Changes in lipids and medium- and long-chain fatty acids during the spontaneous fermentation of ripened pu-erh tea.

During the fermentation of ripened pu-erh tea (RPT), the composition of lipids and other compounds changes significantly. In this study, we conducted industrial fermentation of RPT and observed that the levels of water extract, tea polyphenols, free amino acids, catechins, caffeine, rutin, theophylline, luteolin, and myricetin decreased, while the level of soluble sugar increased. Additionally, the levels of gallic acid, quercetin, ellagic acid, and kaempferol first increased and then decreased during fermentation.

Risk factors analysis and prediction model construction for severe pneumonia in older adult patients.

Objective: Pneumonia is a common and serious infectious disease that affects the older adult population. Severe pneumonia can lead to high mortality and morbidity in this group. Therefore, it is important to identify the risk factors and develop a prediction model for severe pneumonia in older adult patients.

[Work Environment-Mediated Job Burnout and Intention-to-Stay in Registered Nurses].

Background: Nurse engagement and retention are critical issues affecting the quality of healthcare. Although the work environment is known to affect nursing performance and patient outcomes, little is known regarding the impact of this environment on nurse burnout and future work intention, especially in non-Western settings.

Purpose: This study explored the extent to which Taiwanese nurses' perceptions of their practice environment mediates burnout levels and intention-to-stay.

The Association Between Leucine and Diabetic Retinopathy in Different Genders: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Objective: To explore the association between serum leucine (leu) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and then to analyze the influence of gender on the association.

Method: The electronic medical records of 1,149 T2D patients who met inclusion and exclusion criteria were retrieved from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University. Serum leu levels of all subjects were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Acetylcarnitine Is Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the association between specific short-chain acylcarnitines and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Method: We retrieved 1,032 consecutive patients with T2DM who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria from the same tertiary care center and extracted clinical information from electronic medical records from May 2015 to August 2016. A total of 356 T2DM patients with CVD and 676 T2DM patients without CVD were recruited.

Lanthanide-Aromatic Iminodiacetate Frameworks with Helical Tubes: Structure, Properties, and Low-Temperature Heat Capacity.

A series of lanthanide coordination polymers [LnL(HO)] [Ln = Pr (), Nd (), Sm (), Eu (), and Gd (), HL = -(4-carboxy-benzyl)iminodiacetic acid] was hydrothermally prepared and structurally characterized. All the five compounds have been confirmed as 3D Ln-CPs with one-dimensional helical tunnels composed of four helical chains, although there are different coordination geometries around Ln. Enantiomeric helixes in , and absolute left-handed and right-handed helical chains in and , respectively, lead to different tunnel spaces.

Decreased plasma n6 : n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio interacting with high C-peptide promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes patients.

Aims/introduction: To explore relationships between polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients with type 2 diabetes, and whether insulin action has an interactive effect with PUFA on NAFLD progression.

Materials And Methods: We extracted clinical and omics data of 482 type 2 diabetes patients from a tertiary hospital consecutively from April 2018 to April 2019. NAFLD was estimated by ultrasound at admission.

Integrated proteomics and metabolomics analysis of tea leaves fermented by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus tamarii and Aspergillus fumigatus.

Post-fermented Pu-erh tea (PFPT) is a microbially-fermented tea with distinct sensory qualities and multiple health benefits. Aspergillus are the dominant fungi in the fermentation and the main contributors to the characteristics of PFPT, so their underlying functions warrant detailed study. Here, tea leaves were fermented by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus tamarii and Aspergillus fumigatus, and resulting samples (designated as Asn, Ast and Asf, respectively) were analyzed by proteomic and metabolomic methods.

[Vertical Distribution Characteristics of PAHs in Soils with Different Land Use Types During Rapid Urbanization].

To study the vertical distribution characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soils from different land use types during urbanization, three land use types (urban land, cultivated land, and woodland) were selected in the eastern part of Shenyang, where urbanization is occurring rapidly. In each case, five soil samples were obtained from different depths (0-1 m). Change in the concentrations of PAHs, vertical migration factors, and the distribution and sources of PAHs were analyzed in the vertical soil profiles.

[Pollution Characteristic and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Groundwater of Shen-Fu New City in the Hunhe River Basin].

To protect the safety of water used by the residents in Shen-Fu New City, which is undergoing the process of urbanization, 49 groundwater samples were collected along the Hunhe River Basin and 16 US EPA priority control polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed. The occurrence, distribution characteristics, sources, and potential health risk of drinking the groundwater were also assessed in this study. The results show that PAHs were detected in all samples.

[Knockout of BMAL1 Gene Induces Apoptosis of HL-60 Cells and Inhibits its Proliferation].

Objective: To explore the biological function of BMAL1 in human acute myeloid leukemia by means of the HL-60 cell line in whica circadian gene BMAL1 was konocked-out by the CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

Methods: Two sgRNAs for BMAL1 were designed and the PX459 knockout vectors containing the sgRNA were constructed. The activity of 2 sgRNAs was detected by T7 endonuclease I.

[Sources and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from the Urbanization Process of Topsoil].

To study the effects of urbanization on concentration, sources, and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 95 topsoil samples were collected from Liaoning Province. For this assessment, 21 PAHs were analyzed via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and discussed. The results show the total concentrations of the 21 PAHs in background, Shen-Fu, Shen-Yang, and Fu-Shun were 1496.

