System Inflammation Response Index and Serum Glucose-Potassium Ratio as Prognostic Indicators for Hemorrhagic Moyamoya Disease.

Background: Hemorrhagic moyamoya disease (HMMD) can result in poor outcomes. Serum biomarkers may play a significant role in predicting HMMD outcomes. This study retrospectively analyzed the correlation between serum biomarkers at the time of admission and outcomes for patients with HMMD.

Influence of Lifshitz Transition on the Intrinsic Resistivity of CuN Monolayer.

The Lifshitz transition (LT), a topological structure transition of Fermi surfaces, can induce various intricate physical properties in metallic materials. In this study, through first-principles calculations, we explore the nontrivial effect of the LT on the intrinsic resistivity of the CuN monolayer arising from electron-phonon (el-ph) scattering. We find that when the LT is induced by electron doping, the multibranch Fermi surface simplifies into a single-band profile.

Identification of Genetic Loci for Sugarcane Leaf Angle at Different Developmental Stages by Genome-Wide Association Study.

Sugarcane ( spp.) is an efficient crop mainly used for sugar and bioethanol production. High yield and high sucrose of sugarcane are always the fundamental demands in sugarcane growth worldwide.

Electron-phonon scattering limited hole mobility at room temperature in a MoS monolayer: first-principles calculations.

Based on first-principles calculations and iterative solution of the Boltzmann transport equation, we theoretically study the room temperature mobility (RTM) of a valence band hole in a MoS2 monolayer (ML) limited by electron-phonon (e-ph) scattering. The hole mobility obtained by us is 26.0 cm2 V-1 s-1 at 300 K.

Effects of uniaxial tensile strain on the electron-phonon scattering limited carrier mobility in an n-type monolayer MoS at room temperature: first-principles calculations.

In the present work, we theoretically study the strain effect on the room temperature mobility (RTM) of a n-type Monolayer MoS limited by electron-phonon (e-ph) scattering. Our numerical results indicate that the RTM along zigzag direction of such a 2D material can be efficiently modulated by a uniaxial tensile strain. Such an RTM, denoted as [Formula: see text], has a sizable reduction (enhancement) as a moderate tensile strain is applied in a parallel (perpendicular) direction.

Magnetic field induced metal-insulator transition in single nodal ring topological semimetals.

Our theoretical investigation indicates that an applied magnetic field can open a gap between the conduction and valence bands of a nodal line semimetal (NLSM), though it is a kind of gapless material in the absence of a magnetic field. The emerging bandgap depends sensitively on the strength and orientation of the magnetic field which implies a tunable and large anisotropy of magnetoresistance in such kinds of topological materials. Following such a theoretical finding, we predict that in some candidates of NSLMs with a single nodal ring, such as the materials of CaP family, a transition between metallic and insulating states driven by a magnetic field is possibly observed experimentally.

Simulation on the electronic wave packet cyclotron motion in a Weyl semimetal slab.

We perform a numerical simulation on the time evolution of an electronic wave packet in a Weyl semimetal (WSM) slab driven by a magnetic field. We find that the evolution trajectory of the wave packet depends sensitively on its initial spin state. Only with initial spin state identical to that of the Fermi arc state at the surface it localized, does the wave packet evolution demonstrate the characteristic cyclotron orbit of WSM previously predicted from a semiclassical viewpoint.

Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma Misdiagnosed as a Malignant Brain Tumor.

Syphilitic gumma involvement of the central nervous system is extremely rare and frequently misdiagnosed. The authors report a patient of a cerebral syphilitic gumma resembling a malignant brain tumor in a 62-year-old male. He was first suspected of a malignant brain tumor, but the pathological diagnosis was cerebral syphilitic gumma.

A Comparative Study of Contemporary Color Tongue Image Extraction Methods Based on HSI.

Tongue image with coating is of important clinical diagnostic meaning, but traditional tongue image extraction method is not competent for extraction of tongue image with thick coating. In this paper, a novel method is suggested, which applies multiobjective greedy rules and makes fusion of color and space information in order to extract tongue image accurately. A comparative study of several contemporary tongue image extraction methods is also made from the aspects of accuracy and efficiency.

[A new method of automatic analysis of tongue deviation using self-correction].

The article analyzes the old analysis method of tongue deviation and introduces a new analysis method of it with self-correction avoiding the shortcomings of the old method. In this article, comparisons and analyses are made to current central axis extraction methods, and the facts proved that these methods were not suitable for central axis extraction of tongue images. To overcome the shortcoming that the old method utilized area symmetry to extract central axis so that it would lead to a failure to find central axis, we introduced a kind of shape symmetry analysis method to extract the central axis.

One-step template-free synthesis of monoporous polymer microspheres with uniform sizes via microwave-mediated dispersion polymerization.

One-step facile synthesis of monoporous polymer microspheres via microwave-controlled dispersion polymerization is introduced. This template-free method employing the dispersion polymerization of styrene under microwave irradiation induces directly the formation of uniform monoporous polymer microspheres, with controllable morphologies and sizes, which can be tuned by simply adjusting parameters for the synthesis. A comparison to conventional heating indicates that microwave irradiation plays a vital role in the formation of this novel morphology.

[Clinical efficacy and safety of sublingual immunotherapy using standardized Dermatophagoides farinae extract for children with combined allergic rhinitis and asthma syndrome].

Objective: To study the clinical efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy using standardized Dermatophagoides farinae extract for children with combined allergic rhinitis and asthma syndrome.

Methods: Fifty-two children, from 4 to 14 years of age, with mite-sensitive combined allergic rhinitis and asthma syndrome were treated sublingually with standardized Dermatophagoides farinae extract. The clinical efficacy was evaluated by monthly follow-up visits.

Microwave synthesis of zinc sulfite and porous zinc oxide microrods.

ZnSO(3) microrods with uniform size and shape can be prepared under microwave irradiation at much higher speed than a conventional heating bath, usually in minutes. The annealing of ZnSO(3) microrods produced porous ZnO microrods with pore size between 50-200 nm.