A two-step junction welding technique for achieving high-performance broadband silver nanowire transparent conductive films.

Transparent conductive films (TCFs) are critical components of various optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. The performance of TCFs is mainly ascribed to their superior transparency and low sheet resistance. However, the welding strategy for silver nanowires (AgNWs), the primary material used in TCFs, can significantly affect the optical and electrical properties of the films.

TMEM17 Promotes Tumor Progression in Glioblastoma by Activating the PI3K/AKT Pathway.

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive and fast-growing brain tumor, characterized by rapid progression, a very poor prognosis, and a high likelihood of recurrence. Thus, effective new therapeutic targets are urgently needed. Transmembrane proteins (TMEMs) have pro-cancer effects on multiple cancer types, but the mechanisms underlying the effects of TMEM17, particularly its role in GBM, remain unclear.

Ubiquitin E3 ligase AtCHYR2 functions in glucose regulation of germination and post-germinative growth in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Cytoplasm-localized RING ubiquitin E3 ligase AtCHYR2 involved in plant glucose responses during germination and post-germinative growth. CHY ZINC FINGER AND RING PROTEIN (CHYR) containing both a CHY zinc finger and a C3H2C3-type RING domain plays important roles in plant drought tolerance and the abscisic acid (ABA) response; however, their functions in sugar signaling pathways are less studied. Here, we report a glucose (Glc) response gene AtCHYR2, a homolog of RZFP34/CHYR1, which is induced by various abiotic stresses, ABA, and sugar treatments.

Performance Enhancement of Silver Nanowire-Based Transparent Electrodes by Ultraviolet Irradiation.

Silver nanowires (AgNWs) are used as transparent electrodes (TE) in many devices. However, the contact mode between the nanowires is the biggest reason why the sheet resistance of silver nanowires is limited. Here, simple and effective ultraviolet (UV) irradiation welding is chosen to solve this problem.

VisProDom: an interactive Shiny/R application for displaying protein domains with transcriptional features.

Background: Both the protein domains and transcript structures influence protein functional variation. The genomic location of both protein domains and transcript structural features can be described using the genomic coordinates of their encoded sequences. However, the coordinates of protein domains and transcriptional features often differ greatly, and it is difficult to view them in combination at the genome-wide level.

Morbidity burden of respiratory diseases attributable to ambient temperature: a case study in a subtropical city in China.

Background: There are significant associations between ambient temperature and respiratory disease mortality. However, few studies have assessed the morbidity burdens of various respiratory diseases that are attributable to different temperature ranges in subtropical regions.

Methods: Daily outpatient visits, weather variables, and air pollution data were collected from January 2013 to August 2017 in a hospital in Dongguan city.

Ambient carbon monoxide and increased risk of daily hospital outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in Dongguan, China.

Background: The toxicity of high-concentration carbon monoxide (CO) on human health has previously been documented. However, the epidemiological evidence on the association between acute exposure to ambient CO and respiratory diseases is relatively lacking and controversial.

Objectives: To examine the short-term association between ambient CO and hospital outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in Dongguan, China.

Time-Dependent Changes in Increased Levels of Plasma Irisin and Muscle PGC-1α and FNDC5 after Exercise in Mice.

Exercise induces the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1-α (PGC-1α) in skeletal muscle, which promotes the cleavage of fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5) to irisin. To explore the relationship between irisin and its regulators, we analyzed the plasma irisin levels and the muscle levels of FNDC5 and PGC-1α after exercise. Male C57BL/6J mice underwent a treadmill exercise (60% of VO) for 30 min or one hour (h), and blood and gastrocnemius samples were collected before exercise (pre-exercise), immediately after exercise, and during 24-h recovery after 1-h exercise.

The dengue preface to endemic in mainland China: the historical largest outbreak by Aedes albopictus in Guangzhou, 2014.

Background: Dengue was regarded as a mild epidemic in mainland China transmitted by Aedes albopictus. However, the 2014 record-breaking outbreak in Guangzhou could change the situation. In order to provide an early warning of epidemic trends and provide evidence for prevention and control strategies, we seek to characterize the 2014 outbreak through application of detailed cases and entomological data, as well as phylogenetic analysis of viral envelope (E) gene.

Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation among junior and senior high school students in Guangzhou, China.

Objectives: Cyberbullying research in China is in early stage. This study describes the cyberbullying experiences of junior and senior high school students in Guangzhou, China, and to examine the risk factors associated with cyberbullying perpetrators, victims and perpetrator-victims among students. We also investigated the frequency of cyberbullying and coping strategies of student victims.

Microstructure formation and interface characteristics of directionally solidified TiAl-Si alloys in alumina crucibles with a new YO skull-aided technology.

The microstructure evolution and interface characteristics of a directionally solidified Ti-43Al-3Si (at.%) alloy in an alumina (AlO) crucible with new YO skull-aided technology were investigated. The YO-skull that is in contact with the TiAl-melt is relatively stable, which results in a more controlled reaction between the skull and the melt than in the case of an AlO crucible is used.

