753 research outputs found
Supplementary_Material_(JBM) – Supplemental material for Polymorphisms in the TOX3/LOC643714 and risk of breast cancer in south China
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_Material_(JBM) for Polymorphisms in the TOX3/LOC643714 and risk of breast cancer in south China by Jinling Liao, Yang Chen, Jia Zhu, Qiuyan Wang and Zengnan Mo in The International Journal of Biological Markers</p
sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605211044593 - Supplemental material for Respiratory syncytial virus infection in children and its correlation with climatic and environmental factors
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605211044593 for Respiratory syncytial virus infection in children and its correlation with climatic and environmental factors by Wanying Zhi, Qiuyan Xu, Zhengrong Chen, Wujun Jiang, Ting Wang, Yewen Zhou, Haifei Yu, Yongdong Yan and Tao Pan in Journal of International Medical Research</p
Event-related potentials reveal early activation of syntax information in Chinese verb processing
No full textBy taking advantage of the semantic-syntactic characteristics of Chinese verbs, the current study examined the brain activity of automatic activation of syntactic features at the single word level. Both syntactic (transitivity) and semantic (integrity) features of the verb were manipulated. Event-related potentials were measured while subjects performed lexical decision tasks on visually presented verbs at the single word level. The results showed that there was a significant transitivity effect in both lateral and midline areas for the 150-200 ms time window (N200 effect), indicating the retrieval of the syntactic feature. There was also a significant syntactic-semantic interaction at the late stage of verb processing (N400 effect) in the midline central-parietal region, reflecting syntactic influences on semantic processing. These findings suggest that transitivity is an integral part of the mental representation of Chinese verbs and such information can be retrieved at the early stage of single verb processing and can influence subsequent semantic integration. These results also reveal the special features of Chinese language processing. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
Loss of 18q22.3 Involving the Carboxypeptidase of Glutamate-like Gene Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Resected Pancreatic Cancer
No full textPURPOSES:
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death, and studies on the clinical relevance of its genomic imbalances are warranted.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:
Recurrent copy number alterations of cytobands and genes were analyzed by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) in 44 resected pancreatic cancer specimens. Prognostic markers identified by aCGH were validated by PCR gene copy number assay in an independent validation cohort of 61 resected pancreatic cancers. The functions of gene identified were evaluated by proliferation, cell cycle, and migration assays in pancreatic cancer cells.
RESULTS:
We showed recurrent copy number gains and losses in the first cohort. Loss of 18q22.3 was significantly associated with short-term overall survival in the first cohort (P = 0.019). This cytoband includes the carboxypeptidase of glutamate-like (CPGL) gene. CPGL gene deletion was associated with shorter overall survival in the validation cohort (P = 0.003). CPGL deletion and mutations of TP53 or Kras seem to be independent events. A Cox model analysis of the two cohorts combined showed that loss of 18q22.3/deletion of the CPGL gene was an independent poor prognostic factor for overall survival (HR = 2.72, P = 0.0007). Reconstitution of CPGL or its splicing variant CPGL-B into CPGL-negative pancreatic cancer cells attenuated cell growth, migration, and induced G(1) accumulation.
