Embedding Te into Sn-Based Metal Halide To Passivate Structure Defects for High-Performance Light-Emitting Application.

Low-dimensional lead-halide hybrids are an emerging class of optical functional material but suffer the problems of toxicity and poor air stability. Among lead-free metal halides, tin(IV)-based metal halides are promising optoelectronic materials due to their robust structure and environmental friendliness. However, their photoluminescence (PL) properties are poor, and the underlying mechanisms are still elusive.

Photophysical studies for Cu(i)-based halides: broad excitation bands and highly efficient single-component warm white-light-emitting diodes.

Designing and synthesizing cuprous halide phosphors unifying efficient low-energy emission and a broad excitation band is still a great challenge. Herein, by rational component design, three novel Cu(i)-based metal halides, DPCuX [DP = (CHN)(HPO); X = Cl, Br, I], were synthesized by reacting -phenylenediamine with cuprous halide (CuX), and they show similar structures, consisting of isolated [CuX] units separated by organic layers. Photophysical studies uncover that the highly localized excitons and rigid environment give rise to highly efficient yellow-orange photoluminescence in all compounds with the excitation band spanning from 240 to 450 nm.

Physical activity can influence the relationship between ethylene oxide and risk of kidney stones: A cross-sectional study from the NHANES 2013-2016.

Ethylene oxide (EO) is known to cause inflammatory damage, and suitable physical activity can reportedly affect the risk of kidney stones. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between EO and kidney stones and whether physical activity can potentially influence the relationship between EO and kidney stones. Overall, 3,336 adult participants were included; of them, 330 (9.

Effect of the Host Lattice Environment on the Expression of 5s Lone-Pair Electrons in a 0D Bismuth-Based Metal Halide.

s-Metal halide perovskites have attracted wide attention due to their fascinating photophysical properties. However, achieving high photoluminescence (PL) properties is still an enormous challenge, and the relationship between the lattice environment and s-electron expression is still elusive. Herein, an organic-inorganic Bi-based halide (CHN)BiCl·Cl·2HO (CHN = doubly protonated 1-methylpiperazine) with a six-coordinated structure has been successfully prepared, which, however, exhibits inferior PL properties due to the chemically inert expression of Bi-6s lone-pair electrons.

Boosting Blue Emission of Organic Cations in a Sn(IV)-Based Perovskite by Constructing Intermolecular Interactions.

Improving the photoluminescence (PL) efficiency of organic luminescent molecules is still a great challenge. Herein, a novel zero-dimensional Sn(IV)-based halide (CHN)SnCl is prepared by assembling inactive quinoline cations and stable [SnCl] polyhedra. Experimental characterizations and theoretical calculations show that the blue emission of (CHN)SnCl centered at 433 nm is derived from the organic cations.

First report of Taxus media branch blight caused by Neopestalotiopsis clavispora in China.

Taxus media Rehder is a high-value tree species and can be used for landscape afforestation and medicinal purposes considering its beautiful shape and secondary metabolite paclitaxel. In May 2019, branch blight of T. media was observed in plantations in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.

[Spiral thermo-expandable prostatic stent implantation for benign prostatic hyperplasia: Clinical analysis of 26 cases].

Objective: To investigate the surgical techniques and clinical effect of Memokath transurethral spiral thermo-expandable prostatic stent (STEPS) implantation in the treatment of BPH.

Methods: From January 2017 to January 2018, 26 BPH patients underwent Memokath transurethral STEPS implantation, 9 under the flexible cystoscope and the other 17 under the rigid cystoscope. The patients were aged 62－91 years old, with a prostate volume of 32－78 ml, postvoid residual urine volume (PVR) of (67.

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots as an effective fluorescence enhancing system for the determination of perfluorooctyl sulfonate.

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots (NCDs) were synthesized via hydrothermal treatment of vitamin B1 and triethylamine. The NCDs exhibit strong blue fluorescence (with a peak at 437 nm at an excitation wavelength of 370 nm), good water solubility and excellent fluorescence stability in the pH 3~12 range, at ionic strengths between 0.01 and 1 M, and under UV illumination for 6 h, as well as incubation temperature of 15~60 °C.

EphA4 protein promotes invasion in clear cell renal cell carcinomas.

rythropoietin-roducing epatocellular carcinoma cell receptor A4 (EphA4) is one of the largest superfamily of human Eph receptor tyrosine kinases. The roles of EphA4 receptor in the development of nervous system have been well documented. More recently, functions of EphA4 receptor in several types of human cancer were reported with a paradoxical result.

