Comparison of Carcass and Meat Quality Traits among Three Rabbit Breeds

Wang, Jie,Su, Yuan,Elzo, Mauricio A.,Jia, Xianbo,Chen, Shiyi,Lai, Songjia Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2016 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.36 No.1

The objective of this study was to compare carcass composition and meat quality traits in the longissimus dorsi and biceps femoris muscles in the Hyla, Champagne and Tianfu Black rabbit breeds. Tianfu Black rabbits had the heaviest head, skin, thoracic viscera and commercial carcass percentage (p<0.05). In addition, Tianfu Black had the highest pH_{0 h} value, followed by the Champagne and Hyla breeds (p<0.01) in the longissimus dorsi and biceps femoris muscles. Tianfu Black had a higher a* (0 h and 24 h) than the other two breeds in both longissimus dorsi and biceps femoris muscles (p<0.05). The Hyla, Champagne, and Tianfu Black breeds showed a similar pattern of differences for meat quality traits (pH, L*, a* and b*) measured in fresh meat (0 h) and meat stored for 24 h. Hyla had the highest IMF values of the three breeds (p<0.01). The lower intramuscular fat of Tianfu Black and Champagne rabbits gives them an advantage over Hyla rabbits among most consumers seeking lean rabbit meat.

Preparation of Co₃O₄/NF Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries

Tian, Shiyi,Li, Botao,Zhang, Bochao,Wang, Yang,Yang, Xu,Ye, Han,Xia, Zhijie,Zheng, Guoxu The Korean Electrochemical Society 2020 Journal of electrochemical science and technology Vol.11 No.4

Due to its characteristics of light weight, high energy density, good safety, long service life, no memory effect, and environmental friendliness, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in various portable electronic products. The capacity and performance of LIBs largely depend on the performance of electrode materials. Therefore, the development of better positive and negative materials is the focus of current research. The application of metal organic framework materials (MOFs) derivatives in energy storage has attracted much attention and research. Using MOFs as precursors, porous metal oxides and porous carbon materials with controllable structure can be obtained. In this paper, rod-shaped Co-MOF-74 was grown on Ni Foam (NF) by hydrothermal method, and then Co-MOF-74/NF precursor was heat-treated to obtain rodshaped Co₃O₄/NF. Ni Foam was skeleton structured, which effectively relieved. The change of internal stress changes and destroys the structural volume of the electrode material and reduces the capacity attenuation. Co₃O₄/NF composite material has a specific discharge capacity of up to 1858 mA h/g for the first time, and a reversible capacity of up to 902.4 mA h/g at a current density of 200 mA/g, and has excellent rate and impedance performance. The synthesis strategy reported in this article opens the way to design high-performance electrodes for energy storage and electrochemical catalysis.

Transcriptomic analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of apoptosis induced by Muscovy duck reovirus

Quanxi Wang,Baocheng Wu,Mengxi Liu,Xiaoqin Yuan,Chunyan Li,Shiyi Chen,Yubin Zhuang,Yijian Wu,Yifan Huang 한국유전학회 2017 Genes & Genomics Vol.39 No.11

This study was to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the apoptosis induced by Muscovy duck reovirus (MDRV) through a transcriptomic analysis. Muscovy ducklings were infected with MDRV strain YB and the apoptotic cells in their livers were examined with terminal-deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated nick end labeling and flow cytometry. Genes differentially expressed in the livers of the MDRV-infected ducklings were screened by comparing them with those of uninfected ducklings and were analyzed with a transcriptomic method to illuminate the mechanism of MDRV infection. The results showed that MDRV infection strongly induced apoptotic cells in liver. Significant pathway enrichment determined by a Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis showed that MDRV activated the death receptor family signaling pathway (Fas, TNFR1), the interleukin receptor signaling pathway (IL1, IL3), the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathway, NF-ҝB signaling pathway and calcium ions signaling pathway to induce apoptosis. This was verified by SYBR-Green-based fluorescence quantitative PCR. In conclusion, MDRV induce apoptosis by activation multi signaling pathways.

