Heterogenous subtypes of health literacy among individuals with Metabolic syndrome: a latent class analysis.

To explore the heterogenous subtypes and the associated factors of health literacy among patients with metabolic syndrome. A cross-sectional study was conducted, and 337 patients with metabolic syndrome were recruited from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Zhejiang Province from December 2021 to February 2022. The Social Support Questionnaire, Short version of the Health Literacy Scale European Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16), and MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status were used for investigation.

Consistency evaluation of exercise target heart rate determined by resting heart rate and anaerobic threshold in chronic heart failure patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the consistency on the target heart rate for exercise determined by simple target heart rate (sTHR) based on resting heart rate (HRrest) and heart rate at anaerobic threshold (HRAT) in cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) for patients with chronic heart failure.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, in which CHF patients who underwent CPET in Tongji Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Center Affiliated to Tongji University from March 2007 to December 2018 were enrolled. The clinical data of the patients from the electronic medical record system, HRrest and HRAT measured by CPET were collected.

Preparation of rambutan-like CoNiFeO as anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries.

NiFeO is a kind of promising lithium ion battery (LIB) electrode material, but its commercial applications have been limited due to the electronic insulation property and large volume expansion during the conversion reaction process, which results in rapid capacity decrease and poor cycling stability. We synthesized rambutan-like CoNiFeO using the self-templating solvothermal method. The special structure of CoNiFeO which was formed by the assembly of numerous nanosheets could effectively buffer the volume change during the charging and discharging process.

Efficacy of meridian massage for motor function after a stroke: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of meridian massage on motor function after a stroke.

Methods: This systematic review and Meta-analysis of randomised (RCTs) and quasi-randomised controlled trials (qRCTs) was performed to determine the effects of meridian massage on motor dysfunction following a stroke. Articles published until December 2020 related to stroke and meridian massage from National Library of Medicine, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, KoreaMed, Japan science and Technology Agency, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database and China Science and Technology Journal Database were searched.

A Model for the Prediction of Mortality and Hospitalization in Chinese Heart Failure Patients.

Although many risk prediction models have been released internationally, the application of these models in the Chinese population still has some limitations. The purpose of the study was to establish a heart failure (HF) prognosis model suitable for the Chinese population. According to the inclusion criteria, we included patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) who were admitted to the Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation of Tongji Hospital from March 2007 to December 2018, recorded each patient's condition and followed up on the patient's re-admission and death.

Efficacy and Safety of Different Aerobic Exercise Intensities in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Design of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (HF-EI Trial).

Heart failure (HF) is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide, representing the terminal stage of several cardiovascular diseases. Exercise-based rehabilitation is a beneficial therapy for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, there is a lack of specific guidance on clinical decision-making regarding optimal exercise intensity.

A method of calculating the bearing capacity of sand pile composite foundations in a mucky soil layer considering consolidation.

In engineering practice, the measured bearing capacity of a sand pile composite foundation in a mucky soil layer is much larger than the design value. Based on the sand pile construction and the load application process, a method of calculating the bearing capacity of the foundation based on the effective stress was proposed. Cavity diameter expansion in sand pile construction was simplified into a planar problem, and the cavity expansion theory was used to establish the expression of the rate of displacement and the horizontal stress increase.

Computational characterization of halogen vapor attachment, diffusion and desorption processes in zeolitic imidazolate framework-8.

Computational simulation methods are used for characterizing the detailed attachment, diffusion and desorption of halogen vapor molecules in zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8). The attachment energies of Cl, Br and I are -55.2, -48.

Impact of refractive index increment on the determination of molecular weight of hyaluronic acid by muti-angle laser light-scattering technique.

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is applied in a number of medical applications and HA of different molecular weight (Mw) are used in different pharmaceutical preparations. In determination of Mw by muti-angle laser light-scattering (MALS), refractive index increment (dn/dc) is an important parameter for accuracy. Herein, the influence of dn/dc on the Mw of HA in stroke-physiological saline solution is investigated by MALS in this work.

A differential photoelectrochemical hydrogen peroxide sensor based on catalytic activity difference between two zeolitic imidazolate framework surface coatings.

Improvement of the sensitivity and selectivity is important in the development of an analytical method. Herein, we propose a differential photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor to hydrogen peroxide based on the catalytic activity difference between two zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) surface coatings. In the sensing and reference photoelectrodes, ZIF-67 and ZIF-8 films were grown on the surface of carboxylated carbon nanotubes-graphite-like carbon nitride/TiO nanotube array, respectively.

The prediction of intermolecular proton-transfer of guanine-cytosine base pair under the influence of fragments from decomposed MOFs.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be decomposed into various fragments, including negative/positive charges, Zn or Cu when used as drug delivery materials. To evaluate the safety of MOFs, different mechanisms of intermolecular proton-transfer in guanine-cytosine (GC) base pair under the influence of such fragments were investigated by density functional theory methods. In a vacuum, calculation results show that an excess electron assists proton transfer in the anionic GC radical, and a hole assists proton transfer in the cationic GC radical with small energy barriers.

Do the fragments from decomposed ZIF-8 greatly affect some of the intramolecular proton-transfer of thymine? A quantum chemical study.

The intramolecular proton-transfer processes of thymine were investigated by the density functional theory method. It is shown that the mutation from keto (T) to enol (T') form is affected by zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) fragments such as single 2-methylimidazole neutral crystals (M), and negatively charged 2-methylimidazole ligands (M). Results show that with the number () of water (w) molecules that assist proton-transfer increasing from 1 to 4, the order of the tautomeric energy barriers (in kcal mol) is T-2w (16.

The influence of isolated and penta-hydrated Zn on some of the intramolecular proton-transfer processes of thymine: a quantum chemical study.

Zinc cation (Zn) plays an important role in the chemistry of DNA base pairs. In this work, the influence of isolated and penta-hydrated Zn on some of the intramolecular proton-transfer processes of thymine (T) is investigated by the density functional theory method. It is shown that the calculated binding energies between Zn and T are exothermic in vacuum.

Effect of the methylation of uracil and/or glycine on their mutual interaction.

In order to simulate the hydrogen bonding and proton transfer (PT) in protein-DNA/RNA interactions, a series of simplified models were employed and investigated in the gas phase. These models included various neutral, anionic and cationic glycine-uracil dimers, and their methylated derivatives generated by the mono- or dimethylation of glycine and/or uracil moieties of the dimer. The results reveal that the only process that can occur in the neutral complexes is a double-PT process leading to proton exchange between the two moieties (i.

A light-trapping structure based on BiO3 nano-islands with highly crystallized sputtered silicon for thin-film solar cells.

Silicon films with light-trapping structures are fabricated based on Bi2O3 nano-islands, which are obtained by annealing Bi nano-islands in the air at 400 °C. The topography exhibits the maximum altitude of over 600 nm and the root-mean-square roughness of 150 nm, with the lateral size of single island of about 1 μm. Highly crystallized sputtered silicon, realized by Cu-induced crystallization, is used to be a light-absorbing layer.

Catalysis effects of water molecules and of charge on intramolecular proton transfer of uracil.

In this work, the three most stable uracil isomers (U1, U2, and U3) and their neutral, positive, and negative charged multihydrates are chosen as research objects to investigate the tautomeric process between the most stable uracil, U1, and its two minor stable isomers, U2 and U3. By the study, deeper insight can be obtained regarding point mutations induced by uracil deformation. Toward the target, the activation energies of the intramolecular proton transfer (tautomeric process) as well as the catalysis effects of water molecules and of charges attached are investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations by means of the B3LYP exchange and correlation functions.