Association between cardiometabolic index and hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis: a population-based study.

Background: The cardiometabolic index (CMI) is a new type of obesity index that is based on a combination of lipid levels and abdominal obesity indicators. It is closely correlated with the occurrence of diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and other diseases, thus playing an important role in the screening of metabolic diseases. This is coupled with hepatic steatosis and fibrosis which are characterized by excessive liver fat deposition.

A Field Study of Work Type Influence on Air Traffic Controllers' Fatigue Based on Data-Driven PERCLOS Detection.

The fatigue of air traffic controllers (ATCOs) on duty seriously threatens air traffic safety and needs to be managed. ATCOs perform several different types of work, with each type of work having different characteristics. Nonetheless, the influence of work type on an ATCO's fatigue has yet to be demonstrated.

Fast mode decision for 3D-HEVC depth intracoding.

The emerging international standard of high efficiency video coding based 3D video coding (3D-HEVC) is a successor to multiview video coding (MVC). In 3D-HEVC depth intracoding, depth modeling mode (DMM) and high efficiency video coding (HEVC) intraprediction mode are both employed to select the best coding mode for each coding unit (CU). This technique achieves the highest possible coding efficiency, but it results in extremely large encoding time which obstructs the 3D-HEVC from practical application.

[Etiology monitoring of influenza virus and variation in hemagglutinin genes of H13 subtype in Wuxi area].

Objective: To monitor the seasonal distribution of influenza types and subtypes in Wuxi area during 2005-2008, and to investigate the variation in hemagglutinin (HA) genes of A/H3N2 strains in 2008.

Methods: Nose-throat swab specimens were collected in Wuxi area from flu-like patients from outpatient departments of hospitals as well as from clustering flu-like outbreak patients from workspace, followed by MDCK cell inoculation. Types and subtypes of positive influenza isolates were identified using standard antiserum.

[Genomic analysis of an unknown pap genotype from uropathogenic Escherichia coli 4030 strain].

Objective: To investigate the differences between the sequences of papA and papG of UPEC4030 strain and the related genes, to better understand the genetic variation of UPEC4030 papA and its combination forms with papG so as to identify if it was a new genotype.

Methods: Cloning and sequencing methods were used to analyze the sequences of papG and papA of UPEC4030 strain and to compare their related sequences.

Results: Through sequence analysis of papA, it was revealed that there was a 722 bp gene, encoding 192 amino acid polypeptide.

[Cloning and sequencing of the papA gene from uropathogenic Escherichia coli 4030 strain].

Objective: Cloning and sequencing of the papA gene from uropathogenic Escherichia coli 4030 strain to investigate the differences of the sequences of the papA of UPEC4030 strain and the ones of related genes, in order to make whether or not it was a new genotype.

Methods: Cloning and sequencing methods were used to analyze the sequence of the papA of UPEC4030 strain in comparison with related sequences.

Results: The sequence analysis of papA revealed a 722 bp gene and encode 192 amino acid polypeptide.