Publications by authors named "Jin-Cheng Zhang"

Passive radiant cooling is a potentially sustainable thermal management strategy amid escalating global climate change. However, petrochemical-derived cooling materials often face efficiency challenges owing to the absorption of sunlight. We present an intrinsic photoluminescent biomass aerogel, which has a visible light reflectance exceeding 100%, that yields a large cooling effect.

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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a critical condition often associated with systemic inflammation and dysregulated gut microbiota. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the C5a receptor antagonist W54011 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced AKI, focusing on the colon's C5a/C5a receptor pathway, intestinal barrier integrity, and gut microbiota. Our findings demonstrate that W54011 effectively ameliorated kidney injury in the LPS-induced AKI model by selectively inhibiting the colon's C5a/C5a receptor signalling pathway.

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Background: This study aimed to observe clinical efficacy of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) gel, medical collagen sponge and rhGM-CSF gel in combination with medical collagen sponge on deep second-degree burns of head, face or neck in infants.

Methods: A total of 108 infants with deep second-degree burns on head, face or neck were randomly divided into rhGM-CSF group, medical collagen sponge group, and rhGM-CSF + medical collagen sponge group. The scab dissolving time, healing time, bacterial positive rate and Vancouver scar scale were evaluated and analyzed.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to measure the femoral prosthesis flexion angle (FPFA) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using three-dimensional reconstruction, and to assess the differences in early clinical efficacy between patients with different degrees of flexion.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study. From June 2019 to May 2021, 113 patients admitted for TKA due to osteoarthritis of the knee were selected.

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Background: Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites that transmit a variety of pathogens to humans, wildlife and domestic animals. Vaccination is an effective and environmentally friendly method for tick control. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) is an important glycometabolism enzyme that is a candidate vaccine against parasites.

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  • * Traditional cesarean deliveries for conjoined twins often use a classical incision, which increases risks for maternal complications and future pregnancies.
  • * A new technique for cesarean delivery with a low-segment transverse incision at 35 weeks aims to reduce uterine trauma, improving outcomes for both the mother and potential future pregnancies.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether tibial tuberosity-posterior cruciate ligament (TT-PCL) distance is representative of the true lateralization of tibial tuberosity in isolation and its influence on the accuracy of the Akagi line and medial third of the tibial tuberosity (MTTT).

Methods: A total of 135 osteoarthritis patients with varus knees who undergoing computed tomography scans were enrolled to establish three-dimension models of the knees. Tibial width (TW), tibial tuberosity lateralization (TTL), posterior cruciate ligament lateralization (PCLL), knee rotation angle (KRA) and tibial rotational axes were measured and investigated their correlations with TT-PCL distance.

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Background: Anterior femoral notching (AFN) is a severe complication of total knee replacement (TKR), which in a percentage of patients may lead to fractures after surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the stress distribution in patients with AFN and the safety depth of AFN during the gait cycle.

Methods: We performed a finite element (FE) analysis to analyse the mechanics around the femur during the gait cycle in patients with AFN.

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Purpose: This study was carried out to investigate the accuracy of referring different locations of the patellar tendon attachment site and the geometrical center of the osteotomy surface for tibial rotational alignment and observe the influences of gender differences on the results.

Methods: Computed tomography scans of 135 osteoarthritis patients (82 females and 53 males) with varus deformity was obtained to reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) models preoperatively. The medial boundary, medial one-sixth, and medial one-third of the patellar tendon attachment site were marked on the tibia.

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This experiment is based on the principle of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pulse diagnosis, the human pulse signal collected by the sensor is organized into a dataset, and the algorithms are designed to apply feature extraction. After denoising, smoothing and eliminating baseline drift of the photoelectric sensors pulse data of several groups of subjects, we designed three algorithms to describe the difference between the two-dimensional images of the pulse data of normal people and patients with chronic diseases. Convert the calculated feature values into multi-dimensional arrays, enter the decision tree (DT) to balance the differences in human physiological conditions, then train in the support vector machine kernel method (SVM-KM) classifier.

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In this work, a sputtered AlN template is employed to grow high-quality AlGaN/GaN heterostructures, and the effects of AlN nucleation layer growth conditions on the structural and electrical properties of heterostructures are investigated in detail. The optimal growth condition is obtained with composited AlN nucleation layers grown on a sputtered AlN template, resulting in the smooth surface morphology and superior transport properties of the heterostructures. Moreover, high crystal quality GaN material with low dislocation density has been achieved under the optimal condition.

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It is of great significance to analyze habitable suitability of genuine medicinal materials for Chinese herbal medicine planting according to local environment,for medicinal resources protecting and for reasonable planning introduction. Based on GIS technology,the analytic hierarchy process was applied to analyze the spatial differentiation of habitat suitability of Angelica dahurica in Yanting county of Sichuan province. The evaluation combined local geographical environment characteristics and habitat requirements for A.

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Postcardiac arrest syndrome yields poor neurological outcomes, but the mechanisms underlying this condition remain poorly understood. Autophagy plays an important role in neuronal apoptosis induced by ischemia. However, whether autophagy is involved in neuron apoptosis induced by cardiac arrest has been less studied.

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Background: Haemaphysalis longicornis is a blood-sucking ectoparasite that can cause diseases by transmitting some pathogens to humans and animals. Paramyosin (Pmy) is an immunomodulatory protein, which plays an important role in immune reactions against parasites. In this study, we evaluated the immune protection elicited by recombinant plasmids encoding H.

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Uncoalesced a-plane GaN epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) structures have been synthesized along two mask stripe orientations on a-plane GaN template by MOCVD. The morphology of two ELO GaN structures is performed by Scanning electronic microscopy. The anisotropy of crystalline quality and stress are investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy.

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the bionomics of rat bone marrow endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) following 17β‑estradiol treatment at various concentrations. Total mononuclear cells were extracted from rat bone marrow by density gradient centrifugation. Following cultivation for 7 days, attached cells were incubated with various concentrations of 17β‑estradiol (0, 10 and 100 nmol/l).

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