Study on blood pressure rhythm in hypertensive patients withdeficiency syndrome and a random forest model for predicting hypertension withdeficiency syndrome.

Objective: To investigate blood pressure rhythm (BPR) in deficiency syndrome of hypertension (YDSH) patients and develop a random forest model for predicting YDSH.

Methods: Our study was consistent with technical processes and specification for developing guidelines of Evidence-based Chinese medicine clinical practice (T/CACM 1032-2017). We enrolled 234 patients who had been diagnosed with primary hypertension without antihypertensive medications prior to the enrollment.

[Effects of Balanced Fertilization and Straw Mulching on Soil Nutrients and Stoichiometry in Purple Soil Slope].

To explore the effects of long-term balanced fertilization and straw mulching on soil nutrients and stoichiometric ratios in purple soil sloping cropland, nine plots (length 7 m×width 3 m) were established in Dianjiang County as the research sample area of long-term farmland nitrogen and phosphorus loss monitoring. The following three treatments were set up:conventional mode (CK), balanced fertilization mode (M1), and balanced fertilization+straw mulching mode (M2), with three replications for each treatment to compare the contents of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) and their stoichiometric changes under different treatments from 2018 to 2020. The results showed:K contents showed significant differences among the three treatments in 2018, in the order of CK>M2>M1.

Nitrogen Allocation Tradeoffs Within-Leaf between Photosynthesis and High-Temperature Adaptation among Different Varieties of Pecan ( [Wangenh.] K. Koch).

Interpreting leaf nitrogen (N) allocation is essential to understanding leaf N cycling and the economy of plant adaptation to environmental fluctuations, yet the way these mechanisms shift in various varieties under high temperatures remains unclear. Here, eight varieties of pecan ( [Wangenh.] K.

Potassium Improves Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants by Affecting Root Morphology, Root Exudates and Microbial Diversity.

Potassium (K) reduces the deleterious effects of drought stress on plants. However, this mitigation has been studied mainly in the aboveground plant pathways, while the effect of K on root-soil interactions in the underground part is still underexplored. Here, we conducted the experiments to investigate how K enhances plant resistance and tolerance to drought by controlling rhizosphere processes.

Effect of controlled-release urea fertilizers for oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) on soil carbon storage and CO emission.

Fertilizer-induced CO emission is a primary driver of global warming. The experiment was used to study whether controlled-release urea (CRU) application in winter oilseed rape can play a positive role in mitigating CO emission and promoting C utilization by soil microorganisms. Five fertilizer types consisted of N0 (0 g N plant), conventional CRU application (CRU100%), monotypic CRU at the 80% of conventional rate (CRU80%), co-application of CRU with uncoated urea (CRC), and organic fertilizer (CRO).

Convolutional neural network for breast cancer diagnosis using diffuse optical tomography.

We have developed a computer-aided diagnosis system based on a convolutional neural network that aims to classify breast mass lesions in optical tomographic images obtained using a diffuse optical tomography system, which is suitable for repeated measurements in mass screening. Sixty-three optical tomographic images were collected from women with dense breasts, and a dataset of 1260 2D gray scale images sliced from these 3D images was built. After image preprocessing and normalization, we tested the network on this dataset and obtained 0.

Study on ASJ Cutting of TC18, Based upon Multivariate Nonlinear Regression and SA-BP-AGA.

TC18 titanium alloy has been widely applied, but is considered as a difficult machining material. Taking the kerf angle as the quality criterion, this paper studied the cutting performance of TC18 by the use of an abrasive slurry jet (ASJ), based upon multivariate nonlinear regression and SA-BP-AGA. Cutting experiments were carried out according to the Taguchi orthogonal method.

Interactive effects of drought and heat stresses on morpho-physiological attributes, yield, nutrient uptake and oxidative status in maize hybrids.

Maize is a sensitive crop to drought and heat stresses, particularly at the reproductive stages of development. The present study investigated the individual and interactive effects of drought (50% field capacity) and heat (38 °C/30 °C) stresses on morpho-physiological growth, yield, nutrient uptake and oxidative metabolism in two maize hybrids i.e.

High mobility group box 1 was associated with thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Introduction: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a member of the HMGB family that is involved in inflammatory disease-related thrombosis. We hypothesize that HMGB1 and its downstream factors are associated with thrombosis in atrial fibrillation (AF).

Materials And Methods: Our experimental materials were the left atrial appendage (LAA) tissues from patients undergoing valve replacement.

Intracerebral haemorrhage-induced injury progression assessed by cross-sectional photoacoustic tomography.

In this study, we in vivo examined injury progression after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) induced by collagenase in mice using cross-sectional photoacoustic tomography (csPAT). csPAT displayed high resolution with high sensitivity for ICH detection. The PAT images obtained showed high correlation with conventional histologic images.

Exposure to particulate matter induces cardiomyocytes apoptosis after myocardial infarction through NFκB activation.

Clinical evidence has indicated an increased myocardial infarction (MI) morbidity and mortality after exposure to air pollution (particulate matter<2.5 μm, PM2.5).

WITHDRAWN: Benchmarking swarm intelligence clustering algorithms with case study of medical data.

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Combined effects of ramipril and angiotensin II receptor blocker TCV116 on rat congestive heart failure after myocardial infarction.

Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) is the cornerstone in its treatment. However, CHF continues to progress despite this therapy, perhaps because of production of angiotensin II (Ang II) by alternative pathways. The present study was conducted to examine the combined effects of a chronic ACEI, ramipril, and a chronic Ang II type 1 receptor blocker, TCV116, on rat CHF after myocardial infarction (MI).