Publications by authors named "Defeng Zhao"

This study aimed to clarify the disparities in trunk rotation and attack arm movement and their effect on hand kinematics adjustments between straight-line (SL) and diagonal-line (DL) volleyball jump serves. Thirteen male professional volleyball players (age 21.53 ± 5.

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Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of arteries. Endothelial inflammation is key to the initiation and development of AS. The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) but its role in endothelial inflammation during AS remains unclear.

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Background: In volleyball, the jump serve is a crucial and commonly used serving technique. Nonetheless, the angular momentum developed during the jump serve remains unexplored. The objectives of the current study were to determine the angular momentum manifesting during the airborne phase of the jump serve and to analyse the correlations between the angular momentum variables and arm swing speed.

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The placenta plays a crucial role in successful mammalian reproduction. Ruminant animals possess a semi-invasive placenta characterized by a highly vascularized structure formed by maternal endometrial caruncles and fetal placental cotyledons, essential for full-term fetal development. The cow placenta harbors at least two trophoblast cell populations: uninucleate (UNC) and binucleate (BNC) cells.

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  • * Researchers measured FPP levels in urban Shanghai using a new method that concentrates airborne aerosols and found an average concentration of 5.6 μg/m, with FPPs making up 13.2% of PM.
  • * The study links FPPs to human activities, emphasizing the need for improved monitoring and management of plastic pollution amidst the significant increase in plastic production over the last 70 years.
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Objective: This study seeks to assess the functional status and central fatigue state of athletes in the Shanghai women's volleyball team during the training phase of the 2021 Shaanxi National Games. Employing a comprehensive methodology involving functional status assessment and catecholamine index analysis, the research aims to establish a scientific foundation for preparing for the 2025 National Games. Additionally, it aims to provide valuable insights for preventing excessive fatigue and promoting the rational elimination of fatigue.

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Background: Chronotype has gained recognition as a significant factor in enhancing athletic performance. This study aimed to deepen our understanding of athletes' sleep chronotypes and provide a foundation for developing evidence-based training and competition programs. By comprehensively describing and analyzing the chronotype characteristics of Chinese professional athletes, considering individual and sports factors, sleep quality and habits, and mental energy, this research aimed to contribute valuable insights to the field.

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Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. The current work aims to investigate the association between C-reactive protein-triglyceride glucose index (CTI) and the risk of incident cancer mortality and to evaluate the usefulness of CTI to refine the risk stratification of cancer mortality.

Methods: The study enrolled 19,957 subjects from American National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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  • The study aimed to assess how different flow speeds impact upper limb muscle activity in butterfly swimmers training in a swimming flume, to improve training advice.
  • A group of ten youth female swimmers was analyzed at 70%, 80%, and 90% of their maximum speed, focusing on kinematic parameters and muscle activation during four phases of their stroke cycle.
  • Results indicated no significant variation in stroke rate and length across speeds, but notable differences in the duration of stroke phases, with specific muscles showing variations in activation timing and contribution ratios across different phases of the stroke.
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Depression is highly prevalent and easily relapses. Psychological interventions are effective for the prevention of depression relapse. This systematic review and network meta-analysis aimed to compare the efficacy at the same follow-up time points of psychological interventions in depression.

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Microsatellite instability (MSI), a vital mutator phenotype caused by DNA mismatch repair deficiency, is frequently observed in several tumors. MSI is recognized as a critical molecular biomarker for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic selection in several cancers. Identifying MSI status for current gold standard methods based on experimental analysis is laborious, time-consuming, and costly.

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  • Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) significantly impacts air quality and climate, primarily formed from the oxidation of volatile organic compounds like biogenic monoterpenes.
  • A study reveals that for α-pinene, the most common monoterpene, hydrogen abstraction by hydroxyl radicals is the key pathway for forming highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs), contrary to previous assumptions.
  • The findings indicate that this minor reaction pathway is crucial for rapid HOM formation during the day, suggesting its importance for SOA growth and its subsequent effects on air quality and climate.
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy provides an effective salvage treatment for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients. End-stage RRMM with plasma cell leukemia (PCL) transformation is highly aggressive and resistant to conventional therapy. There is an urgent need for new therapeutics and CAR-T therapy may play an important role.

