The acquisition of valuable design knowledge from massive fragmentary data is challenging for designers in conceptual product design.This study proposes a novel method for acquiring design knowledge by combining deep ...The acquisition of valuable design knowledge from massive fragmentary data is challenging for designers in conceptual product design.This study proposes a novel method for acquiring design knowledge by combining deep learning with knowledge graph.Specifically,the design knowledge acquisition method utilises the knowledge extraction model to extract design-related entities and relations from fragmentary data,and further constructs the knowledge graph to support design knowledge acquisition for conceptual product design.Moreover,the knowledge extraction model introduces ALBERT to solve memory limitation and communication overhead in the entity extraction module,and uses multi-granularity information to overcome segmentation errors and polysemy ambiguity in the relation extraction module.Experimental comparison verified the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed knowledge extraction model.The case study demonstrated the feasibility of the knowledge graph construction with real fragmentary porcelain data and showed the capability to provide designers with interconnected and visualised design knowledge.展开更多
BACKGROUND The role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible pulpitis is not clear.AIM To explore the role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible...BACKGROUND The role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible pulpitis is not clear.AIM To explore the role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible pulpitis.METHODS A total of 100 patients with reversible pulpitis who were treated in Anhui Jieshou People's Hospital from January 2020 to December 2021 were included in the study.They were categorized into an observation group(n=50;treatment with adrenaline)and a control group(n=50;treatment with zinc oxide eugenol paste).The 24-h postoperative pain,regression time of gingival congestion and redness,clinical efficacy,and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the groups.Patients were further categorized into the ineffective and effective treatment groups based on clinical efficacy.Logistic multiple regression analysis explored factors affecting the efficacy of pulp capping treatment.RESULTS A significant difference in 24-h postoperative pain was observed between the groups(P<0.05),with a higher proportion of grade I pain noted in the observation group than in the control group(P<0.01).The regression time of gingival congestion and swelling was lower in the observation group(2.61±1.44 d and 2.73±1.36 d,respectively)than in the control group(3.85±1.47 d and 4.28±1.61 d,respectively)(P<0.05).The 2-wk postoperative total effective rate was lower in the control group(80.00%)than in the observation group(94.00%)(P<0.05).The incidence of adverse reactions was not significantly different between the control(14.00%)and observation(12.00%)groups(P>0.05).The proportion of adrenaline usage was lower(P<0.05)and that of anaerobic digestion by Streptococcus and Fusobacterium nucleatum was higher in the ineffective treatment group than in the effective treatment group(P<0.05).Logistic multiple regression analysis revealed adrenaline as a protective factor(P<0.05)and anaerobic digestion by Streptococcus and F.nucleatum as risk factors for pulp capping in reversible pulpitis(P<0.05).CONCLUSION Adrenaline demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in pulp capping treatment for reversible pulpitis,reducing pain and improving clinical symptoms safely.It is a protective factor for pulp capping,whereas Streptococcus and F.nucleatum are risk factors.Targeted measures can be implemented to improve clinical efficacy.展开更多
Neuroinflammation has been recognized to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is pathologically characterized by the accumulation of senile plaques containing activated microg...Neuroinflammation has been recognized to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is pathologically characterized by the accumulation of senile plaques containing activated microglia and amyloid β-peptides (Aβ). In the present study, we examined the neuroprotective effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on neuroinflammation in rats with Aβ1-40 hippocampal injection. We found that Aβ-induced rats exhibited a disorder of pyramidal cell layer arrangement, and a decrease of mean pyramidal cell number in the CA1 hippocampal region compared with those in sham operated rats. NaHS (a donor of H2S, 5.6 mg/kg/d, i.p.) treatment for 3 weeks rescued neuronal cell death significantly. Moreover, we found that H2S dramatically suppressed the release of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the hippocampus. Consistently, both immunohistochemistry and Western blotting assays showed that H2S inhibited the upregulation of COX-2 and the activation of NF-κB in the hippocampus. In conclusion, our data indicate that H2S suppresses neuroinflammation via inhibition of the NF-κB activation pathway in the Aβ-induced rat model and has potential value for AD therapy.展开更多
Exploring inexpensive and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction(OER) is critical for rechargeable metal-air batteries. Herein, we report a new 3D hier...Exploring inexpensive and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction(OER) is critical for rechargeable metal-air batteries. Herein, we report a new 3D hierarchical sulfur and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanocages(hSNCNC) as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst by an in-situ MgO template method with pyridine and thiophene as the mixed precursor. The as-prepared h SNCNC exhibits a positive half-wave potential of 0.792 V(vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) for ORR, and a low operating potential of 1.640 V at a 10 mA cm-2 current density for OER. The reversible oxygen electrode index is 0.847 V, far superior to commercial Pt/C and IrO2,which reaches the top level of the reported bifunctional catalysts. Consequently, the hSNCNC as air cathodes in an assembled Zn-air battery features low charge/discharge overpotential and long lifetime. The remarkable properties arises from the introduced multiple heteroatom dopants and stable 3D hierarchical structure with multi-scale pores, which provides the abundant uniform high-active S and N species and efficient charge transfer as well as mass transportation. These results demonstrate the potential strategy in developing suitable carbon-based bi-/multi-functional catalysts to enable the next generation of the rechargeable metal-air batteries.展开更多