Polydopamine/β-cyclodextrin/coal fly ash composite for the highly efficient extraction of uranium from water environment

Yan Wang,Yong Zhang,Xiaolin Liu,Sen Sun,Shiyi Qin,Jiaqi Huang,Bowei Chen 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.127 No.-

To obtain a green, low-cost and efficient adsorbent, polydopamine (PDA) and b-cyclodextrin (b-CD) wereadopted to modify coal fly ash (CFA) to prepare polydopamine/b-cyclodextrin/coal fly ash composite(PDA/b-CD/CFA). The successful introduction of PDA and b-CD was proved by FT-IR, XRD and XPS. Theuranium extraction efficiency on PDA/b-CD/CFA reached 95.6% (pH = 5.0, T = 298 K, C0 = 10 mg/L andm/V = 0.2 g/L) and the whole adsorption process was perfectly fitted by the Pseudo-second-order model(R2 = 0.999), illustrating that uranium was extracted via chemisorption. The correlation coefficient R2 ofLangmuir model was 0.999, which was higher than other models, meaning that uranium extractionbehavior on PDA/b-CD/CFA was uniform monolayer adsorption. The maximum extraction capacity of uraniumon PDA/b-CD/CFA calculated by Langmuir model was 537.6 mg/g, which was larger than most ofreported adsorbents, indicating that PDA/b-CD/CFA was a potential candidate for uranium extractionfrom water environment. Moreover, PDA/b-CD/CFA performed excellent uranium extraction propertieswith the existence of coexisting ions and the desorption efficiency of uranium by PDA/b-CD/CFA washigher to 95.8% at the fifth cycles, fully suggesting that PDA/b-CD/CFA possessed good selectivity andcycle stability. Characterization results demonstrated that uranium was immobilized on PDA/b-CD/CFAthrough chelation, complexing action, electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bonding.

Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Cellulose/Fe2O3-STA Film with Nanoflower Morphologies for Heavy Oil Removal

Chang-Lian Xu,Shiyi Wang,Lu Zhou,Yiwen Bi,Gang Yang,Jun Wu,Xiaohong Zhang 한국섬유공학회 2022 Fibers and polymers Vol.23 No.10

Heavy oils induced water pollutions are difficult to be eliminated due to the oils located under water. Herein, wefabricated superhydrophobic cellulose film with nanoflower structures via a Facile method to eliminate heavy oil from water. Cellulose films were in-situ modified with Fe2O3 and stearic acid (STA) for superhydrophobic modification. Thecorresponding superhydrophobic cellulose/Fe2O3-STA film has water contact angle of 155.5 º and sliding angle of 5.5 º, andcan maintains its superhydrophobicity when it is immersed in water. The film exists excellent self-cleaning property, and thedusts on the film could be easily swept away by running water drops. The film was further applied to separate heavy oil/watermixture with separation efficiency of 99.37 %, and the separation efficiency was maintained after 20 separation cycles aswell. The film can also be utilized to absorb small heavy oil drops under water. Thus, we not only develop a simple way toproduce superhydrophobic cellulose based films, but also provide superhydrophobic materials to solve water pollutioncaused by heavy oil.

Effect of drying temperature on the sugars, organic acids, limonoids, phenolics, and antioxidant capacities of lemon slices

Shenghua Ding,Rongrong Wang,Jing Zhang,Gaoyang Li,Juhua Zhang,Shiyi Ou,Yang Shan 한국식품과학회 2017 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.26 No.6

Changes in contents of sugars, organic acids, limonoids, phenolics contents, and antioxidant capacities of lemon slices dried at different temperatures were evaluated. Air drying (AD) promoted losses of sugars, citric acid, ascorbic acid, extractable phenolics (EPs), and nonextractable phenolics (NEPs), while it introduced an increase in limonoids. Phenolics of lemon were mainly presented in their extractable form. Hesperidin and eriocitrin were the main EPs; protocatechuic acid and poncirin were the predominant NEPs. The decrease in extractable phenolic acid, EP, and NEP content in lemon is lower at low drying temperatures, while the increase in non-extractable phenolic acid content is higher at high drying temperatures. The antioxidant capacity of EP was higher than that of NEP. Phenolics contributed to antioxidant capacities of lemon slices, and flavonoids were the main contributors among phenolics. Considering limonoids contents and the high levels of EP, NEP, and antioxidant capacities, AD at 60 C could be an appreciate treatment for dehydrating lemon slices.

