Attentional Engagement and Disengagement Differences for Circumscribed Interest Objects in Young Chinese Children with Autism.

The current study aimed to investigate attentional processing differences for circumscribed interest (CI) and non-CI objects in young Chinese children with autism spectrum condition (ASC) and typically developing (TD) controls. In Experiment 1, a visual preference task explored attentional allocation to cartoon CI and non-CI materials between the two groups. We found that ASC children ( = 22, 4.

A new species of Prosopocoilus Hope amp; Westwood, 1845 from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae).

A new species of stag beetle, Prosopocoilus zhuchuangi new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) is described from China (Guizhou) and Vietnam. It is closely related to P. fulgens (Didier, 1927), sharing a fringe of dense setae in the apical 2/3 of the mesal sides of the mesotibiae and metatibiae.

Analysis of lipid adsorption on nanoparticles by nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Nanoparticles (NPs) tend to adsorb matrix molecules like proteins and lipids incubated with biological fluids, forming a biological corona. While the formation and functions of protein corona have been studied extensively, little attention has been paid to lipid adsorption on NPs. However, lipids are also abundantly present in biological fluids and play important roles in processes like cell signaling and angiogenesis.

Highly Efficient Exosome Isolation and Protein Analysis by an Integrated Nanomaterial-Based Platform.

Exosomes play important roles in mediating intercellular communication and regulating a variety of biological processes, but clear understanding of their functions and biogenesis has not been achieved, due to the high technical difficulties involved in analysis of small vesicular structures that contain a high proportion of membrane structures. Herein, we designed a novel approach to integrate two nanomaterials carrying varied surface properties, the hydrophilic, macroporous graphene foam (GF) and the amphiphilic periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO), for efficient exosome isolation from human serum and effective protein profiling. The high specific surface area of GF, after modification with the antibody against the exosomal protein marker, CD63, allowed highly specific isolation of exosomes from complex biological samples with high recovery.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Turdus hortulorum (Passeriformes, Turdidae).

The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is an endangered bird species, which is mainly distributed in northern China, Korean Peninsula and Vietnam. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of T. hortulorum is determined.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Garrulax cineraceus (Aves, Passeriformes, Timaliidae).

The complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA genome from Garrulax cineraceus was determined using the polymerase chain reaction method. The genome (17,800 bp in length) contained 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes) and 2 control regions (D-loop) at two different locations of mitogenome, which is similar to the typical mtDNA of vertebrates. All the protein-coding genes in G.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Microhyla pulchra (Amphidia, Anura, Microhylidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of Microhyl pulchra was determined in this work. This mitogenome was 16,744 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region (CR). The following four distinctive features were observed: a protein-coding gene (ND1) began with GTG as start codon; eight protein-coding genes (ND1, COII, ATP6, COIII, ND3, ND4, ND5 and Cytb) ended with incomplete stop codon T; four tRNA genes positions (tRNA-Leu (CUN)/tRNA-Thr/Trna-Pro/tRNA-Phe) located between CR and 12S rRNA genes, which was a novel mtDNA gene rearrangement in amphibians; there was no significant repeat regions in the CR.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Paradoxornis webbianus (Passeriformes, Muscicapidae).

The complete sequences of the mitochondrial DNA genome from Paradoxornis webbianus was determined using the polymerase chain reaction method. The genome (16,960 bp in length) contained 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes), a control region (D-loop) and a non-coding region at two different locations of mitogenome, which is similar to the typical mtDNA of vertebrates. All the protein-coding genes in P.

Structure and variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs) of the mitochondrial control region in mitten crab Eriocheir (Crustacean: Brachyura).

Mitochondrial control region was called "A + T-rich" region in invertebrate. In the study, the general organization of control region in mitten crab was divided into two major domains: high variable segment and conserved segment. Four conserved blocks (CSB1, CSB2, CSB3 and CSB4) and two tandem repeat sequences (RT1 and RT2) were defined in control region.

[Phylogenetic analysis of intestinal bacterium using the distribution of intestinal bacterium in cyprinidate fishes and 16S DNA sequence data set].

There is a complex- and multi-effect for interdependent survival between intestinal- microorganisms and hosts. The symbiosis or coevolution that results from this effect for interdependent survival is used to reveal the phylogenies of hosts as well as intestinal microorganisms. The symbiosis or coevolution between intestinal microorganisms and hosts has been generated by interactive natural selection occurred between them.