Effect of soybean protein isolate-pectin composite nanoparticles and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose on the formation, stabilization and lipidolysis of food-grade emulsions.

The formation and stabilization mechanism as well as digestion characteristics of food-grade emulsions prepared by the SPNPs-HPMC mixed systems (a combination of soybean protein isolate-pectin composite nanoparticles (SPNPs) and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC)) were investigated. Then, it was found that the SPNPs-HPMC mixed systems could not only enhance the stability of the emulsion, but also make it have a satisfactory lipidolys is efficiency. During the formation and stabilization of the emulsion, HPMC was adsorbed in the early stage of emulsion formation, while SPNPs needed a longer adsorption time.

Sparse-aperture photonics-integrated interferometer (SPIN) imaging system: structural design and imaging quality analysis.

The burgeoning field of astrophotonics, the interface between astronomy and photonics, is redefining astronomical instrumentation to replace traditional bulk optical systems with integrated optics. This drives the development of a new promising photonics-integrated interferometric imaging technique, called the segmented planar imaging detector for electro-optical reconnaissance (SPIDER). Compared to conventional imaging systems, SPIDER can reduce the size, weight, and power (SWaP) by one to two orders of magnitude for an equivalent imaging resolution in virtue of photonics-integrated technology.

Co-expression analysis provides important module and pathways of human dilated cardiomyopathy.

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a heart disease that injured greatly to the people wordwide. Systemic co-expression analysis for this cancer is still limited, although massive clinic experiments and gene profiling analyses had been well performed previously. Here, using the public RNA-Seq data "GSE116250" and gene annotation of Ensembl database, we built the co-expression modules for DCM by Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis, and investigated the function enrichment and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network of co-expression genes of each module by Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery and Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins database, respectively.

Study on the Viscoelasticity Measurement of Materials Based on Surface Reflected Waves.

The reflected waves received from ultrasonic waves propagating in materials contain information that constitutes the physical properties, material composition, defects, and degradation states. When measuring the dynamic viscoelasticity, the traditional bottom reflection method (BRM) cannot be used to measure the bottom irregular samples. In this paper, the storage modulus, loss modulus, and loss tangent are extracted by the surface reflection method (SRM) to evaluate the elastomer sample viscoelasticity.

Effects of Safflower Yellow on the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Objective. To evaluate the clinical effect of safflower yellow on the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. Methods.

Ab initio MRCI+Q calculations on the low-lying excited states of the MgBr radical including spin-orbit coupling.

Accurate theoretical calculations on the MgBr radical have been carried out by using the high-level relativistic multireference configuration interaction method with Davidson correction (MRCI+Q) using correlation-consistent Quintuple-ζ quality basis set. The potential energy curves (PECs) of the 14 Λ-S states of MgBr have been computed. In order to improve the PECs, the core-valence correlation, scalar relativistic effect, and spin-orbit coupling effect are taken into account in the computations.

Cigarette smoke extract induces apoptosis of rat alveolar Type II cells via the PLTP/TGF-β1/Smad2 pathway.

Apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) may play a role in apoptosis. In the present study, the effect of the novel function of PLTP in cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells and the possible mechanism were examined.