Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Influence of Facial Information Processing on Estimation Performance.

This study aimed to investigate the roles of facial information processing and math anxiety in estimation performance. Across three experiments, participants completed a two-digit multiplication estimation task under the conditions of emotion judgment (Experiment 1), identity judgment (Experiment 2), and combined emotion and identity judgment (Experiment 3). In the estimation task, participants used either the down-up or up-down problem to select approximate answers.

Twist angle dependent high degree of anisotropic emission and phonon scattering in WS/NbOCl heterostructures.

van der Waals (vdWs) heterostructures provide a superior platform to combine different low-dimensional materials together to tune their physical properties for different types of applications. Specifically, anisotropic heterostructures possess polarization-sensitive optical and electronic properties, which are highly needed in novel optoelectronic devices. However, the achieved degree of polarization (DOP) for the previously investigated heterostructure is relatively low and the induced polarization mechanism and key factors determining the DOP are still unclear.

Detection of human noroviruses in sewage by next generation sequencing in Shandong Province, 2019-2021.

Background: Human noroviruses are the major cause of acute gastroenteritis and exhibit considerable genetic diversity. Next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis based on environmental surveillance has been proved to be an effective method in norovirus surveillance.

Methods: Between January 2019 and December 2021, 36 sewage samples were collected and analyzed using real-time quantitative PCR to detect noroviruses.

Response of Soil Bacteria to Short-Term Nitrogen Addition in Nutrient-Poor Areas.

Increasing nitrogen (N) addition induces soil nutrient imbalances and is recognized as a major regulator of soil microbial communities. However, how soil bacterial abundance, diversity, and community composition respond to exogenous N addition in nutrient-poor and generally N-limited regions remains understudied. In this study, we investigated the effects of short-term exogenous N additions on soil bacterial communities using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Illumina Miseq sequencing in an in situ N addition field experiment.

Inorganic bioelectric system for nitrate removal with low NO production at cold temperatures of 4 and 10 °C.

Groundwater, essential for ecological stability and freshwater supply, faces escalating nitrate contamination. Traditional biological methods struggle with organic carbon scarcity and low temperatures, leading to an urgent need to explore efficient approaches for groundwater remediation. In this work, we proposed an inorganic bioelectric system designed to confront these challenges.

Human cytomegalovirus RNA2.7 inhibits ferroptosis by upregulating ferritin and GSH via promoting ZNF395 degradation.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a herpes virus with a long replication cycle. HCMV encoded long non-coding RNA termed RNA2.7 is the dominant transcript with a length of about 2.

Risk association model for atelectasis complication in pneumonia patients following standardized treatment.

Background: pneumonia (MPP) is a common disease of childhood pneumonia, and atelectasis is a serious comorbidity. Traditional diagnostic methods for MPP are limited by low accuracy, emphasizing the need for improved diagnostic approaches. This study aimed to establish a predictive scoring model for early detection of MPP complicated with atelectasis following standardized treatment.

Single-cell transcriptome reveals a novel mechanism of C-Kit-liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in NASH.

Aim: To understand how liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) respond to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Methods: We profiled single-LSEC from livers of control and MCD-fed mice. The functions of C-Kit-LSECs were determined using coculture and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) methods.

Causal relationship between gut microbiota and risk of esophageal cancer: evidence from Mendelian randomization study.

Background: The causative implications remain ambiguous. Consequently, this study aims to evaluate the putative causal relationship between gut microbiota and Esophageal cancer (EC).

Methods: The genome-wide association study (GWAS) pertaining to the microbiome, derived from the MiBioGen consortium-which consolidates 18,340 samples across 24 population-based cohorts-was utilized as the exposure dataset.

Environmental Surveillance of Human Astroviruses in Jinan City of China, 2020-2021.

Human astroviruses (HAstVs) are a significant etiological agent of acute gastroenteritis in children. In order to investigate the circulation of HAstVs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2-year environmental surveillance was conducted in Jinan between 2020 and 2021. A total of 24 sewage samples were collected and concentrated.

Regression of Liver Fibrosis in Patients on Hepatitis B Therapy Is Associated With Decreased Liver-Related Events.

Background & Aims: Liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B can regress with successful antiviral therapy. However, the long-term clinical benefits of fibrosis regression have not been fully elucidated. This study investigated the association between biopsy-proven fibrosis regression by predominantly progressive, indeterminate, and predominantly regressive (P-I-R) score and liver-related events (LREs) in chronic hepatitis B patients.

Carvedilol Plus NUC for Patients With HBV-Compensated Cirrhosis Under Virological Suppression: A Randomized Open-Label Trial.

Introduction: Portal hypertension progression can be relieved after controlling the etiology of liver cirrhosis. Whether beta-blockers could additionally enhance the effects during treatment, particularly for small esophageal varices (EV), was unclear. This study aims to assess the efficacy of add-on carvedilol to delay EV progression during anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) treatment in HBV-related cirrhosis.

Durable organic nonlinear optical membranes for thermotolerant lightings and in vivo bioimaging.

