Associations between Multiple Food Consumption Frequencies and the Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in High Cardiac Risk Subjects.

Background: Dietary choices are inextricably linked to the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), whereas an optimal dietary pattern to minimize CVD morbidity in high-risk subjects remains challenging.

Methods: We comprehensively assessed the relationship between food consumption frequencies and CVD in 28,979 high-risk subjects. The outcome was defined as the composite of the incidence of major CVD events, including coronary heart disease and stroke.

Enhancing Open-Space Gas Detection Limit: A Novel Environmentally Adaptive Infrared Temperature Prediction Method for Uncooled Spectroscopy.

Gas cloud imaging with uncooled infrared spectroscopy is influenced by ambient temperature, complicating the quantitative detection of gas concentrations in open environments. To solve the aforementioned challenges, the paper analyzes the main factors influencing detection errors in uncooled infrared spectroscopy gas cloud imaging and proposes a temperature correction method to address them. Firstly, to mitigate the environmental effects on the radiative temperature output of uncooled infrared detectors, a snapshot-based, multi-band infrared temperature compensation algorithm incorporating environmental awareness was developed.

Geological model calibration based on gradual deformation and connectivity function.

The connectivity is an important feature of the reservoir geological heterogeneity that effects fluid flow responses. In geostatistical modeling, random realizations are generated to describe reservoir heterogeneities. But these realizations do not necessarily honor connectivity data.

Temperature and Ultrasound-Responsive Nanoassemblies for Enhanced Organ Targeting and Reduced Cardiac Toxicity.

Background: Biocompatible nanocarriers are widely employed as drug-delivery vehicles for treatment. Nevertheless, indiscriminate drug release, insufficient organ-specific targeting, and systemic toxicity hamper nanocarrier effectiveness. Stimuli-responsive nano-sized drug delivery systems (DDS) are an important strategy for enhancing drug delivery efficiency and reducing unexpected drug release.

Transcriptional Landscape of Cotton Roots in Response to Salt Stress at Single-cell Resolution.

Increasing soil salinization has led to severe losses of plant yield and quality. Thus, it is urgent to investigate the molecular mechanism of the salt stress response. In this study, we took systematically analyzed cotton root response to salt stress by single-cell transcriptomics technology; 56,281 high-quality cells were totally obtained from 5-days-old lateral root tips of Gossypium arboreum under natural growth and different salt-treatment conditions.

Correlation of exercise blood pressure levels with concomitant cardiovascular disease.

Hypertension is a fatal but preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and an important cause of death from cardiovascular disease. Exercise training has a definite clinical effect on blood pressure control. However, inappropriate exercise is ineffective and may also cause disease.

Correction: Enhancing the chemotherapeutic efficacy of platinum prodrug nanoparticles and inhibiting cancer metastasis by targeting iron homeostasis.

Correction for 'Enhancing the chemotherapeutic efficacy of platinum prodrug nanoparticles and inhibiting cancer metastasis by targeting iron homeostasis' by Fang Ding , , 2020, , 999-1015, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NH00148A.

A two-in-one molybdenum disulfide-chitosan nanoparticles system for activating plant defense mechanisms and reactive oxygen species to treat Citrus Huanglongbing.

Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) poses an enormous challenge to Citrus cultivation worldwide, necessitating groundbreaking interventions beyond conventional pharmaceutical methods. In this study, we propose molybdenum disulfide-chitosan nanoparticles (MoS-CS NPs) through electrostatic adsorption, preserving the plant-beneficial properties of molybdenum disulfide (MoS), while enhancing its antibacterial effectiveness through chitosan modification. MoS-CS NPs exhibited significant antibacterial efficacy against RM1021, and the closest relatives to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), Erwinia carotovora, and Xanthomonas citri achieved survival rates of 7.

Fabrication of nanogels to improve the toxicity and persistence of cycloxaprid against Diaphorina citri, the vector of citrus huanglongbing.

