Nanostructured Gallium Nitride Membrane at Wafer Scale for Photo(Electro)catalytic Polluted Water Remediation.

Photo(electro)catalysis methods have drawn significant attention for efficient, energy-saving, and environmental-friendly organic contaminant degradation in wastewater. However, conventional oxide-based powder photocatalysts are limited to UV-light absorption and are unfavorable in the subsequent postseparation process. In this paper, a large-area crystalline-semiconductor nitride membrane with a distinct nanoporous surface is fabricated, which can be scaled up to a full wafer and easily retrieved after photodegradation.

Environmental microplastics: Classification, sources, fates, and effects on plants.

Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a global concern due to the generation of extensive plastic waste and products (370 million metric tons in 2020) that are difficult to biodegrade. Therefore, MPs have attracted a great deal of research attention, and many new findings regarding MPs (over 9000 papers published in the last 3 years) have been reported. MPs generally exert adverse effects on plants.

Four polysaccharides isolated from Poria cocos mycelium and fermentation broth supernatant possess different activities on regulating immune response.

Four polysaccharide fractions were isolated and purified from the culture supernatant and mycelium of Poria cocos, and differences in their immunomodulatory activity were investigated. The average molecular weights of EPS-0M, EPS-0.1M, IPS-0M, and IPS-0.

The utility of claudin-4 versus MOC-31 and Ber-EP4 in the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma in cytology specimens.

Background: Claudin-4 is a sensitive and specific marker for carcinoma in effusion cytology. The authors examined the diagnostic use of claudin-4 versus MOC-31 and Ber-EP4 by comparing their sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) in differentiating carcinoma from mesothelioma and benign/mesothelial hyperplasia in effusion specimens.

Methods: This retrospective study comprised a cohort of 229 cytology specimens, including 211 effusion fluid and 18 fine-needle aspiration specimens.

Analysis of the Clinical Efficacy and Molecular Mechanism of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction in the Treatment of COPD Based on Meta-Analysis and Network Pharmacology.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is becoming a major public health burden worldwide. It is urgent to explore more effective and safer treatment strategy for COPD. Notably, Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction (XFZYD) is widely used to treat respiratory system diseases, including COPD, in China.

Functional study of and gene obtained by transcriptome sequencing analysis of seedlings treated with brassinolide.

Sclerotinia disease and weeds of greatly reduce crop yields. However, brassinolides can improve the resistance of plants to sclerotinia diseases and herbicides. In this study, we investigated the effects of brassinolide on the occurrence, physiological indices, yield, and gene expression of Fanming No.

Efficacy of insulin in treating severe hypertriglyceridaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy.

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of insulin in treating severe hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG) during the third trimester of pregnancy. Women with severe HTG (TG ≥ 11.30 mmol/L) in the third trimester of pregnancy who received clinical examination and delivered in Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital from 01 January 2017 to 30 September 2021 were recruited.

Effectiveness of Moxibustion Combined with Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold-Type Gastroparesis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of moxibustion combined with Chinese medicine in the treatment of spleen and stomach deficiency cold-type gastroparesis by meta-analysis and to provide the clinical basis for its treatment.

Methods: A computer search of eight databases was performed for published and unpublished randomized controlled trials on moxibustion for spleen and stomach deficiency cold-type stomach pain from domestic and international clinical trial centers. The study was divided into a combination of a moxibustion and Chinese medicine group and a regular Western medicine group, and the outcome indicators were "effective" and "ineffective.

Three-dimensional open architecture enabling salt-rejection solar evaporators with boosted water production efficiency.

Direct solar desalination exhibits considerable potential for alleviating the global freshwater crisis. However, the prevention of salt accumulation while maintaining high water production remains an important challenge that limits its practical applications because the methods currently employed for achieving rapid salt backflow usually result in considerable heat loss. Herein, we fabricate a solar evaporator featuring vertically aligned mass transfer bridges for water transport and salt backflow.

Clinical findings, diagnosis and therapy of patent ductus venosus in children: a case series.

Background: Patent ductus venosus (PDV) is a rare form of congenital portosystemic shunt. Because of the diversity of clinical symptoms and insufficient knowledge of this condition, clinicians often fail to perform targeted examinations, resulting in missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses. This study summarized the clinical and radiological findings, as well as surgical methods, of PDV with the aim of improving early diagnosis and guiding treatment.

High-efficiency removal of organic pollutants by visible-light-driven tubular heterogeneous micromotors through a photocatalytic Fenton process.

Light-driven micromotors that can be remotely controlled by irradiation have environmental remediation applications. Herein, we describe a facile one-step hydrothermal method for synthesizing visible-light-driven heterogeneous micromotors by simultaneously depositing photocatalytic g-CN and magnetic FeO nanoparticles on kapok fiber (KF) templates (g-CN-FeO@KF). These microdevices exhibit precisely controlled motion in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (HO) under visible light via a bubble recoil mechanism.

