Here we report a series of nitrogen-rich conjugated macrocycles that mimic the structure and function of semiconducting 2D metal-organic and covalent organic frameworks while providing greater solution processability and surface tunability. Using a new tetraaminotriphenylene building block that is compatible with both coordination chemistry and dynamic covalent chemistry reactions, we have synthesized two distinct macrocyclic cores containing Ni-N and phenazine-based linkages, respectively. The fully conjugated macrocycle cores support strong interlayer stacking and accessible nanochannels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impacts of insomnia and depression (as separated entities) have been well investigated in previous studies. However, little is known about the effect of comorbid insomnia and depression on HRQoL. This study aimed to assess the impacts of insomnia and depression, in combination or alone, on HRQoL in Australian adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRobot-assisted physical rehabilitation offers promising benefits for patients, yet its adoption among therapists remains a complex challenge. This study investigates the acceptance of robot-assisted physical rehabilitation technology among therapists in Vietnam, a middle-income country with a growing demand for rehabilitation services. Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model 2 (TAM2) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), an online survey and semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore therapists' attitudes and intentions towards using this technology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Child maltreatment is a pressing public health concern that poses long-lasting health and economic impacts on children and society. While several preventive interventions have demonstrated their effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of child maltreatment and its associated economic impacts, the cost-effectiveness of such interventions remains unclear.
Objective: This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview and a narrative synthesis of the available economic evidence on child maltreatment preventive interventions in both high-income and low-middle-income countries.
Objective: This systematic review updates an existing review examining the cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent and treat eating disorders (EDs).
Method: Literature search was conducted in Academic Search Complete, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EconLit, Global Health, ERIC, Health Business Elite, and Health Policy Reference Center electronic databases, capturing studies published between March 2017 to April 2023. Hand-searching was conducted as supplementary including gray literature search.
Coffee pulp is an abundant residue from the coffee industry, but it still contains large amounts of valuable compounds such as polyphenols. The extraction of polyphenols from coffee pulp by the conventional method is accompanied by contaminated compounds. This study, therefore, applied an aqueous two-phase system consisting of different ratios of ethanol/ammonium sulfate to eliminate impurities from coffee-pulp crude extract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(L.) (Acanthaceae) is a Vietnamese herb that is rich in anthocyanin, a natural colorant. However, the common extraction methods for this pigment often accompany with the presence of contaminated compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: After surviving from an acute phase of stroke, it is essential for stroke survivors to continue therapies to improve their function and quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of rehabilitation treatment on the society in economic aspect with evidence from a traditional hospital.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was carried out with patients who were being treated at Traditional Medicine Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City after experiencing a stroke.
Objective: Eczema, a chronic dermatologic disease, has been recognized as an economic burden in publications all over the word but only minimally as such in Vietnam. The aim of this prospective study was to quantify the financial hardships and impairments suffered by eczema patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional prevalence-based study involved 136 patients, whose conditions were classified into three severity levels on the basis of the medications that they were prescribed.
Objective: Health-related quality of life is an important factor when assessing the impairment of a disease and the benefit of treatment, especially eczema-a chronic dermatologic condition. The objective of this study is to express the distinction between quality of life and clinical characteristics of Vietnamese eczema patients pre- and posttreatment by using repeated measurement.
Methods: A before-and-after, prevalence-based study was conducted with a minimum sample size of 132 patients in a dermatology hospital in southern Vietnam.
Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen that uses actin-dependent motility to spread between human cells. Cell-to-cell spread involves the formation by motile bacteria of plasma membrane-derived structures termed 'protrusions'. In cultured enterocytes, the secreted Listeria protein InlC promotes protrusion formation by binding and inhibiting the human scaffolding protein Tuba.
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