Enhanced Anticancer Efficacy of Alkaline Plasma-Activated Water through Augmented RONS Production.

Despite notable advances in anticancer drug development, their manufacture and use pose environmental and health risks due to toxic byproducts, drug residue contamination, and cytotoxicity to normal cells. Therefore, developing cost-effective anticancer treatments with fewer toxic side effects and higher selectivity is essential to the advancement of highly effective anticancer therapies. Plasma-activated water (PAW) offers a green alternative to conventional chemical treatments as it reverts to water within days.

VPRF: Visual Perceptual Radiance Fields for Foveated Image Synthesis.

Neural radiance fields (NeRF) has achieved revolutionary breakthrough in the novel view synthesis task for complex 3D scenes. However, this new paradigm struggles to meet the requirements for real-time rendering and high perceptual quality in virtual reality. In this paper, we propose VPRF, a novel visual perceptual based radiance fields representation method, which for the first time integrates the visual acuity and contrast sensitivity models of human visual system (HVS) into the radiance field rendering framework.

Scene-aware Foveated Rendering.

We propose a new scene-aware foveated rendering method, which incorporates the scene awareness and characteristics of the human visual system into the mapping-based foveated rendering framework. First, we generate the conservative visual importance map that encodes the visual features of the scene, visual acuity, and gaze motion. Second, we construct the pixel size control map using a convolution kernel method.

Multi-scale fusion for RGB-D indoor semantic segmentation.

In computer vision, convolution and pooling operations tend to lose high-frequency information, and the contour details will also disappear with the deepening of the network, especially in image semantic segmentation. For RGB-D image semantic segmentation, all the effective information of RGB and depth image can not be used effectively, while the form of wavelet transform can retain the low and high frequency information of the original image perfectly. In order to solve the information losing problems, we proposed an RGB-D indoor semantic segmentation network based on multi-scale fusion: designed a wavelet transform fusion module to retain contour details, a nonsubsampled contourlet transform to replace the pooling operation, and a multiple pyramid module to aggregate multi-scale information and context global information.

Rich Self-Generated Phase Boundaries of Heterostructured VS /Bi S @C Nanorods for Long Lifespan Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Rationally designing on sundry multiphase compounds has come into the spotlight for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to enhanced structural stability and improved electrochemical performances. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of thorough understanding of the reaction mechanism of high-active phase boundaries existing between multiphase compounds. Here, a VS /Bi S @C composite anode for SIBs with rich phase boundaries in heterostructure is successfully synthesized.

Cold Atmospheric Plasma Suppressed MM In Vivo Engraftment by Increasing ROS and Inhibiting the Notch Signaling Pathway.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematologic malignancy. MM stem cells (MMSCs) are thought to be the main causes of in vivo engraftment and eventual recurrence. As a notable new technology, cold atmospheric plasmas (CAPs) show a promising anti-tumor effect, due to their production of various ROS.

Foveated Stochastic Lightcuts.

Foveated rendering provides an idea for accelerating rendering algorithms without sacrificing the perceived rendering quality in virtual reality applications. In this paper, we propose a foveated stochastic lightcuts method to render high-quality many-lights illumination effects in high perception-sensitive regions. First, we introduce a spatiotemporal-luminance based lightcuts generation method to generate lightcuts with different accuracy for different visual perception-sensitive regions.

Synthesis of Large-Area MXenes with High Yields through Power-Focused Delamination Utilizing Vortex Kinetic Energy.

Evaluating the delamination process in the synthesis of MXenes (2D transition metal carbides and nitrides) is critical for their development and applications. However, the preparation of large defect-free MXene flakes with high yields is challenging. Here, a power-focused delamination (PFD) strategy is demonstrated that can enhance both the delamination efficiency and yield of large Ti C T MXene nanosheets through repetitive precipitation and vortex shaking processes.

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) for advanced malignancies with multiple DNA-repair genetic aberrations.

Introduction: Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) have been approved for the treatment of advanced tumors with defects in genes involved in homologous recombination repair (HRR), including cancers of the prostate, pancreas, breast, and ovary. In these advanced tumors, PARPi afford 'synthetic lethality' by blocking the PARP-associated repair pathway in cancer cells with HRR genetic mutations, resulting in chromosome instability and cellular apoptosis. According to the synthetic lethality theory, patients with a greater burden of genetic alterations, in proportion (relative quantity) or category, would have more satisfactory outcomes after PARPi administration.

In Vivo Metabolic Analysis of the Anticancer Effects of Plasma-Activated Saline in Three Tumor Animal Models.

In recent years, the emerging technology of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) has grown rapidly along with the many medical applications of cold plasma (e.g., cancer, skin disease, tissue repair, etc.

Behavioral Effect of Terahertz Waves in C57BL/6 Mice.

Terahertz is a new radiation source with many unique advantages. In recent years, its application has rapidly expanded to various fields, but there are few studies on the individual effects of terahertz. In this study, we investigated the behavioral effects of terahertz radiation on C57BL/6 mice, and we conducted an open field test, an elevated plus maze test, a light-dark box test, a three-chamber social test, and a forced swim test to explore the effects of terahertz radiation on mice from a behavioral perspective.

Gold Catalyst Anchored to Pre-Reduced CoO Nanorods for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin Using Alcohols as Hydrogen Donors.

The preparation of highly dispersed metal catalysts with strong electronic metal-support interactions (EMSIs) is of great significance. In this study, oxygen vacancies (OVs) were generated on the surfaces of CoO nanorods (NRs) through NaBH treatment, and then the generated surface OVs were used to anchor gold clusters. The resulting catalyst was used for the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of vanillin based on transfer hydrogenation with alcohol donors.

[function of the patients' male partners].

Objective: To investigate the sexual behavior and sexual function of the male partners of breast cancer patients and their potential relationship with socio-demographic and clinical variables.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we conducted an investigation among 196 male partners (aged 23－59 years) of breast cancer patients between May 2020 and October 2020. We completed the Male Sexual Function Questionnaire (BSFI) by online and telephone interview with the subjects and collected relevant socio-demographic and clinical variables.

The relationships of acute kidney injury duration and severity with long-term functional deterioration following partial nephrectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of acute kidney injury (AKI) duration and severity on long-term renal functional outcomes in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy (PN).

Methods: Altogether 292 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic PN from 2010 to 2018 were identified in two medical centers. In addition, the AKI duration {transient AK [≤ 3d] or persistent AKI [> 3d]} was combined with AKI severity (stages) to elucidate their relationships with long-term functional results.

High Concentration of TiCT MXene in Organic Solvent.

MXenes are currently one of the most widely studied two-dimensional materials due to their properties. However, obtaining highly dispersed MXene materials in organic solvent remains a significant challenge for current research. Here, we have developed a method called the tuned microenvironment method (TMM) to prepare a highly concentrated TiCT organic solvent dispersion by tuning the microenvironment of TiCT.

Active biodegradable films based on the whole potato peel incorporated with bacterial cellulose and curcumin.

Development of biodegradable food packaging using biomass based materials derived from agricultural wastes has been a trend in recent years. The biopolymer films were prepared using 3% and 5% (w/w) potato peel (PP) powder. Bacterial cellulose (BC) (0, 5, 10 and 15% based on PP powder) was added as a reinforcement agent.