Assessing microplastics-antibiotics coexistence induced ciprofloxacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a water region scale.

Microplastics (MPs) waste is widespread globally in water systems. The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause serious acute and chronic infections that are notoriously difficult to treat. Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is broadly applied as an anti-P.

From linear to nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production in laser-solid interactions.

During the ultraintense laser interaction with solids (overdense plasmas), the competition between two possible quantum electrodynamics (QED) mechanisms responsible for e^{±} pair production, i.e., linear and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler (BW) processes, remains to be studied.

One Health-based management for sustainably mitigating tetracycline-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila-induced health risk.

Aeromonas hydrophila has ability to spread tetracycline resistance (tetR) under stresses of oxytetracycline (OTC), one of the most important antibiotics in aquaculture industry. Even though environmental reservoir of Aeromonas allows it to be at interfaces across One Health components, a robust modelling framework for rigorously assessing health risks is currently lacking. We proposed a One Health-based approach and leveraged recent advances in quantitative microbial risk assessment appraised by available dataset to interpret interactions at the human-animal-environment interfaces in various exposure scenarios.

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in the Strongly Relativistic Regime.

Stable transport of laser beams in highly overdense plasmas is of significance in the fast ignition of inertial confinement fusion, relativistic electron generation, and powerful electromagnetic emission, but hard to realize. Early in 1996, Harris proposed an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) mechanism, analogous to the concept in atomic physics, to transport a low-frequency (LF) laser in overdense plasmas aided by a high-frequency pump laser. However, subsequent investigations show that EIT cannot occur in real plasmas with boundaries.

Steady regime of radiation pressure acceleration with foil thickness adjustable within micrometers under a 10-100 PW laser.

Quasimonoenergetic GeV-scale protons are predicted to be efficiently generated via radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) when the foil thickness is matched with the laser intensity, e.g., L_{mat} of several nm to 100 nm for 10^{19}-10^{22}Wcm^{-2} available in laboratory.

Factors Associated with Re-Displacement after Nonsurgical Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures in Adults: A Retrospective Study.

Objective: Closed reduction combined with external fixation is a frequently utilized approach for treating distal radial fractures in adults. Nonetheless, the potential for re-displacement following external fixation remains. Analyzing the factors influencing re-displacement after nonsurgical treatment of distal radial fractures in adults is vital for preventing re-displacement and making prognostic assessments.

Efficacy and Safety of Bilateral Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Objective: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was conducted to assess efficacy and safety of bilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) for postoperative analgesia in patients receiving spine surgery.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL databases were searched by 2 reviewers independently to identify randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of ultrasound-guided ESPB for pain management in patients undergoing spine surgery. For meta-analysis, mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were selected for continuous data, and risk ratio (RR) and 95% CI were selected for dichotomous variables.

The first species of Nazeris from Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).

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Identification of key genes, biological functions, and pathways of empagliflozin by network pharmacology and its significance in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: To explore the key genes, biological functions, and pathways of empagliflozin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through network pharmacology.

Methods: The TCMSP (a traditional Chinese medicine system pharmacology database and analysis platform) was used to screen empagliflozin's active components and targets. The target genes of T2DM were screened according to the GeneCards and OMIM databases, and a Venn diagram was constructed to obtain the target for T2DM treatment.

Magnetization of high-density plasma with a jet velocity of hundreds of km/s.

High magnetic fields at the kilotesla scale have been experimentally generated and finding methods to fully embed such fields into high-density plasma is interesting for magnetically assisted a fast ignition scheme of inertial confinement fusion, laboratory astrophysics, and magnetically guided fast electron beam for broad applications. We investigate diffusion and embedment of an external magnetic field inwards a high-density plasma by analysis and simulation. By introducing the magnetic Péclet number, dimensional analysis indicates that the magnetizing process is sensitive to the jet velocity, temperature, and size of the plasma and gives a phenomenological scaling law of the magnetic field embedment time with an arbitrary jet velocity.

Control measure implications of COVID-19 infection in healthcare facilities reconsidered from human physiological and engineering aspects.

The Wells-Riley model invokes human physiological and engineering parameters to successfully treat airborne transmission of infectious diseases. Applications of this model would have high potentiality on evaluating policy actions and interventions intended to improve public safety efforts on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in an enclosed space. Here, we constructed the interaction relationships among basic reproduction number (R) - exposure time - indoor population number by using the Wells-Riley model to provide a robust means to assist in planning containment efforts.

Single-cell transcriptomes and mutants reveal the genetic signatures of intermuscular bone formation in zebrafish.

