Enhanced Piezoelectric Performance of Highly-Aligned ZnO Nanorods Embedded in P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofiber Membranes.

Flexible and wearable electronics often rely on piezoelectric materials, and Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) membranes are popular for this application. However, their electromechanical performance is limited due to a relatively low piezoelectric coefficient. To address this, this study investigates the incorporation of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (NRs) into a P(VDF-TrFE) nanofiber membrane matrix.

Investigation of cell development and tissue structure network based on natural Language processing of scRNA-seq data.

Background: Single-cell multi-omics technologies, particularly single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), have revolutionized our understanding of cellular heterogeneity and development by providing insights into gene expression at the single-cell level. Investigating the influence of genes on cellular behavior is crucial for elucidating cell fate determination and differentiation, cell development processes, and disease mechanisms.

Methods: Inspired by NLP, we present a novel scRNA-seq analysis method that treats genes as analogous to words.

A case of Vagococcus fluvialis isolated from the bile of a patient with calculous cholecystitis.

Background: Chronic cholecystitis, characterized by persistent inflammation of the gallbladder, predominantly stems from the prolonged presence of gallstones. Calculous cholecystitis has demonstrated a consistent escalation in its incidence over time.Gallbladder stones have been recognized as a predisposing factor for the development of biliary tract infections.

High-Performance Infrared Detectors Based on Black Phosphorus/Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions.

Infrared detectors have broad application prospects in the fields of detection and communication. Using ideal materials and good device structure is crucial for achieving high-performance infrared detectors. Here, we utilized black phosphorus (BP) and single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films to construct a vertical van der Waals heterostructure, resulting in high-performance photovoltaic infrared detectors.

Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors with Improved Contact via Localized Joule Heating.

Two-dimensional (2D) black phosphorus (BP) is considered an ideal building block for field-effect transistors (FETs) owing to its unique structure and intriguing properties. To achieve high-performance BP-FETs, it is essential to establish a reliable and low-resistance contact between the BP and the electrodes. In this study, we employed a localized Joule heating method to improve the contact between the 2D BP and gold electrodes, resulting in enhanced BP-FET performance.

A kind of planar waveguides for cheating the high-speed digital signals into misidentifying the characteristic impedance.

Since a planar periodic transmission line can suppress drastically the electromagnetic coupling, it would be advantageous to use such a kind of transmission lines in solving the problem of miniaturization of circuit area. By adjusting the lattice constants and geometric parameters of periodic microstrip lines, a time domain characteristic impedance that is the same as that of conventional microstrip lines (CMLs) can be achieved. Such periodic microstrip lines can therefore be used to trick high-speed digital signals, causing a digital signal to misjudge the time domain characteristic impedance of the transmission lines.

A Case of Isolated from Blood of a Patient with Coronary Heart Disease Complicated with Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Introduction: has been known to cause various human infections. It is naturally resistant to vancomycin and is difficult to identify using traditional methods, which may lead to misidentification and delay treatment.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 42-year-old male patient with gastrointestinal bleeding and coronary heart disease who developed sepsis caused by .

High-Sensitive Wearable Strain Sensors Based on the Carbon Nanotubes@Porous Soft Silicone Elastomer with Excellent Stretchability, Durability, and Biocompatibility.

Wearable strain sensors can transfer human physical motions into digital features and connect the real world to the virtual world. However, there is still a huge challenge to prepare breathable strain sensors with good sensitivity, stretchability, softness, durability, and biocompatibility, simultaneously. Herein, we employ the soft silicone elastomer as a highly stretchable substrate and propose a new strain sensor based on the carbon nanotubes@porous soft silicone elastomer (CNTs@PSSE) by salt-template-assisted and dip-coating methods.

Biomimetic Self-Assembling Metal-Organic Architectures with Non-Iridescent Structural Coloration for Synergetic Antibacterial and Osteogenic Activity of Implants.

Materials in nature feature versatile and programmable interactions to render macroscopic architectures with multiscale structural arrangements. By rationally combining metal-carboxylate and metal-organophosphate coordination interactions, Au(MHA) (MHA, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid) nanocluster self-assembled structural color coating films and phytic acid (PA)-metal coordination complexes are sequentially constructed on the surface of titanium implants. The Lewis acid-base coordination principle applies for these metal-organic coordination networks.

ExoSD chips for high-purity immunomagnetic separation and high-sensitivity detection of gastric cancer cell-derived exosomes.

Gastric cancer cell-derived exosomes as biomarkers have a very high application potential to the non-invasive detection of early-stage gastric cancer. However, the small size of exosomes (30-150 nm) results in huge challenges in separating and detecting them from complex media (e.g.

Ag-Modified 3D Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogel-Based Sensor with an Embedded Microheater for a Fast Response and High-Sensitive Detection of NO.

A chemiresistive gas sensor based on a three-dimensional Ag-modified reduced graphene oxide (3D Ag-rGO) aerogel is reported. We improve the graphene-based sensor performance by optimization of operating temperature, chemical modification, and new design of the material geometrical structure. The self-assembly and Ag nanoparticle (NP) decoration of the Ag-rGO aerogel are realized by a facile, one-step hydrothermal method.

Progress in Microfluidics-Based Exosome Separation and Detection Technologies for Diagnostic Applications.

Exosomes are secreted by most cell types and circulate in body fluids. Recent studies have revealed that exosomes play a significant role in intercellular communication and are closely associated with the pathogenesis of disease. Therefore, exosomes are considered promising biomarkers for disease diagnosis.

p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis sensitizes drug-resistant U251 glioblastoma stem cells to temozolomide through enhanced apoptosis.

Malignant glioma is a highly aggressive brain tumor with a poor prognosis. Chemotherapy has been observed to prolong overall survival rate and temozolomide (TMZ), a promising chemotherapeutic agent for treating glioblastoma (GBM), possesses the most effective clinical activity at present, although drug resistance limits its clinical outcome. Growing evidence supports the concept that initial and recurrent GBM may derive from glioblastoma stem cells, which may be responsible for drug resistance.

[Repair of degloving injury of fingertip with vascular pedicled cross finger flap].

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of cross finger flap pedicled with the dorsal branch of proper digital artery in repairing degloving injury of the fingertip.

Methods: Between January 2010 and June 2012, 13 cases of degloving injury of single fingertip were treated, including 9 males and 4 females with an average age of 33.6 years (range, 17-46 years).

[Efficacy of albendazole orally administered at different dosages against Trichinella spiralis encapsulated larvae in mice].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of albendazole (ABZ) orally administered at different dosages against Trichinella spiralis encapsulated larvae in striated muscle in mice.

Methods: A total of 72 BALB/c mice were divided equally into 9 groups. Each mouse was infected orally with 50 T.