Psychometric evaluation of the Geneva Sentimentality Scale in Chinese college students.

The Geneva Sentimentality Scale (GSS) measures the experience of being moved and its effects on behavior. Despite the prevalence of this emotional response, it has not been extensively studied in China. This study aims to adapt and revise the GSS for Chinese college students to assess its cross-cultural consistency.

Primary aldosteronism with postoperative elevation of aldosterone treated effectively by finerenone: A case report.

The authors report a case of primary aldosteronism (PA) with postoperative elevation of aldosterone treated effectively by finerenone. The patient was a hypertensive man with a 30-year history of hypertension and sustained an acute myocardial infarction 5 years ago. Bilateral adrenal nodules with hyperplasia were detected and PA was confirmed.

Interaction between adolescent sleep rhythms and gender in an obese population.

Background: The obesity rate of adolescents is gradually increasing, which seriously affects their mental health, and sleep plays an important role in adolescent obesity.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between sleep rhythm and obesity among adolescents and further explores the interactive effect of sleep rhythm and gender on adolescent obesity, providing a theoretical basis for developing interventions for adolescent obesity.

Methods: Research data source Tianjin Mental Health Promotion Program for Students.

Artificial Cultivation Changes Foliar Endophytic Fungal Community of the Ornamental Plant .

Many wild ornamental plant species have been introduced to improve the landscape of cities; however, until now, no study has been performed to explore the composition and function of foliar endophytes associated with cultivated rare plants in cities after their introduction. In this study, we collected the leaves of the healthy ornamental plant from wild and artificially cultivated habitats in Yunnan and compared their diversity, species composition, and functional predictions of their foliar endophytic fungal community based on high-throughput sequencing technology. In total, 3125 ASVs of fungi were obtained.

[Effects of Synaptotagmin1 gene knockout on the behavior of mice].

To study the effects of Synaptotagmin1 gene knockout (Syt1) on emotional behavior in mice and explore its possible mechanisms. Five 8-week-old male Syt1mice and five wild-type (WT) mice in the same litter were selected. The expressions of Syt1 in 6 mice brain regions of prelimbic cortex (PL), hippocampus (HIP), amygdala (AMY), accumbens nucleus (ACB), caudoputamen (CP) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) were detected by Immunofluorescence staining.

Green Tea Polyphenols Prevent Early Vascular Aging Induced by High-Fat Diet via Promoting Autophagy in Young Adult Rats.

Objective: Epidemiology studies indicate that green tea polyphenols (GTP) perform a protective effect on cardiovascular diseases, but the underlying mechanisms are complex. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of GTP on high-fat diets (HFD) induced-early vascular aging.

Methods: Six-week young adult Wistar rats were fed with standard chow or HFD in the presence and absence of GTP (200 mg/kg body weight) for 18 weeks.

Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis of catechins, caffeine and theanine biosynthesis in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) over the course of seasons.

Background: Catechins, caffeine, and theanine as three important metabolites in the tea leaves play essential roles in the formation of specific taste and shows potential health benefits to humans. However, the knowledge on the dynamic changes of these metabolites content over seasons, as well as the candidate regulatory factors, remains largely undetermined.

Results: An integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic approach was used to analyze the dynamic changes of three mainly metabolites including catechins, caffeine, and theanine, and to explore the potential influencing factors associated with these dynamic changes over the course of seasons.

Inhibitory Effect of Volatiles Emitted From N1-4 on and Aflatoxins in Storage.

Controlling aflatoxigenic and aflatoxins (AFs) in grains and food during storage is a great challenge to humans worldwide. N1-4 isolated from tea rhizosphere soil can produce abundant antifungal volatiles, and greatly inhibited the growth of in un-contacted face-to-face dual culture testing. Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry revealed that dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and methyl isovalerate (MI) were two abundant compounds in the volatile profiles of N1-4.

A genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese women.

Background: Recently, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) exhibits an obvious trend of increase in pregnant mothers and usually causes several abnormities or diseases for the offspring. Although several studies have been reported for potential molecular mechanisms, relevant genes or mutated sites have not been intensively investigated in China.

Materials And Methods: In the present study, 218 pregnant mothers (GDM group: 103 individuals and control group: 115 individuals) in China were enrolled to conduct genome-wide association study (GWAS) and pathway analyses for the purpose of related genes associated with GDM in China.

Activation of brown adipocytes by placental growth factor.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a type of diabetes and occurs during pregnancy. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) improves glucose homeostasis and mitigates insulin resistance, however, its activity is reduced in GDM. Placenta growth factor (PlGF) is an angiogenic factor produced by placental trophoblasts.

