Diagnostic value of oxidation-reduction potential for male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: In the last few years, studies have initially confirmed the diagnostic significance of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) in male infertility patients. In this article, we used meta-analysis to clarify the role of ORP in the diagnosis of male infertility.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched by computer for relevant published literature.

Ultrasound-Based Multi-Planar Bilateral Comparisons as a Diagnostic and Treatment-Definition Method for Unilateral Peripheral Nerve Entrapment.

Objective: The primary goal was to determine the performance of the cross-section area swelling rate (CSASR) for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes based on the reference standard of electrodiagnosis examination (EDX) in this diagnostic test study.

Methods: First, patients with symptoms like unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS), and radial nerve compression (RNC) underwent EDX and ultrasound examination. Second, patients with positive ultrasound were calculated for the CSASR of diseased nerve.

Application of a nerve stereoscopic reconstruction technique based on ultrasonic images in the diagnosis of neuralgic amyotrophy.

To propose a nerve stereoscopic reconstruction technique based on ultrasound imaging for site diagnosis, intuitive reflection of disease severity, and classification of neuralgic amyotrophy (NA). We enrolled 44 patients with NA who underwent high-frequency ultrasonography examination. Multiple sites on the normal side and the affected side were scanned to calculate the ratio of the cross-section area (CSA) of the affected side to the normal side at each location measured, i.

Effect of nano-TiO on humic acid utilization from piggery biogas slurry by microalgae.

Resource recovery from piggery biogas slurry has become an inevitable demand for sustainable development of pig industry. Microalgae show great potential in recovering nitrogen and phosphorus from piggery slurry, but struggle to utilize organic pollutants, as most of them are inert components (e.g.

Response surface methodology to optimize self-flocculation harvesting of microalgae sp.CHX1.

This study aims to optimize the self-flocculation ability of microalgae sp. CHX1 by the response surface methodology (RSM). Key parameters (i.

Association of Total Dietary Intake of Sugars with Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Concentrations: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003-2010.

Background: There is increasing evidence that dietary intake of sugars may be a risk factor for prostate cancer (PCa) and elevate the concentration of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA). However, there is limited evidence of the correlation between total dietary intake of sugars and serum PSA concentrations for adult American males. Herein, we evaluated the association between total dietary intake of sugars and serum PSA concentrations in men without a malignant tumor diagnosis in the United States (US) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.

Simultaneous introgression of three POLLED mutations into a synthetic breed of Chinese cattle.

The polled phenotype of cattle is increasingly becoming favourable mainly because of the enhanced emphasis on animal welfare, for which the causative mutations have been reported during the past years. The Shuxuan cattle are a new synthetic breed by crossing the indigenous cattle with both Simmental and Holstein semen in Sichuan of Southwest China, in which about 15% of polled individuals have newly emerged. Because official record about POLLED genotypes for the historically imported sires is unavailable, we therefore genotyped the proposed POLLED variants of P202ID, P80kbID and P219ID among 48 polled and 16 horned Shuxuan cattle.

PopSc: Computing Toolkit for Basic Statistics of Molecular Population Genetics Simultaneously Implemented in Web-Based Calculator, Python and R.

Although various computer tools have been elaborately developed to calculate a series of statistics in molecular population genetics for both small- and large-scale DNA data, there is no efficient and easy-to-use toolkit available yet for exclusively focusing on the steps of mathematical calculation. Here, we present PopSc, a bioinformatic toolkit for calculating 45 basic statistics in molecular population genetics, which could be categorized into three classes, including (i) genetic diversity of DNA sequences, (ii) statistical tests for neutral evolution, and (iii) measures of genetic differentiation among populations. In contrast to the existing computer tools, PopSc was designed to directly accept the intermediate metadata, such as allele frequencies, rather than the raw DNA sequences or genotyping results.

[RECONSTRUCTION OF IRREGULAR DEFECTS OF HAND USING LATERAL ARM FREE PERFORATOR FLAP BY PERSONALIZED DESIGN].

Objective: To observe the effectiveness of lateral arm free perforator flap by personalized design in repairing irregular defects of the hand.

Methods: Twelve patients with irregular defects of the hand were repaired with lateral arm free perforator flaps by personalized design between January 2010 and January 2015. There were 7 males and 5 females with a mean age of 35 years (range, 18-52 years).

Analysis of chlorophenols in environmental water using polydopamine-coated magnetic graphene as an extraction material coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography.

In this work, polydopamine-coated magnetic graphene nanocomposites were synthesized by a simple solvothermal reaction and self-polymerization of dopamine, and the as-made nanocomposites were successfully applied as an effective adsorbent for the preconcentration of the four chlorophenols in environmental water samples before high-performance liquid chromatography. The polydopamine-coated magnetic graphene nanocomposites have several advantages such as a high surface area, fast separation ability, super-hydrophilicity, and high peak intensities for aromatic analytes. Various parameters, including eluting solvent and volume, the amounts of absorbents, extraction time and elution time were optimized.

Analysis of phthalate acid esters in environmental water by magnetic graphene solid phase extraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

In this work, magnetic graphene composites were synthesized via a simple hydrothermal reaction. The as-prepared composites were successfully applied as an effective adsorbent for the preconcentration of seven phthalate acid esters (PAEs) in environmental water samples prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. The magnetic graphene composites had a unique structure in which magnetite particles were deposited on graphene sheets.

Rapid analysis of aldehydes by simultaneous microextraction and derivatization followed by GC-MS.

Ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (UDLLME) and simultaneous derivatization followed by GC-MS was developed for the analysis of four aldehydes including acetaldehyde (ACE), propionaldehyde (PRO), butyraldehyde (BUT) and valeraldehyde (VAL) in water samples. In the proposed method, the aldehydes were derivatized with O-2,3,4,5,6-(pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine (PFBHA) and extracted by UDLLME in aqueous solution simultaneously; finally, the derivatives were analyzed by GC-MS. The experimental parameters were investigated and the method validations were studied.