Construction of a Ginsenoside Content-predicting Model based on Hyperspectral Imaging

Ning, Xiao Feng,Gong, Yuan Juan,Chen, Yong Liang,Li, Hongbo Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery 2018 바이오시스템공학 Vol.43 No.4

Purpose: The aim of this study was to construct a saponin content-predicting model using shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy. Methods: The experiment used a shortwave imaging spectrometer and ENVI spectral acquisition software sampling a spectrum of 910 nm-2500 nm. The corresponding preprocessing and mathematical modeling analysis was performed by Unscrambler 9.7 software to establish a ginsenoside nondestructive spectral testing prediction model. Results: The optimal preprocessing method was determined to be a standard normal variable transformation combined with the second-order differential method. The coefficient of determination, $R^2$, of the mathematical model established by the partial least squares method was found to be 0.9999, while the root mean squared error of prediction, RMSEP, was found to be 0.0043, and root mean squared error of calibration, RMSEC, was 0.0041. The residuals of the majority of the samples used for the prediction were between ${\pm}1$. Conclusion: The experiment showed that the predicted model featured a high correlation with real values and a good prediction result, such that this technique can be appropriately applied for the nondestructive testing of ginseng quality.

Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with a Sb Accumulator Plant, Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), in an Active Sb Mining

( Yuan Wei ),( Zhi Peng Chen ),( Feng Chang Wu ),( Ji Ning Li ),( Yu Xian Shangguan ),( Fa Sheng Li ),( Qing Ru Zeng ),( Hong Hou ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2015 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.25 No.8

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have great potential for assisting heavy metal hyperaccumulators in the remediation of contaminated soils. However, little information is available about the symbiosis of AMF associated with an antimony (Sb) accumulator plant under natural conditions. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the colonization and molecular diversity of AMF associated with the Sb accumulator ramie (Boehmeria nivea) growing in Sb-contaminated soils. Four Sb mine spoils and one adjacent reference area were selected from Xikuangshan in southern China. PCR-DGGE was used to analyze the AMF community composition in ramie roots. Morphological identification was also used to analyze the species in the rhizosphere soil of ramie. Results obtained showed that mycorrhizal symbiosis was established successfully even in the most heavily polluted sites. From the unpolluted site Ref to the highest polluted site T4, the spore numbers and AMF diversity increased at first and then decreased. Colonization increased consistently with the increasing Sb concentrations in the soil. A total of 14 species were identified by morphological analysis. From the total number of species, 4 (29%) belonged to Glomus, 2 (14%) belonged to Acaulospora, 2 (14%) belonged to Funneliformis, 1 (7%) belonged to Claroideoglomus, 1 (7%) belonged to Gigaspora, 1 (7%) belonged to Paraglomus, 1 (7%) belonging to Rhizophagus, 1 (7%) belonging to Sclervocystis, and 1 (7%) belonged to Scutellospora. Some AMF sequences were present even in the most polluted site. Morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis both revealed that most species were affiliated with Glomus, suggesting that Glomus was the dominant genus in this AMF community. This study demonstrated that ramie associated with AMF may have great potential for remediation of Sb-contaminated soils.

Drying features of microwave and far-infrared combination drying on white ginseng slices

Xiaofeng Ning,Yulong Feng,Yuan Juan Gong,Yong Liang Chen,Junwei Qin,Danyang Wang 한국식품과학회 2019 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.28 No.4

In this study microwave and far-infrared combinationdrying were conducted to investigate the effect ofmicrowave and far-infrared heating mode switching pointwater content (SW), ginseng slice thickness, and far-infrareddrying temperature on drying indicators (surfacecolour difference, ginsenosides content, and surfaceshrinkage rate) and drying efficiency (drying time) duringthe process of drying white ginseng slices. Regardingmicrowave drying, the microwave drying time cannotexceed 150 s, and the ginseng slice water content cannot beless 50%. For the combination drying, SW, far-infrareddrying temperature and slice thickness increased, the colourdifference and surface shrinkage rate first decreasedand then increased, and the content of ginsenosides firstincreased and then decreased. In addition, the combinationdrying showed faster drying rate, higher ginsenosidescontents value, colour difference (DE) value and lowersurface shrinkage rate than single far-infrared drying.

