Self-efficacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors as mediators between COVID-19 care knowledge and health status.

The COVID-19 epidemic has affected the psychological well-being and daily life of college students, leading to a decrease in their quality of life. Health status can be influenced by a variety of factors. This study aims to assess the current health status of university students and explore the relationships among COVID-19 care knowledge, self-efficacy, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and health status and how these factors are influenced.

Surviving high temperatures: The crucial role of vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter in Asian honeybee, Apis cerana.

Asian honeybees (Apis cerana) play a crucial role as pollinators to service for the ecological stability. However, their proliferation and growth are significantly impacted by environmental temperature stress. This study delves into the function of the Apis cerana vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter gene (AcVIAAT) in safeguarding Asian honeybees against high-temperature stress.

Efficacy of using telecare services for community-dwelling people with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure, self-efficacy, and quality of life efficacy of using telecare services for community-dwelling people with diabetes.

Methods: Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases were systematically searched from their inception dates to June 22, 2023. Two evaluators independently selected and evaluated eligible studies.

Spermatophore development in drones indicates the metabolite support for sperm storage in honey bees ().

Developing effective long-term sperm storage strategies to maintain activity requires an understanding of the underlying spermatophore developmental phase in drones. Here we compared the developmental processes and metabolites about seminal vesicles of drones from different parentages (0-24 d)in honeybee colonies, including mated queens, virgin queens, and worker bees. The results showed a similar developmental trend of seminal vesicles in thethree groups of drones on the whole, although there were significant differences in developmental levels, as well as in other indicators.

Virtual reality technology in the detection of mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: In recent years, virtual reality technology has developed the potential to help in the early detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, integrative evidence of its detection performance for mild cognitive impairment is lacking, and meta-analysis or systematic reviews are required to further determine the effectiveness of virtual reality technology in screening for MCI.

Methods: Literature searches were performed for MCI screening tests in the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Scopus.

Comparison of the mitochondrial genomes of three geographical strains of indicates high genetic diversity in the black giant honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

is the largest honeybee that lives mainly on cliff faces, with strong migratory ability. In this study, we firstly sequenced and assembled two complete mitochondrial genomes of isolated from two distant locations in China (Chongqing and Shangri-La regions). Combined with the published mitochondrial genome of from Nepal, comparative genomic analyses were conducted to gain insight into the genetic diversity of giant honeybees from different geographical distributions.

De Novo Genome Assembly of Chinese Plateau Honeybee Unravels Intraspecies Genetic Diversity in the Eastern Honeybee, .

, widely distributed in the southeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is considered an excellent model to study the phenotype and genetic variation for highland adaptation of Asian honeybee. Herein, we assembled and annotated the chromosome-scale assembly genome of with the help of PacBio, Illumina and Hi-C sequencing technologies in order to identify the genome differences between the and the published genomes of different strains. The sequencing methods, assembly and annotation strategies of were more comprehensive than previously published genomes.

Research progress on radioprotective effects of bee products.

Radiation exposure is an on going and serious threat in military and public health concern. There is an unmet need for effective preventative or mitigative treatments against radiation-induced injuries. The handful of Food and Drug Administration in the US approved radiation protection agents cannot be widely used due to their side effects.

Genomic analysis of Asian honeybee populations in China reveals evolutionary relationships and adaptation to abiotic stress.

The geographic and biological diversity of China has resulted in the differential adaptation of the eastern honeybee, , to these varied habitats. were collected from 14 locations in China. Their genomes were sequenced, and nucleotide polymorphisms were identified at more than 9 million sites.

plays oncogenic role in hepatocellular carcinoma progression through suppressing expression and activating PI3K/AKT pathway.

Given their regulatory roles in gene expression, microRNAs play an important role in tumorigenesis. The current study aimed to explore the function and the related mechanisms of in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The expression of was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).

The impact of APC polymorphisms on the transition from polyps to colorectal cancer (CRC).

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the function of APC polymorphisms (D1822V and E1317Q) on the transition from polyps to colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: 259 patients with polyps were included in the study. APC polymorphisms were genotyped via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subsequent sequencing.

The genomic survey of Tc1-like elements in the silkworm microsporidia Nosema bombycis.

Background: Microsporidia Nosema bombycis is the destructive pathogen in the production of sericulture. The Tc1/mariner elements belong to important component of DNA transposon.

Methods: The genomic data of N.

SNHG8 is upregulated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and directly sponges microRNA-411 to increase oncogenicity by upregulating KPNA2.

Background: The long noncoding RNA, small nucleolar RNA host gene 8 (SNHG8), is upregulated in multiple human cancer types. However, whether SNHG8 is aberrantly expressed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and its biological functions have yet to be elucidated. Thus, we aimed to determine the expression status of SNHG8 in ESCC, explore the effects of SNHG8 on the oncogenicity of ESCC, and investigate the potential underlying mechanisms.

Peritoneal lavage with povidone-iodine solution in colorectal cancer-induced rats.

Background: Although peritoneal lavage with povidone-iodine (PVPI) is frequently performed after surgery on the gastrointestinal tract, the effects of PVPI on the intestinal epithelial barrier are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of abdominal irrigation with PVPI on the intestinal epithelial barrier in a colorectal cancer (CRC)-induced rat model.

Materials And Methods: The CRC model was induced in rats with azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate.

Climate-dependence of ecosystem services in a nature reserve in northern China.

Evaluation of ecosystem services has become a hotspot in terms of research focus, but uncertainties over appropriate methods remain. Evaluation can be based on the unit price of services (services value method) or the unit price of the area (area value method). The former takes meteorological factors into account, while the latter does not.

FTIR spectral studies of methyltestorone in single and binary solvent systems.

The studies on the solvent effects of methyltestorone (MT) in 19 different organic solvents and n-C(6)H(14)/CHCl(3) binary solvents were undertaken by FTIR spectroscopy. The wavenumbers of carbonyl stretching vibration for MT (nu(CO)) in individual solvents were correlated with the empirical solvent parameters such as Schleyer's linear free energy equation (G-value), the solvent acceptor number (AN) and the linear solvation energy relationships (LSER), respectively. The solvent-induced carbonyl stretching vibration wavenumber shifts of MT exhibited a better correlation with the LSER than the other solvent parameters.