Background:The current study was carried out to provide a reference for the control of mycotoxin contamination in feed ingredients and complete feeds for swine.Methods:A total of 55 feed ingredients,including 14 cor...Background:The current study was carried out to provide a reference for the control of mycotoxin contamination in feed ingredients and complete feeds for swine.Methods:A total of 55 feed ingredients,including 14 corn,13 wheat bran,11 soybean meal and 17 dried distillers grains with solubles(DDGS) as well as 76 complete swine feeds including 7 creep feeds,14 starter feeds,14 grower feeds,18 grower-finisher feeds,10 gestating sow feeds,and 13 lactating sow feeds were randomly collected from15 swine farms located in the Beijing region of China from July to August 2011.Immunoaffinity clean-up,using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC) in combination with UV or Fluorescence Detection,was used for quantitative analysis of aflatoxin B,(AFB,),deoxynivalenol(DON),zearalenone(ZEA) and ochratoxin A(OTA) in the ingredients and complete feeds.Results:DON and ZEA were the most prevalent mycotoxins found.DON was detected at percentages of 93,92,54,100 and 97%with a mean level of 1.01,0.44,0.05,1.36 and 0.65 ppm in the samples of corn,wheat bran,soybean meal,DDGS and complete feeds,respectively.The detected percentages of ZEA were 100,100,54,100 and 100 with mean levels of 109.1,14.9,9.2,882.7 and 58.9 ppb in the same samples.In the wheat bran and soybean meal samples,the content of all four mycotoxins were below the maximum limits set by Chinese regulations while the percentage of samples that exceeded regulatory limits were 7,57 and 7%for corn,and 7,14 and 3%for the complete feeds for AFB,,DON and OTA respectively.DDGS showed the most serious mycotoxin contamination and the percentage of samples that exceeded regulatory limits were 6,88 and 41%,for AFB,,DON and ZEA,respectively.Conclusions:This paper is the first to present data on the natural occurrence of AFB,,DON,ZEA and OTA in ingredients and complete feeds obtained from swine farms in China's Beijing region.The data shows that feed ingredients and complete swine feeds obtained from these farms are most often contaminated with DON followed by contamination with AFB,and ZEA.展开更多
目的探讨团体绘画治疗对恢复期精神分裂症住院患者阴性和阳性症状、社会功能和认知功能的影响,为患者提供非药物治疗方法。方法将2022年1月至9月45例本院住院恢复期精神分裂症患者设为对照组,并予以常规药物及康复训练;2022年10月至2023...目的探讨团体绘画治疗对恢复期精神分裂症住院患者阴性和阳性症状、社会功能和认知功能的影响,为患者提供非药物治疗方法。方法将2022年1月至9月45例本院住院恢复期精神分裂症患者设为对照组,并予以常规药物及康复训练;2022年10月至2023年6月45例恢复期精神分裂症住院患者设为观察组,在对照组基础上团体绘画治疗干预。干预时间8w。干预前后分别采用阳性与阴性症状量表(positive and negative syndrome scale,PANSS)、住院精神患者社会功能量表(scale of social function in psychosis inpatients,SSPI)、重复性成套神经心理状态测验(repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status,RBANS)比较两组患者阳性与阴性症状、社会功能和认知功能。结果两组各45例患者完成研究。观察组患者阳性阴性症状量表评分干预前后差值高于对照组;观察组患者SSPI评分干预前后差值高于对照组;观察组RBANS评分干预前后差值高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(均P<0.001)。结论团体绘画治疗可改善患者临床症状,提高患者认知功能,促进社会功能恢复。展开更多
BACKGROUND Diabetic kidney disease(DKD)is a major complication of diabetes mellitus.Renal tubular epithelial cell(TEC)damage,which is strongly associated with the inflammatory response and mesenchymal trans-differenti...BACKGROUND Diabetic kidney disease(DKD)is a major complication of diabetes mellitus.Renal tubular epithelial cell(TEC)damage,which is strongly associated with the inflammatory response and mesenchymal trans-differentiation,plays a significant role in DKD;However,the precise molecular mechanism is unknown.The recently identified microRNA-630(miR-630)has been hypothesized to be closely associated with cell migration,apoptosis,and autophagy.However,the association between miR-630 and DKD and the underlying mechanism remain unknown.AIM To investigate how miR-630 affects TEC injury and the inflammatory response in DKD rats.METHODS Streptozotocin was administered to six-week-old male rats to create a hypergly cemic diabetic model.In the second week of modeling,the rats were divided into control,DKD,negative control of lentivirus,and miR-630 overexpression groups.After 8 wk,urine and blood samples were collected for the kidney injury assays,and renal tissues were removed for further molecular assays.The target gene for miR-630 was predicted using bioinformatics,and