A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between the non-high density to high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and kidney stone risk in American adults.

Background: Recent interest in the Non-High Density to High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol ratio (NHHR) has emerged due to its potential role in metabolic disorders. However, the connection between NHHR and the development of kidney stones still lacks clarity. The primary goal of this research is to explore how NHHR correlates with kidney stone incidence.

Association between kidney stones and life's essential 8: a population-based study.

Background: Kidney stones exhibit a robust correlation with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of this research is to investigate the correlation between kidney stones and Life's Essential 8 (LE8), a newly updated assessment of cardiovascular health (CVH), among adults in the United States.

Methods: In this study, which analyzed data from the 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we employed LE8 scores (ranging from 0 to 100) as the independent variable, classifying them into low, moderate, and high CVH categories.

Modified Minimally Invasive Bunnell Suture Surgery with Channel-assisted Minimally Invasive Reconstruction Device for Treating Achilles Tendon Rupture.

The aim of this study was to improve the process of microincision and endoscopic surgery for the treatment of Achilles tendon (AT) rupture using the modified minimally invasive Bunnell suture (MIBS) technique.From December 2019 to December 2021, 20 patients with AT rupture who visited the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (Harbin, China) underwent MIBS surgery.A total of 20 patients were included, of whom 18 (90.

Bacterial templated carbonate mineralization: insights from concave-type crystals induced by strain HJ-1.

The elucidation of carbonate crystal growth mechanisms contributes to a deeper comprehension of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation processes. In this research, the HJ-1 strain, well-known for its proficiency in inducing carbonate mineralization, was employed to trigger the formation of concave-type carbonate minerals. The study meticulously tracked the temporal alterations in the culture solution and conducted comprehensive analyses of the precipitated minerals' mineralogy and morphology using advanced techniques such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam, and transmission electron microscopy.

Metformin Reduces the Risk of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients with Hip Osteoarthritis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: To assess if metformin could reduce the risk of total hip arthroplasty (THA) in elderly patients with hip osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Patients And Methods: It is a retrospective study among elderly patients (≥65 years) with hip osteoarthritis and T2DM. All included patients were divided into metformin group and non-metformin group, then propensity-score match (PSM) was performed to control potential confounding factors.

Biomimetic Mineralization of Ca-Mg Carbonates: Relevance to Microbial Cells and Extracellular Polymeric Substances.

Research on Ca-Mg carbonate crystallization and phase transition regulated by microbial cells and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) is significant for carbon sequestration, remediation of polluted soil and water, and synthesis of functional biomaterials. This study focused on the mineralogical transformation from amorphism to crystal, and interaction among cells, EPS, and minerals. By tracing the law of mineral growth and morphological evolution, the influences of cells and EPS on mineral formation were investigated.

Formation mechanism of disc-shaped calcite-a case study on sp. MF-2.

Research on the biogenic-specific morphology of carbonate minerals has made progress in the fields of biomineralization and industrial engineering. In this study, mineralization experiments were performed using sp. MF-2, including its biofilms.

Deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence carbon dots with ultralong lifetime.

Carbon dots (CDs) with deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) of more than 2 s were developed, exhibiting the longest lifetime to date. In contrast to the established deep-blue TADF systems, this developed CD-based system (BNCDs) could be facilely and effectively synthesized, and more impressively, the emission lasted for more than 16 s (to the naked eye). XRD, TEM, FT-IR, and XPS analyses were conducted, and structural characterizations indicated that the CDs formed hydrogen bonding with BO.

The effect of LV-1 on the crystallization and polymorphs of calcium carbonate.

The study of CaCO polymorphism is of great significance for understanding the mechanism of carbonate mineralization induced by bacteria and the genesis of carbonate rock throughout geological history. To investigate the effect of bacteria and shear force on CaCO precipitation and polymorphs, biomineralization experiments with strain LV-1 were conducted under the standing and shaking conditions. The results show that LV-1 induced the formation of calcite and vaterite under the standing and shaking conditions, respectively.

ORC6 acts as a biomarker and reflects poor outcome in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

To explore the role of ORC6 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). The Cancer Genome Atlas Kidney Clear Cell Carcinoma (TCGA-KIRC) database was used to investigate the association between ORC6 expression and clinicopathological parameters. Furthermore, the expression level of ORC6 was determined in human RCC tissues and cell lines by western blot and PCR.

m A transferase KIAA1429-stabilized LINC00958 accelerates gastric cancer aerobic glycolysis through targeting GLUT1.

Emerging evidence has demonstrated that N -methyladenosine (m A) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are both crucial regulators in gastric cancer (GC) tumorigenesis. However, the interaction of m A and lncRNAs in GC progression are still unclear. Here, our team discovered that lncRNA LINC00958 expression up-regulated in GC tissue and cells.

Mechanism of carbonate mineralization induced by microbes: Taking Curvibacter lanceolatus strain HJ-1 as an example.

Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation is important in the global carbon cycle, especially in fixing atmospheric CO. Many simulation experiments have shown that microbes can induce carbonate precipitation, although there is no established understanding of the mechanism. In this study, several mineralization experiments were performed using Curvibacter lanceolatus strain HJ-1, including its secreted extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and carbonic anhydrase (CA).

Comparison of carbonate precipitation induced by Curvibacter sp. HJ-1 and Arthrobacter sp. MF-2: Further insight into the biomineralization process.

Microorganisms are generally involved in the nucleation, growth and phase transformation of carbonate minerals, and influence the development of their morphology and polymorphism. However, understanding of the process of microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) remains limited. Herein, MICP experiments were carried out using Curvibacter sp.

