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0% and 47.6%, p less then 0.05 - 0.01) and marching (27.5% and 34.3%, p less then 0.05 - 0.01) than civilians. Furthermore, cadets showed lower normalised soleus electrical activity during walking (22.7%, p less then 0.05) and marching (27.0%, p less then 0.05). Therefore, 24-36 months of continuous overloading, primarily occurring under aerobic conditions, leads to more efficient neural and mechanical behaviour in the triceps surae complex, without any major macroscopic alterations in key anatomical structures. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Avian influenza is an acute and highly contagious infectious disease that is caused by the influenza virus. Avian influenza has been widely spread all over the world, has caused property loss and has threatened human life and security. In this study, the recombinant plasmid rClone30-chGM-CSF was constructed and rescued to the recombinant virus rClone30-chGM-CSF successfully. After 8 days of immunization with the recombinant virus, the titre of NDV HI (haemagglutination inhibition) antibodies in SPF chickens reached its peak. The average titre of the rClone30-chGM-CSF group reached 6 log2 and was significantly higher than the protection critical value of 4 log2 ; the titres of the rClone30 group and the blank group were 2.86 log2 and 1 log2 , respectively, indicating that the recombinant virus can effectively improve the NDV antibody titre. Then, SPF chickens were co-immunized with the recombinant virus and with three different vaccine subtypes of inactivated avian influenza. The results indicated that the SPF chickens that were immunized with the vaccine plus rClone30-chGM-CSF showed significantly higher avian influenza antibody levels than those in the single vaccine groups. Furthermore, the SPF chickens in the vaccine plus rClone30-chGM-CSF group elicited stronger CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell proliferative responses and also had upregulated transcriptional levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-4, IL-6 and IL-17 compared with those in the single vaccine groups. Envonalkib cell line This study has shown that the recombinant virus expressing chicken granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (chGM-CSF) can be used not only as an NDV vaccine to effectively improve the titre of NDV antibodies but also as a biological adjuvant to enhance the immune effects of the avian influenza vaccine. Therefore, this recombinant virus can also be used as a biological adjuvant for other poultry vaccines. © 2020 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.Submandibular gland excision is generally performed through a trans-cervical approach, a safe procedure that, however, carries few neurological, functional and aesthethic drawbacks. Intraoral approach to the submandibular gland has been described many years ago but it has been newly proposed in recent years thanks to endoscope-assisted and robot-assisted surgical procedures. The main purpose of intraoral approaches is to avoid cosmetic sequelae and to reduce the risk of marginal nerve injury although the recent introduction of retroauricular, postauricular, facelift and transhairline neck incisions has overcome the need for an alternative to traditional transcervical approach. Different surgical approaches (transoral vs transcervical) to the submandibular gland as well as different type of cutaneous incisions will be illustrated and discussed in light of advancement of endoscope-assisted and robot-assisted procedures. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Melanoma cells are often surrounded by hyaluronic acid (HA) rich environments, which are considered to promote tumor progression and metastasis. Induced effects in compound materials consisting of cells embedded in an extracellular matrix have been studied, however, alterations of the single cells have never been addressed. Here, we explicitly addressed single cell properties and measured HA-induced biomechanical changes via deformations induced solely by optical forces. With the optical stretcher setup, cells were deformed after culturing them in either the presence or absence of HA revealing the crucial interplay of HA with the CD44 receptor. To assess the role of CD44 in transducing effects of HA, we compared a CD44 expressing variant of the melanoma cell line RPM-MC to its natural CD44-negative counterpart. Our measurements revealed a significant stiffness change, which we attribute to changes of the actin cytoskeleton. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Handheld and endoscopic optical-sectioning microscopes are being developed for noninvasive screening and intraoperative consultation. Imaging a large extent of tissue is often desired, but miniature in vivo microscopes tend to suffer from limited fields of view. To extend the imaging field during clinical use, we have developed a real-time video mosaicking method, which allows users to efficiently survey larger areas of tissue. Here, we modified a previous post-processing mosaicking method so that real-time mosaicking is possible at >30 frames/second when using a device that outputs images that are 400 × 400 pixels in size. Unlike other real-time mosaicking methods, our strategy can accommodate image rotations and deformations that often occur during clinical use of a handheld microscope. We perform a feasibility study to demonstrate that the use of real-time mosaicking is necessary to enable efficient sampling of a desired imaging field when using a handheld dual-axis confocal microscope. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Lignin solvolysis from the plant cell wall is the critical first step in lignin depolymerization processes involving whole biomass feedstocks. However, little is known about the coupled reaction kinetics and transport phenomena that govern effective rates of lignin extraction. Here, we report a validated simulation framework that determines intrinsic, transport-independent kinetic parameters for the solvolysis of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose upon incorporating feedstock characteristics for methanol-based extraction of poplar as an example fractionation process. Lignin fragment diffusion is predicted to compete on the same time and length scales as reactions of lignin within cell walls and longitudinal pores of typical milled particle sizes, with mass transfer resistances predicted to dominate solvolysis of poplar particles exceeding ~2 mm in length. Beyond the ~2 mm threshold, effectiveness factors are predicted below 0.25, implying that pore diffusion resistances may attenuate observable kinetic rate measurements by 75% in such cases.