Background: Laying hens over 75 weeks of age commonly show great declines in immunity and production performance.It is unclear whether these declines can be relieved by supplementing with ascorbic acid(AA) in feed.Two...Background: Laying hens over 75 weeks of age commonly show great declines in immunity and production performance.It is unclear whether these declines can be relieved by supplementing with ascorbic acid(AA) in feed.Two trials were conducted to investigate the synthesis and metabolism of AA in layers of different ages and the effects of dietary supplemental AA on the performance and the immune and antioxidant statuses of 78 weeks old hens.Methods: In Exp.1,equal numbers(24 hens) of 35 weeks old(Young) and 75 weeks old(Old) layers were fed the same diet without AA supplementation for 4 weeks.In Exp.2,360 healthy 78 weeks old laying hens were randomly assigned to 4 treatments(basal diet supplemented with 0,0.25,0.5,or 1 g AA/kg diet) in an 8-week feeding trial.Results: The old hens tended to have decreased L-gulonolactone oxidase(GLO) synthase activity in the kidney and liver than that of the young hens(P = 0.07 and P = 0.05,respectively).Compared with the young hens,the old hens had lower hepatic antioxidant capacity allowing for the lower thioredoxin(TXN),thioredoxin reductase(TXNR) and cytochrome b5 reductase(CYB5 R) gene expression(P < 0.05),whereas increased sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter(SVCT) 1 expression levels in the ileum and kidney and enhanced splenic and hepatic AA concentrations(P < 0.05).Dietary supplementation with AA significantly decreased GLO enzyme activity but increased splenic AA concentration and anti-bovine serum albumin IgG levels(P < 0.05) and tended to increase CD4+T lymphocyte numbers(P = 0.06) in serum.Supplementation of 0.25 g AA/kg diet significantly increased hepatic total antioxidant capacity(T-AOC,P < 0.05) relative to the control group.Conclusions: Laying hens could synthesize AA in both the kidney and the liver,though the GLO enzyme activities were 100 times greater in kidneys than in livers.The old laying hens had greater absorption and reabsorption capacity and higher AA retention in some tissues that did the young hens.Dietary supplementation of AA can improve the health of old layers by enhancing immunity and antioxidant capacity.展开更多
Background:There are many diseases in poultry,many of which are caused by poor immune function.It is not clear how cytokines and various immune cell functions change with age in modern broilers.The purpose of this stu...Background:There are many diseases in poultry,many of which are caused by poor immune function.It is not clear how cytokines and various immune cell functions change with age in modern broilers.The purpose of this study was to explore the patterns of development of the immunity of the broiler chickens in cage.Results:The results showed that there were 3 development patterns of immunity in the broiler chickens.The first pattern was Down-Up.Cytokines and some immune indicators first decreased and then increased,and the lowest levels of immunity basically occurred from d 6 to 13.The second pattern was Up-Down,and from d 30 to 34,the highest levels of non-specific cellular immunity components,such as the peripheral blood mononuclear macrophage ratio,specific cellular immunity components,such as the peripheral blood helper T(Th)cell ratio and T cell and B cell proliferation activity,and mucosal immunity components,such as the ileal CD4,TGF-β1 and IgA mRNA levels,were observed.The third pattern was Up-Up,and the levels of the non-specific cellular immunity components,such as the serum nitric oxide(NO),C3 and C4 levels,the specific cellular immunity components,such as the spleen index,peripheral blood IL-2,IFN-γ/IL-4,cytotoxic T(Tc)cell ratio,and splenic NF-κB mRNA levels,the humoral immunity components,such as the serum IgG level,the mucosal immunity components,such as the ileal MHC-II,CD3d,TCRβsubunit,TCRζsubunit,IFN-γ,pIgR mRNA and ileal mucosa sIgA levels,were continuing to increase from d 1 to 34.Conclusions:It could be concluded that the immune system and its function have not developed well in the broiler chickens d 6 to 13 and that the immune system does not mature until d 30 to 34 in the broiler chickens in cages.It is necessary to enhance the immune function of the broiler chickens through nutritional measures from d 1 to 30.展开更多
Background:Necrotic enteritis is a widespread disease in poultry caused by Clostridium perfringens.We previously reported that dietary arginine supplementation protected the intestinal mucosa of broiler chickens with ...Background:Necrotic enteritis is a widespread disease in poultry caused by Clostridium perfringens.We previously reported that dietary arginine supplementation protected the intestinal mucosa of broiler chickens with necrotic enteritis,but the related protective mechanisms remain unclear.The in vivo trial was designed as a 2×2 factorial arrangement to evaluated the effects of arginine supplementation on inflammatory responses,arginine transporters,arginine catabolism and JAK-STAT signalling pathway in broiler chickens challenged with C.perfringens or without C.perfringens.Furthermore,we validated the in vivo results using intestinal epithelial cells of chicken embryos.Results:C.perfringens infection markedly increased gut gross pathological and histopathological lesion scores,promoted liver C.perfringens invasion,reduced serum arginine levels,and elevated jejunal mucosal lysozyme activities(P<0.05),but these effects were significantly reversed by arginine supplementation in vivo(P<0.05).The challenge significantly increased serum procalcitonin levels,jejunal mucosal iNOS activities and jejunal IL-6,TGF-β3,cationic amino acid transporter(CAT)-1,and CAT-3 mRNA expression(P<0.05),whereas arginine supplementation significantly reduced jejunal IFN-γ,IL-1β,IL-6,IL-10,TGF-β3,and CAT-3 mRNA expression(P<0.05).Arginine supplementation significantly attenuated the C.perfringens challenge-induced increases in jejunal i NOS,arginase 2,arginine decarboxylase,arginine:glycine amidinotransferase,JAK1,JAK3,STAT1,and STAT6 mRNA expression(P<0.05).The in vitro experiment showed that C.perfringens challenge markedly increased cellular cytotoxicity and the mRNA expression of IL-1β,IL-8,IL-10,CAT-1 and CAT-3(P<0.05),which were significantly reversed by 50μmol/L and/or400μmol/L arginine pre-treatment(P<0.05).Conclusions:Arginine prevented C.perfringens challenge-induced circulated arginine deficiency,normalized intestinal arginine transport and catabolism,down-regulated JAK-STAT signalling pathway and attenuated the inflammatory response,which exerted protective effects on the intestine of broiler chickens.展开更多
