Publications by authors named "K Xun"

Adult siblings without disabilities play important roles in relation to their brothers and sisters with intellectual disabilities. This study reviewed knowledge about adult sibling relationships in Chinese societies, where one sibling has intellectual disability. Five English and two Chinese databases were searched for publications published up to 2022.

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Introduction: Aspirin and indobufen are commonly used therapeutic drugs for the prevention of vascular restenosis (VR) after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty surgery. They both exhibited antiplatelet effects but molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic changes induced by them remain unclear.

Methods: In this study, we collected plasma samples from patients on aspirin medication ( = 5), patients on indobufen medication, patients with no medication after PTA, and healthy controls (CKs) ( = 5).

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  • Services for adults with intellectual disabilities in Hong Kong have a tiered staff system, featuring professional social workers and frontline support workers.
  • A qualitative study conducted in-depth interviews with 13 social workers to understand their experiences working alongside support workers.
  • Findings showed notable differences in motivations and values between social workers and support workers, highlighting the need for better collaboration to improve service quality in the sector.
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  • Hyperglycaemia leads to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activates the TGF-β1/Smad pathway, contributing to diabetic nephropathy, with Indoxyl sulphate (IS) causing oxidative stress and inflammation in podocytes.
  • The study involved culturing rat podocytes and manipulating TGF-β1 levels—using siRNA silencing, overexpression, and a ROS inhibitor—to examine impacts on various protein expressions linked to kidney function.
  • Results showed that manipulating TGF-β1 and ROS levels significantly affected the expression of key proteins, indicating IS may decrease protective factors in podocytes, further implicating it in the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
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Interstitial atoms usually diffuse much faster than vacancies, which is often the root cause for the ineffective recombination of point defects in metals under irradiation. Here, via ab initio modeling of single-defect diffusion behavior in the equiatomic NiCoCrFe(Pd) alloy, we demonstrate an alloy design strategy that can reduce the diffusivity difference between the two types of point defects. The two diffusivities become almost equal after substituting the NiCoCrFe base alloy with Pd.

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