Rare-Earth Substitution Induced Symmetry Breaking for The First Sc-Based Nonlinear Optical Chalcogenide with High-Performance.

Chalcogenides are the most important infrared nonlinear optical (NLO) material candidates, and the exploration of high-performance ones is attractive and challengeable. Hitherto, there is no NLO scandium (Sc) chalcogenides experimentally studied. Here, new quaternary Sc thiophosphate CsScPS (CSPS) was synthesized by the facile metal oxide-boron-sulfur/reactive flux hybrid solid-state method.

Rare-Earth/d Dual-Metal Oxychalcogenides as Infrared Nonlinear-Optical Materials.

Oxychalcogenides are receiving increasing interest as nonlinear-optical (NLO) materials because of the possible combination of advantages from oxides and chalcogenides. Here, two new pentanary oxythiogermanates EuMGeOS [M = Zn (), Cd ()] were obtained by the facile metal oxide-boron-sulfur solid-state route. They crystallize with a melilite-type structure and feature {[MGeOS]} layers built by GeOS dimers and MS tetrahedra.

Phase-Matching Second-Harmonic Generation and Enhanced Laser-Induced Damage Threshold Induced by Cs Substitution: CuPSe vs CsCuPS.

Chalcophosphates are an important type of infrared nonlinear optical (NLO) candidates in view of their rich anionic motifs. Here, two copper chalcophosphates CuPSe (CPSe) and CsCuPS (CCPS) were synthesized and studied as IR NLO materials. They both feature three-dimensional polyanionic frameworks constructed by similar T2-supertetrahedra, and the structure of CCPS can be derived from CPSe via introducing Cs and substituting Se with S.

Design of Pentanary Mixed-Chalcogenides AgInSiSSe ( = 1, 2) Based on the Bucket Effect: Local Structural Difference and High-Performance Nonlinear-Optical Properties Realized by Partial Congener Substitution.

Noncentrosymmetric chalcogenides are promising candidates for infrared nonlinear-optical (NLO) crystals, and exploring high-performance ones is a hot topic and challengeable. Herein, the combination of AgQ, InQ, and SiQ (Q = S, Se) units with different S/Se ratios resulted in the discovery of the tetrahedral chalcogenides AgInSiSSe () and AgInSiSSe (). They both crystallize in the monoclinic space group with different local structures.

Relationship Between Mindfulness and Affiliate Stigma in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in China: The Mediating Role of Coping Styles.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the current status of affiliate stigma among parents of autistic children, analyze the influencing factors, explore the relationship among mindfulness, coping styles, and affiliate stigma, and verify the mediating role of coping styles between mindfulness and affiliate stigma in parents of children with autism in China.

Method: Between February and April 2023, the Child Development Behaviour Centre of a public hospital in China recruited 345 parents of children with autism. These parents completed the general information questionnaire, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Affiliate Stigma Scale, and the Simple Coping Style Questionnaire.

Integration of bioinformatics and machine learning strategies identifies APM-related gene signatures to predict clinical outcomes and therapeutic responses for breast cancer patients.

Background: Tumor antigenicity and efficiency of antigen presentation jointly influence tumor immunogenicity, which largely determines the effectiveness of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). However, the role of altered antigen processing and presentation machinery (APM) in breast cancer (BRCA) has not been fully elucidated.

Methods: A series of bioinformatic analyses and machine learning strategies were performed to construct APM-related gene signatures to guide personalized treatment for BRCA patients.

Calpain-TRPC6 signaling pathway contributes to propofol-induced developmental neurotoxicity in rats.

Growing animal studies suggest a risk of neuronal damage following early childhood exposure to anesthesia and sedation drugs including propofol. Inhibition of transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) degradation has been shown to protect neurons from neuronal damage induced by multiple brain injury models. Our aim was to investigate whether calpain-TRPC6 pathway is a target in propofol-induced neurotoxicity.

Characteristics and prognostic outcome factors between young and elderly peritoneal dialysis patients: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the main renal replacement therapy in elderly patients account for hemodynamic stability. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of elderly PD patients are varies in different dialysis centers. We analyzed the characteristics, outcomes and prognosis factors of survival in elderly PD patients in China, to better understand their status and improve their quality of life.

