The significance of positional care combined with doula delivery during childbirth in the correction of abnormal fetal position.

Objective: To explore the effects of positional care combined with doula delivery during childbirth in the correction of abnormal fetal position.

Methods: In this retrospective study, a total 108 pregnant women with abnormal fetal orientation were included from February 2018 to February 2021 in the Jinan City People's Hospital. Among them, 54 patients who received positional care combined with doula delivery were included in the intervention group (IG), while the other 54 patients who received routine nursing were included in the control group (CG).

Potential Health-Promoting Effects of Two Candidate Probiotics Isolated from Infant Feces Using an Immune-Based Screening Strategy.

Commensal microorganisms in the human gut are a good source of candidate probiotics, particularly those with immunomodulatory effects that may improve health outcomes by regulating interactions between the gut microbiome and distal organs. Previously, we used an immune-based screening strategy to select two potential probiotic strains from infant feces in China, 207-1 (207-1) and 207-27 (207-27). In this study, the in vitro immunological effects and potential in vivo general health benefits of these two strains were evaluated using GG (LGG) as the control.

Metabolomic analysis reveals potential biomarkers and serum metabolomic profiling in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients using UPLC/quadrupole time-of-flight MS.

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for 10-20% of all strokes and contributes to higher mortalities and severe disabilities. The aims of this study were, therefore, to characterize novel biomarkers, metabolic disruptions, and mechanisms involving ICH. A total 30 ICH patients and 30 controls were enrolled in the study, and their clinical characteristics were analyzed.

[High-fat diet induces metabolic syndrome in mice and its influence on intestinal development, liver function and intestinal microbiota].

Objective: To evaluate the possibility of high-fat diet to induce metabolic syndrome and to alter intestinal development, liver function and intestinal microbiotaof C57 BL/6 J mice.

Methods: Total 40 of male C57 BL/6 J aged 3 weeks old were randomly divided into two groups: control group and high-fat diet group. After one week of adaptive feeding, the tested mice in high-fat diet group were fed with high-fat diet for 20 weeks, while those in control group were fed with ordinary diet.

[Alleviation and recovery effects of Lactobacillus on the antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbiosis in early life stages of mice].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Lactobacillus on the alleviation and recovery of ceftriaxone-induced intestinal dysbiosis in early life stages of mice, and the possible effect on immunity of the host.

Methods: A total of 48 four-week-old Balb/c male mice were randomly divided into four groups, with 12 in each group. The experiment lasted for four weeks.

A high-fat diet and high-fat and high-cholesterol diet may affect glucose and lipid metabolism differentially through gut microbiota in mice.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) and high-fat and high-cholesterol diet (HFHCD) on glucose and lipid metabolism and on the intestinal microbiota of the host animal. A total of 30 four-week-old female C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into three groups (n=10) and fed with a normal diet (ND), HFD, or HFHCD for 12 weeks, respectively. The HFD significantly increased body weight and visceral adipose accumulation and partly lowered oral glucose tolerance compared with the ND and HFHCD.

Antibiotics can cause weight loss by impairing gut microbiota in mice and the potent benefits of lactobacilli.

This study assessed whether antibiotics could alter gut microbiota to affect host growth and the possibility of alleviation by lactobacilli. We divided four-week-old BABL/c mice into control (Ctrl), antibiotic exposure (Abx), Lactobacillus plantarum PC-170 (PC), and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) group and the Abx, LGG, and PC group received an one-week antibiotic/antibiotic + probiotic treatment. The fecal microbiota and the expression of splenic cytokines were determined.

[Determination of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and naringin dihydrochalcone in feeds by solid phase extraction-high performance liquid chromatography].

A new method was established for the determination of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC) and naringin dihydrochalcone (Naringin DC) in feeds by solid phase extraction-high performance liquid chromatography (SPE-HPLC). The samples were extracted by methanol and were purified on an HLB solid-phase extraction column. Chromatographic separation was achieved on an XB-C column (150 mm×4.

[A site index model for Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation in Saihanba, north China].

It is often difficult to estimate site indices for different types of plantation by using an ordinary site index model. The objective of this paper was to establish a site index model for plantations in varied site conditions, and assess the site qualities. In this study, a nonlinear mixed site index model was constructed based on data from the second class forest resources inventory and 173 temporary sample plots.