Associations between volatile organic compounds exposure and multiple oxidative damage biomarkers: Method development, human exposure, and application for e-waste pollution prediction.

Atmospheric monitoring studies reveal substantial health risks from exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for workers and nearby children in e-waste recycling areas (ERA), yet internal exposure risks are seldom examined. To address this, we developed a method to simultaneously analyze 12 urinary VOC metabolites (mVOCs) and oxidative damage biomarkers (ODBs) in workers and children from ERA and general adults from control areas using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole/orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS). The results showed that e-waste workers exhibited significantly higher levels of VOC exposure and ODBs than e-waste children and control adults.

Revealing the links between hair metal(loids) and alterations in blood pressure among children in e-waste recycling areas through urinary metabolomics.

Hypertension is prevalent in e-waste recycling areas, and elevated blood pressure in children significantly increases the risk of hypertension in adulthood. However, the associations and toxic pathways between chronic exposure to metal(loids) and elevated blood pressure are rarely investigated. In this study, we measured the levels of 29 hair metal(loids) (chronic exposure biomarkers) and blood pressure in 667 susceptible children from an e-waste recycling area to explore their relationships.

Analysis of the effect of changes in serum osteopontin levels on patients with acute cerebral infarction.

Objective: To investigate the correlation of serum osteopontin levels with disease severity and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral infarction.

Methods: This retrospective analysis included forty patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI) admitted to the Department of Neurology of Baoding Children's Hospital from May, 2019 to May, 2022 within 24 hours of onset were selected as the observation group, while 40 healthy subjects in our hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. The correlation between serum Osteopontin (OPN) levels and risk factors on one day, seven days and 14 days was analyzed.

Switchable Synthesis of Spirodihydroindolizines and Indolizines from Aurones and Pyridin-2-yl Active Methylene Compounds.

A novel and flexible domino reaction of aurones with pyridin-2-yl active methylene compounds promoted by I/BF has been developed to afford spirodihydroindolizines and indolizines in a controllable manner. When the reaction was performed in 1,2-dichloroethane at 80 °C, a variety of spirodihydroindolizines were obtained, whereas it almost exclusively provided a series of indolizines when the reaction was performed in a mixed solvent of 1,2-dichloroethane and ,-dimethylformamide at a relatively higher temperature of 100 °C. Being metal-free, excellent product selectivity, high atom economy, good functional group tolerance, and feasibility for large-scale synthesis are the salient features of the developed methodology.

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Recurrent Nephroblastoma in Children.

Conclusion: For children with recurrent nephroblastoma, intraoperative HIPEC has little impact on the body, can significantly improve the effectiveness and reduce the recurrence rate, and does not increase the adverse reactions.

Key Words: Children, Recurrence, Nephroblastoma, Hyperthermic perfusion.

Methodology: Sixty children with recurrent nephroblastoma treated by HIPEC in the Department of Surgical Oncology were analysed and divided into group A and group B, according to different perfused drugs.

Clinical efficacy of intravesical gemcitabine combined with ubenimex in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma after transurethral resection of bladder tumor.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical value of intravesical gemcitabine combined with immunotherapy in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma (NMIBC) after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT).

Methods: Eighty patients with non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma treated in Baoding No.1 Hospital from November 2016 to November 2019 were randomly divided into two groups, with 40 patients in each group.

Association of myocardial fibrosis detected by late gadolinium-enhanced MRI with clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis assessed the associations of myocardial fibrosis detected by late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE)-MRI with the risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in patients with diabetes.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis reported in accordance with the guidelines of the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology statement.

Data Sources: We searched the Medline, Embase and Cochrane by Ovid databases for studies published up to 27 August 2021.

LW-213 induces cell apoptosis in human cutaneous T-cell lymphomas by activating PERK-eIF2α-ATF4-CHOP axis.

