Progress on the prevention of poultry Salmonella with natural medicines.

Salmonella infection is an acute and systemic disease of poultry, primarily affecting young birds. The mortality rate of chicken within one week of age can reach up to 40 %. Surviving individuals may become carriers of the bacteria, leading to latent infections that can result in bacterial residues in meat and egg products, posing serious threats to human food safety and health.

One new 12, 8-guaianolide sesquiterpene lactone with antihyperglycemic activity from the roots of .

Three 12, 8-guaianolide sesquiterpene lactones, including a new compound intybusin F (), and a new natural product cichoriolide I (), along with six known 12, 6-guaianolide compounds (-) were isolated from the roots of L. Their structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configurations of new compounds were elucidated based on analysis of the experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra.

Fibroblast growth factor 9 reduces TBHP-induced oxidative stress in chondrocytes and diminishes mouse osteoarthritis by activating ERK/Nrf2 signaling pathway.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative and progressive disease that affects joints. Pathologically, it is characterized by oxidative stress-mediated excessive chondrocyte apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction. Fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) has been shown to exert antioxidant effects and prevent degenerative diseases by activating ERK-related signaling pathways.

Proactive personality, professional self-efficacy and academic burnout in undergraduate nursing students in China.

Background: Academic burnout can affect nursing students' academic performance and psychological well-being. Little is known about the associations between proactive personality, professional self-efficacy and academic burnout.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of academic burnout in undergraduate nursing students and to explore the associations between proactive personality, professional self-efficacy and academic burnout among nursing students in China.

Decursin alleviates the aggravation of osteoarthritis via inhibiting PI3K-Akt and NF-kB signal pathway.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease that takes joint degeneration or aging as its pathological basis, and joint swelling, pain or dysfunction as its main clinical manifestations. Decursin (DE), the major active component isolated from Angelica gigas Nakai, has been demonstrated to possess anti-inflammatory effect in many diseases. But, the specific physiological mechanism of DE on OA is not clear yet.

Development and psychometric properties of an informant assessment scale of theory of mind for adults with traumatic brain injury.

Impairment of theory of mind (ToM) is a common phenomenon following traumatic brain injury (TBI) that has clear effects on patients' social functioning. A growing body of research has focused on this area, and several methods have been developed to assess ToM deficiency. Although an informant assessment scale would be useful for examining individuals with TBI, very few studies have adopted this approach.