Helmholtz Plane Regulation Empowers PF Permselectivity Towards High Coulombic Efficiency Dual Ion Battery of 5.5 V.

High-voltage dual ion battery (DIB) is promising for stationary energy storage applications owing to its cost-effectiveness, which has been a hot topic of research in rechargeable battery fields. However, it still suffers from rapid battery failure caused by the severe solvent co-intercalation and electrolyte oxidation. To address these bottlenecks, herein a functional electrolyte additive hexafluoroglutaric anhydride (HFGA) is presented based on a Helmholtz plane regulation strategy.

Nutrient deficiency patterns and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older adults with hypertension: a latent class analysis.

Background: Previous researches examining the impact of dietary nutrition on mortality risk have mainly focused on individual nutrients, however the interaction of these nutrients has not been considered. The purpose of this study was to identify of nutrient deficiencies patterns and analyze their potential impact on mortality risk in older adults with hypertension.

Methods: We included participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) study.

Interactive association of the dietary oxidative balance score and cardiovascular disease with mortality in older adults: evidence from NHANES.

: We conducted an assessment to explore potential associations of the dietary oxidative balance score (DOBS), cardiovascular disease (CVD), with all-cause mortality among older adults, while also exploring the potential moderating effect of DOBS on the relationship between CVD and mortality. : This study included 9059 older adults (≥60 years) from NHANES 2003-2014. Determination of DOBS involves scoring the combination of 16 nutrients, comprising 2 pro-oxidants and 14 anti-oxidants.

Exploring the interplay between core and mood symptoms in schizophrenia: A network analysis.

Background: Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by positive symptoms, negative symptoms, cognitive deficits, and co-occurring mood symptoms. Network analysis offers a novel approach to investigate the intricate relationships between these symptom dimensions, potentially informing personalized treatment strategies.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2019 to October 2021, involving 1285 inpatients with schizophrenia in Liaoning Province, China.

An Electrode-Crosstalk-Suppressing Smart Polymer Electrolyte for High Safety Lithium-Ion Batteries.

Electrode crosstalk between anode and cathode at elevated temperatures is identified as a real culprit triggering the thermal runaway of lithium-ion batteries. Herein, to address this challenge, a novel smart polymer electrolyte is prepared through in situ polymerization of methyl methacrylate and acrylic anhydride monomers within a succinonitrile-based dual-anion deep eutectic solvent. Owing to the abundant active unsaturated double bonds on the as-obtained polymer matrix end, this smart polymer electrolyte can spontaneously form a dense crosslinked polymer network under elevated temperatures, effectively slowing down the crosstalk diffusion kinetics of lithium ions and active gases.

Covalently Cross-Linked Chemistry of a Three-Dimensional Network Binder at Limited Dosage Enables Practical Si/C Composite Electrode Applications.

Currently, Si (or SiO, 1 < < 2) and graphite composite (Si/C) electrodes (e.g., Si/C450 and Si/C600 with specific capacities of 450 and 600 mAh g at 0.

Anemia and frailty in the aging population: implications of dietary fiber intake (findings of the US NHANES from 2007-2018).

Background: Frailty has long been seen as an indicator of reduced physical functions in the elderly, which may be caused by a variety of chronic illnesses or cancerous tumors. Dietary fiber was connected with anemia and frailty, whereas it was uncertain if dietary fiber consumption modifies the impact of anemia on frailty in elderly adults.

Methods: We performed a secondary analysis using older adults aged 60 years and over from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018 cycles.

Mortality from all-cause and cause-specific in the elderly: Joint implications of anemia and frailty.

Background: Anemia is prevalent among older adults, and it contributes to the incidence of frailty. In turn, the frail elderly may be deficient in nutrients, including iron, vitamin B-12, and folate, that can be materials for human blood, as a result of their limited nutrient intake, resulting in anemia. Both anemia and frailty are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly adults.

Cognitive function and cardiovascular health in the elderly: network analysis based on hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and coronary heart disease.

Introduction: Cognitive decline in the elderly population is a growing concern, and vascular factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and coronary heart disease, have been associated with cognitive impairments. This study aims to provide deeper insights into the structure of cognitive function networks under these different vascular factors and explore their potential associations with specific cognitive domains.

Methods: Cognitive function was assessed using a modified Chinese version of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scale, and intensity centrality and side weights were estimated by network modeling.

A Spidroin-Inspired Hierarchical-Structure Binder Achieves Highly Integrated Silicon-Based Electrodes.

As a promising component for next-generation high-energy lithium-ion batteries, silicon-based electrodes have attracted increasing attention by virtue of their ultrahigh theoretical specific capacities. Nevertheless, fast capacity fading posed by tremendous silicon-based electrode volume changes during cycling remains a huge challenge before large-scale applications. In this work, an aqueous-oil binary solution based blend (AOB) binder characterized by a spidroin-like hierarchical structure for tolerating the huge volume changes of silicon-based electrodes is developed.