the association between miR-630 and toll-like receptor 4(TLR4)was confirmed using in vitro investigations and double luciferase reporter gene assays.Overexpression of miR-630 in DKD rats led to changes in body weight,renal weight index,basic blood parameters and histopathological changes.RESULTS The expression level of miR-630 was reduced in the kidney tissue of rats with DKD(P<0.05).The miR-630 and TLR4 expressions in rat renal TECs(NRK-52E)were measured using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.The mRNA expression level of miR-630 was significantly lower in the high-glucose(HG)and HG+mimic negative control(NC)groups than in the normal glucose(NG)group(P<0.05).In contrast,the mRNA expression level of TLR4 was significantly higher in these groups(P<0.05).However,miR-630 mRNA expression increased and TLR4 mRNA expression significantly decreased in the HG+miR-630 mimic group than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).Furthermore,the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-α),interleukin-1β(IL-1β),and IL-6 were significantly higher in the HG and HG+mimic NC groups than in NG group(P<0.05).However,the levels of these cytokines were significantly lower in the HG+miR-630 mimic group than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).Notably,changes in protein expression were observed.The HG and HG+mimic NC groups showed a significant decrease in E-cadherin protein expression,whereas TLR4,α-smooth muscle actin(SMA),and collagen IV protein expression increased(P<0.05).Conversely,the HG+miR-630 mimic group exhibited a significant increase in E-cadherin protein expression and a notable decrease in TLR4,α-SMA,and collagen IV protein expression than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).The miR-630 targets TLR4 gene expression.In vivo experiments demonstrated that DKD rats treated with miR-630 agomir exhibited significantly higher miR-630 mRNA expression than DKD rats injected with agomir NC.Additionally,rats treated with miR-630 agomir showed significant reductions in urinary albumin,blood glucose,TLR4,and proinflammatory markers(TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6)expression levels(P<0.05).Moreover,these rats exhibited fewer kidney lesions and reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells.CONCLUSION MiR-630 may inhibit the inflammatory reaction of DKD by targeting TLR4,and has a protective effect on DKD.展开更多
Multi‐agent reinforcement learning relies on reward signals to guide the policy networks of individual agents.However,in high‐dimensional continuous spaces,the non‐stationary environment can provide outdated experi...Multi‐agent reinforcement learning relies on reward signals to guide the policy networks of individual agents.However,in high‐dimensional continuous spaces,the non‐stationary environment can provide outdated experiences that hinder convergence,resulting in ineffective training performance for multi‐agent systems.To tackle this issue,a novel reinforcement learning scheme,Mutual Information Oriented Deep Skill Chaining(MioDSC),is proposed that generates an optimised cooperative policy by incorporating intrinsic rewards based on mutual information to improve exploration efficiency.These rewards encourage agents to diversify their learning process by engaging in actions that increase the mutual information between their actions and the environment state.In addition,MioDSC can generate cooperative policies using the options framework,allowing agents to learn and reuse complex action sequences and accelerating the convergence speed of multi‐agent learning.MioDSC was evaluated in the multi‐agent particle environment and the StarCraft multi‐agent challenge at varying difficulty levels.The experimental results demonstrate that MioDSC outperforms state‐of‐the‐art methods and is robust across various multi‐agent system tasks with high stability.展开更多
