Omnipotent antibacterial cotton fabrics with superhydrophobic and photothermal properties.

Due to the outbreak of global public health emergency, antibacterial fabrics such as face masks are in great demand. However, common antibacterial fabrics cannot kill bacteria in minutes and they are easy to be contaminated and lost biological activity. In this work, omnipotent antibacterial cotton fabrics with superhydrophobic and photothermal properties are developed by the combination of dopamine with copper sulfide (CuS) and silver nanoparticles on cotton fabrics, and post-modification with PDMS.

Synthesized CuO-PEI-JE with 3D open-cell structure as an efficient heterogeneous activator of peroxodisulfate for phenol degradation.

The core of heterogeneous catalytic systems is to design high-performance heterogeneous catalysts. In the present study, CuO-PEI-JE was synthesized via in situ precipitation of CuO on the 3D structure of PEI-JE prepared by a cross-linking method. It possessed a macro-size and 3D open-cell structure, being easily separated and having super-performance for PDS activation.

Zinc Vaporization Induced Formation of Desired Ni Nanoparticles Coated with Ultrathin Carbon Shells for Efficient Electrocatalytic H Production Coupling with Methanol Upgrading.

The integration of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) has been demonstrated to be a viable strategy for the energy-saving generation of H and value-added formate, which relies primarily on highly active and cost-effective bifunctional electrocatalysts. Herein, an efficient electrocatalyst consisting of controllable Ni nanoparticles (NPs) coated with ultrathin graphitic carbon shells was obtained by the pyrolysis of a Ni-Zn metal-organic framework. Intriguingly, we found that zinc vaporization not only resulted in the relatively small Ni NPs but also ultrathin carbon shells (≤3 layers).

Highly Efficient Electrospun Silver Decorated Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites on Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF@GO-Ag) Hybrid Membrane for Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol.

Graphene oxide-silver poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes (PVDF@GO-Ag) were successfully synthesized by the electrospinning method, which exhibited a high catalytic activity using the hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) as a model reaction in a batch reaction study. The hybrid membranes doped with 1 wt% GO and 2 wt% Ag (PVDF-1-2) exhibited the most desired performance for the catalytic reduction of 4-NP. Importantly, PVDF-1-2 exhibited excellent cycling stability in 10 catalytic cycle tests and was highly amenable to separation.

Real-world status, efficacy and prognosis analysis of first-line treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in patients treated at multiple centres.

Objective: To present the real-world status and explore the predictors of the efficacy and prognosis of first-line treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC).

Methods: Real-world data of uHCC patients who underwent first-line treatment at 4 hospitals in Northern Anhui, China, from July 2019 to December 2022 were retrospectively collected. The clinicopathological features, haematological indicators, including superoxide dismutase (SOD) and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), efficacy and safety data were analysed.

Giant cavernous aneurysms occluded by aneurysmal thrombosis, calcification, parent artery occlusion: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Patients with giant intracranial aneurysms (GIAs) are at a high risk of rupture, morbidity, and mortality even after surgical or endovascular treatment. We described a case of a spontaneously occluded GIA secondary to gradual growth of the GIA, continuously progressed aneurysmal thrombosis, complete aneurysmal calcification and complete occlusion of the parent artery-the right internal carotid artery (RICA).

Case Summary: A 72-year-old female patient complained of sudden pain in her right eye upon admission to our hospital.

Effect of the Number of Methyl Groups in DMOF on NO Adsorption and NO/N Separation.

Nitrous oxide (NO), as the third largest greenhouse gas in the world, also has great applications in industry, so the purification of NO from N in industrial tail gas is a crucial process for achieving environmental protection and giving full play to its economic value. Based on the polarity difference of NO and N, NO adsorption was researched on DMOF series materials with different polarities and methyl numbers of the ligand. NO adsorption at 0.

Extra-abdominal infections caused by Comamonas kerstersii: Case report.

Rationale: Comamonas kerstersii mainly causes intra-abdominal infections with favorable outcomes due to high antibiotic susceptibility. We report the first case of pneumonia caused by C Kerstersii, which promoted patient death, and a second urinary tract infection by C Kerstersii with extensive drug resistance.

