Publications by authors named "Feng Min"

As Moore's Law comes to an end, the implementation of high-performance chips through transistor scaling has become increasingly challenging. To improve performance, increasing the chip area to integrate more transistors has become an essential approach. However, due to restrictions such as the maximum reticle area, cost, and manufacturing yield, the chip's area cannot be continuously increased, and it encounters what is known as the "area-wall".

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Ischemia and hypoxia caused by vascular injury intensify nerve damage. Skin precursor-derived Schwann cells have demonstrated an accelerated in vivo pre-vascularization of tissue-engineered nerves. Furthermore, extracellular vesicles from skin precursor-derived Schwann cells (SKP-SC-EVs) show the potential in aiding peripheral nerve regeneration.

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The purine metabolism is crucial for cellular function and is a conserved metabolic network from prokaryotes to humans. While extensively studied in microorganisms like yeast and bacteria, the impact of perturbing dietary intermediates from the purine biosynthesis on animal development and growth remains poorly understood. We utilized Caenorhabditis elegans as the metazoan model to investigate the mechanisms underlying this deficiency.

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Flavan-3-ol oligomers (FLOs), including proanthocyanidins (PAs) and theasinensins (TSs), contribute greatly to the flavor and bioactivity of the tea beverage. Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry has been widely used in profiling a wide range of compounds in tea. However, the detection and identification of FLOs with low concentration and high structural diversity remain meaningful yet challenging work.

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Preterm infants are at risk for brain injury and neurodevelopmental impairment due, in part, to white matter injury following chronic hypoxia exposure. However, the precise molecular mechanisms by which neonatal hypoxia disrupts early neurodevelopment are poorly understood. Here, we constructed a brain-wide map of the regenerative response to newborn brain injury using high-resolution imaging-based spatial transcriptomics to analyze over 800,000 cells in a mouse model of chronic neonatal hypoxia.

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Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of hysteroscopy in the treatment of molar pregnancy and postoperative residual tissue.

Methods: This retrospective study involved 68 patients who underwent treatment for molar pregnancy in Shanxi Children's Hospital Shanxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital from April 2020 to May 2022. Based on intervention methods, patients were divided into a conventional group (n=33) and a hysteroscopy group (n=35).

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Triethylamine, an extensively used material in industrial organic synthesis, is hazardous to the human respiratory and nervous systems, but its accurate detection and prediction has been a long-standing challenge. Herein, a machine learning-motivated chemiresistive sensor that can predict ppm-level triethylamine is designed. The zero-dimensional (0D) bismuth vanadate (BiVO) nanoparticles were anchored on the surface of three-dimensional (3D) tungsten oxide (WO) architectures to form hierarchical BiVO/WO heterostructures, which demonstrates remarkable triethylamine-sensing performance such as high response of 21 (4 times higher than pristine WO) at optimal temperature of 190 °C, low detection limit of 57 ppb, long-term stability, reproducibility and good anti-interference property.

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  • - The study aimed to improve the effectiveness of inactivated H9N2 avian influenza vaccines by combining them with a recombinant baculovirus containing multiple T and B cell epitopes, showing better immune response than using the vaccine alone.
  • - Results indicated that the combined immunization led to significantly higher levels of antibodies and T cell responses, particularly after exposure to a heterologous virus, which suggests a robust immune boost.
  • - The InV+BV-BNT group showed lower viral loads and virus positivity rates in samples taken after infection, highlighting its potential as a supplementary vaccine to enhance protection against H9N2 avian influenza.
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The Topological Hall effect (THE) is a fascinating physical phenomenon related to topological spin textures, serving as a powerful electrical probe for detecting and understanding these unconventional magnetic orders and skyrmions. Recently, the THE has been observed in strontium ruthenate (SrRuO, SRO) thin films and its heterostructures, which originates from the disruption of interfacial inversion symmetry and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Here, we demonstrate a practically pure proton doping effect for controlling the DMI and THE in the SRO epitaxial films using the Pt electrode-assisted hydrogenation method.

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Introduction: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Because of clinical heterogeneity, the metabolite profile of DM patients with different myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) remains elusive. This study aimed to explore the metabolomics characteristics of the serum in DM with different MSAs, low or high disease activity, and interstitial lung disease.

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Macroscale superlubricity has attracted considerable attention as a promising strategy to minimize frictional energy dissipation and achieve near-zero wear. However, realizing macroscale superlubricity with prolonged durability remains an immense challenge, particularly on engineering steels. Current superlubricants render steel surfaces susceptible to corrosion, causing severe wear and superlubrication failure.

