In Central African Republic, edible caterpillars of Imbrasia gender are income of rural populations, present an opportunity to improve food security and belonging to the category of Non-wood forest products. The goal ...In Central African Republic, edible caterpillars of Imbrasia gender are income of rural populations, present an opportunity to improve food security and belonging to the category of Non-wood forest products. The goal of this study is to document the ecology of caterpillars of genre Imbrasia in relation to its host plants in Boukoko. The questionnaire was addressed to the actors of the collection and consumption of caterpillars in this Commune, to their local knowledge concerning this food resource as well as the plants of their locality on which caterpillars are collected. The survey took place in September to October 2022 and as a general rule, the 120 respondents were elderly people whose age range varied from 35 to 70 years old. Plant samples are collected in their natural environment. Based on local names;herbaria are mounted, plants photographed and samples collected. The types of edible caterpillars have been inventoried in the field in collaboration with the local populations who consume them. Based on local names, the caterpillars are captured manually from morphological traits and then stored in bottles containing 70% ethanol. The specimens were identified. The data was entered into the Excel spreadsheet which also made it possible to produce histograms with the frequencies of the plant species most valued by the different caterpillars. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was then performed using R software to highlight the correlation between caterpillars and host plants. The main economic importance trees hosting edible caterpillars of Imbrasia gender in Boukoko region are: Entandrophragma cylindricum, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Maesopsis eminii, Albizia ferruginea, Macaranga spinosa, Amphimas ferrugineus, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Racosperma auriculiforme, Eribroma oblonga. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) carried out to assess the variability between the different species of caterpillars according to their host plants shows that the first two axes F1 and F2 explain 27.34% of the overall variability. The different variables along the two factorial axes are weakly correlated. The caterpillar species Imbrasia truncata, Imbrasia epimethea, Imbrasia obscura, Imbrasia petiveri, Imbrasia forda and Imbrasia alopia have more host plant diversity than the caterpillar species: Imbrasia melanops, Imbrasia eblis, Imbrasia anthina, Imbrasia wahlbergii and Imbrasia oyemensis.展开更多
Office workers could lose almost half a stone a year simply by standing up at their desks, new research suggests.The international study of more than 1,000 men and women found that standing instead of sitting for six ...Office workers could lose almost half a stone a year simply by standing up at their desks, new research suggests.The international study of more than 1,000 men and women found that standing instead of sitting for six hours a day burned an extra 54 calories daily—resulting in significant weight loss. The research, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.展开更多
On April 13,the judiciary of Brazil St.Paul under the help of the local police suddenly confiscated the wholesales market of Chinese clothing,located at Street 25 of the shopping center. In all,48 Chinese dealers were...On April 13,the judiciary of Brazil St.Paul under the help of the local police suddenly confiscated the wholesales market of Chinese clothing,located at Street 25 of the shopping center. In all,48 Chinese dealers were seized under allegation展开更多
ANYONE who has spent time working in China will have noticed how everything grinds to a halt at lunch time, which lasts from noon to 1：30 p.m. Nothing interrupts lunch. And what follows lunch is a phenomenon that is ...ANYONE who has spent time working in China will have noticed how everything grinds to a halt at lunch time, which lasts from noon to 1：30 p.m. Nothing interrupts lunch. And what follows lunch is a phenomenon that is at first amusing, then irritating and finally simply accepted as the status quo.展开更多
China seeks to stabilize relations with European countries amid rising anxiety in the EU over‘lose-lose’prospects as geopolitical competition leads to political fragmentation and economic uncertainties。
A number of disorders have been described to cause protein losing enteropathy (PLE) in children. Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) is one mechanism leading to PLE. Few syndromes are associated with PIL; Hennek...A number of disorders have been described to cause protein losing enteropathy (PLE) in children. Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) is one mechanism leading to PLE. Few syndromes are associated with PIL; Hennekam syndrome (HS) is one of them. The principal treatment for PIL is a high protein, low fat diet with medium chain triglycerides supplementation. Supportive therapy includes albumin infusion. Few publications have supported the use of octreotide to diminish protein loss and minimize hypoalbuminemia seen in PIL. There are no publications on the treatment of PIL with octreotide in patients with HS. We report two children with HS and PLE in which we used octreotide to decrease intestinal protein loss. In one patient, octreotide increased serum albumin to an acceptable level without further need for albumin infusions. The other patient responded more dramatically with near normal serum albumin levels and cessation of albumin infusions. In achieving a good response to octreotide in both patients, we add to the publications supporting the use of octreotide in PIL and suggest that octreotide should be tried in patients with PIL secondary to HS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report on the use of octreotide in HS-associated PIL.展开更多