Superhydrophobic 3D-Assembled Metallic Nanoparticles for Trace Chemical Enrichment in SERS Sensing.

The performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is determined by the interaction between highly diluted analytes and boosted localized electromagnetic fields in nanovolumes. Although superhydrophobic surfaces are developed for analyte enrichment, i.e.

The effects of on Ira rabbit growth performance, cecal microbiota and plasma metabolome.

Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) can provide many benefits for animals' growth performance and gut health. In this study, we investigated the effects of on the growth performance, cecal microbiota, and plasma metabolome in Ira rabbits.

Effect of School-Based Nutrition and Health Education for Rural Chinese Children.

The nutritional status of rural Chinese children has improved in recent years, but their nutritional knowledge is still relatively lacking. School-based nutrition and health education was conducted for children in three counties of China from 2018 to 2020. The students in the intervention schools were given two-year nutrition and health education courses, while the control schools did not receive any intervention.

Noncoding RNAs-mediated overexpression of KIF14 is associated with tumor immune infiltration and unfavorable prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma.

Kinesin family member 14 (KIF14) is potentially oncogenic and acts as a chromokinesin via binding to microtubules and chromatin during the bipolar spindle formation. KIF14 overexpression is a significant prognostic biomarker in various cancers. However, the expression, prognosis, mechanism, and tumor immune regulation of KIF14 in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remain obscure.

[Association of beverages intake with myopia among 11-14-year-old Chinese children in 2019-2021].

Objective: To describe beverages intake and its association with myopia among 11-14-year-old children in China.

Methods: Multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling was used and children aged 11 to 14 years were selected from 28 cities and rural areas in 14 provinces in China, and a total of 12 397 children were included in this study. Information including demographic characteristics, myopia status, dietary intake, physical activity, screen time, sleep duration were collected from questionnaire survey.

The spatial-temporal distribution and etiological characteristics of hand-foot-and-mouth disease before and after EV‑A71 vaccination in Kunming, China, 2017-2020.

After vaccination with enterovirus 71 (EV-A71), the prevalence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) remained high, and the spatial-temporal distribution of enteroviruses changed. Therefore, it is essential to define the temporal features, spatial distributions, and epidemiological and etiological characteristics of HFMD in Kunming. Between 2017 and 2020, a total of 36,540 children were diagnosed with HFMD in Kunming, including 32,754 children with enterovirus-positive clinical samples.

[Overweight and obesity status and its associated factors among primary and secondary school students in China rural middle and western regions].

To analyze the overweight and obesity status of students in the national pilot counties of the in 2019 and its associated factors. In 2019, a multi-stage cluster random sampling method was used to select about 40 students from each grade in primary and secondary schools in China's central and western regions where the was implemented The height and weight of the children were measured using height or weight scales. The school questionnaire and county questionnaire were used to investigate the associated factors.

Substrate-induced dimerization of elaiophylin glycosyltransferase reveals a novel self-activating form of glycosyltransferase for symmetric glycosylation.

Elaiophylin (Ela), a unique 16-membered symmetric macrodiolide antibiotic, displays broad biological activity. Two rare 2-deoxy-L-fucose moieties at the ends of Ela are critical for its activity. Previously, elaiophylin glycosyltransferase (ElaGT) was identified as the enzyme that is responsible for the symmetric glycosylation of Ela, acting as a potential enzymatic tool for enhancing the diversity and activity of Ela.

Super-Resolution Displacement Spectroscopic Sensing over a Surface "Rainbow".

Subwavelength manipulation of light waves with high precision can enable new and exciting applications in spectroscopy, sensing, and medical imaging. For these applications, miniaturized spectrometers are desirable to enable the on-chip analysis of spectral information. In particular, for imaging-based spectroscopic sensing mechanisms, the key challenge is to determine the spatial-shift information accurately (i.

A Functional Genomics View of Gibberellin Metabolism in the Cnidarian Symbiont .

Dinoflagellate inhabitants of the reef-building corals exchange nutrients and signals with host cells, which often benefit the growth of both partners. Phytohormones serve as central hubs for signal integration between symbiotic microbes and their hosts, allowing appropriate modulation of plant growth and defense in response to various stresses. However, the presence and function of phytohormones in photosynthetic dinoflagellates and their function in the holobionts remain elusive.

Specimen Considerations in Molecular Oncology Testing.

Proper treatment of the patient with cancer depends on an accurate diagnosis of the tumor and is further directed by prognostic and more recently therapeutic molecular signatures in the era of precision medicine. Molecular oncology testing provides diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic information derived from the tumor genome. The aim of this review is to provide valuable information to laboratories for choosing optimal clinical specimens for molecular oncology testing by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of different sample types from the procurement, processing, and pre-analytic selection matching to different test platforms.