Cognitive function in older adults with stroke: A latent profile analysis.

Background: Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is one of the major complications after a stroke. Therefore, it is necessary to identify different categories of cognitive function in older adults with stroke and to explore factors associated with different levels of cognitive function in older adults after stroke.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using convenience sampling to collect data from 1076 older adults with stroke from 5 hospitals in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China, from June 2022 to August 2023.

Intrinsic capacity decline as a predictor of functional disability in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To examine the predictive value of intrinsic capacity decline on functional disability among the elderly.

Design: Meta-analysis.

Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, Wanfang Database, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI), Weipu Database (VIP), and Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM) were searched for relevant studies published from the inception until June 1, 2024.

Targeted Therapy of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Liver Cancer: Functional Nanocarriers for the Delivery of Cisplatin and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor-2.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to construct folic acid-modified PEGylated paramagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) co-carrying tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2) and cisplatin (CDDP), and to study the molecular-targeting and inhibitory effects of the nanocomposite on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and liver cancer.

Methods: Nanocomposites were prepared using amino-modified iron oxide nanoparticles as carriers, co-loading CDDP and PEGylated FA/TFPI-2. Transmission electron microscopy, UV absorption spectrum, and dynamic light scattering were employed to characterize the morphology, structure, particle size, and zeta potential of the nanocomposite.

Parenteral nutrition effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on C-reactive protein, high-density lipoprotein, lymphocyte characteristics and the treatment of critically ill patients.

To study the effects of omega-3 fatty acid parenteral nutrition on the nutrition, inflammatory responses, immunity and prognoses of critically ill cancer patients. A total of 80 critically ill cancer patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 40 cases in each group. Both groups of patients received equal-nitrogen and equal-calorie enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Epidemiology, quality, and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of nursing interventions published in Chinese journals.

Objectives: Systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) of nursing interventions have become increasingly popular in China. This review provides the first examination of epidemiological characteristics of these SRs as well as compliance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses and Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews guidelines. The purpose of this study was to examine epidemiologic and reporting characteristics as well as the methodologic quality of SRs and MAs of nursing interventions published in Chinese journals.

Oxidation of unsaturated carboxylic acids under hydrothermal conditions.

Hydrothermal oxidation pathways of high molecular weight unsaturated carboxylic acids were investigated for the potential use of chemoselectivity to improve the efficiency of the desired products from biomasses directly containing or easily producing unsaturated carboxylic acids. Hock cleavage, which frequently occur at general chemical, was observed in the absence of any acid catalyst and may be a potential major oxidation cleavage mechanism, which leads to the cleavage at both the carbon-carbon double bond and the single bond near a double bond. The addition of a peroxyl radical to the double bond may be also a potential major oxidation mechanism, which leads to the oxidation cleavage mainly at the carbon-carbon double bond.

Impact of phenolic compounds on hydrothermal oxidation of cellulose.

The effect of phenolic compounds on hydrothermal oxidation of cellulose was studied using a batch reactor at 300 degrees C with H(2)O(2) as oxidant. Intermediate products, as well as the yields of acetic acid produced in the oxidation of cellulose, phenolic compounds, and cellulose-phenolic compound mixtures were examined. Phenolic compounds used were phenol, 1,4-benzenediol, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol.