Publications by authors named "Shaorong Zhang"

A novel method for the rapid identification of hemp fibers is proposed in this paper, utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) combined with the LargeVis (LV) dimensionality reduction technique. This approach takes advantage of the strengths of THz-TDS while enhancing classification accuracy through LV. To verify the efficacy of this method, terahertz absorption spectral data from three types of hemp fibers were processed.

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Introduction: The time, frequency, and space information of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is crucial for motor imagery decoding. However, these temporal-frequency-spatial features are high-dimensional small-sample data, which poses significant challenges for motor imagery decoding. Sparse regularization is an effective method for addressing this issue.

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Adverse environments, especially drought conditions, deeply influence plant development and growth in all aspects, and the yield and quality of tea plants are largely dependent on favorable growth conditions. Although tea plant responses to drought stress (DS) have been studied, a comprehensive multilayer epigenetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic investigation of how tea responds to DS is lacking. In this study, we generated DNA methylome, transcriptome, proteome, and phosphoproteome data to explore multiple regulatory landscapes in the tea plant response to DS.

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The supercritical CO-based decaffeination (SCD) method can be used to prepare decaffeinated tea, but its overall effect on the phytochemicals, volatiles, and sensory qualities of green and black teas is still unclear, and its suitability to prepare decaffeinated green and black teas still needs to be compared. This study revealed the effect of SCD on phytochemicals, volatiles, and sensory qualities in black and green tea prepared from the same tea leaves, and compared the suitability of preparing decaffeinated green and black teas using SCD. The results showed that the SCD could remove 98.

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Introduction: Inter- and intra-subject variability are caused by the variability of the psychological and neurophysiological factors over time and across subjects. In the application of in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), the existence of inter- and intra-subject variability reduced the generalization ability of machine learning models seriously, which further limited the use of BCI in real life. Although many transfer learning methods can compensate for the inter- and intra-subject variability to some extent, there is still a lack of clear understanding about the change of feature distribution between the cross-subject and cross-session electroencephalography (EEG) signal.

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Wuyi rock tea (WRT) is famous for its long history and unique characteristic of floral, fruity and nutty flavors. This study investigated the aroma characteristics of WRTs prepared from 16 different oolong tea plant varieties. The sensory evaluation results showed that all WRTs had an 'Yan flavor' taste, and the odor was strong and lasting.

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EEG signals exhibit commonality and variability across subjects, sessions, and tasks. But most existing EEG studies focus on mean group effects (commonality) by averaging signals over trials and subjects. The substantial intra- and inter-subject variability of EEG have often been overlooked.

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Objective: To establish a risk prediction model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and provide management strategies for preventing this disease.

Methods: A total of 200 inpatients and physical examinees were collected from the Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology and Physical Examination Center. The data of physical examination, laboratory examination, and abdominal ultrasound examination were collected.

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Pu-erh tea processed from the sun-dried green tea leaves can be divided into ancient tea (AT) and terrace tea (TT) according to the source of raw material. However, their similar appearance makes AT present low market identification, resulting in a disruption in the tea market rules of fair trade. Therefore, this study analyzed the classification by principal component analysis/hierarchical clustering analysis and conducted the discriminant model through stepwise Fisher discriminant analysis and decision tree analysis based on the contents of water extract, phenolic components, alkaloid, and amino acids, aiming to investigate whether phytochemicals coupled with chemometric analyses distinguish AT and TT.

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As a worldwide popular drink, black tea has always been one of the main focuses of tea studies. However, few studies have addressed the flavor profiles and related components, and most researches were based on a single factor. This study investigated the effects of multiple brewing conditions (temperature, time, water/tea ratio, and particle size) on the phytochemicals (non-volatile and volatile compounds) and sensory profiles of black tea infusions through response surface methodology.

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The common spatial pattern (CSP) is a very effective feature extraction method in motor imagery based brain computer interface (BCI), but its performance depends on the selection of the optimal frequency band. Although a lot of research works have been proposed to improve CSP, most of these works have the problems of large computation costs and long feature extraction time. To this end, three new feature extraction methods based on CSP and a new feature selection method based on non-convex log regularization are proposed in this paper.

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Purpose: To investigate optimal approaches for appropriate removal of the parotid gland in the management of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the external auditory canal (EAC) at different tumor stages.

Methods: In total, 39 patients with SCC of EAC treated at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University between September 2003 and April 2019 were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent lateral temporal bone resection or subtotal temporal bone resection.

