Energy-Level Alignment at TiO@NH-MIL-125 Interface for High-Performance Gas Sensing.

Metal oxide (MO)-based chemiresistive sensors have great potential in environmental monitoring, security protection, and disease diagnosis. However, the thermally activated sensing mechanism in pristine MOs leads to high working temperature and poor selectivity, which are the main challenges impeding practical applications. Precise modulation of the band structure at the heterojunction interfaces of MOs offers the opportunity to unlock unique electrical and optical properties, enabling us to overcome these challenges.

Revealing and reconstructing the 3D Li-ion transportation network for superionic poly(ethylene) oxide conductor.

Understanding the Li-ions conduction network and transport dynamics in polymer electrolyte is crucial for developing reliable all-solid-state batteries. In this work, advanced nano- X-ray computed tomography combined with Raman spectroscopy and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance are used to multi-scale qualitatively and quantitatively reveal ion conduction network of poly(ethylene) oxide (PEO)-based electrolyte (from atomic, nano to macroscopic level). With the clear mapping of the microstructural heterogeneities of the polymer segments, aluminium-oxo molecular clusters (AlOC) are used to reconstruct a high-efficient conducting network with high available Li-ions (76.

Designing External Pores of Aluminum Oxo Polyhedrons for Efficient Iodine Capture.

Although metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) expansion has been studied to date, it is still a rare occurrence for their porous intermolecular assembly for iodine capture. The major limitation is the lack of programmable and controllable methods for effectively constructing and utilizing the exterior cavities. Herein, the goal of programmable porous intermolecular assembly is realized in the first family of aluminum oxo polyhedrons (AlOPs) using ligands with directional H-bonding donor/acceptor pairs and auxiliary alcohols as structural regulation sites.

Accurate binding of porous aluminum molecular ring catalysts with the substrate.

Metal molecular rings are a class of compounds with aesthetically pleasing symmetry and fundamentally useful properties. The reported work generally focuses on the ring center cavity, and there is little known about those on the ring waist. Herein, we report the discovery of porous aluminum molecular rings and their performance and contribution to the cyanosilylation reaction.

Hepatic small extracellular vesicles promote microvascular endothelial hyperpermeability during NAFLD via novel-miRNA-7.

Background: A recent study has reported that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are more susceptible to coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), which may predict major adverse cardiac events. However, little is known regarding the causes of CMD during NAFLD. In this study, we aimed to explore the role of hepatic small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in regulating the endothelial dysfunction of coronary microvessels during NAFLD.

Human bocavirus 2 detected in Rattus norvegicus feces in China.

Bocaviruses are typical zoonotic pathogens with a wide range of hosts. Here, we report the detection of human bocavirus (HBoV) in Rattus norvegicus captured in China and the results of sequencing and phylogenetic analysis based on the partial VP1 region and the entire viral genome. A total of 357 fecal samples from rats were collected in 2015-2017 and analyzed for HBoV using PCR.

Trends in burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in countries, regions, and worldwide from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease study.

Background: Antituberculosis-drug resistance is an important public health issue, and its epidemiological patterns has dramatically changed in recent decades. This study aimed to estimate the trends of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which can be used to inform health strategies.

Methods: Data were collected from the Global Burden of Disease study 2017.

Composition of gut and oropharynx bacterial communities in Rattus norvegicus and Suncus murinus in China.

Background: Rattus norvegicus and Suncus murinus are important reservoirs of zoonotic bacterial diseases. An understanding of the composition of gut and oropharynx bacteria in these animals is important for monitoring and preventing such diseases. We therefore examined gut and oropharynx bacterial composition in these animals in China.

Kobuviruses carried by Rattus norvegicus in Guangdong, China.

Background: Murine kobuviruses (MuKV) are newly recognized picornaviruses first detected in murine rodents in the USA in 2011. Little information on MuKV epidemiology in murine rodents is available. Therefore, we conducted a survey of the prevalence and genomic characteristics of rat kobuvirus in Guangdong, China.

Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Bladder cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in men and a considerable disease burden globally. Multiple studies have focused on the accuracy of optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer diagnosis; however, the findings are inconsistent. Here, we assessed the accuracy of optical coherence tomography for bladder cancer diagnosis.

Glycated Hemoglobin and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Adults With and Without Diabetes.

Context: The patterns of associations between glycated Hb (HbA1c) and mortality are still unclear.

Objective: To explore the extent to which ranges of HbA1c levels are associated with the risk of mortality among participants with and without diabetes.

Design, Setting, And Patients: This was a nationwide, community-based prospective cohort study.

A rare primary Candida parapsilosis infection of the knee joint in a patient without predisposing factors: A case report.

Rational: Knee joint infection caused by isolated primary Candida is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported. It occurs most often in patients with predisposing factors (e.g.

A Molecular Epidemiological Investigation of Carriage of the Adeno-Associated Virus in Murine Rodents and House Shrews in China.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of the adeno-associated virus (AAV) in murine rodents and house shrews in 4 provinces of China.

Methods: A total of 469 murine rodents and 19 house shrews were captured between May 2015 and May 2017. Cap gene of AAV sequences was obtained to evaluate the genetic characteristics of rat AAV.

Presence of rat bocavirus in oropharyngeal and fecal samples from murine rodents in China.

In this study, we detected and genetically characterized rat bocavirus (RBoV) carried in 496 murine rodents that were captured in four provinces in China between May 2015 and May 2017. RBoV-positive samples were found in all four provinces, with a total positive rate of 24.8% (123/496) in throat swabs and 58.

Hybrid fibers transform into distinct fiber types in maturing mouse muscles.

The role of hybrid fibers as intermediates in fiber type transformations is not completely understood. In some cases hybrids are clearly transitional fibers changing from one type to another, but in others they represent phenotypically stable fibers in normal muscles. In the current study, our goal was to understand the fate of hybrid fibers in fiber type transitions that take place during muscle maturation.

Theoretical study of the proton transfer wires influence on the one- and two-photon absorption properties of green fluorescent protein chromophore.

The excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) via proton transfer wires in green fluorescent protein (GFP) plays an important role on the spectroscopic of GFP. In this work, we use the proton transfer wires and the chromophore complex to simulate the tautomer structures of neutral state and the intermediate state in wt-GFP. And we employ the time-dependent density functional theory combined with the sum-over-states method to calculate the one- and two-photon absorption properties of these complexes in GFP.

First-principles study of one- and two-photon absorption of the H-bonding complexes from monomeric red fluorescent proteins with large Stokes shifts.

LSSmKate1 and LSSmKate2 are monomeric red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) with large Stokes shifts (LSS). The hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) network within LSSmKate1 or LSSmKate2, which is composed of a chromophore and some surrounding amino acid residues, supports their special spectral properties. In this work, we propose H-bonding complex models to simulate the H-bonding network of LSSmKate1 and LSSmKate2 and employ the time-dependent density functional theory combining with the sum-overstates method to calculate their one- and two-photon absorption characters.

The continuum of hybrid IIX/IIB fibers in normal mouse muscles: MHC isoform proportions and spatial distribution within single fibers.

Although skeletal muscle fiber types are often defined as belonging to discrete categories, many muscles possess fibers with intermediate phenotypes. These hybrid fiber types can be identified by their expression of two or more myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms within the same single fiber. In mouse muscles, the most common hybrid fibers are those coexpressing the IIX and IIB MHC isoforms.