Publications by authors named "Feng-ming Zhao"

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  • This study focuses on improving the safety and longevity of lithium-ion batteries by accurately estimating their State of Health (SOH) and predicting their Remaining Useful Life (RUL) using a new model called AT-CNN-BiLSTM.
  • The methodology involves extracting and averaging important battery parameters, such as voltage and temperature, to ensure reliable input data, and utilizes a CNN for deep feature extraction, combined with a BiLSTM to analyze time-dependent data.
  • Experimental results show that the AT-CNN-BiLSTM-Attention model performs exceptionally well, achieving an absolute error of 0 in RUL prediction and outperforms other neural network algorithms in accuracy and stability for SOH estimation and RUL prediction.
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Accurately predicting the state of health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries is fundamental in estimating their remaining lifespan. Various parameters such as voltage, current, and temperature significantly influence the battery's SOH. However, existing data-driven methods necessitate substantial data from the target domain for training, which hampers the assessment of lithium-ion battery health at the initial stage.

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Puerarin is a bioactive substance extracted from . It is known to promote the viability, differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in these activities are not well understood.

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Puerarin has attracted increasing attention because of its beneficial effects on anti‑osteoporosis, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its actions on osteoblasts are not fully understood. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of puerarin on the cell viability and differentiation of mouse MC3T3‑E1 osteoblast‑like cells in vitro and its underlying mechanisms. The results indicated that 0.

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Objective: To study the synergistic effect on hepatoma cell(SMMC-7721) and the reduction killing effect on normal liver cells(LO-2) treated with sodium cantharidinate (SCA) in combination with fluorouracil(5-FU) or cisplatin(DDP) as well as the related mechanism.

Methods: MTT assay was used to select the best ratio of SCA with 5-FU or SCA with DDP which had less toxicity on LO-2 cell line and had synergistic effect on SMMC-7721 cell line; Flow cytometry assay was used to analyze the apoptosis-induction of the different ratio of drugs on both cell lines; Hoechst-33258 fluorescent staining assay was used to observe the nuclear morphological changes of cells; Immunoblotting assay was used to analyze the Ras/Raf/ERK1/2 signaling pathway and the apoptosis related signaling pathway in both cell lines.

Results: MTI assay indicated that the proliferation inhibition of SCA,5-FU and DDP on SMMC-7721 cell line was in a time-and dose-dependent manner respectively.

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We previously reported that daucosterol (a sterolin) up-regulates the expression of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF1)(1) protein in neural stem cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of daucosterol on the survival of cultured cortical neurons after neurons were subjected to oxygen and glucose deprivation and simulated reperfusion (OGD/R)(2), and determined the corresponding molecular mechanism. The results showed that post-treatment of daucosterol significantly reduced neuronal loss, as well as apoptotic rate and caspase-3 activity, displaying the neuroprotective activity.

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Morroniside is a water-soluble compound extracted from the fruit of and is used to protect lung activity against aging. In the present study, the manner in which morroniside regulates normal lung and cancer cells was examined. The human embryonic lung fibroblast (HELF) cell line and lung cancer A549 cell line, and their responses to morroniside treatment, were examined.

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Neural stem cells (NSCs) are self-regenerating cells, but their regenerative capacity is limited. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of β -sitosterol-D-glucoside (BSSG) on the proliferation of hippocampal NSCs and to determine the corresponding molecular mechanism. Results of CCK-8 assay showed that BSSG significantly increased NSC proliferation and the effectiveness of BSSG was similar to that of basic fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor.

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Neural stem cells (NSCs) are self-regenerating cells, but their regenerative capacity is limited. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of daucosterol (a sterolin) on the promotion of NSC proliferation and determine the corresponding molecular mechanism. Results of cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay showed that daucosterol significantly increased the quantity of viable cells and the effectiveness of daucosterol was similar to that of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF).

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Objective: To investigate the effect of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF) on apoptosis and BCL-2, NF-kappaB gene expression of rat hippocampal neurons injured by hydroperoxide (H2O2).

Methods: Hippocampal neurons of newly born rat were cultured in vivo and injured by H2O2. Effect of different concentration of 5-HMF on cell viability was measured by MTT.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study aimed to investigate how 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from wine-processed Fructus corni protects liver cells (hepatocytes) from damage induced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
  • - Researchers treated H2O2-injured human L02 hepatocytes with 5-HMF and observed improvements in cell structure and decreased activity of caspase-9 and caspase-3, which are markers for cell death.
  • - The findings suggest that 5-HMF not only helps maintain the structure of liver cells but also prevents apoptosis (programmed cell death) in these cells.
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Objective: To study the immunomodulation effect of the recombination Sj16 from Schistosoma japonicum (reSj16) on inflammation response of host.

Methods: reSj16 expressed in pGEX-4T-1 was purified by GST purification kit and detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and mass spectra (MS). The immunomodulation effect of reSj16 was observed by means of dimethylbenzene inducing mouse ear edema model, carrageenan inducing rat voix pedis swell model and acetic acid inducing mouse experiment peritonitis model.

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