The theory and associated selection methods of classical quantitative genetics are based on the multifactorial or polygene hypothesis.Major genes or quantitative trait loci(QTL)in modern quantitative genetics based o...The theory and associated selection methods of classical quantitative genetics are based on the multifactorial or polygene hypothesis.Major genes or quantitative trait loci(QTL)in modern quantitative genetics based on a“major gene plus polygenes”genetic system have been paid much attention in genetic studies.However,it remains unclear how the numerous minor genes act,although the polygene theory has sustained genetic improvement in plants and animals for more than a hundred years.In the present study,we identified a novel minor gene,BnSOT-like1(BnaA09g53490D),which is a sulfotransferase(SOT)gene catalyzing the formation of the core glucosinolate(GSL)structure in Brassica napus.This gene has been occasionally found during investigations of plant height-related genes,but has not been identified by QTL mapping because of its small phenotypic effects on GSL content.The overexpression of BnSOT-like1 up-regulated the expression of aliphatic GSL-associated genes,leading to a high seed aliphatic GSL content,and the overexpression of the allelic gene Bnsot-like1 did not increase seed GSL content.These findings suggest that the SOT gene has a marked effect on a quantitative trait from a reverse genetics standpoint,but a minor effect on the quantitative trait in its natural biological state.Because of the redundancy of GSL biosynthetic genes in the allotetraploid species B.napus,mutations of a single functional gene in the pathway will not result in significant phenotypic changes,and that the genes in biosynthetic pathways such as BnSOT-like1 in our study have minor effects and may be called polygenes in contrast to the reported three regulatory genes(BnHAG1s)which strongly affect GSL content in B.napus.The present study has shed light on a minor gene for a quantitative trait.展开更多
In this paper, a new nonlinear conjugate gradient method is proposed for large-scale unconstrained optimization. The sufficient descent property holds without any line searches. We use some steplength technique which ...In this paper, a new nonlinear conjugate gradient method is proposed for large-scale unconstrained optimization. The sufficient descent property holds without any line searches. We use some steplength technique which ensures the Zoutendijk condition to be held, this method is proved to be globally convergent. Finally, we improve it, and do further analysis.展开更多
In this paper, three new hybrid nonlinear conjugate gradient methods are presented, which produce suf?cient descent search direction at every iteration. This property is independent of any line search or the convexity...In this paper, three new hybrid nonlinear conjugate gradient methods are presented, which produce suf?cient descent search direction at every iteration. This property is independent of any line search or the convexity of the objective function used. Under suitable conditions, we prove that the proposed methods converge globally for general nonconvex functions. The numerical results show that all these three new hybrid methods are efficient for the given test problems.展开更多
In web environments, proteomics data integra-tionin the life sciences needs to handle the problem of data conflicts arising from the het-erogeneity of data resources and from incom-patibilities between the inputs and ...In web environments, proteomics data integra-tionin the life sciences needs to handle the problem of data conflicts arising from the het-erogeneity of data resources and from incom-patibilities between the inputs and outputs of services used in the analysis of the resources. The integration of complex, fast changing bio-logical data repositories can be potentially sup-ported by Grid computing to enable distributed data analysis. This paper presents an approach addressing the data conflict problems of pro-teomics data integration. We describe a pro-posed proteomics data integration architecture, in which a heterogeneous data integration sys-tem interoperates with Web Services and query processing tools for the virtual and materialised integration of a number of proteomics resources, either locally or remotely. Finally, we discuss how the architecture can be further used for supporting data maintenance and analysis ac-tivities.展开更多
Aerosols greatly influence precipitation characteristics,thereby impacting the regional climate and human life.As an indispensable factor for cloud formation and a critical radiation budget regulator,aerosols can affe...Aerosols greatly influence precipitation characteristics,thereby impacting the regional climate and human life.As an indispensable factor for cloud formation and a critical radiation budget regulator,aerosols can affect precipitation intensity,frequency,geographical distribution,area,and time.However,discrepancies exist among current studies due to aerosol properties,precipitation types,the vertical location of aerosols and meteorological conditions.The development of technology has driven advances in current research,but understanding the aerosol effects on precipitation remain complex and challenging.This paper revolves around the following topics from the two perspectives of Aerosol-Radiation Interaction(ARI)and Aerosol-Cloud Interaction(ACI):(1)the influence of different vertical locations