BACKGROUND Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia(PIL),first described in 1961,is a rare disorder of unknown etiology resulting in protein-losing enteropathy.The disease is characterized by dilatation and leakage of inte...BACKGROUND Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia(PIL),first described in 1961,is a rare disorder of unknown etiology resulting in protein-losing enteropathy.The disease is characterized by dilatation and leakage of intestinal lymph vessels leading to hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and lymphopenia.Since the severity and location of lymph vessels being affected can vary considerably,the range of associated symptoms is wide from mild lower-limb edema to generalized edema,abdominal and/or pleural effusion,and recurrent diarrhea,among others.Although usually developing in early childhood,we present the case of a 34-yearold woman with PIL.Moreover,we performed a literature review systematically assessing clinical presentation,and provide a practical approach to facilitate diagnosis and therapy of PIL in adults.CASE SUMMARY Our patient presented with unspecific symptoms of abdominal discomfort,fatigue,nausea,and recurrent edema of the lower limbs.Interestingly,a striking collinearity of clinical symptoms with female hormone status was evident.Additionally,polyglobulia,hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and transient lymphocytopenia were evident.Due to suspicion of a bone marrow disease,an extensive diagnostic investigation was carried out excluding secondary causes of polyglobulinemia and hypoalbuminemia.The diagnosis of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia was established after 22 wk by histological analysis of biopsy samples obtained via enteroscopy.Consecutively,the patient was put on a high-protein and low-fat diet with medium-chain triglycerides supplementation leading to significant improvement of clinical symptoms until 2 years of follow-up.CONCLUSION PIL can be the reason for cryptogenic hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and lymphopenia in adulthood.Due to difficulty in correct diagnosis,treatment initiation is often delayed despite being effective and welltolerated.This leads to a significant disease burden in affected patients.PIL is increasingly been recognized in adults since the majority of case reports were published within the last 10 years,pointing towards an underestimation of the true prevalence.The association with female hormone status warrants further investigation.展开更多
The key of the direct method of determining coalbed gas content is how to shorten the coal core exposure time in the sampling progress and reduce measuring error of gas content which comes from the calculation of losi...The key of the direct method of determining coalbed gas content is how to shorten the coal core exposure time in the sampling progress and reduce measuring error of gas content which comes from the calculation of losing gas content. The coring tests were carried out in No.24 drilling field of 715 floor gateway in Qinan Coal Mine by using traditional drill core bar- rel sampler and self-designed reversion seal coring equipment. The losing gas content was calculated by power functional method, and the gas content of two coring methods was determined, respectively. Results show that, compared with traditional drill core barrel sampling, the newly seal coring equipment can significantly shorten the coal core exposure time, the 30 min desorption gas content increases obviously, the calculation of losing gas content reduces by 56.99%, the desorption gas content in normal atmosphere increases by 113.24%, and the determining value of gas content increases by 10.06%. The new technol- ogy has much higher accuracy, and it is worthwhile to be popularized.展开更多
In China, hot researches on shale oil were raised by the important breakthrough of shale oil in America. Obviously, the first important issue is the actual shale oil resource potential of China, and the selection of t...In China, hot researches on shale oil were raised by the important breakthrough of shale oil in America. Obviously, the first important issue is the actual shale oil resource potential of China, and the selection of the key appraisement parameter is vital to the shale oil resource amount. Among the appraisement parameters, the oil content parameter（S1） is the key one, but the evaluation result is generally lower because of light hydrocarbon losing and heavy hydrocarbon handling. And the more important thing is that the light hydrocarbon with small molecular weight is more recoverable, and therefore its amount is important to the total shale oil yields. Based on pyrolysis experiments and the kinetic model of hydrocarbon generation, correction factors and a model of light hydrocarbon losing and heavy hydrocarbon handling were established. The results show that the correction factor of heavy hydrocarbon handling is 3.2, and that of light hydrocarbon losing is controlled by kerogen type, maturity and hydrocarbon generation environment（closed or open）.展开更多
Development of oedema and hypoproteinaemia in a liver transplant recipient may be the first signs of graft dysfunction and should prompt a full assessment. We report the novel case of a patient who, years after liver ...Development of oedema and hypoproteinaemia in a liver transplant recipient may be the first signs of graft dysfunction and should prompt a full assessment. We report the novel case of a patient who, years after liver transplantation developed a functional blind loop in an incisional hernia, which manifested as oedema and hypoproteinaemia secondary to protein losing enteropathy. After numerous investigations, the diagnosis was made by flurodeoxyglucose positron emmision tomography (FDG-PET) imaging. Surgical repair of the incisional hernia was followed several months later by resolution of the protein loss, and confirmed at a post operative FDG-PET scan at one year.展开更多