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  • Lubricating oils are widely used for their lubricating properties, but their high fluidity can cause leakage and mechanical failure.
  • A new gel lubricant, SNWs-PAO6, combines subnanometer nanowires with poly α-olefin 6 to prevent leakage and improve load-bearing capacity, significantly reducing friction and wear in steel-on-steel interfaces.
  • SNWs-PAO6 demonstrates stability after extensive use and exhibits strong adhesion through tribochemical reactions, offering a promising approach for creating reliable lubricants in mechanical systems.
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Purpose: Proteinuria during treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was another renal adverse event besides from acute kidney injury. We aim to investigate the incidence and associated factors of proteinuria associated with ICIs.

Method: A case-control observational study about ICIs-treated cancer patients was conducted.

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Introduction: Inhaled fine and ultrafine particulate matter may affect organs other than the lung, including the kidney. Recent studies have consistently shown the possibility of air pollution in highly polluted countries to be nephrotoxic. However, in countries like Australia, where air quality generally adheres to or remains below the WHO standards, the subtle yet consequential impacts of chronic exposure to seemingly safe levels of traffic PM2.

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  • The gut in insects like silkworms is crucial for digestion and also acts as a barrier against harmful pathogens, but there's limited understanding of how their immune system responds to viral infections.
  • This study utilized single-nucleus RNA sequencing to explore different cell types in the silkworm midgut and examined how the Bombyx mori cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (BmCPV) affects these cells.
  • Findings suggest that BmCPV not only decreases antiviral responses but also increases the expression of genes promoting viral replication, indicating a complex interplay between the virus and the host's immune system.
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  • Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease linked to weakened regulatory T (Treg) cell function, which can worsen symptoms by causing inflammation in salivary glands.
  • The study aimed to investigate the effects of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) on SS-like symptoms in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, particularly focusing on Treg cells and autophagy.
  • Results showed that S1P treatment improved SS symptoms in NOD mice by increasing functional Treg cells, enhancing their immune function, and positively influencing autophagy, suggesting a potential new treatment for SS.
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  • - Defect engineering enhances the performance of nanozymes by allowing better control over their properties, though creating these defects for improved activity presents challenges.
  • - The study introduces a new method using the Chan-Lam coupling reaction to create oxygen vacancy-rich CuMnO/carbon dots (O-CuMnO/CDs), significantly increasing their oxidase-like activity compared to standard CuMnO.
  • - The resulting nanozymes exhibit both fluorescent and oxidase-like properties, enabling a highly sensitive dual-mode method for detecting D-penicillamine (D-PA) with impressive limits of detection in real samples.
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Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) vibronic spectroscopy, which has provided submolecular insights into electron-vibration (vibronic) coupling, faces challenges when probing the pivotal low-frequency vibronic excitations. Because of eigenstate broadening on solid substrates, resolving low-frequency vibronic states demands strong decoupling. This work designs a type II band alignment in STM junction to achieve effective charge-transfer state decoupling.

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Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased mortality and morbidity rates owing to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Timely detection of CVD in RA can greatly improve patient prognosis; however, this technique remains challenging. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for CVD incidence in patients with RA.

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  • - The study explored the effectiveness of low-dose prazosin in improving symptoms of depression in patients with a history of trauma, as conventional antidepressants often have limited success in these cases.
  • - Conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 59 participants, the research assessed changes in depression and anxiety scores over six weeks using standardized rating scales.
  • - Results indicated that patients on prazosin experienced significantly better improvements in symptoms compared to those on placebo after 4 and 6 weeks, with similar rates of adverse reactions in both groups.
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As a novel discovered mechanism of cell death, cuproptosis is copper-dependent and induces protein toxicity related to advanced tumors, disease prognosis, and human innate and adaptive immune response. However, it has not yet been fully established how the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is related to the immune microenvironment of cuproptosis-related lncRNAs using several bioinformatic techniques. In the study, 19 genes related to cuproptosis were collected.

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There is increasing evidence that thirdhand exposure to e-cigarette vapor (e-vapor) can have detrimental effects on the lungs. However, whether maternal exposure during pregnancy results in harmful changes to the offspring is unknown. Using two different e-cigarette settings (low vs.

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The understanding of activated sludge microbial status and roles is imperative for improving and enhancing the performance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, we conducted a deep analysis of activated sludge microbial communities across five compartments (inflow, effluent, and aerobic, anoxic, anaerobic tanks) over temporal scales, employing high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons and metagenome data. Clearly discernible seasonal patterns, exhibiting cyclic variations, were observed in microbial diversity, assembly, co-occurrence network, and metabolic functions.

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Objective: Although a large body of evidence has reported on surgical approaches for the treatment of unstable intertrochanteric femoral fractures, studies that comprehensively evaluate treatment outcomes are limited. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of extramedullary fixation (i.e.

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  • This study looked at two types of tests, mNGS and tNGS, to see which one is better at finding germs in lung samples from kidney transplant patients.
  • Researchers found that mNGS was generally better than tNGS, especially at correctly identifying bacteria and viruses.
  • Even though both mNGS and tNGS did better than traditional tests, mNGS had higher sensitivity and true positive rates than tNGS.
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