A Liao Dynasty tomb in the Panyanggou Cemetery, Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-173
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Main Chamber ◽  
Bronze Wares ◽  
Five Dynasties ◽  
Liao Dynasty ◽  
Han Culture ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Grave Goods

AbstractIn July through September 2012, the tomb of Mme Yi, the De Consort of the Later Tang Dynasty was excavated. It was a brick multi-chamber tomb consisting of the passage, the entrance, the corridor, the main chamber and the side chambers, the full length of which was 24.1m. 208 pieces (sets) of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including porcelains, silver and bronze wares, iron objects, bone implements, lacquer wares, architectural parts and the epitaph. This tomb show more styles of the Han Culture, which was special among the tombs of the Liao Dynasty of the same time. The content of the epitaph made up the insufficient records of the historical textual materials and provided important materials for the researches on the relationship between the Khitan and the Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasties in the Five-Dynasties Period.

scholarly journals Dietary Quality is Associated with Reduced Risk of Diabetes among adults in Northern China: A Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Siyue Tan ◽  
Haiwen Lu ◽  
Ruier Song ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
Mingming Xue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Diabetes Prevalence ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In this study, we analysed the prevalence of diabetes in Inner Mongolia and explored the relationship between dietary patterns and diabetes using the Chinese Dietary Balance Index-16 (DBI-16). This study was a surveillance survey of Chronic Disease and Nutrition Monitoring among Chinese Adults in Inner Mongolia in 2015. Dietary data were collected using the 24-h dietary recall and weighing method over 3 consecutive days. Dietary quality was evaluated via the DBI-16. A generalized linear model was used to examine the associations between the DBI-16 and dietary patterns. The relationship between dietary patterns and diabetes was analysed using logistic regression. In Inner Mongolia, the diabetes prevalence was 8.5%, and the estimated standardized prevalence was 6.0%. Four major dietary patterns were identified: ‘meat/dairy products’, ‘traditional northern’, ‘high cereal/tuber’ and ‘high-salt/alcohol’. Generalized linear models showed that the ‘meat/dairy products’ pattern was relatively balanced (βLBS = −1.993, βHBS = −0.206, βDQD = −2.199; all P<0.05) and was associated with a lower diabetes risk (odds ratio [OR]: 0.565; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.338–0.945; P<0.05) after adjusting for potential confounders. The other three dietary patterns (i.e., ‘traditional northern’, ‘high cereal/tuber’ and ‘high-salt/alcohol’) exhibited relatively unbalanced dietary quality and were unassociated with diabetes risk. Diabetes prevalence in Inner Mongolia was moderate. The dietary quality of the ‘meat/dairy products’ pattern was relatively balanced and was correlated with a decreased risk of diabetes prevalence, suggesting that dietary quality may help decrease the diabetes prevalence and provide a suggestion for local dietary guidelines.

The mural tomb of the Northern Wei Dynasty at Yunboli in Datong City, Shanxi

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Datong Municipal Institute of Archa
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Bronze Wares ◽  
Northern Wei ◽  
Northern Wei Dynasty ◽  
Grave Goods ◽  
Wei Dynasty

AbstractIn April 2009, Datong Municipal Institute of Archaeology excavated a mural tomb of the Northern Wei Dynasty at Yunboli Neighborhood in the south of urban Datong City. This tomb was a single-chamber tomb comprising the long ramp passageway, the sealing wall, the entrance, the corridor and the chamber built in the popular style of the Pingcheng period of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The grave goods unearthed from this tomb included glazed potteries, stone implements, silver and bronze wares, iron implements and bone objects; the motifs of the murals were feasting and hunting scenes, honeysuckle patterns and dragon and phoenix designs, the contents and styles of which all have features of Tuoba Xianbei ethnic group.

The Gangga Cemetery in Chen Barag Banner, Inner Mongolia

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Birch Bark ◽  
The South ◽  
Wooden Board ◽  
Grave Goods

Abstract In July through October 2014, the Joint Hulun Buir Archaeological Team organized by the Institute of Archaeology, CASS and other institutions conducted excavation to the Gangga Cemetery in Chen Barag Banner. This cemetery covering an area of about 2ha was located on the riverbank terrace about 6km to the east of Hoh Nor Town and about 600m to the south of the mainstream of the Hailar River. The excavated area is 680sq m, from which 16 burials were recovered. All of the burials had wooden burial receptacles, most of which were log coffins, and some of them were furnished with wooden board coffins. The grave goods unearthed from these burials included pottery wares, wooden saddles, birch bark quivers, iron arrowheads, bronze belt ornaments, agate beads, etc. The date of Gangga Cemetery was around the 8–10th centuries CE, which is significantly valuable for the exploration of the origination of the Mongol ethnic group.

