Evaluation and impact factors of international competitiveness of China's cobalt industry from the perspective of trade networks.

In recent years, with the development of the new energy industry, the demand for cobalt as a raw material for power batteries has been increasing. However, China itself has a shortage of cobalt resources. Therefore, overcoming poor resource conditions and enhancing the international competitiveness of the cobalt industry have become urgent issues.

Diversification of the aquaporin family in geographical isolated oyster species promote the adaptability to dynamic environments.

Background: The diversified aquaporin (AQP) family that was derived from gene duplication and subsequent functional differentiation play critical roles in multiple physiological processes and in adaptation to the dynamic environments during the evolutionary process. Oysters are a group of bivalve fauna in Mollusca that were widely distributed around the world and show extraordinary adaptation to harsh environments. However, knowledge is lacking with the diversity and evolution of the AQP family in oysters, even in molluscs.

Duplication and subsequent functional diversification of aquaporin family in Pacific abalone Haliotis discus hannai.

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a group of proteins that evolved to mediate specific permeation of water and other small solutes, playing important roles in osmoregulation and nutrition, especially for aquatic animals. Genome-wide characterization of the AQP family in a typical mollusc, Pacific abalone, suggested that tandem duplication and retroduplication led to the dramatic expansion and diversification of AQP genes. Structural analysis indicated that tandem duplicated AQPs showed abnormal characteristics.

Polyploidization and pseudogenization in allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis promote the evolution of aquaporin family in higher vertebrates.

Background: Aquaporins (AQPs), as members of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) superfamily, facilitated the permeation of water and other solutes and are involved in multiple biological processes. AQP family exists in almost all living organisms and is highly diversified in vertebrates in both classification and function due to genome wide duplication. While some AQP orthologs have been lost in higher vertebrates through evolution.

Draft genomes of two Atlantic bay scallop subspecies Argopecten irradians irradians and A. i. concentricus.

The two subspecies of Atlantic bay scallop (Argopecten irradians), A. i. irradians and A.

Expression of Na/K-ATPase Was Affected by Salinity Change in Pacific abalone .

Na/K-ATPase (NKA) belongs to the P-type ATPase family, whose members are located in the cell membrane and are distributed in diverse tissues and cells. The main function of the NKA is to regulate osmotic pressure. To better understand the role of NKA in osmoregulation, we first cloned and characterized the full-length cDNAs of NKA α subunit and β subunit from Pacific abalone in the current study.

Outbreak of acute febrile respiratory illness caused by human adenovirus B P14H11F14 in a military training camp in Shandong China.

This study reports an outbreak of acute febrile respiratory illness caused by human adenovirus B [P14H11F14] in a military training center in China between May and June 2014. In total, 164 military personnel were affected, and two patients were admitted into the intensive care unit of the military regional central hospital. A HAdV-B [P14H11F14] virus was confirmed as the etiological pathogen of this acute outbreak of febrile respiratory illness based on clinical manifestations, epidemiological characteristics, specific molecular detection results, phylogenetic analysis, and serological assays.

Metformin prevents DMH-induced colorectal cancer in diabetic rats by reversing the warburg effect.

Epidemiologic studies have shown that the treatment of diabetics with metformin reduced the risk of cancer-related mortality. Here, we investigated the chemopreventive effects of metformin on dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colorectal carcinogenesis in diabetic SD rats following metformin treatment and the effect on Warburg effect involved in this process. Diabetic rat models were induced with high-fat feeding in combination with a low dose of Streptozotocin (STZ) and then induce colorectal cancer with a low dose of DMH.

Diabetes promotes DMH-induced colorectal cancer by increasing the activity of glycolytic enzymes in rats.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between diabetes mellitus and colorectal carcinogenesis as well as the possible mechanism involved in this interaction. Diabetes rat models were induced with a low dose of STZ followed by a low dose of DMH to induce colorectal cancer. The formation of ACF in the colon and the incidence, number and size of tumors were measured.