A novel strategy for calcium magnesium phosphate/carboxymethyl chitosan composite bone cements with enhanced physicochemical properties, excellent cytocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation.

Artificial bone substitutes for bone repair and reconstruction still face enormous challenges. Previous studies have shown that calcium magnesium phosphate cements (CMPCs) possess an excellent bioactive surface, but its clinical application is restricted due to short setting time. This study aimed to develop new CMPC/carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) comg of mixed powders of active MgO, calcined MgO and calcium dihydrogen phosphate monohydrate.

Peritoneal dialysis versus haemodialysis for people commencing dialysis.

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) and haemodialysis (HD) are two possible modalities for people with kidney failure commencing dialysis. Only a few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated PD versus HD. The benefits and harms of the two modalities remain uncertain.

hP-MSCs attenuate severe acute pancreatitis in mice via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated acinar cell pyroptosis.

Background: Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is a serious gastrointestinal disease that is facilitated by pancreatic acinar cell death. The protective role of human placental mesenchymal stem cells (hP-MSCs) in SAP has been demonstrated in our previous studies. However, the underlying mechanisms of this therapy remain unclear.

Instant and short-term effects of acupuncture for depression and anxiety in unstable angina pectoris patients with percutaneous coronary interventions.

Aim: Patients with unstable angina pectoris (UAP) usually present anxiety or depression during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study sought to investigate the instant and short-term effects of acupuncture for anxiety and depression in UAP patients with PCI.

Methods: A total of 210 UAP patients who underwent PCI were recruited and randomly assigned (1:1:1) to acupuncture, placebo, or control groups.

Construction of tissue-engineered vascular grafts with enhanced patency by integrating heparin, cell-adhesive peptide, and carbon monoxide nanogenerators into acellular blood vessels.

Small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (sdTEVGs) have garnered significant attention as a potential treatment modality for vascular bypass grafting and replacement therapy. However, the intimal hyperplasia and thrombosis are two major complications that impair graft patency during transplantation. To address this issue, we fabricated the covalent-organic framework (COF)-based carbon monoxide (CO) nanogenerator-and co-immobilized with LXW-7 peptide and heparin to establish a multifunctional surface on TEVGs constructed from acellular blood vessels for preventing thrombosis and stenosis.

Size-resolved environmentally persistent free radicals in urban road dust and association with transition metals.

Environmental persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are receiving growing concerns owing to their potentially adverse impacts on human health. Road dust is one important source of air pollution in most cities and may pose significant health risks. Characteristics of EPFRs in urban road dusts and its formation mechanism(s) are still rarely studied.

Transcriptome sequencing of from a cotton farm reveals positive correlation between virulence and tolerance of sugar-induced hyperosmosis.

causes disease symptoms in its host plants; however, due to its rapid variability, is difficult to control. To analyze the reason for this pathogenic differentiation, 22 strains with different virulence were isolated from a cotton farm. The genetic diversity of cotton varieties make cotton cultivars have different resistance, so the Xinluzao 7 (susceptible to ), Zhongmian 35 (tolerant), and Xinluzao 33 (resistant) were used to investigate the pathogenicity of the strains in a green house.

Heart rate variability predicts mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Background: The predictive value of heart rate variability (HRV) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) has never been tested.

Methods: In this study, the associations between HRV measures and the mortality in 81 PD patients were analyzed. HRV was measured by using 5-min recordings of a stationary system by a standardized method.

Heart rate variability in peritoneal dialysis patients: what is the role of residual renal function?

Background: The relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and residual renal function (RRF) has not been elucidated previously.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, HRV was evaluated in 71 peritoneal dialysis patients. Patients were divided into RRF decline group, RRF stable group and anuric group.

The study of spectral analysis of heart rate variability in different blood pressure types in euvolemic peritoneal dialysis patients.

Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an useful noninvasive tool to assess autonomic nervous system (ANS) function and may provide an insight into the understanding of the role of ANS in the pathogenesis of blood pressure (BP) abnormality in euvolemic continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 62 CAPD patients with normal hydration values (assessed by a bioimpedance spectroscopy device) were enrolled from our peritoneal dialysis (PD) unit. Patients were divided into three groups according to their BP: normotension (NT), hypertension (HT), and hypotension (HyT).

Gastrointestinal symptoms predict peritonitis rates in CAPD patients.

Objective: Peritonitis is still one of the major causes of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients' dropout. In the present study, we analyzed the relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) problems and peritonitis in our CAPD patients.

Methods: It is a prospective observational study.

Variable frequencies of apolipoprotein E genotypes and its effect on serum lipids in the Guangxi Zhuang and Han children.

Guangxi Zhuang, the largest ethnic minority in China, is located in the southern part of the country, and well-known to the world as the longevity village. Studies of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism in adults suggest the lower frequencies of E4 allele and E4/E4 genotype may account, in part, for the favorable lipid profiles of Guangxi Zhuang. However, the effect of APOE polymorphism on serum lipids in the Guangxi Zhuang children is yet unknown to date.

[Synthesis and fluorescence properties of europium complexes with 4-(4-pyridyl formoyl) benzoic acid].

