Genome-wide association study of sucrose content in vegetable soybean.

Background: Vegetable soybean is an important legume vegetable. High sucrose content is a significant quality characteristic of vegetable soybean that influences consumers' taste. However, the genetic basis of sucrose content in vegetable soybean is currently unclear.

Recent progresses, challenges and proposals on SF emission reduction approaches.

The increasing utilization and emission of sulfur hexafluoride (SF) pose severe threats to the climate and the environment, owing to its potent greenhouse gas properties. In this paper, we comprehensively review the recent progresses of SF emission reduction approaches. Currently, the use and emission of SF are still on the rise, and mainly concentrated in the power industry.

Biotransformation of Flavonoids Improves Antimicrobial and Anti-Breast Cancer Activities In Vitro.

Coarse cereals are rich in flavonoids, which are bioactive substances with a wide range of functions. Biotransformation is considered an emerging approach to methylate flavonoids, displaying prominent regio- and stereoselectivity. In the current study, liquiritigenin, naringenin, and hesperidin flavonoids were biotransformed using -methyltransferases that were heterologously expressed in BJ5464-NpgA.

A Preliminary Study on the Establishment of the PDTX Model.

Objective: The current study aims to explore the establishment of the patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDTX) model.

Materials And Methods: Twenty patients with gastric cancer, 10 males and 10 females, were enrolled in the current study. Firstly, the volume, invasion and metastasis of the xenografts were observed.

Experimental Study on Glaze Icing Detection of 110 kV Composite Insulators Using Fiber Bragg Gratings.

Icing detection of composite insulators is essential for the security and stability of power grids. As conventional methods have met difficulties in harsh weather, a 110 kV composite insulator with embedded Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) was proposed for detecting glaze icing in this paper. FBG temperature compensation sensors in ceramic tubes were adopted for simultaneous measurement of icicle loads and temperature.

Establishment of the PDTX model of gynecological tumors.

Objective: Fresh tumor tissues from patients with gynecological tumors were obtained by surgery or biopsy, and transplanted into NOD-Prkdcem26ll2rgem26Nju (NCG) mice to establish a patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDTX).

Materials And Methods: A total of 15 patients with gynecologic tumors were enrolled into the present study. Among these patients, 12 patients had epithelial fallopian tube/ovarian/peritoneal cancer, one patient had metastatic ovarian cancer, and two patients had cervical cancer.

Detection of Glaze Icing Load and Temperature of Composite Insulators Using Fiber Bragg Grating.

Conventional methods for the online monitoring of icing conditions of composite insulators suffer from difficulties. To solve this issue, a novel method is first proposed to detect glaze icing load via embedding three optical fibers with fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) into a 10 kV composite insulator. Specifically, FBG temperature compensation sensors were packaged in ceramic tubes to solve strain and temperature cross-sensitivity.

NLP based congestive heart failure case finding: A prospective analysis on statewide electronic medical records.

Background: In order to proactively manage congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, an effective CHF case finding algorithm is required to process both structured and unstructured electronic medical records (EMR) to allow complementary and cost-efficient identification of CHF patients.

Methods And Results: We set to identify CHF cases from both EMR codified and natural language processing (NLP) found cases. Using narrative clinical notes from all Maine Health Information Exchange (HIE) patients, the NLP case finding algorithm was retrospectively (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013) developed with a random subset of HIE associated facilities, and blind-tested with the remaining facilities.

[Effects of Chinese herbal medicine Liuwei Dihuang Pill and its main monomer catalpol on transforming growth factor-β1/Smad pathway in HK-2 cells].

Objective: To observe the effects of sera containing Liuwei Dihuang Pill (LDP), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and its monomer catalpol on transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)/Smad pathway in HK-2 cells.

Methods: Wistar rats were intragastrically administered with LDP twice daily for 3 days and then sera were obtained. HK-2 cells were cultured at different concentrations of serum containing LDP.

[Effect of Liuwei Dihuang pill on expression of NF-kappaB in kidney lesion induced by gentamicin in rats].

Objective: To study the effect of Liuwei Dihuang Pill on kidney lesion in rats induced by gentamicin and its mechanism.

Methods: Rats were divided into three groups: control group, gentamicin group, Liuwei Dihuang Pill group randomly. Parameters of kidney function and oxidative production in three groups were tested by biochemical analysis.