Non-inferiority of minimally invasive rotational cutting in granulomatous mastitis treatment: a comparative trial.

Granulomatous mastitis (GM) poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment due to its similarities with other breast diseases like cancer. The comparative study evaluated the efficacy and safety of a vacuum-assisted biopsy device with minimally invasive excisions compared to traditional wide local excisions. The vacuum-assisted biopsy device technique offers benefits such as precise tissue removal, reduced damage to healthy tissue, shorter surgery and recovery times, and lower postoperative complication risks.

Soil amendments reduce CH and CO but increase NO and NH emissions in saline-alkali paddy fields.

Limited research has been conducted on ammonia (NH) volatilization and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in saline-alkali paddy fields, along with complex interaction involving various genes (16sRNA, amoA, narG, nirK, nosZ, and nifH). This study employed mesocosm-scale experiment to investigate NH volatilization and GHGs emissions, focusing on bacterial communities and genic abundance, in saline-alkali paddy fields with desulfurized gypsum (DG) and organic fertilizer (OF) amendments. Compared to the control (CK) treatment, DG and OF treatments reduced methane (CH) and carbon dioxide (CO) emissions by 78.

Nutrient runoff loss from saline-alkali paddy fields in Songnen Plain of Northeast China via different runoff pathways: effects of nitrogen fertilizer types.

The application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer aggravates the nutrient runoff loss from paddy, causing serious agricultural non-point source pollution, and leading to a serious decline in water quality. The global area of saline-alkali paddy has expanded, but the response of nutrient loss via runoff to N-fertilizer applications in saline-alkali paddy is still unclear. This study conducted a 147-day field experiment to evaluate the nutrient runoff loss from saline-alkali paddy with different N-fertilizer application strategies in Songnen Plain of Northeast China.

Nitrogen migration and transformation in a saline-alkali paddy ecosystem with application of different nitrogen fertilizers.

With the increasing transformation of saline-alkali land into paddy, the nitrogen (N) loss in saline-alkali paddy fields becomes an urgent agricultural-environmental problem. However, N migration and transformation following the application of different N fertilizers in saline-alkali paddy fields remains unclear. In this study, four types of N fertilizers were tested to explore the N migration and transformation among water-soil-gas-plant media in saline-alkali paddy ecosystems.

[Effects of sunlight and temperature on ultrastructure and functions of chloroplast of cucumber in solar greenhouse].

Studies on the effects of sunlight and temperature on the ultrastructure and functions of leaf chloroplasts of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in solar greenhouse showed that the size of cells, chloroplasts, and starch grains and the number of chloroplast, grana, grana lamella and grana thickness of leaf chloroplast of cucumber increased with lowering leaf position. The microstructure of leaves and the ultrastructure of chloroplast of cucumber leaves were different because of the difference of temperature and sunlight among different months.