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is characterized by a heterogeneous group of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas, in which monoclonal T lymphocytes infiltrate the skin. LW-213, a derivative of wogonin, was found to induce cell apoptosis in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In this study, we investigated the effects of LW-213 on CTCL cells and the underlying mechanisms.

Recurrent wheezing in neonatal pneumonia is associated with combined infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Staphylococcus aureus or Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Both viral and bacterial infections can be associated with wheezing episodes in children; however, information regarding combined infections with both viral and bacterial pathogens in full term neonates is limited. We sought to investigate the effects of viral-bacterial codetection on pneumonia severity and recurrent wheezing. A retrospective cohort study was conducted on neonates admitted to our hospital with pneumonia from 2009 to 2015.

Full Polarization Conical Dispersion and Zero-Refractive-Index in Two-Dimensional Photonic Hypercrystals.

Photonic conical dispersion has been found in either transverse magnetic or transverse electric polarization, and the predominant zero-refractive-index behavior in a two-dimensional photonic crystal is polarization-dependent. Here, we show that two-dimensional photonic hypercrystals can be designed that exhibit polarization independent conical dispersion at the Brillouin zone center, as two sets of triply-degenerate point for each polarization are accidentally at the same Dirac frequency. Such photonic hypercrystals consist of periodic dielectric cylinders embedded in elliptic metamaterials, and can be viewed as full-polarized near zero-refractive-index materials around Dirac frequency by using average eigen-field evaluation.

Impact of CYP1A1 Polymorphisms on Susceptibility to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta-Analysis.

Objective: Several studies have evaluated the association between CYP1A1 polymorphisms and the susceptibility of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with inconclusive results. We performed the first comprehensive meta-analysis to summarize the association between CYP1A1 polymorphisms and COPD risk.

Method: A systematic literature search was conducted (up to April 2015) in five online databases: PubMed, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WeiPu, and WanFang databases.

Significant association of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to prostate cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase(AMACR) is thought to play key roles in diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer. However, studies of associations between AMACR gene polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk reported inconsistent results. Therefore, we conducted the present meta-analysis to clarify the link between AMACR gene polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk.

Laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy with or without synchronous colectomy for colorectal liver metastasis: a meta-analysis.

Background: To compare short-term and long-term results of colorectal patients undergoing laparoscopic and open hepatectomy. Moreover, outcomes of laparoscopic versus open procedures for simultaneous primary colorectal tumor and liver metastasis resection were compared.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted in the PubMed and EmBase databases (until Oct.

NBS1 Glu185Gln polymorphism and cancer risk: update on current evidence.

A number of studies have investigated the association between NBS1 Glu185Gln (rs1805794, E185Q) polymorphism and cancer risk, but the results remained controversial. Previous meta-analysis found a borderline significant impact of this polymorphism on cancer risk; however, the result might be relatively unreliable due to absence of numerous newly published studies. Thus, we conducted an updated meta-analysis.

[Imaging assessment of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis].

Objective: To improve the understanding of recognizing and diagnosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), imaging assessment of neonates with NEC was analyzed retrospectively.

Method: Data of 211 cases of NEC were retrospectively collected from the Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between Jan.1(st) 2006-Dec.

Pyrazine-diium bis-(3-carb-oxy-4-hydroxy-benzene-sulfonate) dihydrate.

Pyrazine and 5-sulfosalicylic acid crystallize from a methanol solution containing water as the title salt, C(4)H(6)N(2) (2+)·2C(7)H(5)O(6)S(-)·2H(2)O. The pyrazine-diium cation sits on an inversion center. The component ions and water mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular O-H⋯O, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into layers running parallel to the (10) plane.

[Second derivative FTIR spectroscopic study of Bacillus cereus].

Some particular cell components of intact Bacillus cereus could be detected and identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). FTIR were collected directly, then the FTIR spectra of the samples were converted into second derivative spectra. Typical marker bands were used to identify these bacterial cell components such as capsules, endospores or storage materials.