Dental pulp regeneration strategies: A review of status quo and recent advances.

Microorganisms, physical factors such as temperature or mechanical injury, and chemical factors such as free monomers from composite resin are the main causes of dental pulp diseases. Current clinical treatment methods for pulp diseases include the root canal therapy, vital pulp therapy and regenerative endodontic therapy. Regenerative endodontic therapy serves the purpose of inducing the regeneration of new functional pulp tissues through autologous revascularization or pulp tissue engineering.

Characterization, antioxidant activity, and mineral profiling of mushroom strains.

Background: Mushrooms are considered as next-generation healthy food components. Owing to their low-fat content, high-quality proteins, dietary fiber, and rich source of nutraceuticals. They are ideally preferred in formulation of low-caloric functional foods.

Six-month repeated irradiation of 650 nm low-level red light reduces the risk of myopia in children: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate whether the six-month repeated irradiation of 650 nm low-level red light (LLRL) decreases the risk of myopia onset in children.

Methods: This was a single-masked, randomized controlled trial. A total of 112 children (aged 6-12 years) were enrolled and randomized to the treatment group or control group in a 1:1 ratio.

Investigation of the Efficacy and Safety of 650 nm Low-Level Red Light for Myopia Control in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: To evaluate the 6-month efficacy and safety of 650 nm low-level red light (LLRL) for myopia control in children.

Methods: This was a single-center, single-masked randomized controlled trial. A total of 224 children aged 6-12 years with spherical equivalent error (SER) of - 6 diopter (D) to - 0.

[ acupuncture and moxibustion combined with cognitive training in treatment of post-stroke mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To compare the clinical effect of (promoting the governor vessel and regaining consciousness) acupuncture and moxibustion combined with cognitive training and the simple cognitive training for post-stroke mild cognitive impairment (PSMCI).

Methods: Eighty-four patients with PSMCI were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 42 cases in each group (3 cases in the observation group and 2 cases in the control group dropped off). The observation group was treated by acupuncture and moxibustion combined with cognitive training, acupuncture was given at Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Shenting (GV 24), etc.

A novel bee-friendly peptidomimetic insecticide: Synthesis, aphicidal activity and 3D-QSAR study of insect kinin analogs at Phe modification.

Background: As one of the most abundant and destructive pests in agriculture, aphids cause significant damage to crops due to their sap-taking and as virus vectors. Chemical insecticides are the most effective method to control aphids, but they bring insecticide resistance problems and harm nontarget organisms, especially bees, therefore the search for novel eco-friendly aphid control agents with low bee toxicity is urgent. Insect kinins are a class of small neuropeptides that control important functions in insects.

RPA-Cas12aDS: A visual and fast molecular diagnostics platform based on RPA-CRISPR-Cas12a method for infectious bursal disease virus detection.

Infectious bursal disease (IBD), a major disease of birds, is caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). The disease can lead to immunosuppression, resulting in huge economic losses in the poultry industry. A specific, rapid, and simple detection method is important for the early diagnosis and prevention and control of IBDV.

Analysis of the Genome Sequence of Strain GiC-126 of with Genetic Linkage Map.

has edible and medicinal value and was first cultivated and domesticated in China. We sequenced the monokaryotic strain GiC-126 on an Illumina HiSeq X Ten system and obtained a 34.52-Mb genome assembly sequence that encoded 16,895 predicted genes.

Diffusion Mechanism of Cinnamon Essential Oils Release from Calcium Alginate Based Controlled Release Films in Contact with Food Simulating Solvent.

Calcium alginate based controlled release films with moderate mechanical properties were fabricated in this paper. The diffusion mechanism of these films contacting food simulating solvent (FSS) was explored in some detail. With the increase of glycerol content, the diffusion coefficient () values of cinnamon essential oils (CEOs) diffusing to ethanol first increased slowly (0.

Genetic linkage map construction and quantitative trait loci mapping of agronomic traits in Gloeostereum incarnatum.

Gloeostereum incarnatum is an edible medicinal mushroom widely grown in China. Using the whole genome of G. incarnatum, simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were developed and synthetic primers were designed to construct its first genetic linkage map.

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oil of Sunflower ( L.) Receptacle.

Sunflower ( L.) contains active ingredients, such as flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins. Nevertheless, few studies have focused on essential oil from the receptacle of sunflower (SEO).

Map-based cloning of genes encoding key enzymes for pigment synthesis in Auricularia cornea.

Color is an important quality attribute of fungi, and a useful marker for classification, genetic, and molecular research. However, there is much debate over which enzymes play key regulatory roles in pigment synthesis pathways among different fungi and even within the same species. Auricularia cornea is the most widely cultivated mushroom in the genus Auricularia; 1.

Development of a Molecular Marker for Fruiting Body Pattern in .

The fruiting body pattern is an important agronomic trait of the edible fungus , and an important breeding target. There are two types of fruiting body pattern: the cluster type and the chrysanthemum type. We identified the fruiting body pattern of 26 test strains, and then constructed two different near-isogenic pools.

Lower Expression of Ndfip1 Is Associated With Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis Through Decreasing DMT1 Degradation and Increasing Iron Influx.

We have previously reported that high expression of divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) plays a crucial role in iron dyshomeostasis and β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide generation in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent studies have shown that Nedd4 family interacting protein 1 (Ndfip1) can degrade DMT1 through ubiquitination pathway and reduce the accumulation of intracellular iron. The present study aims to evaluate whether Ndfip1 is involved in AD pathogenesis through mediating DMT1 degradation and iron metabolism.

Construction of a genetic linkage map and QTL mapping of agronomic traits in Auricularia auricula-judae.

Auricularia auricula-judae is a traditional edible fungus that is cultivated widely in China. In this study, a genetic linkage map for A. auricula-judae was constructed using a mapping population consisting of 138 monokaryons derived from a hybrid strain (A119-5).

Weibull kinetic modeling and nutritional effects of high-hydrostatic-pressure sterilization of soft-packing boiled bamboo shoots.

Application of high-hydrostatic-pressure (HHP) sterilization technology to boiled bamboo shoots was preliminarily discussed. An improved Weibull model that considered pressure and time as independent variables simultaneously for simulating the sterilization result was obtained by fitting the microbial lethal curves with high precision ( >0.98).

[Modeling of CO2 fluxes at cropland by using SiB3 model].

The aim is to study the influence of different vegetation types on CO2 fluxes at the same site, taking farmland as the object by using the simple biosphere model (SiB3) , select different vegetation types in Suzhou Dongshan site as input parameters of model to simulate CO2 fluxes, and compare with the observational data in Suzhou Dongshan site during 2011-04-16 to 2011-06-30. Results show that using corn as the site vegetation type input model to simulate CO2 fluxes showed a very good diurnal variation agreement compared to the measured data, but selecting the ordinary crop type input model to simulate CO2 fluxes, CO2 fluxes during the daytime in April and May were undervalued, and CO2 fluxes in June were overvalued; when we select the tea type to input the model, the simulated results significantly overestimated CO2 fluxes during the daytime in May and June. In addition, when using SiB3 model to simulate the daily CO2 fluxes, all three vegetation types input model can effectively simulate daily CO2 fluxes, but not significantly.

[Water intake of primary and middle school students in four cities of China].

Objective: To investigate total intake of drinking water of primary and middle school students in four cities of China, and to provide scientific evidence for developing standard of intake of drinking water for primary and middle school students in China.

Methods: A total of 5914 primary and middle school students were selected from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou using multi-stage random sampling method and 5868 subjects completed the survey. The information on the amounts of daily drinking water was recorded for seven consecutive days using a 24 hour measurement.

[Determination of heavy metals in ceramic food packaging containers by ICP-MS].

The direct determination method of heavy metals, Pb, Cd, Cr, Co, Ni, Zn, As and Sb in food packaging ceramics was studied by using inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Factors influencing the determination were also studied in detail. By choosing the optional operating parameters and appropriate isotopes of the element to be detected, the influence of mass spectrometry interference was conquered effectively.

[Effects of applying endophytic fungi on the soil biological characteristics and enzyme activities under continuously cropped peanut].

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of applying endophytic fungi Phomopsis liquidambari strain B3, Phomopsis sp. strain NJ4.1, and Ceratobasidum stevensii strain B6 on the soil biological characteristics and enzyme activities under continuously cropped peanut at its different growth stages.

Suspended hybrid films assembled from thiol-capped gold nanoparticles.

In this work, we explored the formation processes of suspended hybrid thin films of thiol-capped Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) inside metal oxide tubular structures. We found that a balance between in-film interactions of the AuNPs and boundary interactions with metal oxides is a key in making these special organic-inorganic thin films. The hybrid films process many processing advantages and flexibilities, such as controllable film thickness, interfacial shape and inter-AuNPs distance, tuning of particle sizes, thiol population, chain lengths, and other new properties by introducing functional groups to thiol chains.

[Knowledge on drinking water of adults in four cities of China].

Objective: To understand the status on knowledge of drinking water among adults aged 18 - 60 yrs in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou of China.

Methods: A total of 1483 adults aged 18 - 60 yrs from the four cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou) were selected using multiple-stage random sampling method. The information was collected by face-to-face interview.