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Effect Of Anti-Aging On Human Epidermal Keratinocyte By Uvb Induced For Green Tea Crude Water Extract, Wang Zhen, Liu Zhonghua, Cai Shuxian, Liu An, Wen Yi

Food and Machinery

In this study, anti-aging effects of green tea crude water extract were studied using human epidermal keratinocyte as model which induced by ultraviolet B (UVB). The green tea extract of 0～20 μg/mL was added to DMEM cell culture medium, then cells were induced by radiation of 60 mJ/cm² UVB. The anti-aging effects were studied by cellular morphology, apoptosis level, cell viability, intracellular antioxidant enzyme activity, intracellular active oxygen cluster (ROS) content, malonaldehyde（MDA）content, cell mitochondrial membrane potential and Na⁺,K⁺-ATP enzyme activities. The results showed that the crude extract of green tea could obviously improve cell volume, …

Interventional Effects Of Wild Oenanthe Javanica Extract In Guizhou Province In Type 2 Diabetic Mice, Chen Xiaojing, Guo Xiaoqing, Wu Nayiyu, Dai Tiantian

Food and Machinery

After 5 weeks feeding, the type 2 diabetes mellitus was established by intraperitoneal injection of low-dose STZ (75 mg/kg), to measure and statistically analyz the body weight, blood lipid level, fastig blood glucose level. The extracs of Oenanthe javanica can prevent the increase of blood glucose and the reduction of blood weight in STZ-induced type 2 diabets mice. In the study, the type 2 diabetic mice modle using high glucose and high fat diet and low dose STZ injection occurred at 3weeks, the achievment ratio was 80%, the aqueous extracts composition mold rate was 40%, the alcohol extracts was 60%. …

Study On Optimization And Effect Of Microwave Assisted Dilute Acid Degradation Of Corn Cob, Zhu Liyan, Yang Xiaorui, Wang Wei, Liang Jinhua, Zhu Jianliang

Food and Machinery

In order to improve the utilization rate and economic benefit of lignocellulose, the hydrolysis of corncob was studied by the method of using dilute acid as catalyst under microwave irradiation. Through single factor and orthogonal way ,the influences of microwave radiation time, microwave power, acid concentration, solid-liquid ratio and particle size of corncob were discussed with sugar yield and raw material conversion rate as index ; Raw materials and three methods of treatment of hydrolyzed residue were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR).The results showed that the optimal reaction conditions were as follow: corncob was crushed …

Optimization On Mixed Fermentation Process With Brown Rice Ferment, Zhang Xupu, Bai Junyan, Liu Tengyun, Wu Rongrong, Cheng Shumei

Food and Machinery

The mixed fermentation process of enzymatic brown rice was optimized by the response surface method. In order to optimize the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum in short-term mixed fermented brown rice, the fermentation medium components of the traditional brown rice enzyme were optimized and the interaction between the constituent components was analyzed. Firstly, the main factors were analyzed by pre-experiemntal. The vital influencing factors of biomass, such as honey, brown rice and NaCl, were determined by Plackett-Burman test. The direction and step size of the steepest climbing test are set according to the three important factors effect intensity. …

Left Atrial Structure And Function In Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Sarcomere Mutation Carriers With And Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Hoshang Farhad, Sara B Seidelmann, Davis Vigneault, Siddique A Abbasi, Eunice Yang, Sharlene M Day, Steven D Colan, Mark W Russell, Jeffrey Towbin, Mark V Sherrid, Charles E Canter, Ling Shi, Michael Jerosch-Herold, David A Bluemke, Carolyn Ho, Tomas G Neilan

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Impaired left atrial (LA) function is an early marker of cardiac dysfunction and predictor of adverse cardiac events. Herein, we assess LA structure and function in hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) sarcomere mutation carriers with and without left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

METHOD: Seventy-three participants of the HCMNet study who underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging were studied, including mutation carriers with overt HCM (n = 34), preclinical mutation carriers without HCM (n = 24) and healthy, familial controls (n = 15).

