Near infrared mechanoluminescence (NIR-ML) materials have attracted the attention of researchers due to their unique advantages, such as high resistance to bright-field interference and higher penetration depth into biological tissues. However, the reported NIR-ML materials are mainly rare-ion-activated narrow-band emitters. In this work, we report a NIR-ML material of BaGaO:Cr by a solid state reaction method.
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February 2025
Flexible sensors have attracted great attention because of their important applications in many areas. It is important to monitor the surface of starch-based food during food processing because it can provide key information related to the appearance, texture level, and chewiness of the food. However, there is no report on real-time monitoring of the surface of steamed bread in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe hybrid magnetic heterostructures and superlattices, composed of organic and inorganic materials, have shown great potential for quantum computing and next-generation information technology. Organic materials generally possess designable structural motifs and versatile optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, but are too delicate for robust integration into solid-state devices. In contrast, inorganic systems provide robust solid-state interface and excellent electronic properties but with limited customization space.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF, renowned for its ability to hyperaccumulate arsenic, presents a promising solution to the escalating issue of global soil arsenic contamination. This fern cultivates a unique underground microbial community to enhance its environmental adaptability. However, our understanding of the assembly process and the long-term ecological impacts of this community remains limited, hindering the development of effective soil remediation strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We examined whether early medical factors predicted variability in developmental level and trajectories in high-risk neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates during the first year of life.
Method: Infants (n = 53) who met criteria for the High-Risk Infant Follow-up Program were enrolled. Simple linear models predicted 12-month developmental abilities and linear mixed models predicted 6- to 12-month trajectories based on length of NICU stay and birthweight.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tend to experience greater difficulties with social communication and sensory information processing. Of particular interest in ASD biomarker research is the study of visual attention, effectively quantified in eye tracking (ET) experiments. Eye tracking offers a powerful, safe, and feasible platform for gaining insights into attentional processes by measuring moment-by-moment gaze patterns in response to stimuli.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVenous blood collection is a widely used medical diagnostic technique, and with rapid advancements in robotics, robotic venous blood collection has the potential to replace traditional manual methods. The success of this robotic approach is heavily dependent on the quality of vein imaging. In this paper, we develop a vein imaging device based on the simulation analysis of vein imaging parameters and propose a U-Net+ResNet18 neural network for vein image segmentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrystalline solids typically show robust long-range structural ordering, vital for their remarkable electronic properties and use in functional electronics, albeit with limited customization space. By contrast, synthetic molecular systems provide highly tunable structural topologies and versatile functionalities but are often too delicate for scalable electronic integration. Combining these two systems could harness the strengths of both, yet realizing this integration is challenging owing to distinct chemical bonding structures and processing conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSanhua Decoction (SHD) is a classic prescription for the treatment of stroke in the clinic. Based on the combination strategy in vitro and in vivo, the chemical constituents of SHD were characterized by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry, and the metabolites of five effective anthraquinone aglycones (emodin, chrysophanol, rhein, aloe-emodin, and physcion) of rhubarb in SHD were studied. A total of 222 compounds were isolated and identified in vitro, including 50 flavonoids and their glycosides, 41 coumarins, 22 anthraquinones, 22 tannins, 14 phenylpropanoids, 16 alkaloids, 18 organic acids and their esters, 14 lignans, six anthrones, and 19 other compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Bronchiectasis patients are prone to infection due to decreased level of sphingosine in airway. Adiponectin receptor agonist AdipoRon activates the intrinsic ceramidase activity of adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1) and positively regulates sphingosine metabolism. This study aimed to investigate the potential therapeutic benefit of AdipoRon against infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis research aimed to investigate the effects of dietary fructooligosaccharides (FOS) on attenuating the Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila)-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala. Fish were divided into three groups as follows: C1 (Control), T1 (A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndividuals with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis experience high mortality and excessive burden of hospitalizations over time relative to comparable Medicare patient cohorts without kidney failure. A key interest in this population is to understand the time-dynamic effects of multilevel risk factors that contribute to the correlated outcomes of longitudinal hospitalization and mortality. For this we utilize multilevel data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a national database that includes nearly all patients with ESKD, where repeated measurements/hospitalizations over time are nested in patients and patients are nested within (health service) regions across the contiguous U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraditional nitrogen fertilizers (TNF), such as urea, percolate easily in arid fields, posing low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and a high non-point pollution risk. Controlled-release fertilizers (CRF) exhibit significantly lower deep seepage, rendering it a favorable choice in arid fields due to its ability to enhance NUE through slow-release mechanisms. However, current models do not fully account for the soil nitrogen dynamics and crop interactions under controlled-release conditions, and lack quantification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLing Gui Zhu Gan decoction (LGZGD) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription that is widely used in cardiovascular disease clinical prevention and treatment with high efficacy. Recent studies have shown that LGZGD can also be used in hyperlipidemia (HL) intervention, but its pharmacodynamic material basis and its mechanisms remains unclear. This study aimed to reveal the protective effects of LGZGD on HL, elucidate the pharmacodynamic material basis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The depth of fertilizer application significantly influences soil nitrate concentration (SNC), sunflower root length density (RLD), sunflower nitrogen uptake (SNU), and yield. However, current studies cannot precisely capture subtle nutrient variations between soil layers and their complex relationships with root growth. They also struggle to assess the impact of different fertilizer application depths on sunflower root development and distribution as well as their response to the spatial and temporal distribution of nutrients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Med Robot
August 2024
Background: Master-slave remote control technology allows patients to be treated promptly during transport and also reduces the risk of contagious infections. Endotracheal intubation, guided by endoscopy and a master-slave system, enables doctors to perform the procedure efficiently and accurately.
Methods: In this paper, we present the development of a master-slave controlled endotracheal intubation robot (EIR).
This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of sulforaphane (SFN) on liver injury induced by triphenyltin (TPT) in Cyprinus carpio (C. carpio). The fish (average weight of 56.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllergy Asthma Immunol Res
July 2024
Purpose: Asthma, an airway inflammatory disease, involves multiple tumor necrosis factors (TNF). TNF ligand superfamily member 11 (TNFSF11) and its known receptor, TNF receptor superfamily 11A (TNFRSF11A), has been implicated in asthma; however, the related mechanisms remain unknown.
Methods: The serum and bronchial airway of patients with asthma and healthy subjects were examined.
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol
November 2024
Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila) is one of the most pathogenic disease-causing bacteria, and causes massive death of animals including fish. Thus, strategies are being sought to ameliorate the impact of A.
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