The Burden of Peripheral Artery Disease in China From 1990 to 2019 and Forecasts for 2030: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Objectives: The incidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in China is increasing. We aim to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the burden of PAD.

Methods: We collected information from 1990 to 2019 in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2019) study.

Janus Photothermal Films with Orientated Plasmonic Particle-in-Cavity Surfaces Enabling Heat Control in Solar-Thermal-Electric Generators.

Solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) consisting of solar absorbers and thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can utilize solar energy to generate electrical power. However, performances of STEGs are limited by the heat losses of solar absorbers in air, which become more and more significant with an increase in the solar absorbing area. Herein, we describe the preparation of Au@AgPd nanostructure monolayer/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) Janus photothermal films with broadband plasmonic absorption in the visible and near-infrared regions.

Protein-guided biomimetic nanomaterials: a versatile theranostic nanoplatform for biomedical applications.

Over the years, bioinspired mineralization-based approaches have been applied to synthesize multifunctional organic-inorganic nanocomposites. These nanocomposites can address the growing demands of modern biomedical applications. Proteins, serving as vital biological templates, play a pivotal role in the nucleation and growth processes of various organic-inorganic nanocomposites.

Systematic pan-cancer analysis of RNF186 with potential implications in progression and prognosis in human cancer.

Aims: Cancer remains a significant global public health issue. There is growing proof that Ring Finger Protein 186 (RNF186) may play a function in pan-cancer, however, this has not yet been thoroughly determined. This study aims to analyze RNF186 with potential implications in progression and prognosis in human cancer.

Trauma THOMPSON: Clinical Decision Support for the Frontline Medic.

Introduction: U.S. Military healthcare providers increasingly perform prolonged casualty care because of operations in settings with prolonged evacuation times.

Staphylococcus epidermidis activates keratinocyte cytokine expression and promotes skin inflammation through the production of phenol-soluble modulins.

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common microbe on human skin and has beneficial functions in the skin microbiome. However, under conditions of allergic inflammation, the abundance of S. epidermidis increases, establishing potential danger to the epidermis.

The Notch Signaling Pathway Contributes to Angiogenesis and Tumor Immunity in Breast Cancer.

Breast cancer in women is the first leading tumor in terms of incidence worldwide. Some subtypes of BC lack distinct molecular targets and exhibit therapeutic resistance; these patients have a poor prognosis. Thus, the search for new molecular targets is an ongoing challenge for BC therapy.

Benth Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression by Inducing the DNA Damage Pathway.

Objective: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is distinguished by early recurrence and metastases, a high proclivity for treatment resistance, and a lack of targeted medicines, highlighting the importance of developing innovative therapeutic techniques. Benth (SCH) has been widely studied for its anticancer properties in a variety of cancers. However, its significance in TNBC treatment is rarely discussed.

MnO-coated porous Pt@CeO core-shell nanostructures for photoacoustic imaging-guided tri-modal cancer therapy.

We describe the synthesis of MnO-coated porous Pt@CeO core-shell nanostructures (Pt@CeO@MnO) as a new theranostic nano-platform. The porous Pt cores endow the core-shell nanostructures with high photothermal conversion efficiency (80%) in the near-infrared region, allowing for photothermal therapy (PTT) and photoacoustic imaging (PA) of tumors. The combination of the Pt core and porous CeO interlayer enhances the separation of photo-generated electrons and holes, which is beneficial for the generation of singlet oxygen.

(Gold nanorod core)/(poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene) shell) nanostructures and their monolayer arrays for plasmonic switching.

(Gold nanorod core)/(poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene) (PEDOT) shell) nanostructures are prepared by the surfactant-assisted oxidative polymerization of 3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene on the surface of gold nanorods (NRs). The PEDOT shell exhibits distinct dielectric properties at doped and undoped states, which allows the manipulation of plasmonic responses of the Au nanorod core. The shift in plasmon resonance induced by the dedoping of PEDOT is found to be associated with the overlap between the plasmon resonance band of the core/shell nanostructure and the spectral region where the largest refractive index variation of PEDOT occurs, as well as with the type of the dedopant.

Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Modified Anode via Graft Polymerization and Self-Assembling for Microbial Fuel Cells.

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are promising devices for sustainable energy production, wastewater treatment and biosensors. Anode materials directly interact with electricigens and accept electrons between cells, playing an important role in determining the performance of MFCs. In this study, a novel carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposite film modified Indium-tin oxide (ITO) anode was fabricated through graft polymerization of PANI after the modification of γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) on ITO substrate, which was followed by layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembling of CNTs and PANI alternatively on its surface.

Active Plasmonics: Principles, Structures, and Applications.

Active plasmonics is a burgeoning and challenging subfield of plasmonics. It exploits the active control of surface plasmon resonance. In this review, a first-ever in-depth description of the theoretical relationship between surface plasmon resonance and its affecting factors, which forms the basis for active plasmon control, will be presented.

Investigation of silk fibroin nanoparticle-decorated poly(l-lactic acid) composite scaffolds for osteoblast growth and differentiation.

Attempts to reflect the physiology of organs is quite an intricacy during the tissue engineering process. An ideal scaffold and its surface topography can address and manipulate the cell behavior during the regeneration of targeted tissue, affecting the cell growth and differentiation significantly. Herein, silk fibroin (SF) nanoparticles were incorporated into poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) to prepare composite scaffolds via phase-inversion technique using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO).

Active Electrochemical Plasmonic Switching on Polyaniline-Coated Gold Nanocrystals.

High-performance electrochemical plasmonic switching is realized on both single-particle and ensemble levels by coating polyaniline on colloidal gold nanocrystals through surfactant-assisted oxidative polymerization. Under small applied potentials, the core@shell nanostructures exhibit reversible plasmon shifts as large as 150 nm, a switching time of less than 10 ms, and a high switching stability.

Switching plasmon coupling through the formation of dimers from polyaniline-coated gold nanospheres.

Active modulation of the plasmon coupling in homodimers of polyaniline (PANI)-coated Au nanospheres is achieved by changing the proton-doping state of the PANI shell. Such a PANI-enabled modulation of the plasmon coupling in the dimers gives rise to remarkable spectral shifts, which show an exponential dependence on the interparticle gap distance. For the dimer with a 10 nm PANI shell thickness and a 0.

(Gold nanorod core)/(polyaniline shell) plasmonic switches with large plasmon shifts and modulation depths.

(Gold nanorod core)/(polyaniline shell) nanostructures are prepared for functioning as active plasmonic switches. The single core/shell nanostructures exhibit a remarkable switching performance, with the modulation depth and scattering peak shift reaching 10 dB and 100 nm, respectively. The nanostructures are also deposited on substrates to form macroscale monolayers with remarkable ensemble plasmonic switching performances.

Polyaniline nanofibers assembled on alginate microsphere for Cu2+ and Pb2+ uptake.

Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers were assembled on the micro- or millimeter-scale calcium alginate (CA) beads by "competitive adsorption-restricted polymerization" approach. The CA beads made the dimensional expansion of PANI nanofibers evident, which overcame the serious aggregation of PANI nanofibers and benefited the practical operation of PANI nanofibers. Batch adsorption results showed that the millimeter-scale CA beads decorated by PANI nanofibers had high affinity to Cu(2+) and Pb(2+) in aqueous solutions.

CuO based inorganic-organic hybrid nanowires: a new type of highly sensitive humidity sensor.

The organic surfactant template method has been widely used for the preparation of CuO nanorods, nanotubes and nanowires. However, the surfactants in this system have no effect on the properties of the final products because they are flushed away. In this work, we used this method to synthesize a novel type of inorganic-organic hybrid nanowire via the hybridization between CuO and amphiphilic oligomer octadecyl, polyethylene glycol di-butenetrioate (O-B-EG-B).