Postoperative Sleep Quality of Insomnia Patients After TIVA Anesthesia: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to observe the postoperative sleep quality of insomnia patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecologic oncology surgery after total intravenous anesthesia.

Design: Prospective study.

Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational study in our hospital.

Two Fe(III)/Eu(III) Salophen complex-based optical sensors for determination of organophosphorus pesticide monocrotophos.

Monocrotophos (MP), an organophosphorus pesticide, poses a serious threat to human health, so a rapid and simple technique is needed to detect it. In this study, two novel optical sensors for MP detection were created using the Fe(III) Salophen complex and Eu(III) Salophen complex, respectively. One sensor is an Fe(III) Salophen complex (I-N-Sal), which can bind MP selectively and form a supramolecule, resulting in a strong resonance light scattering (RLS) signal at 300 nm.

Capnographic monitoring reduces hypoxia incidence in older patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy under propofol sedation: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Hypoxia is a very common adverse event that occurs during gastrointestinal endoscopy under sedation, especially in older patients, owing to limited reservation of heart, brain, lung, and other organs. Prolonged or severe hypoxia can cause ischemia of the coronary artery and permanent nervous system damage, and even result in death. Hence, it is imperative to reduce or prevent hypoxia during gastrointestinal endoscopy under sedation in older patients.

Green synthesis of CQDs for determination of iron and isoniazid in pharmaceutical formulations.

Camphor leaves were used as the precursor for the hydrothermal synthesis of carbon quantum dots. The preparation method is simple and rapid, and the raw material is environmentally friendly and easy to obtain. Without additional modification, the carbon quantum dots were used as fluorescent probes for the sensitive and selective detection of Fe and isoniazid at different excitation wavelengths.

Polarization-independent and ultra-sensitive biosensor with a one-dimensional topological photonic crystal.

Optical biosensor, which perceptively captures the variety of refractive index (RI) of the surrounding environment, has great potential applications in detecting property changes and types of analytes. However, the disequilibrium of light-matter interaction in different polarizations lead to the polarization-dependence and low sensitivity. Here, we propose a polarization-independent and ultrasensitive biosensor by introducing a one-dimensional topological photonic crystal (1D TPhC), where two N-period 1D photonic crystals (PhC1 and PhC2) with different topological invariants are designed for compressing the interaction region of the optical fields, and enhancing the interaction between the light and analyte.

Identification of as novel immunological and prognostic biomarker for bladder cancer.

Background: Iron-sulfur cluster assembly 1 () has a significant effect on respiratory complexes and energy metabolism. Although there is some evidence that gene expression impacts energy metabolism and consequently has a role in tumorigenesis and cancer metastasis in different types of malignancies, no systematic pan-cancer study of the has been conducted. As a result, we sought to investigate 's predictive value in 33 cancer types as well as its possible immunological function.

Constructing a novel gene signature derived from oxidative stress specific subtypes for predicting survival in stomach adenocarcinoma.

Oxidative stress (OS) response is crucial in oncogenesis and progression of tumor. But the potential prognostic importance of OS-related genes (OSRGs) in stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) lacked comprehensive study. STAD clinical information and transcriptome data were retrieved from the Gene Expression Omnibus and The Cancer Genome Atlas databases.

Tunable Lifetime and Nonlinearity in Two Dimensional Materials Plasmonic-Photonic Absorber.

We investigate a framework of local field, quality factor and lifetime for tunable graphene nanoribbon plasmonic-photonic absorbers and study the second order and third order nonlinear optical response of surface plasmons. The energy exchange of plasmonic-photonic absorber occurs in two main ways: one way is the decay process of intrinsic loss for each resonant mode and another is the decay process of energy loss between graphene surface plasmon (GSP) mode and the external light field. The quality factor and lifetime of the plasmonic-photonic absorber can be obtained with using the coupled mode theory (CMT) and finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, which are effectively tunable with changing Fermi energy, carrier mobility and superstrate refractive index.

Theoretical Insights into Energy Absorption and Charge Draining during Field Evaporation Assisted by Femtosecond Laser Pulses.

Manipulation of laser-assisted field evaporation taking place at a sub-picosecond time scale relies on a full understanding of the dynamics at a microscopic level. We use first-principles methods to investigate the mechanism of energy absorption and charge draining during fast evaporation of silicon in a high electrostatic field with ultrafast-laser illumination. The results show that laser energy absorption to trigger field evaporation can be described by an effective cross section, which depends on the photon frequency and the static field strength.

GlideScope® versus C-MAC®(D) videolaryngoscope versus Macintosh laryngoscope for double lumen endotracheal intubation in patients with predicted normal airways: a randomized, controlled, prospective trial.

