Investigation of the Maturity Evaluation Indicator of Honey in Natural Ripening Process: The Case of Rape Honey.

Honey maturity, a critical factor for quality evaluation, is difficult to detect in the current industry research. The objective of this study was to explore the changes in the composition and find potential maturity indicators of rape honey at different maturity stages through evaluating physicochemical parameters (moisture, sugars, pH, electrical conductivity, total protein, total phenols, total flavonoids, proline, and enzyme activity), the antioxidant capacity, and volatile components. The relevant results are as follows: 1.

Chemical Analyses and Antimicrobial Activity of Nine Kinds of Unifloral Chinese Honeys Compared to Manuka Honey (12+ and 20+).

Honey has good antimicrobial properties and can be used for medical treatment. The antimicrobial properties of unifloral honey varieties are different. In this study, we evaluated the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of nine kinds of Chinese monofloral honeys.

Study on Clinical Significance of LncRNA EGOT Expression in Colon Cancer and Its Effect on Autophagy of Colon Cancer Cells.

Background: Colon cancer (CC) is a common digestive tract tumor, and the increase of new and dead patients every year still puzzles clinical workers. LncRNA eosinophil granule ontogeny transcript (), as a newly discovered long-chain noncoding RNA (lncRNA), is differentially expressed in other tumors, but there are fewer studies of it in colon cancer.

Methods: The relative expression and diagnostic value of in CC were detected and analyzed by starBase online website and qRT-PCR.

Levels and congener profiles of halogenated persistent organic pollutants in human serum and semen at an e-waste area in South China.

Typical halogenated persistent organic pollutants (Hal-POPs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), are a group of ubiquitous organic pollutants with an endocrine disrupting effect. This study evaluated the accumulation and congener profiles of Hal-POPs in the bodies of men who live/work in areas of South China where electronic wastes are collected and managed, especially in their semen samples. The results show that the detection frequency and serum concentrations of Hal-POP congeners within the high-exposure group (HEG) were higher than those of the low-exposure group (LEG).

[Prediction model of meteorological grade of wheat stripe rust in winter-reproductive area, Sichuan Basin, China].

The winter reproductive areas of Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis in Sichuan Basin are often the places mostly affected by wheat stripe rust. With data on the meteorological condition and stripe rust situation at typical stations in the winter reproductive area in Sichuan Basin from 1999 to 2016, this paper classified the meteorological conditions inducing wheat stripe rust into 5 grades, based on the incidence area ratio of the disease.

Clinical Retrospective Analysis of 9 Cases of Intraparotid Facial Nerve Schwannoma.

Purpose: The management of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma (IFNS) is challenging because it is extremely rare and often misdiagnosed as pleomorphic adenoma or another parotid tumor. The purpose of this study was to report on the authors' experience in the treatment of IFNS and to review the literature regarding the diagnosis and management of IFNS.

Materials And Methods: From January 1997 through October 2015, 916 consecutive parotidectomies were performed at Shenzhen People's Hospital (Shenzhen, China).

Cystic metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as branchial cleft cyst: report of two cases and review of the literature.

Purpose: To describe the differential diagnosis between solitary cystic metastatic carcinoma from branchial cleft cyst and provide references for clinicians to treat cystic metastases from primary sites of the head and neck region.

Materials And Methods: Two cases of cystic metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) are presented and a review of the relevant English literature on cystic metastasis from head and neck cancer was performed.

Results: Two adult patients with a lateral cystic neck mass were initially clinically diagnosed as branchial cleft cysts.

Guan-Din method: a novel surgical technique for selective thoracic fusion to maximize the rate of selective thoracic fusion and compensatory correction.

Study Design: Retrospective radiographical review.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of selective thoracic fusion (STF) by using the Guan-Din method for the treatment of major thoracic compensatory lumbar (MTCL) curves.

Summary Of Background Data: Performing STF for MTCL curves is to minimize the loss of lumbar motion and the risk of lumbar degeneration or pain.

[Association of genetic variant in 12-lipoxygenase and risk of hepatic carcinoma].

Objective: To explore the association of 12-lipoxygenase (LOX12) Arg261Gln polymorphism with the risk of hepatic carcinoma in Chinese population.

Methods: A total of 280 cases of hepatic carcinoma and 560 frequency-matched controls were recruited from January 2008 to December 2012 at Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital. The method of PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was employed to genotype LOX12 Arg261Gln polymorphism.

Tai Chi pedicle screw placement for severe scoliosis.

Study Design: Retrospective.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical safety and accuracy of the Tai Chi ((Equation is included in full-text article.)) technique for placing pedicle screws, without intraoperative radiographic imaging, in severe scoliotic spines.

Partial cone conformer of 25,27-bis-[(methoxy-carbonyl)-meth-oxy]-26,28-dipropoxycalix[4]arene.

Mol-ecules of the title compound, C(40)H(44)O(8), adopt a partial cone conformation. The dihedral angles between the planes of the aromatic rings and the mean plane through the methyl-ene C atoms bridging the aromatic rings are 35.74 (7), 85.

[Experimental study of delayed implantation on bone grafts].

Objective: To explore the feasibility of transplantation of frozen autogenous mandible with delayed implantation.

Methods: Operations were performed to create two defects in the bilateral mandible of 16 dogs. The left defect was grafted by composite transplantation of frozen autogenous mandible (immersed in -196 degrees C liquid nitrogen) with fresh cancellous ilium (composite transplantation group, CTG).

The evaluation of jaw function subsequent to bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the jaw function and anatomical changes subsequent to orthodontic treatment combined with mandibular advancement or set-back surgery.

Study Design: The sample consisted of 67 combined skeletal and dental malocclusion patients, who had received orthodontic and surgical treatment previously. Three and 6 months following jaw surgery, the following jaw functions were evaluated: the level of occlusal force developed, the efficiency of masticatory function, the size in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the relationship between occlusal force and maxillo-mandibular skeletal change, and the range of mandibular movement.