of absorbing/scattering aerosols on the atmospheric thermal structure;(2)the fundamental theories of ARI reducing surface wind speed,redistributing water vapour and energy,and then modulating precipitation intensity;(3)different aerosol types(absorbing versus scattering)and aerosol concentrations causing different precipitation diurnal and weekly variations;(4)microphysical processes(cloud water competition,invigoration effect,and evaporation cooling)and observational evidence of different effects of aerosols on precipitation intensity,including enhancing,inhibiting,and transitional effects from enhancement to suppression;and(5)how meteorology,water vapor and dynamics influencing the effect of ACI and ARI on precipitation.In addition,this review lists the existing issues and future research directions for attaining a more comprehensive understanding of aerosol effects on precipitation.Overall,this review advances our understanding of aerosol effects on precipitation and could guide the improvement of weather and climate models to predict complex aerosol-precipitation interactions more accurately.展开更多
Container-based virtualization isbecoming increasingly popular in cloud computing due to its efficiency and flexibility.Resource isolation is a fundamental property of containers.Existing works have indicated weak res...Container-based virtualization isbecoming increasingly popular in cloud computing due to its efficiency and flexibility.Resource isolation is a fundamental property of containers.Existing works have indicated weak resource isolation could cause significant performance degradation for containerized applications and enhanced resource isolation.However,current studies have almost not discussed the isolation problems of page cache which is a key resource for containers.Containers leverage memory cgroup to control page cache usage.Unfortunately,existing policy introduces two major problems in a container-based environment.First,containers can utilize more memory than limited by their cgroup,effectively breaking memory isolation.Second,the Os kernel has to evict page cache to make space for newly-arrived memory requests,slowing down containerized applications.This paper performs an empirical study of these problems and demonstrates the performance impacts on containerized applications.Then we propose pCache(precise control of page cache)to address the problems by dividing page cache into private and shared and controlling both kinds of page cache separately and precisely.To do so,pCache leverages two new technologies:fair account(f-account)and evict on demand(EoD).F-account splits the shared page cache charging based on per-container share to prevent containers from using memory for free,enhancing memory isolation.And EoD reduces unnecessary page cache evictions to avoid the performance impacts.The evaluation results demonstrate that our system can effectively enhance memory isolation for containers and achieve substantial performance improvement over the original page cache management policy.展开更多
Five-membered pyrroline nitroxides with high-potential is fascinating as catholyte for aqueous organic redox flow batteries(AORFBs),however,it suffers from a primary deficiency of insufficient stability due to ring-op...Five-membered pyrroline nitroxides with high-potential is fascinating as catholyte for aqueous organic redox flow batteries(AORFBs),however,it suffers from a primary deficiency of insufficient stability due to ring-opening side reaction.Herein we report a spatial structure regulation strategy by host-guest chemistry,encapsulating 3-carbamoyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrroline-1-oxyl(CPL)into hydrosoluble cyclodextrins(CDs)with an inclusion structure of N–O⋅head towards cavity bottom,to boost the solubility and cyclability of pyrroline nitroxides significantly.The armor-clad CPL(CPL⊂HP-β-CD)catholyte in 0.05–0.5 M presents a battery capacity fade rate as low as 0.002%/cycle(0.233%/day)compared to the sole CPL in 0.05 M(0.039%/cycle or 5.23%/day)over 500 cycles in assembled AORFBs.The optimized reclining spatial structure with N–O⋅head towards CD cavity bottom effectively inhibits the attack of Lewis base species on the hydrogen abstraction site in pyrroline ring,and thus avoids the ring-opening side reaction of pyrroline nitroxides.展开更多
During spaceflight,the cardiovascular system undergoes remarkable adaptation to microgravity and faces the risk of cardiac remodeling.Therefore,the effects and mechanisms of microgravity on cardiac morphology,physiolo...During spaceflight,the cardiovascular system undergoes remarkable adaptation to microgravity and faces the risk of cardiac remodeling.Therefore,the effects and mechanisms of microgravity on cardiac morphology,physiology,metabolism,and cellular biology need to be further investigated.Since China started constructing the China Space Station(CSS)in 2021,we have taken advantage of the Shenzhou-13 capsule to send human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes(hPSC-CMs)to the Tianhe core module of the CSS.In this study,hPSC-CMs subjected to space microgravity showed decreased beating rate and abnormal intracellular calcium cycling.Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses revealed a battery of metabolic remodeling of hPSC-CMs in spaceflight,especially thiamine metabolism.The microgravity condition blocked the thiamine intake in hPSC-CMs.The decline of thiamine utilization under microgravity or by its antagonistic analog amprolium affected the process of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.It decreased ATP production,which led to cytoskeletal remodeling and calcium homeostasis imbalance in hPSC-CMs.More importantly,in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that thiamine supplementation could reverse the adaptive changes induced by simulated microgravity.This study represents the first astrobiological study on the China Space Station and lays a solid foundation for further aerospace biomedical research.These data indicate that intervention of thiamine-modified metabolic reprogramming in human cardiomyocytes during spaceflight might be a feasible countermeasure against microgravity.展开更多
基金This research is supported by the Chinese Special Projects of the National Key Research and Development Plan(2019YFB1405702).
