Separation of isoflavone aglycones using chitosan microspheres from soy whey wastewater after foam fractionation and acidic hydrolysis

Wei Liu, Di Huang,Zhao Liang Wu,Yanji Wang,Rui Li,Na Na Yin,Jian Xing Jiang 한국공업화학회 2015 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.25 No.-

The purpose of this work was to separate isoflavone aglycones from soy whey wastewater after foam fractionation and acidic hydrolysis using chitosan microspheres. The maximal equilibrium adsorption capacity could be obtained at pH 6.0. The adsorption isotherm fitted better to the Freundlich equation model and the adsorption was an exothermic and spontaneous physical process. The maximal desorption ratio of isoflavone aglycones could reach 94.82% by using 70% (v/v) ethanol as desorption solution. Moreover, the regenerated chitosan microspheres could be reused for separating isoflavone aglycones from the feeding solution up to five times without compromising their function.

Effectiveness and Safety of Pemetrexed Versus Docetaxel as a Treatment for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Di, Bao-Shan,Wei, Kong-Ping,Tian, Jin-Hui,Xiao, Xiao-Juan,Li, Yan,Zhang, Xu-Hui,Yu, Qin,Yang, Ke-Hu,Ge, Long,Huang, Wen-Hui,Zhang, Fang-Wa Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.8

Background: Our aim was to conduct a meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed and docetaxel for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: We systematically searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, China Biology Medicine Database for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the efficacy and toxicities of pemetrexed versus docetaxel as a treatment for advanced NSCLC. We limited the languages to English and Chinese. Two reviewers independently screened articles to identify eligible trials according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and assessed the methodological quality of included trials, and then extracted data. The meta-analysis was performed using STATA12.0. Results: Six RCTs involving 1,414 patients were identified. We found that there was no statistically significant differences in overall response rate, survival time, progression-free survival, disease control rate, and 1-2yr survival rate (p>0.050) but it is worthy of mention that patients in the pemetrexed arms had significantly higher 3-yr survival rate (P=0.002). With regard to the grade 3 or 4 hematological toxicity, compared with docetaxel, pemetrexed led to lower rate of grade 3-4 febrile neutropenia, neutropenia, and leukocyts toxicity (p<0.001). There was no significant difference in anemia between the two arms (p=0.08). In addition, pemetrexed led to higher rate of grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia toxicity (p=0.03). As for the non-hematological toxicities, compared with docetaxel, pemetrexed group had lower rate of grade 3-4 diarrhea and alopecia. Conclusions: Pemetrexed was almost as effective as docetaxel in patients with advanced NSCLC. At the same time, pemetrexed might increase the 3-yr survival rate. As for safety, pemetrexed led to lower rate of grade 3-4 febrile neutropenia, neutropenia, leukocytes, diarrhea and alopecia toxicity. However, it was associated with a higher rate of grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia.

Analysis of Co-Relation Between Objective Measurement and Subjective Assessment for Dynamic Comfort of Vehicles

Ao Di,Wong Pak Kin,Huang Wei,Mei Xing Tai,Cao Yu Cong,Zhao Jing 한국자동차공학회 2020 International journal of automotive technology Vol.21 No.6

The assessment of vehicle dynamic comfort to human body vibration varies from person to person. Even though the dynamic comfort rating can be obtained by placing measurement devices over the cabin, passengers may have dissimilar sensations. For many car manufacturers, both subject and objective measurements are used together at development of new cars. To effectively assess the dynamic comfort of vehicle, this research explores the correlation between the objective measurement of the whole body vibration, hand-transmitted vibration and subjective assessment. The whole body vibration is measured from the backrest, seat surface and vehicle floor, whereas the hand-transmitted vibration is measured from the steering wheel. Four different vehicles are driven at various speeds on five types of pavements. Both simple linear regression and polynomial regression models based on Stevens’s power law from psychophysics are built to correlate the subjective and objective data. The regression results show that (1) the seat surface is more reliable than other positions for assessing the human body vibration; (2) the hand transmitted vibration on rough roads is more trustful for dynamic comfort evaluation than on smooth roads; (3) the overall dynamic comfort value is the most reliable index for dynamic comfort evaluation.

Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 on the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

( Da Wei Chen ),( Zhen Quan Yang ),( Xia Chen ),( Yu Jun Huang ),( Bo Xing Yin ),( Fei Xiang Guo ),( Hai Qing Zhao ),( Jia Di Huang ),( Yun Wu ),( Rui Xia Gu ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2015 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.25 No.5

Accumulating evidence indicates that lactic acid bacteria could improve host physiology and lipid metabolism. To investigate the effect of the gut microbiota on host lipid metabolism, a hyperlipidemic rat model was established by feeding rats a high-fat diet for 28 days, and the gut microbiota of the rats was analyzed using real-time PCR before and after administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 and its fermented milk for 28 days. The findings showed that the Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium spp., Bacteroides spp., and Enterococcus spp. content in the hyperlipidemic rats gut was increased significantly (p < 0.05), while the Clostridium leptum and Enterobacter spp. content was decreased significantly after intervening with L. rhamnosus hrsyfm 1301 and its fermented milk for 28 days (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the lipid levels of the serum and the liver were decreased significantly (p < 0.05) and the fecal water content was increased significantly (p < 0.05) in the hyperlipidemic rats after the intervention, and hepatocyte fatty degeneration of liver tissues was also prevented. A positive correlation was observed between the Clostridium leptum content and the level of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein, and a negative correlation was observed between the Enterobacter spp. content and the Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. content in the hyperlipidemic rats gut. These results suggest that the gut microbiota and lipid metabolism of hyperlipidemic rats could be improved by supplementation with L. rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 and its fermented milk.

What is the relationship between executive compensation incentive and earnings management in Listed Companies in China?

( Hu Di ),( Huang Wei Dong ),( Jin Shan Yue ) 한국외국어대학교 중국연구소 2021 中國硏究 Vol.89 No.-

This study investigates the impact of executive compensation incentive on earnings management in Chinese listed companies. From the perspectives of the principal-agent, asymmetric information, and incentive theories, this study examines Chinese A-share, main board-listed companies from 2015 to 2019 for the impact of executive compensation incentive on corporate earnings management, using a multiple linear regression method. The results show that executive monetary compensation has a negative effect on the level of accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management, indicating that executive monetary compensation has an incentive effect and reduces earnings management behavior. However, the executive shareholding ratio has a positive impact on accrual-based earnings management but no significant impact on real earnings management, indicating that equity incentives only affect accrual-based earnings management. The study’s findings enrich the related theories of executive compensation and earnings management and provide useful insights for investors and policymakers of listed companies.

Inducing superconducting correlation in quantum Hall edge states

Lee, Gil-Ho,Huang, Ko-Fan,Efetov, Dmitri K.,Wei, Di S.,Hart, Sean,Taniguchi, Takashi,Watanabe, Kenji,Yacoby, Amir,Kim, Philip NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2017 NATURE PHYSICS Vol.13 No.7

The quantum Hall (QH) effect supports a set of chiral edge states at the boundary of a two-dimensional system. A superconductor (SC) contacting these states can provide correlations of the quasiparticles in the dissipationless edge states. Here we fabricated highly transparent and nanometre-scale SC junctions to graphene. We demonstrate that the QH edge states can couple via superconducting correlations through the SC electrode narrower than the superconducting coherence length. We observe that the chemical potential of the edge state exhibits a sign reversal across the SC electrode. This provides direct evidence of conversion of the incoming electron to the outgoing hole along the chiral edge state, termed crossed Andreev conversion (CAC). We show that CAC can successfully describe the temperature, bias and SC electrode width dependences. This hybrid SC/QH system could provide a novel route to create isolated non-Abelian anyonic zero modes, in resonance with the chiral edge states.

