Risk prediction model for psoriatic arthritis: NHANES data and multi-algorithm approach.

Objective: To develop a simplified predictive model for identifying psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in psoriasis patients.

Methods: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database were analyzed, including patients with psoriasis without arthritis (PsC) or PsA. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, Boruta algorithm, random forest, and stepwise regression were employed to select key variables from 38 potential predictors.

First Report of metaplexis yellow mottle-associated virus Infecting (Thunb.) Makino in Shandong, China.

Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino, commonly known as rough potato, has a wide distribution in China, Japan, Korea, and adjacent Russia. In China, M.

The role of TNF-α as a potential marker for acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (ACLE) is closely associated with systemic symptoms in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study aimed to identify potential biomarkers for ACLE and explore their association with SLE to enable early prediction of ACLE and identify potential treatment targets for the future. In total, 185 SLE-diagnosed patients were enrolled and categorized into two groups: those with ACLE and those without cutaneous involvement.

Manipulation of Giant Multipole Resonances via Vortex γ Photons.

Traditional photonuclear reactions primarily excite giant dipole resonances, making the measurement of isovector giant resonances with higher multipolarities a great challenge. In this Letter, the manipulation of collective excitations of different multipole transitions in even-even nuclei via vortex γ photons is investigated. We develop the calculation method for photonuclear cross sections induced by the vortex γ photon beam using the fully self-consistent random-phase approximation plus particle-vibration coupling (RPA+PVC) model based on Skyrme density functional.

Accelerated Water Transportation Phenomenon through a Hydrophilic Metal Roll.

Passive water transport by taking advantage of capillary forces is vital for various applications such as solar-driven interfacial evaporation, evaporative cooling, and atmospheric water harvesting. Surface engineering and structure design with a hydrophilic surface and enhanced capillary force will facilitate passive water transport. Herein, we demonstrate a hydrophilic Cu/CuO foil-based roll for accelerated water transportation.

IL-22-Induced Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 15 Promotes Proliferation and Inflammation of Keratinocytes through Stabilization of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen 2.

Ubiquitin-specific protease 15 (USP15) plays a significant role in regulating various biological processes in several autoimmune diseases and cancers. However, its role in psoriatic keratinocytes (KCs) has not been extensively studied. In this study, we described that USP15 promotes proliferation and inflammation in KCs by stabilizing squamous cell carcinoma antigen 2.

Characteristics of bacterial community and ARG profiles in the surface and air environments in a spacecraft assembly cleanroom.

Understanding the microbial communities and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in spacecraft assembly cleanrooms is crucial for spacecraft microbial control and astronaut safety. However, there have been few reports of ARG profiles and their relationship with microbiomes in such environments. In the present study, we assessed the bacterial community and ARGs in the air dust and surface environments of a typical spacecraft assembly cleanroom.

Identification and characterization of bone/cartilage-associated signatures in common fibrotic skin diseases.

Fibrotic skin diseases are characterized by excessive accumulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and activation of fibroblasts, leading to a global healthcare burden. However, effective treatments of fibrotic skin diseases remain limited, and their pathological mechanisms require further investigation. This study aims to investigate the common biomarkers and therapeutic targets in two major fibrotic skin diseases, namely, keloid and systemic sclerosis (SSc), by bioinformatics analysis.

Fast modulation of surface plasmons based on the photothermal effect of nonvolatile solid thin films.

Nonvolatile phase change materials owing to their robust stability and reversibility have shown significant potential in nanophotonic switches and memory devices. However, their performances deteriorate as the thickness decreases below 10 nm due to the local deformation induced by the phase change, which makes them less compatible with plasmonic nanogaps. Here, we address this issue by photothermally modulating the refractive index of germanium antimony telluride (GST) placed in plasmonic nanogaps, which tunes plasmon resonances in the visible region below the melting point of GST, making such optical switching highly reversible at a rate of up to hundreds of ∼kHz.

ΔI=2 Bifurcation as a Characteristic Feature of Scissors Rotational Bands.

We report microscopic many-body calculations indicating that rotational bands based on nuclear scissors vibrations exhibit systematic splitting between neighboring spin states (ΔI=2 bifurcation) in which the magnitude of the moment of inertia oscillates between states having even and odd spins. We show that this unexpected result is caused by self-organization of the deformed proton and neutron bodies in the scissors motion, which is further amplified by the K^{π}=1^{+} two-quasiparticle configurations near the scissors states. We propose that the puzzling excited state found above the 1^{+} scissors state in ^{156}Gd [Phys.

Optically Triggered Nanoscale Plasmonic Dynamite.

Photons as energy carriers are clean and abundant, which can be conveniently applied for nanoactuation but the response is usually slow with very low energy efficiency/density. Here, we underpin the concept of robust nanoscale plasmonic dynamite by incorporating fullerene (C). The Au@C core-shell nanoparticles can be triggered to explode in nanoscale with synergy of plasmon-enhanced photochemical and photothermal effects.

Mechanoluminescence from an Ion-Irradiated Single Crystal of Lithium Niobium Oxide.

Mechanoluminescence (ML) is a well-known phenomenon that has a wide range of applications in security monitoring, biomechanical sensing, and displays. Although several mechanisms relating to ML have been proposed, significant ambiguity persists due to the coexistence of crystal boundaries, luminescence centers, and defects within the samples, making them hard to disentangle. Here we preclude such ambiguity by using a Kr-irradiated single crystal of lithium niobium oxide (LiNbO) as the ML materials so that oxygen vacancies are retained to modulate the ML properties.

Dome-arrayed chitosan/PVA hydrogel-based solar evaporator for steam generation.

Water evaporation systems with solar energy as the primary driving energy have received extensive attention in recent years. This work studies the preparation method and performance of hydrogel evaporators using chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a framework and carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) as the photothermal material. The evaporation rate of CPC (chitosan/PVA and CNPs) hydrogel obtained reaches 2.

Effective Approximation Method for Nanogratings-induced Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer.

Nanoscale radiative thermal transport between a pair of metamaterial gratings is studied within this work. The effective medium theory (EMT), a traditional method to calculate the near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between nanograting structures, does not account for the surface pattern effects of nanostructures. Here, we introduce the effective approximation NFRHT method that considers the effects of surface patterns on the NFRHT.

Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Hornet Nest Envelope-Based Photothermal Absorbers.

Water shortage is a critical global issue that threatens human health, environmental sustainability, and the preservation of Earth's climate. Desalination from seawater and sewage is a promising avenue for alleviating this stress. In this work, we use the hornet nest envelope material to fabricate a biomass-based photothermal absorber as part of a desalination isolation system.

Chaos and subharmonic bifurcations of a soft Duffing oscillator with a non-smooth periodic perturbation and harmonic excitation.

Chaotic dynamics and subharmonic bifurcations of a soft Duffing oscillator with a non-smooth periodic perturbation and a harmonic excitation are investigated analytically in this paper. With the Fourier series, the system is expanded to the equivalent smooth system, and chaos arising from heteroclinic intersections is studied with the Melnikov method. The chaotic feature on the system parameters is investigated in detail.

Mechanically stretchable metamaterial with tunable mid-infrared optical properties.

Over the past decade, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the design of metamaterials with ultrahigh absorption. These perfect absorbers can realize the annihilation of incident electromagnetic waves by eliminating reflection and transmission of microwaves, infrared, visible, and ultraviolet. However, the optical properties are usually unchanged due to a rigid structure.