文摘The acquisition of valuable design knowledge from massive fragmentary data is challenging for designers in conceptual product design.This study proposes a novel method for acquiring design knowledge by combining deep learning with knowledge graph.Specifically,the design knowledge acquisition method utilises the knowledge extraction model to extract design-related entities and relations from fragmentary data,and further constructs the knowledge graph to support design knowledge acquisition for conceptual product design.Moreover,the knowledge extraction model introduces ALBERT to solve memory limitation and communication overhead in the entity extraction module,and uses multi-granularity information to overcome segmentation errors and polysemy ambiguity in the relation extraction module.Experimental comparison verified the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed knowledge extraction model.The case study demonstrated the feasibility of the knowledge graph construction with real fragmentary porcelain data and showed the capability to provide designers with interconnected and visualised design knowledge.
基金The study was reviewed and approved by Anhui Jieshou People's Hospital Institutional Review Board,No.2019-11-001.
文摘BACKGROUND The role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible pulpitis is not clear.AIM To explore the role of epinephrine in the treatment of pulp capping in patients with reversible pulpitis.METHODS A total of 100 patients with reversible pulpitis who were treated in Anhui Jieshou People's Hospital from January 2020 to December 2021 were included in the study.They were categorized into an observation group(n=50;treatment with adrenaline)and a control group(n=50;treatment with zinc oxide eugenol paste).The 24-h postoperative pain,regression time of gingival congestion and redness,clinical efficacy,and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the groups.Patients were further categorized into the ineffective and effective treatment groups based on clinical efficacy.Logistic multiple regression analysis explored factors affecting the efficacy of pulp capping treatment.RESULTS A significant difference in 24-h postoperative pain was observed between the groups(P<0.05),with a higher proportion of grade I pain noted in the observation group than in the control group(P<0.01).The regression time of gingival congestion and swelling was lower in the observation group(2.61±1.44 d and 2.73±1.36 d,respectively)than in the control group(3.85±1.47 d and 4.28±1.61 d,respectively)(P<0.05).The 2-wk postoperative total effective rate was lower in the control group(80.00%)than in the observation group(94.00%)(P<0.05).The incidence of adverse reactions was not significantly different between the control(14.00%)and observation(12.00%)groups(P>0.05).The proportion of adrenaline usage was lower(P<0.05)and that of anaerobic digestion by Streptococcus and Fusobacterium nucleatum was higher in the ineffective treatment group than in the effective treatment group(P<0.05).Logistic multiple regression analysis revealed adrenaline as a protective factor(P<0.05)and anaerobic digestion by Streptococcus and F.nucleatum as risk factors for pulp capping in reversible pulpitis(P<0.05).CONCLUSION Adrenaline demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in pulp capping treatment for reversible pulpitis,reducing pain and improving clinical symptoms safely.It is a protective factor for pulp capping,whereas Streptococcus and F.nucleatum are risk factors.Targeted measures can be implemented to improve clinical efficacy.
基金supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(No.Jx10131801095 to HongZhou)
文摘Neuroinflammation has been recognized to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is pathologically characterized by the accumulation of senile plaques containing activated microglia and amyloid β-peptides (Aβ). In the present study, we examined the neuroprotective effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on neuroinflammation in rats with Aβ1-40 hippocampal injection. We found that Aβ-induced rats exhibited a disorder of pyramidal cell layer arrangement, and a decrease of mean pyramidal cell number in the CA1 hippocampal region compared with those in sham operated rats. NaHS (a donor of H2S, 5.6 mg/kg/d, i.p.) treatment for 3 weeks rescued neuronal cell death significantly. Moreover, we found that H2S dramatically suppressed the release of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the hippocampus. Consistently, both immunohistochemistry and Western blotting assays showed that H2S inhibited the upregulation of COX-2 and the activation of NF-κB in the hippocampus. In conclusion, our data indicate that H2S suppresses neuroinflammation via inhibition of the NF-κB activation pathway in the Aβ-induced rat model and has potential value for AD therapy.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21773111, 21473089, 21573107 and 51571110)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0206503, 2018YFA0209103)+1 种基金Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe program B for outstanding PhD candidate of Nanjing University (201702B049)
文摘Exploring inexpensive and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction(OER) is critical for rechargeable metal-air batteries. Herein, we report a new 3D hierarchical sulfur and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanocages(hSNCNC) as a promising bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst by an in-situ MgO template method with pyridine and thiophene as the mixed precursor. The as-prepared h SNCNC exhibits a positive half-wave potential of 0.792 V(vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) for ORR, and a low operating potential of 1.640 V at a 10 mA cm-2 current density for OER. The reversible oxygen electrode index is 0.847 V, far superior to commercial Pt/C and IrO2,which reaches the top level of the reported bifunctional catalysts. Consequently, the hSNCNC as air cathodes in an assembled Zn-air battery features low charge/discharge overpotential and long lifetime. The remarkable properties arises from the introduced multiple heteroatom dopants and stable 3D hierarchical structure with multi-scale pores, which provides the abundant uniform high-active S and N species and efficient charge transfer as well as mass transportation. These results demonstrate the potential strategy in developing suitable carbon-based bi-/multi-functional catalysts to enable the next generation of the rechargeable metal-air batteries.