Background: The double lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) is the most widely-used device for single lung ventilation in current thoracic anesthesia practice. In recent years, the routine application of the videolaryngoscope for single lumen endotracheal intubation has increased; nevertheless there are few studies of the use of the videolaryngoscope for DLT. We wondered whether there were benefits to using the videolaryngoscope for DLT placement in patients with predicted normal airways.

Ultra-compact high-sensitivity plasmonic sensor based on Fano resonance with symmetry breaking ring cavity.

Miniaturizing optical devices with desired functionality is a key prerequisite for nanoscale photonic circuits. Based on Fano resonance, an on-chip high-sensitivity sensor, composed of two waveguides coupling with a symmetry breaking ring resonator, is theoretically and numerically investigated. The established theoretical model agrees well with the finite-difference time-domain simulations, which reveals the physics of Fano resonance.

Lifetime and nonlinearity of modulated surface plasmon for black phosphorus sensing application.

Black phosphorus surface plasmon (BPSP) is a new promising candidate material for electromagnetic field confinement at the subwavelength scale. Here, we theoretically investigated the light confinement, second-order nonlinearity and lifetimes of tunable surface plasmons in nanostructured black phosphorus nanoflakes with superstrates. The grating structure can enhance the local optical field of the fundamental wave (FW) and second harmonic wave (SHW) due to the surface plasmon resonance.

Confined surface plasmon of fundamental wave and second harmonic waves in graphene nanoribbon arrays.

The confined surface plasmon of fundamental wave and second harmonic wave (SHW) are investigated in graphene grating structure. The linear-optical absorption spectra with various fermi energy and carrier mobility are investigated with the finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations and coupled mode theory (CMT). Based on the CMT, a theoretical model for the graphene grating is established to study the spectrum features of fundamental wave.

Divergent Effect of Dezocine, Morphine and Sufentanil on Intestinal Motor Function in Rats.

Background: Opioid induced bowel dysfunction is the most common side effect of preoperatively administrated morphine, fentanyl and its derivative. However, the influence of dezocine on intestinal mobility is rarely reported. This study was designed to investigate the effects of dezocine, morphine and sufentanil on both intestinal smooth muscle contraction and propulsion in rats.

Second-order nonlinearity in triangular lattice perforated gold film due to surface plasmas resonance.

We have studied the excitation second-order nonlinearity through a triangular lattice perforated gold film instead of square lattice in many papers. Under the excitation of surface plasmas resonance effect, the second order nonlinearity exists in the noncentrosymmetric split-ring resonators arrays. Reflection of fundamental frequency wave through a triangular lattice perforated gold film is obtained.

Opioid binding sites in human serum albumin.

Background: Human serum albumin (HSA) is an important carrier for opioids. However, the locations of the binding sites remain unclear. In the present study, we have characterized opioid-HSA interactions using multiple biochemical and biophysical techniques to reveal: (a) the location of the binding site(s); (b) whether naloxone shares the binding site with morphine; and (c) whether opioid agonists share their binding site(s) with general anesthetics.

[Research on the photoelectric conversion efficiency of grating antireflective layer solar cells].

A numerical investigation of the effect of grating antireflective layer structure on the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells was carried out by the finite-difference time-domain method. The influence of grating shape, height and the metal film thickness coated on grating surface on energy storage was analyzed in detail. It was found that the comparison between unoptimized and optimized surface grating structure on solar cells shows that the optimization of surface by grating significantly increases the energy storage capability and greatly improves the efficiency, especially of the photoelectric conversion efficiency and energy storage of the triangle grating.

Second-harmonic generation from metal-film nanohole arrays.

The roles of surface plasmon resonance and localized resonances in second-harmonic generation are investigated in a noncentrosymmetrical metallic film with a periodic subwavelength nanohole array. By using a recently developed microscopic classical theory and a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain algorithm, numerical results show that the second-harmonic intensity is a function of the polarization and wavelength of incident waves. A peak of the second-harmonic intensity is achieved when the incident wave is along the direction perpendicular to the x-axis of nanoholes, which corresponds to the maximal extraordinary optical transmission.

Strong focusing properties and far-field focus in the two-dimensional photonic-crystal-based concave lens.

We have demonstrated that the strong and far-field focusing of a point source and a plane wave in a two-dimensional photonic-crystal-based concave lens by the use of the standard finite-difference time-domain simulations. The effect of the distance between the point source and the lens on the focusing is discussed. The far-field focus of a plane wave is shown.

[Defect modes in one-dimensional comblike photonic crystals].

The photonic band structures and the effect of defect states on photonic band gap in a comblike waveguide geometry which were made of dangling side branches grafted periodically along an infinite monomode waveguide were investigated in this paper. It was discovered that the photonic forbidden bands originates from both the periodicity of the system and the resonance states of the grafted branches. By removing or inserting some defect branches in the star waveguide of finite number of grafted branches, the localized states appear in the transmission spectrum as very narrow peaks.