MRPS23 is a novel prognostic biomarker and promotes glioma progression.

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S23 (MRPS23), a component of the ribosome small subunit, has been reported to be overexpressed in various cancers and has been predicted to be involved in increased cell proliferation. It has been confirmed that MRPS23 was involved in the regulation of breast cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation. However, little is known about the function of MRPS23 in glioma.

Multifunctional Carbon Fiber Reinforced C/SiOC Aerogel Composites for Efficient Electromagnetic Wave Absorption, Thermal Insulation, and Flame Retardancy.

Carbon fiber composites have great application prospects as a potential electromagnetic (EM) wave-absorbing material, yet it remains extremely challenging to integrate multiple functions of EM wave absorption, mechanical strength, thermal insulation, and flame retardancy. Herein, a novel carbon fiber reinforced C/SiOC aerogel (CF/CS) composite is successfully prepared by sol-gel impregnation combined with an ambient drying process for the first time. The density of the obtained CF/CS composites can be controlled just by changing sol-gel impregnation cycles (original carbon fiber felt (S0), and samples with one (S1) and two (S2) impregnation cycles are 0.

Ultrasonic breast tumor extraction based on adversarial mechanism and active contour.

Background And Objective: Breast cancer is a high incidence of gynecological diseases; breast ultrasound screening can effectively reduce the mortality rate of breast cancer. In breast ultrasound images, the localization and segmentation of tumor lesions are important steps for the extraction of lesions, which helps clinicians evaluate breast lesions quantitatively and makes better clinical diagnosis of the disease. However, the segmentation of breast lesions is difficult due to the blurred and uneven edges of some lesions.

Radix Pseudostellariae protein-curcumin nanocomplex: Improvement on the stability, cellular uptake and antioxidant activity of curcumin.

Radix Pseudostellariae protein (RPP) with satisfactory antioxidant activity and self-assembled ability was extracted from dried Radix Pseudostellariae. In this study, RPP-curcumin nanocomplex (RPP-Cur) was fabricated, and its improvement on the stability, cellular uptake and antioxidant activity of curcumin was investigated. RPP-Cur with homogeneously spherical structure exhibited good stability, which could maintain the morphology against simulated gastrointestinal digestion and up to 300 mM ionic concentration.

Isolation, Identification, and Immunomodulatory Effect of a Peptide from Protein Hydrolysate.

In this study, a bioactive peptide YGPSSYGYG (YG-9) with immunomodulatory activity was isolated and identified from protein hydrolysate. The highest proliferation index of mouse spleen lymphocytes reached 1.19 in the presence of 50 μg/mL YG-9.

Synthesis and characterization of ultralong SiC nanowires with unique optical properties, excellent thermal stability and flexible nanomechanical properties.

Several-millimeter long SiC nanowires (NWs) with unique optical properties, excellent thermal stability and flexible nanomechanical properties were synthesized using a simple method with silicon and phenolic resin as the raw materials. The SiC NWs displayed special optical properties that were attributed to their large size and Al-doping. They displayed broad green emission at 527.

Facile synthesis of silicon nitride nanowires with flexible mechanical properties and with diameters controlled by flow rate.

Ultralong SiN nanowires (NWs) were successfully synthesized with size controlled in N gas by using an efficient method. The diameters of the SiN NWs increased when the flow rate of N gas increased, with average diameters of 290 nm from flow rates of 100 ml/min, 343 nm from flow rates of 200 ml/min and 425 nm from flow rates of 400 ml/min. Young's modulus was found to rely strongly on the diameters of the SiN NWs, decreasing from approximately 526.

Ordered Silica Nanoparticles Grown on a Three-Dimensional Carbon Fiber Architecture Substrate with Siliconborocarbonitride Ceramic as a Thermal Barrier Coating.

Hierarchical structure consisting of ordered silica nanoparticles grown onto carbon fiber (CF) has been fabricated to improve the interfacial properties between the CFs and polymer matrix. To improve the reactivity of CFs, their surface was modified using poly(1,4-phenylene diisocyanate) (PPDI) via in situ polymerization, which also resulted in the distribution of numerous isocyanate groups on the surface of CFs. Silica nanoparticles were modified on the interface of CF-PPDI by chemical grafting method.

[Cd uptake in rice cultivars and Cd fractions in soil treated with organic acids and EDTA].

A pot experiment was conducted to examine the yield, quality and cadmium (Cd) uptake in different rice cultivars, and Cd speciation in soil after exposing to Cd (0, 1 and 5 mg x kg(-1)) in the presence of organic acids and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA). The results showed that general increase in the yield for cultivars Xiushui63 and II you527 was observed. Yield of two rice cultivars were in order of organic acids treatment or organic acids + 1/2EDTA treatment > EDTA treatment.

[Effect of phosphor on accumulation and chemical forms of cadmium, and physiological characterization in different varieties of Capsicum annuum L].

Pot experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of different Phosphor (P) levels (0, 0.3% and 0.5%) on the plant growth, activities of antioxidant enzymes, accumulation and chemical forms of cadmium (Cd) in Capsicum annuum L.

[Effect of different zinc levels on accumulation and chemical forms of cadmium, and physiological characterization in Capsicum annuum L].

Pot experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of different zinc (Zn) levels (0, 100, 200, 400 and 600 micromol x L(-1)) on the plant growth,activities of antioxidant enzymes, contents of chlorophyll a and b, accumulation and chemical forms of cadmium (Cd) in Capsicum annuum L. when exposed to Cd (20 mg x kg(-1)). The results showed that dry weights of leaf, stem, fruit and root, and contents of chlorophyll a and b in Capsicum annuum L.

Cd uptake in rice cultivars treated with organic acids and EDTA.

A pot experiment was conducted to examine the activity of antioxidant enzymes, the content of malondialdehyde (MDA), proline and protein, and Cd uptake in different rice cultivars exposed to Cd (0, 1 and 5 mg/kg) in the presence of organic acids and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA). The results showed the increase in activity of dismutase (SOD), contents of proline and protein but a decline in activities of peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT), and MDA content for cultivars Xiushui63 and IIyou527. The resistance to Cd was higher in Xiushui63 than that in Iyou527 under the same Cd treatment.