Albumin-bilirubin score: a promising predictor of postoperative distant metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer.

Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of the preoperative serum albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: Preoperative ALBI data from 1506 CRC patients were categorized into high-value and low-value groups, and the clinicopathological characteristics of these groups were compared. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was employed to investigate the risk factors associated with distant metastasis.

Cucurbit[]uril-Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution, Oxygen Reduction, and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions.

Various sustainable energy conversion techniques like water electrolyzers, fuel cells, and metal-air battery devices are promising to alleviate the issues in fossil fuel consumption. However, their broad employment has been mainly inhibited by the lack of advanced electrocatalysts to accelerate the sluggish kinetics of the three involved half-reactions including oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Recent advances have witnessed the cucurbit[]uril (CB[])-directed strategy as a prominent tool to develop high performance electrocatalysts with either OER, ORR, or HER activities.

Correction: Screening and investigation of a short antimicrobial peptide: AVGAV.

Correction for 'Screening and investigation of a short antimicrobial peptide: AVGAV' by Yang Cao , , 2023, , 10941-10955, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TB01672B.

Arene-Cucurbiturils: Benzene-Containing Cucurbituril[2,4] and Benzene-Containing Cucurbituril[3,6].

Benzene-containing cucurbituril[2,4] and benzene-containing cucurbituril[3,6], the structures of cucurbit[]urils with some glycoluril units replaced by benzene rings, are constructed through condensation of specific benzene-containing motifs. These novel macrocycles inherit cucurbit[]urils' concave cavity and provide chemical modification potentiality and chromophores. Benzene-containing cucurbituril[2,4] shows a -symmetric macrocycle, while benzene-containing cucurbituril[3,6] exhibits a distinctive two-cavity structure (one big and one small) that resembles a gourd and could potentially accommodate two guests different in size simultaneously.