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Optimized study of an in vitro 3D culture of preantral follicles in mice

  • Hehe Ren;Yingxin Zhang;Yanping Zhang;Yikai Qiu;Qing Chang;Xiaoli Yu;Xiuying Pei
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.4.1-4.16
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    • 2023
  • Background: In vitro culture of preantral follicles is a promising technology for fertility preservation. Objectives: This study aims to investigate an optimized three-dimensional (3D) fetal bovine serum (FBS)-free preantral follicle culture system having a simple and easy operation. Methods: The isolated follicles from mouse ovaries were randomly divided in an ultra-low attachment 96-well plates supplement with FBS or bovine serum albumin (BSA) culture or encapsulated with an alginate supplement with FBS or BSA culture. Meanwhile, estradiol (E2) concentration was assessed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of culture supernatants. The diameter of follicular growth was measured, and the lumen of the follicle was photographed. Spindle microtubules of oocytes were detected via immunofluorescence. The ability of oocytes to fertilize was assessed using in vitro fertilization. Results: The diameters were larger for the growing secondary follicles cultured in ultra-low attachment 96-well plates than in the alginate gel on days 6, 8, and 10 (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, the E2 concentration in the BSA-supplemented medium was significantly higher in the alginate gel than in the other three groups on days 6 and 8 (p < 0.05), and the oocytes in the FBS-free system could complete meiosis and fertilization in vitro. Conclusions: The present study furnishes insights into the mature oocytes obtained from the 3D culture of the preantral follicle by using ultra-low attachment 96-well plate with an FBS-free system in vitro and supports the clinical practices to achieve competent, mature oocytes for in vitro fertilization.

New approaches to testing and evaluating the impact capability of coal seam with hard roof and/or floor in coal mines

  • Tan, Y.L.;Liu, X.S.;Shen, B.;Ning, J.G.;Gu, Q.H.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.367-376
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    • 2018
  • Samples composed of coal and rock show different mechanical properties of the pure coal or rock mass. For the same coal seam with different surrounding rocks, the frequency and intensity of rock burst can be significantly different in. First, a method of measuring the strain variation of coal in the coal-rock combined sample was proposed. Second, laboratory tests have been conducted to investigate the influences of rock lithologies, combined forms and coal-rock height ratios on the deformation and failure characteristics of the coal section using this method. Third, a new bursting liability index named combined coal-rock impact energy speed index (CRIES) was proposed. This index considers not only the time effect of energy, but also the influence of surrounding rocks. At last, a new approach considering the influences of roof and/or floor was proposed to evaluate the impact capability of coal seam. Results show that the strength and elastic modulus of coal section increase significantly with the coal-rock height ratio decreasing. In addition, the values of bursting liability indexes of the same coal seam vary greatly when using the new approach. This study not only provides a new approach to measuring the strain of the coal section in coal-rock combined sample, but also improves the evaluation system for evaluating the impact capability of coal.

Preparation and Properties of Modified Silicon-containing Arylacetylene Resin with Bispropargyl Ether

  • Zhang, Jian;Huang, Jianxiang;Yu, Xiaojiao;Wang, Canfeng;Huang, Farong;Du, Lei
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.11
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    • pp.3706-3710
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    • 2012
  • A novel silicon-containing arylacetylene resin (MSAR) modified by dipropargyl ether of bisphenol A (DPBPA) and dipropargyl ether of perfluorobisphenol A (DPPFBPA) was prepared separately. The curing behaviors of modified resins, DPBPA/MSAR and DPPFBPA/MSAR, were characterized with differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The kinetic parameters of modified resins were obtained by the Kissinger and Ozawa methods. The results of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) revealed that the glass transition temperature ($T_g$) of the cured DPBPA/MSAR reached $486^{\circ}C$. According to the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the decomposition temperature ($T_{d5}$) of the cured resins and char yield ($Y_c$, $800^{\circ}C$) decreased as the dipropargyl ether loadings increased, especially in air. With the same weight loading, thermal stability of DPBPA/MSAR was better than that of DPPFBPA/MSAR. The carbon fiber (T300) reinforced composites exhibited excellent flexural properties at room temperature with a high property retention at $300^{\circ}C$.

Effects of the borehole drainage for roof aquifer on local stress in underground mining

  • Shao, Jianli;Zhang, Qi;Zhang, Wenquan;Wang, Zaiyong;Wu, Xintao
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.479-490
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    • 2021
  • Pre-drainage of groundwater in the roof aquifer by boreholes is the main method for prevention of roof water disaster, and the drop in the water level during the drainage leads to the variation of the local stress in the overlying strata. Based on a multitude of boreholes for groundwater drainage from aquifer above the 1303 mining face of Longyun Coal Mine, theoretical analysis and numerical simulation are used to investigate the local stress variation in the process of borehole drainage. The results show that due to the drop in the water level of the roof aquifer during the drainage, the stress around the borehole gradually evolved. From the center of the borehole to the outside, a stress-relaxed zone, a stress-elevated zone, and a stress-recovered zone are sequentially formed. Along with the expansion of drainage influence, the stress peak in the stress-elevated zone also moves to the outside. When the radius of influence develops to the maximum, the stress peak position no longer moves outward. When the coal mining face advances to the drainage influence range, the abutment pressure in front of the mining face is superimposed with the high local stress around the borehole, which increases the risk of stress concentration. The present study provides a reference for the stress concentration caused by borehole drainage, which can be potentially utilized in the optimal arrangement of drainage boreholes in underground mining.

