Publications by authors named "Jinyang Zhao"

Background And Objective: Carotid near-occlusion (CNO) is defined as a severe stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) resulting in a reduction in the distal diameter. It is a specific type of carotid stenosis accounting for 34% of the patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis ≥50%. The current guidelines recommend the best medical treatment (BMT) as the treatment of choice.

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Abiotic stresses such as nitrogen deficiency, drought, and salinity significantly impact coconut production, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying coconut's response to these stresses are poorly understood. MYB proteins, a large and diverse family of transcription factors (TF), play crucial roles in plant responses to various abiotic stresses, but their genome-wide characterization and functional roles in coconut have not been comprehensively explored. This study identified 214 genes (39 1R-MYB, 171 R2R3-MYB, 2 3R-MYB, and 2 4R-MYB) in the coconut genome.

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Recycling flexible polyurethane foam (F-PUF) scraps is difficult due to the material's high cross-linking structure. In this work, a wedge-block-reinforced extruder with a considerable enhanced shear extrusion and stretching area between the rotating screw and the stationary wedge blocks was utilized to recycle F-PUF scraps into powder containing surface-active hydroxyl groups. The powder was then utilized for the quantitative replacement of polyol in the foaming process.

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  • * This research presents a new electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method that enables high-resolution and efficient assembly of these nanoparticles into controlled patterns.
  • * The study shows that using silicon oxide and titanium oxide nanoparticles together improves the emission efficiency of quantum dots and suggests potential applications in high-resolution display technology.
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Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has presented unprecedented challenges to the world. Changes after acute COVID-19 have had a significant impact on patients with neurodegenerative diseases. This study aims to explore the mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases by examining the main pathways of central nervous system infection of SARS-CoV-2.

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Low-temperature mechanical chemical devulcanization is a process that can produce reclaimed rubber with exceptional mechanical properties. However, the inadequacy and low efficiency of the devulcanization have significantly restricted its application. To address the issues, alcoholic amines, including hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine (AEEA), ethanolamine (ETA), and diethanol amine (DEA), are utilized as devulcanizing agents to promote the devulcanization process.

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Carbon nanotube (CNT), as reinforcing agents in natural rubber (NR), has gained a large amount of consideration due to their excellent properties. Uniform dispersion of CNT is the key to obtaining high-performance NR nanocomposites. In this contribution, a novel ultrasonic grinding dispersion method of CNT with waterjet-produced rubber powder (WPRP) as a carrier is proposed.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heterogeneous psychiatric disorder that can have three phenotypical presentations: inattentive (I-ADHD), hyperactive-impulsive (HI-ADHD), and combined (C-ADHD). Environmental factors correlated with the gut microbiota community have been implicated in the development of ADHD. However, whether different ADHD symptomatic presentations are associated with distinct microbiota compositions and whether patients could benefit from the correction of aberrant bacterial colonization are still largely unclear.

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Background: Thromboelastography (TEG) can dynamically evaluate the interaction between platelets and coagulation cascade and the effects of other cellular components on the activities of plasma factors, to comprehensively analyze the whole process of blood coagulation and dissolution. Due to differences in both the incidence rates and the coagulation state of related diseases, many studies have highlighted the necessity of establishing the normal reference ranges for TEG for local regions. The aim of the present study was to determine the local normal reference ranges according to the TEG results of 17,708 volunteers in Beijing, to explore the coagulation characteristics related to the age and sex of the study population.

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Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is a facile technique to deposit quantum dots (QDs) films, which can be used as the color conversion layers for display applications. To better understand the EPD process, researchers have built many models of the EPD process. However, most of these models lack solid experimental support.

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Aging augments postischemic apoptosis via incomplete mechanisms. Our previous animal study suggests that in addition to proapoptotic effects, lncRNAs also exert antiapoptotic effects in cardiomyocytes. However, whether this unexpected phenomenon exists in humans is unknown.

