background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is highly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). there are extensive ethnic differences in the clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and ovarian changes in women with pcos. objective: to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of nafld in chinese women with pcos. materials and methods: non-pregnant women w...

results the allele and genotype distributions of pnpla3 rs738409 and rs2281135 were not significantly different between the chb and lc groups. after segregation on the basis of sex, no significant correlation between pnpla3 (rs738409 and rs2281135) genotypes/alleles and liver cirrhosis was detected. moreover, none of the haplotypes in pnpla3 (rs738409 and rs2281135) was found to be statisticall...

In the past three decades, Chinese economy has been arresting the worldwide attention for its doubledigit growth rate. Playing a leading part in general economic development, Chinese manufacturing has been contributing a substantial portion in the total GDP growth. However, a national key project, the Research of China National Manufacturing Strategy, has found in the last several years that Ch...

Chinese hamster ovary cells have been in the spotlight for process optimization in recent years, due to being the major, long established cell factory for the production of recombinant proteins. A deep, quantitative understanding of CHO metabolism and mechanisms involved in protein glycosylation has proven to be attainable through the development of high throughput technologies. Here we review ...

Happy birthday CM! On 23 November 2006, we launched Chinese Medicine (CM), a peer-reviewed, open access, international, interdisciplinary and scholarly journal in Chinese medicine [1]. Two years on, with the best efforts and sometimes personal sacrifices made by the authors, editorial and advisory board members, reviewers, and the editorial teams in Macao and at BioMed Central in London, we hav...

To move up the value chain, Chinese software and services outsourcing (SSO) providers will need to provide more value-added services by improving their organisational capabilities and innovative capacity. This paper reports on early findings on processes in which Chinese SSOs engage in order to move up the value chain, towards a transformative collaborative relationship with clients which is re...

This research aimed to review the use of second-person reference in advertisement translation, work out the general rules, and provide guidance to translators. Using second-person reference is common in the advertising discourse. Addressing audiences directly involves their attention and in this way enhances their memorization of the advertised message. Second-person reference can be realized v...

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