A Ferroelastic Salt Cocrystal with Ultraviolet Emission.

The coexistence and coupling of photoluminescence and ferroelasticity in a single matter are vitally important for developing multifunctional materials and devices. However, the effective construction of ferroelastics with efficient photoluminescence, especially in the ultraviolet range, is a great challenge. In this work, a salt cocrystal, (DPA)(DPAH)PF (DPA = diphenylamine, DPAH = diphenylamine cation), with ultraviolet emission and ferroelasticity was reported by introducing the anion group PF in the parent DPA crystal.

Hydrogen-bond engineering induced ferroelastic phase transition in copper-based organic-inorganic hybrid thermochromic materials.

We report two organic-inorganic hybrid thermochromic crystals, [(2A5MP)CuCl] (2A5MP = 2-amino-5-methylpyridine) (1) and [(2A4MP)CuCl] (2A4MP = 2-amino-4-methylpyridine) (2). Through hydrogen bond engineering optimization, the ferroelastic material 2 undergoes an isomorphic phase transition with a large thermal hysteresis of 36 K at 397 K/361 K.

A retrospective study of resting energy expenditure in children hospitalized with different nutritional status.

Background: Resting energy expenditure (REE) refers to the energy consumption of the body in a resting state without skeletal muscle activity. This study aimed to examine the REE among children hospitalized with varying nutritional status.

Methods: This was a retrospective study.

Comparison of Outcomes Between Partial and Radical Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Localized Renal Tumors Larger Than Four Centimeters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Earlier studies have juxtaposed different laparoscopic methods for treating renal tumors; however, extensive evidence with a particular focus on large kidney tumors remains lacking. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the perioperative outcomes, kidney performance, and cancer-related results of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) versus laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) for treating extensive, localized, non-metastatic kidney tumors (cT1b-cT2N0M0).

Methods: We systematically searched multiple databases from database inception until December 2023 for relevant studies.

Zonular instability-associated morphologic features in eyes with primary angle closure disease using the swept-source anterior segment - optical coherence tomography system.

Background: This study aims to investigate the morphologic features of the crystalline lens in Primary Angle Closure Disease (PACD) patients with zonular instability during cataract surgery using the swept-source CASIA 2 Anterior Segment-Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT) system.

Methods: A total of 398 eyes (125 PACD eyes with zonular instability, 133 PACD eyes with zonular stability, and 140 cataract patient controls) of 398 patients who underwent cataract surgery combined or not glaucoma surgery between January 2021 and January 2023 were enrolled. The crystalline lens parameters were measured by CASIA2 AS-OCT.

The Effect of Salvianolic Acid A on Tumor-Associated Macrophage Polarization and Its Mechanisms in the Tumor Microenvironment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer, with a high degree of malignancy and poor prognosis. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) have been identified as significant contributors to the growth and metastasis of TNBC through the secretion of various growth factors and chemokines. Salvianolic acid A (SAA) has been shown to have anti-cancer activities.

[Correlation of nutritional status with clinical characteristics and lung function in children with cystic fibrosis].

Objectives: To investigate the nutritional status of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and understand the correlation between malnutrition and clinical characteristics as well as lung function.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on clinical data of CF children admitted from January 2016 to June 2023. Clinical characteristics of CF children with different nutritional statuses were compared, and the correlation between malnutrition and lung function was analyzed.

Comparison of total corneal power measurements obtained with different devices after myopic keratorefractive surgery.

Aim: To analyze the differences, agreements, and correlation among total corneal power parameters generated by different instruments after myopic keratorefractive surgery.

Methods: The prospective cross-sectional study included patients who underwent myopic keratorefractive surgery and received measurements of corneal power 3mo after surgery. Automated keratometer was used for the measurement of simulated keratometry (SimK), swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) based biometer for total keratometry (TK), anterior segment-OCT for real keratometry (RK), and Scheimpflug keratometer for the true net power (TNP), the total corneal refractive power (TCRP) and equivalent K-readings (EKR).

Automated Classification of Inherited Retinal Diseases in Optical Coherence Tomography Images Using Few-shot Learning.

Objective: To develop a few-shot learning (FSL) approach for classifying optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in patients with inherited retinal disorders (IRDs).

Methods: In this study, an FSL model based on a student-teacher learning framework was designed to classify images. 2,317 images from 189 participants were included.

An in-situ strategy to construct uracil-conjugated covalent organic frameworks with tunable fluorescence/recognition characteristics for sensitive and selective Mercury(II) detection.

Previous researches of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have shown their potential as fluorescent probes, but the regulation of their optical properties and recognition characteristics still remains a challenge, and most of reports required complicated post-decoration to improve the sensing performance. In this context, we propose a novel in-situ strategy to construct uracil-conjugated COFs and modulate their fluorescence properties for sensitive and selective mercury(II) detection. By using 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-formylphenyl)pyrene (TFPPy) and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)pyrene (TAPPy) as fundamental blocks and 5-aminouraci (5-AU) as the functional monomer, a series of COFs (Py-COFs and Py-U-COFs-1 to Py-U-COFs-5) with tunable fluorescence were solvothermally synthesized through an in-situ Schiff base reaction.

