In a clinical trial with Chinese women, UE was superior to sonography and equal or superior to mammography in differentiating benign and malignant lesions in the breast. A combination of UE and sonography had the best results in detecting cancer and potentially could reduce unnecessary biopsy. Ultrasound elastography is a promising technique for evaluating breast lesions.
Taurine is an indispensable amino acid for many fish species and taurine supplementation is needed when plant-based diets are used as the primary protein source for these species. However, there is limited information available to understand the physiological or metabolic effects of taurine on fish. In this study, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomic analysis was conducted to identify the metabolic profile change in the fish intestine with the aim to assess the effect of dietary taurine supplementation on the physiological and metabolomic variation of fish, and reveal the possible mechanism of taurine’s metabolic effect. Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) were divided into four groups and fed diets containing 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% taurine supplementation for 84 days. After extraction using aqueous and organic solvents, 25 significant taurine-induced metabolic changes were identified. These metabolic changes in grouper intestine were characterized by differences in carbohydrate, amino acid, lipid and nucleotide. The results reflected both the physiological state and growth of the fish, and indicated that taurine supplementation significantly affects the metabolome of fish, improves energy utilization and amino acid uptake, promotes protein, lipid and purine synthesis, and accelerates fish growth.
Aligned coaxial nanocables were grown on Si substrates by a vapor-deposition technique. The lengths of the nanocables increased as the distance between the substrate and the source decreased. The nanocables were characterized as homogeneously crystallized shells of about 25 nm thick, diameters of about 100 nm, and round top ends. It was found that the shell emits an intense middle-ultraviolet about 300 nm at room temperature. This emission was attributed to the thin double-layer structure in the Zn-Zn2SiO4 core-shell nanocable where the Zn2SiO4 shell has the potential to serve as more ideal luminophors. The results demonstrated that the nanocable density could be changed by altering nucleation density at the steps on the substrate surface. The unique growth manner described herein provides a new technique for the homogeneous crystallization of Zn-Zn2SiO4 core-shell nanocables.
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