Patient Concerns: A 46-year-old male (Case 1) with craniocerebral injury underwent emergency decompressive craniectomy, but his condition deteriorated further and presented with discontinuous fever, small moist rales on both lungs, and respiratory failure.

Proteomic Analysis of the Supernatant from Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells under High Glucose Conditions.

Diabetes mellitus hinders the process of bone regeneration by inhibiting the function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) through elevated glucose levels, thereby impeding osteointegration. The stem cell niche (SCN) plays a crucial role in determining the fate of stem cells by integrating various signals. However, the precise mechanism by which high glucose levels affect the SCN and subsequently influence the function of MSCs remains unclear.

Development and validation of novel immune-inflammation-based clinical predictive nomograms in HER2-negative advanced gastric cancer.

Purpose: To explore the predictive value of multiple immune-inflammatory biomarkers including serum VEGFA and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in HER2-negative advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and establish nomograms for predicting the first-line chemotherapeutic efficacy, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with this fatal disease.

Methods: From November 2017 to April 2022, 102 and 34 patients with a diagnosis of HER2-negative AGC at the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College were enrolled as development and validation cohorts, respectively. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the clinical value of the candidate indicators.

Accumulative Rolling Mg/PLLA Composite Membrane with Lamellar Heterostructure for Enhanced Bacteria Inhibition and Rapid Bone Regeneration.

Developing composite materials with optimized mechanics, degradation, and bioactivity for bone regeneration has long been a crucial mission. Herein, a multifunctional Mg/Poly-l-lactic acid (Mg/PLLA) composite membrane based on the "materials plain" concept through the accumulative rolling (AR) method is proposed. Results show that at a rolling ratio of 75%, the comprehensive mechanical properties of the membrane in the rolling direction are self-reinforced significantly (elongation at break ≈53.

Porous nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide-supported CuO@CuO hybrid electrodes for highly sensitive enzyme-free glucose biosensor.

Constructing high-performance enzyme-free biosensors for detecting glucose is essential to preliminary diabetes diagnosis. Here, copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO@CuO NPs) were anchored in porous nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (PNrGO) to construct CuO@CuO/PNrGO/GCE hybrid electrode for sensitive detection of glucose. Benefiting from the remarkable synergistic effects between the multiple high activation sites of CuO@CuO NPs and the dramatic properties of PNrGO with excellent conductivity and large surface area with many accessible pores, the hybrid electrode possesses outstanding glucose sensing performance that is far superior to those of pristine CuO@CuO electrode.

Facile and rapid determination of oxalic acid by fading spectrophotometry based on Fe(III)-sulfosalicylate as colorimetric chemosensor.

Spectrophotometry is an economic and rapid method for detecting oxalic acid (OA), while the reported methods have some drawbacks, such as narrow linear range, long response time, delicate operation and required expensive reagents. Herein, we found that the as-synthesized Fe(III)-sulfosalicylate (FeSSA) could be used as an efficient colorimetric chemosensor to detect OA, and the established FeSSA-based fading spectrophotometry showed prominent advantages over the existing ones in detecting OA. The as-established method has wider linear range of 0.

Complete mineralization of phenolic compounds in visible-light-driven photocatalytic ozonation with single-crystal WO nanosheets: Performance and mechanism investigation.

Complete mineralization of phenolic compounds into CO and HO is desirable for removing them in wastewater, but it is challenging due to the generated recalcitrant intermediates, which requires highly effective advanced oxidation process with proper catalysts. Herein, we found that single-crystal WO nanosheets (NSs)-based photocatalytic ozonation (PCO) can realize complete mineralization of phenols (phenol and 2-chlorophenol) under visible light irradiation. Almost 100% mineralization ratio of phenols was achieved through WO NSs-based PCO system within short time.

Approximation capabilities of neural networks on unbounded domains.

There is limited study in the literature on the representability of neural networks on unbounded domains. For some application areas, results in this direction provide additional value in the design of learning systems. Motivated by an old option pricing problem, we are led to the study of this subject.

A Comparative Study of Seminars Combined with Case-Based Learning versus Lecture-Based Learning for Cancer Pain Teaching in Medical Oncology Internship.

Purpose: To determine whether the teaching method of seminars combined with case-based learning (CBL) is superior to the traditional lecture-based learning (LBL) for teaching cancer pain in medical oncology internship.

