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After digitally setting the percentages of the four dependent variables for phospholipid and PG production, the ANN-optimized phospholipid product (Y1 = 88.07%, Y2 = 98.89%, Y3 = 100%, and Y4 = 49.03%) was acquired at X1 = 3.54 g/g, X2 = 26 °C, and X3 = 43 mg/mL, whereas the PG product (Y1 = 83.83%, Y2 = 97.64%, Y3 = 100%, and Y4 = 59.21%) was obtained at X1 = 2.00 g/g, X2 = 28.38 °C, and X3 = 41 mg/mL. In conclusion, the ANN method was better than RSM for the optimization of the silica-gel adsorption technique for PG extraction from soybean lecithin powder. PRACTICAL APPLICATION This paper lays a theoretical foundation for the optimization of the industrial production of phytosterol glycosides and the comprehensive utilization of lecithin resources.2D intrinsic ferromagnetic materials are highly anticipated in spintronic devices due to their coveted 2D limited magnetism. However, 2D non-layered intrinsic ferromagnets have received sporadic attention, which is largely attributed to the fact that their synthesis is still a great challenge. Significantly, manganese phosphide (MnP) is a promising non-layered intrinsic ferromagnet with excellent properties. Herein, high-quality 2D MnP single crystals formed over liquid metal tin (Sn) is demonstrated through a facile chemical vapor deposition technique. The introduction of liquid metal Sn provides a fertile ground for the growth of 2D MnP single crystals. Interestingly, 2D MnP single crystals maintain their intrinsic ferromagnetism and exhibit a Curie temperature above room temperature. The research enriches the diversity of 2D intrinsic ferromagnetic materials, opening up opportunities for further exploration of their unique properties and rich applications.A corona, consisting of 18 carbon atoms bearing 12 hydroxy groups in a continuous hydrogen-bonded chain, is built up by alternating degenerate conformations of alternating alkane-1,2-diol and 1,3-diol motifs. Geometries, proton nuclear magnetic resonance shifts and interaction energies for the dodecahydroxycyclo-octadecane and selected fragments are determined by density functional calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. Cooperative effects of O-H… O-H bonding are evident from the simple juxtaposition of these two motifs with a common OH group in butane-1,2,4-triol conformers. Bracketing a 1,2-diol motif with two 1,3-diol motifs in hexane-1,3,4,6-tetrol leads to a structure in which the 1,2-diol motif displays a bond critical point for hydrogen bonding. This is associated with enhancement of the shift of the hydrogen-bonded OH proton and of the corresponding H… O interaction energy. The full corona has a complete outer ring of O-H… O-H bond paths, and an inner ring of bond paths, due to C-H… H-C hydrogen-hydrogen bonding, which result in a central ring critical point. see more The topological O-H… O-H hydrogen bond, never seen in simple alkane-1,2-diols, is associated with cooperative enhancement of the H… O interaction energy, but this is not a necessary condition for a bond path values for topological C-H… H-C hydrogen-hydrogen bonds can be as low as -0.4 kcal. mol-1 . Supporting information may be found in the online version of this paper.Genetic selection for carcass traits is paramount to maximize the profitability and long-term sustainability of any meat-producing livestock species. The main objectives of this research were to evaluate the efficiency of indicator traits for the genetic improvement of lamb carcass traits and to determine the value of including carcass traits into terminal sire selection indexes for the Canadian sheep industry. The carcass traits included hot carcass weight (HCW), fat depth at the GR site (FATGR) and average carcass conformation score (AVGCONF), and were measured on heavy lambs (slaughter age less than 365 days and HCW greater than 16.3 kg) in commercial abattoirs. Growth traits were found to be moderately efficient indicator traits for the genetic improvement of HCW but selection on ultrasound traits was necessary to substantially improve the carcass quality traits (FATGR and AVGCONF). Economic selection indexes were designed by adding various combinations of carcass traits into the Canadian Sheep Genetic Evaluation System terminal indexes. Records measured on individuals and progeny were assumed to be the sources of information for live animal and carcass traits, respectively. The changes in index accuracy, efficiency and expected correlated response were used to assess the value of their inclusion. HCW was found to have a large economic value, and its inclusion into terminal selection indexes was expected to substantially increase their accuracy (0.08-0.12 points) and efficiency (20%-30%). However, further including FATGR (measured 110 mm from the carcass midline over the 12th rib) and AVGCONF had little impact on the accuracy (≤0.03) and efficiency (1%-7%) of the proposed indexes. Thus, the inclusion of carcass traits into the existing terminal selection indexes could be beneficial for the genetic improvement of HCW, but further research is needed to determine optimal methods of increasing carcass fatness and muscularity.A novel alkynyl phosphane gold(I) complex (trimethylphosphane)(3-(1,3-dimethylxanthine-7-yl)prop-1-yn-1yl)gold(I) 1 displayed mutiple biological acitivites including selective proliferation inhibitory, anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic effects. The complex also induced effects related to aneuploidy in HCT-116 colon carcinoma cells, which might be mainly ascribed to the dysfunction of mitochondrial bioenergetics and downregulation of glycosis. Induction of aneuploidy beyond a critical level can provide an effective strategy to target cancer, in particular colorectal tumours with a low tolerance of aneuploidy, and could be of relevance