Introduction: Diaphorina citri is the most serious pest of citrus worldwide because it is the natural insect vector of huanglongbing. Cycloxaprid (Cyc) was highly toxic to D. citri.

Risk factors analysis of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in inpatients with overlapping syndrome of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with obstructive sleep apnea.

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical data of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea overlap syndrome (OS) during hospitalization and to evaluate the risk factors of patients treated with Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV).

Methods: Demographic and clinical data of patients with confirmed OS during hospitalization were retrospectively collected. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether noninvasive ventilator was used during hospitalization, including OS treated with NIV (244 cases) and OS without NIV (239 cases).

Halloysite-based inorganic-organic hybrid coatings for durable flame retardant, hydrophobic and antibacterial properties of cotton fabrics.

Developing durable protective cotton fabrics (CF) against potential environmental dangers such as fire hazards and bacterial growth remains an imperative but tough challenge. In this study, flame retardant, antibacterial and hydrophobic CF were successfully prepared via two-step coating. The inner coating entailed polyelectrolyte complexes consisting of polyethyleneimine and ammonium polyphosphate with the goal of enhancing the flame retardancy of CF.

Associations of ACE I/D and AGTR1 rs5182 polymorphisms with diabetes and their effects on lipids in an elderly Chinese population.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is generally accompanied by dyslipidaemia, but inconsistent relationships between lipid profiles and diabetes are noted. Moreover, genetic variations in insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms at angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE) and T/C polymorphisms in the angiotensin type 1 receptor gene (AGTR1) are related to diabetes and lipid levels, but the associations are controversial. Thus, the current research aimed to explore the effects of ACE I/D, AGTR1 rs5182 and diabetes mellitus on serum lipid profiles in 385 Chinese participants with an average age of 75.

The Application of Health Management and Drug Self-management Education in the Control of Chronic Diseases in the Elderly: A Retrospective Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the application of health management and medication self-management education in the control of chronic diseases in the elderly, specifically focusing on patients with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study aimed to assess the impact of these interventions on patients› self-management abilities, quality of life, medication adherence, intervention satisfaction, and the occurrence of adverse events. The findings aimed to provide a scientific basis for improving elderly chronic disease management and enhancing patients› health and quality of life.

The Development of Spinal Endoscopic Ultrasonic Imaging System With an Automated Tissue Recognition Algorithm.

Study Design: Preclinical experimental study.

Objective: To develop an intraoperative ultrasound-assisted imaging device, which could be placed at the surgical site through an endoscopic working channel and which could help surgeons recognition of different tissue types during endoscopic spinal surgery (ESS).

Summary Of Background Data: ESS remains a challenging task for spinal surgeons.

Associations between exposure to various air pollutants and risk of metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a widely observed metabolic disorder that is increasingly prevalent worldwide, leading to substantial societal consequences. Previous studies have conducted two separate meta-analyses to investigate the relationship between MetS and air pollutants. However, these studies yielded conflicting results, necessitating a thorough systematic review and meta-analysis to reassess the link between different air pollutants and the risk of developing MetS.

Characteristics of the time processing of adults' strongest sustained attentional bias toward neutral infant faces.

Previous studies have shown that adults exhibit the strongest attentional bias toward neutral infant faces when viewing faces with different expressions at different attentional processing stages due to different stimulus presentation times. However, it is not clear how the characteristics of the temporal processing associated with the strongest effect change over time. Thus, we combined a free-viewing task with eye-tracking technology to measure adults' attentional bias toward infant and adult faces with happy, neutral, and sad expressions of the same face.

Association between PEMT rs7946 and blood pressure levels in Chinese adolescents.

Objectives: This study was to explore blood pressure levels in Chinese adolescents with different genotypes of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) gene ( PEMT ) rs7946, as well as effects of dietary intake on blood pressure levels with different genders and different genotypes of PEMT rs7946.

Methods: PEMT rs7946 genotypes were identified by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and verified by DNA sequencing. Blood pressure was measured using a standard mercury sphygmomanometer.