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Introduction: Middle ear adenomatous neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare neoplasms with epithelial and neuroendocrine differentiation, accounting for fewer than 2% of all middle and inner ear tumors. Universal standard surgical procedures for different stages of these tumors remain elusive due to the limitation of the small number of case reports or investigations.

Objective(s): This study intends to investigate proper surgical strategies for patients with middle ear adenomatous neuroendocrine tumors.

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Background: Image segmentation is an important part of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), the segmentation of small ground glass opacity (GGO) pulmonary nodules is beneficial for the early detection of lung cancer. For the segmentation of small GGO pulmonary nodules, an integrated active contour model based on Markov random field energy and Bayesian probability difference (IACM_MRFEBPD) is proposed in this paper.

Methods: First, the Markov random field (MRF) is constructed on the computed tomography (CT) images, then the MRF energy is calculated.

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Objective: To report of the presentation, diagnosis, and management of a spontaneous temporomandibular joint (TMJ) herniation.

Patients: A 69-year-old man with a spontaneous TMJ herniation.

Interventions: Diagnostic evaluation and surgical approaches.

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The present study aimed to explore the microRNA-let-7e (miR-let-7e) expression in allergic rhinitis (AR), and to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. miR-let-7e expression in the nasal mucosa of mice and patients with AR were detected. The expression levels of three inflammatory factors, including histamine, immunoglobulin E and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), in the blood of AR mice and in interleukin (IL)-13-stimulated nasal epithelial cells (NECs) were also measured.

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Background/aims: This study aims to investigate the effect of CD47 on the development of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and the therapeutic potential of monoclonal antibody against CD47 and its ligand SIRPα in the treatment of LSCC.

Methods: We firstly detected the expressions of CD47 mRNA and protein in LSCC and para-carcinoma tissues, introduced the most efficient CD47siRNA sequence into LSCC cells by lentiviral transfection and employed three monoclonal antibodies to evaluate their anti-LSCC effects in vitro and in vivo.

Results: We observed that the mRNA and protein expressions of CD47 in LSCC tissue had significant increase in LSCC tissues compared with those in para-carcinoma tissue (p < 0.

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Long noncoding RNA PVT1 has been reported to be dysregulated and play vital roles in a variety of cancers. However, the functions and molecular mechanisms of PVT1 in cervical cancer remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the expression, clinical significance, biological roles, and underlying functional mechanisms of PVT1 in cervical cancer.

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Previous studies suggested a close association between the thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) genetic variants and allergic diseases. Here, we explored the correlation between the TSLP polymorphisms and allergic rhinitis susceptibility using meta-analysis. We searched PubMed, Ovid, Cochrane libraries, CNKI, Wanfang, and CQVIP databases until Apr 19, 2015.

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Recent studies have reported that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in carcinogenesis and progression. LncRNA-LET, a recently identified lncRNA, has been shown to be a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the expression and functional of lncRNA-LET in other type of cancers remain largely unknown.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia affecting the aged population worldwide, yet its social perceptions have been less studied. To investigate the perceptions and attitudes toward AD in the Chinese population, a cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 2,000 randomly selected adults was conducted in five representative cities of China. This survey focused on the fear of AD, and the relationship between this variable and each studied factor was analyzed using univariate analysis and multivariate regression analysis.

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Objective: To explore the surgical methods for management of early-stage glottic carcinoma involved anterior commissure.

Method: Fifty-eight cases of early-stage glottic carcinoma (T1, n = 23; T2, n = 35) treated with vertical frontolateral partial laryngectomy and frontal partial laryngectomy or modified window partial laryngectomy without tracheostomy were retrospectively reviewed.

Result: All patients can swallow smoothly and phonate clearly after operation.

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Objective: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of oncogene AKT2 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC).

Method: The expression of AKT2 protein was measured with immunohistochemistry (Elivision two steps) in 60 cases of LSCC tissue, 28 cases of peri-cancer tissue and 16 cases of normal laryngeal epithelium, the relationship between AKT2 expression and clinical pathologic factors in LSCC was also analyzed.

Result: The positive rates of AKT2 protein expression in LSCC and peri-cancer tissue were 56.

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Commercial-scale fermentation for tobramycin manufacture is carried out with Streptomyces tenebrarius. Impurity profiling during various phases of pharmaceutical production is important for evaluating the effectiveness of a processing step and meeting regulatory requirements. High-performance anion-exchange (HPAE) chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-IPAD) is a highly sensitive method used to assay tobramycin and to assess purity, but no prior publications demonstrated the capability of this technique to monitor purity at various stages of production at either the typical concentrations or in the typical matrices of a manufacturing process.

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