[Application of Rapid Detection Method Based on NG-Test® CARBA 5 in Bloodstream Infections Associated With Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales].

Objective: To compare the consistency and accuracy of a rapid test method and a traditional test method for pathogen identification, antimicrobial susceptibility and carbapenemase type identification of positive blood culture samples.

Methods: A total of 51 positive blood culture samples of bloodstream infection (BSI) were collected between March 2022 and May 2022. All samples were found to be "positive for Gram-negative bacilli" according to the blood smear results.

Advances in oxidative stress in pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease and efficacy of TCM intervention.

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a common complication of diabetes and has become the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease. The pathogenesis of DKD is complicated, and oxidative stress is considered as a core of DKD onset. High glucose can lead to increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) the polyol, PKC, AGE/RAGE and hexosamine pathways, resulting in enhanced oxidative stress response.

Identification of Oxidative Stress-Related Biomarkers in Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Background: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease throughout the world. In kidney disease, oxidative stress has been linked to both antioxidant depletions and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Thus, the objective of this study was to identify biomarkers related to oxidative stress in DKD.

Progress and Prospects of Research Ideas and Methods in the Network Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In recent years, the emerging network pharmacology has been extensively applied to the field of traditional Chinese medicine and has made great contributions to the modernization of TCM. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of the progress of research ideas and methods in the network pharmacology in the last few years in the field of traditional Chinese medicine and presents insights into future research methods and ideas in the network pharmacology. Problems with the current network pharmacology are discussed and prospects of its future development are put forward.

In-depth analysis of ultrasonic-induced geological pore re-structures.

Understanding and manipulating geological pore structures is of paramount importance for geo-energy productions and underground energy storages in porous media. Nevertheless, research emphases for long time have been focused on understanding the pore configurations, while few work conducted to modify and restructure the porous media. This study deploys ultrasonic treatments on typical geological in-situ core samples, with follow-up processes of high-pressure mercury injections and nitrogen adsorptions and interpretations from nuclear magnetic resonance and x-ray diffraction.

Integrated Hierarchy-Correlation Model for Evaluating Water-Driven Oil Reservoirs.

With the increasing demands on energy and environmental domains, not only high oil production but also its accurate quantification has become one of the most important topics in academia and industry. This paper initially proposes a comprehensive workflow in which an integrated hierarchy-correlation model is used to thoroughly evaluate the influences of all relevant reservoir parameters on the ultimate oil recovery for water-flooding oil reservoirs. More specifically, the analytic hierarchy process, grey relation, and entropy weight are combined through the multiplicative weighting method to quantitatively describe the production parameters.

Characterization of Ultrasonic-Induced Wettability Alteration under Subsurface Conditions.

Understanding and manipulating wettability alterations has tremendous implications in theoretical research and industrial applications. This study proposes a novel idea of applying ultrasonic for wettability alterations and also provides its quantitative characterizations and in-depth analyses. More specifically, with pretreatment of ultrasonic, mechanisms of wettability alteration were characterized from the contact angle measurements, as well as the in-depth analyses from atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).

Support Vector Regression Based on the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Tight Oil Recovery Prediction.

Tight oil fields are affected by factors such as geology, technology, and development, so it is difficult to directly obtain an accurate recovery rate. The accurate prediction of the recovery rate is very important for measuring reservoir development effects and dynamic analysis. Traditional tight oil recovery predictions are obtained by conventional formula calculations and curve fitting, which are less applicable and very different from actual conditions.

Leonurine protects against ulcerative colitis by alleviating inflammation and modulating intestinal microflora in mouse models.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of leonurine (YMJ) on inflammation and intestinal microflora in colonic tissues of a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced ulcerative colitis (UC) mouse model. Mice were randomly divided into control (n=5), DSS (n=5, treated with DSS) and DSS+YMJ (n=5, treated with DSS and YMJ) groups.

One cross-sectional investigation revealed that non-vaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae could be identified more frequently in elderly Chinese people.

Objective: To analyze the serotype distribution and drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized patients of all ages in Zhongjiang county, Sichuan province, where the young children have just begun to vaccinate the PCV13 in private sector.

Methods: Serotypes were determined for 387 isolates of S. pneumoniae by Quellung reaction.

Effects of Vitamin D3 on Intestinal Flora in a Mouse Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treated with Rifaximin.

BACKGROUND Rifaximin is an antimicrobial agent used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Vitamin D3 can control IBD due to its effects on inflammatory cytokines. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of vitamin D3 on the intestinal flora of a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mouse model treated with rifaximin.

CYP2A13 Acts as the Main Metabolic CYP450s Enzyme for Activating Leonurine in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells.

BACKGROUND Leonurine is an active component of the traditional Chinese medicine Leonurus japonicus. This study aimed to investigate the effects of overexpressed CYP450s on the metabolic activity of leonurine. MATERIAL AND METHODS BEAS-2B cells stably expressing CYP1A1, 1A2, 2A13, 2B6, and 3A4 were constructed.