Based on a geology-engineering sweet spot evaluation,the high-quality reservoir zones and horizontal well landing points were determined.Subsequently,fracture propagation and production were simulated with a multilaye...Based on a geology-engineering sweet spot evaluation,the high-quality reservoir zones and horizontal well landing points were determined.Subsequently,fracture propagation and production were simulated with a multilayer fracturing scenario.The optimal hydraulic fracturing strategy for themultilayer fracturing networkwas determined by introducing a vertical asymmetry factor.This strategy aimed to minimize stress shadowing effects in the vertical direction while maximizing the stimulated reservoir volume(SRV).The study found that the small vertical layer spacing of high-quality reservoirs and the presence of stress-masking layers(with a stress difference of approximately 3∼8 MPa)indicate that interlayer stress interference from multilayers and multiwells fracturing between neighboring developed formations could affect the longitudinal propagation of the reservoirs.In addition,this study investigated well spacing optimization by comparing uniformly spaced wells(100–300 m)with asymmetric spaced wells(200 m upper layer,250 m lower layer).Numerical results indicated that asymmetric spaced well placement yielded the largest stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)of 73,082 m^(3),representing a 65.42%increase compared to 100 m spaced wells.Furthermore,four different hydraulic fracturing sequences(interlayer,up-down,down-up,and center-edge)were compared for multilayer and multiwell networks.The center-edge sequence exhibited the lowest vertical asymmetry factor(0.71)and the least stress shadowing effects compared to the other sequences(0.78 for interlayer,0.75 for up-down,and 0.76 for down-up).This sequence also achieved the largest SRV(486,194m^(3)),representing an 11.87%increase compared to the down-up sequence.Therefore,the center-edge fracturing sequence is recommended formultilayer development in this block.These results offer valuable insights for optimizing well placement and fracturing sequence design in multilayer well networks,ultimately advancing the development of multilayer fracturing technology in the region.展开更多
基金supported by the Introduction of International Advanced Agriculture Science and Technology Project(948 Project)(GrantNo.2013-Z20)the Program of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture(GrantNo.20120633)National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(GrantNo.2011BAD26B04)
文摘Background:The current study was carried out to provide a reference for the control of mycotoxin contamination in feed ingredients and complete feeds for swine.Methods:A total of 55 feed ingredients,including 14 corn,13 wheat bran,11 soybean meal and 17 dried distillers grains with solubles(DDGS) as well as 76 complete swine feeds including 7 creep feeds,14 starter feeds,14 grower feeds,18 grower-finisher feeds,10 gestating sow feeds,and 13 lactating sow feeds were randomly collected from15 swine farms located in the Beijing region of China from July to August 2011.Immunoaffinity clean-up,using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC) in combination with UV or Fluorescence Detection,was used for quantitative analysis of aflatoxin B,(AFB,),deoxynivalenol(DON),zearalenone(ZEA) and ochratoxin A(OTA) in the ingredients and complete feeds.Results:DON and ZEA were the most prevalent mycotoxins found.DON was detected at percentages of 93,92,54,100 and 97%with a mean level of 1.01,0.44,0.05,1.36 and 0.65 ppm in the samples of corn,wheat bran,soybean meal,DDGS and complete feeds,respectively.The detected percentages of ZEA were 100,100,54,100 and 100 with mean levels of 109.1,14.9,9.2,882.7 and 58.9 ppb in the same samples.In the wheat bran and soybean meal samples,the content of all four mycotoxins were below the maximum limits set by Chinese regulations while the percentage of samples that exceeded regulatory limits were 7,57 and 7%for corn,and 7,14 and 3%for the complete feeds for AFB,,DON and OTA respectively.DDGS showed the most serious mycotoxin contamination and the percentage of samples that exceeded regulatory limits were 6,88 and 41%,for AFB,,DON and ZEA,respectively.Conclusions:This paper is the first to present data on the natural occurrence of AFB,,DON,ZEA and OTA in ingredients and complete feeds obtained from swine farms in China's Beijing region.The data shows that feed ingredients and complete swine feeds obtained from these farms are most often contaminated with DON followed by contamination with AFB,and ZEA.
