Publications by authors named "Qinghuan Shi"

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  • * Results showed that these systems can achieve over 80% removal rates for various nitrogen types, highlighting sponge iron's potential for environmental applications.
  • * However, prolonged exposure to sponge iron can lead to negative effects on plant health and microbial diversity due to stress from reactive oxygen species (ROS).
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  • Scientists studied how a high-fat diet (HFD) and alternate-day fasting (ADF) affect tiredness in rats.
  • They found that it was just the combination of HFD with ADF that really caused these tiredness effects, like making the rats less active and affecting their memory.
  • The worst symptoms happened when both HFD and ADF were used together with other methods, showing bad changes in their brain and body that suggested they were very fatigued.
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Central fatigue is a common pathological state characterized by psychological loss of drive, lack of appetite, drowsiness, and decreased psychic alertness. The mechanism underlying central fatigue is still unclear, and there is no widely accepted successful animal model that fully represents human characteristics. We aimed to construct a more clinically relevant and comprehensive animal model of central fatigue.

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Background And Purpose: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) usually experience recurrent acute exacerbations. These patients, especially those with stable COPD, require an effective intervention for treating exacerbations. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Compound Caoshi silkworm granules (CCSGs) in stable COPD patients and to investigate their potential mechanism.

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