Entanglement, Coherence, and Extractable Work in Quantum Batteries.

We investigate the connection between quantum resources and extractable work in quantum batteries. We demonstrate that quantum coherence in the battery or the battery-charger entanglement is a necessary resource for generating nonzero extractable work during the charging process. At the end of the charging process, we also establish a tight link of coherence and entanglement with the final extractable work: coherence naturally promotes the coherent work while coherence and entanglement inhibit the incoherent work.

Modified linear stability analysis for quantitative dynamics of a perturbed plane wave.

We develop linear stability analysis (LSA) to quantitatively predict the dynamics of a perturbed plane wave in nonlinear systems. We take a nonintegrable fiber model with purely fourth-order dispersion as an example to demonstrate this method's effectiveness. For a Gaussian-type initial perturbation with cosine-type modulation on a plane wave, its propagation velocities, periodicity, and localization are predicted successfully, and the range of application is discussed.

High-order rogue waves excited from multi-Gaussian perturbations on a continuous wave.

Peregrine rogue wave excitation has applications in gaining high-intensity pulses, etc., and a high-order rogue wave exhibits higher intensity. An exact solution and collision between breathers are two existing ways to excite high-order ones.

Dynamics of perturbations at the critical points between modulation instability and stability regimes.

We study numerically the evolutions of perturbations at critical points between modulational instability and stability regimes. It is demonstrated that W-shaped solitons and rogue waves can be both excited from weak resonant perturbations at the critical points. The rogue wave excitation at the critical points indicates that rogue wave comes from modulation instability with resonant perturbations, even when the baseband modulational instability is absent.

Quantitative evaluation of primary retinitis pigmentosa patients using colour Doppler flow imaging and optical coherence tomography angiography.

Purpose: To find the potential relation between changes in retinal large vessels and terminal vessels using colour Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to compare the respective advantages of CDFI and OCTA in evaluating vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients.

Methods: A prospective series of case study was conducted to enrol RP patients and age-matched controls, who were, respectively, imaged by CDFI and OCTA. Repeatability and reproducibility of both CDFI and OCTA were performed among healthy volunteers.

[Effect of down-regulation of sex determining region Y-box 9 on epithelial mesenchymal transition and cloning of oral squamous carcinoma cells].

Objective: To investigate the effect of sex determining region Y-box 9 (SOX9) on epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cloning of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Methods: siRNA control, SOX9 siRNA were transfected into BcaCD885 cells in OSCC. Simultaneously, cells that did not undergo transfection were used as the control.

Excitation conditions of several fundamental nonlinear waves on continuous-wave background.

We study the excitation conditions of antidark solitons and nonrational W-shaped solitons in a nonlinear fiber with both third-order and fourth-order effects. We show that the relative phase can be used to distinguish antidark solitons and nonrational W-shaped solitons. The excitation conditions of these well-known fundamental nonlinear waves (on a continuous-wave background) can be clarified clearly by the relative phase and three previously reported parameters (background frequency, perturbation frequency, and perturbation energy).

Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship for pH-Triggered Drug Release Performance of Acid-Responsive Four/Six-Arms Star Polymeric Micelles.

Purpose: The pH-responsive copolymer micelles are widely used as carriers in drug delivery system, but there are few micro-level mechanistically explorations on the pH-triggered drug release. Here we elucidate the relationship between drug release behavior of four/six-arms star copolymer micelles and the copolymer structures.

Method: The net cumulative drug release percentage (E) was taken as the dependent variables, block unit autocorrelation descriptors as independent variables.

Two-copy Quantum Teleportation.

We investigate two-copy scenario of quantum teleportation based on Bell measurements. The detailed protocol is presented and the general expression of the corresponding optimal teleportation fidelity is derived, which is given by the two-copy fully entangled fraction that is invariant under local unitary transformations. We prove that under a specific case of the protocol, which is significant for improving the optimal fidelity, the set of states with their two-copy fully entangled fractions bounded by a threshold value that required for useful two-copy teleportation is convex and compact.

Growth rate of modulation instability driven by superregular breathers.

We report an exact link between Zakharov-Gelash super-regular (SR) breathers (formed by a pair of quasi-Akhmediev breathers) with interesting different nonlinear propagation characteristics and modulation instability (MI). This shows that the absolute difference of group velocities of SR breathers coincides exactly with the linear MI growth rate. This link holds for a series of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with infinite-order terms.

Coherence as resource in scattering quantum walk search on complete graph.

We investigate the behavior of coherence in scattering quantum walk search on complete graph under the condition that the total number of vertices of the graph is significantly larger than the marked number of vertices we are searching, N ≫ v. We find that the consumption of coherence represents the increase of the success probability for the searching, also it is related to the efficiency of the algorithm in oracle queries. If no coherence is consumed or an incoherent state is utilized, the algorithm will behave as the classical blind search, implying that coherence is responsible for the speed-up in this quantum algorithm over its classical counterpart.