Preoperative C-reactive protein as a prognostic predictor for upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a relatively rare and highly aggressive tumor. However, the prognosis of UTUC is rarely predicted accurately due to the lack of reliable biomarkers. C-reactive protein (CRP) has been found to be correlated with several types of cancer.

Comparative study of hollow-fiber liquid-phase micro-extraction and an aqueous two-phase system for determination of phytohormones in soil.

Two methods, hollow-fiber liquid-phase micro-extraction (HF-LPME) and an aqueous two-phase system (ATPS), have been systematically optimized and compared for extraction and determination of phytohormones in soil by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The effects on extraction of conditions including solvent type and volume, extraction time, temperature, and amount of salt were evaluated. It was shown that ATPS was superior to HF-LPME for determination of paclobutrazol and uniconazole under the optimum conditions.