Participates in the Root Secretion of Phenolic Acids and Modulates the Development of Plant Replant Disease.

Phenolic allelochemicals from root exudates dominate rhizosphere formation, lead to autotoxicity in plants subjected to continuous monoculture (CM) stress and induce the emergence of replant disease. However, the regulatory mechanisms governing the transport of phenolics from plant roots to the rhizosphere remain poorly understood. A potential phenolic efflux transporter from , designated RgMATE35, has been preliminarily characterized.

A Simultaneous Measurement Sensor for Temperature and Curvature Based on Congruent Quasi-Helical Long-Period Fiber Grating.

This article presents a long-period fiber-grating sensor based on a congruent quasi-helical structure (CQH-LPFG) with the two-parameter measurement of both temperature and curvature. The CQH-LPFG sensor was manufactured using a high-frequency CO laser, and an innovative quasi-helical structure was introduced into the two-parameter measurement of the temperature and curvature of the optical fiber sensor with excellent results. The experiment and analysis demonstrate that the curvature sensitivities of the three resonance peaks in the 1440 nm to 1540 nm transmission spectrum were 11.

Customized T-time inner sampling network with uncertainty-aware data augmentation strategy for multi-annotated lesion segmentation.

Segmentation in medical images is inherently ambiguous. It is crucial to capture the uncertainty in lesion segmentations to assist cancer diagnosis and further interventions. Recent works have made great progress in generating multiple plausible segmentation results as diversified references to account for the uncertainty in lesion segmentations.

Value of MRI-based semi-quantitative structural neuroimaging in predicting the prognosis of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus after shunt surgery.

Objectives: To explore the value of structural neuroimaging in predicting the prognosis of shunt surgery for idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) using two different standard semi-quantitative imaging scales.

Methods: A total of 47 patients with iNPH who underwent shunt surgery at our hospital between 2018 and 2020 were included in this study. The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and iNPH grading scale (iNPHGS) were used to evaluate and quantify the clinical symptoms before and after shunt surgery.

AI-based medical e-diagnosis for fast and automatic ventricular volume measurement in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Based on CT and MRI images acquired from normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) patients, using machine learning methods, we aim to establish a multimodal and high-performance automatic ventricle segmentation method to achieve an efficient and accurate automatic measurement of the ventricular volume. First, we extract the brain CT and MRI images of 143 definite NPH patients. Second, we manually label the ventricular volume (VV) and intracranial volume (ICV).

Quantification of changes in white matter tract fibers in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus based on diffusion spectrum imaging.

Purpose: Patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) present white-matter abnormalities. The analytical methods described to date only measure mean diffusion parameter alterations of iNPH-specific brain regions or in a certain fasciculus. This study quantitatively analyzed whether iNPH-tract abnormalities are confined to specific sections or involve entire fibers based on diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI).

Transcriptional response of Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitag. leaves grown under full and partial daylight conditions.

Background: Asarum heterotropides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.

Ultra-small molybdenum sulfide nanodot-coupled graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: Trifunctional ammonium tetrathiomolybdate-assisted synthesis and high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

The preparation of nanoscale molybdenum sulfide (MoS)-modified graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) nanosheets usually contains complex and multiple-step operations, including the separate synthesis of nanoscale MoS and g-CN nanosheet, and their subsequent composite process. To effectively overcome the above drawbacks, herein, a facile one-step trifunctional ammonium tetrathiomolybdate ((NH)MoS)-assisted approach has been designed to produce ultra-small MoS nanodot-coupled g-CN nanosheet photocatalyst, including the first addition of ammonium chloride (NHCl) and (NH)MoS into melamine precursors and their following one-step calcination. During high-temperature calcination, except for the promoting generation of the g-CN nanosheets by produced ammonia (NH) and hydrogen sulfide (HS) gases, the above (NH)MoS decomposition not only can efficiently clip the s-heptazine framework to produce more terminal amino groups and cyano groups, but also can produce ultra-small MoS nanodots on the resultant g-CN nanosheet surface, resulting in the final production of ultra-small MoS nanodot-coupled g-CN nanosheets.

Effects of light irradiation on essential oil biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim) Kitag.

Asarum heterotropoides Fr. var. mandshuricum (Maxim) Kitag (Chinese wild ginger) is an important medicinal herb.

[Photosynthetic characteristics and active ingredients differences of Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum under different light irradiance].

Chlorophyll content,leaf mass to per area,net photosynthetic rate and bioactive ingredients of Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum,a skiophyte grown in four levels of solar irradiance were measured and analyzed in order to investigate the response of photosynthetic capability to light irradiance and other environmental factors. It suggested that the leaf mass to per area of plant was greatest value of four kinds of light irradiance and decreasing intensity of solar irradiance resulted in the decrease of leaf mass to per area at every phenological stage.

Probiotic Mixture Protects Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis by Altering Tight Junction Protein Expressions and Increasing Tregs.

is a probiotic mixture containing , , and Studies support that has a protective effect in experimental colitis (IL-10-deficient and TNBS) models and in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the mechanism underlying the protective effects of this mixture of probiotic bacteria remains incompletely clear. Here, we investigated the effect of on intestinal inflammation.

Fecal microbial dysbiosis in Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Aim: To analyze the alterations of fecal microbiota in Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: Fecal samples from 15 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) (11 active CD, 4 inactive CD), 14 patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) and 13 healthy individuals were collected and subjected to 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene sequencing. The V4 hypervariable regions of 16S rDNA gene were amplified from all samples and sequenced by the Illumina MiSeq platform.

Efficacy and safety of rectal 5-aminosalicylic acid versus corticosteroids in active distal ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Topical 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) and corticosteroids are used frequently in the treatment of active distal ulcerative colitis (UC). Our study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of different topical drugs used to treat active distal UC. A random-effects model within a Bayesian framework was utilized to compare treatment effects and safety as odds ratios (ORs) with corresponding 95% credible intervals (CrI).

Efficacy and safety of medical therapy for low bone mineral density in patients with Crohn disease: A systematic review with network meta-analysis.

Background: Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a frequent complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly in patients with Crohn disease (CD). The aim of our study is to determine the efficacy and safety of different drugs used to treat low BMD in patients with CD.

Methods: PUBMED/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for eligible studies.

Biorecovery of gold as nanoparticles and its catalytic activities for p-nitrophenol degradation.

Recovery of gold from aqueous solution using simple and economical methodologies is highly desirable. In this work, recovery of gold as gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by Shewanella haliotis with sodium lactate as electron donor was explored. The results showed that the process was affected by the concentration of biomass, sodium lactate, and initial gold ions as well as pH value.