Additional file 1 of Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors of community-acquired pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic pleural effusion in elderly patients

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A proposed model for the role of Trx h in wheat seeds germination.

<p>Abbreviations are as follows: α-AMY α-amlyase, β-AMY β-amlyase, XIP-I Xylanase inhibitor protein I, GDH glutamate dehydrogenase, GOT aspartate aminotransferase, MDH Malate dehydrogenase, GPI glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, CM proteins chloroform-mwthanol proteins, PEPC phosphoenolpyuvate carboxylase, GAPDH Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, PDI protein disulfide isomerase, ALD aldolase, GOGAT glutamic-oxalacetic transaminease. The green and red respectively mean increasing or decreasing the activity or expression of the targets.</p

Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma: Radiological features, prognostic factors and survival statistics in 23 patients

<div><p>Background</p><p>Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor with a poor survival. There are many confusing issues concerning the imaging feature that can facilitate early diagnosis and the factors that might be related to outcomes.</p><p>Methods</p><p>Twenty-three patients with dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma confirmed by pathology were retrospectively reviewed from 2008 to 2015. The patients’ clinical information, images from radiographs (n = 17), CT (n = 19), and MRI (n = 17), histological features, treatment and prognosis were analyzed.</p><p>Results</p><p>There were 12 males and 11 females, and the mean age was 50.39 years old. Fourteen cases affected the axial bone (pelvis, spine), and 9 cases involved the appendicular bone. Seven (41.17%), 9 (47.36), and 12 (66.66%) lesions showed a biphasic nature on radiograph, CT and MRI, respectively. Of the lesions, 17.39% (4/23) were accompanied by pathological fractures. Histologically, the cartilage component was considered histological Grade1 in 12 patients and Grade 2 in 11 patients. The dedifferentiated component showed features of osteosarcoma in 8 cases, malignant fibrous histiocytoma in3 cases, myofibroblastic sarcoma in 1 case and spindle cell sarcoma in 11cases. Twenty-two cases were treated with surgical resection, and 17 cases achieved adequate (wide or radical) surgical margin. In 8 cases, surgery was combined with adjuvant chemotherapy. The overall median survival time was nine months; 17.4% of patients survived to five years.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>Axial bone location, lung metastasis at diagnosis, inadequate surgical margin, incorrect diagnosis before surgery and pathological fractures was related to poorer outcome. Pre- or postoperative chemotherapy had no definitively effect on improved survival.</p></div

A General Strategy To Fabricate Ni_<i>x</i>P as Highly Efficient Cocatalyst via Photoreduction Deposition for Hydrogen Evolution

Presently, precise deposition of transition metal phosphides at the electron outlet of photoactive materials as cocatalysts for hydrogen generation is rarely reported. Demonstrated here is a general photochemical strategy for the preparation of metal phosphides as cocatalysts for hydrogen generation. In this work, Ni_<i>x</i>P was successfully deposited on g-C₃N₄ using nickel sulfate (NiSO₄) and hypophosphite sodium (NaH₂PO₂) as Ni and P sources, respectively. The Ni_<i>x</i>P/g-C₃N₄ composite exhibits excellent performance of hydrogen evolution via water splitting (about 8585 μmol g^–1 h^–1 in a triethanolamine aqueous solution under a 300 W Xe lamp with an AM 1.5G filter). More importantly, due to the intrinsic acid-resistant properties of Ni_<i>x</i>P and g-C₃N₄, the Ni_<i>x</i>P/g-C₃N₄ composite demonstrated excellent acid-stable photocatalytic activity for H₂ evolution (stable run for 75 h under acidic solution of pH 2). Furthermore, the mechanism for photocatalytic activity of g-C₃N₄ enhanced by Ni_<i>x</i>P was investigated in detail by steady-state photoluminescence spectra and surface photovoltage spectra, which indicated that separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers from g-C₃N₄ was effectively enhanced by Ni_<i>x</i>P

Changes in wheat seeds proteins induced by anti-trx s gene.

<p>↓ represents down-regulation; ↑ represents up-regulation.</p

2DE of mature wheat seeds.

<p>The left figure: Yumai 18; The right figure: Transgenic Yumai 18.</p

Sequences of the primers used for real-time PCR.

<p>Sequences of the primers used for real-time PCR.</p