A fusion analytic framework for investigating functional brain connectivity differences using resting-state fMRI.

Introduction: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is highly complex and high-dimensional, capturing signals from regions of interest (ROIs) with intricate correlations. Analyzing such data is particularly challenging, especially in resting-state fMRI, where patterns are less identifiable without task-specific contexts. Nonetheless, interconnections among ROIs provide essential insights into brain activity and exhibit unique characteristics across groups.

Chitin nanocrystals-stabilized emulsion as template for fabricating injectable suspension containing polylactide hollow microspheres.

One of the promising applications of rod-like chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) is the use as particle emulsifier to develop Pickering emulsions. We reported a ChNC-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion system, and developed a Pickering emulsion-templated method to prepare polylactide (PLA) hollow microspheres here. The results showed that both non-modified ChNCs and acetylated ChNCs could well emulsify the dichloromethane (DCM) solution of PLA-in-aqueous mannitol solution systems, forming very stable emulsions.

Postsynthetically Modified Alkoxide-Exchanged Ni(OR)BTDD: Synergistic Interactions of CO with Open Metal Sites and Functional Groups.

Postsynthetic modifications (PSMs) of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) play a crucial role in enhancing material performance through open metal site (OMS) functionalization or ligand exchange. However, a significant challenge persists in preserving open metal sites during ligand exchange, as these sites are inherently bound by incoming ligands. In this study, for the first time, we introduced alkoxides by exchanging bridging chloride in NiClBTDD (BTDD=bis (1H-1,2,3,-triazolo [4,5-b],-[4',5'-i]) dibenzo[1,4]dioxin) through PSM.

Boc Protection for Diamine-Appended MOF Adsorbents to Enhance CO Recyclability under Realistic Humid Conditions.

Among the various metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbents, diamine-functionalized Mg(dobpdc) (dobpdc = 4,4-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3'-dicarboxylate) shows remarkable carbon dioxide removal performance. However, applying diamine-functionalized Mg(dobpdc) in practical applications is premature because it shows persistent performance degradation under real flue gas conditions containing water vapor owing to diamine loss during wet cycles. To address this issue, we employed hydrophobic carbonate compounds to protect diamine groups in een-Mg(dobpdc) (, een = N-ethylethylenediamine).

Effect of surface acetylation of chitin nanocrystals on the preparation and viscoelasticity of sunflower seed oil-in-water Pickering emulsions.

Acetylated chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) were used as stabilizer in this work to prepare sunflower seed oil-in-water emulsions for the morphological and rheological studies. The results revealed that the acetylation with moderate degree of substitution (0.38) reduced hydrophilicity and increased surface charge level of rod-like ChNCs, and as a result, significantly improved the emulsifying ability of ChNCs.