Prognostic, oncogenic roles, and pharmacogenomic features of AMD1 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: AMD1 is the gene encoding S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1. How AMD1 affects the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients is unclear.

Methods: Using the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) liver hepatocellular carcinoma datasets, gene enrichment and immunological traits were compared between groups with high and low AMD1 expression.

The silent epidemic: exploring the link between loneliness and chronic diseases in China's elderly.

Background: Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, are the leading causes of death and disability. Loneliness is linked to a greater risk of chronic disease. However, the lack of loneliness may change this relationship.

The impact of clock timing on VDT visual search performance under time constraint.

Introduction: Conducting Visual Display Terminal (VDT) visual search tasks under time constraint has broad applications in fields such as security checks, medical diagnostics, and rescue operations. While excessive time pressure can impair performance, moderate time pressure can motivate individuals to complete tasks and increase productivity. Investigating the positive impact of time pressure on visual search tasks has become a crucial area of study.

Finite-time adaptive super-twisting sliding mode control for autonomous robotic manipulators with actuator faults.

This paper proposes a new adaptive super-twisting global integral terminal sliding mode control algorithm for the trajectory tracking of autonomous robotic manipulators with uncertain parameters, unknown disturbances, and actuator faults. Firstly, a novel global integral terminal sliding mode surface is designed to ensure that the tracking errors of autonomous robotic manipulators converge to zero in finite time and the global robustness of the system is also enhanced. Then a new adaptive method is devised to deal with the adverse effect of nonlinear uncertainty.

Prevalence of social frailty and its associated factors in the older Chinese population: a national cross-sectional study.

Background: Social frailty has not been comprehensively studied in China. Our objective is to investigate the prevalence of social frailty among the older population in China, as well as identify relevant factors and urban-rural differences.

Methods: We obtained data from the Fourth Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban and Rural China (SSAPUR) database.

Prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in the older adults in China: a national cross-sectional study.

Objective: Frailty increases poor clinical outcomes in older adults, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults in China.

Research Design And Methods: Data were obtained from the Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban and Rural China in 2015, which was a cross-sectional study involving a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 60 years or older from 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities in mainland China. The frailty index (FI) based on 33 potential deficits was used to classify individuals as robust (FI < 0.

Prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty and related factors in older adults with cardio-cerebral vascular disease in China: a national cross-sectional study.

Objective: Frailty increases adverse clinical outcomes in older patients with cardio-cerebral vascular disease (CCVD). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with CCVD in China and the factors associated with it.

Research Design And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we used data from the fourth Sample Survey of Aged Population in Urban and Rural China.

Epidemiological status and associated factors of frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma in China: A national cross-sectional study.

Objective: There are few studies on the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma worldwide. The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiological status and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma in China.

Research Design And Methods: Data were obtained from the Sample Survey of Aged Population in Urban and Rural China in 2015, a nationwide cross-sectional survey covering 224,142 older people aged 60 years or older in 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities in mainland China.

Employee equity incentive, executive psychological capital, and enterprise innovation.

The input and deployment of human resources, such as senior executives and the core employees involved in different innovation processes, is key to developing enterprise innovation activities. Under the same framework, it is crucial to explore how employee equity incentive and senior executives' psychological capital affect enterprise innovation. This paper's research sample comprises listed companies that implemented equity incentives in the A-share market from 2010 to 2021, examining the relationship between executive psychological capital, and enterprise innovation.

A study on the prevalence and related factors of frailty and pre-frailty in the older population with hypertension in China: A national cross-sectional study.

Objective: To explore the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in elderly Chinese patients with hypertension.

Background: In China, there have been few national studies into the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in elderly patients with hypertension.

Methods: Through the 4th Sample Survey of Aged Population in Urban and Rural China (SSAPUR) in 2015, the situation of hypertension subjects aged 60 years or older in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland China was obtained.

Neural network-based adaptive second-order sliding mode control for uncertain manipulator systems with input saturation.

In order to solve the trajectory tracking problem for robotic manipulators with dynamic uncertainty, external disturbance and input saturation, a novel second-order sliding mode control scheme based on neural network is proposed in this paper. First of all, a model-based second-order non-singular fast terminal sliding mode controller (SONFTSMC) is designed to overcome the chattering problem under the consideration of uncertain parameters. Then attention is focused on the scenario that all those nonlinear uncertainties are unknown, and a new fuzzy wavelet neural network (FWNN) is designed to estimate those unknown uncertainties via lumping them into one compounded uncertainty.

Self-reported prevalence and potential factors influencing cardio-cerebral vascular disease among the Chinese elderly: A national cross-sectional study.

Background: Aging is an essential national condition throughout China in the 21st century. Cardio-cerebral vascular disease (CCVD) is a common chronic vascular disease in the elderly. Despite aging becoming an increasingly pressing issue, there has been no comprehensive national investigation into the risk factors, prevalence, and management of CCVD among the elderly population in China.

A study on the prevalence and related factors of frailty and pre-frailty in the older population with diabetes in China: A national cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty and its associated factors in Chinese older adults with diabetes through a nationwide cross-sectional study.

Research Design And Methods: The data were obtained from the Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban and Rural China (SSAPUR), conducted in 2015, which was a cross-sectional study involving a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 60 years or more from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland China. Subjects with diabetes were included in this study.

Integration of multi-scale defects for optimizing thermoelectric properties of n-type CuCdFeS (x = 0-0.1).

The performance of thermoelectric (TE) materials is strongly influenced by multi-scale defects. Some defects can improve the TE performance but some are unfavorable. Therefore, the multi-scale defects need to be integrated rationally to enhance the TE properties.