Chitosan-chelated zinc modulates cecal microbiota and attenuates inflammatory response in weaned rats challenged with Escherichia coli

Dan Feng,Minyang Zhang,Shiyi Tian,Jing Wang,Weiyun Zhu 한국미생물학회 2020 The journal of microbiology Vol.58 No.9

Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection is very common among young growing animals, and zinc supplementation is often used to alleviate inflammation induced by this disease. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate whether chitosan- chelated zinc (CS-Zn) supplementation could attenuate gut injury induced by E. coli challenge and to explore how CSZn modulates cecal microbiota and alleviates intestinal inflammation in weaned rats challenged with E. coli. 36 weaned rats (55.65 ± 2.18 g of BW, n = 12) were divided into three treatment groups consisting of unchallenged rats fed a basal diet (Control) and two groups of rats challenged with E. coli and fed a basal diet or a diet containing 640 mg/kg CS-Zn (E. coli + CS-Zn, containing 50 mg/kg Zn) for a 14-day experiment. On days 10 to 12, each rat was given 4 ml of E. coli solution with a total bacteria count of 1010 CFU by oral gavage daily or normal saline of equal dosage. CS-Zn supplementation mitigated intestinal morphology impairment (e.g. higher crypt depth and lower macroscopic damage index) induced by E. coli challenge (P < 0.05), and alleviated the increase of Myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity after E. coli challenge (P < 0.05). 16S rRNA sequencing analyses revealed that E. coli challenge significantly increased the abundance of Verrucomicrobia and E. coli (P < 0.05). However, CS-Zn supplementation increased the abundance of Lactobacillus and decreased the relative abundance of Proteobacteria, Desulfovibrio and E. coli (P < 0.05). The concentrations of butyrate in the cecal digesta, which decreased due to the challenge, were higher in the E. coli + CS-Zn group (P < 0.05). In addition, CS-Zn supplementation significantly prevented the elevation of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 concentration and upregulated the level of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 in cecal mucosa induced by E. coli infection (P < 0.05). In conclusion, these results indicate that CS-Zn produces beneficial effects in alleviating gut mucosal injury of E. coli challenged rats by enhancing the intestinal morphology and modulating cecal bacterial composition, as well as attenuating inflammatory response.

Channel Prediction Based on Non-Uniform Pilot Pattern for Mobile Massive MIMO Scenarios

Shi, Yi,Wang, Xianling,Jiang, Zhiyuan 한국통신학회 2023 Journal of communications and networks Vol.25 No.4

Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) isa broadly used technique that can provide numerous gains inspectral efficiency. However, the degradation of beamformingperformance due to outdated channel state information at thetransmitter side (CSIT) induced by the mobility of users hasbeen a significant problem waiting to be solved. It is reported thatsystem performance will decrease 50 percent even in a moderate30 km/h speed scenario. However, the CSI cannot be simplyreconstructed through interpolation in high mobility scenariosdue to the limitation of pilot density — the phenomenon is knownas “Doppler aliasing”. To address this, we propose a novel non-uniform pilot pattern that can provide more spectrum resolutioncompared with the uniform pilot currently used in most commu-nication protocols. Meanwhile, we maintain the density of pilotsin order not to sacrifice the payload resources. Based on the novelpilot setting, we propose two-channel prediction schemes withcompressive sensing and matrix completion methods. Simulationresults show our scheme can outperform deep learning-based andauto-regressive-based methods for about 15 percent in terms ofaverage throughput in the simulated channel generated from theCOST2100 channel model. To further verify the applicability,we apply our schemes in real channels measured from a channelsounding campaign, the proposed methods also achieve 5 percentgain which validates their superiority over conventional methods.