Clinical and Topographic Screening for Scoliosis in Children Participating in Routine Sports: A Prevalence and Accuracy Study in a Spanish Population.

: Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a common spinal deformity affecting 0.5% to 5.2% of children worldwide, with a higher reported range in Spain (0.

Spontaneous resolution of synovial lumbar cyst presented with severe symptoms: a case report.

Introduction: Spinal cysts have traditionally been treated with surgery since it was first described in 1950. However, there have been rare instances where these cysts have resolved on their own without the need for surgical intervention. Here, we discuss the 27th reported case of such spontaneous resolution in the medical literature and delve into the details of this unique case.

Genome-wide association analysis identifies candidates of three bulb traits in garlic.

Garlic bulbs generally possess several swelling cloves, and the swelling degree of the bulbs determines its yield and appearance quality. However, the genetic basis underlying bulb traits remains poorly known. To address this issue, we performed a genome-wide association analysis for three bulb traits: bulb weight, diameter, and height.

SnS Nanoparticles Embedded in BiVO Surfaces via Eutectic Decomposition for Enhanced Performance in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

BiVO has garnered substantial interest as a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical water-splitting due to its narrow band gap and appropriate band edge positions for water oxidation. Nevertheless, its practical use has been impeded by poor charge transport and sluggish water oxidation kinetics. Here, a hybrid composite photoanode is fabricated by uniformly embedding SnS nanoparticles near the surface of a BiVO thin film, creating a type II heterostructure with strong interactions between the nanoparticles and the film for efficient charge separation.

Massive cystic falcine meningioma presented with slight symptoms: a case report.

Introduction And Importance: Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors while their presence with cysts is relatively low. In general, large ones usually present with severe symptoms and have a high recurrence rate even after total resection which is also difficult.

Case Presentation: The authors present a case of an elderly patient with a large Falcine meningioma associated with peritumoral cysts.

Clinical utility, reproducibility, and radiologist acceptance of ILD-RADS.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical utility, reproducibility, and radiologists' acceptance of the Interstitial Lung Disease Imaging-Reporting and Data System (ILD-RADS).

Method: In this single-institutional retrospective study, three radiologists independently reviewed the chest high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans of 111 consecutive patients diagnosed with ILDs. They assessed the HRCT pulmonary features using the ILD-RADS template and assigned an ILD-RADS category (1-4) to each scan based on the identified imaging pattern.

Maximizing Photoelectrochemical Performance in Metal-Oxide Hybrid Composites via Amorphous Exsolution-A New Exsolution Mechanism for Heterogeneous Catalysis.

Exsolution generates metal nanoparticles anchored within crystalline oxide supports, ensuring efficient exposure, uniform dispersion, and strong nanoparticle-perovskite interactions. Increased doping level in the perovskite is essential for further enhancing performance in renewable energy applications; however, this is constrained by limited surface exsolution, structural instability, and sluggish charge transfer. Here, hybrid composites are fabricated by vacuum-annealing a solution containing SrTiO photoanode and Co cocatalyst precursors for photoelectrochemical water-splitting.

Responses of Pea ( L.) to Single and Consortium Bio-Fertilizers in Clay and Newly Reclaimed Soils.

The huge development of climatic change highly affects our crop production and soil fertility. Also, the rise in the uncontrolled, excessive use of chemical fertilizers diminishes the soil prosperity and generates pollutants, threatening all environmental life forms, including us. Replacement of these chemical fertilizers with natural ones is becoming an inevitable environmental strategy.

The Cardioprotective Effect of Vitamin D in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Doxorubicin Based Chemotherapy.

Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the potential protective effect of Vitamin D (Vit D) on DOX induced cardio toxicity (DIC) in early breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant DOX based chemotherapy (AC). The secondary objective was to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of Vit D by measuring serum IL-6 and its correlation with cardio toxicity.

Methods: This study was carried out on 150 newly diagnosed women with breast cancer who were planned to receive four cycles of adjuvant AC chemotherapy regimen (60 mg/m DOX and 600 mg/m cyclophosphamide) every 21 days.

Current Status of Cellulosic and Nanocellulosic Materials for Oil Spill Cleanup.

Recent developments in the application of lignocellulosic materials for oil spill removal are discussed in this review article. The types of lignocellulosic substrate material and their different chemical and physical modification strategies and basic preparation techniques are presented. The morphological features and the related separation mechanisms of the materials are summarized.

Linear and non-linear feature extraction from rat electrocorticograms for seizure detection by support vector machine.

Seizures, the main symptom of epilepsy, are provoked due to a neurological disorder that underlies the disease. The accurate detection of seizures is a crucial step in any procedure of treatment. In the present study, electrocorticogram (ECoG) signals were recorded from awake and freely moving animals implanted with cortical electrodes before and after pentylenetetrazol, the chemo-convulsant injection.

GaN Nanowire Growth Promoted by In-Ga-Au Alloy Catalyst with Emphasis on Agglomeration Temperature and In Composition.

