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【Objective】The deposition and decomposition of solid particles in aquaculture wastewater will lead to the deterioration of aquaculture water and affect the health of fish. The study was conducted to understand the sedimentation rule of solid particles in aquaculture wastewater of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and its influence on the aquaculture water body, with an aim to provide a theoretical basis for the research and development and design of aquaculture wastewater treatment system.【Method】 The aquaculture wastewater of Nile tilapia pond was treated by static sedimentation. Samples of aquaculture wastewater at different depths were collected at different sedimentation times, and the particle size distribution, soluble organic components and water quality indexes of aquaculture wastewater were analyzed.【Result】Static sedimentation had no significant effect on the quality of aquaculture wastewater (P>0.05), and only reduced the mass concentrations of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in aquaculture wastewater surface. Suspended solids and algae in aquaculture wastewater could be separated by static sedimentation (P<0.05). After static sedimentation for 5.0 h, the TSS, chlorophyll a mass concentration, turbidity and chromaticity of two-meter-high water decreased by 3 854 mg/L, 42 mg/L, 0.23 NTU and 309 degrees respectively, and the TSS and chlorophyll a mass concentrations in aquaculture water decreased with the extension of sedimentation time. The results of particle size distribution showed that the settleable particles larger than 100 μm could be effectively separated by static sedimentation, but the fine particles lower than 30 μm could not be separated. The sedimentation velocity of solid particles was related to its particle size distribution range and mass concentration. The sedimentation velocity of solid particles decreased with the decrease of particle size distribution range and the increase of mass concentration. The results of three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum showed that the soluble organic compounds in the wastewater of Nile tilapia were mainly fulvic acid-like, and the soluble organic components in the wastewater could not be completely changed by static sedimentation.【Conclusion】Short time static sedimentation can effectively remove settleable particles in aquaculture wastewater, and the mass concentrations of TSS and chlorophyll a decrease with the extension of sedimentation time. However, static sedimentation cannot completely change the soluble organic components in the wastewater, nor can it significantly reduce the mass concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and other pollutants in aquaculture wastewater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To explore the efficacy of intestinal probiotics combined with health Qigong in patients with chronic obstructive lung (disease) and its effect on nuclear factor κB receptor activation factor ligand (RANKL) and blood gas index. Methods:88 stable patients with COPD from January 2018 to December 2023 were selected. They were divided into an observation group and a matched group, with 44 cases in each group. The matched group patients were treated with conventional Western medicine, while the observation group was treated with intestinal probiotics combined with fitness Qigong Eight Section Brocade in addition to the matched group. Pulmonary function, 6-minute walking test (6MWT), and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Scale (CAT) were used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the two groups of patients. Inflammatory response indicators and RANKL levels were compared before and Post-treatment, and blood gas indicators and quality of life were compared between the two groups of patients. Results: FEV1,FVC, FEV1/FVC, and 6 MWT were increased in both groups post-treatment, A ed CAT score. The same trend was observed between the observation group and the matched group (P＜0.05); Post-treatment, IL-17, TNF-α, and RANKL levels were reduced in both groups,The observation group was lower than the matched group (P＜0.05); Lower PaCO2levels Post-treatment, Increased levels of SaO2and PaO2, The observation group followed the matched group (P＜0.05); GQOLI-74 related dimension scores were elevated in both groups Post-treatment. Different compared from the matched group (P＜0.05). Conclusion: The combination of intestinal probiotics and fitness qigong Baduanjin has a significant therapeutic effect on stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in addition to conventional treatment. It can improve lung function, exercise endurance, alleviate disease severity, reduce inflammatory factors and RANKL levels, improve blood gas indicators, and enhance patient quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective To report the indications and clinical outcomes of intraocular lens (IOL) exchange surgery performed in a recent 5-year period. Methods In this retrospective case series study, patients who had undergone IOL exchange surgery from January 2019 to December 2023 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were included. Patient demographics, indications, the interval time since the last operation, pre- and post-operative visual acuity (UCVA and BCVA), complications and etc. were recorded. Patients were excluded if they had undergone IOL repositioning or add-on IOL implantation, and those who had been left aphakic after IOL explantation. Results A total of 38 cases (47 eyes) were included, with an average age of 31.19±23.47 years (range 4 to 80 years), the mean interval time was 8.4±7.0 years (range 13 days to 28 years). Indications for surgery consisted of: IOL displacement/dislocation in 16 eyes(34.0%), high myopia following congenital cataract surgery in 16 eyes (34.0%), IOL opacification in 5 eyes (10.6%); postoperative high astigmatism in 4 eyes (8.5%), and severe PCO with or without IOL damage in 3 eyes (6.4%), IOL decentration in 1 eye (2.1%), patient dissatisfaction after multifocal IOL implantation in 1 eye (2.1%) and color intolerance in 1 eye (2.1%). The interval time of the postoperative high astigmatism, patient dissatisfaction after multifocal IOL implantation, IOL decentration and color intolerance were all less than 1 year, while others were over 5 years. The clinical outcomes of IOL exchange were good, both UCVA and BCVA were increased significantly. The mean UCVA (log MAR) pre- and post-operative was 1.32±0.65, 0.66±0.42 (P < 0.001), and