Theoretical Study of the C₂H₅ + HO₂ Reaction: Mechanism and Kinetics.

The mechanism and kinetics for the reaction of the HO₂ radical with the ethyl (C₂H₅) radical have been investigated theoretically. The electronic structure information of the potential energy surface (PES) is obtained at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory, and the single-point energies are refined by the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. The kinetics of the reaction with multiple channels have been studied by applying variational transition-state theory (VTST) and Rice⁻Ramsperger⁻Kassel⁻Marcus (RRKM) theory over wide temperature and pressure ranges (T = 220⁻3000 K; P = 1 × 10⁻100 bar).

Theoretical Study of ClOO + NO Reaction: Mechanism and Kinetics.

Theoretical investigations are performed on mechanism and kinetics of the reaction of halogen peroxy radical ClOO with NO radical. The electronic structure information for both of the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces (PESs) is obtained at the MP2/6-311 + G(2df) level of theory, and the single-point energies are refined by the CCSD(T)/6-311 + G(2df) level. The rate constants for various product channels of the reaction in the pressure range of 1-7600 Torr are predicted.

Brown adipogenic potential of brown adipocytes and peri-renal adipocytes from human embryo.

Both brown adipocytes (BAC) and beige cells hold therapeutic potential for the treatment of metabolic disorders. Unfortunately, the amount and activity of these cells are limited in adults. Although BAC marker expression has been shown in peri-renal adipose tissues in children and adults, functional assessment is lacking.

Green Tea Polyphenols Alleviate Autophagy Inhibition Induced by High Glucose in Endothelial Cells.

Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) were cultured with high glucose (33 mmol/L), 4 mg/L green tea polyphenols (GTPs) or 4 mg/L GTPs co-treatment with high glucose for 24 h in the presence or absence of Bafilomycin-A1 (BAF). We observed that high glucose increased the accumulation of LC3-II. Treatment with BAF did not further increase the accumulation of LC3-II.

[Study on the effect of pressure on the molecular structure and pi-electron delocalization of beta-carotene by raman spectroscopy].

In the present paper, studies on in-situ Raman spectra at high pressure up to 12.85 Gpa were performed on beta-carotene using a diamond anvil cell (DAC), and the effects of pressure on the characteristic peaks and pi-electron delocalization of beta-carotene were discussed. The results showed that Raman frequencies of the main characteristic peaks of beta-carotene shifted to high wavenumber with the increase in pressure.

[Temperature effect on the hydrogen bonding behavior between DMSO and water in aqueous DMSO solutions studied by raman spectroscopy].

In the present paper, DMSO/H2O mixture with the ratio of volume 1:1 was measured in the cooling process by Raman spectroscopy, and the Raman assignments was made to the DMSO molecular and water molecular. The results showed that the behavior between intra-molecular hydrogen bonds and inter-molecular hydrogen bonds of DMSO and water leads to the change in the Raman spectra of the S==O stretching vibration of DMSO and the O--H stretching vibration of water. Further analysis showed that the hydrogen bond between DMSO and water was enhanced in the course of temperature decreasing process (27 to -30 degrees C), and the intramolecular hydrogen bonds between water and water replaced the intermolecular hydrogen bonds of DMSO and water in the course of temperature decreasing process (-30 to -60 degrees C).

[Effect of hydrogen bond on line width of Raman spectra in three aqueous solutions].

In the present paper, the frequency shift and line widths of acetonitrile/H2O, DMSO/H2O and acetone/H2O aqueous binary solutions at different concentration were measured by Raman spectroscopy. The experimental results were analyzed by mixture model and empirical formula of line widths. The results show that the stronger the hydrogen bond interaction, the greater the line widths of Raman spectra in the three aqueous binary solutions; the line width of Raman spectra not only is affected by concentration fluctuation, but also is affected by hydrogen bond.

Theoretical mechanistic study on the reaction of CN radical with HNCN.

The mechanism for the reaction of the cyanogen radical (CN) with the cyanomidyl radical (HNCN) has been investigated theoretically. The electronic structure information of the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces (PESs) is obtained at the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) level, and the single-point energies are refined at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(3df,2p) level as well as by multilevel MCG3-MPWB method. The calculations show that the C atom of CN additions to middle- and end-N atoms of HNCN are two barrierless association processes leading to the energy-rich intermediates IM1 HN(CN)CN and IM2 HNCNCN, respectively, on the singlet PES.