Intermuscular bones (IBs) are mineralized spicules, present in the myosepta of many, but not all, teleost species. IBs are often small and sharp, and they consequently limit how the fish can be processed; the IBs may cause injury or trauma if lodged in consumers' throats or mouths, and therefore affect the appeal of the fish to many consumers. The development of IBs in teleosts is still not fully understood and the molecular basis of IB development remains to be established.

Assessing regional emissions of vehicle-based tire wear particle from macro-to micro/nano-scales with pandemic lockdowns and electromobility scenarios implications.

Despite increasing the public awareness of ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) in air, the issue on particular source of tire wear particles (TWPs) emission into atmosphere and their exposure-associated human health has not received the attention it deserves. Here we linked vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) estimates covering demography, socio-environmental, and transportation features and emission factors to predict regional emission patterns of TWP-derived atmospheric MPs. A data-driven probabilistic approach was developed to consider variability across the datasets and uncertainty of model parameters in terms of country-level and vehicle-type emissions.

Discoxenus Wasmann new to China with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).

The termitophilous genus Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904 (Aleocharini: Compactopediina) is recorded from China for the first time and a new species from Guangdong is described under the name: Discoxenus shenzhenensis sp. nov.

Dense Polarized Positrons from Laser-Irradiated Foil Targets in the QED Regime.

Many works have shown that dense positrons can be effectively generated from laser-solid interactions in the strong-field quantum electrodynamics (QED) regime. Whether these positrons are polarized has not yet been reported, limiting their potential applications. Here, by polarized QED particle-in-cell simulations including electron-positron spin and photon polarization effects, we investigate a typical laser-solid setup that an ultraintense linearly polarized laser irradiates a foil target with micrometer-scale-length preplasmas.

Assessing the effect of probiotics on tilapia lake virus-infected tilapia: Transmission and immune response.

Probiotics have been used to alleviate disease transmission in aquaculture. However, there are limited studies on probiotic use in modulating tilapia lake virus (TiLV). We assessed commercially available probiotic supplements used in TiLV-infected tilapia and performed mortality and cohabitation assays.

Soil-dwelling species-based biomarker as a sensitivity-risk measure of terrestrial ecosystems response to microplastics: A dose-response modeling approach.

Microplastics (MPs) dispersed throughout terrestrial ecosystems is a growing global concern, yet their potential risks on terrestrial ecosystems are poorly understood from a mechanistic viewpoint. A novel empirical approach to assess relative sensitivity-risk of terrestrial ecosystems to MPs-posed potential impacts was presented. The risk metrics based on soil-dwelling organism responses-derived biomarkers that could identify whether study regions have sensitivity-risk to MPs were developed.

Water-Based Coherent Detection of Broadband Terahertz Pulses.

Both solids and gases have been demonstrated as the materials for terahertz (THz) coherent detection. The gas-based coherent detection methods require a high-energy probe laser beam and the detection bandwidth is limited in the solid-based methods. Whether liquids can be used for THz detection and relax these problems has not yet been reported, which becomes a timely and interesting topic due to the recent observation of efficient THz wave generation in liquids.

White thrombi on optical coherence tomography after rotational atherectomy of severely calcified coronary lesions.

Purpose: Rotational atherectomy (RA) has improved percutaneous treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions, but the "no-reflow" phenomenon remains a serious complication. Platelet activation by RA may contribute to no-reflow, and the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to test the effect of RA on white thrombus could confirm platelet activation indirectly.

Methods: We analyzed 53 consecutive patients with severely calcified lesions on coronary angiography.

A Risk-Based Approach for Managing Aquaculture Used Oxytetracycline-Induced TetR in Surface Water Across Taiwan Regions.

Oxytetracycline (OTC), one of the most important antibiotics in aquaculture industry, has been linked to emergence of antibiotic resistant genes in the aquatic environment. Given rapid growth of the aquaculture industry and unregulated use of antibiotics, it is necessary to implement measures to mitigate the impact of antibiotic resistance risk on environmental and human health. However, there is a lack of quantitative models to properly assess risk of antibiotic resistance associated with environmentally relevant antibiotic residues.

Decline of three farmland pest species in rapidly urbanizing landscapes.

Urbanization is a pressing challenge for earth's humans because it is changing not only natural environments but also agricultural lands. Yet, the consequences of cropland loss on pest insect populations that largely depend on these habitats remain largely unclear. We used a 17-year data set to investigate the dynamics of three moth pest species (i.