Case report: Ultrasound-guided multi-site electroacupuncture stimulation for a patient with spinal cord injury.

Introduction: Spinal cord injury causes permanent neurological deficits, which have devastating physical, social, and vocational consequences for patients and their families. Traditional Chinese medicine uses acupuncture to treat neuropathic pain and improve nerve conduction velocity. This treatment can also reduce peripheral nerve injury joint contracture and muscle atrophy in affected patients.

An ultrasound-guided percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation regimen devised using finite element modeling promotes functional recovery after median nerve transection.

Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of an injured nerve can promote and accelerate peripheral nerve regeneration and improve function. When performing acupuncture and moxibustion, locating the injured nerve using ultrasound before percutaneous nerve stimulation can help prevent further injury to an already injured nerve. However, stimulation parameters have not been standardized.

Laminated three-dimensional carbon nanotube integrated circuits.

The fabrication procedure for each layer of the device in monolithic three-dimensional (3D) integration still follows the design philosophy of traditional planar silicon-based circuits, and such integrated circuits will ultimately be limited by the same scaling constraints that face silicon field-effect transistors. We report the direct formation of laminated 3D integrated circuits by the layer-by-layer stacking of each component through two different techniques. One is to use carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the channels of thin-film transistors because of their low-temperature fabrication and layer-to-layer transfer capabilities.

Patterning of Wafer-Scale MXene Films for High-Performance Image Sensor Arrays.

As a rapidly growing family of 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides, MXenes are recognized as promising materials for the development of future electronics and optoelectronics. So far, the reported patterning methods for MXene films lack efficiency, resolution, and compatibility, resulting in limited device integration and performance. Here, a high-performance MXene image sensor array fabricated by a wafer-scale combination patterning method of an MXene film is reported.

[Effect of methyl eugenol on hypoxia/reoxygenation injury of human renal tubular epithelial cells and its mechanism].

This study aimed to investigate the effect of methyl eugenol(ME) on hypoxia/reoxygenation(H/R)-induced injury of human renal tubular epithelial HK-2 cells and its mechanism. The viability of HK-2 cells cultured with different concentrations of ME and exposed to H/R was detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) assay. The effect of ME on the morphology of HK-2 cells was observed under an inverted microscope.

A flexible ultrasensitive optoelectronic sensor array for neuromorphic vision systems.

The challenges of developing neuromorphic vision systems inspired by the human eye come not only from how to recreate the flexibility, sophistication, and adaptability of animal systems, but also how to do so with computational efficiency and elegance. Similar to biological systems, these neuromorphic circuits integrate functions of image sensing, memory and processing into the device, and process continuous analog brightness signal in real-time. High-integration, flexibility and ultra-sensitivity are essential for practical artificial vision systems that attempt to emulate biological processing.

Intra-abdominal inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular dendritic cell sarcoma associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus: A case report and review of the literature.

Backgroud: Follicular dendritic cell (FDC) sarcomas are rare neoplasms that occur predominantly in the lymph nodes. They can also occur extranodally. Extranodal FDC sarcomas most commonly present as solitary masses.

A Flexible Carbon Nanotube Sen-Memory Device.

In a modern electronics system, charge-coupled devices and data storage devices are the two most indispensable components. Although there has been rapid and independent progress in their development during the last three decades, a cofunctionality of both sensing and memory at single-unit level is yet premature for flexible electronics. For wearable electronics that work in ultralow power conditions and involve strains, conventional sensing-and-memory systems suffer from low sensitivity and are not able to directly transform sensed information into sufficient memory.

The major zeaxanthin dipalmitate derivatives from wolfberry.

Zeaxanthin dipalmitate () and two zeaxanthin dipalmitate derivatives, including one new compound (), were obtained from wolfberry [the fruit of L. (Solanaceae)]. Their structures were unambiguously elucidated by spectroscopic analyses.

Phenylpropanoid glycosides from the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. and their bioactivity.

Fifteen phenylpropanoid glycosides, including six undescribed compounds were isolated from the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. (Solanaceae) (goji or wolfberry). Their structures were identified by detailed spectroscopic analyses.

Flexible 64 × 64 Pixel AMOLED Displays Driven by Uniform Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors.

Carbon nanotube (CNT) thin-film transistors are expected to be promising for use in flexible electronics including flexible and transparent integrated circuits and in wearable chemical and physical sensors and for driving the circuits of flexible display panels. However, current devices based on CNT channels suffer from poor performance uniformity and low manufacturing yield; therefore, they are still far from being practical. This is usually caused by nonuniform deposition of the semiconducting CNTs and the rough surface of flexible substrates.

Decreased expression of BRAF-activated long non-coding RNA is associated with the proliferation of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Background: BRAF-activated long non-coding RNA (BANCR) has been associated with various types of cancer. Nevertheless, the role of BANCR in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is still not fully understood. This study aims to investigate the relationship between ccRCC and BANCR.

Continuous Fabrication of Meter-Scale Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films and their Use in Flexible and Transparent Integrated Circuits.

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), especially in the form of large-area and high-quality thin films, are a promising material for use in flexible and transparent electronics. Here, a continuous synthesis, deposition, and transfer technique is reported for the fabrication of meter-scale SWCNT thin films, which have an excellent optoelectrical performance including a low sheet resistance of 65 Ω/◽ with a transmittance of 90% at a wavelength of 550 nm. Using these SWCNT thin films, high-performance all-CNT thin-film transistors and integrated circuits are demonstrated, including 101-stage ring oscillators.