Shellix : An Efficient Approach for Shellcode Detection

Mo Chen,Changzhen Hu,Donghai Tian,Xin Wang,Yuan Liu,Ning Li 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Security and Its Applicat Vol.10 No.6

Code injection attacks are widely used by attackers to compromise computer systems. Attackers could obtain the control of a victim's computer system by injecting shellcode to the vulnerable program. The existing solutions to detect shellcode can be grouped into two categories: static analysis and dynamic analysis. Static analysis can detect shellcode efficiently, but cannot handle the shellcode that employs obfuscation techniques. Dynamic analysis is able to detect the obfuscated shellcode, however it is still limited to detect the recent virtualization-aware shellcode. In this paper, we present a novel shellcode detection approach without using any virtualization technology. We implement our approach based on the commodity OS kernel which is compatible to the existing system. Our approach is able to detect the shellcode that could be aware of the virtualization environment and reduces the probability of exposing detection environment. Our experimental evaluations show that our system can effectively detect a large set of shellcode instances with good performance.

SERS study of Ag/FeS/4-MBA interface based on the SPR effect

Ma, Ning,Zhang, Xin-Yuan,Fan, Wenyue,Guo, Shuang,Zhang, Yongjun,Liu, Yang,Chen, Lei,Jung, Young Mee Elsevier 2019 Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomole Vol.219 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>In this work, an ordered metal-semiconductor molecular system was introduced, and 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (4-MBA) was employed to study the charge transfer (CT) at the metal-semiconductor interface based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra. The thickness of the sputtered FeS was controlled so that the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of Ag underwent a displacement change, and the contribution of the SPR to the CT was studied through surface plasmon (SP) absorption. Furthermore, SERS spectra obtained at different excitation wavelengths were used to calculate the degree of CT in the layer-by-layer sputtering system. When Ag was irradiated with incident light, the strong SPR of Ag was excited, generating an increased electromagnetic field (EM). This amplified EM generated hot electrons at the interface between the FeS and Ag, and then the hot electrons were rearranged. Therefore, we established a simple and effective method for studying the impact of SPR on interfacial CT and analyzed the SERS spectra in accordance with Lombardi's basic theory and the physical effects associated with SPR. This theory is in good agreement with the experimental results. On this basis, we also proposed a mechanism by which SPR impacts the CT, which is beneficial for studying interfacial CT and obtaining an in-depth understanding of the CT mechanism in SERS. This work also enables the expansion of the applications of the SERS technique in the field of nanomaterials.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> SERS substrate was designed based on the layer-by-layer sputtering of Ag/FeS. </LI> <LI> 4-MBA was employed to study the CT at the metal-semiconductor interface. </LI> <LI> The SPR of Ag promotes the electron transfer process of the Ag/FeS/4-MBA system. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>In this paper, we designed a layer-by-layer sputtering of Ag and FeS on the PS template. FeS, as an ultranarrow bandgap semiconductor with a bandgap width of only 0.1 eV, exhibited different properties for SERS. The SPR of Ag can be tuned by controlling the FeS film thickness, which is beneficial for studying interface CT and obtaining an in-depth understanding of the CT mechanism in SERS.</P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Expression of Ki67 in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma and its Clinical Significance

Zhou, Yuan,Jiang, Hong-Gang,Lu, Ning,Lu, Bo-Hao,Chen, Zhi-Heng Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.4

Purpose: To investigate the expression of Ki67 protein in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma(PTMC), and to analyze its clinical significance. Materials and Methods: Ki67 protein expression was evaluated in the tissues of 108 human PTMC and 50 other benign papillary hyperplasia of thyroid specimens using immunohistochemistry. Results: The expression intensity of Ki67 in PTMC and benign papillary hyperplasia of thyroid specimens were $1.45{\pm}1.83%$ and $0.46{\pm}0.46%$.The positive expression rates were 46.3% and 14%. There were significant differences between these two groups (p<0.01). There was no significant variation of the expression intensity and positive expression rates of Ki67 in PTMC with gender, age, position of the tumor and the level of TSH pre-operation (p>0.05), but these parameters varied with tumor size, invasion by membrane and cervical lymph node metastasis (p<0.05 or p<0.01). Conclusions: The expression of Ki67 in PTMC was related to tumor size, invasion by membrane and cervical lymph node metastasis, and could be the important indicator for judging clinical progress and estimating prognosis.

