Publications by authors named "Wang Zhi-hui"

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  • A ferrofluid droplet on a plate experiences fission (splitting) when influenced by a magnetic field.
  • Researchers used a new multiphase lattice Boltzmann method to study how this process works in a magnetic environment.
  • The droplet fission occurs in a four-pattern process, affected by factors like the magnetic field strength, droplet size, and surface tension, which could improve droplet microfluidics applications.
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Unlabelled: Due to the medicinal importance of the flowers of Xianglei type (XL) , it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie their development. In this study, we elucidated the transcriptomic and metabolomic mechanisms that underlie the flower development mechanism of two varieties. In this study, 3435 common differentially expressed unigenes (DEGs) and 1138 metabolites were identified.

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Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylation of 5-methylene-1,3-oxazinan-2-ones and 5-methylene-1,3-dioxan-2-ones to generate aza-π-allylpalladium and oxa-π-allylpalladium 1,4-dipoles for [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction with 1,3,5-triazinanes was developed, affording a wide range of hexahydropyrimidine and 1,3-oxazinane derivatives in good to excellent yields (up to 99%). The acyclic sulfonamido-substituted allylic carbonates as aza-π-allylpalladium 1,4-dipole precursors also apply to the developed synthesized strategy, achieving the synthesis of hexahydropyrimidines. Moreover, the in situ-generated aza-π-allylpalladium 1,4-dipoles undergoing dimeric [4 + 4] cycloaddition were also demonstrated by the construction of 1,5-diazocane derivatives.

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  • The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of quantitative flow ratio (QFR) as a predictor for long-term target vessel failure (TVF) in patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR) treated with drug-coated balloons (DCB).* -
  • A total of 186 ISR patients were studied, revealing that those with lower QFR measurements immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) had significantly higher rates of TVF over an average follow-up of about 3 years.* -
  • The findings suggest that a QFR value of 0.925 or lower post-PCI is a strong indicator of poorer long-term outcomes, including target vessel-cardiac death and myocardial infarction.*
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Background: Initial choices of antimicrobial therapy for most cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children under 5 years of age are typically based on local epidemiology, risk factors assessment, and subsequent clinical parameters and positive cultures, which can lead to the underdiagnosis and underestimation of lung infections caused by uncommon pathogens. Contezolid, an orally administered oxazolidinone antibiotic, gained approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China in June 2021 for managing complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTI) caused by staphylococcus aureus (SA), streptococcus pyogenes, or streptococcus agalactis. Owing to its enhanced safety profile and ongoing clinical progress, the scope of contezolid's clinical application continues to expand, benefiting a growing number of patients with Gram-positive bacterial infections.

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Rheumatoid arthritis(RA), as a chronic autoimmune disease, has a high incidence and disability rate, causing significant suffering to patients. Due to its complex pathogenesis, it has not been fully elucidated to date, and its treatment remains a challenging problem in the medical field. Although western medicine treatment options have certain efficacy, they require prolonged use and are expensive.

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  • Acute liver failure (ALF) is a serious condition in ICUs, largely due to factors like drug abuse and infections, with plasma exchange (PE) being a key treatment listed in guidelines for its management.
  • This study aimed to develop a simple clinical predictor for 90-day transplant-free mortality in adult ALF patients undergoing PE, as existing models are inadequate.
  • The research involved analyzing clinical data from patients treated in a specific hospital between 2017-2020, focusing on parameters like bilirubin levels and MELD scores to differentiate between patients who survived and those who did not.
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Background: Sirtuin 1, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-dependent deacetylase that is highly expressed in the hippocampus and anterior cortex tissues related to Alzheimer's Disease pathology, can cross the blood-brain barrier and is a promising biomarker.

Methods: A 1:1:1 case-control study was conducted and serum fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SIRT1, IL-6, Aβ1-42, T-tau and P-tau-181 levels were evaluated in blood samples of 26 patients form the Alzheimer's Disease group, 26 patients form the mild cognitive impairment group, and 26 individuals form the normal control group. Receiver operator characteristic curves were used to evaluate the diagnostic significance.

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Oxide metallurgy technology can improve the microstructure of a coarse-grained heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) but introduces extra inclusions. Local corrosion behavior of the CGHAZ of a Zr-Ti-Al-RE deoxidized steel was investigated in this work using theoretical calculations and experimental verification. The modified inclusions have a (Zr-Mg-Al-Ca-RE)O core claded by a CaS and TiN shell.

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Background: Rotator cuff Tear (RCT) causes a lot of inconvenience for patients. In most cases, RCT injury does not heal back to bone after repair, and there is a high chance of retearing. Therefore, there is a need to explore more effective targeted therapies.

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Background: Surgical procedure is the preferred option for people with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), while nearly 30% of patients experienced metastatic or recurrent tumor after operation. The primary intention of this context is to summarize high-risk prognostic factors and set up a novel nomogram to predict the overall survival of individuals with stage I NSCLC after resection.

Methods: Research objects, 10,218 patients with stage I NSCLC after operation from 2010 to 2015, were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

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Background: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a common cause of neurological morbidity, which can have an impact on quality of life. Symptomatic postoperative spinal epidural hematoma (SPSEH) is a rare condition, but can cause permanent neurological deficits and disability if not managed properly. However, there are limited studies on the outcomes of SPSEH after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) were performed for 2-level CSM.