RESULTS: LA volumes were similar between preclinical, control and overt HCM cohorts after covariate adjustment. However, there was …

Decisional Bias As Implicit Moral Judgment, Toni Spring, Herbert D. Saltzstein

Publications and Research

Decisional bias (false alarm rate) when judging the guilt/innocence of a suspect is offered as an implicit measure of moral judgment. Combining two data sets, 215 participants, ages 10-12, 13-15, and 16-18 watched the visually identical film involving a person setting a fire, framed either as (a) intentional but not resulting in a fire (BI-NF), (b) unintentional but resulting in a major fire (NI-F), or (c) intentional and resulting in a major fire (BI-F). After watching the film, participants identified seriatim who of six individuals was the perpetrator and how certain they were. The data were subjected to a signal …

Cobalt-Based Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Non-Noble Metal Catalysts For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Meng-Xiu Jiang, Jing Zhang, Yue-Hua Li, Rong Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Transition metal-nitrogen co-doped carbon catalysts have attracted significant attention because of their reasonable activity and remarkable selectivity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as cathodic reaction in fuel cells. However, the role of transition metal in the active sites of the catalysts still is uncertain. In this work, the Co_x-N_y/C-T catalysts were prepared with BP2000 as a carbon source, urea (Ur) as a nitrogen source and Co(OAc)₂•4H₂O as a metal precursor by a simple chemical method. Meanwhile, in order to optimize the ORR activity, the catalysts were synthesized with different amounts of Co …

Multicenter, Randomized Study To Optimize Bowel For Colon Capsule Endoscopy, David Kastenberg, Wilmot C. Burch Jr, David P. Romeo, Pankaj K. Kashyap, David C. Pound, Neophytos Papageorgiou, Ignacio Fernández-Urien Sainz, Carly E. Sokach, Douglas K. Rex

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

AIM To assess the cleansing efficacy and safety of a new Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) bowel preparation regimen. METHODS This was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled study comparing two CCE regimens. Subjects were asymptomatic and average risk for colorectal cancer. The second generation CCE system (PillCam^® COLON 2; Medtronic, Yoqneam, Israel) was utilized. Preparation regimens differed in the 1^st and 2^nd boosts with the Study regimen using oral sulfate solution (89 mL) with diatrizoate meglumine and diatrizoate sodium solution (“diatrizoate solution”) (boost 1 = 60 mL, boost 2 = 30 mL) and the Control regimen oral sulfate …

Deep Learning Architectures For Multi-Label Classification Of Intelligent Health Risk Prediction, Andrew Maxwell, Runzhi Li, Bei Yang, Heng Weng, Aihua Ou, Huixiao Hong, Zhaoxian Zhou, Ping Gong, Chaoyang Zhang

Faculty Publications

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Core-Shell Pd@Pt Ultrathin Nanowires As Durable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts, Xin Wang, Yun-Jie Xiong, Liang-Liang Zou, Qing-Hong Huang, Zhi-Qing Zou, Hui Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

This paper describes a simple CO-assisted reduction approach for the controllable synthesis of ultrathin Pd nanowires along the one-dimensional (1D) direction. Ultrathin Pt films from one to several atomic layers were successfully decorated onto ultrathin Pd nanowires by utilizing Cu UPD deposition, and followed by in-situ redox replacement reaction of UPD Cu by Pt. The core–shell structure and composition of the Pd@Pt ultrathin nanowires have been verified using transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The core–shell Pd@Pt ultrathin nanowires exhibited comparative electrocatalytic activity and improved durability for the oxygen reduction reaction in comparison with commercial Pt black. The …

Effect Of Allyl Thiourea On Nickel Electrodeposition From Solution Containing Ammonia And Chloride, Ya-Ning He, Liang Yuan, Zhi-Ying Ding, Shi-Jun Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The effects of allylthiourea (ATU) concentration on the cathodic polarization behaviour, nucleation and surface morphology of nickel electrodeposited on the glassy carbon electrode from ammonia-ammonium chloride-water (NH₃-NH₄Cl-H₂O) solutions were investigated by cyclic voltammogry, cathodic polarization and current transient methods. The results revealed that the addition of ATU inhibited nickel deposition, which was enhanced with an increase in ATU concentration from 5 to 50 mg•L^-1. The initial deposition kinetics corresponded to a model including instantaneous nucleation and diffusion controlled growth. In the presence of ATU, the initial nucleation of nickel electrocrystallisation remained unchanged. …

