A review on the energy in buildings: Current research focus and future development direction.

Currently, although energy conservation related research in buildings is a matter of great urgency in the context of an ever more serious energy crisis, people seem to pay more attention on the field of civil engineering, such as the design, construction, monitoring and maintenance management of building structures. This is also evidenced by the authors' extensive research and strong practical engineering experience in infrastructure projects such as bridges. This study first presents the general building energy situation.

Three-dimensional rainbow refractometry.

We propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, rainbow technique called three-dimensional rainbow refractometry (TDRR), with a cylindrical lens in the signal collecting system. With a TDRR model based on the ray transfer matrix developed, it is proved that the tilt angle of the rainbow signal is related to the axial position of the droplet, which helps to obtain the 3D position. By converting rainbow scattering angle calibration into the system parameter calibration, a new rainbow data processing program is written in combination with the model to obtain the refractive index and the particle size.

Clinical and prognostic associations of anti-Jo-1 antibody levels in patients with antisynthetase syndrome.

Objective: To investigate the association of serum anti-Jo-1 antibody levels with the disease activity and prognosis in anti-Jo-1-positive patients with antisynthetase syndrome (ASS).

Methods: This study included 115 anti-Jo-1-positive patients with ASS who were admitted to China-Japan Friendship Hospital between 2009 and 2019. Anti-Jo-1 antibody serum levels at initial admission and follow-up were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Spectroscopic Techniques and Hydrogen-Sensitive Compounds: A New Horizon in Hydrogen Detection.

Detecting hydrogen leaks remains a pivotal challenge demanding robust solutions. Among diverse detection techniques, the fiber-optic method distinguishes itself through unique benefits, such as its distributed measurement properties. The adoption of hydrogen-sensitive materials coated on fibers has gained significant traction in research circles, credited to its operational simplicity and exceptional adaptability across varied conditions.

Dynamic change in red cell distribution width as a predictor for short-time mortality in dermatomyositis-associated rapid progressive interstitial lung disease.

Aim: We aimed to explore a new and readily available practical marker for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) and poor short-term outcomes in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).

Methods: A total of 1822 consecutive patients with IIM between 2009 and 2021 were evaluated retrospectively. All proven cases of naïve ILD with complete medical records were included.

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis: Prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis.

Objective: To depict the clinical panorama of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) in anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis (anti-MDA5+ DM).

Methods: A total of 1352 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), including 384 anti-MDA5+ DM patients were retrospectively enrolled. The clinical profiles of anti-MDA5+ DM-associated SPM were analyzed.

Nintedanib could potentially lead to improvements in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated 5 dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease.

Objectives: To determine the efficacy and safety of nintedanib in patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody positive dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (anti-MDA5+ DM-ILD).

Methods: The study was a retrospective cohort design that evaluated patients with anti-MDA5+ DM who either received or did not receive nintedanib. Clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, and survival were compared in the two groups using a propensity score-matched analysis.

Clinical, radiological and pathological features of anti-MDA5 antibody-associated interstitial lung disease.

Introduction: To investigate the clinical, radiographic and pathological features of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis (anti-MDA5+DM).

Methods: We retrospectively analysed the medical records of patients with anti-MDA5+DM who had undergone radiological examination, and lung histopathology was performed on 17 of them.

Results: This study examined 329 patients with anti-MDA5+DM, of whom 308 (93.

Decrease in cell counts and alteration of phenotype characterize peripheral NK cells of patients with anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis.

Objective: To investigate the levels and phenotypes of peripheral natural killer (NK) cells in anti-MDA5+ dermatomyositis (DM) patients, and their association with clinical features.

Methods: Peripheral NK cell counts (NKCCs) were retrospectively collected from 497 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and 60 healthy controls. Multi-color flow cytometry was used to determine the NK cell phenotypes in additional 48 DM patients and 26 healthy controls.

Peripheral lymphocyte count defines the clinical phenotypes and prognosis in patients with anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis.

Objective: To explore the role of peripheral lymphocyte count in phenotyping and prognosis prediction in dermatomyositis (DM) patients with anti-MDA5 antibodies.

Methods: In total, 1669 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) were retrospectively enrolled. Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with anti-MDA5+ DM were analyzed in association with peripheral lymphocyte counts and clusters determined by unsupervised machine learning.

The clinical features and prognoses of anti-MDA5 and anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibody double-positive dermatomyositis patients.

Objective: To explore the clinical features and prognoses of dermatomyositis (DM) associated with a double-positive anti-MDA5 and anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibody presentation.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 1280 consecutive patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Individuals with anti-MDA5 and anti-ARS antibodies (anti-MDA5+/ARS+) were compared to anti-MDA5-/ARS+ and anti-MDA5+/ARS- control individuals based on clinical, pulmonary radiological characteristics, treatment, and follow-up information.

Semiquantitative naked-eye detection of synthetic food colorants using highly-branched pipette tip as an all-in-one device.

The existing strategies for the determination of synthetic food colorants (FCs) in manufactured foods are highly relied on specialized instruments and skilled personnel which are limited by the high technical threshold and instrumentation cost. Herein, highly branched pipette tips (PTs) were fabricated as a robust all-in-one device for high-performance extraction and visual detection of FCs via handy aspiration and dispensing procedures of pipette controller. The density of extraction groups and inner specific surface area of PTs greatly increased after facile physical coating and subsequent layer-by-layer branching reactions, and the maximum increment in binding capacity of PTs was exceeded 300 times at 8-10 iterations of branching layers, enabling the PTs to be colored just by short-time extraction of FCs and to achieve the instrument-independent visual detection of FCs by virtue of their outstanding PT-SPE performance.

Filter paper-based colorimetric analysis: An instrument-free strategy for semiquantitative naked-eye detection of food colorants.

A filter paper-based colorimetric strategy for instrument-independent visual detection of artificial food colorants (FCs) was developed in this study. Indicator papers were prepared via the one-step polycondensation of silane coupling agents onto glass microfiber filter papers, and colorimetric cards with a fine one-to-one correspondence between their colors and FCs concentrations were straightforward obtained by the extraction of FCs with indicator papers by virtue of electrostatic interaction and hydrophobic effect. Filter papers post-modified via such a simple way were proved to be of improved binding class selectivity and colorimetric sensitivity, allowing for in-situ colorimetric assay of FCs in an unprecedently wide range of applicable pH (1.

Thromboembolic events in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a retrospective study in China.

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors for thromboembolic events in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 1144 consecutive patients with IIM for arterial and venous thromboses and compared them with age- and sex-matched IIM patients without thrombosis. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze risk factors for thrombosis.

The Clinical Phenotype of Chinese Patients With Autoimmune Pancreatitis Differs Significantly From Western Patients.

Aim: To characterize the clinical features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) in China and compare differences between our Chinese cohort and Western cohorts.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients with AIP that was carried out in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital between January 2010 and April 2021. We included a total of 50 patients (46 males and 4 females) aged between 27 and 86 years who fulfilled the international Consensus Diagnostic (ICD) Criteria.

Adversarial Autoencoder Network for Hyperspectral Unmixing.

Spectral unmixing (SU), which refers to extracting basic features (i.e., endmembers) at the subpixel level and calculating the corresponding proportion (i.

Mahuang Decoction Antagonizes Acute Liver Failure via Modulating Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Amino Acids Metabolism.

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a serious clinical disorder with high fatality rates. Mahuang decoction (MHD), a well-known traditional Chinese medicine, has multiple pharmacological effects, such as anti-inflammation, anti-allergy, anti-asthma, and anti-hyperglycemia. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of MHD against ALF.