Analyzing lipid profiles and dyslipidemia prevalence in hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study from primary community health institutions.

Background: A significant proportion of hypertensive patients also suffer from comorbid dyslipidemia, which critically influences their treatment outcomes and overall prognosis. Given its implications, the lipid profiles of hypertensive individuals warrant increased attention for more effective clinical management.

Methods: We analyzed data from 92,443 hypertensive patients registered at primary community health institutions in 2021.

Lyssavirus matrix protein inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome assembly by binding to NLRP3.

Lyssavirus is a kind of neurotropic pathogen that needs to evade peripheral host immunity to enter the central nervous system to accomplish infection. NLRP3 inflammasome activation is essential for the host to defend against pathogen invasion. This study demonstrates that the matrix protein (M) of lyssavirus can inhibit both the priming step and the activation step of NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

Effects of different ecological restoration methods on the soil physicochemical properties and vegetation community characteristics of the Baotou light rare earth tailings pond in Inner Mongolia, China.

This study investigated the soil physicochemical properties and vegetation community characteristics of the Baotou light rare earth tailings pond after 10 years of aggregate spray seeding ecological restoration (S1) and ordinary soil spray seeding ecological restoration (S2), and the naturally restored dam slope area without human intervention (S3). The results showed that the vegetation community of S1 was dominated by Caragana korshinskii Kom, and its importance and abundance values were 0.40 and 38.

Interleukin-1β suppresses rabies virus infection by activating cGAS-STING pathway and compromising the blood-brain barrier integrity in mice.

Rabies, caused by rabies virus (RABV), is an ancient zoonotic disease that severely threatens the public health throughout the world. Previous study indicated that interleukin-1β (IL-1β) plays an important role in RABV infection. However, the mechanism how IL-1β affects RABV pathogenicity is still unknown yet.

Chinese Traditional Pear Paste: Physicochemical Properties, Antioxidant Activities and Quality Evaluation.

As a traditional folk medicine, pear paste has important nutritional and health effects. The physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities of pear pastes prepared from 23 different cultivars were investigated, including color parameters ( *, *, * and °), transmittance, pH, titratable acidity (TA), soluble sugar content, total phenolics content (TPC), total flavonoids content (TFC), DPPH and OH radical scavenging activity (RSA), and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP). It was demonstrated that the physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities of pear pastes from various cultivars differed significantly.

Changes in α-Farnesene and Phenolic Metabolism and the Expression of Associated Genes during the Development of Superficial Scald in Two Distinct Pear Cultivars.

Superficial scald is a postharvest physiological disorder that occurs in pear during and after cold storage. In this study, the superficial scald index; α-farnesene and its oxidation products, conjugated trienols (CTols); phenolic content; and the expression of its related genes were investigated in two different pear cultivars, 'Wujiuxiang' ( L.) and 'Yali' ( R.

Evaluation of artificial reef habitats as reconstruction or enhancement tools of benthic fish communities in northern Yellow Sea.

Artificial reefs have been widely deployed in the northern Yellow Sea. However, the differences in the ecological benefits on different types of artificial reef habitats are still poorly understood. In this study, the temporal and spatial differences on benthic fish communities were evaluated among concrete artificial reef habitat (CAR), rocky artificial reef habitat (RAR), ship artificial reef habitat (SAR) around Xiaoshi Island in northern Yellow Sea.

Competition between anthocyanin and kaempferol glycosides biosynthesis affects pollen tube growth and seed set of Malus.

Flavonoids play important roles in regulating plant growth and development. In this study, three kaempferol 3-O-glycosides were identified and mainly accumulated in flowers but not in leaves or fruits of Malus. In Malus, flower petal color is normally white, but some genotypes have red flowers containing anthocyanin.

Dihydrochalcones in Malus inhibit bacterial growth by reducing cell membrane integrity.

In recent years, increasing research has evaluated the use of natural products as antimicrobial food additives. In this study, antibacterial activity was evaluated for six dihydrochalcone compounds from Malus. Phloretin and 3-hydroxyphloretin exhibited antibacterial effects on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and the antibacterial capacity of these compounds was greater than that of their glycosylated derivatives.

Design of novel CNT/RGO/ZIF-8 ternary hybrid structure for lightweight and highly effective microwave absorption.

Carbon-nanotube-based composites are highly desirable for addressing the difficulties relevant to the quality of electromagnetic wave absorbers. The introduction of lightweight nanocomposites for constructing new structures has been widely studied due to the transformation in impedance matching and attenuation. In this paper, a novel carbon nanotube-graphene oxide-zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (CNT/RGO/ZIF-8) ternary hybrid structure was successfully fabricated by a facile solvothermal process.

Design of a novel carbon nanotube and metal-organic framework interpenetrated structure with enhanced microwave absorption properties.

The exploitation of carbon nanotube (CNT) and metal-organic framework (MOF) composite materials has been highly desirable in a number of applications. However, the construction of high dispersibility and stability CNT/MOF complex structures is still an enormous challenge. Herein, a novel assembly method is established for the construction of a CNT/Ni-MOF (0.

Hydrothermal synthesis and methylene blue adsorption performance of novel 3D hierarchical LiSiO hydrate particles.

LiSiO are generally obtained in form of granules with unavoidable impurities including LiSiO and SiO. Here, we demonstrated a facile hydrothermal route to synthesize novel 3D hierarchical LiSiO hydrate hollow flower-like microstructures assembled by rod subunits with high purity. The crystal growth was accomplished by complete transformation from poorly crystallized metastable phases formed in the initial stage including LiSiO, SiO and various LiSiO hydrate species to LiSiO hydrate rods.

Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrate contamination: a case study of a typical karst hydrogeological unit in East China.

Nitrate pollution in rivers, lakes, shallow groundwater, and even deep groundwater occurs in many parts of the world. And, it's essential to assessing the relationship between nitrate pollution and human health, which is called human health risk assessment (HHRA). In this paper, groundwater samples were collected for their nitrate content in a typical karst hydrogeological unit in East China during the wet and dry seasons.

Structure-antioxidant capacity relationship of dihydrochalcone compounds in Malus.

The antioxidant capacity (AC) of six dihydrochalcone compounds was evaluated using DPPH and ABTS assays. In water-based solution 3-hydroxyphlorizin exhibited the highest AC among all dihydrochalcones. In acetone and acidic solutions (pH = 2.

Transilient Response to Acetone Gas Using the Interlocking p+n Field-Effect Transistor Circuit.

Low concentration acetone gas detection is significantly important for diabetes diagnosis as 1.8⁻10 ppm of acetone exists in exhaled breath from diabetes patients. A new interlocking p+n field-effect transistor (FET) circuit has been proposed for Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles (MZO) to detect the acetone gas at low concentration, especially close to 1.

Ag-Modified In₂O₃ Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive and Selective Ethanol Alarming.

Pure In₂O₃ nanoparticles are prepared by a facile precipitation method and are further modified by Ag. The synthesized samples are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman and UV-Vis spectra. The results show the successful heterojunction formation between Ag and In₂O₃.

Physical modeling with orthotropic material based on harmonic fields.

Although it is well known that human bone tissues have obvious orthotropic material properties, most works in the physical modeling field adopted oversimplified isotropic or approximated transversely isotropic elasticity due to the simplicity. This paper presents a convenient methodology based on harmonic fields, to construct volumetric finite element mesh integrated with complete orthotropic material. The basic idea is taking advantage of the fact that the longitudinal axis direction indicated by the shape configuration of most bone tissues is compatible with the trajectory of the maximum material stiffness.