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Moreover, Polymer 2-based interfacial crystals exhibit higher rigidity than Polymer 3-based interfacial crystals.Environmental challenges are integrated in the inmunoneuroendocrine interplay, impacting the immune system of the challenged individuals, and potentially implying transgenerational effects on their offspring. This study addressed whether dietary supplementation with thymol can modulate the immune response of adult Japanese quail when simultaneously exposed to an inoculum of inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis and a chronic heat stress (CHS). We also evaluated whether the experienced situations by adults can affect the immune response of their undisturbed offspring. In the parental generation, supplemented quail exposed to CHS had a higher inflammatory response and similar values of the heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratio than those that were not supplemented. In their offspring, those chicks whose parents were exposed to CHS showed higher inflammatory response and lower antibody production. Regarding the H/L ratio, chicks whose parents were supplemented showed lower H/L ratio values. Dietary supplementation with thymol partially and positively modulated the inflammatory response and avoided H/L ratio alteration in the parental generation exposed to high environmental temperatures, suggesting these adults were better at dealing with the challenge. The lower H/L ratio values in the offspring suggests that chicks are more capable to deal with potential stressful situations associated with conventional breeding conditions.Mineral soil conditioners (MSCs) are used to regulate soil acidity and improve soil quality; they are often made in sintering potassium feldspar, limestone, or dolomite, and are alkaline materials rich in silicon, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. The key point of how to apply them into farmlands is their ability to adjust soil acidity and the MSCs requirement (MSCR). In this study, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were firstly used to determine the elemental and phase compositions of the MSCs in order to establish its equivalent relationship for the depletion of soil activity (H+) and its conversion relationship with CaCO3. Secondly, the soil culture method and the improved Shoemaker Mclean Peatt-Double Buffer (SMP-DB) method were compared using a group of 14 typical acid soils in MSCR. It is investigated that the MSCs contained four alkali/alkaline earth-metal elements Ca, Mg, K, and Na in the bound aluminosilicate form (Ca2MgAlSi2O7, Ca3(SiO3)3, KAlSiO4, and KAlSi2O6); and the depletion of 2.31 mol of H+ required 100 g of MSCs and the amount of Si-Ca-K-Mg MSC needed to deplete the same quantity of H+ was only 0.87 times that of CaCO3. Based on the calculations by using the SMP-DB method and the soil culture method, the MSCR for treating the 14 typical acid soils were in the range of 0.56-8.27 t hm-2 and 0-10.8 t hm-2, respectively. Ridaforolimus in vitro Data from both methods were highly correlated with each other and there was a good linear correlation between them, and the equation [Formula see text] could be used to calculate the MSCs requirement. The recommended MSCR was approximately 4-8, 2-6, and 1-3 t hm-2 when soil pH  5.50, respectively. The experimental and computational methods established in this study could serve as the scientific basis and theoretical guidance for the production and agricultural use of MSCs.Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) become potential formations for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS). Although the growing attention in ROZs, there is a lack of studies to propose the fast tool for evaluating the performance of a CO2 injection process. In this paper, we introduce the application of artificial neural network (ANN) for predicting the oil recovery and CO2 storage capacity in ROZs. The uncertainties parameters, including the geological factors and well operations, were used for generating the training database. Then, a total of 351 numerical samples were simulated and created the Cumulative oil production, Cumulative CO2 storage, and Cumulative CO2 retained. The results indicated that the developed ANN model had an excellent prediction performance with a high correlation coefficient (R2) was over 0.98 on comparing with objective values, and the total root mean square error of less than 2%. Also, the accuracy and stability of ANN models were validated for five real ROZs in the Permian Basin. The predictive results were an excellent agreement between ANN predictions and field report data. These results indicated that the ANN model could predict the CO2 storage and oil recovery with high accuracy, and it can be applied as a robust tool to determine the feasibility in the early stage of CCUS in ROZs. Finally, the prospective application of the developed ANN model was assessed by optimization CO2-EOR and storage projects. The developed ANN models reduced the computational time for the optimization process in ROZs.Myostatin (MSTN), associated with the "double muscling" phenotype, affects muscle growth and fat deposition in animals, whereas how MSTN affects adipogenesis remains to be discovered. Here we show that MSTN can act through the MEF2C/miR222/SCD5 cascade to regulate fatty acid metabolism. We generated MSTN-knockout (KO) cloned Meishan pigs, which exhibits typical double muscling trait. We then sequenced transcriptome of subcutaneous fat tissues of wild-type (WT) and MSTN-KO pigs, and intersected the differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs to predict that stearoyl-CoA desaturase 5 (SCD5) is targeted by miR222. Transcription factor binding prediction showed that myogenic transcription factor 2C (MEF2C) potentially binds to the miR222 promoter. We hypothesized that MSTN-KO upregulates MEF2C and consequently increases the miR222 expression, which