Publications by authors named "Cuihong Zhang"

Rolling bearings of the vibration exciter are prone to failure due to long-term high amplitude alternating impact loads, causing economic losses and threatening production safety. The heavy environmental noise during the operation of the vibration exciter and the high vibration level generated by the eccentric block make the weak bearing fault features submerged and difficult to extract. Teager-Kaiser energy operator is a popular method for extracting bearing fault features.

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  • Trauma is a significant factor in skin surgical issues for cats, leading to higher infection risks, and the study investigates how platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) can aid in wound healing.
  • Researchers created trauma models in 18 cats, dividing them into three groups: a control group, a PRF group, and a Manuka honey group for positive comparison.
  • Results indicated that PRF effectively enhances wound healing without affecting the cat's vital signs, promoting growth factor production, reducing inflammation, and increasing collagen fiber formation, similar to the effects of Manuka honey.
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Peroxy radicals (RO) are key reactive intermediates in atmospheric oxidation processes and yet their chemistry is not fully unraveled. Little is known about their structures and the structures of the dimeric products (ROOR) in the self-reaction of small RO, which are among the most abundant RO in the atmosphere. The product branching ratios of ROOR and their atmospheric roles are still in controversy.

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  • Researchers studied the photoionization and dissociative photoionization of acetaldehyde (CHCHO) using synchrotron radiation and advanced spectroscopy techniques in the 10.0-13.7 eV energy range.
  • They identified two electronic states (XA' and AA") of CHCHO and measured their adiabatic ionization energies as well as the appearance energies for various fragment ions.
  • The study also explored the dissociation mechanisms of CHCHO, including different processes like statistical dissociation and direct bond breaking, informed by calculations of dissociation limits.
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  • Researchers aimed to create and validate a prediction tool for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) mortality, focusing on its rapidly changing clinical course.* -
  • They analyzed data from 1,144 PALF patients over 15 years and developed a dynamic prediction model using joint modeling of multiple clinical and laboratory variables.* -
  • The model showed improved accuracy in predicting 7-day and 21-day mortality when using updated information from the first few days of treatment, demonstrating the importance of continuous disease monitoring.*
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Cognitive reappraisal is an effective emotion regulation strategy involving prefrontal cortex (PFC) control of the amygdala. Its aberrant functioning is closely associated with panic disorder (PD). However, the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between the PFC, implicated in cognitive reappraisal, and the amygdala in PD has not been studied.

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  • Stakeholder participation in environmental policymaking is complex, and this study investigates how it influences the creation of high-quality voluntary standards for green transitions.
  • By analyzing China’s 78 Industrial Cleaner Production Standards through qualitative comparative analysis, three effective paths for developing superior standards were identified, highlighting the role of third-party experts in all scenarios.
  • The research emphasizes different strategies for stakeholder involvement, suggesting that regulated firms and industry associations can substitute for each other in highly regulated industries, while broad public comments can help in lightly regulated industries when direct participation is lacking.
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Modeling disease risk and survival using longitudinal risk factor trajectories is of interest in various clinical scenarios. The capacity to build a prognostic model using the trajectories of multiple longitudinal risk factors, in the presence of potential dependent censoring, would enable more informed, personalized decision making. A dynamic risk score modeling framework is proposed for multiple longitudinal risk factors and survival in the presence of dependent censoring, where both events depend on participants' post-baseline clinical progression and form a competing risks structure.

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Ambient peroxy radical (RO = HO + RO) concentrations were measured at a suburban site in a major prefecture-level city (Huaibei) in the boundary of Jiangsu-Anhui-Shandong-Henan region, which is the connecting belt of air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta. Measurements were carried out during the period of September to October 2021 to elucidate the formation mechanism of O pollution. The observed maximum concentration of peroxy radicals was 73.

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  • Acute diarrhea with fever may indicate a more severe condition, and this study aimed to analyze the characteristics and pathogens involved in febrile diarrhea across different age groups in China between 2011 and 2020.
  • A nationwide survey of 146,296 acute diarrhea patients showed that 18.6% had fever, with the highest incidence (24.2%) in children under 5, who also had a greater prevalence of viral pathogens.
  • The study found notable differences in pathogen associations with fever, revealing that nontyphoidal Salmonella was more common in febrile patients across all ages, while rotavirus A and diarrheagenic E. coli were more strongly linked to fever in specific age groups.
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The cross-reaction of ethyl peroxy radicals (CHO) with methyl peroxy radicals (CHO) (R1) has been studied using laser photolysis coupled to time resolved detection of the two different peroxy radicals by continuous wave cavity ring down spectroscopy (cw-CRDS) in their AÃ-X̃ electronic transition in the near-infrared region, CHO at 7602.25 cm, and CHO at 7488.13 cm.

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In this study, MnPc intercalated Zn/Fe layered double hydroxides (MnPc/ZF-LDH) were synthesized by pillared intercalation modification with different MnPc intercalation amounts and used for the selective transformation and removal of As(III) from the arsenate-phosphate mixed solution. Fe-N bonds were constructed by the complexation of MnPc and iron ions on the Zn/Fe layered double hydroxides (ZF-LDH) interface. The DFT calculation results show that the binding energy of Fe-N bonded to arsenite (-3.

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Background: Certain bacterial infectious diseases are categorized as notifiable infectious diseases in China. Understanding the time-varying epidemiology of bacterial infections diseases can provide scientific evidence to inform prevention and control measures.

