Waterlogging in soil restricts the growth of seedlings and inhibits the accumulation of lignans and phenolic acids in thorns.

, commonly known as Chinese Zaojiao, has important economic value and medicinal compounds in its fruits and thorns, making it widely cultivated artificially in China. However, the available literature on the impact of waterlogging on the growth of seedlings and the accumulation of metabolite compounds in its thorns is limited. To address this knowledge gap, seedlings were planted in soil supplemented with pindstrup substrate, which enhances the water-holding capacity of the soil.

Uterus-preserving surgical management of placenta accreta spectrum disorder: a large retrospective study.

Background: The two-child policy implemented in China resulted in a surge of high-risk pregnancies among advanced maternal aged women and presented a window of opportunity to identify a large number of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) cases, which often invoke severe blood loss and hysterectomy. We thus had an opportunity to evaluate the surgical outcomes of a unique conservative PAS management strategy for uterus preservation, and the impacts of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in PAS surgical planning.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, comparing the outcomes of a new uterine artery ligation combined with clover suturing technique (UAL + CST) with the existing conservative surgical approaches in a maternal public hospital with an annual birth of more than 20,000 neonates among all placenta previa cases suspecting of PAS between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018.

Cancer cell-derived exosomal miR-425-3p induces white adipocyte atrophy.

White adipose tissue wasting plays a critical role in the development and progression of cancer cachexia. However, the mechanism behind the loss of adipose tissue remains ill-defined. In this study, we found that cancer cell-derived exosomes highly expressed miR-425-3p.

Advanced asymmetric supercapacitors with a squirrel cage structure FeO@carbon nanocomposite as a negative electrode.

Carbon materials have been used as negative electrodes for supercapacitor applications; nevertheless, owing to the low capacitance, they have limited ability to enhance the supercapacitor electrochemical properties. Here, we employ a facile chemical precipitation method for preparing a squirrel cage structure FeO@carbon nanocomposite. In this architecture, the carbonized crosslinked bovine serum albumin (C) will play critical roles, serving as a skeleton for the deposition of FeO and a transportation pathway like "high-speed rail" for electrons, maintaining the structural stability as well as accommodating the volume expansion of FeO and facilitating electron transportation and the electrolyte ion diffusion.

Low-Crystalline FeOOH Nanoflower Assembled Mesoporous Film Anchored on MWCNTs for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes.

Crystalline iron oxides/hydroxides are generally preferred as supercapacitor electrode materials instead of the low-crystalline structure, despite the fact that an amorphous phase could have a comprehensive electrochemical performance owing to its structural disorder. Herein, we present a facile and scalable method for preparing amorphous FeOOH nanoflowers@multi-walled carbon nanotubes (FeOOH NFs@MWCNTs) composites. The resulting hybrid nanoflowers hold a distinctive heterostructure composed of a self-assembled amorphous FeOOH nanofilm on the MWCNTs surface.