for 1 and other metallodrugs.Low-income pregnant women have been Medicaid eligible since the 1980s, but the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s expansion of Medicaid to women preconception has the potential to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes by removing delays in Medicaid enrollment. More substantially, the ACA expanded subsidized nongroup maternity coverage. Pre-ACA, nongroup health insurance had generally excluded maternity coverage and was prohibitively expensive for low-income individuals, but the ACA's creation of the Marketplace made maternity coverage mandatory and provides income-based subsidies. I use a simulated eligibility approach to measure how these two aspects of the ACA impacted pregnancy and birth outcomes for first-time mothers, paying special attention to racial-ethnic differences. I find expanding Medicaid to women prior to pregnancy significantly improves the share of women with a prenatal care visit in the first trimester for non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. Expansions in non-Medicaid subsidized insurance, such as Marketplace insurance, significantly reduce the share of births paid by Medicaid and increased breastfeeding across all racial and ethnic groups. Neither type of subsidized insurance had significant, robust impacts on birth outcomes.Lately, experts have turned to historical evidence to uncover the default mode of our sleep pattern. Even though there are some notable exceptions, most historians use a qualitative methodology based on scattered evidence in diaries, letters, novels, medical treatise and other literary sources. To provide fresh perspective in the debate, the present article develops a more quantitative approach. Drawing fresh evidence from early modern criminal records - viz the eyewitness reports of the Hoge Vierschaer or the local criminal court in Antwerp - we are able to debunk some classic stereotypes about premodern sleep patterns. Data reveal that most 18th -century Antwerpers slept fewer hours than we would expect, slumbered in a monophasic way and rarely if ever took a nap during the day. Moreover, the start and end of sleep were less attuned to the solar cycle than we would imagine. Last but not least, the pattern also shows some fascinating weekly and seasonal variations.Because of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming increasingly important. 10% of NAFLD patients develop non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may progress to cirrhosis and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation in the Western world. Pre-fibrotic NASH can only be reliably diagnosed by biopsy. However, given its success in other inflammatory diseases, PET/CT with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), although non-specific, may offer a promising approach to diagnosing not only NASH but also other inflammatory liver conditions. In addition, FDG-PET has generated pathophysiological information on hepatic glucose metabolism and, diagnostically, used liver for quantification of tumour FDG accumulation (e.g. Deauville scoring). A review of hepatic FDG-PET is therefore timely. There are two general approaches to the quantification of hepatic FDG accumulation firstly, standard uptake value (SUV) and secondly dynamic PET. SUV is a poor index of hepatic metabolic function because most hepatic FDG (~75%) is un-phosphorylated 60 min post-injection. Hepatic fat is increased in NAFLD but accumulates negligible FDG. Because fat distribution is heterogeneous, maximum pixel SUV is therefore preferred to mean pixel SUV. Computer modelling of dynamic PET dissects the transport constants governing hepatic FDG kinetics but is challenged by the liver's dual blood supply. Graphical analysis is less informative but more robust and will be the preferred clinical approach to measurement of hepatic FDG phosphorylation. Previous dynamic PET studies have ignored hepatic fat and therefore potentially underestimated glucose accumulation in patients with hepatic steatosis. Future work should use graphical analysis of dynamic PET and correction for hepatic fat.In Nigeria, reproduction is highly valued, with many people desiring to produce a child 'in their own image and likeness'. Previously, aspiring parents often resorted to adoption. Today, the availability of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) has provided options other than adoption for those desiring to procreate. Through ARTs, aspirations for a family may be attained through an exchange of reproductive goods and services, and not necessarily through traditional heterosexual relationships. ARTs have altered the perception of parenthood as it exists in Nigeria, and courts face a difficult task in defining parenthood within Nigerian jurisprudence, as they can only adjudicate based on extant law. Although ARTs provide greater individual choices for fulfilling the desire to procreate, they raise a number of ethical and legal issues that evolving legal systems, such as that in Nigeria, are ill-equipped to manage. This paper describes the traditional assignment of parenthood under indigenous laws and other sources of law within the Nigerian jurisprudence. We carried out an in-depth study of the Nigerian legislative framework and found that there are no laws directly regulating parenthood, procreation and ARTs in Nigeria. We also found that the extant laws are only tangentially related and do not answer the relevant questions sufficiently well, especially concerning succession, nationality and assignment of responsibility in collaborative reproduction. We conclude by highlighting the need for and recommending a regulatory framework on ARTs with a particular focus on providing a definition for parenthood achieved through ARTs in Nigeria.
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