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Molecular cloning of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I from triangular bream (Megalobrama terminalis)
Triangular bream (Megalobrama terminalis) IGF-I DNA and gene were cloned from triangular bream liver for the first time by RT-PCR. Sequence analysis indicated that the IGF-I cDNA consisted of 486 nucleotides enco...
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Assembly of layer-by-layer films of heme proteins and single-walled carbon nanotubes: electrochemistry and electrocatalysis
After being treated by mixed acids, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were shortened and had negatively charged groups on the surface. Positively charged hemoglobin or myoglobin at pH 5.0 was successfully...
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Open AccessExpression profiles of microRNAs from lactating and non-lactating bovine mammary glands and identification of miRNA related to lactation
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in the regulation of milk protein synthesis and development of the mammary gland (MG). However, the specific functions of miRNAs in these regulations are not clear. Ther...
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Open AccessPotential role of N-carbamoyl glutamate in biosynthesis of arginine and its significance in production of ruminant animals
Arginine (ARG) exerts many beneficial effects on animal body and enhanced angiogenesis, lactogenesis, which finally leads to the improvement in nitrogen (N) metabolism, reproduction, lactation, immunity and gr...
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Open AccessEffect of dietary phosphorus content on milk production and phosphorus excretion in dairy cows
Phosphorus (P) supplementation is costly and can result in excess P excretion. This study investigated the effects of reducing dietary P on milk production and P excretion in dairy cows over a full lactation.
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Open AccessMotion artifact removal from photoplethysmographic signals by combining temporally constrained independent component analysis and adaptive filter
The calculation of arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) relies heavily on the amplitude information of the high-quality photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals, which could be contaminated by motion artifacts (MA) durin...
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Thermo- and Sulfate-Controllable Bioelectrocatalysis of Glucose Based on Horseradish Peroxidase and Glucose Oxidase Embedded in Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) Hydrogel Films
Dual-responsive poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEA) hydrogel films with entrapped horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and glucose oxidase (GOD) were successfully prepared on electrode surface with a simple one-step polym...
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Open AccessFunctional diversity of jasmonates in rice
Phytohormone jasmonates (JA) play essential roles in plants, such as regulating development and growth, responding to environmental changes, and resisting abiotic and biotic stresses. During signaling, JA inte...
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Is Disciplinary Culture a Moderator Between Materialism and Subjective Well-being? A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
To clarify the influence of disciplinary culture on the materialism–subjective well-being (SWB) relationship, as well as the relationship between changes in materialism and changes in SWB, the current longitu...
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Open AccessBiomarker and pathway analyses of urine metabolomics in dairy cows when corn stover replaces alfalfa hay
Alfalfa hay and corn stover are different type of forages which can significantly impact a cow’s lactation performance, but the underlying metabolic mechanism has been poorly studied. We used biomarker and pat...
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Assessment of the effect of treatment and assistance program on advanced patients with schistosomiasis japonica in China from 2009 to 2014
Schistosomiasis is one of the most important zoonoses, threatening approximately 800 million people in 78 countries with a loss of 70 million disability-adjusted life years. Over the past six decades, China ha...
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Socioeconomic status, parent report of children’s early language skills, and late literacy skills: a long term follow-up study among Chinese children
Previous research on the longitudinal prediction of literacy development has focused mainly on the relationship between early cognitive/language skills and late literacy skills. The present study aimed to tes...
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Open AccessComplementary transcriptomic and proteomic analyses reveal regulatory mechanisms of milk protein production in dairy cows consuming different forages
Forage plays a critical role in the milk production of dairy cows; however, the mechanisms regulating bovine milk synthesis in dairy cows fed high forage rations with different basal forage types are not well-...
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Open AccessMyocardial oxidative stress correlates with left ventricular dysfunction on strain echocardiography in a rodent model of sepsis
Recognition of cardiomyopathy in sepsis can be challenging due to the limitations of conventional measures such as ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) in the context of variable preload and a...
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Genome-wide identification, phylogeny and expression analyses of SCARECROW-LIKE(SCL) genes in millet (Setaria italica)
As a member of the GRAS gene family, SCARECROW-LIKE (SCL) genes encode transcriptional regulators that are involved in plant information transmission and signal transduction. In this study, 44 SCL genes including...
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Open AccessFunctional characterization of oligopeptide transporter 1 of dairy cows
It is well known that peptides play a vital role in the nutrition and health of dairy cows. Bovine oligopeptide transporter 1 (bPepT1) is involved in the peptide transport process in the gastrointestinal tract...
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Open AccessKPT-330 inhibition of chromosome region maintenance 1 is cytotoxic and sensitizes chronic myeloid leukemia to Imatinib
As tyrosine kinase inhibitors (e.g., Imatinib, IM) fail to induce long-term response in some chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), novel therapies targeting leukemia-dysregulated pathways are necessary. Nuclear-cyto...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the regulatory mechanisms of milk production using integrative transcriptomic and proteomic analyses: improving inefficient utilization of crop by-products as forage in dairy industry
Bovine milk is an important nutrient source for humans. Forage plays a vital role in dairy husbandry via affecting milk quality and quantity. However, the differences in mammary metabolism of dairy cows fed di...
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Genome-wide Identification and Expression Analyses of RPP13-like Genes in Barley
Plants have evolved a series of mechanisms to resist pathogens infection. The nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) family contains the largest number of plant disease resistance genes in p...
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Open AccessA refined method of quantifying deceleration capacity index for heart rate variability analysis
Phase-rectified signal averaging (PRSA) was often applied to assess the cardiac vagal modulation. Despite its broad use, this method suffers from the confounding effects of anomalous variants of sinus rhythm. ...