Effects Of Jet Milling And Classifying Process On The Performance Of Lifepo4/C In Full Batteries, Xing-Liang Liu, Mao-Ping Yang, Wei-Wei Wang, Yong Cao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The carbon coated lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO₄/C) composite cathode material was prepared by using iron phosphate process. The effects of jet milling and classifying process on the electrochemical performance of LiFePO₄/C cathode material in full batteries were investigted. Scanning electron microscopic analyses suggested that the globose secondary particles were crustily crushed during the jet milling and classifying process, which would further result in lower tap density and carbon content. The LiFeP₄/C composite cathode materials with different physical characteristics were further tested in full batteries to evaluate the electrochemical properties. The results showed no obvious …

Engineering The Electrochemical Capacitive Properties Of Activated Carbon By Correct Selection Of Ionic-Liquid Electrolytes, Qiu-Hong Zhang, Bao-Shou Shen, Song-Lin Zuo, Xin-Yu Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

In order to improve the electrochemical capacitive properties and to apply coconut shell activated carbon (AC) serving as electrode materials in ionic liquid (IL)-based supercapacitor (SC), the coconut shell AC material was re-activated using a steam as an activating agent in this work, forming a secondary AC (W-AC). The results showed that the specific capacitance of the W-AC electrode was much larger than that of the raw activated carbon electrode (R-AC) in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMIM]BF₄). The electrochemical techniques including cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) measurement, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to systematically study the capacitive …

Effect Of Fe2+/Fe3+Interconvertion On Reduction Behavior Of Fe3+ In Acidic Electrolytes, Jian-Xin Qin, Feng Lin, Wen-Ping Liu, Chao Chen, Meng-De Ren

Journal of Electrochemistry

The influences of ferrous/ferric (Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺) interconvertion on electrochemical reduction and electrode reaction of Fe³⁺ were investigated by using linear sweep voltammetry, potentiostatic method and cyclic voltammetry (CV) in acidic electrolytes containing chloride ion (Cl^-) and sulfate ion (SO₄^2-). It was shown that the reduction process of Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ would take place in two independent stages: (1) the reduction of Fe³⁺ to Fe²⁺ at E=0.35V and (2) the co-precipitation of Fe²⁺ by forming Fe(OH)₂ (E≤-0.3 V) instead of Fe. The major effect of Fe^{2+ …}

Effect Of Calcium On Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance Of Bridge Steel, Dong-Liang Li, Gui-Qin Fu, Miao-Yong Zhu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion behavior of bridge steel in simulated hot and humid industrial-marine atmosphere was investigated by mass loss analysis, XRD, SEM, electrochemical methods and a wet/dry alternate immersion corrosion test using 0.1 mol•L^-1 NaCl+0.01 mol•L^-1 NaHSO₃ solutions. The corrosion depth (W) of experimental steels before and after calcium treatment versus time (t) curves showed a good agreement with the power function of W=Atⁿ. The corrosion products were mainly composed of amorphous phase and a small amount of crystals including α-FeOOH, β-FeOOH, γ-FeOOH and Fe₃O₄. Trace calcium could promote the formation of …

Assessing Irrigation Aquifer Depletion: Introduction, Kevin L. Wagner

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Ogallala Aquifer Program: A Catalyst For Research And Education To Sustain The Ogallala Aquifer On The Southern High Plains (2003-2017), David Brauer, Dan Devlin, Kevin Wagner, Mike Ballou, Dean Hawkins, Robert Lascano

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) was created in 2003 with support from Congressmen from Kansas and Texas. The OAP is a research-education consortium seeking solutions from problems arising from declining water availability from the Ogallala Aquifer in western Kansas and the Texas High Plains. The consortium is led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) laboratories in Bushland and Lubbock, TX, and the university partners are Kansas State University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service, Texas Tech University, and West Texas A&M University. The OAP has provided over $40 million to support research and education activities. About half of these …

Irrigated Corn Production And Management In The Texas High Plains, Qingwu Xue, Thomas H. Marek, Wenwei Xu, Jourdan Bell

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Corn is the major irrigated crop in the Texas High Plains (THP) and uses 53% of the total agricultural regional water resource budget. Currently, the declining water level of the Ogallala Aquifer, coupled with irrigation pumping restrictions by regional groundwater conservation districts, is challenging sustainable, high level corn production. The objective of this article is to review production levels and evaluate corn management practices in the THP with reduced or limited levels of irrigation. Long-term field studies demonstrate that yield and water use efficiency (WUE) have increased significantly over the last forty years while seasonal corn evapotranspiration (ET) under full …