the mean BCVA (log MAR) pre- and post-operative was 0.72±0.70, 0.44±0.46 (P =0.001), respectively. Except for one case that had IOL displacement the day following IOL exchange and required IOL repositioning, no other complications were found. Conclusions IOL displacement/dislocation and high myopia following congenital cataract surgery were the primary reasons for IOL exchange. Postoperative high astigmatism, patient dissatisfaction after multifocal IOL implantation, IOL decentration and color intolerance had shorter operative interval time, which were early IOL exchange reasons. However, high myopia following congenital cataract surgery, IOL opacification, and severe PCO with or without IOL damage were related to long-term IOL exchange indications. IOL exchange is challenging, but the clinical outcomes were good, with few complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Menopause and aging-related hormonal changes lead to declines in muscle strength and mass in women. The World Health Organization and American College of Sports Medicine both recommend that older adults should engage in multicomponent exercise. This study investigated the effects of multicomponent exercise, detraining, and retraining on muscle performance in postmenopausal women. Methods: Thirty-three postmenopausal women (age: 67.2 ± 5.3 years) were randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group underwent 12 weeks of multicomponent exercise followed by 12 weeks of detraining and 8 weeks of retraining; the control group maintained their normal lifestyle. Regarding mechanical characteristics, the sit-to-stand test was performed and the skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) measured at four time points: before training, after 12 weeks of training, after 12 weeks of detraining, and after 8 weeks of retraining. The mechanical parameters measured were the peak ground reaction force (GRF), time to reach peak force, and time from sitting to standing, which can be used to assess lower-limb muscle strength, contraction speed, and dynamic balance. Results: The peak GRF and SMI of the experimental group were significantly better than those of the control group after the training, decreased during the detraining, but then rapidly recovered during the retraining. Conclusions: Multicomponent exercise enhances muscle strength and mass in postmenopausal women. The results of this study can serve as a reference for the design of community-based exercise programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Knowledge graph embedding designs to map the entities and relations into low-dimensional and dense vector spaces. The existing embedded models still have the following two defects: most of the existing models only focus on the semantic information of knowledge graph, but ignore plentiful hidden information of triples; the existing models only concern the unidirectional information of the entity, but ignore the bidirectional potential information. This paper proposed the knowledge graph embedding model Bi-HTGAT to solve these problems. The model designed a hierarchical type attention mechanism, considered the contribution of different entities of each type to the central entity under different relations. At the same time, this paper introduced the directional attention mechanism of the relations, fused the neighbor information in different directions to update the entities and relations embedding, and finally aggregated the two parts of information to obtain the final embedding of the entity. The experimental results show that Bi-HTGAT performs better than other baseline models in link prediction, which fully proves that Bi-HTGAT can further improve the accuracy of embedding results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Paul Willis’s “Learning to Labour”, the lads articulate ‘anti-school culture’ as their reaction after penetrating/seeing through the schooling mechanism. This paper will demonstrate some other reactions to seeing through the school system, through the case of migrant workers in Shenzhen China. These reactions are: bypass, repair, and “mobile learning”. By analyzing the learning strategies displayed by a group of young migrant workers in an electronics factory, who left school out of choice but were keen to learn, this paper argues that “mobile learning” allows social actors to imagine and realize new possibilities without challenging the existing structure. Migrant workers use this method to bypass and repair the school system which is falling apart. This paper points out that migrant workers who drop out from school are not “bad students.” This label is not helpful for understanding their situation or for solving their problems. Their problems cannot be solved by exhausting various resources to help them become “good students.” These young migrant workers are not backward, unteachable, unmotivated, or unwilling to learn. Rather, they saw through the middleclass nature of schooling and its urban bias, and realized it cannot possibly help them improve their livelihoods. They become wage labourers in factories in Shenzhen as the result of finding alternatives. Migrant workers who engage in “mobile learning” move to different places and social contexts. On the one hand, through “legitimate peripheral participation,” they gain knowledge and skills in that social context, and they collate and assemble such learning resources for their own use. On the other hand, they mobilize cultural taste, social experiences, and symbols between urban and rural settings, and thus create social, cultural, and symbolic capital which enables them to transform their subjectivities in response to the failure of the schooling system. However, “mobile learning” has its limitations. All the resources, opportunities, and every transition of this learning process is not institutionalized. “Mobile learning” relies largely on waiting, coincidences, the appreciation of supervisors and workers’ own extra labor (such as showing loyalty, hard work, diligence, etc.). In short, the path of migrant workers’ “mobile learning” is thin and easily ruptured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behavior in two great a quantity have been proved to present different health risks to different sexes. Methods: This study utilized a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected by conducting computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) to investigate the health of individuals aged 65 and over in Taipei City. A total of 1,068 valid samples were obtained (age = 72.3±6.1 years, 