The Anthropometric Measurement of Schober's Test in Normal Taiwanese Population.

The measurement of lower back mobility is essential in the assessment of lower back pain including ankylosing spondylitis. Original Schober's test (OST) and modified Schober's test (MST) are popularly conducted in daily rheumatology and orthopedics clinical practices. To our knowledge, this report is the only anthropometric reference study in a normal oriental population.

Nardosinane-type sesquiterpenoids of Nardostachys chinensis Batal.

Four new nardosinane-type sesquiterpenoids nardosinanones F-I (1-2, 4-5), along with eight known sesquiterpenoids (3, 6-12) were isolated from the underground parts of Nardostachys chinensis Batal. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 were new nardosinane sesquiterpenoids processing a rare 4,11-epoxy group in nature.

Suppression of TRPM7 inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion of malignant human glioma cells.

Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor with a dismal prognosis. Despite intensive study on tumor biology, the underlying mechanisms of the unlimited proliferation and progressive local invasion are still poorly understood, and no effective treatment has been developed for GBM patients.

Aims: We determine the role of TRPM7 channels in the growth, migration, and infiltration of malignant glioma cells.

A new lignan glycoside from Forsythia suspensa.

Phytochemical investigation on Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl afforded ten compounds, including five lignan glycosides and five phenylethanoid glycosides. The compounds were isolated by using HP-20 macroporous resin, silica gel, octadecyl silica gel (ODS), size exclusion chromatography resin HW-40 chromatography, and preparative HPLC.

Quinoid glycosides from Forsythia suspensa.

Phytochemical investigation on Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl afforded 10 compounds, including quinoid glycosides, lignan glycosides, phenylethanoid glycoside and allylbenzene glycoside together with 13 known ones. Their structures were established based on extensive spectroscopic data analyses, including IR, UV, HRESIMS, 1D NMR and 2D NMR.

Nardoaristolones A and B, two terpenoids with unusual skeletons from Nardostachys chinensis Batal.

Nardoaristolones A and B, two novel terpenoids derived from the aristolane-type sesquiterpenoid, were isolated from the underground parts of Nardostachys chinensis Batal. Nardoaristolone A is the first reported aristolane-chalcone derivative, while nardoaristolone B possesses a nor-aristolane sesquiterpenoid skeleton with an unusual 3/5/6 tricyclic ring system. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic measurements, and the absolute configurations were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments.

Clinical value of sperm DNA damage should be assessed in motile sperm fraction rather than whole ejaculated sperm.

Objective: To determine differences and frequency of excessive (≥50%) sperm DNA damage between ejaculated and motile sperm.

Design: Sperm DNA damage was assessed by acridine orange fluorescence and the results of ejaculated and motile sperm were compared.

Setting: Public and private clinical assisted reproduction centers.

Defective protein kinase A and C pathways are common causes of disordered zona pellucida (ZP)--induced acrosome reaction in normozoospermic infertile men with normal sperm-ZP binding.

Objective: To determine association between defective protein kinases C (PKC) and A (PKA) and disordered zona pellucida (ZP)-induced acrosome reaction (DZPIAR) in normozoospermic infertile men with normal sperm-ZP binding.

Design: Sperm from DZPIAR infertile men were treated without (control) or with (test) phorbol myristate acetate (PMA, PKC activator) or dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP, PKA activator) under in vitro standard culture condition. The ZP-induced AR was assessed and compared between control and test.

Preparation, structure and near-infrared luminescent property of Yb(III) complex with 2,4,6-pyridinetricarboxylic acid.

A rare earth ytterbium complex with 2,4,6-pyridinetricarboxylic acid (H(3)pta) has been synthesized by hydrothermal method, the formula is {[Yb(2)(pta)(2)(H(2)O)(3)]·H(2)O}(n). The complex crystallized in monoclinic system, P2(1)/c space group with lattice parameters a = 11.6556(19)Å, b = 7.

[Veneer computer aided design based on reverse engineering technology].

Objective: To explore the computer aided design (CAD) method of veneer restoration, and to assess if the solution can help prosthesis meet morphology esthetics standard.

Methods: A volunteer's upper right central incisor needed to be restored with veneer. Super hard stone models of patient's dentition (before and after tooth preparation) were scanned with the three-dimensional laser scanner.

Quinn's advantage fertilization medium enhances zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction compared with human tubal fluid medium.

The aim of this study was to compare sperm velocity, hyperactivation, zona pellucida (ZP) binding and ZP-induced acrosome reaction (AR) between Quinn's advantage fertilization (QAF), human tubal fluid (HTF) and Ham's F10 media. Semen samples were obtained from normozoospermic men and motile spermatozoa were prepared by gradient centrifugation (PureSperm). Unfertilized oocytes from clinical IVF were used for spermatozoa-oocyte interaction tests.

Relationship between seminal plasma zinc concentration and spermatozoa-zona pellucida binding and the ZP-induced acrosome reaction in subfertile men.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between seminal zinc concentration and spermatozoa-zona pellucida (ZP) binding and the ZP-induced acrosome reaction (ZPIAR) in subfertile men. Semen analyses and seminal zinc concentration assessments were carried out according to the World Health Organization manual for 458 subfertile men. A spermatozoa-ZP interaction test was carried out by incubating 2 x 10(6) motile spermatozoa with a group of four unfertilized oocytes obtained from a clinical in vitro fertilization programme.