All-Inorganic Perovskite NiTiO/CsSbI Heterostructure for Photocatalytic CO Reduction to CH with High Selectivity.

Developing efficient and stable halide perovskite-based photocatalysts for highly selectivity reduction CO to valuable fuels remains a significant challenge due to their intrinsic instability. Herein, a novel heterostructure featuring 2D CsSbI nanosheets on a 3D flower-like mesoporous NiTiO framework using a top-down stepwise membrane fabrication technique is constructed. The unique bilayer heterostructure formed on the 3D mesoporous framework endowed NiTiO/CsSbI with sufficient and close interface contact, minimizing charge transport distance, and effectively promoting the charge transfer at the interface, thus improving the reaction efficiency of the catalyst surface.

Remote cortical atrophy and language outcomes after chronic left subcortical stroke with aphasia.

Objective: Subcortical stroke can cause a variety of language deficits. However, the neural mechanisms underlying subcortical aphasia after stroke remain incompletely elucidated. We aimed to determine the effects of distant cortical structures on aphasia outcomes and examine the correlation of cortical thickness measures with connecting tracts integrity after chronic left subcortical stroke.

Identifying Long- and Short-Term Processes in Perceptual Learning.

Practice makes perfect in almost all perceptual tasks, but how perceptual improvements accumulate remains unknown. Here, we developed a multicomponent theoretical framework to model contributions of both long- and short-term processes in perceptual learning. Applications of the framework to the block-by-block learning curves of 49 adult participants in seven perceptual tasks identified ubiquitous long-term general learning and within-session relearning in most tasks.

Effect of physiological aging on binocular vision.

We see the world with two eyes. Binocular vision provides more ample information through interocular interaction. Previous studies have shown that aging impairs a variety of visual functions, but how aging affects binocular vision is still unclear.

The effects of short-term light exposure on subjective affect and comfort are dependent on the lighting time of day.

Light, one of the key environmental components for both life and work, played significant role in subjective feelings (e.g. affect and comfort), but the exact effects and mechanisms were still to be determined.

General learning ability in perceptual learning.

Developing expertise in any field usually requires acquisition of a wide range of skills. Most current studies on perceptual learning have focused on a single task and concluded that learning is quite specific to the trained task, and the ubiquitous individual differences reflect random fluctuations across subjects. Whether there exists a general learning ability that determines individual learning performance across multiple tasks remains largely unknown.

Blockade of Nogo-A/Nogo-66 receptor 1 (NgR1) Inhibits Autophagic Activation and Prevents Secondary Neuronal Damage in the Thalamus after Focal Cerebral Infarction in Hypertensive Rats.

Focal cerebral infarction leads to autophagic activation, which contributes to secondary neuronal damage in the ipsilateral thalamus. Although Nogo-A deactivation enhances neuronal plasticity, its role in autophagic activation in the thalamus after ischemic stroke remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the potential roles of Nogo-A/Nogo-66 receptor 1 (NgR1) in autophagic activation in the ipsilateral thalamus after cerebral infarction.

Real-time obstructive sleep apnea detection from frequency analysis of EDR and HRV using Lomb Periodogram.

In this study, an effective real-time obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) detection method from frequency analysis of ECG-derived respiratory (EDR) and heart rate variability (HRV) is proposed. Compared to traditional Polysomnography (PSG) which needs several physiological signals measured from patients, the proposed OSA detection method just only use ECG signals to determine the time interval of OSA. In order to be feasible to be implemented in hardware to achieve the real-time detection and portable application, the simplified Lomb Periodogram is utilized to perform the frequency analysis of EDR and HRV in this study.