An examination of seed germination and seedling growth of Zostera marina for planting-time selection in Rongcheng Bay, Shandong Peninsula, China.

This study firstly quantified the responses of seeds of Zostera marina to different planting times (22 September, 5 October, 23 October, 7 November and 20 November in 2015) through a field seed-planting experiment over a two year period. The suitable seed planting time required by the seeds of Z. marina was evaluated.

Transition-Metal-Free Highly Chemoselective and Stereoselective Reduction with Se/DMF/HO System.

A novel metal-free reduction system, in which HSe (or HSe) produced in situ from Se/DMF/HO acts as the active reducing species, has been developed. By using water as an inexpensive, safe, and environmentally friendly surrogate as the hydrogen donor, this new reduction system incorporating Se/DMF/HO displayed high selectivity and good activity in the reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones and alkynes. Therefore, this reduction system has great potential to be a general and practical reduction methodology in organic transformation.

[Effects of inter-row economic crop planting on soil moisture in a rain-fed jujube orchard in loess hilly region, China].

Soil moisture variation in dryland sloping jujube. orchard was investigated after introducing two economic crops, i.e.

Prognostic significance of Nemo-like kinase expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Nemo-like kinase (NLK) is an evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine protein kinase and belongs to the extracellular signal-regulated kinases/microtubule-associated protein kinase families (Erks/MAPKs). Previous studies have indicated that abnormal expressions of NLK played critical roles in various types of human cancers. Recent studies suggested that NLK expression was significantly upregulated in the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens.

Expression of FOXJ1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: correlation with patients' prognosis and tumor cell proliferation.

FOXJ1 is a member of the forkhead box (FOX) family of transcription factors. Recent studies suggested that FOXJ1 may function as a tumor suppressor gene in breast cancer. To investigate the potential roles of FOXJ1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), expression of FOXJ1 was first examined in eight paired frozen HCC and adjacent noncancerous liver tissues by Western blot, and we found that FOXJ1 was upregulated in HCC specimens.

[The effect of SenQi FuZheng injection on lung cell apoptosis following cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs].

Objective: To study the effect and possible mechanism of SenQi FuZheng injection on lung cell apoptosis in dogs with ischemia reperfusion (I/R) following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Methods: CPB dog models were established. The 12 mongrel dogs were randomly divided into two groups: CPB I/R group (control) and SenQi FuZheng injection group (therapy).