基金The State Key Development Program(2016YFD0501202)supported this study
文摘Background: Laying hens over 75 weeks of age commonly show great declines in immunity and production performance.It is unclear whether these declines can be relieved by supplementing with ascorbic acid(AA) in feed.Two trials were conducted to investigate the synthesis and metabolism of AA in layers of different ages and the effects of dietary supplemental AA on the performance and the immune and antioxidant statuses of 78 weeks old hens.Methods: In Exp.1,equal numbers(24 hens) of 35 weeks old(Young) and 75 weeks old(Old) layers were fed the same diet without AA supplementation for 4 weeks.In Exp.2,360 healthy 78 weeks old laying hens were randomly assigned to 4 treatments(basal diet supplemented with 0,0.25,0.5,or 1 g AA/kg diet) in an 8-week feeding trial.Results: The old hens tended to have decreased L-gulonolactone oxidase(GLO) synthase activity in the kidney and liver than that of the young hens(P = 0.07 and P = 0.05,respectively).Compared with the young hens,the old hens had lower hepatic antioxidant capacity allowing for the lower thioredoxin(TXN),thioredoxin reductase(TXNR) and cytochrome b5 reductase(CYB5 R) gene expression(P < 0.05),whereas increased sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter(SVCT) 1 expression levels in the ileum and kidney and enhanced splenic and hepatic AA concentrations(P < 0.05).Dietary supplementation with AA significantly decreased GLO enzyme activity but increased splenic AA concentration and anti-bovine serum albumin IgG levels(P < 0.05) and tended to increase CD4+T lymphocyte numbers(P = 0.06) in serum.Supplementation of 0.25 g AA/kg diet significantly increased hepatic total antioxidant capacity(T-AOC,P < 0.05) relative to the control group.Conclusions: Laying hens could synthesize AA in both the kidney and the liver,though the GLO enzyme activities were 100 times greater in kidneys than in livers.The old laying hens had greater absorption and reabsorption capacity and higher AA retention in some tissues that did the young hens.Dietary supplementation of AA can improve the health of old layers by enhancing immunity and antioxidant capacity.
基金This project was funded by the China Agriculture Research System program(CARS-41-G11).
文摘Background:There are many diseases in poultry,many of which are caused by poor immune function.It is not clear how cytokines and various immune cell functions change with age in modern broilers.The purpose of this study was to explore the patterns of development of the immunity of the broiler chickens in cage.Results:The results showed that there were 3 development patterns of immunity in the broiler chickens.The first pattern was Down-Up.Cytokines and some immune indicators first decreased and then increased,and the lowest levels of immunity basically occurred from d 6 to 13.The second pattern was Up-Down,and from d 30 to 34,the highest levels of non-specific cellular immunity components,such as the peripheral blood mononuclear macrophage ratio,specific cellular immunity components,such as the peripheral blood helper T(Th)cell ratio and T cell and B cell proliferation activity,and mucosal immunity components,such as the ileal CD4,TGF-β1 and IgA mRNA levels,were observed.The third pattern was Up-Up,and the levels of the non-specific cellular immunity components,such as the serum nitric oxide(NO),C3 and C4 levels,the specific cellular immunity components,such as the spleen index,peripheral blood IL-2,IFN-γ/IL-4,cytotoxic T(Tc)cell ratio,and splenic NF-κB mRNA levels,the humoral immunity components,such as the serum IgG level,the mucosal immunity components,such as the ileal MHC-II,CD3d,TCRβsubunit,TCRζsubunit,IFN-γ,pIgR mRNA and ileal mucosa sIgA levels,were continuing to increase from d 1 to 34.Conclusions:It could be concluded that the immune system and its function have not developed well in the broiler chickens d 6 to 13 and that the immune system does not mature until d 30 to 34 in the broiler chickens in cages.It is necessary to enhance the immune function of the broiler chickens through nutritional measures from d 1 to 30.
基金funded by the Modern China Agricultural Research System Program(CARS-41-G11).
