Effects of quercetagetin on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, slaughter performance, meat quality, and antioxidant capacity of broiler chickens.

This study investigated the effects of quercetagetin (QG) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, meat quality, and antioxidant capacity of broilers. Four hundred 1-day-old Cobb broilers were randomly divided into five diets, each with eight replicates and 10 birds per replicate. The diets included a basal diet, and four diets with 25, 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg QG supplemented in basal diet.

Long-term prognosis and its associated predictive factors in patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

Background: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a chronic recurrent disease with abnormal eosinophilic infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract. Glucocorticoids remain the most common treatment method. However, disease relapse and glucocorticoid dependence remain notable problems.

[Content analysis and quality evaluation of main active components and mineral elements of Cynomorium songaricum in different habitats].

To clarify the content characteristics of the main active components and mineral elements of Cynomorium songaricum under different habitat conditions, and further explore the relationship between the quality of C. songaricum and habitats, this study took C. songaricum from 25 different habitats in China as the research object, and measured the contents of 8 main active components and 12 mineral elements separately.

Promotes Apoptosis and Inflammatory Cytokine Production Through the Activation of NF-κB and Death Receptor Signaling Pathways.

can cause liver abscess, foot rot in ruminants, and Lemire syndrome in humans, Also, its virulence factors can induce the apoptosis of macrophages and neutrophils. However, the detailed mechanism has not been fully clarified. This study investigated the mechanisms of apoptosis and inflammatory factor production in -induced neutrophils and macrophages (RAW246.

[Suitability of Internet Medical Services of Hospitals from the Perspective of Suppliers].

Objective To investigate the suitable services of telemedicine at present and the future from the perspective of medical service supplier,clarify the challenges in the development of telemedicine services at present,and provide evidence-based suggestions for improving the quality of telemedicine services. Methods A questionnaire was developed through literature review for the survey of telemedicine services from the perspective of service providers.From January to June in 2020,electronic questionnaires were collected from volunteers.

Cactus-Inspired Janus Membrane with a Conical Array of Wettability Gradient for Efficient Fog Collection.

Fog collection plays an important role in alleviating the global water shortage. Despite great progress in creating bionic surfaces to collect fog, water droplets still could adhere to the microscale hydrophilic region and reach the thermodynamic stable state before falling, which delays the transport of water and hinders the continuous fog collection. Inspired by lotus leaves and cactuses, we designed a Janus membrane that functions to both collect fog from the air and transport it to a certain region.

pH-Responsive Smart Wettability Surface with Dual Bactericidal and Releasing Properties.

Biomaterial-associated infections caused by pathogenic bacteria have important implications on human health. This study presents the design and preparation of a smart surface with pH-responsive wettability. The smart surface exhibited synergistic antibacterial function, with high liquid repellency against bacterial adhesion and highly effective bactericidal activity.

A controllable oil-triggered actuator with aligned microchannel design for implementing precise deformation.

Soft actuators with the integration of facile preparation, rapid actuation rate, sophisticated motions, and precise control over deformation for application in complex devices are still highly desirable. Inspired by the aligned structures of moisture responsive pineal scales, an oil-triggered Janus actuator composed of a smooth hydrophobic surface and a superhydrophobic surface with aligned microchannels by simple laser etching was fabricated successfully, which can deform into various desirable shapes and recover to the original shape when triggered by oil and ethanol molecules. The aligned microchannel design causes different oil spread distances in the longitudinal and transverse directions, resulting in orientation-controlled bending and twisting with large-scale displacement.

[Spatio-temporal Patterns of Microbial Communities and Their Driving Mechanisms in Subalpine Lakes, Ningwu, Shanxi].

Human activities and climate change cause the degradation of subalpine lake ecosystems, which induce the shift of microbial community structure. The spatio-temporal dynamics and the diversity maintenance mechanisms of bacterial communities in Gonghai Lake in Ningwu, Shanxi, were investigated by using Q-PCR and DGGE. The results showed that the temperature), pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity salinity, and ammonium nitrogen (NH) contestation were significantly different among the different sampling depths during different months.

Janus Soft Actuators with On-Off Switchable Behaviors for Controllable Manipulation Driven by Oil.

Soft actuators have tremendous applications in diverse fields. Facile preparation, rapid actuation, and versatile actions are always pursued when developing new types of soft actuators. In this paper, we present a facile method integrating laser etching and mechanical cutting to prepare Janus actuators driven by oil.

[Environmental Filters Drive the Assembly of the Soil Fungal Community in the Forests of the Guandi Mountains].

The community assembly process, which purports that the trade-off between the stochastic process and the deterministic process, is the central issue of community ecology, and is one of the most controversial ecological issues. The current research investigated the fungal community in the forests of the Guandi Mountains and elucidated the relative role of the stochastic and deterministic processes in the assembly of soil fungal community on a local scale. The correlation analysis and redundancy analysis of the physicochemical factors in soil and dominant fungal phyla, as well as the structural equation model analysis, showed that these physicochemical factors and aboveground vegetation diversity had significant effects on fungal communities.

Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity, Associated Behaviors, and Weight-related Perceptions in a National Survey of Primary School Children in China.

Objective: To in vestigate potential gender differences in the odds of overweight/obese, weight-related perceptions, and behaviors among Chinese school children.

Methods: Height, weight, and a survey of weight-related perceptions and behaviors were measured in a nationally representative survey of 12,811 children in primary schools in China. Logistic regression analyses were used to assess gender differences, adjusting for confounders.

Comparison of safety and effectiveness between laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A meta-analysis and systematic review.

Background: The laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass is a newly emerged surgical procedure in recent years. Owe to safe and simple process and effective outcomes, laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass has quickly become one of the most popular procedures in some countries. The safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy remain unclear.

Achieving high strength and high ductility in magnesium alloy using hard-plate rolling (HPR) process.

Magnesium alloys are highly desirable for a wide range of lightweight structural components. However, rolling Mg alloys can be difficult due to their poor plasticity, and the strong texture yielded from rolling often results in poor plate forming ability, which limits their further engineering applications. Here we report a new hard-plate rolling (HPR) route which achieves a large reduction during a single rolling pass.

Ethyl 2-phenyl-5,6-dihydro-pyrrolo-[2,1-a]isoquinoline-3-carboxyl-ate.

In the title compound, C(21)H(19)NO(2), the six-membered heterocycle assumes a screw-boat conformation. The phenyl ring is oriented with respect to the pyrrole ring at a dihedral angle of 64.76 (10)°.