Association between visceral adiposity index and prostate cancer in men aged 40 years and older: a nationwide cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aimed to elucidate the correlation of Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) with prostate cancer (PCa) among men aged 40 years and older in the United States.

Methods: Analysis included multivariate linear and logistic regression, smoothing curve fitting, and threshold effect evaluation using 2003-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. The stability of this relationship across demographic groups was assessed via subgroup analyses and interaction tests.

The association between education level and overactive bladder: Evidence from a U.S. population-based study.

Background: Education level significantly impacts individual health outcomes. This research investigates the correlation between education level and the prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: This study employed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning 2005 to 2020 to conduct a thorough investigation of the association between educational level and OAB using multivariable logistic regression, smooth curve fitting, and generalized additive model.

MOFs-Derived Strategy and Ternary Alloys Regulation in Flower-Like Magnetic-Carbon Microspheres with Broadband Electromagnetic Wave Absorption.

Broadband electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption materials play an important role in military stealth and health protection. Herein, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-derived magnetic-carbon CoNiM@C (M = Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn) microspheres are fabricated, which exhibit flower-like nano-microstructure with tunable EM response capacity. Based on the MOFs-derived CoNi@C microsphere, the adjacent third element is introduced into magnetic CoNi alloy to enhance EM wave absorption performance.

Associations of systemic immune-inflammation index with high risk for prostate cancer in middle-aged and older US males: A population-based study.

Background: Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) provides convincing evaluation of systemic immune and inflammatory condition in human body. Its correlation with prostate cancer (PCa) risk remains uncharted. The principal objective of this investigation was to elucidate the association between SII and the risk for PCa in middle-aged and elderly males.

Current-Controllable and Reversible Multi-Resistance-State Based on Domain Wall Number Transition in 2D Ferromagnet FeGeTe.

Controlling the multi-state switching is significantly essential for the extensive utilization of 2D ferromagnet in magnetic racetrack memories, topological devices, and neuromorphic computing devices. The development of all-electric functional nanodevices with multi-state switching and a rapid reset remains challenging. Herein, to imitate the potentiation and depression process of biological synapses, a full-current strategy is unprecedently established by the controllable resistance-state switching originating from the spin configuration rearrangement by domain wall number modulation in FeGeTe.

C1QC is a prognostic biomarker with immune-related value in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma.

Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) is a representative histologic subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). RCC exhibits a strong immunogenicity with a prominent dysfunctional immune infiltration. Complement C1q C chain (C1QC) is a polypeptide in serum complement system and is involved in tumorigenesis and the modulation of tumor microenvironment (TME).

An Ion-Engineering Strategy to Design Hollow FeCo/CoFe O Microspheres for High-Performance Microwave Absorption.

Although assembled hollow architectures have received considerable attention as lightweight functional materials, their uncontrollable self-aggregation and tedious synthetic methods hinder precise construction and modulation. Therefore, this study proposes a bi-ion synergistic regulation strategy to design assembled hollow-shaped cobalt spinel oxide microspheres. Dominated by the coordination-etching effects of F and the hydrolysis-complex contributions of NH , the unique construction is formed attributed to the dynamic cycles between metal complexes and precipitates.

Topological spin texture in the pseudogap phase of a high-T superconductor.

An outstanding challenge in condensed-matter-physics research over the past three decades has been to understand the pseudogap (PG) phenomenon of the high-transition-temperature (high-T) copper oxides. A variety of experiments have indicated a symmetry-broken state below the characteristic temperature T* (refs. ).

Controllable Topological Magnetic Transformations in the Thickness-Tunable van der Waals Ferromagnet FeGeTe.

Recent observations of topological meron textures in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials have attracted considerable research interest for both fundamental physics and spintronic applications. However, manipulating the meron textures and realizing the topological transformations, which allow for exploring emergent electromagnetic behaviors, remain largely unexplored in 2D magnets. In this work, utilizing real-space imaging and micromagnetic simulations, we reveal temperature- and thickness-dependent topological magnetic transformations among domain walls, meron textures, and stripe domain in FeGeTe (FGT) lamellae.

Magnetic-Field-Assisted Diffusion Motion of Magnetic Skyrmions.

Studies of the diffusion dynamics of magnetic skyrmions have generated widespread interest in both fundamental physics and spintronics applications. Here we report the magnetic-field-assisted diffusion motion of skyrmions in a microstructured chiral FeGe magnet. We demonstrate the enhancement of diffusion motion of magnetic skyrmions that is manipulated and driven by an oscillatory magnetic field.

Assessment of Sexual Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Thulium Laser Prostate Surgery for Management of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Thulium laser (Tm:YAG) prostate surgery is a safe and effective procedure with low morbidity and comparable clinical outcomes to those of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). However, the sexual function outcomes (erectile and ejaculatory function) have been scarcely studied.

Aim: We aimed to assess the impact of Tm:YAG prostate surgery on sexual outcomes (erectile and ejaculatory function) and compare them with those patients undergoing TURP.

Controllable Domain Walls in Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Material FeGeTe Based on the Spin-Transfer Torque Effect.

Recently, two-dimensional magnetic material has attracted attention worldwide due to its potential application in magnetic memory devices. The previous concept of domain walls driven by current pulses is a disordered motion. Further investigation of the mechanism is urgently lacking.