YOLOv8-licorice: a lightweight salt-resistance detection method for licorice based on seed germination state.

Seeds will display different germination states during the germination process, and their good or bad state directly influences the subsequent growth and yield of the crop. This study aimed to address the difficulties of obtaining the images of seed germination process in all time series and studying the dynamic evolution law of seed germination state under stress conditions. A licorice sprouting experiment was performed using a seed sprouting phenotype acquisition system to obtain images of the sprouting process of licorice in full-time sequence.

Comparison of dynamic hip screw with anti-rotation screw and femoral neck system internal fixation for the treatment of garden II-IV type femoral neck fractures.

Background: Femoral neck fractures, which are fractures occurring from the femoral head to the base of the femoral neck, are prevalent in the elderly population. With the progression of societal aging, the incidence of femoral neck fractures has been steadily increasing, making it a significant global issue that urgently needs to be addressed.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of dynamic hip screw (DHS) with anti-rotation screw and femoral neck system (FNS) internal fixation for the treatment of Garden II-IV type femoral neck fractures.

Rotationplasty type BIIIb as an effective alternative to limb salvage procedure in adults: Two case reports.

Background: Rotationplasty is often performed for malignant tumors, but type BIIIb rotationplasty is rarely reported, and there needs to be more evidence of the procedure and treatment. The purpose of this case study was to report a new direction in the use of type BIIIb rotationplasty in treating patients with limb salvage and long-term non-healing infections.

Case Summary: Case 1: A 47-year-old man underwent radiotherapy for hemangioendothelioma in his left thigh, resulting in a femoral fracture.

Potential alternative drug treatment for bone giant cell tumor.

Bone giant cell tumor (BGCT) is one of the world's major disease types of locally aggressive bone tumors. In recent years, denosumab treatment has been introduced before curettage surgery. However, the current therapeutic was practical only sometimes, given the local recurrence effects after discontinuation of denosumab.

Construction of Novel Bimetallic Oxyphosphide as Advanced Anode for Potassium Ion Hybrid Capacitor.

Potassium ion hybrid capacitors (PIHCs) have attracted considerable interest due to their low cost, competitive power/energy densities, and ultra-long lifespan. However, the more sluggish insertion kinetics of battery-type anodes than capacitor-type cathodes in PIHCs seriously limits their practical application. Therefore, developing advanced anodes with high capacitor and suitable K intercalation is imperative and significant.

Updated Insights into 3D Architecture Electrodes for Micropower Sources.

Microbatteries (MBs) and microsupercapacitors (MSCs) are primary on-chip micropower sources that drive autonomous and stand-alone microelectronic devices for implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the performance of conventional MBs and MSCs is restricted by their 2D thin-film electrode design, and these devices struggle to satisfy the increasing IoT energy demands for high energy density, high power density, and long lifespan. The energy densities of MBs and MSCs can be improved significantly through adoption of a 2D thick-film electrode design; however, their power densities and lifespans deteriorate with increased electrode thickness.

Bismuth Nanoparticles Confined in Carbonaceous Nanospheres as Anodes for High-Performance Potassium-Ion Batteries.

Bismuth (Bi) has been considered as a promising alloying-type anode for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), owing to its high theoretical capacity and suitable working voltage plateaus. However, Bi suffers from dramatic volume fluctuation and significant pulverization during the discharge/charge processes, resulting in fast capacity decay. Herein, we synthesize Bi nanoparticles confined in carbonaceous nanospheres (denoted as Bi@C) for PIBs by first utilizing BiOCl nanoflakes as a hard template and a Bi precursor.

Engineering a Highly Improved Porous Photocatalyst Based on CuO by a Synergistic Effect of Cation Doping of Zn and Carbon Layer Coating.

Zn-doped cuprous oxide (CuO) nanoparticles coated by carbon layers (Zn/CuO@C) have been obtained via a bimetallic MOF (Zn/Cu-MOF-199) as the sacrificial precursor. Originated from the octahedral morphology of Zn/Cu-MOF-199, the as-synthesized Zn/CuO@C shows a porous octahedron structure. The obtained Zn/CuO@C can afford the following merits.

Effective degradation of phenol via catalytic wet peroxide oxidation over N, S, and Fe-tridoped activated carbon.

The N, S, and Fe-tridoped carbon catalysts (NSFe-Cs), Fe/ACNS1 and Fe/ACNS2, were synthesized by wet impregnation with different concentration of ammonium ferrous sulfate solution. The prepared catalysts have a similar textural structure. The N species, S species, Fe and Fe were simultaneously introduced onto the surface of catalysts.

Co-culture of the bone and bone marrow: a novel way to obtain mesenchymal stem cells with enhanced osteogenic ability for fracture healing in SD rats.

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have great potential for the repair and regeneration of bone fracture, but their optimal origins remain controversial.

Methods: Bone marrow-MSCs (BM-MSCs) and bone-bone marrow-MSCs (B-BM-MSCs) were isolated from 12 SD rats, and the morphology, MSC-associated markers, and proliferative capacity of these cells were compared using an inverted microscope, flow cytometry, and CCK-8 assays, respectively. After 14 days of osteoblastic induction, osteoblast phenotypes were detected by ALP and calcium nodule staining, and the expression of BMP-2 and TGF-β1 was observed by western blotting.

Early results of thoraco lumbar burst fracture treatment using selective corpectomy and rectangular cage reconstruction.

Background: Subsidence and late fusion are commonly observed in anterior subtotal corpectomy and reconstruction for treating thoracolumbar burst fractures. The subsidence rate of this surgical method was reported from 19.6% to 75% in the literatures, which would cause treatment failure.

[EFFECTS OF ANTERIOR SINGLE SEGMENT FIXATION ON SPINAL STABILITY IN TREATMENT OF THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE OF Denis TYPE B WITH PEDICLE INJURY].

