The effects of Tai Chi on standing balance control in older adults may be attributed to the improvement of sensory reweighting and complexity rather than reduced sway velocity or amplitude.

Introduction: Tai Chi has proved to be an effective therapy for balance performance and cognition. However, non-consistency exists in the results of the effect of Tai Chi training on standing balance control in older adults. This study aimed to use traditional and non-traditional methods to investigate the effect of Tai Chi on standing balance in older adults.

Construction and enhancement of government capacity for international communication and promotion of Chinese Wushu.

Background: In the process of international communication in Chinese Wushu (ICCW), the government controls the orientation, scale, pace. However, the ICCW currently lacks a standardised government capacity structural system, and a detailed study of framework construction may be required to ensure the smooth development of the ICCW.

Objectives: This study aims to clarify these elements and construct a framework for a governmental capacity system for ICCW.

Layer-Dependent Magnetic Structure and Anomalous Hall Effect in the Magnetic Topological Insulator MnBiTe.

The intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator (TI) MnBiTe provides a capacious playground for the realization of topological quantum phenomena, such as the axion insulator states and quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect. In addition to nontrivial band topology, magnetism is another necessary ingredient for realizing these quantum phenomena. Here, we investigate signatures of thickness-dependent magnetism in exfoliated MnBiTe thin flakes.

Hsa_circ_0005273 acts as a sponge of miR-509-3p to promote the malignant behaviors of breast cancer by regulating HMMR expression.

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a common malignant tumor that threatens the health of women worldwide. Hsa_circ_0005273 has been identified as a carcinogenic factor in some solid tumors, including BC. However, the molecular mechanism of circ_0005273 in BC is poorly defined.

Cyclic Behavior of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete External Panel with New Connector.

In this paper, a new slip-type crossing connector is proposed for autoclaved aerated concrete (ALC) panels with steel frames, and the proposed connector is also studied deeply in terms of seismic performance. The research included pseudo-static tests and finite element simulations. First, the seismic performance of slip-type crossing connectors and standard L-hooked bolts was studied comparatively, including the stability, bearing capacity, stiffness, energy dissipation, and hysteresis performance.

Hypoxia-induced circRNF13 promotes the progression and glycolysis of pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most malignant tumors. Rapid progression and distant metastasis are the main causes of patient death. Hypoxia is a hallmark of multiple cancers and is involved in tumor biology.

Manipulating Ferromagnetism in Few-Layered Cr Ge Te.

The discovery of magnetism in 2D materials offers new opportunities for exploring novel quantum states and developing spintronic devices. In this work, using field-effect transistors with solid ion conductors as the gate dielectric (SIC-FETs), we have observed a significant enhancement of ferromagnetism associated with magnetic easy-axis switching in few-layered Cr Ge Te . The easy axis of the magnetization, inferred from the anisotropic magnetoresistance, can be uniformly tuned from the out-of-plane direction to an in-plane direction by electric field in the few-layered Cr Ge Te .

Superconductivity at 40 K in Lithiation-Processed [(Fe,Al)(OH)][FeSe] with a Layered Structure.

Exploration of new superconductors has always been one of the research directions in condensed matter physics. We report here a new layered heterostructure of [(Fe,Al)(OH)][FeSe], which is synthesized by the hydrothermal ion-exchange technique. The structure is suggested by a combination of X-ray powder diffraction and the electron diffraction (ED).

Circ_0007031 enhances tumor progression and promotes 5-fluorouracil resistance in colorectal cancer through regulating miR-133b/ABCC5 axis.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies worldwide. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are being found to play crucial roles in human cancer, including CRC. The purpose of this study was to explore the function and mechanism of circ_0007031 on CRC progression and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resistance.

Long Non-Coding RNA SNHG16 Activates USP22 Expression to Promote Colorectal Cancer Progression by Sponging miR-132-3p.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the development of many cancers. However, studies on the effect of lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 16 (SNHG16) on the proliferation, metastasis and apoptosis of CRC are still few.

A Joint Symbol-Detection, Channel-Estimation and Decoding Scheme under Few-Bit ADCs in mmWave Communications.

Few-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is regarded as a promising technique to greatly reduce power consumption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. In this work, based on the recently proposed parametric bilinear generalized approximate message passing (PBiGAMP), we propose a new scheme to perform joint symbol detection, channel estimation and decoding. The proposed scheme is flexible to deal with discrete prior on symbols, Gaussian mixture prior on channels and quantized likelihood on observations.

Distributed Joint Cooperative Self-Localization and Target Tracking Algorithm for Mobile Networks.

Location information is a key issue for applications of the Internet of Things. In this paper, we focus on mobile wireless networks with moving agents and targets. The positioning process is divided into two phases based on the factor graph, i.

Comparative Study on the Supramolecular Assemblies Formed by Calixpyridinium and Two Alginates with Different Viscosities.

In this work, a comparative study on the supramolecular assemblies formed by calixpyridinium and two alginates with different viscosities was performed. We found that sodium alginate (SA) with medium viscosity (SA-M) had a better capability to induce aggregation of calixpyridinium in comparison with SA with low viscosity (SA-L) because of the stronger electrostatic interactions between calixpyridinium and SA-M. Therefore, the morphology of calixpyridinium-SA-M supramolecular aggregates was a compact spherical structure, while that of calixpyridinium-SA-L supramolecular aggregates was an incompact lamellar structure.

Electric-field-controlled superconductor-ferromagnetic insulator transition.

