The analysis of the ejaculate,better known as spermiogram,represents the first and main step to identify whether a series of sperm quality parameters are within the norm and therefore are consistent with normal sperm ...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32171264 and No.81974226);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2023NSFSC1609)。
According to the World Health Organization(WHO)manual,sperm concentration should be measured using an improved Neubauer hemocytometer,while sperm motility should be measured by manual assessment.However,in China,thous...
Supported by Guizhou Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Project(QNYZZZ[2017]No.12,GZSZCYJSTX-04);2024 Quality Supervision and Sampling Project of Normal Temperature Semen for Breeding Pigs.
[Objectives]Straw-preserved frozen semen from native and imported pig breeds and its conception performance were studied to provide a scientific basis for further optimizing pig breeding strategy.[Methods]This study w...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31991192,32230027,32270725,32100551,and 32270807);Shandong Natural Science Foundation(2022HWYQ-075).
Cilia’s back-and-forth beat pattern requires a central pair(CP)of microtubules.However,the mechanism by which the CP is upheld above the transition zone(TZ)remains unclear.Here,we showed that a rod-like substructure ...
Heat transfer improves significantly when the working fluid has high thermal conductivity.Heat transfer can be found in fields such as food processing,solar through collectors,and drug delivery.Considering this notabl...
support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22035008,21972155,and 21988102);the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.1A1111KYSB20200010).
Motile plant tissues can control their configurations and regulate their motion speed according to their specific requirements,which offer various protypes for biomimetic actuators with controlled motion speed.In this...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.82070003,82100057,81900002,82101961,31970504,and 31772548);Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China (Nos.2020JJ5805 and 2021JJ30943);Xiangya Clinical Big Data System Construction Project in Pulmonary Inflammatory Disease of Central South University;the National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Projects of China。
Primary ciliary dyskinesia(PCD)is a congenital,motile ciliopathy with pleiotropic symptoms.Although nearly 50 causative genes have been identified,they only account for approximately 70%of definitive PCD cases.Dynein ...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Project(No.2021YFA1201400);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52073222,51573144 and 21474078);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:2021IVA118 and 2022IVA201).
Micro/nanorobots can propel and navigate in many hard-to-reach biological environments,and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedical research and applications.However,current MNRs lack the capability to colle...
the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFA1101000,2022YFA1105200);the Chinese National Natural Science Funds(31870902,32070907,31871405,U20A20393);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(32125016,31925013);Zhejiang Natural Science Fund(LD19C070001);the JiangsuNational ScienceFoundation(19KJA550003);National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students(202210343065).
Recently in Cell,Chien et al.published their new findings on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)penetrating through the'mucosal,barrier of,respiratory by hijacking the cilia and microvilli of n...
supported by the Government College University,Faisalabad,and Higher Education Commission,Pakistan.
In current study,the numerical computations of Reiner–Rivlin nanofluid flow through a rotational disk under the influence of thermal radiation and Arrhenius activation energy is considered.For innovative physical sit...