Molecular Identification of Lipase LipA from Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 and Characterization of Two Whole-Cell Biocatalysts Pf-5 and Top10lipA

  • Zha, Daiming;Xu, Li;Zhang, Houjin;Yan, Yunjun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.619-628
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    • 2014
  • To identify lipase LipA (PFL_0617) from Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5, a lipA deletion mutant (Pf0617) and a complementary strain (Pf0617lipA) were constructed, and their effects on the lipase production were examined. Pf0617 remarkably decreased its whole-cell lipase activity, whereas Pf0617lipA made its whole-cell lipase activity not only restore to wild-type level but also get a further increment. However, the deletion and overexpression of lipA did not affect the extracellular lipase activity. In addition, the unbroken whole cells of these strains were able to catalyze the hydrolysis of membrane-permeable p-nitrophenyl esters, but could not hydrolyze the membrane-impermeable olive oil. These results confirmed that LipA was an intracellular lipase and Pf-5 could also be used as a natural whole-cell biocatalyst. To evaluate the potential of Pf-5 as a whole-cell biocatalyst and separately characterize the whole-cell LipA, the properties of the whole-cell lipases from Pf-5 and Top10lipA were characterized. The results demonstrated that both Pf-5 and Top10lipA exhibited high tolerance to alkaline condition, high temperature, heavy metal ions, surfactants, and organic solvents. Taken together, lipA can realize functional expression in E. coli Top10, and Pf-5 and Top10lipA as whole-cell biocatalysts may have enormous potential in applications.

Coordinated supporting method of gob-side entry retaining in coal mines and a case study with hard roof

  • Liu, X.S.;Ning, J.G.;Tan, Y.L.;Xu, Q.;Fan, D.Y.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1173-1182
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    • 2018
  • The coal wall, gob-side backfill, and gangues in goaf, constitute the support system for Gob-side entry retaining (GER) in coal mines. Reasonably allocating and utilizing their bearing capacities are key scientific and technical issues for the safety and economic benefits of the GER technology. At first, a mechanical model of GER was established and a governing equation for coordinated bearing of the coal-backfill-gangue support system was derived to reveal the coordinated bearing mechanism. Then, considering the bearing characteristics of the coal wall, gob-side backfill and gangues in goaf, their quantitative design methods were proposed, respectively. Next, taking the No. 2201 haulage roadway serving the No. 7 coal seam in Jiangjiawan Mine, China, as an example, the design calculations showed that the strains of both the coal wall and gob-side backfill were larger than their allowable strains and the rotational angle of the lateral main roof was larger than its allowable rotational angle. Finally, flexible-rigid composite supporting technology and roof cutting technology were designed and used. In situ investigations showed that the deformation and failure of surrounding rocks were well controlled and both the coal wall and gob-side backfill remained stable. Taking the coal wall, gob-side backfill and gangues in goaf as a whole system, this research takes full consideration of their bearing properties and provides a quantitative basis for design of the support system.

Analysis of the Government New Technology Certification System (정부의 신기술 인증 정책의 비교 분석)

  • 송학현;최세하;김하식;김윤호
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.35-38
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    • 2003
  • The subject of the national new Technology certification system is in which domestic enterprise have competition above international market. Rep. of the korea Government, Ministry of Information and communication(MIC), Ministry of science and technology(MOST), Ministry of Commerce, Industry and energy(MOCIE), ministry of Construction and Transportation(MOCT), Ministry of Marin and fishery(MOAf) excutive the certification Regulations. These Ministry have the new Technology certification rules each of the scope of the their main job. These rules same the subject, proposal qualification and the property, but difference certification reference. So, this article suggestions about new Technology certification system.

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Comparison on the Korea New Technology Certification System (한국의 신기술 인증제도 비교)

  • 송학현;최세하;김하식;김윤호
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.7 no.7
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    • pp.1363-1368
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    • 2003
  • The subject of the national new Technology certification system is in which domestic enterprise have competition above international market. Rep. of the korea Government Ministry of Information and communication(MIC), Ministry of science and technology(MOST), Ministry of Commerce, Industry and energy(MOCIE), Ministry of Construction and Transportation(MOCT), Ministry of Marin and fishery(MOAf) executive the certification Regulations. These Ministry have the new Technology certification rules each of the scope of the their nam job. These rules same the subject, proposal qualification and the property, but difference certification reference. So, this article suggestions about new Technology certification system.

Isolation and identification of Moraxella cuniculi from a rabbit with keratoconjunctivitis

  • Yang, Dong-Kun;Kim, Ha-Hyun;Yoo, Jae-Young;Lim, Suk-Kyung;Yoon, Soon-Seek;Cho, In-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.201-204
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    • 2017
  • A Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium was isolated from a rabbit with keratoconjunctivitis. Colonies of the isolate were round, smooth, and exhibited hemolytic activity on 5% sheep blood agar. Scanning electron microscopy revealed 0.4 to $0.5{\mu}m$ diameter oval cocci. Partial 16S rRNA gene (1446 bp) sequence analysis demonstrated the isolate had significant homology with the Moraxella cuniculi CCUG2154 strain isolated from a rabbit in Germany in 1973. Our isolate was designated as APQAB1701. Antibiotic susceptibility tests demonstrated that APQAB1701 was sensitive to 24 antibiotics; 3 of the antibiotics (nalidixic acid, spectinomycin, and colistin) had minimal inhibitory concentrations ${\geq}32{\mu}g/mL$ against the isolate.