Association of comorbid depression and obesity with cardiometabolic multimorbidity among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: A cohort study.

Purpose: To evaluate the association of comorbid depression and obesity with the risk of incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.

Methods: This cohort study extracted data from the 2011 and 2015 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Depression was confirmed by the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10) with a cut-off score ≥10.

Comorbid depression and obesity, and its transition on the risk of functional disability among middle-aged and older Chinese: a cohort study.

Background: Evidence has indicated that depression and obesity were associated with functional disability, independently. However, little is known about the detrimental impact of comorbid depression and obesity, as well as its transition on functional disability. This study investigated the association of baseline depression-obesity status and its dynamic change with incident functional disability among middle-aged and older Chinese.

Phosphor-in-glass (PIG) converter sintered by a fast Joule heating process for high-power laser-driven white lighting.

Currently, laser-driven lighting based on phosphor-in-glass (PIG) has drawn much interest in solid state lighting due to its high electro-optical efficiency and high-power density. However, the fabrication of PIG requires expensive equipment, long sintering time, and high cost. In this work, we utilized a simple, fast, and high temperature Joule heating process to make phosphor-in-glass bulk sintered in less than 20 s, which greatly improved the production efficiency.

High Voltage Microsupercapacitors Fabricated and Assembled by Laser Carving.

Miniaturized and flexible power resources such as supercapacitors with resistance of high voltage play a critical role as potential energy storage devices for implantable and portable electronics because of their convenience, high power density, and long-term stability. Herein, we propose a novel strategy for the fabrication of high voltage microsupercapacitors (HVMSCs) employing porous laser-induced graphene (from polyimide films with alkalization treatment) followed by laser carving of the polyvinyl alcohol/HPO gel electrolyte to realize a series assembly of supercapacitors and significantly increase the voltage resistance. The results elucidated that HVMSCs (3 mm × 21.