Development and validation of health-oriented personal evaluation for the community-dwelling older person based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) offers a standardized international terminology to operationalize function management across multiple domains, but the summary score of the ICF qualifier scale provides limited information on the comparison of personal abilities and functioning difficulties.

Objectives: To enhance the interpretative power of the ICF-based Health-oriented Personal Evaluation for the community-dwelling older person (iHOPE-OP) scale through the implementation of the item response theory (IRT) modelling.

Methods: This cross-sectional, multi-centre study administrated 161 ICF categories (58 on body functions, 15 on body structures, 60 on activities or participation and 28 on environmental factors) to evaluate the functional level of 338 older citizens (female = 158, male = 180) residing in community or supportive living facilities.

Co-doped hybrid Zn tetraborate complexes, [ZnCo(1,3-dap)BO] (1,3-dap = 1,3-diaminopropane): BET analysis and N/HO/DO adsorption studies.

A series of mono/bimetallic isostructural hybrid tetraborates of the general formula [ZnCo(1,3-dap)BO] has been prepared using a solvothermal method. Their adsorption/desorption curves for HO and DO demonstrate that these materials have a stronger affinity for HO than for DO and enrich the DO content of DO/HO mixtures.

Differentiating between pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma by spectral CT volumetric quantitative analysis: a comparative study with conventional spectral analysis.

Background: Unlike the conventional spectral analyses of spectral computed tomography (CT) that cannot fully represent the whole lesion, the volumetric quantitative analysis reveals the information of the whole lesion and is of more accurate. So this study sought to evaluate the value of volumetric quantitative analysis in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC).

Methods: Fifty-seven patients with lung cancer confirmed by pathology, including 35 ADC and 22 SQCC patients, were retrospectively analyzed.

An unusual tracheal foreign body in a middle-aged male with a 15-year history of coal use: a case report.

Background: Long-term exposure to coal dust causes respiratory disease. In chest computer tomography (CT), pulmonary nodules, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and emphysema manifest themselves. However, tracheal foreign bodies caused by coal dust are rarely reported.

Indeterminate Domain Proteins Regulate Rice Defense to Sheath Blight Disease.

Background: Loose Plant Architecture 1 (LPA1), an indeterminate domain (IDD) protein, exhibits almost no expression in the leaves, but the overexpression of LPA1 significantly increases the resistance of rice to sheath blight disease (ShB) via the activation of PIN-FORMED 1a (PIN1a).

Results: In this study, we determined that Rhizoctonia solani infection significantly induced LPA1 expression in the leaves, and lpa1 was more susceptible to R. solani compared with the wild-type and revertant plants.

Grafting of ionic liquids on stainless steel surface for antibacterial application.

Stainless steel (SS) is favored for many uses due to its excellent chemical resistance, thermal stability and mechanical properties. Biofilms can be formed on stainless steel and may lead to serious hygiene problems and economic losses in many areas, e.g.

Cotemplating synthesis of a rare borate Ni(en)3·Hen·[B9O13(OH)4]·H2O with a chiral polyanonic chain constructed from two different clusters.

Ni(en)3·Hen·[B9O13(OH)4]·H2O was prepared under the cotemplating effect of [Ni(en)3](2+) and Hen(+). It was the first example of a cotemplated borate with an unusual chiral polyanionic chain, which was constructed from [B5O8(OH)2] and [B4O7(OH)2] clusters.

Zn(1,3-DAP)[B4O7]: a rare chiral zeolitic framework constructed of four-connected [B4O9] clusters with a single-stranded helical channel.

A zinc borate Zn(1,3-DAP)[B4O7] (1) was prepared. 1 was revealed to be a rare chiral zeolitic framework based on a [B4O9] cluster. The combination of a [B4O9] cluster and Zn(1,3-DAP)O3 chain produced a helical ribbon motif and gave rise to a single-stranded helical channel.

Nafion coated stainless steel for anti-biofilm application.

Biofilms can adhere to most surfaces and have caused a wide range of problems in various industrial processes as well as daily life activities. In this work, the anti-biofilm ability of Nafion-coated stainless steel surface was investigated and our results showed that stainless steel discs coated with 1% Nafion can significantly reduce E. coli adhesion.