Prognostic importance of the Scottish inflammatory prognostic score in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: The Scottish Inflammatory Prognostic Score (SIPS), an innovative scoring system, has emerged as a promising biomarker for predicting patient outcomes following cancer therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the value of SIPS as a prognostic indicator following hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: This retrospective study included 693 HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy.

Prenatal diagnosis and molecular cytogenetic analyses of a homozygous Robertsonian translocation family with novel mosaic Robertsonian fission karyotype.

Background: Approximately one person in 1000 is a Robertsonian translocation carrier. Errors in the formation of eggs (or more rarely of sperms) may be the cause of Robertsonian translocation. Most Robertsonian translocation carriers are healthy and have a normal lifespan, but do have an increased risk of offsprings with trisomies and pregnancy loss.

The Impact of Improved Compliance With Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Frail Patients Undergoing Multi-Level Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Diseases.

Background: Patients with frailty are more prone to have perioperative adverse events, and enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been widely adopted to improve perioperative outcomes. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of improved compliance with ERAS on perioperative outcomes in frail patients.

Methods: Geriatric patients (over 65 years) who underwent multi-level lumbar fusion surgery between June 2017 and June 2022 were included.

Insurance Reimbursement for Special Foods and Phenylalanine Levels in Patients With PKU in China.

Importance: Recent changes in China's social medical insurance reimbursement policy have impacted the financial burden of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) for special foods. However, whether this policy change is associated with their blood phenylalanine (PHE) concentration is unclear.

Objective: To investigate the association between the reimbursement policy and blood PHE concentration in patients with PKU.

Prenatal Diagnosis and Molecular Cytogenetic Analyses of a de novo Deletion on Chromosome 4p16.3p15.33.

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) (OMIM 194190) is a contiguous gene syndrome with an estimated prevalence of around 1 in 50,000 births. The syndrome is caused by the deletion of a critical region (Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome Critical region-WHSCR) on chromosome 4p16.3.

Multilayer Self-Assemblies for Fabricating Graphene-Supported Single-Atomic Metal via Microwave-Assisted Emulsion Micelle.

Inspired by molecular self-assemblies in nature, this article reports a versatile strategy for confined encapsulation of single-atomic metal into high-quality rGO nanosheets by the microwave-assisted emulsion micelle method. Multilayer self-assembly of organometallics-surfactants micelles into the interlayer of nanosheets can not only promote microwave exfoliation and reduction of GO but also precisely control loading and distribution of single-metal atoms. With this synthetic strategy, the simultaneous trinity of exfoliation, reduction, and composition are achieved for 1 min.

Emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from application of commercial pesticides in China.

Applying pesticides can result in emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), but little is known about VOC emission characteristics and the quantities in particular regions. We investigated the use of pesticides in China based on a large-scale survey of 330 counties in 31 provinces and evaluated the national pesticide VOC emission potentials based on thermogravimetric analysis of 1930 commercial pesticides. The results showed that herbicides were the most extensively used pesticide category in China, accounting for 43.

Prenatal diagnosis of a novel 7q31.31q31.33 microduplication with a favorable outcome.

Background: Copy number variants (CNVs) are an important source of normal and pathogenic genome variations. Especially CNVs identified in prenatal cases need careful considerations and correct interpretation if those are harmless or harmful variants from the norm.

Case Presentation: Herein, we reported a paternally inherited duplication of 7.

Bioinspired Assembly of Double Honeycomb-Like Hierarchical Capsule Confined Encapsulation with Functional Micro/Nanocrystals.

Inspired by "micro/nanoreactor" effect of cellular organelle on specific biochemical reactions, a double honeycomb-like hierarchical capsule confined encapsulation with functional micro/nanocrystals is designed. The bioinspired hierarchical capsules derived from polymeric composite microspheres are successfully fabricated through a combination of selective chemical etching and pyrolysis. In situ introduction of functional guests (including organometallic molecules, tetraethoxysilane, or metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)) into internal cellular structure of microspheres is first put forward by phase inversion method.

Modification of cyanobacterial bloom-derived biomass using potassium permanganate enhanced the removal of microcystins and adsorption capacity toward cadmium (II).

Cyanobacterial biomass shows high adsorption capacity toward heavy metal ions. However, the cyanotoxins in the cyanobacterial biomass inhibit its application in heavy metals removal. In order to safely and effectively remove Cd(II) from water using cyanobacterial bloom-derived biomass (CBDB), KMnO4 was used to modify CBDB.

Modified granulation of red mud by weak gelling and its application to stabilization of Pb.

This study presents a novel modification of red mud (RM) with cementitious materials by rotary drum granulation under partial hydration. Admixtures and surfactants were applied to improve the microspore structure of red mud-based granules in order to stabilize Pb steadily. Through XRD and SEM-EDS analyses, it was demonstrated that calcite, the main alkali in RM, was partially concreted and coated.

A novel class of P-O monophosphite ligands derived from D-mannitol: broad applications in highly enantioselective Rh-catalyzed hydrogenations.

We report on a new class of P-O monophosphite ligands (designated 3a-k) with a double six-membered-ring backbone onto which are attached additional groups and on applications of their Rh complexes in the hydrogenation of enamides, alpha-dehydroamino acid esters, dimethyl itaconate, and beta-(acylamino)acrylates. Our results demonstrate that the Rh complexes with ligands 3a-k exhibit high enantioselectivity and reactivity in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions. An ee value of up to 98.

Chiral monophosphites derived from carbohydrate: conformational effect in catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation.

[reaction: see text]. The carbohydrate-derived chiral monophosphites with additional groups have been synthesized and used for asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethyl itaconate and enamides. Up to 99.