Draft genome sequence of endophytic fungus strain YAFEF302, isolated from .

Here, we report a draft genome sequence of endophytic fungus strain YAFEF302, isolated from . The genome resource will support future research into potential secondary metabolite diversity of this fungus.

Frailty's Prevalence and the Association with Aging-Related Health Conditions in Chinese Community Dwelling Elderly.

In this paper, we have investigated the frailty's prevalence and the association with aging-related health conditions in Chinese community dwelling elderly aged ≥60 years in Lianyungang City of China. In this regard, participants were 1,072 adults aged ≥60 years from Houhe Community of Lianyungang City of China. All the enrolled participants were tested for following parameters: (1) the related risk factors of frailty: including economic status, personal health, understanding and communication skills, and mental and psychological status; (2) aging-related health conditions related to frailty: Charlson's comorbidity index (CCI), Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7); (3) body composition, physical strength, and function testing: appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI), grip strength, five-repetition sit-to-stand test, 6 m walking speed, and strength assistance rise-climb-fall (SARC-F); (4) assessment of the degree and severity of frailty: physical frailty phenotype (PFP), Morse fall scale (MFS), and activities of daily living (ADL).

Experimental proposal for performing nonlocal measurement of a product observable.

Due to the restrictions on quantum measurement imposed by relativistic causality, it is not easy to perform a nonlocal measurement on spacelike separated systems instantaneously. Here we design an experiment in an optical system to perform the nonlocal measurement of a product observable on a two-qubit system, where a maximally-entangled two-qubit state, acting as an ancillary meter, and three identical Kerr media are used to couple the system under consideration and the target meter. It is shown that the nonlocal measurement of the product observable, σzA⊗σzB, which has two degenerate eigenvalues, could be implemented in a deterministic way without violating relativistic causality.

[Median nerve constrictive operation combined with tendon transfer to treat brain paralysis convulsive deformity of hand].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the median nerve constrictive operation combined with tendon transfer to treat the brain paralysis convulsive deformity of the hand.

Methods: The clinical data from 21 cases with brain paralysis convulsive deformity of the hand were analyzed retrospectively between August 2009 and April 2012. Of them, there were 13 males and 8 females with an average age of 15 years (range, 10-29 years).