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  • Colloidal quantum dot (QD) emitters have potential for next-gen displays, but current manufacturing methods lack precision and uniformity for large-scale applications.
  • * Researchers introduced a selective electrophoretic deposition (SEPD) technique combined with photolithography, allowing for high-resolution, cost-effective QD patterning beyond 1,000 pixels-per-inch.
  • * This method enables precise control over QD thickness and properties, improving efficiency and demonstrating its practical use for creating full-color QD displays and QLEDs suitable for commercial production.
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Species in a shared environment tend to evolve similar adaptations under the influence of their phylogenetic context. Using snowfinches, a monophyletic group of passerine birds (Passeridae), we study the relative roles of ancestral and species-specific adaptations to an extreme high-elevation environment, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Our ancestral trait reconstruction shows that the ancestral snowfinch occupied high elevations and had a larger body mass than most nonsnowfinches in Passeridae.

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Aim: To evaluate the effect of an 8-week humour intervention programme on reducing depression and anxiety and improving subjective well-being, cognitive function and sleep quality in nursing home residents.

Design: A single-blinded and quasi-experimental design with repeated measures.

Methods: Seventy-four older adults were recruited from May 2018-September 2018, with 37 older adults in the humour group received humour intervention and 37 in the control group received no intervention.

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Halide perovskites have shown tremendous potential for next-generation flat-panel laser displays due to their remarkable optoelectronic properties and outstanding material processability; however, the lack of a general approach for the fast growth of perovskite laser arrays capable of electrical operations impedes actualization of their display applications. Herein, a universal and robust wettability-guided screen-printing technique is reported for the rapid growth of large-scale multicolor perovskite microdisk laser arrays, which can serve as laser display panels and further be used to realize current-driven displays. The perovskite microlasers are precisely defined with controlled physical dimensions and spatial locations by such a printing strategy, and each perovskite microlaser serves as a pixel of a display panel.

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A universal approach is demonstrated for realizing dual-wavelength lasing in organic core-shell structured microlaser arrays, which show great promise in serving as all-color laser display panels. By alternately printing hydrophilic and hydrophobic laser dye solutions on preprocessed substrates, precisely patterned core-shell heterostructure arrays were obtained. The spatially separated core and shell independently function as optical resonators to support dual-wavelength tunable lasing in each heterostructure.

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Known as the 'third polar region', the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau represents one of the harshest highland environments in the world and yet a number of organisms thrive there. Previous studies of birds, animals and humans have focused on well-differentiated populations in later stages of phenotypic divergence. The adaptive processes during the initial phase of highland adaptation remain poorly understood.

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Laser displays, which exploit characteristic advantages of lasers, represent a promising next-generation display technology based on the ultimate visual experience they provide. However, the inability to obtain pixelated laser arrays as self-emissive full-color panels hinders the application of laser displays in the flat-panel sector. Due to their excellent optoelectronic properties and processability, organic materials have great potential for the production of periodically patterned multi-color microlaser arrays.

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Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.), a member of the Plantaginaceae family, is an important model for plant genetics and molecular studies on plant growth and development, transposon biology and self-incompatibility. Here we report a near-complete genome assembly of A.

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Background: Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci MED/Q and MEAM1/B, are two economically important invasive species that cause considerable damages to agriculture crops through direct feeding and indirect vectoring of plant pathogens. Recently, a draft genome of B. tabaci MED/Q has been assembled.

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Miniaturized lasers with high spectra purity and switchable output are of crucial importance for various ultracompact photonic devices. However, it still remains a great challenge to simultaneously control the wavelength and mode purity of microscale lasers due to the insensitive response of traditional materials to external stimuli. In this work, we propose a strategy to realize switchable single-mode microlasers in perovskite microwires (MWs) coupled with responsive organic microdisk cavities.

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Photonic barcodes with a small footprint have demonstrated a great value for multiplexed high-throughput bioassays and tracking systems. Attempts to develop coding technology tend to focus on the generation of featured barcodes both with high coding capacity and accurate recognition. In this work, a strategy to design photonic barcodes is proposed based on whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) modulations in dye-doped microdisk resonant cavities, where each modulated photoluminescence spectrum constitutes the fingerprint of a corresponding microdisk.

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The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a highly destructive agricultural and ornamental crop pest. It damages host plants through both phloem feeding and vectoring plant pathogens. Introductions of B.

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Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), an important legume crop, is grown in more than 30 countries of the world. The seed of adzuki bean, as an important source of starch, digestible protein, mineral elements, and vitamins, is widely used foods for at least a billion people. Here, we generated a high-quality draft genome sequence of adzuki bean by whole-genome shotgun sequencing.

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