54.6% were women). The participants’ HRQoL were assessed using the SF-8 questionnaire, the level and intensity of their leisuretime physical activity (LTPA) were assessed using the long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and the extent of their sedentary behaviors was assessed using the Measure of Older Adults’ Sedentary Time (MOST) questionnaire. Results: Differences between genders were observed for LTPA (overall, MVPA, walking) and HRQoL (physical health, mental health, overall), but not for sedentary behavior (sedentary time and TV viewing). For the female participants, a higher overall LTPA and an increase in the time spent walking were positive predictors of good physical health and overall HRQoL. No significant associations were found between men. For the male participants, increase in sedentary behaviors was a significant negative predictor of physical health. For males who spent an increased amount of time watching TV, this two was a negative predictor of physical health, as well as of mental health and overall HRQoL. There were no relevant findings for women. Conclusions: These findings highlighted the importance of considering gender differences and the level and intensity of PA and SB when evaluating HRQoL. The results provided an important insight into the promotion of HRQoL for older adults. Future research could examine more effective interventions targeting specific genders and behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ln order to study the ecological risk of invasion of China's coastal wetlands, the coastal wetland in eastern Fujian was taken as the research area. Based on the driving force-pressure-state-impact-response ( DPSIR) model, we aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of remote sensing methods and technologies, remote sensing images, and field measurement data and meteorological data, as well as socio-economic statistical daLa and other data. These were combined to construct the ecological risk assessmenL index sysLem of Spartina altemiflora invasion. The results showed that the ecological risk of the Xiapu coasLal wetland experienced an increasing trend from 2006 to 2016, but the risk increased slowly, and patches were relatively concentrated over the next 5 years. From 2006 to 2016, the area of extremely high ecological risk increased continuously, with a total increase of 12 583.00 hm² in 10 years. The area of high ecological risk decreased continuously with a total decrease of 2 509.92 hm², whereas the area of medium ecological risk increased by 4 433.04 hm² in 10 years. The area of low ecological risk was the largest, with the area decreasing by 5 593.50 hm² first and then increasing by 990.23 hm², totaling 4 603.28 hm² of decreased area. The area of extremely low ecological risk continuously decreased, thereby reaching 9 912. 20 hm² in 10 years. From the distribution scope, the extremely high and high ecological risks were mainly located southeast of the research area, and medium ecological risk was concentrated in the central area, whereas the extremely low and low ecological risks were mainly in the northwest of the research area. The general distribution gradient from northwest to southeast tansitioned from areas of extremely low ecological risks and low ecological risks to medium ecological risks, high ecological risks, extremely high ecological risks, then medium ecological risks, and again low ecological risks. High-risk areas were mainly concentrated in Xinan Town, the eastern part of Songg, the western part of Xiahu Town, and Clumgclmn Town, and the central part of Shajiang Town and Sansha Town. the low-risk, was were mainly distributed west of Baiyang Township, Chongru She Nationality Township, Watergate She Nationality Township, Songcheng, the western part of Yacheng Town, and part of Songgang and Yantian She Nationality Township. Our results concluded that the spatial and temporal distributions of ecological risks in the study area are closely related to the structure and intensity of land use and human activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In response to the expansion of the global market, flexibility is the significant process drawing lots of attention in the late capitalist's mode of production, but the standardization is still worth discussion in the global South. The factories coastal Chin like Shenzhen, the labour force (‘workers') are mostly young people from rural village. The factory adopts the ISO 9000, a standard operational and management system, which provided by International organization for standardization (ISO) to re-organized itself. It intends to quickly establish a mechanism to convert migrant workers' subjectivity to fit into the mode of production of global capitalism. Through ISO 9000, the factory gains the certificate for its products to enter into global market. Theoretically, implementation of ISO 9000 is arguably the invasion of global market forces, which will result in the separation of production mode and society, and the ‘disembeddedment' will then follow. This paper investigates the extent to which ISO 9000 will break down existing social relations and penetrate social boundaries by conducting long-term fieldwork in an electronics factory observing how ISO 9000 implement and its required programs of education and training. This study looks at the process of standardization from a perspective of moral economy, which emphasizes the consensus and negotiations between social actors in the context of daily life, in order to correct the market in the political economy view. The study found that when the factory and the migrant workers in the face of imposed ISO 9000, their response is not to reject or resist, but to accommodate at the first glance. However, privately they de-standardization the ISO 9000 and at the same time ‘restandardization' the implicit rules of their interactions and exchange by their own way, through emotions and gestures, which are both silent and invisible in the documents. The tacit agreement between workers and managers co-exist in the factory with ISO 9000 market rules. This allows migrant workers find the cracks to negotiate their agency under the scientific management, to retrieve the rhythm of the work process, and to rebuild the social relationship which market penetrates. It is arguable that due to the moral economy and the market economy go hand in hand, it makes Chinese factories in the global market disembedded while reembedded in the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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