Recirculating aquaculture-fasting strategy (RASF) to modulate gut microbiota and enhance the fish meat quality of bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis).

Intensive aquaculture often leads to a decline in fish quality, and requires a strategy to restore the post-culture quality of fish. This study presents a novel recirculating aquaculture-fasting strategy (RASF) and assesses its impact on meat quality and gut microbiota of bighead carp. Results revealed RAS-F notably reduced body lipid and protein, achieving weight loss and body reshaping.

Crystal Growth, Characterization, and Properties of Nonlinear Optical Crystals of LiAgGaTe for Mid-Infrared Applications.

LiGaTe is a promising nonlinear optical crystal with a large figure of merit (/), but it is difficult to grow the LiGaTe single crystal due to its extreme instability. In this work, we used Ag to replace Li and successfully grew a LiAgGaTe crystal by the modified Bridgman method for the first time. We found it has thermal stability below 200 °C in an atmospheric environment, and the thermal expansion coefficient is positive.

Cynaroside ameliorates methotrexate-induced enteritis in rats through inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

Introduction: Cynaroside exhibits various biological properties, including anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, and cardioprotective effects. However, its involvement in methotrexate (MTX)-induced intestinal inflammation remains inadequately understood. Thus, we investigated the impact of cynaroside on MTX-induced intestinal inflammation and its potential mechanisms.

Aucubin alleviates methotrexate-induced enteritis in rats by inducing autophagy.

One of the toxic side effects of methotrexate (MTX) is enteritis. Aucubin, an iridoid glycoside derived from traditional medicinal herbs, has been proven to have anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis and anti-oxidation properties. This work explored the effect and mechanism of aucubin in treating MTX-induced enteritis in a rat model.

Real-time combustion rate of wood charcoal in the heating fire basin: Direct measurement and its correlation to CO emissions.

Previous studies of solid fuel emissions in household stoves focused more on emission measurements of the overall combustion process instead of the dynamic burning rate and its connection to the emissions. This study put forward a measurement system to monitor the dynamic fuel burning rate and emission rate directly, and explored their relationships during different combustion phases. Experiments were conducted using two types of wood charcoal consumed in a small open pan (i.

The impact of cookstove operation on PM and CO emissions: A comparison of laboratory and field measurements.

Inefficient biomass combustion in traditional cookstoves generates high levels of household air pollution (HAP) that is associated with numerous adverse environmental and human health conditions. Many cookstoves have been evaluated using laboratory tests, but past studies revealed discrepancies between laboratory and field measurements. Fuel re-loading, a common operation in actual use but not required in the laboratory test, might be a contributing factor to this laboratory-field gap.

A field experimental study on non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) emissions from a straw-returned maize cropping system.

Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) play an important role in the atmospheric environment. However, NMHC emissions from agricultural fields, especially their variations with straw return, are poorly understood. Therefore, a field study comprising two treatments, i.