The most distinctive contribution of the American dramatist Tennessee Williams to American theatre,is his studies of Southern Madames.This essay is to depict how the Southern belles,the delicate,lonely and vulnerable ...The most distinctive contribution of the American dramatist Tennessee Williams to American theatre,is his studies of Southern Madames.This essay is to depict how the Southern belles,the delicate,lonely and vulnerable dreamers,as Amanda Wingfield and her daughter,Laura in The Glass Menagerie,and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire,surrender and lose themselves thoroughly with progress of historical and social development.展开更多
文摘In Central African Republic, edible caterpillars of Imbrasia gender are income of rural populations, present an opportunity to improve food security and belonging to the category of Non-wood forest products. The goal of this study is to document the ecology of caterpillars of genre Imbrasia in relation to its host plants in Boukoko. The questionnaire was addressed to the actors of the collection and consumption of caterpillars in this Commune, to their local knowledge concerning this food resource as well as the plants of their locality on which caterpillars are collected. The survey took place in September to October 2022 and as a general rule, the 120 respondents were elderly people whose age range varied from 35 to 70 years old. Plant samples are collected in their natural environment. Based on local names;herbaria are mounted, plants photographed and samples collected. The types of edible caterpillars have been inventoried in the field in collaboration with the local populations who consume them. Based on local names, the caterpillars are captured manually from morphological traits and then stored in bottles containing 70% ethanol. The specimens were identified. The data was entered into the Excel spreadsheet which also made it possible to produce histograms with the frequencies of the plant species most valued by the different caterpillars. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was then performed using R software to highlight the correlation between caterpillars and host plants. The main economic importance trees hosting edible caterpillars of Imbrasia gender in Boukoko region are: Entandrophragma cylindricum, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Maesopsis eminii, Albizia ferruginea, Macaranga spinosa, Amphimas ferrugineus, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Racosperma auriculiforme, Eribroma oblonga. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) carried out to assess the variability between the different species of caterpillars according to their host plants shows that the first two axes F1 and F2 explain 27.34% of the overall variability. The different variables along the two factorial axes are weakly correlated. The caterpillar species Imbrasia truncata, Imbrasia epimethea, Imbrasia obscura, Imbrasia petiveri, Imbrasia forda and Imbrasia alopia have more host plant diversity than the caterpillar species: Imbrasia melanops, Imbrasia eblis, Imbrasia anthina, Imbrasia wahlbergii and Imbrasia oyemensis.
文摘Office workers could lose almost half a stone a year simply by standing up at their desks, new research suggests.The international study of more than 1,000 men and women found that standing instead of sitting for six hours a day burned an extra 54 calories daily—resulting in significant weight loss. The research, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
文摘On April 13,the judiciary of Brazil St.Paul under the help of the local police suddenly confiscated the wholesales market of Chinese clothing,located at Street 25 of the shopping center. In all,48 Chinese dealers were seized under allegation
文摘ANYONE who has spent time working in China will have noticed how everything grinds to a halt at lunch time, which lasts from noon to 1：30 p.m. Nothing interrupts lunch. And what follows lunch is a phenomenon that is at first amusing, then irritating and finally simply accepted as the status quo.
文摘China seeks to stabilize relations with European countries amid rising anxiety in the EU over‘lose-lose’prospects as geopolitical competition leads to political fragmentation and economic uncertainties。
文摘A number of disorders have been described to cause protein losing enteropathy (PLE) in children. Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) is one mechanism leading to PLE. Few syndromes are associated with PIL; Hennekam syndrome (HS) is one of them. The principal treatment for PIL is a high protein, low fat diet with medium chain triglycerides supplementation. Supportive therapy includes albumin infusion. Few publications have supported the use of octreotide to diminish protein loss and minimize hypoalbuminemia seen in PIL. There are no publications on the treatment of PIL with octreotide in patients with HS. We report two children with HS and PLE in which we used octreotide to decrease intestinal protein loss. In one patient, octreotide increased serum albumin to an acceptable level without further need for albumin infusions. The other patient responded more dramatically with near normal serum albumin levels and cessation of albumin infusions. In achieving a good response to octreotide in both patients, we add to the publications supporting the use of octreotide in PIL and suggest that octreotide should be tried in patients with PIL secondary to HS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report on the use of octreotide in HS-associated PIL.