Objective: To investigate the effects of anterior single segment fixation on the spinal biomechanical stabilization in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fracture of Denis type B with pedicle injury.

Methods: Six fresh human cadaveric spine specimens (T11-L3) were harvested as normal control (group A). Then the L1 Denis type B fracture model was created by the hemi-corpectomy method.

Anterior D-rod and titanium mesh fixation for acute mid-lumbar burst fracture with incomplete neurologic deficits: A prospective study of 56 consecutive patients.

Background: Anterior decompression and reconstruction have gained wide acceptance as viable alternatives for unstable mid-lumbar burst fracture, but there are no mid and long term prospective studies regarding clinical and radiologic results of mid-lumbar burst fractures.

Materials And Methods: An Institutional Review Board-approved prospective study of 56 consecutive patients of mid-lumbar burst fractures with a load-sharing score of 7 or more treated with anterior plating was carried out. All patients were evaluated for radiologic and clinical outcomes.

Cementless arthroplasty with a distal femoral shortening for the treatment of Crowe type IV developmental hip dysplasia.

Background: Severe developmental dysplasia of the hip is a surgical challenge. The purpose of this study is to describe the cementless arthroplasty with a distal femoral shortening osteotomy for Crowe type IV developmental hip dysplasia and to report the results of this technique.

Materials And Methods: 12 patients (2 male and 10 female) of Crowe type IV developmental hip dysplasia operated between January 2005 and December 2010 were included in the study.

Treating Eyres type IV and V coracoid fracture using the acromion osteotomy approach.

Purpose: To introduce a surgical method of treating Eyres type IV and V coracoid fracture using the acromion osteotomy approach and to further analyse the clinical effectiveness of this surgical procedure.

Methods: Nine patients were included in this study with a mean follow-up time of 23.3 months (range, 14.

Pedicle screw piercer with warning device - A technique to increase accuracy of pedicle screw placement: A cadaveric study.

Background: Pedicle screw fixation has achieved significant popularity amongst spinal surgeons for both single and multilevel spinal fusion. Suboptimal placements of pedicle screws may lead to neurological and vascular complications. There have been many advances in techniques available for navigating through the pedicle; however, these techniques are not without drawbacks.

Outcome of bone defect reconstruction with clavicle bone cement prosthesis after tumor resection: a case series study.

Background: To investigate the short and medium term outcomes of bone defect reconstruction with bone cement prosthesis after clavicle malignancies resection.

Methods: A total of 5 clavicular malignancy patients experienced bone cement prosthesis reconstruction after subtotal claviculectomy were enrolled the study from January 2005 to May 2012. Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score (MSTS), Visual Analogue scale (VAS) and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons shoulder outcome score (ASES) were adopted for assessment.

A facile approach for imprinting protein on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

This study describes a green, facile and low cost approach for imprinting protein on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) using papain as the template, dopamine as the functional monomer. By simply mixing MWNTs, dopamine, template protein in weak alkaline aqueous solution, a thin adherent polydopamine (PDA) film imprinted with protein was spontaneously obtained on the surface of MWNTs to produce the imprinted nanomaterials (MWNTs@MIPs). The obtained MWNTs@MIPs were characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

Voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is highly expressed in human osteosarcoma and promotes osteosarcoma growth.

Deregulation of voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv1.3 has been reported in many tumors. Kv1.

Biomechanical study comparing a new combined rod-plate system with conventional dual-rod and plate systems.

Most anterior spinal instrumentation systems are designed as either a plate or dual-rod system and have corresponding limitations. Dual-rod designs may offer greater adjustability; however, this system also maintains a high profile and lacks a locking design. Plate systems are designed to be stiffer, but the fixed configuration is not adaptable to the variety of vertebral body shapes.

Design and biomechanical properties of a new reconstruction device for treating thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Implants currently used for reconstruction of a burst vertebral body are associated with complications, including subsidence, nonunion, and substantial intraoperative blood loss. A new reconstruction device, the U-Cage (Double Engine Medical Material Ltd, Xiamen, Fujian, China), was designed to minimize complications.Six intact adult cadaver thoracolumbar (T11-L3) spines were collected and scanned by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).

Modified technique using allograft-prosthetic composite in the distal femur after bone tumor resection.

Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the results of treatment of bone tumor resection of the distal femur with the modified technique of allograft-prosthetic composite.

Methods: Twelve patients with distal femoral bone tumors were treated with deep-frozen cortical allograft struts and allograft-prosthesis composites. There were five males and seven females with a median age of 29.

A distal femoral supra-condylar plate: biomechanical comparison with condylar plate and first clinical application for treatment of supracondylar fracture.

Purpose: An anatomical supra-condylar plate is designed and analysed by biomechanical testing.

Methods: The biomechanical properties of the supra-condylar and condylar plate were compared in six matched pairs of cadaveric femurs. A transverse osteotomy gap was created to simulate an OTA/AO type A3 supracondylar fracture.

Case report: Bone tumor of the scapula in a patient undergoing liver transplantation.

Background: De novo malignancies are serious complications in the late postoperative period after liver transplantation. The most common de novo tumors are skin malignancies, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, tumors of the head and neck, and Kaposi's sarcoma. Such posttransplant de novo malignancies are apparently rarely found in bone.

Effects of microendoscopy-assisted reduction and screw fixation through a single mini-incision on posterior cruciate ligament tibial avulsion fracture.

Introduction: There are various surgical approaches for the treatment of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury-associated tibial fracture avulsion, including arthroscopy-assisted surgery and open posterior surgery. However, none of these treatments are perfect. We have established a simple procedure with microendoscopy-assisted reduction and cannulated screw fixation for the treatment of this disease through a single mini-incision.