The relationship between magma and mineralization in Chaobuleng iron polymetallic deposit, Inner Mongolia

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 228-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Wu ◽  
Biren Wang ◽  
Zhiguang Zhou ◽  
Guosheng Wang ◽  
Andrew V. Zuza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Polymetallic Deposit ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Microbial Diversity of Ticks And A Novel Tyhpus Group Rickettsia Species ( R. bacterium Ac37b) Detected In Inner Mongolia, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Wu ◽  
Li-li Xing ◽  
Zheng Gui ◽  
Si Su ◽  
Jing-feng Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Third Generation Sequencing ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City ◽  
Generation Sequencing

Abstract Background: Ticks are arthropods that can carry multiple pathogens and parasitize on livestock and mammals as well as on humans. Animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia, China, provides a suitable tick habitat. In this study, PacBio full-length 16S rDNA third-generation sequencing was used to analyze the diversity of microbial communities carried by ticks in different regions of Inner Mongolia. The aim of the study is to characterize the microbiome carried by ticks in different geographical locations and to provide theoretical support for regional prevention and control of pathogen populations in the future. Methods: In this study, a total of 905 Dermacentor nuttalli and 36 Ixodes persuleatus were collected from the surface of sheep in four main pasture areas in Inner Mongolia. Pooled DNA samples were prepared from three samples from each region and from each tick species. In total the microbial diversity of 12 samples was analyzed by PacBio full-length 16S rRNA third-generation sequencing, and the α and β diversity were determined. Results: The main bacterial genera we found were Rickettsia (35.27%), Ac37b (19.33%), Arsenophonus (11.21%), Candidatus Lariskella (10.84%), and Acinetobacter (7.17%). There were significant differences in the microbial composition of ticks from different regions and in different tick species. Rickettsia bellii was found in the I. persuleatus group. In addition, Anaplasma and a novel tyhpus group Rickettsia species (R. bacterium Ac37b) were found in the sample group of D. nuttalli in the city of Ordos.Conclusions: In this study, Rickettsia bellii was first found in I. persuleatus in Inner Mongolia, and a novel tyhpus group Rickettsia species (R. bacterium Ac37b) was found in D. nuttalli from the city of Ordos. Our study provides a basis for the prevention and control of tick-borne diseases through the analysis of tick microbial diversity in different regions of Inner Mongolia. Furthermore, we were able to detect a new tick-borne pathogen in D. nutalli.

The Dead Secret

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilkie Collins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Fallen Woman ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Woman In White ◽  
The Relationship

‘Oh, my God! to think of that kind-hearted, lovely young woman, who brings happiness with her wherever she goes, bringing terror to me! Terror when her pitying eyes look at me; terror when her kind voice speaks to me; terror when her tender hand touches mine!’ Porthgenna Tower on the remote western Cornish coast. Moments before her death, Mrs Treverton dictates a secret to her maid, never to be passed to her husband as she had instructed. Fifteen years later, when Mrs Treverton’s daughter, Rosamond, returns to Porthgenna with her blind husband, Leonard, she is intrigued by the strange and seemingly disturbed Mrs Jazeph’s warning not to enter the Myrtle Room in the ruined north wing. Strong-minded and ingenious, Rosamond’s determined detective work uncovers shocking and unsettling truths beyond all expectation. A mystery of unrelenting suspense and psychologically penetrating characters, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of romance and Gothic drama. Wilkie Collins’s fifth novel, The Dead Secret anticipates the themes of his next novel, The Woman in White in its treatment of mental illness, disguise and deception, and the dispossession of lost identity. Yet a series of comic figures offsets the tension, from the dyspeptic Mr Phippen to the perpetually smiling governess, Miss Sturch. Displaying the talent and energy which made Collins the most popular novelist of the 1860s, The Dead Secret represents a crucial phase in Collins’s rise as a mystery writer, and was his first full-length novel written specifically for serialization.

scholarly journals Correlation in Expression between LTR Retrotransposons and Potential Host Cis-Targets during Infection of Antherea pernyi with ApNPV Baculovirus