文摘BACKGROUND Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia(PIL),first described in 1961,is a rare disorder of unknown etiology resulting in protein-losing enteropathy.The disease is characterized by dilatation and leakage of intestinal lymph vessels leading to hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and lymphopenia.Since the severity and location of lymph vessels being affected can vary considerably,the range of associated symptoms is wide from mild lower-limb edema to generalized edema,abdominal and/or pleural effusion,and recurrent diarrhea,among others.Although usually developing in early childhood,we present the case of a 34-yearold woman with PIL.Moreover,we performed a literature review systematically assessing clinical presentation,and provide a practical approach to facilitate diagnosis and therapy of PIL in adults.CASE SUMMARY Our patient presented with unspecific symptoms of abdominal discomfort,fatigue,nausea,and recurrent edema of the lower limbs.Interestingly,a striking collinearity of clinical symptoms with female hormone status was evident.Additionally,polyglobulia,hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and transient lymphocytopenia were evident.Due to suspicion of a bone marrow disease,an extensive diagnostic investigation was carried out excluding secondary causes of polyglobulinemia and hypoalbuminemia.The diagnosis of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia was established after 22 wk by histological analysis of biopsy samples obtained via enteroscopy.Consecutively,the patient was put on a high-protein and low-fat diet with medium-chain triglycerides supplementation leading to significant improvement of clinical symptoms until 2 years of follow-up.CONCLUSION PIL can be the reason for cryptogenic hypoalbuminemia,hypogammaglobulinemia,and lymphopenia in adulthood.Due to difficulty in correct diagnosis,treatment initiation is often delayed despite being effective and welltolerated.This leads to a significant disease burden in affected patients.PIL is increasingly been recognized in adults since the majority of case reports were published within the last 10 years,pointing towards an underestimation of the true prevalence.The association with female hormone status warrants further investigation.
文摘The key of the direct method of determining coalbed gas content is how to shorten the coal core exposure time in the sampling progress and reduce measuring error of gas content which comes from the calculation of losing gas content. The coring tests were carried out in No.24 drilling field of 715 floor gateway in Qinan Coal Mine by using traditional drill core bar- rel sampler and self-designed reversion seal coring equipment. The losing gas content was calculated by power functional method, and the gas content of two coring methods was determined, respectively. Results show that, compared with traditional drill core barrel sampling, the newly seal coring equipment can significantly shorten the coal core exposure time, the 30 min desorption gas content increases obviously, the calculation of losing gas content reduces by 56.99%, the desorption gas content in normal atmosphere increases by 113.24%, and the determining value of gas content increases by 10.06%. The new technol- ogy has much higher accuracy, and it is worthwhile to be popularized.
基金supported by "the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities" (14CX05017A)the Natural Science Foundation of China (41330313)+1 种基金Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Heilongjiang Provincial University (1252-NCET-012)CNPC Innovation Foundation (2011D-5006-0101)
文摘In China, hot researches on shale oil were raised by the important breakthrough of shale oil in America. Obviously, the first important issue is the actual shale oil resource potential of China, and the selection of the key appraisement parameter is vital to the shale oil resource amount. Among the appraisement parameters, the oil content parameter（S1） is the key one, but the evaluation result is generally lower because of light hydrocarbon losing and heavy hydrocarbon handling. And the more important thing is that the light hydrocarbon with small molecular weight is more recoverable, and therefore its amount is important to the total shale oil yields. Based on pyrolysis experiments and the kinetic model of hydrocarbon generation, correction factors and a model of light hydrocarbon losing and heavy hydrocarbon handling were established. The results show that the correction factor of heavy hydrocarbon handling is 3.2, and that of light hydrocarbon losing is controlled by kerogen type, maturity and hydrocarbon generation environment（closed or open）.
文摘Development of oedema and hypoproteinaemia in a liver transplant recipient may be the first signs of graft dysfunction and should prompt a full assessment. We report the novel case of a patient who, years after liver transplantation developed a functional blind loop in an incisional hernia, which manifested as oedema and hypoproteinaemia secondary to protein losing enteropathy. After numerous investigations, the diagnosis was made by flurodeoxyglucose positron emmision tomography (FDG-PET) imaging. Surgical repair of the incisional hernia was followed several months later by resolution of the protein loss, and confirmed at a post operative FDG-PET scan at one year.
文摘The most distinctive contribution of the American dramatist Tennessee Williams to American theatre,is his studies of Southern Madames.This essay is to depict how the Southern belles,the delicate,lonely and vulnerable dreamers,as Amanda Wingfield and her daughter,Laura in The Glass Menagerie,and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire,surrender and lose themselves thoroughly with progress of historical and social development.
