MicroRNA-155 inhibition attenuates myocardial infarction-induced connexin 43 degradation in cardiomyocytes by reducing pro-inflammatory macrophage activation.

Background: Degradation of pro-inflammatory macrophage-mediated connexin 43 (Cx43) plays an important role in post-myocardial infarction (MI) arrhythmogenesis, microRNA (miR)-155 produced by macrophages has been shown to mediate post-MI effects. We hypothesized that miR-155 inhibition attenuated MI-induced Cx43 degradation by reducing pro-inflammatory macrophage activation.

Methods: MI was induced by permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery in male C57BL/6 mice.

The association between childhood physical disability or long-term health problems and depression among adolescents in China: Mediating effect of childhood maltreatment.

Background: Increasing evidence has suggested that childhood maltreatment might mediate the association between physical disability or chronic illness and depression among adolescents. We sought to identify whether childhood maltreatment mediated the relationship between physical disability or long-term health problems and depression in Chinese adolescents.

Method: A total of 5726 middle and high school students aged 12-18 years old were chosen to participant in this study.

Association between different stages of precollege school bullying and murder-related psychological behaviors among college students in Anhui Province, China.

Little is known about the relationship between precollege school bullying and murder-related psychological behaviors. The present study aims to examine that relationship in Chinese college students using a cross-sectional study. Self-report data were collected from 4034 college students in Anhui Province using a proportional stratified cluster sampling method.

Improved Sliding Mode Control for Finite-Time Synchronization of Nonidentical Delayed Recurrent Neural Networks.

This brief further explores the problem of finite-time synchronization of delayed recurrent neural networks with the mismatched parameters and neuron activation functions. An improved sliding mode control approach is presented for addressing the finite-time synchronization problem. First, by employing the drive-response concept and the synchronization error of drive-response systems, a novel integral sliding mode surface is constructed such that the synchronization error can converge to zero in finite time along the constructed integral sliding mode surface.

Is involvement in school bullying associated with increased risk of murderous ideation and behaviours among adolescent students in China?

Background: School bullying is a destructive behaviour common among adolescents that can sometimes escalate to criminal activity. This study aimed to examine the association between four types of school bullying (i.e.

Is childhood maltreatment associated with murderous ideation and behaviors in adolescents in China?

Previous research has revealed associations between childhood maltreatment (CM) and adverse health behaviors. However, little is known about the relationship between CM and adolescent murderous ideation and behaviors. A total of 5726 middle and high school students completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form and the Murderous Ideation and Behaviors Questionnaire.

Global fast dynamic terminal sliding mode control for a quadrotor UAV.

A control method based on global fast dynamic terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) technique is proposed to design the flight controller for performing the finite-time position and attitude tracking control of a small quadrotor UAV. Firstly, the dynamic model of the quadrotor is divided into two subsystems, i.e.

[Effects of on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafting for left-main patients].

Objective: To explore the value of on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafting (OnP-BH CABG) for left-main patients with coronary heart disease through a comparative study with conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CCABG).

Methods: The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed for 66 patients of OnP-BH and 48 control cases undergoing CCABG from January 2009 to January 2012 at Department of Cardiac Surgery, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University.

Results: OnP-BH group had a better clinical outcome than CCABG group.

[Study on the solid state transformation of PET/nano-CaCO3 composites by variable temperature FTIR spectroscopy].

Solid state transformation of crude poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) and PET/nano-CaCO3 (MPET) composites were studied by variable temperature FTIR spectroscopy during the heating process from 40 to 250 degrees C. The effects of nanometer calcium carbonate(nano-CaCO3) on the solid state transformation and crystal correlation bands of MPET composites were analyzed by the curves of the ratio of 1 342 and 1 410 cm(-1) absorbency(A1 342/A1 410) with temperature increasing, and together with DSC curves in the same condition. The results showed that the crystallization degrees of crude PET and MPET are obviously different in this condition by adding nano-CaCO3 particles as inhomogeneous nucleating agents.

[IR study on the thermal decomposition IR of the cationic fenugreek gum].

The title complexes shown as cationic fenugreek gum were prepared. The thermal decomposition process of fenugreek gum and cationic fenugreek gum was studied quantitatively by means of thermogravimetric analysis an dinfrared spectroscopic measurement of samples after heating at different temperatures. Additionally, according to the fact that the absorbance peak changes and theanalysis of TG-IR of cationic fenugreek gum at different temperatures, it can be drawn that the thermal decomposition of the cationic fenugreek gum might lead to a possible thermal-cracking process.

[Study on the peaks linked to the crystalline of L-LA with variable temperature FTIR spectra method].

Variable temperature FTIR spectra method was used to study the crystalline spectra of crystal compounds. In the present paper, the sample of L-LA was synthesized and characterized by FTIR, NMR and DSC. It was found that the two peaks in therange of 800-770 cm(-1) changed sharply at 95 degrees C after being investigated by FTIR spectra between 15-120 degrees C.

[Infrared spectroscopic investigation on complexes formed from cupric fluoborate and cupric butyrate with Bis (diphenylphosphino) alkane ligands].

The Bis (diphenylphosphino) alkane series ligands and its series of complexes formed from Cu(BF4)2 and Cu(C3H7COO)2 respectively were studied by infrared spectral analysis. This paper discusses the spectral classification and the change regularity of related spectra before and after the Cu(I) complexes were formed. The possible structure model of the formed complexes was discussed, based on the element analysis, powder X-ray diffraction analysis, and thermal gravity analysis.