The crystallographic orientation control of GaN nanowires (NWs) has been widely investigated by varying the V-III ratio. Here, we report the tuning of crystallographic orientation of GaN NWs by varying the composition of indium (In) in gallium-gold (Ga-Au) alloy catalyst using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The c-plane GaN thin film and sapphire substrate are used as growth templates.

Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals that brassinosteroid-mediated lignification plays an important role in garlic adaption to salt stress.

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an economically important vegetable crop which is used worldwide for culinary and medicinal purposes. Soil salinity constrains the yield components of garlic.

Epitaxial Growth of GaN Core and InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well Core/Shell Nanowires on a Thermally Conductive Beryllium Oxide Substrate.

Beryllium oxide (BeO) belongs to a very unique material family that exhibits the divergent properties of high thermal conductivity and high electrical resistivity. BeO has the same crystal structure as GaN, and the absolute difference in the lattice constants is less than 17%. Here, the growth of GaN nanowires (NWs) on the polycrystalline BeO substrate is reported for the first time.

Effects of genotypes and explants on garlic callus production and endogenous hormones.

High callus production is a feasible way to improve the propagation coefficient of garlic. It remains unknown how genotypes and explants affect garlic callus formation. In the present investigation, we found that there were significant differences in callus formation among garlic varieties.

Three-dimensional hierarchical semi-polar GaN/InGaN MQW coaxial nanowires on a patterned Si nanowire template.

We have demonstrated for the first time the hybrid development of next-generation 3-D hierarchical GaN/InGaN multiple-quantum-well nanowires on a patterned Si nanowire-template. The patterned Si nanowire-template is fabricated using metal-assisted chemical-etching, and the conformal growth of the GaN/InGaN multiple-quantum-well (MQW) coaxial nanowires is conducted using metal-organic-chemical-vapor-deposition by the two-step growth approach of vapor-liquid-solid for the GaN core and vapor-solid for the GaN/InGaN MQW shells. The growth directions of the GaN nanowires are confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction patterns.

Transferred monolayer MoS onto GaN for heterostructure photoanode: Toward stable and efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC-WS) using semiconductor photoelectrodes is considered a promising solution for sustainable, renewable, clean, safe and alternative energy sources such as hydrogen. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a novel heterostructure MoS/GaN to be used as a photoanode for PEC-WS. The heterostructure was synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of single crystalline GaN onto a c-plane sapphire substrate, followed by the deposition of a visible light responding MoS monolayer (E = 1.

Enhanced stability of piezoelectric nanogenerator based on GaN/VO core-shell nanowires with capacitive contact.

Enhanced stability of a piezoelectric nanogenerator (PNG) was demonstrated using c- and m-axis GaN/VO core-shell nanowires (NWs) by analyzing the capacitive coupling of the PNG's output. The NW array grown on GaN thin film was embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix, following which the matrix was transferred to an indium (In)-coated PET substrate for achieving superior flexibility of the PNG. The stability of the PNG was enhanced by holding the NW PDMS composite with a PDMS polymer as a bonding material on the PET substrate.

RF Energy Harvesting IoT System for Museum Ambience Control with Deep Learning.

Museum contents are vulnerable to bad ambience conditions and human vandalization. Preserving the contents of museums is a duty towards humanity. In this paper, we develop an Internet of Things (IoT)-based system for museum monitoring and control.

Low-Power Hardware Implementation of a Support Vector Machine Training and Classification for Neural Seizure Detection.

In this paper, a low power support vector machine (SVM) training, feature extraction, and classification algorithm are hardware implemented in a neural seizure detection application. The training algorithm used is the sequential minimal optimization (SMO) algorithm. The system is implemented on different platforms: such as field programmable gate array (FPGA), Xilinx Virtex-7 and application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) using hardware-calibrated UMC 65 nm CMOS technology.

Type-II ZnO/ZnS core-shell nanowires: Earth-abundant photoanode for solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting.

A core-shell structure, formed in a nanostructured photoanode, is an effective strategy to achieve high solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency. In this study, we present a facile and simple synthesis of a unique vertically aligned ZnO/ZnS core-shell heterostructure nanowires (NWs) on a Si substrate. Well-aligned ZnO NWs were grown on Si (100) substrates on a low-temperature ZnO buffer layer by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition.

Comparative mechanical analysis of deep brain stimulation electrodes.

The new field of neuro-prosthetics focuses on the design and implementation of neural prostheses to restore some of the lost neural functions. The electrode-tissue contacts remain one of the major obstacles of neural prostheses microstructure. Recently, Microelectrode fabrication techniques have been developed to have a long-term and stable interface with the brain.

Stable and High Piezoelectric Output of GaN Nanowire-Based Lead-Free Piezoelectric Nanogenerator by Suppression of Internal Screening.

A piezoelectric nanogenerator (PNG) that is based on c-axis GaN nanowires is fabricated on flexible substrate. In this regard, c-axis GaN nanowires were grown on GaN substrate using the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) technique by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Further, Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was coated on nanowire-arrays then PDMS matrix embedded with GaN nanowire-arrays was transferred on Si-rubber substrate.