Viruses ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Feng ◽  
Feifei Ren ◽  
Yaohong Zhou ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Qiuyuan Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Full Length ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Ltr Retrotransposons ◽  
Mtor Signaling Pathway ◽  
Regulation Of Expression ◽  
Solo Ltrs ◽  
In Cis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Go Terms ◽  
Gene Element

The published genome sequence of Antheraea yamamai (Saturnnidae) was used to construct a library of long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposons that is representative of the wild silkmoth (Antherea) genus, and that includes 22,666 solo LTRs and 541 full-length LTRs. The LTR retrotransposons of Antheraea yamamai (AyLTRs) could be classified into the three canonical groups of Gypsy, Copia and Belpao. Eleven AyLTRs contained the env gene element, but the relationship with the env element of baculovirus, particularly A. yamamai and pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus (AyNPV and ApNPV), was distant. A total of 251 “independent” full-length AyLTRs were identified that were located within 100 kb distance (downstream or upstream) of 406 neighboring genes in A. yamamai. Regulation of these genes might occur in cis by the AyLTRs, and the neighboring genes were found to be enriched in GO terms such as “response to stimulus”, and KEGG terms such as “mTOR signaling pathway” among others. Furthermore, the library of LTR-retrotransposons and the A. yamamai genome were used to identify and analyze the expression of LTR-retrotransposons and genes in ApNPV-infected and non-infected A. pernyi larval midguts, using raw data of a published transcriptome study. Our analysis demonstrates that 93 full-length LTR-retrotransposons are transcribed in the midgut of A. pernyi of which 12 significantly change their expression after ApNPV infection (differentially expressed LTR-retrotransposons or DELs). In addition, the expression of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and neighboring DELs on the chromosome following ApNPV infection suggests the possibility of regulation of expression of DEGs by DELs through a cis mechanism, which will require experimental verification. When examined in more detail, it was found that genes involved in Notch signaling and stress granule (SG) formation were significantly up-regulated in ApNPV-infected A. pernyi larval midgut. Moreover, several DEGs in the Notch and SG pathways were found to be located in the neighborhood of particular DELs, indicating the possibility of DEG-DEL cross-regulation in cis for these two pathways.

scholarly journals Diacylglycerol kinase δ and sphingomyelin synthase–related protein functionally interact via their sterile α motif domains

2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (10) ◽  
pp. 2932-2947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiaki Murakami ◽  
Fumi Hoshino ◽  
Hiromichi Sakai ◽  
Yasuhiro Hayashi ◽  
Atsushi Yamashita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Species ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Palmitoleic Acid ◽  
Diacylglycerol Kinase ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Sphingomyelin Synthase ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol Turnover ◽  
The Relationship

The δ isozyme of diacylglycerol kinase (DGKδ) plays critical roles in lipid signaling by converting diacylglycerol (DG) to phosphatidic acid (PA). We previously demonstrated that DGKδ preferably phosphorylates palmitic acid (16:0)- and/or palmitoleic acid (16:1)-containing DG molecular species, but not arachidonic acid (20:4)-containing DG species, which are recognized as DGK substrates derived from phosphatidylinositol turnover, in high glucose-stimulated myoblasts. However, little is known about the origin of these DG molecular species. DGKδ and two DG-generating enzymes, sphingomyelin synthase (SMS) 1 and SMS-related protein (SMSr), contain a sterile α motif domain (SAMD). In this study, we found that SMSr–SAMD, but not SMS1–SAMD, co-immunoprecipitates with DGKδ–SAMD. Full-length DGKδ co-precipitated with full-length SMSr more strongly than with SMS1. However, SAMD-deleted variants of SMSr and DGKδ interacted only weakly with full-length DGKδ and SMSr, respectively. These results strongly suggested that DGKδ interacts with SMSr through their respective SAMDs. To determine the functional outcomes of the relationship between DGKδ and SMSr, we used LC-MS/MS to investigate whether overexpression of DGKδ and/or SMSr in COS-7 cells alters the levels of PA species. We found that SMSr overexpression significantly enhances the production of 16:0- or 16:1-containing PA species such as 14:0/16:0-, 16:0/16:0-, 16:0/18:1-, and/or 16:1/18:1-PA in DGKδ-overexpressing COS-7 cells. Moreover, SMSr enhanced DGKδ activity via their SAMDs in vitro. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that SMSr is a candidate DG-providing enzyme upstream of DGKδ and that the two enzymes represent a new pathway independent of phosphatidylinositol turnover.

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