Publications by authors named "Jing-Bin Zhang"
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- The study aimed to assess how tube voltage, radiation dose, and different strength levels of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASiR-V) affect AI's ability to detect and analyze pulmonary nodules in ultra-low-dose chest CT scans.
- An anthropomorphic thorax phantom was used, featuring 12 simulated nodules of various sizes and CT values, and scanned using three different ULDCT protocols while analyzing the images with AI software to determine nodule detection rates and measurements.
- Results showed that increased ASiR-V strength reduced image noise, and while detection rates for nodules were similar between the 70 kV and 100 kV settings, the rates improved significantly for ground-glass nodules at higher doses.
Herein, we employed a developed linear response time dependent density functional theory-based nonadiabatic dynamics simulation method that explicitly takes into account the excitonic effects to investigate photoinduced excitation energy transfer dynamics of a double-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) model with different excitation energies. The E excitation of the outer CNT will generate a local excitation (LE) |out*〉 exciton due to its low energy, which does not induce any charge separation. In contrast, the E excitation of the inner CNT can generate four kinds of excitons with the LE exciton |in*〉 dominates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) plays an important role in the development of chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD). Abnormally elevated levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D cause osteocytes to secrete FGF23, which subsequently induces phosphaturia. Recent studies have reported that iron deficiency, erythropoietin (EPO) and hypoxia regulate the pathways responsible for FGF23 production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn efficient and biocompatible NADH regeneration system to promote ADH-catalysed oxidation reactions is reported. Carbon nanomaterials facilitate enhanced enzyme attachment within their hierarchical nano-structure. According to enzyme protein molecular computer simulation analysis, different electron transfer efficiencies on CNTs or GNSs enzyme-catalyzed electrodes result in different electric charge distributions around ADH, which affects its molecular spatial arrangement and three-dimensional conformation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alemtuzumab has been used in organ transplantation and a variety of hematologic malignancies (especially for the treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia). However, serious infectious complications frequently occur after treatment. The reason for increased infections postalemtuzumab treatment is unknown at this stage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Study on early postoperative nutritional support in elderly patients with gastric cancer].
Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi
November 2013
Objective: To explore the optimal postoperative nutritional support in elderly patients with gastric cancer.
Methods: One hundred and twenty elderly patients with gastric cancer undergoing radical gastrectomy were prospectively enrolled from January 2010 to March 2013 and randomly divided into total parenteral nutrition group(TPN, n=40), early total enteral nutrition group (TEN, n=40) and enteral plus parenteral nutrition group(EN+PN, n=40). Clinical charasteristics including treatment tolerance, nutritional indexes, immune indexes, time to first flatus, incidence of postoperative infection and anastomotic leakage, were analyzed and compared.