文摘目的探讨团体绘画治疗对恢复期精神分裂症住院患者阴性和阳性症状、社会功能和认知功能的影响,为患者提供非药物治疗方法。方法将2022年1月至9月45例本院住院恢复期精神分裂症患者设为对照组,并予以常规药物及康复训练;2022年10月至2023年6月45例恢复期精神分裂症住院患者设为观察组,在对照组基础上团体绘画治疗干预。干预时间8w。干预前后分别采用阳性与阴性症状量表(positive and negative syndrome scale,PANSS)、住院精神患者社会功能量表(scale of social function in psychosis inpatients,SSPI)、重复性成套神经心理状态测验(repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status,RBANS)比较两组患者阳性与阴性症状、社会功能和认知功能。结果两组各45例患者完成研究。观察组患者阳性阴性症状量表评分干预前后差值高于对照组;观察组患者SSPI评分干预前后差值高于对照组;观察组RBANS评分干预前后差值高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(均P<0.001)。结论团体绘画治疗可改善患者临床症状,提高患者认知功能,促进社会功能恢复。
基金Supported by the Huadong Medicine Joint Funds of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China,No.LHDMZ22H050001the Construction of Key Projects by Zhejiang Provincial Ministry,No.WKJ-ZJ-2302+3 种基金the Zhejiang Province Chinese Medicine Modernization Program,No.2020ZX001the Key Project of Scientific Research Foundation of Chinese Medicine,No.2022ZZ002the“Pioneer”and“LeadingGoose”R&D Program of Zhejiang,No.2022C03118 and 2023C03075the Key Project of Basic Scientific Research Operating Funds of Hangzhou Medical College,No.KYZD202002.
文摘BACKGROUND Diabetic kidney disease(DKD)is a major complication of diabetes mellitus.Renal tubular epithelial cell(TEC)damage,which is strongly associated with the inflammatory response and mesenchymal trans-differentiation,plays a significant role in DKD;However,the precise molecular mechanism is unknown.The recently identified microRNA-630(miR-630)has been hypothesized to be closely associated with cell migration,apoptosis,and autophagy.However,the association between miR-630 and DKD and the underlying mechanism remain unknown.AIM To investigate how miR-630 affects TEC injury and the inflammatory response in DKD rats.METHODS Streptozotocin was administered to six-week-old male rats to create a hypergly cemic diabetic model.In the second week of modeling,the rats were divided into control,DKD,negative control of lentivirus,and miR-630 overexpression groups.After 8 wk,urine and blood samples were collected for the kidney injury assays,and renal tissues were removed for further molecular assays.The target gene for miR-630 was predicted using bioinformatics,and the association between miR-630 and toll-like receptor 4(TLR4)was confirmed using in vitro investigations and double luciferase reporter gene assays.Overexpression of miR-630 in DKD rats led to changes in body weight,renal weight index,basic blood parameters and histopathological changes.RESULTS The expression level of miR-630 was reduced in the kidney tissue of rats with DKD(P<0.05).The miR-630 and TLR4 expressions in rat renal TECs(NRK-52E)were measured using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.The mRNA expression level of miR-630 was significantly lower in the high-glucose(HG)and HG+mimic negative control(NC)groups than in the normal glucose(NG)group(P<0.05).In contrast,the mRNA expression level of TLR4 was significantly higher in these groups(P<0.05).However,miR-630 mRNA expression increased and TLR4 mRNA expression significantly decreased in the HG+miR-630 mimic group than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).Furthermore,the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-α),interleukin-1β(IL-1β),and IL-6 were significantly higher in the HG and HG+mimic NC groups than in NG group(P<0.05).However,the levels of these cytokines were significantly lower in the HG+miR-630 mimic group than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).Notably,changes in protein expression were observed.The HG and HG+mimic NC groups showed a significant decrease in E-cadherin protein expression,whereas TLR4,α-smooth muscle actin(SMA),and collagen IV protein expression increased(P<0.05).Conversely,the HG+miR-630 mimic group exhibited a significant increase in E-cadherin protein expression and a notable decrease in TLR4,α-SMA,and collagen IV protein expression than in the HG+mimic NC group(P<0.05).The miR-630 targets TLR4 gene expression.In vivo experiments demonstrated that DKD rats treated with miR-630 agomir exhibited significantly higher miR-630 mRNA expression than DKD rats injected with agomir NC.Additionally,rats treated with miR-630 agomir showed significant reductions in urinary albumin,blood glucose,TLR4,and proinflammatory markers(TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6)expression levels(P<0.05).Moreover,these rats exhibited fewer kidney lesions and reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells.CONCLUSION MiR-630 may inhibit the inflammatory reaction of DKD by targeting TLR4,and has a protective effect on DKD.