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Cadmium (Cd) pollution threatens the cultivation of the blood clam Tegillarca granosa (T. granosa) in coastal regions of the East China Sea. The molecular mechanisms regulating Cd stress response and detoxification in blood clams are largely unclear.

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With the continuation of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the impacts of this catastrophe on anthropogenic emissions are no longer limited to its early stage. This study quantitatively estimates effective radiative forcings (ERFs) due to anthropogenic well-mixed greenhouse gases (WMGHGs) and aerosols for the period 2020-2050 under the three latest Covid-19 economic-recovery scenarios using an aerosol-climate model. The results indicate that reductions in both WMGHG and aerosol emissions under the Covid-19 green recoveries lead to increases ranging from 0 to 0.

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Background: For CD19-positive relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL) after treatment with murine CD19 (mCD19) CAR-T, the reinfusion of mCD19 CAR-T cells may be ineffective due to anti-mouse single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody caused by mCD19 CAR. To overcome this immunogenicity, we applied humanized CD19 (hCD19) CAR-T cells to treat r/r B-ALL patients with prior mCD19 CAR-T therapy.

Methods: Nineteen pediatric and adult patients were included, 16 relapsed after and 3 were primarily resistant to mCD19 CAR-T.

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We presented the development of the gaseous chemistry adjoint module of the meteorological-chemical model system GRAPES-CUACE (Global/Regional Assimilation and PrEdiction System coupled with CMA Unified Atmospheric Chemistry Environmental Forecasting System) on the basis of the previously constructed aerosol adjoint module. The latest version of the GRAPES-CUACE adjoint model mainly includes the adjoint of the physical and chemical processes, the adjoint of the transport processes, and the adjoint of interface programs, of both gas and aerosol. The adjoint implementation was validated for the full model, and adjoint results showed good agreement with brute force sensitivities.

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The reactions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) with the nitrate radicals (NO) are major night-time sources of organic nitrates and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in regions influenced by BVOC and anthropogenic emissions. In this study, the formation of gas-phase highly oxygenated organic molecules-organic nitrates (HOM-ON) from NO-initiated oxidation of a representative monoterpene, β-pinene, was investigated in the SAPHIR chamber (Simulation of Atmosphere PHotochemistry In a large Reaction chamber). Six monomer (C = 7-10, N = 1-2, O = 6-16) and five accretion product (C = 17-20, N = 2-4, O = 9-22) families were identified and further classified into first- or second-generation products based on their temporal behavior.

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Measuring the chemical composition of individual atmospheric aerosol particles can provide direct evidence of their heterogeneous reactions and mixing states in the atmosphere. In this study, micro-Raman spectroscopy was used to measure the chemical composition of 1200 individual atmospheric particles in 11 samples collected in Beijing air. (NH)SO, NHNO, various minerals, carbonaceous species (soot and organics), and NaNO were identified in the measured particles according to their characteristic Raman peaks.

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  • The study investigates post-stroke anxiety (PSA) in 395 patients with acute ischemic stroke, assessing risk factors using anxiety scales like HADS-A, HAMA, and SAS to differentiate between anxiety and non-anxiety groups.
  • Key demographic and laboratory data reveal significant differences in factors such as gender, age, serious stroke, hypertension, diabetes, drinking habits, and HDL-C levels between the two groups.
  • Multivariate logistic regression identifies hypertension, diabetes, drinking, a high NIHSS score, and low serum HDL-C as risk factors for PSA, while using machine learning methods shows that random forest is the most effective in predicting PSA outcomes.
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has a vital role in maintaining the homeostasis of the central nervous system (CNS). Changes in the structure and function of BBB can accelerate Alzheimer's disease (AD) development. β-Amyloid (Aβ) deposition is the major pathological event of AD.

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Chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD) is the leading cause of late non-relapse mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(HSCT). There is no standard therapy for patients refractory or dependent to corticosteroid treatment. We hypothesized that hydrogen may exert therapeutic effects on cGVHD patients with few side effects.

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Background: Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a type of small lymphocytic lymphoma that mainly affects the bone marrow, spleen, and lymph nodes. A subset of patients with WM demonstrates extramedullary involvement (4.4%), and the most frequent extramedullary disease site involved is the lungs (30%).

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