Three new europium complexes, Eu(PFBA)3 (H2O)4, Eu(PFBA)3 Phen (H2O)3 and Eu(PFBA)3 TPPO (H2O)3, were synthesized using 4-(4-pyridyl formoxyl) benzoic acid (HPFBA), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and triphenyl phosphine oxide (TPPO) as the ligands. In the complexes, two characteristic absorption bands of HPFBA due to vO-H (3 000-2 200 cm(-1)) and v c=o (1 697 cm(-1)) disappear, the asymmetry stretching vibration v(as)(coo-) and symmetry stretching vibration v(s)(coo-) of carboxyl appear, and the deltav(v(as)(coo)) - v(s)(coo-)) values are all smaller than that of NaPFBA. The carboxyl group of the ligand HPFBA is dehydrogenated and coordinated to Eu3+ with a bidentate chelating mode.

Comparative study on the catalytic electrooxidative abilities of RuO(x)-PdO-TiO(2)/Ti and RuO(x)-PdO/Ti anode.

Comparative study of the catalytic electrooxidative abilities of RuO(x)-PdO/Ti and RuO(x)-PdO-TiO(2)/Ti were conducted using Active Orange 5R solution as simulated wastewater. RuO(x)-PdO-TiO(2)/Ti anode possesses higher catalytic oxidation ability, as compared to RuO(x)-PdO/Ti, in both direct oxidation and indirect oxidation processes. RuO(x)-PdO-TiO(2)/Ti could provide a discoloration rate of 98.

[Application of AAS to detecting the influence of railway on the soil of navel orange garden].

Railway transportation has boosted the economy of railway road area, meanwhile it brings some undesirable impacts on the environment of the railway road area. The quality of the fruits is directly related with the elements of the soil, so understanding the element contents of soil in navel oranges garden in the vicinity of railway is meaningful to the security of agriculture products and ecological conditions in the areas surrounding the railways. As a favorite fruit, navel orange is widely planted around the railway in the south China, especially in Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guizhou.

Beneficial effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on glomerulosclerosis rats via the down-regulation of the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin: a comparative study between ATRA and benazepril.

Although ATRA is a potent renoprotective agent, relatively little is known regarding the mechanisms of its action. The present study was designed to further elucidate the mechanisms of ATRA's action to GS rats and compare that with the beneficial effect of benazepril. Male SD rats weighting 160 to 200g were used in this study.

Quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with polymer gel electrolyte and triphenylamine-based organic dyes.

We report on the application of a poly(methyl acrylate)/poly(ethylene glycol)-based polymer gel electrolyte and triphenylamine-based metal-free organic dyes in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. The poly(methyl acrylate)/poly(ethylene glycol) hybrid is beneficial to the entrapment of a large volume of liquid electrolyte. At 25 degrees C, the ionic conductivity and the triiodide ionic diffusion constant of the as-prepared polymer gel electrolyte are 2.

Effect of all-trans retinoic acid on renal expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-2, matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in rats with glomerulosclerosis.

In kidney injury the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role and precedes the development of glomerulosclerosis (GS). There is great interest in agents that may interfere with such accumulation of ECM. Therefore, a rat model of GS was established to investigate the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the renal expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1).

[Influence of inert nuclei (La3+, Y3+ and Gd3+) on fluorescence of europium complex with phenylglyoxylic acid and phenathroline].

Three series of dinuclear complexes (Eux RE(1-x) L3 phen) of phenylglyoxylic acid and phenathroline with different molar ratios of Eu3+ to inert nuclei (RE = La3+, Y3+ and Gd3+) were synthesized. Their excitation and emission spectra were studied. The excitation spectra showed that the optimum excitation wavelengths of the complexes are all in the range of 350-360 nm, which belong to the excitation peaks of ligands, and the weak excitation peak of Eu3+ is at about 398 nm; The emission spectra showed that there are five emission bands at about 583, 595, 617, 654 and 703 nm respectively for all the complexes, due to (5)D0 - (7)F0, (5)D0 - (7)F1, (5)D0 - (7)F2, (5)D0 - (7)F3 and (5)D0 - (7)F4 transitions of Eu3+ respectively.

[Luminescence of rare earth complex in organic-inorganic heterostructure].

Luminescence of rare earth complex based on organic-inorganic heterostructure is reported. The structure of the device is ITO/PVK:Tb/inorganic material/Al, where inorganic material includes ZnS, ZnO or ZnSe. For this structure, the authors obtained the characteristic emission of Tb ion.

[The electroluminescence of a novel complex Eu(o-BBA)3(phen)].

A novel rare earth complex of Eu ion with 2-benzoylbenzoic acid and 1,10-phenathrolinephen (Eu(o-BBA)3 (phen)) was synthesized and used as a dopant to fabricate efficient electroluminescence(EL) devices. It was doped into poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and spin coated into films. Devices using organic layer Alq3 (or inserted hole blocking layer BCP) and inorganic layer ZnS as electron transporting layer respectively were fabricated.

[Synthesis, structure characterization and, fluorescence studies of the complexes of europium with phenylglyoxylic acid, 1,10-phenanthroline and triphenyl phosphine oxide].

Three novel europium complexes, Eu-L, EuL3phen and EuL2 (TPPO)2NO3, were synthesized (HL = phenylglyoxylic, phen= 1,10-phenanthroline, and TPPO = triphenyl phosphine oxide). The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, conductivity, IR, and 1H NMR. The IR spectra indicated that all the complexes have a larger deltaupsilon(upsilon(as) (CO2-) - upsilon(s)(CO2-) than that of NaL, and carboxylate ions in the phenylglyoxyate coordinated as unidentate ligands.