Translation and the Canon of Greek Tragedy in Chinese Literature

In their article Translation and the Canon of Greek Tragedy in Chinese Literature Rongnü Chen and Lingling Zhao discuss when and how ancient Greek drama were introduced and merged into Chinese literature. Since Aeschylus\u27s Prometheus Bound was first translated into Chinese and published in 1932 up to now, it has been translated eight times in China from 1932 to 2013. Starting from the Chinese translations and reception of Prometheus Bound, Chen and Zhao explore why so many translators have chosen to translate it in the past eighty years. Chen and Zhao also discuss how these translating activities advanced the construction of modern Chinese literature

Development of a Rapid and Confirmatory Method to Identify Ganoderic Acids in Ganoderma Mushrooms

To examine the composition of lanostanoids in Ganoderma lucidum, we have developed a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) method by using the ganoderic acids isolated in our laboratory as reference standards. The identity of 14 peaks in the high performance liquid chromatogram (HPLC) of G. lucidum has been confirmed. By using the HPLC retention times of these ganoderic acids and their mass fragmentation patterns established in this paper, one can use LC–MS to analyze G. lucidum without requiring the reference standards of these 14 ganoderic acids. Subsequently, only the HPLC–UV method would be needed to analyze routine samples of G. lucidum

A Study on Image Reconfiguration Algorithm of Compressed Sensing

Compressed sensing theory is a subversion of the traditional theory. The theory obtains data sampling points while achieves data compression. The main content of this thesis is reconstruction algorithm. It’s the key of the compressed sensing theory, which directly determines the quality of reconstructed signal, reconstruction speed and application effect. In this paper, we have studied the theory of compressed sensing and the existing reconstruction algorithms, then choosing three algorithms (OMP, CoSaMP, StOMP) as the research. On the basis of summarizing the existing algorithms and models, we analyze the results such as PSNR, relative error, matching ratio and running time of them from image signal respectively. In the three reconstruction algorithms, OMP algorithm has the best accuracy for image reconstruction. The convergence speed of CoSaMP algorithm is faster than that of the OMP algorithm’s, but it depends on sparsity K quietly. StOMP algorithm on image reconstruction effect is the best, and the convergence speed is also the fastest

Osthole represses growth of multiple myeloma cells by regulating PI3K/AKT and ERK pathways

Purpose: To identify the effects of osthole on the growth of multiple myeloma cells and determine the probable molecular mechanism of action. Methods: 3-(4, 5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2, 5-diphenyl-2-H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to measure multiple myeloma cell viability. Flow cytometry was used for the evaluation of cell cycle and apoptosis. For protein expression measurement, western blot analysis was employed. Results: The results show that osthole dose- and time-dependently suppressed the viability of multiple myeloma cells (p < 0.01). Osthole also dose-dependently initiated multiple myeloma cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase (p < 0.05) and induced multiple myeloma cell apoptosis (p < 0.01). Moreover, western blotting revealed a significant reduction in cyclin D1 (p < 0.01) and induction in p21, cleaved caspase 3 and cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (p < 0.01). Furthermore, osthole treatment significantly downregulated the phosphorylation levels of protein kinase B (AKTT308), AKTS473, and extracellular regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2). Conclusion: These findings demonstrated that osthole inhibited viability and induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells by regulating PI3K/AKT and ERK pathways. Osthole may be considered as a potential anticancer agent for the therapy of multiple myeloma

Embryogenesis and plant regeneration from unpollinated ovaries of Amorphophallus konjac

The system of somatic embryogenesis of Amorphophallus konjac had been built through unpollinated ovaries. The embryogenic calli were induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with 9.0 μM 6- benzylaminopurine (BA), 0.4 μM 2,4dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (D), 1.0 μM naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), and the induction rate was 34.0%. The differentiation rate was 35.5% on the medium of MS basal medium supplemented with 6.7 μM 6-BA and 2.2 μM NAA. The obtained plantlets were transferred into rooting medium which was 1/2MS supplementing with 2.7 μM NAA, and the rooting rate was above 95%. All of the media were added 3% (w/v) sucrose and 0.3% (w/v) phytagel, the experimental materials for each step were cultured at 25 ± 2°C with a photoperiod of 12 h and light intensity of 50 μmol m-2 s-1.Keywords: Amorphophallus konjac, unpollinated ovary, embryogenic calli, plant regeneratio