Effect of processing techniques on energy content and amino acid digestibility in corn germ meal fed to growing pigs.

Objective: The study was conducted to determine energy contents, apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrient, the apparent (AID) and standardized (SID) ileal digestibility of amino acid (AA) in corn germ meals (CGM) produced by processing technologies of wet milling (CGM-CV1 and CGM-CV2), heating-dried CGM with steep liquor (CGMSL-DH) and dried using indirect heat (CGMSL-IH), corn germ expellers (CGE) and dry-grind processing method (CGM-DG).

Methods: In Exp.1, Forty-two crossbred male barrows with an initial body weight (BW) of 51.

Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of prognosis and immunotherapy in lung adenocarcinoma.

Background: Research has shown that genetic mutations play an important role in the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the genes that influence the prognosis and immunotherapy of lung cancer patients have not yet been thoroughly studied. In this study, data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Program and other databases were used to identify the survival-related genes in LUAD.

Determination and Prediction of Available Energy in 13 Cereal Feed Ingredients for Growing Pigs.

This study was conducted to develop equations to predict the digestible (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) for growing pigs by using the chemical compositions of five corn, two wheat and six rice samples. A total of 13 castrated boars were chosen and fed 13 diets formulated with different cereal feed ingredients according to a 13 × 6 Youden square design. The DE and ME contents, the ratio of ME to DE, and the nutrient digestibility among the 13 cereal feed ingredients were different ( < 0.

Development of Prediction Equations for Digestible and Metabolizable Energy in 15 Cereal Processing By-Products Fed to Growing Pigs.

The study was conducted to determine the nutrient digestibility and digestible (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) of 15 cereal processing by-products and to develop prediction equations for DE and ME based on the chemical composition in growing pigs. A total of 36 crossbred pigs were chosen and divided into three blocks according to a three 12 × 3 Youdin square experimental design. Twelve pigs in each block were allocated into six diets including a basal diet and five test diets.

Isolation and characterization of distinctive pyrene-degrading bacteria from an uncontaminated soil.

Considerable efforts that isolate and characterize degrading bacteria for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have focused on contaminated environments so far. Here we isolated three distinctive pyrene (PYR)-degrading bacteria from a paddy soil that was not contaminated with PAHs. These included a novel Bacillus sp.

Feeding dietary fermentable fiber improved fecal microbial composition and increased acetic acid production in a nursery pig model.

The objective of this study was to determine the fermentable fiber (FF) content of several common fibrous ingredients fed to nursery pigs, and then evaluate the effect of dietary FF level on growth performance and fecal microbial composition. In experiment 1, 54 nursery pigs were randomly allotted to be fed nine diets with six replicate pigs per diet. Dietary treatments included a corn-soybean meal basal diet and eight test diets based on a mixture of the corn-soybean meal diet and corn distillers dried grains with solubles, sunflower meal, oat bran, wheat bran, corn bran, sugar beet pulp (SBP), apple pomace (AP) or soybean hulls (SH).

Research on the spatial correlation and formation mechanism between traditional villages and rural tourism.

In recent years, the survival and development of traditional villages in China have been serious challenges. Rural tourism is regarded as an important way to solve rural problems, and the combination of rural culture and tourism has become a new power point for rural development. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the spatial distribution structure between traditional villages and rural tourism.

A variant of RAG1 gene identified in severe combined immunodeficiency: a case report.

Background: The recombination-activating gene 1 (RAG1) protein is essential for the V (variable)-D (diversity)-J (joining) recombination process. Mutations in RAG1 have been reported to be associated with several types of immune disorders. Typical clinical features driven by RAG1 variants include persistent infections, severe lymphopenia, and decreased immunoglobulin levels .

[Clinical application of blood purification in treatment of severe adenovirus pneumonia].

Objective: To study the role of blood purification in the treatment of severe adenovirus pneumonia.

Methods: A total of 57 children with severe adenovirus pneumonia who underwent mechanical ventilation from February to June, 2019, were enrolled. According to whether blood purification was performed, they were divided into a purification group with 22 children and a conventional group with 35 children.

[Clinical features of severe type 7 adenovirus pneumonia: an analysis of 45 cases].

Objective: To study the clinical features of severe type 7 adenovirus pneumonia in children.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of children who were diagnosed with severe type 7 adenovirus pneumonia from February to June, 2019.

Results: Among the 45 children, the male/female ratio was 3:2 and the median age was 14 months.

[Application of dexmedetomidine in children with agitation during ventilator weaning].

Objective: To study the clinical effect and safety of dexmedetomidine in children with agitation during ventilator weaning.

Methods: A prospective open observational study was performed for children who were admitted to the intensive care unit and experienced mechanical ventilation between March 2017 and August 2018. They were given dexmedetomidine due to the failure in the spontaneous breathing test (SBT) caused by agitation.

Prognostic Value of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, Leukocytosis, and Hyperglycemia in Children with Severe Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease.

Objective: Our goal is to determine the prognostic value of serum N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), leukocytosis, and hyperglycemia in patients with severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD).

Design: This is a prospective cohort study conducted from March 2011 through October 2012 at Hunan Children's Hospital.

Setting: Hunan Children's Hospital, a large children's teaching hospital with 1,500-beds located in the Changsha region of Hunan Province in China.

Diagnostic value of serum procalcitonin in patients with chronic renal insufficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The diagnostic value of procalcitonin (PCT) for patients with renal impairment is unclear.

Methods: We searched multiple databases for studies published through December 2011 that evaluated the diagnostic performance of PCT among patients with renal impairment and suspected systemic bacterial infection. We summarized test performance characteristics with the use of forest plots, hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) curves, and bivariate random effects models.

[Effects of ketamine and alcohol on learning and memory impairment in mice].

Objective: To study the effects of ketamine and alcohol on learning and memory in mice and its possible mechanism.

Methods: Forty mice were divided into 4 groups: normal control group, ketamine group, alcohol group, and alcohol plus ketamine group. Ketamine and alcohol were given by intraperitoneal injection and intragastric administration, respectively, 1 time per day, for 14 days.

Differentiation between infectious and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis by Raman spectra of human teardrops: a pilot study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to use Raman spectra of tears to differentiate between infectious and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis.

Methods: Raman microspectroscopy was applied using the drop-coating deposition method on Ti/Au-coated glass slides to obtain sample spectra from different human tear groups, including tears from healthy subjects and from patients with infectious and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis. By comparing the difference spectra of the groups, the authors identified local Raman features useful for differentiation of ulcerative keratitis.