In Vivo and In Vitro Fibroblasts' Behavior and Capsular Formation in Correlation with Smooth and Textured Silicone Surfaces.

Background: As the most principal complication following breast augmentation with silicone breast implants, capsular contracture is greatly influenced by surface texture. However, there have long been widespread debates on the function of smooth or textured surface implants in reducing capsular contracture.

Materials And Methods: Three commercially available silicone breast implants with smooth and textured surfaces were subjected to surface characterization, and in vitro and in vivo assessments were then implemented to investigate the effect of these different surfaces on the biological behaviors of fibroblasts and capsular formation in rat models.

Construction of high-resolution recombination maps in Asian seabass.

Background: A high-density genetic map is essential for de novo genome assembly, fine mapping QTL for important complex traits, comparative genomic studies and understanding the mechanisms of genome evolution. Although a number of genomic resources are available in Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer), a high-density linkage map is still lacking. To facilitate QTL mapping for marker-assisted selection and genome assembly, and to understand the genome-wide recombination rates, we constructed high density linkage maps using three families and genotyping by sequencing.

RNA-Seq revealed the impairment of immune defence of tilapia against the infection of Streptococcus agalactiae with simulated climate warming.

Global warming is one of the causes of disease outbreaks in fishes. Understanding its mechanisms is critical in aquaculture and fisheries. We used tilapia to study the effects of a high temperature on the infection of a bacterial pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae using RNA-Seq.

Construction of a high-density linkage map and fine mapping of QTL for growth in Asian seabass.

A high-density genetic map is essential for comparative genomic studies and fine mapping of QTL, and can also facilitate genome sequence assembly. Here, a high density genetic map of Asian seabass was constructed with 3321 SNPs generated by sequencing 144 individuals in a F2 family. The length of the map was 1577.

Front-side illuminated CdS/CdSe quantum dots co-sensitized solar cells based on TiO₂ nanotube arrays.

We fabricated a front-side illuminated CdS/CdSe quantum dots co-sensitized solar cell based on TiO(2) nanotube arrays. The freestanding TiO(2) nanotube arrays were first detached from anodic oxidized Ti foils and then transferred to the fluorine-doped tin oxide to form photoanodes. An opaque Cu(2)S with high electrochemical activity was used as the counter electrode.

[Study on the basic characteristics of Bohai Sea ice reflectance spectra].

For monitoring sea ice in Bohai Sea, the present paper performed a field observation experiment on sea ice reflectance spectrum in Bohai Sea by control experiment. In the experiment, three groups of sea ice samples from the Bayuquan in Liaodong Gulf were collected, which were clean even ice of different thickness, sea ice covered by melt snow layer and sea ice with sands. According to the series of observation data during the two years, the reflectance spectrum curve of clean even ice has double peaks (a big one and a small one) when the ice thickness is less than 30 cm.