Monitor for lactate in perspiration.

Sweat is a noninvasive biological fluid on the surface of human skin and has attracted increasing attention as a diagnostic specimen for disease and biomarker detection. Sweat metabolite quantification is possible due to progress in sweat analysis techniques; nevertheless, the role of sweat monitoring in energy metabolism, physiological or pathological state assessment, health status assessment, and the development and outcome of metabolism-related diseases remains unclear. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on human sweat lactate concentration.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: A review of serum biomarkers, staging, and management.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors with complicated treatment options that depend on pathological grading, clinical staging, and presence of symptoms related to hormonal secretion. With regard to diagnosis, remarkable advances have been made: Chromogranin A is recommended as a general marker for pNETs. But other new biomarker modalities, like circulating tumor cells, multiple transcript analysis, microRNA profile, and cytokines, should be clarified in future investigations before clinical application.

[Effects of different calcium salts on freezing resistance of satsuma mandarin].

The study on the effects of foliar spraying 20 mmol x L(-1) of CaCl2, Ca (NO3)2 and CaAc2 on the freezing resistance of satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc. cv. Guoqing No.

A highly active K-Co-Mo/C catalyst for mixed alcohol synthesis from CO + H2.

A highly homogeneous and dispersed K-Co-Mo/C catalyst which prepared by a sol-gel method exhibits high alcohol yield, especially high C2+ OH selectivity for mixed alcohol synthesis from CO + H2.