Anti-Melanogenic Effect from Submerged Mycelial Cultures of Ganoderma weberianum

( Ying-jang Lai ),( Kai-di Hsu ),( Tzu-jung Huang ),( Chang-wei Hsieh ),( Yu-hin Chan ),( Kuan-chen Cheng ) 한국균학회 2019 Mycobiology Vol.47 No.1

Compounds from Lingzhi has been demonstrated the ability for inhibiting tyrosinase (a key enzyme in melanogenesis) activity. In this study, we investigated the anti-melanogenic activity from the submerged mycelial culture of Ganoderma weberianum and elucidated the skin lightening mechanism by B16-F10 murine melanoma cells. From the cellular context, several fractionated mycelium samples exhibited anti-melanogenic activity by reducing more than 40% extracellular melanin content of B16-F10 melanoma cells. In particular, the fractionated chloroform extract (CF-F3) inhibited both secreted and intracellular melanin with the lowest dosage (25ppm). Further analysis demonstrated that CF-F3 inhibited cellular tyrosinase activity without altering its protein expression. Taken together, our study has demonstrated that the chemical extracts from submerged mycelial culture of G. weberianum have the potential to serve as an alternative anti-melanogenic agent.

Microwave-assisted Approach for the Rapid Enzymatic Digestion of Rapeseed Meal

Ju-Fang Li,Fang Wei,Lu-Lu Guo,Gang-You Yuan,Feng-Hong Huang,Mu-Lan Jiang,Yuan-Di Zhao,Xu-Yan Dong,Guang-Ming Li,Hong Chen 한국식품과학회 2010 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.19 No.2

This study demonstrates the use of a new microwave-assisted approach for accelerating the enzymatic digestion of rapeseed meal. The effects of different microwave parameters, such as the time, temperature, and power level, on the degree of hydrolysis (DH) were investigated by using response surface methodology (RSM). The maximum predicted DH value (10.2%) was in good agreement with the value obtained experimentally using an alkaline protease, which was 12.57% under optimal conditions. In only 7 min, the microwave-assisted method achieved a DH value similar to that obtained by the conventional enzymatic digestion method (4 hr). Therefore,this new technique for rapid enzymatic digestion will improve the application of rapeseed meal in the preparation of protein hydrolysates for use in food and feed.

Enrichment and isolation of phenol from its aqueous solution using foam fractionation

Shenghao Guo,Zhao Liang Wu,Wei Liu,Hongzhen Li,Di Huang,Nan Hu 한국공업화학회 2016 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.36 No.-

In this work, the feasibility of foam fractionation for the enrichment and isolation of phenol from itsaqueous solution was studied by using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as the collector. Atwo-stage foam fractionation technology was developed for simultaneously obtaining a high enrichmentratio and a high recovery percentage. Under the suitable operating conditions, the enrichment ratio andrecovery percentage of phenol reached as high as 84.46 and 93.43%, respectively. Subsequently, foamfractionation was also used to isolate phenol from CTAB in the first stage foamate, in which theinteraction between phenol and CTAB could be weakened by adjusting pH. The concentration of CTABsignificantly decreased from 11.230 g/L in the feeding solution to 0.620 g/L in the residual solution byusing the foam fractionation, while the concentration of phenol slightly decreased from 2.533 g/L to2.450 g/L. The results indicated that it was practicable to successively enrich and isolate phenol from itsaqueous solution by using foam fractionation.

Analysis of the Difference of Spray Angles based on Various Definitions and Calculation Criterions

( Yuan Gao ),( Li Guang Li ),( Ya Gao ),( Wei Di Huang ),( Jun Deng ),( Tao Li Gu ) 한국액체미립화학회 2010 한국액체미립화학회 학술강연회 논문집 Vol.2010 No.-

Spray angle is one of the key spray macro parameters which reflect fuel atomization characteristics and fuel and air entrainment quality directly; it then could affect the combustion efficiency and emission formation in cylinder. As the spray characteristics are widely investigated, there are already some kinds of definition and calculation methods for spray angle. Although all these definitions reflect the spray angle trends correspondingly, the difference between these definitions and calculation results was seldom studied. This paper focuses on the comparison and analysis the spray angle results based on the different calculation criterions, and the trend of these key points versus time at various calculation criterions which determine spray angle.