The common cold is caused by a large range of respiratory viruses and is the most common disease of mankind. There is a great need for a prophylactic treatment for colds. Specific antiviral treatments are only effecti...The common cold is caused by a large range of respiratory viruses and is the most common disease of mankind. There is a great need for a prophylactic treatment for colds. Specific antiviral treatments are only effective against one group of viruses and there is a need for a non-specific treatment that can be used against all respiratory viruses. Carrageenan is a general term used to describe a range of sulfated polysaccharides extracted from edible seaweeds. Large polyanionic molecules such as carrageenan have been shown to have antiviral activity against a wide range of viruses in vitro. The strong anionic charge of carrageenan attracts and traps viruses that have positively charged areas on their surface. The trapped viruses are then unable to infect epithelial cells. Iota-carrageenan exerts its’ antiviral activity by physical means due to its high anionic charge and it does not have any pharmacological properties and therefore does not have any toxicology or known side effects from treatment. Iota-carrageenan does not have any taste or smell and, when used as a nasal spray, does not have any adverse effects. Iota-carrageenan is an ideal prophylactic treatment for the common cold and is safe for use in children. Treatment of common cold with iota-carrageenan has to date been studied in five placebo-controlled clinical trials and these trials support both efficacy as a prophylactic treatment for colds and the safety and tolerability of iota-carrageenan.展开更多
The Internet of Things Application(IOTA) is an innovative public blockchain system tailored for the Internet of Things(IoT), focusing on challenges such as micro-payments, concurrency, and scalability. However, its di...The Internet of Things Application(IOTA) is an innovative public blockchain system tailored for the Internet of Things(IoT), focusing on challenges such as micro-payments, concurrency, and scalability. However, its distributed ledger,which utilizes a directed acyclic graph(DAG) structure, is vulnerable to double-spending attacks. To mitigate this risk,we propose a countermeasure employing zero-determinant(ZD) strategies to encourage honest transactions among nodes.First, we analyze the game-theoretic interactions between the IOTA committee and nodes, modeling them as an iterated prisoner's dilemma and deriving the conditions under which this dilemma holds. Next, we explore the conditions under which the IOTA committee can adopt ZD strategies, demonstrating the feasibility of unilaterally controlling node payoffs.Finally, theoretical analysis and experimental validation confirm the effectiveness of the proposed countermeasure, offering a novel game-theoretic solution for enhancing IOTA's security.展开更多
目的:探讨国际卵巢肿瘤研究组(International ovarian of tumor analysis,IOTA)Logistic回归模型LR2预测卵巢良恶性肿瘤的价值。方法:选取2016年1月—2017年3月因附件包块在郑州大学第三附属医院住院并行手术治疗的215例患者,所有患者...目的:探讨国际卵巢肿瘤研究组(International ovarian of tumor analysis,IOTA)Logistic回归模型LR2预测卵巢良恶性肿瘤的价值。方法:选取2016年1月—2017年3月因附件包块在郑州大学第三附属医院住院并行手术治疗的215例患者,所有患者术前均接受超声检查,观察、总结声像图特点,用IOTA后处理软件计算风险值,随访术后病理结果,计算IOTA Logistic回归模型LR2的灵敏度、特异度、阳性预测值、阴性预测值、阳性似然比、阴性似然比及受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线的曲线下面积(area under curve,AUC)。结果:病例组共215例,其中良性肿瘤126例(58.6%),恶性肿瘤89例(41.4%),LR2的灵敏度为95.5%(95%CI:90.4%~98.3%),特异度为76.2%(95%CI:62.7%~87.7%),AUC为0.89(SE=0.024,95%CI:0.87~0.91)。结论:IOTA Logistic回归模型LR2在预测卵巢肿瘤方面有较高的应用价值,可作为非妇产科或者低年资超声科医师诊断卵巢肿瘤的辅助方法。展开更多
Atypical PKC (aPKC) plays a role in establishing cell polarity and has been indicated in neuronal differentiation and polarization, including neurite formation in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, albeit by unclear mec...Atypical PKC (aPKC) plays a role in establishing cell polarity and has been indicated in neuronal differentiation and polarization, including neurite formation in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, albeit by unclear mechanisms. Here, the role of the aPKC isoform, PKC iota (PKCι), in the early neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells, was investigated. NGF-treated PC12 cells with stably expressed exogenous wild-type PKCι showed decreased expression of a neuroendocrine marker, increased expression of a neuronal marker and increased neurite formation. Stable expression of a kinase-inactive PKCι, but not constitutively active PKCι lacking a regulatory domain, had similar though less potent effects. Pharmacological inhibition of endogenous aPKC kinase activity in parental PC12 cells did not inhibit neurite formation, suggesting that some of the observed effects of PKCι expression on neuronal differentiation are kinase-independent. Interestingly, exogenous expression of wild-type and kinase-inactive PKCι had little effect on overall PKCι activity, but caused a decrease in PKC zeta (PKCζ) kinase activity, suggesting an interplay between the two isoforms that may underlie the observed results. Overall, these findings suggest that in PC12 and perhaps other neuroendocrine precursor cells, PKCι influences an early differentiation decision between the neuroendocrine (chromaffin) and sympathetic neuron cell lineages, potentially by affecting PKCζ function.展开更多
