Correlation Between the Ratio of Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (UHR) and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background/objective: Considering the uncertain relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and uric acid (UA) with diabetic retinopathy (DR),this study investigates the link between Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (UHR) and DR in T2DM patients, evaluating its potential for DR diagnosis and early prediction.

Study Design And Data Collection: This retrospective study analyzed 1450 type 2 diabetes patients, divided into NDR and DR groups by retinal exams. We gathered demographic and clinical data, calculated UHR, and explored its correlation with DR development.

HirMTL: Hierarchical Multi-Task Learning for dense scene understanding.

In the realm of artificial intelligence, simultaneous multi-task learning is crucial, particularly for dense scene understanding. To address this, we introduce HirMTL, a novel hierarchical multi-task learning framework designed to enhance dense scene analysis. HirMTL is adept at facilitating interaction at the scale level, ensuring task-adaptive multi-scale feature fusion, and fostering task-level feature interchange.

Total intracorporeal laparoscopic ileal ureter replacement in a single position for ureteral stricture based on membrane anatomy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to present our initial experience and prove the feasibility of total intracorporeal laparoscopic ileal ureter replacement (TILIUR) in a single position for ureteral stricture based on membrane anatomy.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2021 and April 2023, six patients underwent TILIUR in a single position for ureteral strictures based on membrane anatomy. All patients with a past medical history underwent radical hysterectomy with bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection as well as extensive ureteral stricture due to radiotherapy.

Case Report: Step-by-step procedures for total intracorporeal laparoscopic kidney autotransplantation in a patient with distal high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

A 47-year-old man presented to the emergency department with right abdominal pain and a new onset of painless haematuria two weeks earlier. Urine cytology test results suggested urothelial carcinoma. Computed tomography urography (CTU) showed a filling defect in the lower right ureter with right hydronephrosis.

An Extremely Effective Spatial Pyramid and Pixel Shuffle Upsampling Decoder for Multiscale Monocular Depth Estimation.

To estimate the accurate depth from a single image, we proposed a novel and effective depth estimation architecture to solve the problem of missing and blurred contours of small objects in the depth map. The architecture consists of Extremely Effective Spatial Pyramid modules (EESP) and Pixel Shuffle upsampling Decoders (PSD). The results of this study show that multilevel information and the upsampling method in the decoders are essential for recovering the accurate depth map.

Small Object Detection Network Based on Feature Information Enhancement.

Due to the small size and weak characteristics of small objects, the performance of existing object detection algorithms for small objects is not ideal. In this paper, we propose a small object detection network based on feature information enhancement to improve the detection effect of small objects. In our method, two key modules, information enhancement module and dense atrous convolution module, are proposed to enhance the expression and discrimination ability of feature information.

Glutamine application promotes nitrogen and biomass accumulation in the shoot of seedlings of the maize hybrid ZD958.

Glutamine (Gln) is an efficient nitrogen source in promoting aboveground nitrogen and biomass accumulation in ZD958 (an elite maize hybrid with great potential for further genetic improvement) seedlings when conditioning a smaller but adequate root system. Amino acids account for a significant part of nitrogen (N) resources in the soil. However, how amino acid-N affects crop growth remains to be further investigated.

Endoplasmic Reticulum Is Involved in Myocardial Injury in a Miniature Swine Model of Coronary Artery Stenosis Exposed to Acceleration-Associated Stress.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of myocardial injury in a minimally-invasive miniature swine model with different levels of coronary artery stenosis (CAS) and exposed to maximal tolerated +Gz. Proximal left anterior descending branch was ligated in 20 swine. Five swine underwent a sham operation.

Mild coronary artery stenosis has no impact on cardiac and vascular parameters in miniature swine exposed to positive acceleration stress.

Background: Exposure of pilots' heart to acceleration-associated stress (+Gz stress) is an adverse effect of high-performance aviation. The occurrence of coronary heart diseases is one of the most frequent medical causes leading to cessation of flying.

Aim: To assess the effects of +Gz stress on coronary artery stenosis (CAS) in a minimally invasive miniature swine model with a fast recovery.

Association of liver X receptor α (LXRα) gene polymorphism and coronary heart disease, serum lipids and glucose levels.

Background: To explore the relationship between the liver X receptor α gene (LXRα) rsl2221497 polymorphism and the susceptibility of coronary heart disease (CHD) and serum lipids and glucose levels.

Methods: The single fluorescently labeled probes technique was used to detect the genotype of rsl2221497 in LXRα gene in 240 CHD patients and 250 healthy control subjects. The difference of genotype distribution between the two groups was analyzed using of Chi-square test.

Association study of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism with elderly diabetic hypertension and lipids levels.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and diabetic essential hypertension in elderly population.

Methods: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was used in 260 elderly normal control patients, 205 elderly hypertensive patients and 138 elderly diabetic hypertensive patients to detect the I/D polymorphism in ACE gene.

Results: DD genotype frequency (0.

Modification of atrioventricular node in a special condition treating paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

Modification of atrioventricular node is a usual and necessary operation to cure atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). In this operation, atrioventricular block is the most severe complication and its prevention is of our great concern. This complication always occurs under some special circumstances with potential risk.

Successfully ablated atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in unconventional presentation.

Background: #ENTITYSTARTX02014; Sometime, it's difficult to distinguish the electrophysiological mechanism of some tachycardia, and so, influencing the efficacy and safety of ablation operation. Therefore, it's helpful to analysis some tachycardia in particular mechanism, as in this case.

Methods And Results: #ENTITYSTARTX02014; A 49 years old Chinese male patient had a history of paroxysmal palpitation for 25 years, and recurred more frequently in the month before admission.

Effects of positive acceleration on the metabolism of endogenous carbon monoxide and serum lipid in atherosclerotic rabbits.

Background: Atherosclerosis (AS) is caused mainly due to the increase in the serum lipid, thrombosis, and injuries of the endothelial cells. During aviation, the incremental load of positive acceleration that leads to dramatic stress reactions and hemodynamic changes may predispose pilots to functional disorders and even pathological changes of organs. However, much less is known on the correlation between aviation and AS pathogenesis.

[Brain natriuretic peptide and left ventricular remodeling after emergency percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction patients].

Objective: To investigate the effect of emergency percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) treatment on plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: This study included 118 patients with AMI and 20 healthy volunteers (their results were regarded as normal reference). Fifty-two patients who underwent successful emergency PCI 6-12 hours after onset were named as PCI group, and 66 patients rejected or in whom emergency PCI failed served as the control group.