Organic fertilizer substitution has been promoted as a weight loss, efficient, and diversified fertilizer substitution technology in agricultural production. However, there is a lack of comprehensive assessment of the impact of organic fertilizers on NO and NO emissions from orchards. In this study, NO and NO emissions from peach orchards were observed annually using static dark box-gas chromatography to compare the effects of chemical fertilizer application alone and partial replacement of chemical fertilizer treatment on NO emissions from peach orchards.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, polysaccharides (RRTPs) were extracted from Rosa roxburghii Tratt pomace by hot water or ultrasound (US)-assisted extraction. The structural properties and potential prebiotic functions of RRTPs were investigated. Structural characterization was conducted through HPAEC, HPGPC, GC-MS, FT-IR and SEM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCryptomeriajaponicavar.sinensis Miquel in south China is currently overwhelmingly infested by a native caterpillar species, (Lepidoptera), which is causing severe economic losses and ecological disasters in both planted and natural forests. Our results include report of five parasitoid species and eight parasitoid flies within and a dominant endoparasitoid species , which attacks pupae of with a high parasitism rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study included 46 patients with class II malocclusion ranging in age from 19 to 39 years old treated with bilateral sagittal split ramous osteotomy (BSSRO). Left and right temporomandibular joints (TMJs) of each subject were evaluated independently with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) before operation (T1), 1 week after operation (T2), and 1 year after operation (T3) and assessed the effects of orthognathic surgery (OGS) on the temporomandibular joint disease (TMD) symptoms. Temporomandibular joint morphology evaluation included condylar volume, condylar area, cortical bone thickness, depth of the mandibular fossa, fossa thickness, joint nodule angle, joint space, and condyle-fossa relationship, which were calculated by using the Mimics software and 3-matic software.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with urothelial bladder carcinoma (UBC) have a poor prognosis and a high risk of progression. Recently, tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs), a novel type of noncoding RNA, have been identified. In our previous study, we found tiRNA-Gly-GCC-1 was significantly upregulated in UBC tissue and might target the predicted target gene toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) to play a regulatory role in UBC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The study aims to investigate the combined effects of chrysin and cisplatin on hepatoma(HepG2) cell lines in vivo and in vitro.
Objective: Studies have suggested that chrysin can enhance the sensitivity of tumor cells to apoptosis. Drug resistance in tumor cells reduced the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin.
Background: The diagnosis of isolated small bowel Crohn's disease (ISBCD) has always been challenging.
Aims: This study is aimed at comparing the clinical features and double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) characteristics of ISBCD with those of other small bowel ulcerative diseases (OSBUD).
Methods: Patients with coexisting colonic and/or ileal valve lesions ( = 45) or whose final diagnosis was not determined ( = 29) were excluded.
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) leads to a large societal burden. Recently, tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs), a novel type of noncoding RNA (ncRNAs), have been identified. However, the expression patterns and functions of tsRNAs in MIBC have not yet been identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnterior maxillary osteotomy is a traditional operation in the treatment of maxillary protrusion. Varies fields about operation have been changed or improved in those years to avoid different kinds of complications. In our study, the authors would present 1 kind of improved anterior maxillary osteotomy surgical method.
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