In this study, the internal relationships among oil bodies (OBs), the protein–phospholipid interactions in aqueous phase, oil–water interface behavior, and the stability of reconstituted OBs were analyzed from the bulk phase, interface, a...
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzenesulfonate (OBS) has been proposed as a substitute for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), yet it has garnered increasing attention due to its environmental persistence and potential toxicity. Despite these concern...
Obesity and insulin resistance accelerate aging-related sarcopenia, which is associated with iron load and oxidative stress. Lipocalin-2 (LCN2) is an iron-binding protein that has been associated with skeletal muscle regeneration, but details regardi...
Type 2 diabetes is a disease characterized by hyperglycemia and is a growing health problem worldwide. Since many known diabetes drugs are side effects, it is necessary to develop natural substances with guaranteed safety. HM-chromanone isolated from...
Cytidine and uridine are endogenous metabolites in the pyrimidine metabolism pathway, and cytidine is a substrate that can be metabolized into uridine via cytidine deaminase. Uridine has been widely reported to be effective in regulating lipid metabo...
The present study evaluates the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP) dataset that provides statistically downscaled CMIP5 historical and future climate projections of the daily...
Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and usually associated with obesity and diabetes. Our aim is to characterize the pathophysiological mechanism involved in MAFLD development in Black Tan...
Climate projections based on global climate models (GCMs) are generally subject to large uncertainties, as the models only reflect the local climate in the past to a limited extent. Statistical downscaling is the most cost-effective approach to ident...
Obesity is a disease in which fat is abnormally or excessively accumulated in the body, and many studies have been conducted to overcome it with various techniques. In this study, we evaluated whether micro-current stimulation (MCS) can be applied to...
Mai Tong Fang (MTF), a Chinese herbal combination, has been used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy in traditional medical clinics in China. However, the anti-adipogenic and anti-hyperglycemic effects of MTF have not been fully elucidated, so...
Since the discovery of the anti-diabetic effects of zinc (Zn) complex, we synthesized several Zn complexes and evaluated their effects using the KKAy type 2 diabetes mouse model. Recently, we demonstrated that organo-chalcogen (sulfur and selenium) Z...
Background: Obesity is one of the main health problems in the world today, and dysbiosis seems to be one of the factors involved. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of synbiotic supplementation on obesity and the microbiota in ob/ob mice...
Oxidative Balance Scores (OBS) are tools that allow us to assess the individual’s antioxidant state by ranking both antioxidant and pro-oxidant components of dietary and lifestyle factors. Our aim was to develop novel OBSs accounting for either...
Meretrix lusoria (M. lusoria) is an economically important shellfish which is widely distributed in South Eastern Asia that contains bioactive peptides, proteins, and enzymes. In the present study, the extracted meat content of M. lusoria was enzymat...
An analysis of observation data was conducted on the chemical composition of river and groundwater in the Ob River basin, covering more than 23 thousand samples taken from the network of governmental monitoring of surface and groundwater, the materia...
Aeromagnetic compensation is a technology used to reduce aircraft magnetic interference, which plays an important role in aeromagnetic surveys. In addition to maneuvering interferences, the onboard electronic (OBE) interference has been proven to be...
Genome stability and maintenance pathways along with their requisite proteins are critical for the accurate duplication of genetic material, mutation avoidance, and suppression of human diseases including cancer. Many of these proteins participate in...
This paper reports the results of a study on the implementation of a sustainable teaching model based on the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) concept and the TSEM (Teach, Study, Evaluate, and Manage) framework in computer science and technology at Ningb...
As glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) possesses pro-adipogenic action, the suppression of the GIP hypersecretion seen in obesity might represent a novel therapeutic approach to the treatment of obesity. However, the mechanism of GIP h...
The primary aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the correlation between the immunohistochemical expression of Ob-R (leptin receptor) with pCR (pathological complete response) in early breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant system...
Here we summarize a long-term study on qualitative and quantitative composition of zooplankton (Cladocera, Copepoda, Rotifera) in the Ob River. We carried out these investigations at 13 sampling stations of the Middle and Low Ob in the years 1994, 19...
For many of the Siberian rivers, and the Upper Ob in particular, 70–80% of the volume of the annual water runoff is formed during the spring flood. Thus, factors influencing the formation of water runoff during the spring flood are paramount. W...
Satellite altimetry is an efficient instrument for detection dynamical processes in the World Ocean, including reconstruction of geostrophic currents and tracking of mesoscale eddies. Satellite altimetry has the potential to detect large river plumes...
Lilac (Syringa spp.) is a widely cultivated ornamental plant prized for its fragrant aroma and attractive flower colors. However, the molecular mechanisms governing its flower pigmentation remain poorly understood. In this study, we performed integra...
Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), a membrane-bound enzyme having three subunits (α, β, and γ) and copper-containing centers, is found in most of the methanotrophs that selectively catalyze the oxidation of methane into methan...
Lake sediments accumulate various pollutants and act as efficient natural archives suitable for reconstruction the environmental conditions of the past. In contrast to fairly good knowledge of mineral sediments in lakes of European and North America...