Ascending aorta dilatation reduces the influence of elevated pulse pressure on left ventricular hypertrophy: findings from a Chinese elderly hypertensive population.

Objective: To determine the role of ascending aorta dilatation in the relationship between pulse pressure (PP) and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy.

Methods: A total of 1556 Chinese elderly hypertensive patients were retrospectively studied. Transthoracic echocardiography was used to obtain the aortic and cardiac structure measurements.

Rigid-tough Coupling of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Towards Long-Life Lithium Metal Batteries.

Lithium metal batteries are highly pursued for energy storage applications due to superior energy densities. However, fast battery decay accompanied by lithium dendrite growth occurs mainly owing to solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) failure. To address this, a novel functional quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte is developed through in situ copolymerization of a cyclic carbonate-containing acrylate and a urea-based acrylate monomer in commercial available electrolyte.

Hypertension, dietary fiber intake, and cognitive function in older adults [from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data (2011-2014)].

Background: Dietary fiber was associated with hypertension (HYP) and cognitive function, but it was unknown whether the effect of HYP on cognitive function in older adults was modified by dietary fiber intake.

Methods: We recruited 2,478 participants from the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), with cognitive performance measured by Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD), the Animal Fluency test (AFT), and the Digit Symbol Substitution test (DSST). Multivariate General linear model was used to estimate the interaction between dietary fiber intake and HYP status in association with low cognitive performance.

Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients.

Background: To evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: All data were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database. The study population was divided to two groups according to the optimal cut-off value of APTT calculated by X-tile software, and Cox proportional hazard model was used to define independent effect of APTT on 4-year mortality.

The Efficacy and Safety of the Combined Therapy of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Meta-Analysis of the EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF Sub-Analysis.

Background: Both sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) were recommended to treat heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, no trial was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of the combined therapy of SGLT-2 inhibitors and ARNI in patients with HFrEF.

Methods: We performed a meta-analysis of the prespecified subgroups from DAPA-HF and EMPEROR-Reduced trials.

Dietary fiber and prevalence of abdominal aortic calcification in the United States (from the national health and nutrition examination survey data [2013-2014]).

Background: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is recognized as a valuable predictor of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Dietary fiber is strongly correlated with CVDs. However, the effect of dietary fiber on AAC in the population is not well understood.

Development, validation, and visualization of a web-based nomogram to predict 5-year mortality risk in older adults with hypertension.

Background: Hypertension-related mortality has been increasing in older adults, resulting in serious burden to society and individual. However, how to identify older adults with hypertension at high-risk mortality remains a great challenge. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the prediction nomogram for 5-year all-cause mortality in older adults with hypertension.

The value of anion gap for predicting the short-term all-cause mortality of critically ill patients with cardiac diseases, based on MIMIC-III database.

Background: The association of anion gap (AG) with short-term mortality in the critically ill patients with cardiac diseases is still not well understood.

Objective: To evaluate the association of AG with short-term mortality, and the predictive ability of AG for short-term mortality in critically ill patients with cardiac diseases.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study enrolled 9104 critically ill patients with cardiac diseases from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC III) database.

An Endotenon Sheath-Inspired Double-Network Binder Enables Superior Cycling Performance of Silicon Electrodes.

Silicon (Si) has been regarded as an alternative anode material to traditional graphite owing to its higher theoretical capacity (4200 vs. 372 mAh g). However, Si anodes suffer from the inherent volume expansion and unstable solid electrolyte interphase, thus experiencing fast capacity decay, which hinders their commercial application.

A PF -Permselective Polymer Electrolyte with Anion Solvation Regulation Enabling Long-Cycle Dual-Ion Battery.

Graphitic carbon that allows reversible anion (de)intercalation is a promising cathode material for cost-efficient and high-voltage dual-ion batteries (DIBs). However, one notorious but overlooked issue is the incomplete interfacial anion desolvation, which not only reduces the oxidative stability of electrolytes, but also results in solvent co-intercalation into graphite layers. Here, an "anion-permselective" polymer electrolyte with abundant cationic quaternary ammonium motif is developed to weaken the PF -solvent interaction and thus facilitates PF desolvation.

A novel nomogram for predicting 3-year mortality in critically ill patients after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: The long-term outcomes for patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been received more and more concern. The existing prediction models are mostly focused on in-hospital operative mortality after CABG, but there is still little research on long-term mortality prediction model for patients after CABG.

Objective: To develop and validate a novel nomogram for predicting 3-year mortality in critically ill patients after CABG.

Bioinspired Antiaging Binder Additive Addressing the Challenge of Chemical Degradation of Electrolyte at Cathode/Electrolyte Interphase.

For layered transition metal oxides cathode-based lithium batteries, the chemical degradation of electrolytes leads to fast battery capacity decay, severely challenging their practical applications. This kind of chemical degradation of electrolytes is caused by the oxidation of reactive oxygen (e.g.