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Chung-Ang University
Education•Seoul, South Korea•
About: Chung-Ang University is a education organization based out in Seoul, South Korea. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Thin film. The organization has 13381 authors who have published 26978 publications receiving 416735 citations. The organization is also known as: CAU & Chung.
Topics: Population, Thin film, Apoptosis, Graphene, Cancer
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TL;DR: The data indicate that bovine host breeds override diet as the key factor that determines bacterial community and metabolite profiles in the rumen.
Abstract: Pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes (targeting Bacteria and Archaea) and (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance were applied to investigate the rumen microbiota and metabolites of Hanwoo steers in the growth stage (HGS), Hanwoo steers in the late fattening stage (HFS), Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle (HDC), and Korean native goats (KNG) in the late fattening stage. This was a two-part investigation. We began by comparing metabolites and microbiota of Hanwoo steers at two stages of husbandry. Statistical comparisons of metabolites and microbial communities showed no significant differences between HFS and HGS (differing by a dietary shift at 24 months and age [67 months versus 12 months]). We then augmented the study by extending the investigation to HDC and KNG. Overall, pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes showed that the rumens had highly diverse microbial communities containing many previously undescribed microorganisms. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the bacterial sequences were predominantly affiliated with four phyla-Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres, and Proteobacteria-in all ruminants. However, interestingly, the bacterial reads belonging to Fibrobacteres were present at a very low abundance (<0.1%) in KNG. Archaeal community analysis showed that almost all of these reads fell into a clade related to, but distinct from, known cultivated methanogens. Statistical analyses showed that the microbial communities and metabolites of KNG were clearly distinct from those of other ruminants. In addition, bacterial communities and metabolite profiles of HGS and HDC, fed similar diets, were distinctive. Our data indicate that bovine host breeds override diet as the key factor that determines bacterial community and metabolite profiles in the rumen.
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TL;DR: A memetic feature selection algorithm for multi-label classification that prevents premature convergence and improves the efficiency, and employs memetic procedures to refine the feature subsets found through a genetic search, resulting in an improvement in multi- label classification.
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TL;DR: BPA-induced changes in fertility-related protein levels in spermatozoa may be provided a potential cue of BPA-mediated disease conditions and suggest that high concentrations of B PA alter sperm function, fertilization, and embryonic development via regulation and/or phosphorylation of fertility- related proteins in spermutozoa.
Abstract: The xenoestrogen bisphenol-A (BPA) is a widespread environmental contaminant that has been studied for its impact on male fertility in several species of animals and humans. Growing evidence suggests that xenoestrogens can bind to receptors on spermatozoa and thus alter sperm function. The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of varying concentrations of BPA (0.0001, 0.01, 1 and 100 μM for 6 h) on sperm function, fertilization, embryonic development and on selected fertility-related proteins in spermatozoa. Our results showed that high concentrations of BPA inhibited sperm motility and motion kinematics by significantly decreasing ATP levels in spermatozoa. High BPA concentrations also increased the phosphorylation of tyrosine residues on sperm proteins involved in protein kinase A-dependent regulation and induced a precocious acrosome reaction, which resulted in poor fertilization and compromised embryonic development. In addition, BPA induced the down-regulation of β-actin and up-regulated peroxiredoxin-5, glutathione peroxidase 4, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase. Our results suggest that high concentrations of BPA alter sperm function, fertilization and embryonic development via regulation and/or phosphorylation of fertility-related proteins in spermatozoa. We conclude that BPA-induced changes in fertility-related protein levels in spermatozoa may be provided a potential cue of BPA-mediated disease conditions.
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TL;DR: During acute hepatitis A, hepatitis A virus (HAV)‐infected cells produce IL‐15 that induces TCR‐independent bystander activation of non‐HAV‐specific memory CD8+ T cells, but not the activation of HAV‐specific T cells which are implicated in host injury during acute viral infection.
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TL;DR: A new class of simple microfluidic strain sensors with high stretchability, transparency, sensitivity, and long-term stability with no considerable hysteresis and a fast response to various deformations by combining the merits of microfluidity techniques and ionic liquids is reported.
Abstract: We report a new class of simple microfluidic strain sensors with high stretchability, transparency, sensitivity, and long-term stability with no considerable hysteresis and a fast response to various deformations by combining the merits of microfluidic techniques and ionic liquids. The high optical transparency of the strain sensors was achieved by introducing refractive-index matched ionic liquids into microfluidic networks or channels embedded in an elastomeric matrix. The microfluidic strain sensors offer the outstanding sensor performance under a variety of deformations induced by stretching, bending, pressing, and twisting of the microfluidic strain sensors. The principle of our microfluidic strain sensor is explained by a theoretical model based on the elastic channel deformation. In order to demonstrate its capability of practical usage, the simple-structured microfluidic strain sensors were performed onto a finger, wrist, and arm. The highly stretchable and transparent microfluidic strain sensors were successfully applied as potential platforms for distinctively monitoring a wide range of human body motions in real time. Our novel microfluidic strain sensors show great promise for making future stretchable electronic devices.
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Carl Nathan | 135 | 430 | 91535 |
Scheffer C.G. Tseng | 93 | 333 | 29213 |
Richard L. Sidman | 93 | 297 | 32009 |
H. Yamaguchi | 90 | 375 | 33135 |
Ajith Abraham | 86 | 1113 | 31834 |
Byung Ihn Choi | 78 | 609 | 24925 |
Stefano Soatto | 78 | 499 | 23597 |
J. H. Kim | 73 | 566 | 23052 |
Daehee Kang | 72 | 422 | 23959 |
Lance M. McCracken | 72 | 281 | 18897 |
Masanobu Shinozuka | 69 | 456 | 21961 |
Seung U. Kim | 64 | 355 | 14269 |
Sug Hyung Lee | 64 | 454 | 21552 |
Seung U. Kim | 63 | 129 | 11983 |
Nam Jin Yoo | 63 | 403 | 12692 |