Organic nonlinear optical materials have potential in applications such as lightings and bioimaging, but tend to have low photoluminescent quantum yields and are prone to lose the nonlinear optical activity. Herein, we demonstrate to weave large-area, flexible organic nonlinear optical membranes composed of 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4'-N'-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate@cyclodextrin host-guest supramolecular complex. These membranes exhibited a record high photoluminescence quantum yield of 73.

Vsig4 resident single-Kupffer cells improve hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in NASH.

Background: The role of macrophages in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is complex and unclear.

Methods: Single-cell RNA sequencing was performed on nonparenchymal cells isolated from NASH and control mice. The expression of Vsig4 macrophages was verified by qPCR, flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry.

Capsaicin receptor TRPV1 maintains quiescence of hepatic stellate cells in the liver via recruitment of SARM1.

Background & Aims: Capsaicin receptor, also known as transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), is involved in pain physiology and neurogenic inflammation. Herein, we discovered the presence of TRPV1 in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and aimed to delineate its function in this cell type and liver fibrosis.

Methods: TRPV1 expression was examined in liver biopsies from patients with liver fibrosis using quantitative real-time PCR and immunostaining.

Deciphering the role and mechanism of nano zero-valent iron on medium chain fatty acids production from CO via chain elongation in microbial electrosynthesis.

The integrated system of microbial electrosynthesis (MES) coupled with chain elongation has been considered a promising platform for carboxylic acids production. However, this biotechnology is still in its infancy, and many limitations are needed to be transcended, such as low electron transfer efficiency between cathode and microbes. In this study, nano zero-valent iron (NZVI) was employed to improve carboxylic acid production in the integrated system, and the promotion mechanisms were revealed.

The oncogenic miR-27a/BTG2 axis promotes obesity-associated hepatocellular carcinoma by mediating mitochondrial dysfunction.

Obesity is closely related to the initiation and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The regulatory mechanism of obesity-associated HCC remains unclear. HepG2 cells treated with palmitic acid (PA) and diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced HCC mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) were established.

CircRNA608-microRNA222-PINK1 axis regulates the mitophagy of hepatic stellate cells in NASH related fibrosis.

Background: Increasing evidences have confirmed the relationship between mitophagy and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The exact mechanism of upstream circular RNAs (circRNAs) regulating PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) mediated mitophagy and its contribution to NASH-related liver fibrosis was explored in our study.

Methods: Primary hepatic stellate cells (PHSCs) from C57BL/6 mice transfected with small interfering RNAs against PINK1 (si-PINK1) and negative control (si-NC) were prepared to perform circRNA sequence.

Electrochemical and microbiological response of exoelectrogenic biofilm to polyethylene microplastics in water.

Exoelectrogenic biofilm and the associated microbial electrochemical processes have recently been intensively studied for water treatment, but their response to and interaction with polyethylene (PE) microplastics which are widespread in various aquatic environments has never been reported. Here, we investigated how and to what extent PE microplastics would affect the electrochemistry and microbiology of exoelectrogenic biofilm in both microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). When the PE microplastics concentration was increased from 0 to 75 mg/L in the MECs, an apparent decline in the maximum current density (from 1.

Hepatocyte-derived exosomal miR-27a activateshepatic stellate cells through the inhibitionof PINK1-mediated mitophagy in MAFLD.

The role of exosome-mediated mitophagy in the crosstalk between hepatocytes (HCs) and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) remains unknown. Serum exosomal miR-27a levels were markedly increased and positively correlated with liver fibrosis in MAFLD patients and mice. Exosomal miR-27a was released from lipotoxic HCs and specifically transmitted to recipient-activated HSCs.

Health-related quality of life improves after entecavir treatment in patients with compensated HBV cirrhosis.

Background And Aim: Antiviral therapy is effective in decreasing disease progression in HBV cirrhosis. However, the long-term effect of antiviral therapy on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with compensated HBV cirrhosis is unknown.

Methods: The patients with compensated HBV cirrhosis enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of entecavir-based therapy were recruited in the present study, if they had HRQoL score at 5-year follow-up or who developed liver-related events (LRE) during follow-up were included.

TE-HI-GCN: An Ensemble of Transfer Hierarchical Graph Convolutional Networks for Disorder Diagnosis.

Accurate diagnosis of psychiatric disorders plays a critical role in improving the quality of life for patients and potentially supports the development of new treatments. Graph convolutional networks (GCNs) are shown to be successful in modeling applications with graph structures. However, training an accurate GCNs model for brain networks faces several challenges, including high dimensional and noisy correlation in the brain networks, limited labeled training data, and depth limitation of GCN learning.

A novel persulfate-photo-bioelectrochemical hybrid system promoting the degradation of refractory micropollutants at neutral pH.

Bio-electro-Fenton is emerging as an alternative technology for the efficient and cost-effective removal of refractory micropollutants. Though promising, there are still several challenges that limit its wide application, including acidic operating conditions (pH at 2-3), the addition of supporting electrolytes (e.g.