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:61872171The Belt and Road Special Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Hydrology‐Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering,Grant/Award Number:2021490811。
文摘Multi‐agent reinforcement learning relies on reward signals to guide the policy networks of individual agents.However,in high‐dimensional continuous spaces,the non‐stationary environment can provide outdated experiences that hinder convergence,resulting in ineffective training performance for multi‐agent systems.To tackle this issue,a novel reinforcement learning scheme,Mutual Information Oriented Deep Skill Chaining(MioDSC),is proposed that generates an optimised cooperative policy by incorporating intrinsic rewards based on mutual information to improve exploration efficiency.These rewards encourage agents to diversify their learning process by engaging in actions that increase the mutual information between their actions and the environment state.In addition,MioDSC can generate cooperative policies using the options framework,allowing agents to learn and reuse complex action sequences and accelerating the convergence speed of multi‐agent learning.MioDSC was evaluated in the multi‐agent particle environment and the StarCraft multi‐agent challenge at varying difficulty levels.The experimental results demonstrate that MioDSC outperforms state‐of‐the‐art methods and is robust across various multi‐agent system tasks with high stability.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51704324,52374027)Shandong Natural Science Foundation of China(ZR2022ME025,ZR2023ME158).
文摘Based on a geology-engineering sweet spot evaluation,the high-quality reservoir zones and horizontal well landing points were determined.Subsequently,fracture propagation and production were simulated with a multilayer fracturing scenario.The optimal hydraulic fracturing strategy for themultilayer fracturing networkwas determined by introducing a vertical asymmetry factor.This strategy aimed to minimize stress shadowing effects in the vertical direction while maximizing the stimulated reservoir volume(SRV).The study found that the small vertical layer spacing of high-quality reservoirs and the presence of stress-masking layers(with a stress difference of approximately 3∼8 MPa)indicate that interlayer stress interference from multilayers and multiwells fracturing between neighboring developed formations could affect the longitudinal propagation of the reservoirs.In addition,this study investigated well spacing optimization by comparing uniformly spaced wells(100–300 m)with asymmetric spaced wells(200 m upper layer,250 m lower layer).Numerical results indicated that asymmetric spaced well placement yielded the largest stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)of 73,082 m^(3),representing a 65.42%increase compared to 100 m spaced wells.Furthermore,four different hydraulic fracturing sequences(interlayer,up-down,down-up,and center-edge)were compared for multilayer and multiwell networks.The center-edge sequence exhibited the lowest vertical asymmetry factor(0.71)and the least stress shadowing effects compared to the other sequences(0.78 for interlayer,0.75 for up-down,and 0.76 for down-up).This sequence also achieved the largest SRV(486,194m^(3)),representing an 11.87%increase compared to the down-up sequence.Therefore,the center-edge fracturing sequence is recommended formultilayer development in this block.These results offer valuable insights for optimizing well placement and fracturing sequence design in multilayer well networks,ultimately advancing the development of multilayer fracturing technology in the region.