[Effects of Microplastics on Soil NO Emission and Nitrogen Transformations from Tropical Agricultural Soils].

A widespread concern had been there regarding soil ecological and environmental problems caused by microplastic pollution in agricultural soils. A controlled laboratory incubation experiment was performed to examine the effects of different types of microplastics on soil properties, NO emissions, and nitrogen （N） transformations in tropical arable soils from a pepper-corn cropping system in Hainan Province. Three treatments were done： soil without microplastics （CK） and soil amended with 5% of polyethylene （PE） or with 5% of polybutylene adipate co-terephthalate （PBAT）.

Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on glucose excursion and inflammation in overweight or obese type 2 diabetic patients.

Background: Currently, the lack of comparative studies between weekly and daily formulations of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) for glucose excursion is worth investigation.

Aim: To investigate the effects of weekly and daily formulations of GLP-1RA on glucose excursion and inflammation in overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Seventy patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were treated at our hospital between January 2019 and January 2022 were enrolled in this retrospective analysis.

Post-COVID-19 Epidemic: Allostatic Load among Medical and Nonmedical Workers in China.

Background: As the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic continues, medical workers may have allostatic load.

Objective: During the reopening of society, medical and nonmedical workers were compared in terms of allostatic load.

Methods: An online study was performed; 3,590 Chinese subjects were analyzed.

Traveling waves of di usive disease models with time delay and degeneracy.

In this paper, we propose a diffusive epidemic model with a standard incidence rate and distributed delays in disease transmission. We also consider the degenerate case when one of the diffusion coe cients vanishes. By establishing existence theory of traveling wave solutions and providing sharp lower bound for the wave speeds, we prove linear determinacy of the proposed model system.

Adipose tissue transplantation ameliorates lipodystrophy-associated metabolic disorders in seipin-deficient mice.

Seipin deficiency is responsible for type 2 congenital generalized lipodystrophy with severe loss of adipose tissue and can lead to hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance (IR), and dyslipidemia in humans. Adipose tissue secretes many adipokines that are central to the regulation of metabolism. In this study, we investigated whether transplantation of normal adipose tissue could ameliorate severe hepatic steatosis, IR, and dyslipidemia in lipoatrophic seipin knockout (SKO) mice.

Economic Complexity Based Recommendation Enhance the Efficiency of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) was announced in 2013 by the Chinese government. Its goal is to promote the cooperation between European and Asian countries, as well as enhancing the trust between members and unifying the market. Since its creation, more and more developing countries are joining the initiative.

Efficacy and safety of Re-Du-Ning injection in the treatment of seasonal influenza: results from a randomized, double-blinded, multicenter, oseltamivir-controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of RDNI in the treatment of seasonal influenza.

Results: 1575 participants were screened and 229 completed the study and had a RT-PCR laboratory confirmation of influenza virus infection. Fever alleviation time was 2 and 6 hours, and fever clearance time was 27 and 47 in RDNI and oseltamivir, with significant difference between two groups.

MeDIP-seq reveals the features of mitochondrial genomic methylation in immature testis of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis.

In this study, the methylation of mitochondrial genome in the immature testis of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis of the Yangtze River system was determined for the first time using MeDIP-seq. Our methylated DNA fragments covered more than 99% of the mitochondrial genome in E. sinensis loaded from GenBank.

[Carbon footprints of major staple grain crops production in three provinces of Northeast China during 2004-2013.].

Northeast China is one of the most important farming regions in China, due to its great contribution to national food security. Crop production is a main source of carbon emission. To assess the differences in carbon footprints of major grain crop production will benefit the achievement of low carbon agriculture.

Automated Peritoneal Dialysis is Suitable for Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.

A female patient with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) was treated with automated peritoneal dialysis when she reached end-stage renal disease. The patient has been doing very well on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) for almost 6 years without peritonitis or abdominal hernias. Intra-abdominal pressures are lower in the supine position than in an erect or sitting position.

6-Shogaol Protects against Oxidized LDL-Induced Endothelial Injruries by Inhibiting Oxidized LDL-Evoked LOX-1 Signaling.

Endothelial dysfunction and oxLDL are believed to be early and critical events in atherogenesis. 6-Shogaol is the major bioactive compound present in Zingiber officinale and possesses the anti-atherosclerotic effect. However, the mechanisms remain poorly understood.

[The influence of Solanum lyratum Thunb extract on apoptosis and the expression of fas/fasL genes in Hela cells].

Objective: To explore the effects of Solanum lyratum Thunb (SL) extract on the apoptosis and the expression of fas and fasL genes in Hela cells.

Methods: The proliferation inhibitory rate was evaluated by MTF assay. Induction of cell apoptosis rate was determined by flow cytometry.

[Diagnosis and treatment on osteoradionecrosis of skull base after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma].

Objective: To investigate the diagnosis and management on osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of skull base in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after radiotherapy.

Methods: All patients (n = 15) diagnosed as NPC and ORN of skull base were studied on the clinical data, diagnosis and therapy.

Results: All the patients were found with foul odor, headache, bleeding and exposed necrotic bone.

PCR-aided Synthesis and Stable Expression in E.coli of the cryIA (c)Bt Gene.

Insecticidal crystal proteins, known as delta-endotoxins, from a gram-positive bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis have been used as bio-pesticides for over 3 decades. By using a successive PCR method, the 1.8 kb cryIA (c)Bt gene coding for the fragment of protoxin was synthesized.