Accelerating water evaporation is vital for processes like photosynthesis, dehydration, and desalination. Optimizing the pore structure and interfacial properties of evaporative materials can reduce evaporation enthalpy and increase efficiency. However, integrating the evaporation interface with water transport channels poses significant design challenges and complicates low-enthalpy evaporation analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF2D metal-organic frameworks (2D-MOFs) are an important class of functional porous materials. However, the low porosity and surface area of 2D-MOFs have greatly limited their functionalities and applications. Herein, the rational synthesis of a class of mos-MOFs with molybdenum disulfide (mos) net based on the assembly of trinuclear metal clusters and 3-connected tripodal organic ligands is reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a native crop in central Asia, pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has been cultivated in China for more than 2000 years (Yuan et al. 2007).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Magnetic resonance-high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) has revolutionized the treatment of Uterine fibroids. Usually, they are associated with prolonged heavy bleeding during the menstrual period, sacral pain, and increased frequency of UTIs, secondary dysmenorrhea, constipation, and pregnancy-associated problems. It also impacts usual activities, which lead to diminished quality of life and rising healthcare costs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: It has been reported that osteoporosis is a possible risk factor of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
Purpose: We analyzed the correlation between osteoporosis and BPPV and the possible mechanism by performing evidence-based medicine meta-analysis and bioinformatics analysis.
Methods: Initially, English articles related to osteoporosis and BPPV were obtained through PubMed and EMBASE databases.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. The crucial role of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in the progression of RA has been highlighted. Hence, this study was designed to explore the specific downstream mechanism of lncRNA nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1) in RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of this study is to provide comprehensive and up-to-date estimates on the disease burden of BPH in 204 countries and territories between 1990 and 2019. Data about incidence, year lived with disability (YLD), and their age-standardized rates (ASRs) for 21 regions, 5 Socio-demographic Index (SDI) quintiles, 204 countries and territories, and 12 age categories from 1990 to 2019 were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study. Estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) of the ASRs and the associations between SDI and the ASRs were estimated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo newly synthesized nicotinohydrazones, 6-bromo-2'-(2-chlorobenzylidene)nicotinohydrazide (1) and 6-bromo-2'-(3-bromo-5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene)nicotinohydrazide methanol solvate (2), have been obtained and structurally characterized by spectroscopic method and single crystal X-ray determination. The molecules in both compounds are in E configuration regarding to the azomethine groups. The molecules of compound 1 are linked via hydrogen bonds of N?H∙∙∙O, generating one dimensional chains running along the c-axis direction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Growing evidence has implicated core-binding factor beta (Cbfb) as a contributor to osteoblast differentiation, which plays a key role in fracture healing. Herein, we aimed to assess whether Cbfb affects osteoblast differentiation after fibula fracture.
Methods: Initially, we established a Cbfb conditional knockout mouse model for subsequent studies.
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intra-articular (IA) magnesium (Mg) for postoperative pain relief after arthroscopic knee surgery.
Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Medline, Cochrane library, and Web of Science to identify randomized controlled trials that compared postoperative pain outcomes with or without IA Mg after knee arthroscopy. The primary outcomes were pain intensity at rest and with movement at different postoperative time points and cumulative opioid consumption within 24 h after surgery.
Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a common condition characterized by the increase and activation of osteoclasts. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 5 (ERK-5) on postmenopausal osteoporosis by regulating the biological behaviors of osteoblasts. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were ovariectomized to develop an osteoporosis model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is an effective treatment of upper lumbar intervertebral disk herniation. However, its clinical efficacy for adjacent segment disk degeneration (ASDD) remains undefined. Therefore, the biomechanical evaluation of ASDD caused by TLIF after pedicle screw fixation (PSF) was explored via a 3-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common chronic rheumatic disorder, accompanied by the differential expression of various microRNAs (miRNAs) in patients suffering from the condition, some of which have the potential to serve as novel complementary AS biomarkers. During this study, AS patients were recruited in connection with our investigation into the correlation of microRNA-132 (miR-132) in peripheral blood and its target gene NAG-1 expressions in relation with the clinical efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) treatment in patients with AS. A total of 218 AS patients who had been previously treated with oral diclofenac sodium and were placed into either the response (n = 175) or non-response groups (n = 43) following a 16-week period of therapeutic evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the most common injuries in vehicle accidents. The aim of this paper is to survey the injury mechanism of intracerebral hemorrhage in vehicle accidents, including contusion, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), subdural hematoma (SDH) and diffuse axonal injury (DAI).
Methods: A condensed overview is given based on the published studies in biomechanical studies on intracerebral hemorrhage.
Urachal inflammation is rarely seen in adults. Two patients with suspected abdominal tumor underwent FDG PET/CT. One patient showed an irregular hypermetabolic mass anterosuperior to the bladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi
November 2012
Objective: To investigate the relationship between pathological abnormalities of placenta and small-for-gestational-age neonates.
Methods: One hundred placentas of small-for-gestational-age (SGA group) and 200 appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA group) with single living birth in third trimester were investigated by gross and microscopic examination. The AGA placentas were collected from 2 cases following every SGA placenta.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between partial reversed cell polarity (PRCP) and lymphatic tumor spread in invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), not othervise specified (NOS).
Methods: Immunohistochemistry (EnVision method) was used to examine the expression of epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and the reversed cell polarity in 199 cases of IDC.
Results: Of the 199 cases, including five cases with micropapillary differentiation,30 cases with PRCP and 164 cases of IDC-NOS (without micropapillary differentiation and/or PRCP), lymphovascular invasion was seen in four (4/5), 13(43.
Objective: To investigate the activated protein C (APC) on the von Willebrand factor antigen (vWFAg) and von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS-13) protein expression in rat aortic endothelial cells (RAECs) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Methods: RAECs from Wistar rats were cultured with the tissue explants adherence method. RAECs were cultured for one week, After one week culture, RAECs in 4-5 generations were divided into control group, LPS stimulation groups (1 mg/L) and APC intervention groups (0.
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
August 2011
Objective: To investigate the dose response effect and time response effect of lipopolysaccharide(LPS) on von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS-13, Vwf-cp) mRNA expression and protein in rat aortic endothelial cells (RAECs).
Methods: RAECs were grown by culturing of aortic tissue. When ARECs were cultured for one week, it was co-cultured by 1:3 to reach 4-5 generations.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online
April 2011
The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(15)H(13)N(3)O(4), adopts an E configuration with respect to the C=N bond. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 6.0 (3)°.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the value of three-dimensional (3D) whole brain perfused volume computed tomography (3D PBV CT) based on CT angiography (CTA) data in patients with hyperacute cerebral infarction.
Methods: Thirty-five patients who had suffered stroke with anterior circulation within 3 hours underwent nonenhanced CT (NECT) scanning and CTA. Neuro PBV, a 3D software, was utilized to process the raw CTA data and a PBV image of the brain was obtained.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online
September 2010
In the title compound, C(14)H(9)Cl(2)N(3)O(4)·CH(4)O, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings in the hydrazone mol-ecule is 6.3 (3)°. An intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond stabilizes the mol-ecular conformation.
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