Controlled Crystallization and Transformation of Carbonate Minerals with Dumbbell-like Morphologies on Bacterial Cell Templates.

Research on the biogenic-specific polymorphism and morphology of carbonate has been gaining momentum in the fields of biomineralization and industrial engineering in recent years. We report the nucleation of carbonate particles on bacterial cell templates to produce a novel dumbbell-like morphology which was assembled by needle-like crystals of magnesium calcite or aragonite radiating out from both ends of the template bacterium. Mature dumbbell-like structures had a tendency to break apart in the central template region, which was made up mostly of weak amorphous carbonate.

Low‑intensity ultrasound enhances the chemosensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells to cisplatin via altering the miR‑34a/c‑Met axis.

Recently, the use of low‑intensity ultrasound (LIUS) combined with chemotherapeutic agents is widely used in clinical practice, mainly for the treatment of cancer; however, the mechanisms as to how LIUS enhances the antitumor effects of these agents are not fully understood. The aim of the present study was to explore the synergistic antitumor effects and mechanisms of cisplatin (DDP) combined with LIUS (LIUS‑DDP) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We reported that LIUS effectively enhanced Huh7 and HCCLM3 cell sensitivity to a low concentration of DDP.

Spatial-temporal variations and mineral dust fractions in particulate matter mass concentrations in an urban area of northwestern China.

PM and PM concentration data were collected from five air-quality monitoring sites in Lanzhou from October 2014 to October 2015, revealing the spatial-temporal behavior of local particulate matter (PM). The Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory Model (HYSPLIT) and the PM-to-PM ratio model were used to investigate the primary transport path, potential source areas and contributions of the East Asian sandstorm to PM in Lanzhou. The analysis in three functional areas of the city indicated that the monthly variation in PM displayed a unimodal U pattern (the highest value was during the heating period), whereas that of PM displayed a bimodal pattern (the primary peak appeared in the spring, and the secondary peak appeared in the winter).

Effects of hUCB-MSCs on recovery of neurological function and TERT expression in brain tissue of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.

The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze the effects of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs) on the recovery of neurological function and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression in brain tissue of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. A total of 100 healthy adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: The control group and the observation group according to the random number table method. After the model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury was established, the rats in the observation group were treated with hUCB-MSCs (10 ml/kg), while the rats in the control group were treated with saline every day.

Nucleation and Growth of Mg-Calcite Spherulites Induced by the Bacterium Curvibacter lanceolatus Strain HJ-1.

Calcite spherulites have been observed in many laboratory experiments with different bacteria, and spherulitic growth has received much interest in mineralogy research. However, the nucleation and growth mechanism, as well as geological significance of calcite spherulites in solution with bacteria is still unclear. Herein, spherulites composed of an amorphous core, a Mg-calcite body and an organic film were precipitated by the Curvibacter lanceolatus HJ-1 bacterial strain in a solution with a molar Mg/Ca ratio of 3.

Vaterite induced by Lysinibacillus sp. GW-2 strain and its stability.

Studies on the formation and stability of vaterite by bacteria in experimental systems are of great importance for understanding the mechanism by which microbes contribute to carbonate mineralization. In this study, mineralization experiments using Lysinibacillus sp. strain GW-2 were carried out for 72h under shaking conditions and aging experiments using biotic and chemically synthesized vaterite were performed for 60days in distilled water and air.

[Curvibacter sp. strain HJ-1 induced the formation of aragonite under the condition of low Mg/Ca ratio].

Objective: To study the effects of bacteria on the species and morphology of carbonate minerals.

Methods: We conducted a series of cultural experiments in the medium with initial Mg/Ca ratio of 2 but without carbonate ion using Curvibacter sp. strain HJ-1 for 50 days.

Heavy metals in the riverbed surface sediment of the Yellow River, China.

One hundred and eleven riverbed surface sediment (RSS) samples were collected to determine the heavy metal concentration throughout the Inner Mongolia reach of the Yellow River (IMYR), which has been subjected to rapid economic and industrial development over the past several decades. Comprehensive analysis of heavy metal contamination, including the enrichment factor, geo-accumulation index, contamination factor, pollution load index, risk index, principal component analysis (PCA), hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), and Pearson correlation analysis, was performed. The results demonstrated that a low ecological risk with a moderate level of heavy metal contamination was present in the IMYR due to the risk index (RI) being less than 150 and the pollution load index (PLI) being above 1, and the averaged concentrations of Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Ti, V, and Zn in the RSS, with standard deviations, were 144 ± 69, 77.

Phosphorus in the catchment of high sediment load river: A case of the Yellow River, China.

Surface sediment samples concurrently collected in the catchment of the Ningxia-Inner Mongolian reach of Yellow River (NIMYR) were analyzed to determine the phosphorus and correlated physiochemical properties of sediments. Samples were obtained from three main areas: the riverbed surface sediment (RSS), the floodplain surface sediment (FSS) and the desert surface sediment (DSS). The sequence of phosphorus-contamination level in this catchment, determined by a cumulative distribution function and multivariate statistical analysis, were FSS>RSS>DSS.

Evaluation of two singleplex reverse transcription-Insulated isothermal PCR tests and a duplex real-time RT-PCR test for the detection of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine deltacoronavirus.

Recent outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) in multiple countries have caused significant economic losses and remain a serious challenge to the swine industry. Rapid diagnosis is critical for the implementation of efficient control strategies before and during PEDV and PDCoV outbreaks. Insulated isothermal PCR (iiPCR) on the portable POCKIT™ device is user friendly for on-site pathogen detection.