Methods: Sixty medical and nursing interns in the medical oncology department of our hospital were selected between January 2019 and December 2020. Thirty students received traditional LBL instruction as the control group, and 30 students received combined seminars and CBL instruction as the observation group.

Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Hierarchically Nanoporous Carbon and ZnCoO From a Single Biometallic Metal-Organic Frameworks (Zn/Co-MOF).

Metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived nanoporous carbons (NPCs) and porous metal oxide nanostructures or nanocomposites have gathered considerable interest due to their potential use in supercapacitor (SCs) applications, owing to their precise control over porous architectures, pore volumes, and surface area. Bimetallic MOFs could provide rich redox reactions deriving from improved charge transfer between different metal ions, so their supercapacitor performance could be further greatly enhanced. In this study, "One-for-All" strategy is adopted to synthesize both positive and negative electrodes for hybrid asymmetric SCs (ASCs) from a single bimetallic MOF.

One-step green fabrication of hierarchically porous hollow carbon nanospheres (HCNSs) from raw biomass: Formation mechanisms and supercapacitor applications.

Hierarchical porous hollow carbon nanospheres (HCNSs) were fabricated directly from raw biomass via a one-step method, in which HCNSs were obtained by thermal treatment of raw biomass in the presence of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The HCNSs possess coupling merits of uniformly distributed hollow spherical architectures, and high specific surface area, abundant accessible/open micropores and reasonable mesopores, the HCNS-based electrodes deliver high electrochemical capacitance. The formation mechanisms of pores and hollow core-shell structures were explored thoroughly, it is found that the key to the formation of hollow core-shell structure is the onset-pyrolysis temperature difference between raw biomass and PTFE.

Insight into the Intermolecular Interaction and Free Radical Polymerizability of Methacrylates in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.

High pressure in situ Fourier transfer infrared/near infrared technology (HP FTIR/NIR) along with theoretical calculation of density functional theory (DFT) method was employed. The solvation behaviors and the free radical homopolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA), methacrylate acid (MAA), trifluoromethyl methacrylate (MTFMA) and trifluoromethyl methacrylate acid (TFMAA) in scCO were systematically investigated. Interestingly, the previously proposed mechanism of intermolecular-interaction dynamically-induced solvation effect (IDISE) of monomer in scCO is expected to be well verified/corroborated in view that the predicted solubility order of the monomers in scCO via DFT calculation is ideally consistent with that observed via HP FTIR/NIR.

miR‑337‑3p inhibits gastric tumor metastasis by targeting ARHGAP10.

Several microRNAs (miRNAs) are known as regulatory molecules involved in gastric tumor metastasis. The expression of miR‑337‑3p was revealed to be downregulated in metastatic gastric tumor cells. Overexpression of miR‑337‑3p in gastric cancer cells resulted in the reduction of their invasive abilities.

The antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity of a multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis isolate.

Elizabethkingia anophelis 12012-2 PRCM was isolated from a patient with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and lower respiratory tract infection in China. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) analysis demonstrated that it was resistant to 20 antibiotics including trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin, which were effective for the elimination of other Elizabethkingia infections. To investigate multidrug resistance and pathogenicity mechanisms, we analyzed genome features of 12012-2 PRCM and compared them to the other Elizabethkingia species.

Factors relevant to the prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer who received intensity-modulated radiotherapy.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical factors relevant to the prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer who received intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

Methods: The data of 60 patients admitted to our hospital from January 2014 to December 2015 with pathologically confirmed esophageal cancer were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received IMRT.

Comparative genomic analysis of Myroides odoratimimus isolates.

Myroides odoratimimus is an important nosocomial pathogen. Management of M. odoratimimus infection is difficult owing to the multidrug resistance and the unknown pathogenesis mechanisms.

Efficacy and Safety of Vinorelbine Plus Cisplatin vs. Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin for Treatment of Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer After Failure with Anthracyclines and Taxanes.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of vinorelbine plus cisplatin (NP regimen) vs. gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GP regimen) for treatment of metastatic TNBC after failure with anthracyclines and taxanes. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 48 patients with metastatic TNBC that failed in anthracyclines and taxanes treatment were enrolled and randomly grouped.