Construction of a Ginsenoside Content-predicting Model based on Hyperspectral Imaging

Xiaofeng Ning,Yuan Juan Gong,Yong Liang Chen,Hongbo Li 한국농업기계학회 2018 바이오시스템공학 Vol.43 No.4

Purpose: The aim of this study was to construct a saponin content-predicting model using shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy. Methods: The experiment used a shortwave imaging spectrometer and ENVI spectral acquisition software sampling a spectrum of 910 nm–2500 nm. The corresponding preprocessing and mathematical modeling analysis was performed by Unscrambler 9.7 software to establish a ginsenoside nondestructive spectral testing prediction model. Results: The optimal preprocessing method was determined to be a standard normal variable transformation combined with the second-order differential method. The coefficient of determination, R², of the mathematical model established by the partial least squares method was found to be 0.9999, while the root mean squared error of prediction, RMSEP, was found to be 0.0043, and root mean squared error of calibration, RMSEC, was 0.0041. The residuals of the majority of the samples used for the prediction were between ±1. Conclusion: The experiment showed that the predicted model featured a high correlation with real values and a good prediction result, such that this technique can be appropriately applied for the nondestructive testing of ginseng quality.

Continuous Passaging of a Recombinant C-Strain Virus in PK-15 Cells Selects Culture-Adapted Variants that Showed Enhanced Replication but Failed to Induce Fever in Rabbits

( Chao Tong ),( Ning Chen ),( Xun Liao ),( Xuemei Yuan ),( Mengjiao Sun ),( Xiaoliang Li ),( Weihuan Fang ) 한국미생물생명공학회(구 한국산업미생물학회) 2017 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.27 No.9

Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is the etiologic agent of classical swine fever, a highly contagious disease that causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. The lapinized C-strain, a widely used vaccine strain against CSFV, has low growth efficiency in cell culture, which limits the productivity in the vaccine industry. In this study, a recombinant virus derived from C-strain was constructed and subjected to continuous passaging in PK-15 cells with the goal of acquiring a high progeny virus yield. A cell-adapted virus variant, RecCpp80, had nearly 1,000-fold higher titer than its parent C-strain but lost the ability to induce fever in rabbits. Sequence analysis of cell-adapted RecC variants indicated that at least six nucleotide changes were fixed in RecCpp80. Further adaption of RecCpp80 variant in swine testicle cells led to a higher virus yield without additional mutations. Introduction of each of these residues into the wild-type RecC backbone showed that one mutation, M979R (T3310G), located in the C-terminal region of E2 might be closely related to the cell-adapted phenotype. Rabbit inoculation revealed that RecCpp80+10 failed to induce fever in rabbits, whereas RecCpp40₊₁₀ caused a fever response similar to the commercial C-strain vaccine. In conclusion, the C-strain can be adapted to cell culture by introducing specific mutations in its E2 protein. The mutations in RecCpp80 that led to the loss of fever response in rabbits require further investigation. Continuous passaging of the C-strain-based recombinant viruses in PK-15 cells could enhance its in vitro adaption. The non-synonymous mutations at 3310 and 3531 might play major roles in the enhanced capacity of general virus reproduction. Such findings may help design a modified C-strain for improved productivity of commercial vaccines at reduced production cost.

Overexpression of Stromal Interaction Molecule 1/Store-operated Calcium Entry-associated Regulatory Factor in Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Mouse Jejunum Impairs Pacemaker Activity

( Jian-lin Lv ),( Ning-yuan Chen ),( Shang-ling Pan ) 대한소화기기능성질환·운동학회(구 대한소화관운동학회) 2018 Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (JNM Vol.24 No.4

RASSF1A Gene Methylation is Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Risk in Chinese

Wu, Kun,Xu, Xiao-Ning,Chen, Yu,Pu, Xiao-Lin,Wang, Bo-Yuan,Tang, Xiao-Dan Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.6

In order to explore the association between RASSF1A methylation and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) risk of Chinese, we carried out a meta-analysis with searches of PubMed, Web of Science, ProQest and Medline databases. Ultimately, 14 articles were identified and analysised using R Software (R version 3.1.2) including meta packages. Overall, we found a significant relationship between RASSF1A methylation and NPC risk (OR 30.7; 95 % CI, 16.71~56.23; z=11.0591; p<0.0001) in a fixed effects model and (OR 32.1; 95% CI, 14.27~72.01; z=8.3984; p<0.0001) in a random effects model pooled. In tissue and NP brushings groups, similar results were found. Hence, our study identified a strong association between RASSF1A methylation and NPC and highlighted a promising potential for RASSF1A methylation in NPC risk prediction of Chinese.