in turn targets SCD5 to suppress its translation. Biochemical, molecular and cellular experiments verified the existence of the cascade. This novel molecular pathway sheds light on new targets for genetic improvements in pigs.Motor deficits in parkinsonism are caused by degeneration of dopaminergic nigral neurons. The success of disease-modifying therapies relies on early detection of the underlying pathological process, leading to early interventions in the disease phenotype. Healthy (n = 16), REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) (n = 14), dementia with Lewy bodies (n = 10), and Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 20) participants underwent 18F-AV133 vesicular monoamine transporter type-2 (VMAT2) PET to determine the integrity of the nigrostriatal pathway. Clinical, neurophysiological and neuropsychological testing was conducted to assess parkinsonian symptoms. There was reduced VMAT2 levels in RBD participants in the caudate and putamen, indicating nigrostriatal degeneration. RBD patients also presented with hyposmia and anxiety, non-motor symptoms associated with parkinsonism. 18F-AV133 VMAT2 PET allows identification of underlying nigrostriatal degeneration in RBD patients. These findings align with observations of concurrent non-motor symptoms in PD and RBD participants of the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative. Together, these findings suggest that RBD subjects have prodromal parkinsonism supporting the concept of conducting neuroprotective therapeutic trials in RBD-enriched cohorts. Ongoing longitudinal follow-up of these subjects will allow us to determine the time-window of clinical progression.Neddylation is a process by which NEDD8 is covalently conjugated to target proteins by sequential enzymatic reaction. Its role in cancer cell migration has only been recently acknowledged. Previously in cancer cell migration, the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) process has been well-known to play an important role in both invasion and metastasis by promoting mesenchymal phenotype in epithelial cells. However, the role of neddylation in the EMT process and its mechanistic details are yet to be elucidated. We recently reported that neddylation plays a crucial role in cancer cell migration through the PI3K-Akt pathway. Here, we report that inhibiting neddylation activates the hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) through the PI3K-Akt pathway, which eventually regulates the EMT-activator ZEB1 (zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1) in various cancer cell lines. As induction of HIF-1α is known to deteriorate the state of cancer and EMT process is one of the hallmarks of metastasis in cancer, our findings uncover the role of neddylation between HIF-1α and ZEB1.This study was aimed at evaluating the acute and subchronic toxicity of ultrasonic extract of Dichroae radix (UEDR) in mice and rats. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and thin layer chromatogrephy (TLC) were used to detect β-dichroine and α-dichroine in UEDR for quality control. The levels of β-dichroine and α-dichroine in UEDR were 1.46 and 1.53 mg/g, respectively. An oral LD50 of 2.43 g/kg BW was observed in acute toxicity test. After 28-day repeated oral administration, compared with the control group, treatment-related changes in body weight (BW) and body weight gain (BWG), lymphocyte counts and ratios, as well as in the relative organ weights (ROWs) of liver, kidney, lung, and heart, were detected in the middle- and high-dose groups (P  less then  0.05, P  less then  0.01), no differences were noted in the serum biochemical parameters and necropsy examinations in both sexes at all doses. Histopathological examinations exhibited UEDR-associated signs of toxicity or abnormalities. After 14 days withdrawal, no statistically significant or toxicologically relevant differences were observed in any of the UEDR-treated groups, and the hispathological lesions in the high-dose group were alleviated. Findings showed that long-course and high-dose of UEDR administration was toxic, and showed dose-dependence, the toxic damage was reversible.Quantum key distribution (QKD) can share an unconditional secure key between two remote parties, but the deviation between theory and practice will break the security of the generated key. In this paper, we evaluate the security of QKD with weak basis-choice flaws, in which the random bits used by Alice and Bob are weakly controlled by Eve. Based on the definition of Li et al. (Sci Rep 516200, 2015) and GLLP's analysis, we obtain a tight and analytical bound to estimate the phase error and key rate for both the single photon source and the weak coherent source. Our approach largely increases the key rate from that of the original approach. Finally, we investigate and confirm the security of BB84-QKD with a practical commercial devices.Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that causes blood glucose (BG) concentration to make dangerous excursions outside its physiological range. Measuring the fraction of time spent by BG outside this range, and, specifically, the time-below-range (TBR), is a clinically common way to quantify the effectiveness of therapies. TBR is estimated from data recorded by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors, but the duration of CGM recording guaranteeing a reliable indicator is under debate in the literature. Here we framed the problem as random variable estimation problem and studied the convergence of the estimator, deriving a formula that links the TBR estimation error variance with the CGM recording length. Validation is performed on CGM data of 148 subjects with type-1-diabetes. First, we show the ability of the formula to predict the uncertainty of the TBR estimate in a single patient, using patient-specific parameters; then, we prove its applicability on population data, without the need of parameters individualization.