文摘The common cold is caused by a large range of respiratory viruses and is the most common disease of mankind. There is a great need for a prophylactic treatment for colds. Specific antiviral treatments are only effective against one group of viruses and there is a need for a non-specific treatment that can be used against all respiratory viruses. Carrageenan is a general term used to describe a range of sulfated polysaccharides extracted from edible seaweeds. Large polyanionic molecules such as carrageenan have been shown to have antiviral activity against a wide range of viruses in vitro. The strong anionic charge of carrageenan attracts and traps viruses that have positively charged areas on their surface. The trapped viruses are then unable to infect epithelial cells. Iota-carrageenan exerts its’ antiviral activity by physical means due to its high anionic charge and it does not have any pharmacological properties and therefore does not have any toxicology or known side effects from treatment. Iota-carrageenan does not have any taste or smell and, when used as a nasal spray, does not have any adverse effects. Iota-carrageenan is an ideal prophylactic treatment for the common cold and is safe for use in children. Treatment of common cold with iota-carrageenan has to date been studied in five placebo-controlled clinical trials and these trials support both efficacy as a prophylactic treatment for colds and the safety and tolerability of iota-carrageenan.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia, China (Grant No. 2024LHMS06013)Basic Research Funds for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s Directly Affiliated Universities in 2025 (Grant No. NCYWS25019)+2 种基金the Regional Digital Economy and Digital Governance Research Center (Grant No. szzl202401)the Research Project on Education and Teaching Reform at Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics (Grant No. JXZD2405)the 2025 High-Quality Research Achievement Cultivation Fund Project of Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics (Grant No. GZCG2529)。
文摘The Internet of Things Application(IOTA) is an innovative public blockchain system tailored for the Internet of Things(IoT), focusing on challenges such as micro-payments, concurrency, and scalability. However, its distributed ledger,which utilizes a directed acyclic graph(DAG) structure, is vulnerable to double-spending attacks. To mitigate this risk,we propose a countermeasure employing zero-determinant(ZD) strategies to encourage honest transactions among nodes.First, we analyze the game-theoretic interactions between the IOTA committee and nodes, modeling them as an iterated prisoner's dilemma and deriving the conditions under which this dilemma holds. Next, we explore the conditions under which the IOTA committee can adopt ZD strategies, demonstrating the feasibility of unilaterally controlling node payoffs.Finally, theoretical analysis and experimental validation confirm the effectiveness of the proposed countermeasure, offering a novel game-theoretic solution for enhancing IOTA's security.
文摘Atypical PKC (aPKC) plays a role in establishing cell polarity and has been indicated in neuronal differentiation and polarization, including neurite formation in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, albeit by unclear mechanisms. Here, the role of the aPKC isoform, PKC iota (PKCι), in the early neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells, was investigated. NGF-treated PC12 cells with stably expressed exogenous wild-type PKCι showed decreased expression of a neuroendocrine marker, increased expression of a neuronal marker and increased neurite formation. Stable expression of a kinase-inactive PKCι, but not constitutively active PKCι lacking a regulatory domain, had similar though less potent effects. Pharmacological inhibition of endogenous aPKC kinase activity in parental PC12 cells did not inhibit neurite formation, suggesting that some of the observed effects of PKCι expression on neuronal differentiation are kinase-independent. Interestingly, exogenous expression of wild-type and kinase-inactive PKCι had little effect on overall PKCι activity, but caused a decrease in PKC zeta (PKCζ) kinase activity, suggesting an interplay between the two isoforms that may underlie the observed results. Overall, these findings suggest that in PC12 and perhaps other neuroendocrine precursor cells, PKCι influences an early differentiation decision between the neuroendocrine (chromaffin) and sympathetic neuron cell lineages, potentially by affecting PKCζ function.