Expression of EphA2 protein is positively associated with age, tumor size and Fuhrman nuclear grade in clear cell renal cell carcinomas.

The receptor tyrosine kinase of EphA2 has been shown frequently overexpressed in various types of human carcinomas, which implicated that it plays important roles in carcinogenesis. Although EphA2 protein expression has been investigated in many types of human carcinomas, the relationship between the expression of EphA2 protein in clear cell renal cell carcinoma was not well documented. In the present study, using specific anit-EphA2 polyclonal antibody and immunohistochemistry, we evaluated EphA2 protein expression levels in clear cell RCC specimens surgically resected from 90 patients.

Decreased expression of receptor tyrosine kinase of EphB1 protein in renal cell carcinomas.

Receptors tyrosine kinase of Eph superfamily plays an important role in human cancers. We previously found that EphB1 subtype is down-regulated in gastric cancer, colorectal cancer and ovary serous carcinoma. Fore the more, the decreased expression of EphB1 is related to invasion and metastasis in cancers.

An emerging understanding of long noncoding RNAs in kidney cancer.

Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are pervasively transcribed in the genome and are emerging as new players in tumorigenesis.

Methods: An electronic search of all relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals before April 2014 was performed on PubMed, Google scholar databases. The keywords of long-coding RNAs, lncRNAs, kidney tumor, renal cancers were used for searching.

Distinguishing urothelial carcinoma in the upper urinary tract from benign diseases with hematuria using FISH.

Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical utility of a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay as a non-invasive molecular test to distinguish urothelial carcinoma (UC) in the upper urinary tract (UUT) from benign lesions presenting with hematuria.

Study Design: The chromosomal abnormalities of chromosomes 3, 7, 17 and 9 (p16) in hematuria specimens from 34 patients with UUT-UC and 33 patients with benign disorders were detected using a set of fluorescently labeled DNA probes. The abnormalities of the chromosomes were determined and analyzed between UUT-UC and benign disorders.

The effect of induced anti-follicle-stimulating hormone autoantibody on serum hormone level and apoptosis in rat testis.

Aims: Anti-follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) autoantibody was found to highly correlate with oligospermia and asthenospermia, but the actual effect of FSH autoantibody on spermatogenesis is still unknown.

Main Methods: In this study, 21-day rats were immunized seven times with FSH peptides linked with Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) (experimental group) or KLH (control group) every 2 weeks. Luteinizing hormone (LH) and inhibin B level in the immunized rat sera were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

[Penile and scrotal skin flaps: first choice for urethroplasty in the treatment of hypospadias].

Objective: To explore the feasibility of the treatment of hypospadias with penile and scrotal skin flaps.

Methods: Twenty-three hypospadias patients aged 3.5-19 (mean 6.

[Expression of VEGF in prostate cancer and its correlation with ET-1].

Objective: To investigate the expressions of VEGF in prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), their clinical significance and their relationship with that of ET-1.

Methods: A total of 44 specimens of PCa and 36 of BPH tissues were examined by the immunohistochemical Elivision plus method for the expressions of VEGF and ET-1. The intensity of staining for VEGF and ET-1 was assessed by light microscopy on a scale from "-" to "+ + +".

[DNA methylation and prostate cancer].

DNA methylation is a common event in malignancies and implicated in tumor initiation and progression. There is a battery of genes involved in critical cell processes such as DNA damage repair, which are hypermethylated in prostate cancer. DNA methylation has also been found in premalignant lesions such as prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, but to a less extent compared with that in prostate cancer.

[Expressions of endothelin-1 in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer and their significance].

Objective: To investigate the different expressions of endothelin-1 ET-1) in prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) tissues and their clinical significance.

Methods: A total of 36 BPH and 44 PCa specimens were examined for the expression of ET-1 by immunohistochemical technique (Elivision plus method). The staining intensity for ET-1 was assessed by light microscopy on a scale from "-" to "+ + +".

[Multifactor analysis of bladder neck contractures after transurethral resection of prostate].

Objective: To analyse different factors related to the occurrence of bladder neck contracture (BNC) and to find possible ways of reducing this complication.

Methods: All putative factors and the numbers of BNC cases were studied with statistical analyses in 1,017 cases that had undergone transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).

Results: The morbidity of BNC after TURP was significantly higher than that of open operations.

[Evaluation of color Doppler flow imaging in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of spermatic cord torsion].

Objective: To distinguish spermatic cord torsion from acute orchitis by color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI).

Methods: Thirteen patients with acute orchialgia were examined by CDFI. The clinical data of diagnosis and treatment were reviewed and analyzed.