Superconductivity beyond electron-phonon mechanism is always twisted with magnetism. Based on a new field-effect transistor with solid ion conductor as the gate dielectric (SIC-FET), we successfully achieve an electric-field-controlled phase transition between superconductor and ferromagnetic insulator in (Li,Fe)OHFeSe. A dome-shaped superconducting phase with optimal T of 43 K is continuously tuned into a ferromagnetic insulating phase, which exhibits an electric-field-controlled quantum critical behavior.

Treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy with an in-house Phosphorus-32 source: Initial clinical observations.

The objective of the present study was to observe the therapeutic effect of radiation delivered via a P source on Graves' ophthalmopathy. AP solution was injected into a 10-ml vacuum flask held inside a lead container. A window was cut in the lead, generating a treatment beam.

A hyaluronidase/temperature dual-responsive supramolecular assembly based on the anionic recognition of calixpyridinium.

We have successfully constructed a supramolecular assembly based on the anionic recognition of calixpyridinium for the first time employing native biocompatible polysaccharide hyaluronan as the guest, which showed hyaluronidase-responsive disassembly and temperature-responsive morphological conversion from a nanosphere to a nanosquare upon increasing the temperature.

IL-10 Dysregulation in Acute Mountain Sickness Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis.

Acute mountain sickness (AMS), which may progress to life-threatening high-altitude cerebral edema, is a major threat to millions of people who live in or travel to high altitude. Although studies have revealed the risk factors and pathophysiology theories of AMS, the molecular mechanisms of it do not comprehensively illustrate. Here, we used a system-level methodology, RNA sequencing, to explore the molecular mechanisms of AMS at genome-wide level in 10 individuals.

Dynamical beam manipulation based on 2-bit digitally-controlled coding metasurface.

Recently, a concept of digital metamaterials has been proposed to manipulate field distribution through proper spatial mixtures of digital metamaterial bits. Here, we present a design of 2-bit digitally-controlled coding metasurface that can effectively modulate the scattered electromagnetic wave and realize different far-field beams. Each meta-atom of this metasurface integrates two pin diodes, and by tuning their operating states, the metasurface has four phase responses of 0, π/2, π, and 3π/2, corresponding to four basic digital elements "00", "01", "10", and "11", respectively.

Molecular binding behavior of water-soluble calix[4]arenes with asymmetric 4,4'-bipyridinium guests in aqueous solution: regioselective recognition or not?

The molecular binding behavior of water-soluble calix[4]arenes (p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (SC4A) and p-sulfonatothiacalix[4]arene (STC4A)) with two asymmetric 4,4'-bipyridinium guests (N-methyl-N'-adamantane carbomethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dibromide (MVAd) and N-methyl-N'-(naphthalen-2-ylmethyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium bromide iodide (MVNp)) was systematically studied using NMR spectroscopy and microcalorimetry in a neutral aqueous solution. Either the methyl group or the adamantane moiety in MVAd could enter into the SC4A and STC4A cavities, without regioselectivity. The STC4A cavity can also accommodate MVNp, either through incorporation of the methyl group or the naphthalene moiety, without regioselectivity.

Dynamical manipulation of electromagnetic polarization using anisotropic meta-mirror.

Polarization control of electromagnetic wave is very important in many fields. Here, we propose an active meta-mirror to dynamically manipulate electromagnetic polarization state at a broad band. This meta-mirror is composed of a double-layered metallic pattern backed by a metallic flat plate, and the active elements of PIN diodes are integrated into the meta-atom to control the reflection phase difference between two orthogonal polarization modes.

Metabolite Modulation in Human Plasma in the Early Phase of Acclimatization to Hypobaric Hypoxia.

The exposure of healthy subjects to high altitude represents a model to explore the pathophysiology of diseases related to tissue hypoxia. We explored a plasma metabolomics approach to detect alterations induced by the exposure of subjects to high altitude. Plasma samples were collected from 60 subjects both on plain and at high altitude (5300 m).

Combining the absorptive and radiative loss in metasurfaces for multi-spectral shaping of the electromagnetic scattering.

The absorptive and radiative losses are two fundamental aspects of the electromagnetic responses, which are widely occurring in many different systems such as waveguides, solar cells, and antennas. Here we proposed a metasurface to realize the control of the absorptive and radiative loss and to reduce the radar cross section (RCS) in multi-frequency bands. The anti-phase gradient and absorptive metasurfaces were designed that consists of metallic square patch and square loop structure inserted with resistors, acting as an phase gradient material in the X and Ku band, while behaving as an absorber in the S band.

A calixpyridinium-based supramolecular tandem assay for alkaline phosphatase and its application to ATP hydrolysis reaction.

We have successfully implemented the supramolecular tandem assay principle for the real-time, continuous, direct, and label-free monitoring of alkaline phosphatase activity through a fluorescence "switch-off" assay based on a novel calixpyridinium/dye reporter pair. Because several diseases can be preliminarily diagnosed in light of an abnormal level of alkaline phosphatase in serum, the application of tandem assays to selectively monitor alkaline phosphatase activity has feasible implications in disease diagnosis.

Exposure to Hypoxia at High Altitude (5380 m) for 1 Year Induces Reversible Effects on Semen Quality and Serum Reproductive Hormone Levels in Young Male Adults.

This study investigated the effect of hypoxia at high altitude on the semen quality and the serum reproductive hormone levels in male adults. A total of 52 male soldiers were enrolled in this cohort study. They were exposed to hypoxia at high altitude (5380 m) for 12 months when undergoing a service.

A planar chiral meta-surface for optical vortex generation and focusing.

Data capacity is rapidly reaching its limit in modern optical communications. Optical vortex has been explored to enhance the data capacity for its extra degree of freedom of angular momentum. In traditional means, optical vortices are generated using space light modulators or spiral phase plates, which would sharply decrease the integration of optical communication systems.