Crop Water Production Functions Of Grain Sorghum And Winter Wheat In Kansas And Texas, Joseph T. Moberly, Robert M. Aiken, Xiaomao Lin, Alan J. Schlegel, R. Louis Baumhardt, Robert C. Schwartz

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Productivity of water-limited cropping systems can be reduced by untimely distribution of water as well as cold and heat stress. The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive accuracy of the Kansas Water Budget (KSWB) model for crop water use and grain productivity of grain sorghum and winter wheat grown in a range of crop sequences. The relationship of grain yield to crop water use, reported in several crop sequence studies conducted in Bushland, TX, and Colby and Tribune, KS, was compared against the KSWB modeling results. Field studies showed that the yield responses of grain sorghum to …

The Economics Of Local Enhanced Management Areas In Southwest Kansas, Bill Golden, Bridget Guerrero

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The purpose of this research is to provide input into the water planning process for select subareas in southwest Kansas. Stakeholder input suggests that a reduction in groundwater use may be desirable in order to preserve the Ogallala Aquifer and extend its economic contribution to both the producer and the regional economy. In an endeavor to define the benefits and costs of water conservation policy, this research estimates measures of producer net profits and regional value added and places a monetary value on the conserved groundwater. The results of the models that assume the goal is to maximize producer profits, …

Understanding Climate-Hydrologic-Human Interactions To Guide Groundwater Model Development For Southern High Plains, Venkatesh Uddameri, Sreeram Singaraju, Abdullah Karim, Prasanna Gowda, Ryan Bailey, Meagan Schipanski

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The Ogallala Aquifer is the only reliable source of freshwater in the Southern High Plains (SHP) and is used extensively to build a strong agricultural economy with a significant impact on global food security. Groundwater models capable of simulating human-hydrologic-climate interactions are crucial to guide future water management and policy planning endeavors in this water stressed region. A well-defined conceptual model is a necessary first-step in that direction. Conceptual modeling should not be limited to compiling necessary datasets but must also focus on generating critical insights pertaining to human-climate-aquifer interactions especially when the emphasis is on guiding future policy. Model …

Water Budget Development For Sgma Compliance, Case Study: Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin, Maritza Flores Marquez, Samuel Sandoval-Solis, Alyssa J. Devicentis, Jose Pablo Ortiz Partida, Erfan Goharian, Bruno R. Britos, Pablo T. Silva Jordan, Glenn T. Mcgourty, David J. Lewis, Rachel B. Elkins, John M. Harper

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is the first comprehensive legislative effort to reform groundwater management in the state of California after years of uncoordinated and voluntary governance of this resource. The objective of this study is to a) describe the SGMA in California, b) describe a method for estimating a water budget, and c) present the implementation of this method for the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin (UVGB). An estimated water budget, done on a monthly time step from 1991 to 2015, was developed in order to characterize the UVGB. Results suggest that the groundwater basin is not in overdraft, …

Aquifer Depletion In The Lower Mississippi River Basin: Challenges And Solutions, M.L. Reba, J.H. Massey, M.A. Adviento-Borbe, D. Leslie, M.A. Yaeger, M. Anders, J. Farris

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The Lower Mississippi River Basin (LMRB) is an internationally-important region of intensive agricultural crop production that relies heavily on the underlying Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (MRVAA) for irrigation. Extensive irrigation coupled with the region's geology have led to significant aquifer decline. The response to the decline has been multi-faceted. Research related to three responses are highlighted: innovation in rice irrigation, on-farm reservoirs, and managed aquifer recharge. Irrigated rice grown in Arkansas, which is nearly 50% of annual U.S. rice production, accounts for a significant portion of aquifer withdrawal. As a result, strategies for using less water while maintaining rice …

Hospital Variation In Costs – A Challenge To The Value Proposition, Aaron B. Caughey, Jonathan M. Snowden

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Mini Commentary on 2017-OG-19978R1: Hospital Variation in Cost of Childbirth and Contributing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study. To view this article visit https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15007.

