DG2GAN: improving defect recognition performance with generated defect image sample.

This article aims to improve the deep-learning-based surface defect recognition. In actual manufacturing processes, there are issues such as data imbalance, insufficient diversity, and poor quality of augmented data in the collected image data for product defect recognition. A novel defect generation method with multiple loss functions, DG2GAN is presented in this paper.

A Bioinspired Design of Protective AlO/Polyurethane Hierarchical Composite Film Through Layer-By-Layer Deposition.

Structural materials such as ceramics, metals, and carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are frequently threatened by large compressive and impact forces. Energy absorption layers, i.e.

Loneliness and depression among community-dwelling older adults in China during the COVID-19 epidemic: The mediating role of social support.

The psychological condition of community-dwelling older adults is a global concern under coronavirus disease 2019. Loneliness is the key risk factor for depression among community-dwelling older adults. This study aims to explore the role of social support as a mediating factor in the relationship between depression and loneliness among community-dwelling older adults.

Multifunctionality in Nature: Structure-Function Relationships in Biological Materials.

Modern material design aims to achieve multifunctionality through integrating structures in a diverse range, resulting in simple materials with embedded functions. Biological materials and organisms are typical examples of this concept, where complex functionalities are achieved through a limited material base. This review highlights the multiscale structural and functional integration of representative natural organisms and materials, as well as biomimetic examples.

Current Status and Associated Factors of Health Information Literacy Among the Community Elderly in Central China in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: COVID-19 posed a threat to the public's physical and mental health, and under outbreak control, the opportunities to go outside of the elderly have been reduced and making it more difficult to access health information and detrimental to their health management. This study aims to assess the current status of health information literacy (HIL) among older adults in the community in the context of COVID-19 and to identify its associated factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to July, 2021, for which 617 community elderly members were recruited in Chenzhou, China.

Efficacy and Safety of Lenvatinib Combined With PD-1 Inhibitors Plus TACE for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients in China Real-World.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib combined with programmed death receptor-1 signaling inhibitors plus transarterial chemoembolization (LePD1-TACE) for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC) in a real-world setting in China.

Methods: This was a retrospective study involving consecutive patients with uHCC (n =114) receiving LePD1-TACE treatment from June 2019 to May 2021. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and disease control rate (DCR) were calculated to evaluate the antitumor efficacy.

Coexistence of situs inversus totalis and hepatocellular carcinoma: A series of nine cases and a literature review.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most commonly diagnosed carcinoma and one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a congenital condition where in the internal organs of the abdomen and thorax lie in mirror images of their normal position. Thus far, there are very few reports on cases of SIT coexisting with HCC.

Incidence And Risk Factors Of Contrast Nephropathy After Tace In Patients With Liver Cancer And Chronic Kidney Disease.

Purpose: Incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) and related risk factors in patients with liver cancer and chronic kidney disease after trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is higher. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and safety of TACE therapy in such patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 103 patients with liver cancer and chronic kidney disease who underwent TACE treatments.

Lenvatinib in combination with transarterial chemoembolization for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC): a retrospective controlled study.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of combined treatment with lenvatinib and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) versus TACE only in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC).

Methods: Of the 120 patients enrolled in this study, 60 patients received treatment with TACE only, and 60 patients received TACE plus lenvatinib. We retrospectively compared the clinical outcomes including overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and tumor response between the two groups.

[Electroacupuncture-induced plasticity between hand and face representations in the motor cortex in healthy subjects].

Objective: To observe the plasticity between hand and face representations of the motor cortex of healthy volunteers after electroacupuncture(EA) at Hegu(LI4), so as to provide a scientific basis for the theory of "Hegu is indicated for orofacial problems".

Methods: Using a cross-over design (self-controlled study), 10 healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to an acupuncture group and a sham acupuncture group (two-weeks wash-out period between the two groups). Subjects in the acupuncture group received EA stimulation (2 Hz, 0.

Biological Mechanism of Specific Relationship between Gan (Liver) Meridian of Foot-Jueyin and Genitals.

From the perspective view of Chinese medicine, the Gan (Liver) meridian of Foot-Jueyin starts from the great toe, running upward along the medial side of the thigh to the perineal area, where it curves around the external genitalia and goes up to the lower abdomen. In clinical practice, acupoints in the feet of the Gan meridian of Foot-Jueyin are used to treat the genitourinary and external genitalia diseases. Studies have shown that reproductive system diseases have specific pathological reactions in the places (radial side of tibia and foot) where Gan meridian of Foot-Jueyin passes by.

Modulation of the interfacial architecture enhancing the efficiency and energy density of ferroelectric nanocomposites via the irradiation method.

Flexible dielectric materials such as poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based nanocomposites with high energy density are employed for applications in modern electronic and electric systems. In this study, we improve traditional methods by optimizing the interfacial structure, achieving a 34% increase in energy density without reduced discharge efficiency. Herein, a simple solution-cast method is used to prepare poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) nanocomposites filled by γ-methacryloyl-propyltrimethoxysilane (MPMS) grafting barium titanate nanoparticles, forming a class of cross-linking networks by irradiation.

Layered Concept Lattice Model and Its Application to Build Rapidly Concept Lattice.

When some attributes of a formal context can be decomposed into some subattributes a model of layered concept lattice to improve the efficiency of building concept lattice with complex structure attribute data is studied, the relationship between concept lattice and layered concept is discussed. Two algorithms are proposed: one is the roll-up building algorithm in which the upper concepts are built by the lower concept and the other is the drill-down algorithm in which the lower concepts are built by the upper concept. The examples and experiments show that the layered concept lattice model can be used to model complex structure attribute data, and the roll-up building algorithm and the drill-down algorithm are effective.

miR-129 suppresses tumor cell growth and invasion by targeting PAK5 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Emerging evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in regulating HCC development and progression; however, the mechanisms by which their specific functions and mechanisms remained to be further explored. miR-129 has been reported in gastric cancers, lung cancer and colon cancer. In this study, we disclosed a new tumor suppresser function of miR-129 in HCC.