Enhanced priming effect in agricultural soils driven by high-quality exogenous organic carbon additions: A meta-analysis.

The addition of exogenous organic carbon (C) to soil can either accelerate or retard the soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization, i.e., the priming effect (PE), which plays a crucial role in SOC sequestration and thus is significant in the context of global warming.

Feasibility and safety of a cable transmission magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy system for examination of the human upper digestive tract.

Objectives: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of the cable-transmitted, magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (CT-MCCE) system for examining the esophagus and stomach.

Methods: A pilot study was carried out at the endoscopy facility of Peking University First Hospital; 30 volunteers were enrolled between September and November 2022. All participants were instructed to swallow the CT-MCCE capsule.

A Rapid On-Line Evaluation (ROLE) Protocol in the Diagnostic Performance Improvement in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition for Solid Pancreatic Lesions.

We assessed the rapid on-line evaluation (ROLE) protocol as a modification to the conventional rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) in the diagnostic performance improvement in endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) for solid pancreatic lesions. This single-center, retrospective study involved consecutive patients with solid pancreatic lesions undergoing EUS-TA at Peking University First Hospital between October 2017 and March 2021. Among 137 patients enrolled, 75 were in the ROLE group and 62 were in the non-ROSE group.

Effectiveness of Inner Traction-Facilitated Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using Rubber Band and Clips for Colorectal Neoplasms: A Propensity Score-Matched Study.

Background: Colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection is a technically demanding but effective treatment for superficial neoplasms. We conducted a study to compare the effectiveness and safety of inner traction-facilitated endoscopic submucosal dissection using rubber band and clip with conventional endoscopic submucosal dissection.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 622 consecutive patients who underwent colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection between January 2016 and December 2019.

Autophagy-related IFNG is a prognostic and immunochemotherapeutic biomarker of COAD patients.

Background: Numerous studies have shown autophagy affects cellular immune responses. This study aims to explore prognosis and immunotherapeutic biomarkers related to autophagy in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD).

Methods: Based on R software, we performed the ssGSEA, differential expression analysis, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, correlation analysis, and enrichment analysis.

Primary Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer of Esophagus: A Rare Case Report.

Primary EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer (EBVMCU) is a rare and indolent disorder occurring in the oropharynx, skin, and gastrointestinal tract, with remission after removal of the immunosuppressive causes. We present a 69-year-old woman with heartburn, regurgitation of gastric acid, enlarged lymph nodes, and parotid glands. The endoscopic examination showed a circumscribed ulcer in the lower esophagus.

Comparison of Performance of Two Stool DNA Tests and a Fecal Immunochemical Test in Detecting Colorectal Neoplasm: A Multicenter Diagnostic Study.

Background: The most widely used noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer are fecal occult blood tests. Stool DNA test was developed in recent years. However, direct comparative analyses of these tests within the same population are still sparse.

Plasma proteomics-based identification of novel biomarkers in early gastric cancer.

Background: Identification and treatment in the early stage can significantly improve the prognosis of gastric cancer (GC). However, to date, there is still no ideal biomarker that can be used for the screening of early stage GC (EGC). The proteomics supported by mass spectrometry offers more possibilities for discovering tumor biomarkers.

IL-21-secreting hUCMSCs combined with miR-200c inhibit tumor growth and metastasis via repression of Wnt/β-catenin signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) with insidious characteristic manifests no symptoms in its early onset but most patients have advanced and distant cancer metastasis at diagnosis. Innovative early diagnosis and effective treatment of EOC are urgently needed.

Methods: In the study, we developed a novel agent of IL-21-secreting human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) combined with miR-200c to evaluate its effects on SKOV3 EOC in vitro and in vivo.

[Efficacy comparison between surgical resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer in a domestic single center].

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and surgical resection for early gastric cancer (EGC). Method The retrospective case-control study was conducted. Clinical and pathological data of 246 patients who were diagnosed as early gastric cancer and received ESD or surgery for EGC at Peking University First Hospital from 2010 to 2015 were collected, including 171 males and 75 females with average age of (63.

[Efficacy analysis of endoscopic therapy for early colorectal carcinoma: a retrospective study of 113 cases].

Objective: To analyze the clinical efficacy of endoscopic therapy for early colorectal cancer.

Methods: Clinical data of 113 early colorectal mucosal carcinoma or submucosal carcinoma receiving endoscopic therapy were retrospectively analyzed and compared with 39 early colorectal cancer cases receiving surgery during the same time.

Results: All the cases were well-moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.

[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of solitary fibrous tumor of the pelvis].

Objective: To explore the clinical diagnosis and surgical treatment of pelvic solitary fibrous tumor (SFT).

Methods: The data of nine cases of pelvic solitary fibrous tumor from April 2008 to February 2012 were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: There were 7 male and 2 female patients in this group with a median age of 56 years, of whom 6 were asymptomatic.

[Microscope observation of the microbial distribution on the wall of different pipe material in water supply system].

Scanning electron microscope, atomic force microscope and confocal laser scanning microscope were used to observe the microbial distribution and biofilm structure on the surface of stainless steel plugs and the wall of PPR pipe in the water distribution system. The results show that, it is not easy for microbial to attach on the surface of stainless steel plugs. Little bacteria was observed in a short period of time (less than 3 months).

[Effect of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) on chloraminated disinfection attenuation in drinking water distribution system].

The growth of microbe and formation of biofilm in water distribution system were important factors affecting the security of water quality. The number of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in biofilm of a chloraminated drinking water distribution system in Shanghai was detected by MPN-Griess method, and the relations among AOB, nitrification and chloraminated disinfection were analyzed. Meanwhile, the effects of AOB on chloraminated disinfection fastness and attenuation by simulation experiment were studied.

Adapting the RUSLE and GIS to model soil erosion risk in a mountains karst watershed, Guizhou Province, China.

Soil erosion is a serious environmental problem in Guizhou Province, which is located in the centre of the karst areas of southwestern China. Unfortunately, Guizhou Province suffers from a lack of financial resources to research, monitor and model soil erosion at large watershed. In order to assess the soil erosion risk, soil erosion modeling at the watershed scale are urgently needed to be undertaken.