A novel prognostic model to predict mortality in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure in intensive care unit.

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) implies high short-term mortality rates and usually requires intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Proper prognosis for these patients is crucial for early referral for liver transplantation. The superiority of CLIF-C ACLF score in Asian patients with ACLF admitted to an ICU remains inconclusive when compared to other scoring systems.

Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Measure the Physiological Age of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a popular and excellent model for studies of aging due to its short lifespan. Methods for precisely measuring the physiological age of C.

Functional Genomics Identifies Hepatitis-Induced STAT3-TYRO3-STAT3 Signaling as a Potential Therapeutic Target of Hepatoma.

Purpose: Hepatitis promotes the development and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) play critical roles in the development of many cancers. We explored the potential roles of RTKs in hepatitis-related liver cancers.

Denitrifying characteristics of the multiple stages enhanced biological nutrient removal process with external carbon sources.

This research investigated denitrifying activity of activated sludge with three external carbon sources (sodium acetate, methanol and glucose) via a series of batch experiments. Activated sludge used was cultivated in a multiple stages enhanced biological nutrient removal (EBNR) process that exhibited high removal efficiency of effective carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Results showed type of external carbon source had a significant influence on specific nitrate utilization rate, nitrite accumulation, adaptive time of microorganisms, and nitrate removal efficiency.