Analysis of spatial and temporal aggregation of influenza cases in Quzhou before and after COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The global seasonal influenza activity has decreased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as reducing gatherings and wearing masks, can have varying impacts on the spread of influenza. We aim to analyse the basic characteristics, epidemiology and space-time clustering of influenza in Quzhou city before and after the COVID-19 pandemic based on five years of surveillance data.

Digoxigenin activates autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma cells by regulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is recognized as a highly malignant tumor. Targeted combination immunotherapy, the initially approved regimen, is compromised by adverse side effects and low response rates during clinical treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine and its derived natural compounds, known for their anticancer effects, offer advantages of low toxicity and cost.

Healthy eating patterns associated with reduced risk of inflammatory bowel disease by lowering low-grade inflammation: evidence from a large prospective cohort study.

Background: Limited epidemiological evidence exists regarding the role of healthy eating patterns in reducing the risk of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). This study aimed to investigate the association between adherence to four established healthy eating patterns and subsequent CD or UC risk, and further examined whether these associations are linked to anti-inflammatory mechanisms.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 197,391 participants from the UK Biobank who completed at least one dietary questionnaire and were free from inflammatory bowel disease or cancer at baseline.

BHC-YOLOV8 : improved YOLOv8-based BHC target detection model for tea leaf disease and defect in real-world scenarios.

Introduction: The detection efficiency of tea diseases and defects ensures the quality and yield of tea. However, in actual production, on the one hand, the tea plantation has high mountains and long roads, and the safety of inspection personnel cannot be guaranteed; on the other hand, the inspection personnel have factors such as lack of experience and fatigue, resulting in incomplete and slow testing results. Introducing visual inspection technology can avoid the above problems.