Effectiveness And Safety Differences Of Isoxsuprine And Nifedipine As Tocolytics In The Risk Of Preterm Labor, Nur Oktavia, Yulistiani Yulistiani, Unedo H Markus, Hendriette Irene Mamo

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Premature labor is a cause of high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The use of tocolytics is one of the efforts to handle the risk of preterm labor. Tocolytics which are widely used in Indonesia is isoxsuprine and nifedipine. The purpose of this study was to identify the difference of effectiveness and safety of isoxsuprine as tocolytics in the risk of preterm labor. This was an observational study in the form of a case study that was done in detail and depth to the patients who were diagnosed as imminent preterm labor. In conclusion, there were differences in the …

Analysis Of The Expression Of Fas/Cd95 And Hsp70 In Low And High Grade Urothelial Cell Carcinoma Of The Bladder, Heryanto Heryanto, Etty Hary Kusumastuti, Anny Setijo Rahaju

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Urothelial Cell Carcinoma (UCC), also called transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, is the most common malignancy in urinary tract. The prognosis of this disease is highly dependent on the histological grading at diagnosis. Fas/CD95 has a role in apoptotic process, whereas HSP70 has an antiapoptotic role. This study aimed to analyze the expression of Fas/CD95 and HSP70 in low grade and high grade urothelial cell carcinoma in the bladder. This was an analytic observational study with cross sectional approach. Population and sample were paraffin blocks of urothelial cell carcinoma in the Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya …

Prevalence Of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes In Low And High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions At Cervical Tissue, Rizki Eko Prasetyo, Gondo Mastutik, Sjahjenny Mustokoweni

Folia Medica Indonesiana

HPV infection is known to cause cervical cancer. This study aimed to identify the variant of HPV genotypes of cervical precancerous lesions from low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL). This was an explorative study using formalin fix paraffin embedded (FFPE) from cervical precancerous lesions at Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. DNA was extracted from FFPE and hybridized for HPV genotyping using Ampliquality HPV Type Express kit (AB ANALITICA) by reverse line blot techniques. The results showed that there were variants of HPV genotype in LSIL. The variants were HPV16 (8/15), HPV18 (3/15), HPV52 (1/15), …

Structure And Properties Of Acetylated Corn Starch Prepared Under Ultra High Pressure (Uhp), Pu Huayin, Ma Yun, Huang Meng, Xu Yao, Fan Fan, Liu Shuhan, Huang Junrong

Food and Machinery

The acetylated starches from corn were prepared under ultra high pressure (UHP) by acetic anhydride as reaction reagent, and NaCl as the reaction medium. The structure and properties of acetylated starches were analyzed by using light microscope, X-ray diffractometer and rapid viscosity analyzer. The results indicated that the granular acetylated starch showed a similar crystallite structure as that of native starch. In addition, the acetylated starches were gelatinized when treated at 600 MPa and the structure of starch granules was gradually destroyed, whereas the crystal structure was transformed from the A-type crystallite to the V-type crystallite. However the gelatinization negatively …

Effects Of Red Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus Polyrhizus) Skin Extract On Lead Acetate Toxicity In The Morphology Of Balb/C Mice (Mus Musculus) Spermatozoa, Rahmawati Raharjo, Sri Agus Sudjarwo, Reny I'Tishom

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Red dragon fruit skin extract is used as an antioxidant to lead acetate toxicity. This study aimed to prove the difference in morphology of mice testicular spermatozoa exposed to lead acetate. Twenty-five mice were divided into 5 groups (5 mice per group). K- group was the control group without lead acetate and dragon fruit skin extract administration, K + group was treated with 8 mg/KgBW lead acetate administration for 14 days, P1 group was treated with the administration of 8 mg/KgBW lead acetate for 14 days + 250 mg/kgBW red dragon fruit skin extract for 21 days, P2 group was …

Expression Of Human Leukocyte Antigen-E And Natural Killer Cells In Intra Uterine Fetal Death, Sri Sulistyowati, Muhammad Anggit Nugroho, Supriyadi Hari Respati, Soetrisno Soetrisno

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Intra Uterine Fetal Death (IUFD) is one contributor to infant mortality. Human Leukocyte Antigen-E (HLA-E) and Natural Killer Cells (NK cells) are believed to play an important role towards IUFD associated with immune maladaptation. This study aimed to determine the expression of HLA-E and NK cells on trophoblast on IUFD and normal pregnancy. The study used cross sectional approach undertaken at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta, networking hospitals, and Anatomic Pathology Laboratory of Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University. The number of samples were 32 subjects consisting of 16 subjects with normal pregnancy and 16 subjects …