Wstęp: U kobiet obturacyjny bezdech senny (OBS) najczęściej występuje po menopauzie. Celem pracy było porównanie zaawansowania OBS u kobiet po menopauzie (grupa E−) oraz u kobiet z zachowaną aktywnością estrogenową (kobiety przed menopauzą lub stosu...
Wstęp: Nykturia (≥2 epizodów oddawania moczu w nocy) jest częstym objawem obturacyjnego bezdechu sennego (OBS). Wzrost ciśnienia w jamie brzusznej w czasie bezdechów, zwiększone wydzielanie przedsionkowego peptydu sodopędnego (ANP), stosowanie leków...
Ambient noise plays a crucial role in influencing the observation quality at seismic stations. By studying the distribution patterns of ambient noise, we can gain initial insights into the noise conditions within a specific research area. This paper...
Currents are one of the main factors favoring the dispersal of microscopic planktic organisms over inland lakes and rivers. Large rivers of the northern hemisphere, flowing from south to north, can increase the diversity of northern latitudes with bo...
With the advent of the digital age and Industry 4.0, the communication skills of engineering students has been exerting gradually increasing influence on the need for enhanced student employability. To address this issue, this study evaluates the inf...
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is a representative persistent organic pollutant that exerts toxic effects on aquatic organisms. As an alternative to PFOS, sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate (OBS) has been frequently detected in aquatic...
Obesity is associated with metabolic disorders. Thus, obesity prevention and treatment are essential for health. Antrodia cinnamomea (AC) is a multifunctional medicinal fungus used for the treatment of various diseases and for preventing diet-induced...
Wstęp: Uwulopalatofaryngoplastyka (UPPP) jest jedną z najczęściej wykonywanych operacji w leczeniu chirurgicznym obturacyjnego bezdechu sennego. Celem pracy była ocena efektów UPPP u pacjentów chorych na OBS. Materiał i metody: Zbadano 22 otyłych...
Droughts are among the major natural hazards that are spreading to many parts of the world, with huge multi-dimensional impacts. An extensive analysis of drought phenomenon is presented for continental Croatia based on a meteorological E-OBS gridded...
Background/Objectives: UFMylation, a newly identified ubiquitin-like modification, modulates a variety of physiological processes, including endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis maintenance, DNA damage response, embryonic development, and tumor progress...
Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) placed on the seafloor surface are utilized for measuring the ocean bottom seismic waves. The vibration of OBS excited by underwater noise on its surface may interfere with its measured results of seismic waves. In thi...
Due to spontaneous deficiency in leptin, ob/ob mice are one of the most commonly used experimental animal models in diabetes research. In this study, we reported a quick and easy-to-conduct genotyping method using tetra-primer amplification refractor...
As an alternative for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), sodium p-perfluorononyloxybenzene sulfonate (OBS) has been widely used in petroleum, fire-fighting materials, and other industries. In order to efficiently and economically remove OBS contam...
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate (OBS) is one of the key alternatives to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Its widespread tendency has increased extensive contamination in the aquatic environment. However, the present treatment technol...
Compared with point-to-point underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems with a single direction, the underwater multi-faceted optical base station (OBS) offers independent fields of view and directions for each receiving detector, suppo...
To investigate the underlying mechanisms of low metabolic activity of primary chondrocytes obtained from girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS); AIS is a spine-deforming disease that often occurs in girls. AIS is associated with a lower bon...
The cytokines secreted by immune cells have a large impact on the tissue, surrounding a fracture, e.g., by attraction of osteoprogenitor cells. However, the underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Thus, this study aims at investigating mo...
This paper presents a new broadband ocean bottom seismograph (OBS) developed by the SUSTech OBS lab for passive-source seafloor seismic observations. This instrument, called Pankun, has several key features that set it apart from traditional OBS inst...
Open banking (OB) is an emerging business field in the financial sector, which relies on intensive collaboration between banks and non-banking service providers. However, how to evaluate OB business partners from multiple perspectives for banks is un...
Obesity is frequently accompanied by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). These two diseases are associated with altered lipid metabolism, in which reverse cholesterol transport (LXRα/ABCA1/ABCG1) and leptin response (leptin receptor (Ob-...
Autoreactivity of the complement system may escalate the development of diabetic nephropathy. We used the BTBR OB mouse model of type 2 diabetes to investigate the role of the complement factor mannan-binding lectin (MBL) in diabetic nephropathy. Fem...
Ocean-bottom seismic (OBS) surveys have been applied in marine oil and gas exploration. In the typical OBS observation geometry, the source and receiver are located on/near different datums, i.e., the sea surface and the seafloor. Besides the desired...
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is characterized by quantitative and qualitative changes in hepatic lipids. Since elongation of fatty acids from C16 to C18 has re...
Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world, associated with diabetic foot ulcers and impaired wound healing. There is an ongoing need for interventions effective in treating these two problems. Pre-clinical st...
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