Summary of the best evidence for vocal rehabilitation training in adults with unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Purpose: To search, evaluate, and summarize the relevant evidence of voice rehabilitation training in adults with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP).

Methods: Using the '6S' model, the database of UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, domestic and foreign guidelines, and voice rehabilitation training for adults with UVFP were systematically searched. The search includes clinical decisions, guidelines, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, and expert consensus.

Role of mechanically-sensitive cation channels Piezo1 and TRPV4 in trabecular meshwork cell mechanotransduction.

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in developed countries, and intraocular pressure (IOP) is primary and only treatable risk factor, suggesting that to a significant extent, glaucoma is a disease of IOP disorder and pathological mechanotransduction. IOP-lowering ways are limited to decreaseing aqueous humour (AH) production or increasing the uveoscleral outflow pathway. Still, therapeutic approaches have been lacking to control IOP by enhancing the trabecular meshwork (TM) pathway.

Giant Ferroelectric Resistance Switching Controlled by a Modulatory Terminal for Low-Power Neuromorphic In-Memory Computing.

Ferroelectrics have been demonstrated as excellent building blocks for high-performance nonvolatile memories, including memristors, which play critical roles in the hardware implementation of artificial synapses and in-memory computing. Here, it is reported that the emerging van der Waals ferroelectric α-In Se can be used to successfully implement heterosynaptic plasticity (a fundamental but rarely emulated synaptic form) and achieve a resistance-switching ratio of heterosynaptic memristors above 10 , which is two orders of magnitude larger than that in other similar devices. The polarization change of ferroelectric α-In Se channel is responsible for the resistance switching at various paired terminals.

Purification and characterisation of a novel angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory peptide derived from the enzymatic hydrolysate of Enteromorpha clathrata protein.

Hydrolysates containing angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory peptide were prepared from Enteromorpha clathrata protein using alcalase. The hydrolysates were fractionated into two molecular-weight ranges (below and above 10kDa) by ultrafiltration. The below-10kDa fraction showed higher ACE-inhibitory activity and was subsequently purified by Sephadex G-15 gel filtration chromatography.

Synthesis and evaluation of 2-[2-(phenylthiomethyl)-1H-benzo[d] imidazol-1-yl)acetohydrazide derivatives as antitumor agents.

A novel class of acetylhydrazone derivatives (5a-x) containing 2-(phenylthiomethyl)-1H-benzo-[d]-imidazole moieties are synthesizer, and their antitumor activities against A549, HCT116, HepG2, PC-9, and A375 were determined by the MTT assay. Among them are N-(2,4-dihydroxybenzylidene)-2-(2-(phenylthiomethyl)-1H-benzo[d]-imidazol-1-yl)acetohydrazide (5a) and N-(5-bromo-2-hydroxy-benzylidene)-2-(2-(phenylthiomethyl)-1H-benzo[d]-imidazol-1-yl)acetohydrazide (5d) which displayed excellent cancer inhibitory activity against the tested cancer cells (IC(50) 4-17 μM), compared with 5-FU and SU11248. The others have moderate to weak inhibitory activity against the tested cancer cell lines.