Influence of acupuncture intensity on analgesic effects in AA rat models.

Objective: To investigate the influence of acupuncture lifting-thrusting frequency and amplitude on the analgesic effects, and its correlation with mast cell degranulation.

Methods: Acute adjuvant arthritis (AA) rat models were employed. Robot-arm aided lifting-thrusting acupuncture therapy was conducted with various frequencies (ranging from 0.

Effects of acupuncture needle modification on acupuncture analgesia.

Objective: The analgesic effect of acupuncture has been widely accepted. Nevertheless, the mechanism behind its analgesic effect remains elusive, thus impeding the progress of research geared toward enhancing the analgesic effect of acupuncture. This paper investigated the role of acupuncture needle surface textures on acupuncture's analgesic effect by creating four experimental acupuncture needles with different patterns of surface augmentation.

Mechanical effects of needle texture on acupoint tissue.

Objective: This study aims to clarify how the stimulation of acupuncture points is achieved by needles with different surface texture during acupuncture; it also seeks to lessen injury at the insertion site and increase the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture, by simulating the mechanical effects of various needle surface patterns on Zusanli (ST36) without changing the radius of acupuncture needles.

Methods: Five acupuncture needle models with different surface patterns, including the smooth needle, the lined needle, the ringed needle, the left-hand threaded needle and the right-hand threaded needle, and a layered model of the Zusanli acupoint were used to investigate how to reduce tissue damage and increase stimulation during acupuncture treatment. Puncturing of the skin as well as lifting-inserting and twisting needle manipulations were simulated using these models, and the degree of damage and force of stimulation caused by the acupuncture needles with different surface patterns during acupuncture were compared.

Polyelectrolyte Bilayer-Based Transparent and Flexible Memristor for Emulating Synapses.

Memristors will be critical components in the next generation of digital technology and artificial synapses. Researchers are investigating innovative mechanistic understanding of the memristor devices based on low-cost, solution-processable, and organic materials as promising candidates. Here, we demonstrate a novel polyelectrolyte-based memristor device, which is simply prepared by spin-coating poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and polyethylenimine (PEI) on an indium tin oxide (ITO) substrate followed by a magnetron sputtering of the ITO as the top electrode.

CRA(Crosolic Acid) isolated from Actinidia valvata Dunn.Radix induces apoptosis of human gastric cancer cell line BGC823 in vitro via down-regulation of the NF-κB pathway.

A natural ursolic compound, 2α,3β-dihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid (corosolic acid, CRA) was isolated from the root of Actinidia valvata Dunn. (A. valvata Radix).

[Characteristics of Methane Flux Across the Water-air Interface in Subtropical Shallow Ponds].

Five shallow ponds of Yichang were selected to illustrate the characteristics of methane(CH) in subtropical eutrophic shallow ponds. CH flux across the water-air interface was quantified with static floating chamber method for one year. Annual CH fluxes of the five ponds were 4.

[Gas Transfer Velocity of CH at Extremely Low Wind Speeds].

Thin boundary theory equation (TBL) is widely used to determine gas fluxes across water-air interfaces, and the gas transfer velocity () is the key environmental factor in the equation. A monthly field campaign was carried out during one year to measure CH flux and to probe its exchange rate across the air-water interface in a drinking reservoir and 5 adjacent ponds. The ranges of wind speed and surface water temperature were 0-0.

[Characteristics of Dissolved CH₄ and N₂O Concentrations of Weihe River in Xinxiang Section in Spring].

Distributions of CH₄ and N₂O concentrations in Weihe River in Xinxiang City were monitored in spring of 2015, and their influencing factors were discussed. The result showed that CH₄ and N₂O were super-saturated in surface water of Weihe River. The variation ranges of two gases' saturations in the surface water of Weihe River were 147.

[Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide and Methane from Autumn to Winter in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir].

The Concentrations of dissolved CH and CO in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir from autumn to winter in 2014 were determined with headspace gas chromatography technology. Then their partial pressures of CH and CO were calculated according to the Henry's law. Their temporal variation and the effects of environmental parameters were also discussed.

[Seasonal dynamics of soil organic carbon and active organic carbon fractions in Calamagrostis angustifolia wetlands topsoil under different water conditions].

The experiment was carried in Sanjiang Plain in the northeast of China during the growing season in 2009. Soil organic carbon (SOC), as well as the soil active organic carbon fractions in the 0-20 cm soil layer of Calamagrostis angustifolia wetland under different water conditions were on monthly observation. Based on the research and indoor analysis, the seasonal dynamics of light fractions of soil organic carbon (LFOC) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) were analyzed.

[Influence of water level gradient on marsh soil microbial activity of Calamagrostis angustifolia].

Plant aboveground biomass, total organic carbon( TOC), microbial biomass carbon( MBC), basal respiration( BR), microbial quotient (Cmic/Corg) and metabolic quotient (qCO2) in 0-15 cm and 15-50 cm marsh soil of Calamagrostis angustifolia under different water levels were investigated with controlled experiment. The result showed that water level exerted significant effect on plant biomass, which was the highest under 10 cm waterlogged level and of higher productivity under 0-20 cm waterlogged level. TOC, MBC, BR, Cmic/Corg and qCO2 differed significantly under different water levels.

[Exogenous nitrogen enrichment impact on the carbon mineralization and DOC of the freshwater marsh soil].

By laboratory incubation experiment, under aerobic and submerged soil moisture conditions, we investigated the mineralization of soil organic carbon (SOC) and contents of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) with different nitrogen inputs in a freshwater marsh soil. The results showed that under aerobic condition, there were no significant effects on the mineralization of SOC and contents of DOC as the net nitrogen input was 1 mg x g(-1) (N1), however, they were significantly higher than control and N1 treatments when nitrogen input increased to 2 and 5 mg x g(-1) (N2, N3), and the amount of DOC was respectively 187.22% and 203.