文摘Background:Necrotic enteritis is a widespread disease in poultry caused by Clostridium perfringens.We previously reported that dietary arginine supplementation protected the intestinal mucosa of broiler chickens with necrotic enteritis,but the related protective mechanisms remain unclear.The in vivo trial was designed as a 2×2 factorial arrangement to evaluated the effects of arginine supplementation on inflammatory responses,arginine transporters,arginine catabolism and JAK-STAT signalling pathway in broiler chickens challenged with C.perfringens or without C.perfringens.Furthermore,we validated the in vivo results using intestinal epithelial cells of chicken embryos.Results:C.perfringens infection markedly increased gut gross pathological and histopathological lesion scores,promoted liver C.perfringens invasion,reduced serum arginine levels,and elevated jejunal mucosal lysozyme activities(P<0.05),but these effects were significantly reversed by arginine supplementation in vivo(P<0.05).The challenge significantly increased serum procalcitonin levels,jejunal mucosal iNOS activities and jejunal IL-6,TGF-β3,cationic amino acid transporter(CAT)-1,and CAT-3 mRNA expression(P<0.05),whereas arginine supplementation significantly reduced jejunal IFN-γ,IL-1β,IL-6,IL-10,TGF-β3,and CAT-3 mRNA expression(P<0.05).Arginine supplementation significantly attenuated the C.perfringens challenge-induced increases in jejunal i NOS,arginase 2,arginine decarboxylase,arginine:glycine amidinotransferase,JAK1,JAK3,STAT1,and STAT6 mRNA expression(P<0.05).The in vitro experiment showed that C.perfringens challenge markedly increased cellular cytotoxicity and the mRNA expression of IL-1β,IL-8,IL-10,CAT-1 and CAT-3(P<0.05),which were significantly reversed by 50μmol/L and/or400μmol/L arginine pre-treatment(P<0.05).Conclusions:Arginine prevented C.perfringens challenge-induced circulated arginine deficiency,normalized intestinal arginine transport and catabolism,down-regulated JAK-STAT signalling pathway and attenuated the inflammatory response,which exerted protective effects on the intestine of broiler chickens.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD0100600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270386)the Cyrus Tang Seed Innovation Center at Nanjing Agricultural University.
文摘The theory and associated selection methods of classical quantitative genetics are based on the multifactorial or polygene hypothesis.Major genes or quantitative trait loci(QTL)in modern quantitative genetics based on a“major gene plus polygenes”genetic system have been paid much attention in genetic studies.However,it remains unclear how the numerous minor genes act,although the polygene theory has sustained genetic improvement in plants and animals for more than a hundred years.In the present study,we identified a novel minor gene,BnSOT-like1(BnaA09g53490D),which is a sulfotransferase(SOT)gene catalyzing the formation of the core glucosinolate(GSL)structure in Brassica napus.This gene has been occasionally found during investigations of plant height-related genes,but has not been identified by QTL mapping because of its small phenotypic effects on GSL content.The overexpression of BnSOT-like1 up-regulated the expression of aliphatic GSL-associated genes,leading to a high seed aliphatic GSL content,and the overexpression of the allelic gene Bnsot-like1 did not increase seed GSL content.These findings suggest that the SOT gene has a marked effect on a quantitative trait from a reverse genetics standpoint,but a minor effect on the quantitative trait in its natural biological state.Because of the redundancy of GSL biosynthetic genes in the allotetraploid species B.napus,mutations of a single functional gene in the pathway will not result in significant phenotypic changes,and that the genes in biosynthetic pathways such as BnSOT-like1 in our study have minor effects and may be called polygenes in contrast to the reported three regulatory genes(BnHAG1s)which strongly affect GSL content in B.napus.The present study has shed light on a minor gene for a quantitative trait.
文摘In this paper, a new nonlinear conjugate gradient method is proposed for large-scale unconstrained optimization. The sufficient descent property holds without any line searches. We use some steplength technique which ensures the Zoutendijk condition to be held, this method is proved to be globally convergent. Finally, we improve it, and do further analysis.
文摘In this paper, three new hybrid nonlinear conjugate gradient methods are presented, which produce suf?cient descent search direction at every iteration. This property is independent of any line search or the convexity of the objective function used. Under suitable conditions, we prove that the proposed methods converge globally for general nonconvex functions. The numerical results show that all these three new hybrid methods are efficient for the given test problems.
文摘In web environments, proteomics data integra-tionin the life sciences needs to handle the problem of data conflicts arising from the het-erogeneity of data resources and from incom-patibilities between the inputs and outputs of services used in the analysis of the resources. The integration of complex, fast changing bio-logical data repositories can be potentially sup-ported by Grid computing to enable distributed data analysis. This paper presents an approach addressing the data conflict problems of pro-teomics data integration. We describe a pro-posed proteomics data integration architecture, in which a heterogeneous data integration sys-tem interoperates with Web Services and query processing tools for the virtual and materialised integration of a number of proteomics resources, either locally or remotely. Finally, we discuss how the architecture can be further used for supporting data maintenance and analysis ac-tivities.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41925022).