Ambient fine and coarse particulate matter pollution and respiratory morbidity in Dongguan, China.

We estimated the short-term effects of particulate matter (PM) pollution with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm (PM) and between 2.5 and 10 μm (PM) on hospital outpatient visits due to overall and specific respiratory diseases, as well as the associated morbidity burden in Dongguan, a subtropical city in South China.

Nosocomial infection control in healthcare settings: Protection against emerging infectious diseases.

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in Korea in 2015 may be attributable to poor nosocomial infection control procedures implemented. Strict infection control measures were taken in the hospital where an imported case with MERS was treated in southern China and 53 health care workers were confirmed to be MERS-CoV negative. Infection control in healthcare settings, in which patients with emerging infectious diseases such as MERS, Ebola virus disease, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are diagnosed and treated, are often imperfect.

Analysis of National Major Work Safety Accidents in China, 2003-2012.

Background: This study provides a national profile of major work safety accidents in China, which cause more than 10 fatalities per accident, intended to provide scientific basis for prevention measures and strategies to reduce major work safety accidents and deaths.

Methods: Data from 2003-2012 Census of major work safety accidents were collected from State Administration of Work Safety System (SAWS). Published literature and statistical yearbook were also included to implement information.

Colorectal cancer: using blood samples and tumor tissue to detect K-ras mutations.

We performed a meta-analysis to assess whether blood can be substituted for tumor tissue in K-ras mutation testing. PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and BIOSIS databases were searched. Twenty-three studies including 1261 patients were included.

[Analysis on the individual-response behavior and the influence factors to violent terrorist attacks among undergraduates in Guangzhou].

Objective: To analyze related behaviors of individual preparedness and influencing factors on violent terrorist attacks among undergraduates.

Methods: A total of 1 800 undergraduates from 5 colleges or universities in Guangzhou were selected, using the stratified cluster method. A questionnaire involving the response to violent terrorist attack behavior was used to assess the individual preparedness behaviors among undergraduates.

[Analysis on the incidence and influencing factors of psychological violence among college students in Guangzhou in 2010].

Objective: To study the incidence and influencing factors of psychological violence among college students in Guangzhou in 2010.

Methods: Convenience sampling method was used and 2 200 college students from 61 classes of three universities in Guangzhou were interviewed with self-designed questionnaire about the incidence and influencing factors of the psychological violence in 2010. The valid sample was 2 060.

[Quality of life and related factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Guangdong province].

Objective: To explore the quality of life and related factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Guangdong province.

Methods: A total of 443 subjects older than age 18 who had been diagnosed as HIV/AIDS were recruited from AIDS Outpatient Clinic Departments in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. HIV/AIDS-targeted quality of life(HAT-QoL)scale was used to measure the quality of life on the patients.

[Meta-analysis on the incidence rates of child sexual abuse in China].

Objective: To offer basic data related to the prevention of child sexual abuse, we conducted a Meta-analysis on the national incidence rate on child sexual abuse in the country.

Methods: Publications between 2000 and 2013 were extracted from PubMed, Springer Link, Elsevier-SDOL, Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Science & Technology journal database (VIP), Wanfang Databases, China master's Theses Full-text Database and China Conference Papers Full-text Database. Observational studies which containing the incidence rate of child sexual abuse were included.

Sexual violence experienced by male and female Chinese college students in Guangzhou.

Objectives: Sexual violence research in China is in its early stages. This study described the sexual violence experience of college students in Guangzhou, China, and examined the individual and family factors associated with increased sexual perpetration and victimisation.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 2200 college students from three universities in Guangzhou, China, was conducted in 2010.

[Consciousness and abilities on health emergency and the roles of emergency response among public at the communities].

Objective: To evaluate the consciousness of health emergency and the abilities on self- and mutual medical aids among the public at the community level, as well as the community responses on health-related emergencies and other factors.

Methods: Random equidistant sampling method was used to extract 617 households before choosing a family member sampled by Kish Grid method. All the members were investigated face to face on a questionnaire-"Health emergency and related ability regarding self and mutual medical aids of the residents".

[Study on the mobile phone dependence syndrome and its distribution among 2213 college students in Guangzhou].

Objective: To investigate the occurrence, distribution and risk factors of mobile phone dependence syndrome(MPDS)among college students in Guangzhou.

Methods: A unified questionnaire was adopted, with 2311 college students from 6 universities in Guangzhou investigated by cluster sampling. Distribution and risk factors of MPDS among different groups were analyzed by logistic regression.

Effect of sulfated polysaccharides from Laminaria japonica on vascular endothelial cells in psychological stress rats.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Laminaria japonica is a popular seafood and medicinal plant in China. Laminaria japonica is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat and prevent hypertension and edema.

Materials And Methods: The vascular protective activity and mechanism of sulfated polysaccharides were studied in adrenalin-induced vascular endothelial damage in rats after psychological stress (PS).