Ice wine has prominent fruity sweetness and unique, rich aroma compared to wine. The sweetness was accumulating, the acidity and astringency tended to soften of grape berry during the freezing period. The process gave the ice wine balanced taste, with prominent honey sweetness, accompanied by refreshing alcoholic taste, soft acidity and astringency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment of large bone fractures remains a challenge for orthopedists. Bone regeneration is a complex process that includes skeletal cells such as osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and immune cells to regulate bone formation and resorption. Osteoimmunology, studying this complicated process, has recently been used to develop biomaterials for advanced bone regeneration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMacrophages are the most important innate immune cells that participate in various inflammation-related diseases. Therefore, macrophage-related pathological processes are essential targets in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Since nanoparticles (NPs) can be preferentially taken up by macrophages, NPs have attracted most attention for specific macrophage-targeting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Presurgical nasoalveolar molding (NAM) is the most common preoperative treatment for cleft lip and palate. However, NAM may have some limitations such as requiring high technical sensitivity and frequent visits. To simplify the device, some scholars have changed the traditional NAM into a split-NAM consisting of a alveolar molding plate and a nasal hook.
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