Resonator fiber optic gyro (RFOG) based on the Sagnac effect has the potential to achieve the inertial navigation system requirement with a short sensing coil. Semiconductor laser is one of the key elements for integration and miniaturization of the RFOG. In this paper, an RFOG emplo...

The need for companion diagnostics, point-of-care testing (POCT) and high-throughput screening in clinical diagnostics and personalized medicine has pushed the need for more biological information from a single sample at extremely low concentrations and volumes. Optical biosensors ba...

We have investigated the effects of commonly used surfactants for graphene dispersion in aqueous solution on transport characteristics of graphene transistors. The adsorbates are found to transfer electrons to graphene, scatter carrier transport, and induce additional electron-hole puddles when the...

We determined whether quecertin, apigenin and their methylated compounds (3,7,3',4'-tetramethylquecertin, 3,5,7,3',4'-pentamethylquecertin, 7,4'-dimethylapigenin, and 5,7,4'-trimethylapigenin) would block the atrial specific potassium channel hKv1.5 using a whole-cell patch voltage-clamp technique....

We found that LPS enhanced degranulation in RBL-2H3 cells and mouse peritoneal mast cells upon FcεRI activation, in dose and time-dependent manners. Parallel to the alteration of degranulation, LPS increased FcεRI-activated Ca2+ mobilization, as well as Ca2+ entry through store-operated calcium ch...

I biosynthesis and a negative correlation to pristinamycin II biosynthesis....

We evaluated the "smoker's paradox" in young patients with AMI. A total of 1,218 young AMI patients (≤45 years) including 990 smokers and 228 non-smokers were enrolled for this study. The in-hospital and 8-month clinical outcomes were compared between the smokers and non-smokers. Baseline clinical...

Left atrial (LA) maximum volume (LAV(max)) is an indicator of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. However, LAV(max) is also influenced by systolic events, whereas the LA minimum volume (LAV(min)) is directly exposed to LV pressure. The authors hypothesised that LAV(min) may be...

Seven amino acids were tested as precursors to affect pristinamycin production by a mutant strain derived from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis ATCC25486. Of those, glycine was selected as the best precursor to facilitate both cell growth and pristinamycin production at the feeding time of 36-h incubat...

We present an in-depth analysis of the resonance asymmetry in a silica waveguide ring resonator (WRR) and its influence on the waveguide-type optical passive resonator gyro (OPRG). A big bias error appears at the output of the OPRG. This big error is caused not only by the resonance asymmetry in the...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent malignant tumor. Tumor markers are very useful in early diagnosis; however a single marker is rather limited. We launched a test to increase the diagnostic sensitivity through the combined detection.

Catalytic microspheres: A general approach is demonstrated for the facile preparation of mesoporous metal oxide microspheres loaded with noble metal nanoparticles (see TEM image in the picture). Among 18 oxide/noble metal catalysts, TiO(2) /0.1 mol % Pd microspheres showed the high...

We sought to determine whether restoration of miR-34a levels in p53 deficient cells could rescue the response to DNA damage. Compared with the p53 wildtype U2OS cells, miR-34a expression was much lower in p53 deficient Saos2 cells upon cisplatin treatment. Unexpectedly, delivery of miR-34a in Saos2...

Dietzia natronolimnaea JQ-AN was isolated from industrial wastewater containing aniline. Under aerobic conditions, the JQ-AN strain degraded 87% of the aniline in a 300mgL(-1) aniline solution after 120h of shake flask incubation in a medium containing sodium acetate. This strain had...

We report a new fluoroionphore-ionic liquid hybrid-based strategy to improve the performance of classic fluoroionphores via synergistic extraction effect, and realize simultaneous instrument-free detection and removal of HMIs. As a proof-of-concept, Hg2+ was chosen as a model HMI, and a rhodamine th...

The effects of spring dextrin on amylose recrystallization were investigated by wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the present study. Recrystallinity of amylose was reduced in terms of adding SD7, SD9 or SD11. Alternatively, SD3 or SD5...

We examined the role of Rab21 in regulation of the degradation and signal transduction of the EGFR. Using a transient expression protocol in HEK293T and HeLa cells, we found that Rab21 enhanced the degradation of EGFR through accelerating its internalization in both EGF-independent and EGF-dependent...