Construction of a Competency Evaluation Indicator System for Emergency Response Staff in Disease Control and Prevention Institutions - China, 2023.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Currently, there is no established scientific standard to guide disease control and prevention organizations in the selection of emergency response personnel. Given the growing risk of significant infectious disease outbreaks, it is imperative to develop an evaluation system for assessing emergency response capabilities.

What Is Added By This Report?: Drawing from competency theory, this study developed an assessment framework for evaluating the emergency response capabilities of staff at disease control and prevention institutions focused on major infectious diseases.

Harnessing Lecanicillium attenuatum: A novel strategy for combatting Nilaparvata lugens in rice fields.

Nilaparvata lugens is a notorious rice pest causing significant annual yield and economic losses. The use of entomopathogenic fungi offers a promising and eco-friendly approach to sustainable pest management programs. However, research in this area is currently limited to a few specific types of insects and other arthropods.

Immunogenomic profiles and therapeutic options of the pan-programmed cell death-related lncRNA signature for patients with bladder cancer.

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a process that eliminates infected, damaged, or possibly neoplastic cells to sustain homeostatic multicellular organisms. Although long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in various types of PCD and regulate tumor growth, invasion, and migration, the role of PCD-related lncRNAs in bladder cancer still lacks systematic exploration. In this research, we integrated multiple types of PCD as pan-PCD and identified eight pan-PCD-related lncRNAs (LINC00174, HCP5, HCG27, UCA1, SNHG15, GHRLOS, CYB561D2, and AGAP11).

Comparison of simulation and predictive efficacy for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome incidence in mainland China based on five time series models.

Background: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a zoonotic infectious disease commonly found in Asia and Europe, characterized by fever, hemorrhage, shock, and renal failure. China is the most severely affected region, necessitating an analysis of the temporal incidence patterns in the country.

Methods: We employed Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Nonlinear AutoRegressive with eXogenous inputs (NARX), and a hybrid CNN-LSTM model to model and forecast time series data spanning from January 2009 to November 2023 in the mainland China.

Anion-Mediated Reconstruction of the BiMoO Precatalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical CO Reduction over a Wide Potential Window.

Electrochemical CO reduction reaction (eCORR) is a viable approach to achieve carbon neutrality. Bismuth-based electrocatalysts demonstrate exceptional selectivity in CO-to-formate conversion, but their reconstruction mechanisms during the eCORR remain elusive. Herein, the reconstruction processes of bismuth molybdate (BiMoO) nanoplates are elucidated during the eCORR.

The characteristics and comparison between young and old patients with spontaneous isolated celiac artery dissection: Analysis based on 60 reports.

Background And Aims: Though increasing studies reported the management of spontaneous isolated celiac artery dissection (ICAD), the characteristics and etiology of ICAD in different age-stage patients have not been well-studied. Our study was designed to describe and further to compare the clinical features of spontaneous ICAD between young and old patients.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science up to March 1, 2023 for spontaneous ICAD case reports.

Efficacy of ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma after one year.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and safety of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation guided by ultrasound for treating papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.

Method: At our institution, fifty people who had been treated for micropapillary thyroid cancer with ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation were chosen. Thyroid function was evaluated after one month, and the volume of the ablation region was assessed immediately, 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment.

The safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic off-clamp tumor evacuation versus traditional nephron-sparing surgery for large (>4 cm) sporadic renal angiomyolipomas.

Background: Off-clamp nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) have been selectively performed in renal tumors in which the majority are T1a (<4 cm) renal caners. Less is known, however, whether off-clamp is a safe and effective option for treatment of Sporadic Renal Angiomyolipomas (RAML), especially in those >4 cm. The objective of our study was to compare the perioperative and renal function outcomes of a novel off-clamp tumor evacuation technique versus conventional laparoscopic NSS for the treatment of large sporadic RAMLs (>4 cm).

Clinical Evaluation of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing and Identification of Risk Factors in Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Purpose: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is the leading cause of death among patients with infectious diseases worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) through detecting pathogens in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and identifying risk factors for recovery in SCAP patients.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study recruited 158 SCAP patients admitted to respiratory intensive care unit that were randomly divided into control and study groups, with receiving conventional tests and the same conventional tests plus mNGS, respectively.

Electrospinning Evolution Derived from TRIZ Theory for Directly Writing Patterned Nanofibers.

Nanofibers (NFs) have the advantages of tremendous flexibility, small size and a high surface-to-weight ratio and are widely used in sensors, drug carriers and filters. Patterned NFs have expanded their application fields in tissue engineering and electronics. Electrospinning (ES) is widely used to prepare nonwoven NFs by stretching polymer solution jets with electric forces.

