Decision-Making for Ablation of Colorectal Liver Oligometastases Patients: A 10-Year Retrospective Study of Survival Outcomes Based on Right-Versus Left-Sided Primary Tumor Location.

ObjectiveTo develop a prognostic model for optimizing management of colorectal liver oligometastases (CLOM) patients with different primary tumor locations who underwent thermal ablation (TA).Materials and MethodsThe reporting of this retrospective study conforms to STROBE guidelines. A total of 525 CLOM patients who underwent TA from 3 hospitals between 2011 and 2021 were enrolled.

Measurement of Very-High-Energy Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emissions from the Galactic Plane with LHAASO-WCDA.

The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is a very important tool used to study the propagation and interaction of cosmic rays in the Milky Way. In this Letter, we report the measurements of the diffuse emission from the Galactic plane-covering Galactic longitudes from 15° to 235° and latitudes from -5° to +5°, in an energy range of 1 to 25 TeV-made with the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory. After the sky regions of known sources are masked, the diffuse emission is detected with 24.

Micro-Nano Conductive Network Structured Aramid Paper-Based Self-Supporting Cathode Enhances Cycling Stability in Lithium-Sulfur Battery.

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) continue to encounter significant challenges in practical applications, primarily attributed to the low electrical conductivity of the cathode active material sulfur, volume expansion during cycling and the uncontrolled shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). In this work, flexible meta-aramid fibrids (AFs) were innovatively introduced, and polydopamine (PDA) was employed to effectively adhere highly conductive multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to the AFs surface, thereby forming nanoscale conductive pathways. A wet-laid process analogous to aramid paper-making was utilized to enhance interfacial bonding between AFs and rigid carbon fibers (CFs), resulting in a self-supporting paper-based cathode material with a uniform, dense three-dimensional micronano-scale conductive network and stable structure.

In Situ Secondary Growth Method for Dual-Chiral Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Films with Broadly Tunable Hyper-Reflective Photonic Bandgaps.

Blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) have shown great potential in hyper-reflective display technology due to their narrow bandgap, high color saturation, and fast response characteristics. However, there remains a significant challenge for achieving open-patternable dual-chiral BPLC films (DH-BP) and precise tuning for efficient hyper-reflection due to the packaging limitations of liquid crystal cells and the complexities of the dynamic bandgap matching principle. In this study, an in situ secondary growth strategy was proposed to successfully fabricate structurally continuous and uniform DH-BP films.

A multimodal defect-rich nanoreactor triggers sono-piezoelectric tandem catalysis and iron metabolism disruption for implant infections.

Tracking and eradicating drug-resistant bacteria are critical for combating implant-associated infections, yet effective antibacterial therapies remain elusive. Herein, we propose an oxygen vacancy-rich (BiFe)(BaTi)O nanoreactor as a piezoelectric sonosensitizer by spatiotemporal ultrasound-driven sono- and chemodynamic tandem catalysis to amplify antibacterial efficacy. The piezoelectric charge carriers under a built-in electric field synchronize the reaction of O and HO, efficiently generating HO.