Detection of Antibiotic Resistance in Feline-Origin ESBL from Different Areas of China and the Resistance Elimination of Garlic Oil to Cefquinome on ESBL .

The development of drug-resistance in the opportunistic pathogen has become a global public health concern. Due to the share of similar flora between pets and their owners, the detection of pet-origin antibiotic-resistant is necessary. This study aimed to detect the prevalence of feline-origin ESBL in China and to explore the resistance elimination effect of garlic oil to cefquinome on ESBL .

Uptake of atrazine in a paddy crop activates an epigenetic mechanism for degrading the pesticide in plants and environment.

There is a rising public concern on accumulation of harmful pesticides in environment and crops. Epigenetic alteration caused by environmental contaminants is one of the key factors in the etiology of environmentally-associated diseases. Growing evidence shows that harmful pesticide atrazine (ATZ) has a profound effect on DNA methylation in human genome, however, little is known about the epigenetic mechanism underlying ATZ accumulation and degradation in plants, particularly in edible plants growing in the ATZ-contaminated areas.

Biodegrading Two Pesticide Residues in Paddy Plants and the Environment by a Genetically Engineered Approach.

Accumulating pesticide (and herbicide) residues in soils have become a serious environmental problem. This study focused on identifying the removal of two widely used pesticides, isoproturon (IPU) and acetochlor (ACT), by a genetically developed paddy (or rice) plant overexpressing an uncharacterized glycosyltransferase (IRGT1). IRGT1 conferred plant resistance to isoproturon-acetochlor, which was manifested by attenuated cellular injury and alleviated toxicity of rice under isoproturon-acetochlor stress.

[Vertical gradients of water supply and demand in Taihang Mountains, China].

Taihang Mountains plays a key role in water supply for the North China Plain, even though it has the ecological disadvantages of less water and soil. Research on the vertical characteri-stics of water supply and demand in Taihang Mountains is beneficial for the sustainable management of the mountain ecosystem. Here, we quantitatively evaluated water provision in the Taihang Mountains using remote sensing data and InVEST model.

Effect of childhood trauma on cognitive functions in a sample of Chinese patients with schizophrenia.

In this study, we aimed to determine the influence of various types of childhood trauma (CT) on cognitive functions in Chinese patients presented with schizophrenia. One hundred sixty-two patients were assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). We investigated the correlations between various types of CT, demographic characteristics, and cognitive functions.

[Ecological effects of soil salinity regulation through saline water irrigation and subsurface drainage in high water table level area.].

In high water table level area, saline water irrigation in crucial drought periods has been confirmed to have a positive effect to increase crop yield while it may cause soil salt accumulation to have a potential negative effect on next season crop growth. It was supposed that eliminating or reducing this kind of negative effect could ensure a sustainable increase of crop yield under saline water irrigation. Field experiments were completed in a 2year period in Nandagang district in coastal area of Hebei Province.

[Using a modified remote sensing imagery for interpreting changes in cultivated saline-alkali land].

This paper developed a new interpretation symbol system for grading and classifying saline-alkali land, using Huanghua, a cosatal city in Hebei Province as a case. The system was developed by inverting remote sensing images from 1992 to 2011 based on site investigation, plant cover characteristics and features of remote sensing images. Combining this interpretation symbol system with supervising classification method, the information on arable land was obtained for the coastal saline-alkali ecosystem of Huanghua City, and the saline-alkali land area, changes in intensity of salinity-alkalinity and spatial distribution from 1992 to 2011 were analyzed.

Childhood trauma associates with clinical features of bipolar disorder in a sample of Chinese patients.

Objectives: Childhood trauma is a major public health problem which has a long-term consequence, a few studies have examined the relationship between childhood trauma and clinical features of bipolar disorder, most in western culture, with no such studies done in Chinese culture.

Methods: The CTQ-SF was administered to 132 Chinese patients with DSM-IV bipolar disorder. Participants also completed the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA.

Effects of childhood trauma on personality in a sample of Chinese adolescents.

Childhood trauma is a major public health problem which has an impact on personality development, yet no studies have examined the association between exposure to trauma and personality in a sample of Chinese adolescents. Four hundred eighty-five students completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). The CTQ-SF cut-off scores for exposure were used to calculate the prevalence of trauma.

[The relationship between test anxiety and personality, self-esteem in grade one senior high students].

Objective: To explore the relationship between test anxiety and personality, self-esteem in grade one senior high school students.

Methods: Totally 538 senior high school students of grade one were investigated by Test Anxiety Scale (TAS), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Self-Esteem Scale (SES) in a Senior High School in Shandong Province.

Results: The prevalence of test anxiety among all the surveyed students was rated 65.