Functional biochar fabricated from red mud and walnut shell for phosphorus wastewater treatment: Role of minerals.

A novel functional biochar (BC) was prepared from industrial waste red mud (RM) and low-cost walnut shell by one facile-step pyrolysis method to adsorb phosphorus (P) in wastewater. The preparation conditions for RM-BC were optimized using Response Surface Methodology. The adsorption characteristics of P were investigated in batch mode experiments, while a variety of techniques were used to characterize RM-BC composites.

A Rate-Dependent Cell Microinjection Model Based on Membrane Theory.

As an effective method to deliver external materials into biological cells, microinjection has been widely applied in the biomedical field. However, the knowledge of cell mechanical property is still inadequate, which greatly limits the efficiency and success rate of injection. Thus, a new rate-dependent mechanical model based on membrane theory is proposed for the first time.

Optimized protocol for double vaccine immunization against classical swine fever and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.

Background: Classical swine fever and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome have seriously affected the development of the swine breeding industry in China. Vaccine immunization remains the main way to prevent these infections. The aim of this study was to establish an optimized protocol for vaccine immunization against classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV).

A lightweight hierarchical convolution network for brain tumor segmentation.

Background: Brain tumor segmentation plays a significant role in clinical treatment and surgical planning. Recently, several deep convolutional networks have been proposed for brain tumor segmentation and have achieved impressive performance. However, most state-of-the-art models use 3D convolution networks, which require high computational costs.

Three-Dimensional Printing Model Enhances Correct Identification and Understanding of Pelvic Fracture in Medical Students.

Objective: Understanding the anatomy behind a pelvic fracture can be a significant challenge to medical students. Recent advances in three-dimensional printing technology offers a novel approach to facilitate the learning of complex fracture. We have described here how the 3-dimension printing (3Dp) models can help medical students improve their understanding in and identification of pelvic fractures.

Modeling and control of cable-driven continuum robot used for minimally invasive surgery.

Continuum robot has great advantages in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) due to the slenderness and dexterity. But the friction and backlash result in the low trajectory tracking accuracy. This paper aims to study the transmission process of the driving force and the error compensation method.

Methane emission, methanogenic and methanotrophic communities during rice-growing seasons differ in diversified rice rotation systems.

Appropriate crop rotation in rice field is an important measure to maintain soil fertility and rice productivity. However, the effects of different rice rotation systems on methane (CH) emission and the underlying mechanisms, as well as rice grain yields have not been well assessed. Here, a 2-year field study involving three rice rotation systems (Wh-PR: wheat-flooded rice rotation, Ra-PR: rapeseed-flooded rice rotation, Ra-UR: rapeseed-aerobic rice rotation) was conducted.

Robust Control of a New Asymmetric Teleoperation Robot Based on a State Observer.

This study is mainly about the designation of a new type of haptic device and an asymmetric teleoperation robot system. Aiming at the problems of tracking and transparency of an asymmetric teleoperation system, a robust control algorithm based on a state observer was proposed. The Haptic Device was designed and was chosen as the master-robot of the system.

Pentahydroxy flavonoid isolated from Madhuca indica ameliorated adjuvant-induced arthritis via modulation of inflammatory pathways.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease associated with advanced joint dysfunction. Madhuca indica J. F.

Design and analysis of a continuum robot for transnasal skull base surgery.

Background: The traditional surgical instruments for transnasal endoscopic skull base surgery have poor flexibility and continuum robot has attracted extensive attention for its high dexterity and safety.

Methods: A new type of micro continuum surgical robot is designed. On the basis of kinematic analysis, a superposition method is proposed to analyse the reachable configuration space of the system, and the workspace is analysed.

Celastrol Attenuates Lipid Accumulation and Stemness of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma via CAV-1/LOX-1 Pathway.

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is characterized by abnormal lipid accumulation. Celastrol is a pentacyclic triterpene extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F with anti-cancer activity. In the present study, the anticancer effects of celastrol on ccRCC and the underlying mechanisms were studied.

Clinical outcomes and functional analysis of third space robotic and endoscopic cooperative surgery versus laparoscopic wedge resection for gastric submucosal tumours: a propensity score-matched study.

Third space robotic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (TS-RECS) is a novel minimally invasive surgery for resecting gastric submucosal tumours (GSMTs), which could accomplish the completely oncological curability and maximal functional preservation. This study investigated the clinical outcomes and gastrointestinal function after TS-RECS versus laparoscopic wedge resection (LWR) for GSMTs. This was a single-centre retrospective study that included 130 patients with GSMTs who underwent LWR or TS-RECS from 2013 to 2019.