Publications by authors named "Zirui Hao"

Lipids are the main components of plant cell biofilms and play a crucial role in plant growth, Understanding the modulation in lipid profiles under heat stress can contribute to understanding the heat tolerance mechanisms in wheat leaves. In the current study, two wheat cultivars with different heat tolerance levels were treated with optimum temperature (OT) and high temperature (HT) at the flowering stage, and the antioxidant enzyme activity in the leaves and the grain yield were determined. Further, lipidomics was studied to determine the changes in lipid composition in the leaves.

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Phenolic antioxidants are phytochemical components in wheat grains that provide a variety of potential health benefits. The metabolites and antioxidant activity of fresh, mature, and heat-treated, wheat grains with black, blue, purple, and white grain coats were identified by targeted and non-targeted metabolomics. The total phenolic (TPC) and flavonoid contents (TFC) and antioxidant activity (AOA) increased with the darkening of grain color, the general trend being black > purple > blue > white.

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Industrial solid waste red mud discharge has caused serious environmental problems. This study utilized red mud as an additive to loessial silt being used for roadway subgrade material. In this study, unconfined compressive test, direct shear test, electrical resistivity test, and hydraulic conductivity test were conducted on red mud stabilized loessial silt (RMLS) with different red mud dosage () to investigate effect on mechanical-electrical-hydro properties.

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Background: The current study was to evaluate the effects of canagliflozin and metformin on insulin resistance and visceral adipose tissue in people with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Methods: This is an open-label, parallel and controlled study. Participants were divided into canagliflozin (100 mg/qd) or metformin (1000 mg/bid) groups.

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: The current study was to evaluate risk factors and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among diabetic patients by sex.: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled, and baseline characteristics and prevalent ASCVD (including coronary heart disease [CHD], ischemic stroke [IS], and peripheral vascular disease [PVD]) were collected and compared by sex.: Females accounted for 48.

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  • The study examined 972 young patients (≤50 years) with coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent coronary artery stenting, focusing on their clinical characteristics and 1-year prognosis.
  • Key risk factors included high rates of smoking (18.9%), hypertension (34.3%), and diabetes (14.5%), with the most common reason for stenting being stable and unstable angina.
  • After one year, 6.6% faced adverse clinical outcomes, with significant predictors including age, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes; highlighting the need for better risk factor management to prevent early CHD in this demographic.
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BACKGROUND The current study aimed to compare the effects of dapagliflozin and sitagliptin on insulin resistant and body fat distribution in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was an open-label, parallel controlled study. Patients were included if they were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (<6 months) and had been receiving dapagliflozin or sitagliptin for 12 weeks in combination with a stable dose of metformin in the last month.

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  • The study aimed to explore the relationship between serum total cholesterol (TC) levels and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in heart failure patients related to coronary heart disease.
  • A total of 236 participants were divided into groups based on their LVEF levels, and analyses were conducted to evaluate the associations between these factors and other health parameters.
  • Results indicated that higher TC and albumin levels correlated with better LVEF, while higher C-reactive protein levels were linked to lower LVEF, suggesting that serum TC may relate to improvements in systemic inflammation in these patients.
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The present study was to compare the association between ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and clinic BP (CBP) with prevalent cardiovascular diseases (CVD); and the underlying mechanism would also be investigated concurrently.Diabetic hypertensive patients were enrolled and divided into 2 groups based on presence of CVD. Twenty-four hour-ABP monitoring was performed and between-group differences were evaluated and logistic regression analysis was conducted.

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Objective: To observe the effects of heroin on intracellular free Ca2+ in rat myocardium.

Methods: The effects of heroin on intracellular free Ca2+ were observed in cultured neonatal rat myocardium by measuring intracellular free Ca2+ concentration using calcium fluorescent probe Flou-3/AM and laser scanning confocal microscope.

Results: Different doses and concentrations of heroin appeared to have different effects on intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations, with a dosage dependent short linear increase in the fluorescence intensity (i.

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Virtopsy is a non-invasive technique to reconstruct 3 dimensional (3-D) images of human organs and tissues using digitized radiographic imaging and may provide clues for forensic identification of the cause and manner of death. Because of its nature of minimally invasive, objective, and accurate, virtopsy has recently been a research focus of forensic pathology in developed countries. In this review article, the authors will discuss the principle, advantage, disadvantage, and recent proceeding of virtopsy as well as its potential application in forensic practice in China.

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Objective: To investigate whether heroin can directly induce apoptosis in primary cultured cortical neurons of rat's brain.

Methods: Cultured primary neurons cultures were obtained from cerebral cortex of embryo rats. After 7 days, the cells were incubated with different concentrations of heroin (purity-80%) for 24 hours.

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