High-Throughput Fabrication of Flexible and Transparent All-Carbon Nanotube Electronics.

This study reports a simple and effective technique for the high-throughput fabrication of flexible all-carbon nanotube (CNT) electronics using a photosensitive dry film instead of traditional liquid photoresists. A 10 in. sized photosensitive dry film is laminated onto a flexible substrate by a roll-to-roll technology, and a 5 µm pattern resolution of the resulting CNT films is achieved for the construction of flexible and transparent all-CNT thin-film transistors (TFTs) and integrated circuits.

Enhancing Thermal Conductive Performance of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Array Composite by Pre-Annealing Treatment.

Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) array/polymer composite has already been recognized as a promising candidate for advanced thermal pad in thermal management of high-power electronic devices. However, the thermal conductive performance of this composite was limited by the quality of CNTs arrays. In this study, pre-annealing treatment was used to purify CNT arrays and improve thermal conductive performance of VACNT arrays/silicone composite.

Decreased expression of long non-coding RNA NBAT-1 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Objective: accumulating evidence suggest that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) may play important roles in human cancers. LncRNA neuroblastoma associated transcript-1 (NBAT-1) was initially identified to be involved in the progression of neuroblastoma. However, there is no report about the role of NBAT-1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).

Transduced PEP-1-heme oxygenase-1 fusion protein reduces remote organ injury induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion.

Background: A fusion protein composed of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and cell-penetrating peptide PEP-1 has been shown to reduce local intestinal injury after intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). In this study, we investigated the effects of PEP-1-HO-1 fusion protein on remote organ injury induced by intestinal I/R in rats.

Material And Methods: We randomly assigned 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats to 3 groups: Sham, I/R, and I/R plus PEP-1-HO-1 treatment (HO).

In-situ formation of cobalt-phosphate oxygen-evolving complex-anchored reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for oxygen reduction reaction.

Oxygen conversion process between O₂ and H₂O by means of electrochemistry or photochemistry has lately received a great deal of attention. Cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) catalyst is a new type of cost-effective artificial oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) with amorphous features during photosynthesis. However, can such Co-Pi OEC also act as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst in electrochemical processes? The question remains unanswered.

Norcantharidin inhibits pre-replicative complexes assembly of HepG2 cells.

Norcantharidin (NCTD) is currently used for anticancer therapy but the exact mechanism of action remains unknown. Pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs) are essential for cell DNA replication and highly related to malignant proliferation. Here, we examined the inhibitory effect of NCTD on pre-RC components in HepG2 cells.

Characterization of carbon nanotube fiber compressive properties using tensile recoil measurement.

The tensile properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers have been widely studied. However, the knowledge of their compressive properties is still lacking. In this work, the compressive properties of both pure CNT fibers and epoxy infiltrated CNT fibers were studied using the tensile recoil measurement.

[Effects of salvianolic acid B preconditioning endothelial progenitor cells on expressions of myocardial genes in bone mesenchymal stem cells at the early cell differentiation stage of rats].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Salvianolic acid B preconditioned endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on the Nkx2.5 and GATA-4 gene expressions at the early stage of cell differentiation of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSc) transplanted into infarcted myocardium, in order to find out the best synergism for co-transplantation of the two kinds of cells.

Methods: BMSc and EPCs of rats were isolated and cultured, and rats were modeled into acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by left coronary artery ligation.

Clinical application of a new device for minimally invasive circumcision.

Aim: To study the clinical effects of a disposable circumcision device in treatment of male patients of different ages with either phimosis or excess foreskin.

Methods: One thousand two hundred patients between the age of 5 and 95 years underwent circumcision using this procedure in the 2-year period between October 2005 and September 2007. Of these cases, 904 had excess foreskin and 296 were cases of phimosis.

[Effects of electroacupuncture at different frequencies on morphological changes of nervous tissues and electromyogram of skeletal muscles in the rat with injury of sciatic nerve].

Objective: To observe effects of electroacupuncture of different frequencies on morphological changes of nervous tissues and electromyogram (EMG) of skeletal muscles in regeneration,so as to find more proper parameters of electroacupuncture.

Methods: The nerve regeneration chamber was built after the sciatic nerve was transected, and acupuncture was given at "Huantiao" (GB 30) , "Zusanli" (ST 36) and "Sanyinjiao" (SP 6) at the affected side with different frequencies (5 Hz, 100 Hz), 30 min each time,once every other day, 3 time each week, for 20 weeks and a control group was set up for natural recovery. The nerve fibers were stained by silver dying and ultrastructures of nerve tissues were observed.

[Study on thinking of clinical scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion].

Under guiding of correct thinking of scientific research, development of clinical scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion is of important significance for promoting academic progresses of acupuncture and moxibustion, increasing clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion. This paper probes thinking of clinical scientific research of acupuncture and moxibustion and puts forward the guiding principles, i.e.

The interaction of DNA with dopamine by spectroscopic and electrochemical methods.

It has recently been reported that dopamine may show some biological activities in antitumor and cell apoptosis. We have thoroughly investigated the interaction between dopamine and DNA by CD, UV, fluorescence and electrochemical methods. The results of spectroscopic measurements have indicated that a binding event occurs in a dopamine-DNA system.