The Preparation of Amorphous ZrC/Nanocrystalline Ni Multilayers and the Resistance to He Irradiation.

The development of accident-tolerant materials is of great significance for preventing the zirconium-water reactions and improving the inherent safety of nuclear reactors. In this study, ZrC/Ni multilayers with average layer thicknesses of 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 nm were designed and successfully fabricated by magnetron sputtering. The characterization results of GIXRD, SEM, AFM, TEM, etc.

Relationship between white blood cells and hypertension in Chinese adults: the Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese (CRC) study.

Increased blood pressure was associated with increased white blood cell count (adjusted p < 0.001) in a community-based health examination survey of adults in China (n = 39 282; aged 18-93 years). Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for hypertension across white blood cell count quintiles were 1.

Relationship between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase levels and prehypertension in Chinese adults: the cardiometabolic risk in Chinese study.

The authors aimed to investigate the relationship between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and prehypertension, as well as the modification of other metabolic risk factors in a large cohort of Chinese individuals. The data were collected via a community-based health examination survey in central China. Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and levels of GGT, fasting blood glucose, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and lipid indicators were measured.

Durability of efficacy after telbivudine off-treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients.

Background/aims: Current international guidelines indicate that finite therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) is possible in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. Here we evaluate the durability of efficacy after telbivudine (LdT) off-treatment.

Methods: 39 CHB patients with normalized ALT, undetectable HBV-DNA and HBeAg seroconversion for at least 48 weeks were observed after telbivudine discontinuation.

[Prospect of the foveola formation in the bovine trabecular bone under fatigue process].

This study aims at the mechanism of foveola formation in bovine trabecular bone under fatigue process and its relation with biomechanical pathogenesis of senile osteoporosis. The scanning electron microscope equipped with fatigue stage was used to observe fatigue micro injury accumulation of cancellous bone. The massive foveola formation in the laminal bone of vertical trabeculae was found in the tensile fatigue test.