文摘Aerosols greatly influence precipitation characteristics,thereby impacting the regional climate and human life.As an indispensable factor for cloud formation and a critical radiation budget regulator,aerosols can affect precipitation intensity,frequency,geographical distribution,area,and time.However,discrepancies exist among current studies due to aerosol properties,precipitation types,the vertical location of aerosols and meteorological conditions.The development of technology has driven advances in current research,but understanding the aerosol effects on precipitation remain complex and challenging.This paper revolves around the following topics from the two perspectives of Aerosol-Radiation Interaction(ARI)and Aerosol-Cloud Interaction(ACI):(1)the influence of different vertical locations of absorbing/scattering aerosols on the atmospheric thermal structure;(2)the fundamental theories of ARI reducing surface wind speed,redistributing water vapour and energy,and then modulating precipitation intensity;(3)different aerosol types(absorbing versus scattering)and aerosol concentrations causing different precipitation diurnal and weekly variations;(4)microphysical processes(cloud water competition,invigoration effect,and evaporation cooling)and observational evidence of different effects of aerosols on precipitation intensity,including enhancing,inhibiting,and transitional effects from enhancement to suppression;and(5)how meteorology,water vapor and dynamics influencing the effect of ACI and ARI on precipitation.In addition,this review lists the existing issues and future research directions for attaining a more comprehensive understanding of aerosol effects on precipitation.Overall,this review advances our understanding of aerosol effects on precipitation and could guide the improvement of weather and climate models to predict complex aerosol-precipitation interactions more accurately.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (2022YFB4500704)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.62032008,62232012 and 62232011).
文摘Container-based virtualization isbecoming increasingly popular in cloud computing due to its efficiency and flexibility.Resource isolation is a fundamental property of containers.Existing works have indicated weak resource isolation could cause significant performance degradation for containerized applications and enhanced resource isolation.However,current studies have almost not discussed the isolation problems of page cache which is a key resource for containers.Containers leverage memory cgroup to control page cache usage.Unfortunately,existing policy introduces two major problems in a container-based environment.First,containers can utilize more memory than limited by their cgroup,effectively breaking memory isolation.Second,the Os kernel has to evict page cache to make space for newly-arrived memory requests,slowing down containerized applications.This paper performs an empirical study of these problems and demonstrates the performance impacts on containerized applications.Then we propose pCache(precise control of page cache)to address the problems by dividing page cache into private and shared and controlling both kinds of page cache separately and precisely.To do so,pCache leverages two new technologies:fair account(f-account)and evict on demand(EoD).F-account splits the shared page cache charging based on per-container share to prevent containers from using memory for free,enhancing memory isolation.And EoD reduces unnecessary page cache evictions to avoid the performance impacts.The evaluation results demonstrate that our system can effectively enhance memory isolation for containers and achieve substantial performance improvement over the original page cache management policy.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21875181,22209130,and 22279100)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(No.2019JLP-13)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M722524)。
文摘Five-membered pyrroline nitroxides with high-potential is fascinating as catholyte for aqueous organic redox flow batteries(AORFBs),however,it suffers from a primary deficiency of insufficient stability due to ring-opening side reaction.Herein we report a spatial structure regulation strategy by host-guest chemistry,encapsulating 3-carbamoyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrroline-1-oxyl(CPL)into hydrosoluble cyclodextrins(CDs)with an inclusion structure of N–O⋅head towards cavity bottom,to boost the solubility and cyclability of pyrroline nitroxides significantly.The armor-clad CPL(CPL⊂HP-β-CD)catholyte in 0.05–0.5 M presents a battery capacity fade rate as low as 0.002%/cycle(0.233%/day)compared to the sole CPL in 0.05 M(0.039%/cycle or 5.23%/day)over 500 cycles in assembled AORFBs.The optimized reclining spatial structure with N–O⋅head towards CD cavity bottom effectively inhibits the attack of Lewis base species on the hydrogen abstraction site in pyrroline ring,and thus avoids the ring-opening side reaction of pyrroline nitroxides.
基金This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFA1104300)the Space Medical Experiment Project of China Manned Space Program(HYZHXM01018)+4 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82241202)Scientific Innovation Project of the State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection(GZC00101)The Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(21KJB310003)Jiangsu Cardiovascular Medicine Innovation Center(CXZX202210)National Center for International Research(2017B01012).
文摘During spaceflight,the cardiovascular system undergoes remarkable adaptation to microgravity and faces the risk of cardiac remodeling.Therefore,the effects and mechanisms of microgravity on cardiac morphology,physiology,metabolism,and cellular biology need to be further investigated.Since China started constructing the China Space Station(CSS)in 2021,we have taken advantage of the Shenzhou-13 capsule to send human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes(hPSC-CMs)to the Tianhe core module of the CSS.In this study,hPSC-CMs subjected to space microgravity showed decreased beating rate and abnormal intracellular calcium cycling.Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses revealed a battery of metabolic remodeling of hPSC-CMs in spaceflight,especially thiamine metabolism.The microgravity condition blocked the thiamine intake in hPSC-CMs.The decline of thiamine utilization under microgravity or by its antagonistic analog amprolium affected the process of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.It decreased ATP production,which led to cytoskeletal remodeling and calcium homeostasis imbalance in hPSC-CMs.More importantly,in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that thiamine supplementation could reverse the adaptive changes induced by simulated microgravity.This study represents the first astrobiological study on the China Space Station and lays a solid foundation for further aerospace biomedical research.These data indicate that intervention of thiamine-modified metabolic reprogramming in human cardiomyocytes during spaceflight might be a feasible countermeasure against microgravity.