Methods: Yearly incidence data for all 17 major notifiable bacterial infectious diseases (BIDs) at the province level were obtained from the National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting Information System in China between 2004 and 2019.

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Organic peroxy radicals (RO) as key intermediates in tropospheric chemistry exert a controlling influence on the cycling of atmospheric reactive radicals and the production of secondary pollutants, such as ozone and secondary organic aerosols (SOA). Herein, we present a comprehensive study of the self-reaction of ethyl peroxy radicals (CHO) by using advanced vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization mass spectrometry in combination with theoretical calculations. A VUV discharge lamp in Hefei and synchrotron radiation at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) are employed as the photoionization light sources, combined with a microwave discharge fast flow reactor in Hefei and a laser photolysis reactor at the SLS.

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  • Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) have desirable switchable properties but face challenges like high voltage requirements and low contrast ratios.
  • Researchers proposed a new PDLC film design that includes polymer spacer columns along with the polymer network to enhance performance.
  • The study explored how varying IBMA concentration, LC content, and the conditions of mask polymerization affect the morphology and electro-optical capabilities, resulting in films with improved flexibility and stability for potential use in advanced devices.
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  • In medical studies, therapeutic decisions can lead to dependent censoring, impacting the analysis of survival outcomes, especially evident in cases like pediatric acute liver failure where death can be influenced by liver transplantation.
  • Traditional methods for evaluating biomarkers typically assume independent censoring, which makes them ineffective in these scenarios.
  • The authors propose new estimators that account for dependent censoring using multiple longitudinal risk factors and demonstrate their effectiveness through simulations and real-world applications for predicting mortality.
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This study investigated the effect of influenza vaccination on prevention of acute attacks in elderly patients with chronic airway disease and provides evidence for the prevention and control strategy of chronic airway disease in the elderly population. A total of 348 elderly patients in Linquan County, Anhui Province, China, who were also in stationary phases of chronic airway disease and were vaccinated with either the tetravalent or trivalent influenza vaccine were selected. The number of patients with acute attacks, the number of outpatients with acute attacks, the number of outpatients, the number of inpatients, the total cost of patients, the cost of outpatients, the cost of hospitalization, and the length of hospitalization were collected before vaccination and after a one-year follow-up.

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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the efficacy of electroacupuncture on dry eye (DE).

Methods: Eighty-four DE patients were randomly assigned to receive electroacupuncture (EAG) three times a week or 0.1% sodium hyaluronate artificial tears (ATG) four times per day for 4 weeks.

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The Cl-initiated oxidation of methacrolein (MACR, CHO) under NO-free conditions has been investigated in a fast flow tube by using a home-made vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization mass spectrometer complemented by high-level theoretical calculations. The key species such as intermediates and radicals together with products involved in the oxidation are observed online and confirmed in photoionization mass spectra. The reaction potential energy surfaces of the transient CHO and CHOCl radicals, formed from the hydrogen-abstraction reaction and the addition reaction of MACR with Cl atoms, with oxygen have been theoretically calculated to illuminate the formation of the peroxy radicals of CHOO and CHOClO.

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Background: Acute meningitis or encephalitis (AME) results from a neurological infection causing high case fatality and severe sequelae. AME lacked comprehensive surveillance in China.

Methods: Nation-wide surveillance of all-age patients with AME syndromes was conducted in 144 sentinel hospitals of 29 provinces in China.

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  • The study investigates the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization of sulfuric acid (HSO) using advanced synchrotron radiation methods, focusing on the 11-14 eV energy range.
  • Researchers measured the adiabatic ionization energy of HSO to be 11.684 ± 0.006 eV and identified three electronic states: XA, AA, and BA.
  • As photon energy increases, HSO cations dissociate into HSO and OH fragments, with their dissociation energy recorded at 13.498 ± 0.007 eV; enthalpies of formation for the molecules involved were also determined.
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Wulanchabu City Center for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control had established and used a Brucellosis Integrated Information System (BIIS) since 2013. However, it had not been systematically evaluated and promoted so far. The BIIS had significantly improved the efficiency of brucellosis reporting and provided convenience for follow-up management of cases, which was valuable for finishing completely routine therapy.

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What Is Already Known About This Topic?: According to the National Brucellosis Prevention and Control Plan (2016-2020) (NBPCP), the awareness rate of high-risk populations in brucellosis-endemic areas should reach 90% by 2020. But the updated results have not been reported.

What Is Added By This Report?: This report determined the awareness rate of brucellosis (17.

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Timely screening of high-risk population is important to improve the early detection of brucellosis among the endemic areas during the high incidence seasons, which is also required by the National Brucellosis Prevention and Control Plan (2016-2020) (NBPCP). Seroepidemiological characteristics of brucellosis in high-risk populations were obtained and special occupational populations were found. The seroprevalence of brucellosis has been decreasing compared with that reported in the recent years due to the ongoing implementation of control measures in endemic areas.

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We study the conformers of the ethyl peroxy radical (CHO), the simplest peroxy radical having more than one conformer, by combining synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization mass spectrometry with theoretical calculations. The ethyl peroxy radical is formed in a microwave discharge flow tube through the reaction of the ethyl radical (CH) with oxygen molecules, where CH is generated the hydrogen-abstraction reaction of ethane with fluorine atoms. Two kinds of CH, originating from photoionization of CH and from dissociative photoionization of CHO, whose cation is not stable, have been identified and separated in photoionization mass spectra.

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