CONCLUSION:
Loss of 18q22.3/deletion of the CPGL gene is a poor prognostic marker in resected pancreatic cancer, and functional studies suggest the CPGL gene as growth suppressor gene in pancreatic cancer
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Get PDFOutstanding Master's Thesis Award: The law and economics of "consumer only" financed export subsidies: a context for the WTO panel on Canadian dairy pricing policy, by Isabel Schleup; Assessing the market potential for character marked wood furniture, by Guanming Shi; The economics of 2-tier tariff-rate import quotas: an empirical application to the United States dairy industry, by Devry Seanna Boughner; Underemployment dynamics of women in the United States, by Qiuyan Wang Distinguished Member Award: Conrado M. (Bobby)Gempesaw and John M. Halstead Journal Article of the Year for 1999: Examining packer choice of slaughter cattle procurement and pricing methods, by Oral Capps, Jr., H. Alan Love, Gary W. Williams, and Wendi L. AdamsTeaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,
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NAREA AWARDS
Get PDFOutstanding Master's Thesis Award: The law and economics of "consumer only" financed export subsidies: a context for the WTO panel on Canadian dairy pricing policy, by Isabel Schleup; Assessing the market potential for character marked wood furniture, by Guanming Shi; The economics of 2-tier tariff-rate import quotas: an empirical application to the United States dairy industry, by Devry Seanna Boughner; Underemployment dynamics of women in the United States, by Qiuyan Wang
Distinguished Member Award: Conrado M. (Bobby)Gempesaw and John M. Halstead
Journal Article of the Year for 1999:
Examining packer choice of slaughter cattle procurement and pricing methods, by Oral Capps, Jr., H. Alan Love, Gary W. Williams, and Wendi L. Adam
NAREA AWARDS
No full textOutstanding Master's Thesis Award: The law and economics of "consumer only" financed export subsidies: a context for the WTO panel on Canadian dairy pricing policy, by Isabel Schleup; Assessing the market potential for character marked wood furniture, by Guanming Shi; The economics of 2-tier tariff-rate import quotas: an empirical application to the United States dairy industry, by Devry Seanna Boughner; Underemployment dynamics of women in the United States, by Qiuyan Wang
Distinguished Member Award: Conrado M. (Bobby)Gempesaw and John M. Halstead
Journal Article of the Year for 1999:
Examining packer choice of slaughter cattle procurement and pricing methods, by Oral Capps, Jr., H. Alan Love, Gary W. Williams, and Wendi L. Adam
Parallel processing optimization strategy based on MapReduce model in cloud storage environment
No full textA TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY FARMS
Get PDFThis study estimates technical efficiency (TE) using a stochastic production frontier based on a randomly selected cross-sectional sample of Pennsylvania dairy farms. The Cobb-Douglas functional form is a suitable model in the estimation. Estimates of mean technical efficiency and appropriate technical efficiency of individual farms are computed and compared under three distributional assumptions of the efficiency disturbance terms. Maximum likelihood techniques are used for the estimation of the stochastic frontier. The technical efficiency measure is further broken down by different farm size
Evaluation of novel mycelium-based bio-foams using unexplored mycelium species and agricultural waste as packaging materials
No full textThe current petroleum-based non-degradable plastic packaging foams cause serious environmental pollution problems and place a burden on landfill. Fungal mycelium-based bio-foams are emerging waste-derived bio-degradable alternatives by utilizing fungal mycelium as the adhesive and waste as the substrate. Fungal mycelium is sustainable and plays an important role in developing mycelium-based biomaterial. However, with only a few species characterized, many unidentified species with the potential to construct high-quality mycelial materials are waiting to be explored.
This study evaluated the performance of mycelium-based biomaterials using six unexplored novel mycelium species (Fomes fomentarius, Flammulina velutipes, Trichaptum biforme, Coprinopsis macrocephalus, Trametes pubescens, Bjerkandera adusta) and two commonly used mycelium species (Pleurotus ostreatus, Ganoderma lucidum). This study also examined the performance of nutrient-supplied mycelium-based biomaterials and non-supplied mycelium-based biomaterials using three additional mycelium species (Pleurotus ostreatus, Ganoderma lucidum, Flammulina velutipes). A mother-culture based method was applied during the fabrication process of making mycelium-based biomaterials. The growth performance, morphological analysis, dry density, moisture content, shrinkage percentage, mechanical properties (firmness, compression modulus, recovery rate), thermogravimetric analysis, water absorption and thickness swelling properties of eleven mycelium-based bio-foams were investigated.
The results showed that the mycelium-based bio-foams' physical and mechanical properties depend on the mycelium species inherent characteristics and nutrient supplement conditions. Bio-foams made by Bjerkandera adusta and Fomes fomentarius had great colonization conditions, dense and solid tangled hyphae, thick hydrophobic mycelial skin, and similar density and mechanical properties to packaging foams. Additional nutrient supplements supported the mycelium growth on the substrate, increased bio-foams density, enhanced compressive firmness, and improved the recovery rate after compression. Besides commonly used mycelium species Pleurotus ostreatus and Ganoderma lucidum, the two novel mycelium species Bjerkandera adusta and Fomes fomentarius are promising fungal species for making mycelium-based packaging foams.February 202
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