Circular RNA TLK1 Promotes Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury by Regulating Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Through miR-106a-5p/HMGB1 Axis.

Sepsis is an inflammatory disorder and leads to severe acute kidney injury (AKI). Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been identified as a critical type of regulatory noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that present the important functions in various diseases. In this study, we identified a novel circRNA circTLK1 in the regulation of sepsis-induced AKI.

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy in a patient diagnosed with IgG4-related disease: A case report.

Rationale: Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a newly recognized, systemic disease. Membranous nephropathy is the most common glomerular lesion in IgG4- related kidney disease. However, the lack of relationship with IgG4-related kidney disease and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) warrants investigation of the potential mechanisms.

Effect of occlusal slope related to uneven attrition on root stress distribution and potential fracture.

Background/purpose: Severely uneven occlusal attrition is thought to play an important role in the occurrence of spontaneous vertical root fracture (VRF), a frequent problem among Chinese people. This study evaluated the influence of occlusal slope related to uneven attrition on the root stress condition.

Materials And Methods: A finite element model of the mandibular first molar was established.

[Clinical outcomes of total hip arthroplasty using Wagner SL revision stem in femoral intertrochanteric fractures for patients with old fracture or painful arthritis before injury].

Objective: To retrospectively study the clinical results of total hip arthroplasty(THA) using Wagner SL revision stem for patients with femoral intertrochanteric fracture.

Methods: From 2006 January to 2009 December, 29 consecutive patients with femoral intertrochanteric fractures were performed THA using Wagner SL revision stem and intertrochanteric reconstruction, including 18 males and 11 females with an average age of 49 years old ranging from 43 to 58. Among them, 8 cases were oboslete femoral intertrochanteric fractures and 21 cases were the intertrochanteric fractures with painful arthritis before injuries.

Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis-Associated IgA Nephropathy with ESAT-6.

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common cause of primary renal diseases worldwide, and the early secreted antigenic target of 6 (ESAT-6) which was secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) may be involved in the development and progression of IgAN. This study aimed to investigate the role of ESAT-6 for early diagnosis of IgAN caused by MTB infection. From 2011 to 2014, 21 patients with renal tuberculosis (RTB), 25 with IgAN, and 46 with IgAN infected with MTB (IgAN/MTB) were enrolled.

[Evaluation of the filling ability of System-B continuous wave obturation technique to artificial lateral canals in vitro].

Purpose: To evaluate the filling ability of System-B continuous wave obturation technique to artificial lateral canals of different diameters and at different levels.

Methods: Forty extracted single-rooted human teeth were randomly divided into two groups. Standardized artificial lateral canals were created at 3, 6 and 9 mm from the apical foramen(AF) with K-file size 8 and 15.

Fabrication and characteristics of organic semiconductor nanoparticles of copper phthalocyanine oligomers.

Nanoparticles of copper phthalocyanine oligomers (O-CuPc) with peripheral carboxylic acid groups have successfully been prepared by a simple method of liquid phase direct precipitation in the presence of different surfactants. X-ray diffraction patterns, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-visible spectra are employed to characterize the novel organic nanoparticles. The sizes and size distribution of the resulting O-CuPc nanoparticles show a noticeable dependence on surfactants.

[Method of loss of life expectancy to quantitate and compare the health risk caused by carcinogen and non-carcinogen pollutants].

Loss of life expectancy (LLE) was used to evaluate and quantitate the health risk caused by carcinogen and non-carcinogen pollutants, and was proposed as a new method to compare the environmental health risk of different pollutants. The environmental health risks exposed by 6 major environmental pollutants in China, i.e.

Adsorption-desorption characteristics of cadmium in variable charge soils.

Cadmium (Cd) has received considerable attention because of its association with various human health problems. The behavior of adsorption-desorption of Cd at contaminated levels in two variable charge soils were investigated. The red soil (RAR) developed on the Arenaceous rock (clayey, mixed siliceous thermic typic Dystrochrept) adsorbed more Cd2+ than the red soil (REQ) derived from the Quaternary red earths (clayey, kaolinitic thermic plinthite Aquult).