Novel dual-responsive hydrogel composed of polyacrylamide/Fe-MOF/zinc finger peptide for construction of electrochemical sensing platform.

Responsive hydrogels have received much attention for improving the detection performance of electrochemical sensors because of their special responsiveness. However, current responsive hydrogels generally suffer from long response times, ranging from tens of minutes to several hours. This situation severely limits the detection performance and practical application of electrochemical sensors.

First report of a Panax notoginseng leaf disease caused by Alternaria alternata in China.

Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H.

Monocyte/High-Density Lipoprotein Ratio Predicts the Prognosis of Large Artery Atherosclerosis Ischemic Stroke.

Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio is considered as a new inflammatory marker and has been used to predict the severity of coronary heart disease and the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events (ACEs). However, there is a lack of data relative to large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) ischemic stroke. We investigated whether the monocyte to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio (MHR) is related to the 3-month functional prognosis of LAA ischemic stroke.

The complete chloroplast genome of (Ericaceae).

is newly reported and endemic to China. The genome of is 207,311 bp in length, including a large single-copy region of 190,689 bp and a small single-copy region of 2582 bp, a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRA) of 7020 bp each. The genome encodes 110 genes, comprising 77 protein-coding genes, four ribosomal RNA genes, and 29 transfer RNA genes.

Left atrial size and risk of recurrent ischemic stroke in cardiogenic cerebral embolism.

Background: Left atrial enlargement (LAE) was reported to be associated with ischemic stroke and its recurrence. Limited data are available on the relationship of LAE and cardiogenic cerebral embolism (CCE). Our aim is to access the association of left atrial size and the recurrence of ischemic stroke in CCE.

A new species of the genus Achalinus from southwestern Guangdong Province, China (Squamata: Xenodermatidae).

A new species of xenodermatid snake, Achalinus yunkaiensis J. Wang, Y. Li Y.

A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China.

A new species, Amolops yunkaiensis sp. nov. is described based on a series of specimens from Ehuangzhang Nature Reserve and Yunkaishan Nature Reserve, southwestern Guangdong Province, China.

Mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio as a predictor of 90-day outcome in large artery atherosclerosis stroke patients.

Objective: Previous studies reported a lower platelet count (PC) level and a higher mean platelet volume (MPV) level in severe ischemic stroke. We define MPV/PC as the platelet ratio (PR). This study investigates the relationship between PR and 90-day outcome of large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) stroke.

Boundary image reconstruction based on the nonmonotonic and self-adaptive trust region method for electrical impedance tomography.

The trust region (TR) method is an effective algorithm for image reconstruction of electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Aiming at the drawback of the traditional TR method, an improved method named the nonmonotonic and self-adaptive trust region (NSTR) method is proposed in this paper, in which three kinds of modified techniques are shown that help in improving the computational precision and convergence speed of the algorithm. The comparisons with image reconstruction are carried out between the NSTR, Levenberd-Marquardt (LM) and TR methods.

[A preliminary study on burrow ecology of Manis pentadactyla].

A total of 61 pangolin(Manis pentadactyla) burrows at Dawuling Natural Reserve were recorded and measured from June 2000 to May 2001, and 40 of them were dissected. The results indicated that all the burrows were blind without branch. The long diameter of entrance was 14.