Predicting the distribution of plant associations under climate change: A case study on in China.

Association is the basic unit of plant community classification. Exploring the distribution of plant associations can help improve our understanding of biodiversity conservation. Different associations depend on different habitats and studying the association level is important for ecological restoration, regional ecological protection, regulating the ecological balance, and maintaining biodiversity.

Ferulic Acid Ameliorates Isoproterenol-Induced Heart Failure by Decreasing Oxidative Stress and Inhibiting Cardiocyte Apoptosis via Activating Nrf2 Signaling Pathway in Rats.

Ferulic acid (FA) has potential therapeutic effects in multiple diseases including cardiovascular diseases. However, the effect and molecular basis of FA in heart failure (HF) has not been thoroughly elucidated. Herein, we investigated the roles and mechanisms of FA in HF in isoproterenol (ISO)-induced HF rat model.

[Acupuncture technique of combined with speech rehabilitation training for post-stroke motor aphasia].

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy of the acupuncture technique of combined with speech rehabilitation training and speech rehabilitation training alone for post-stroke motor aphasia.

Methods: A total of 70 patients with post-stroke motor aphasia were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 35 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with basic treatment and speech rehabilitation training; on the basis of the control group, the patients in the observation group were treated with the acupuncture technique of at Yamen (GV 15), Jinjin (EX-HN 12), Yuye (EX-HN 13), and Hegu (LI 4) etc.

GPNMB contributes to a vicious circle for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Osteoporosis (OP) is significant and debilitating comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesize that genetic variance identified with OP may also play roles in COPD. We have conducted a large-scale relation data analysis to explore the genes implicated with either OP or COPD, or both.

catena-Poly[[bis-(1-methyl-1H-imidazole-κN)zinc]-μ-3-nitro-phthalato-κO:O].

In the title complex, [Zn(C(8)H(3)NO(6))(C(4)H(6)N(2))(2)](n), the carboxyl-ate groups of the 3-nitro-phthalate dianion ligand coordinate the Zn(II) ion in a bis-monodentate mode. The Zn(II) ion shows distorted tetra-hedral coordination as it is bonded to two O atoms from the carboxyl-ate groups of symmetry-related 3-nitro-phthalate anions and two N atoms of two independent 1-methyl-imidazole mol-ecules. The bridging 3-nitro-phthalate ligand allows the formation of one-dimensional chains in the c direction.