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To clarify the effect of pH on the structure and functional traits of soil microbial communities in purple soils, three purple upland soils developed from the same parent material that differed in pH were selected as the research objects, and metagenomic shotgun sequencing was used to investigate the structure and functional traits of the microbial communities among different pH soils. The shotgun sequencing identified a total of 89 phyla, 222 classes, 527 orders, 1009 families, 2769 genera, and 14354 species in these soils. Regardless of the phylogenetic classification level, the microbial community structures of these three purple soils with different pHs were significantly different.

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Soil pH is recognized as an important environmental factor in determining the niche differentiation for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) communities. Species of comammox, a single microorganism capable of the complete oxidation of ammonia to nitrate, have recently been discovered. Metagenomic analysis and quantitative PCR showed that Comammox were found in a wide range of environments, including soil.

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In order to study the current status of heavy metal pollution, the accumulation capacity of farmland for heavy metals and the source of heavy metal pollution in the soil near Gaozhai Reservoir in Maojian Tea Town, Duyun City, Guizhou Province were assessed. and topsoil near this area were selected as the research object to measure the content of heavy metals. Spatial analysis and multivariate statistical analysis methods were used to conduct pollution evaluation and source analysis of heavy metals.

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This paper has aimed to review the available evidence on the association between Interleukin (IL) -10 -1082G/A, -592C/A gene polymorphisms and the risk of human immunodeficiency virus-1(HIV-1) infection. The data of PubMed updated in May 2021 were retrieved. The HIV infection risks were estimated in allelic, recessive, dominant, homozygous, heterozygous, over-dominant models of IL-10-1082G/A and-592C/A gene locus as odds ratio (OR) with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI).

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Background And Aims: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (HIR) injury, a common clinical complication of liver transplantation and resection, affects patient prognosis. Ring finger protein 5 (RNF5) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that plays important roles in endoplasmic reticulum stress, unfolded protein reactions, and inflammatory responses; however, its role in HIR is unclear.

Approach And Results: RNF5 expression was significantly down-regulated during HIR in mice and hepatocytes.

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Objective: To compare and analyze the clinical manifestations and sleep structure of children with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopneasyndrome (OSAHS) with different body mass index (BMI).

Methods: 452 children who were diagnosed with OSAHS between December 2016 and February 2021 by the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Soochow University were included in the study. All of them did polysomnography (PSG).

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Background: Bladder cancer is the 10th most common cancer and most common urothelial malignancy worldwide. Prognostic biomarkers for bladder cancer patients are required for individualized treatment. Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4), encoded by gene, is a potential biomarker for bladder cancer because of its crucial role in the lactate efflux in the aerobic glycolysis process.

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Background And Aims: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a common complication of hepatectomy and liver transplantation. However, the mechanisms underlying hepatic IRI have not been fully elucidated. Regulator of G-protein signaling 14 (RGS14) is a multifunctional scaffolding protein that integrates the G-protein and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways.

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Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of pre-treatment serum uric acid (sUA) level for the prognosis of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) patients.

Methods: The NDMM patients admitted to our center from January 2014 to December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively, and 94 patients among them who were initially treated with bortezomib-based chemotherapy for at least 4 cycles were included in this study. Clinical characteristics, laboratory data and follow-up information were collected, and the predictive value of sUA on the overall survival (OS) of NDMM was evaluated by using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve based on the patient's pre-treatment sUA level and the survival status at the end of follow-up, and the correlation of the sUA level with patient's clinical, laboratory characteristics and overall survival (OS) was further analyzed.

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Background: Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) have emerged as potential alternatives to drug-eluting stents in specific lesion subsets for de novo coronary lesions. Quantitative flow ratio (QFR) is a method based on the three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography and contrast flow velocity during coronary angiography (CAG), obviating the need for an invasive fractional flow reserve procedural. This study aimed to assess the serial angiographic changes of de novo lesions post-DCB therapy and further explore the cut-off values of lesion and vessel QFR, which predict vessel restenosis (diameter stenosis [DS] ≥50%) at mid-term follow-up.

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Background: The risk of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is influenced by aberrant DNA methylation and altered nucleotide synthesis and repair, possibly caused by polymorphic variants in one-carbon metabolism genes. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between polymorphisms belonging to the one-carbon metabolic pathway and CHB infection.

Methods: A case-control study using 230 CHB patients and 234 unrelated healthy controls was carried out to assess the genetic association of 24 single nucleotide polymorphisins (SNPs) determined by mass spectrometry.

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In order to explore the taste characteristics and molecular sensory basis of Chinese yellow tea, in this study, quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) were used to analyze the sensory characteristics and chemical components of 15 yellow tea samples from different regions of China. The results showed that: 11 sensory descriptors and their definitions were obtained by QDA, namely, sweet, umami, bitter, sour, astringent, sweet after taste, mellow, neutral, after-taste, thick and tainted taste. The results of variance indicated that there were significant variation in taste sub-attributes of different samples (<0.

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