World J Clin Cases
July 2024
Background: Surgical care of the hand plays a crucial role in the medical field, as problems with the hand can profoundly affect a patient's quality of life and function. In order to meet the needs of patients, improve patient satisfaction and improve treatment outcomes, high-quality service models have been introduced in the field of nursing.
Aim: To explore the effect analysis of applying high-quality service model to surgical nursing.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
August 2024
To examine whether circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels (CirIL6) have a causal effect on blood pressure using Mendelian randomization (MR) methods. We used data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of European ancestry to obtain genetic instruments for circulating IL-6 levels and blood pressure measurements. We applied several robust MR methods to estimate the causal effects and to test for heterogeneity and pleiotropy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPost-synthetic modification plays a crucial role in precisely adjusting the structure and functions of advanced materials. Herein, we report the self-assembly of a tubular heterometallic PdCuL1 capsule that incorporates Pd(II) and CuL1 metalloligands. This capsule undergoes further modification with two tridentate anionic ligands (L2) to afford a bicapped PdCuL1L2 capsule with an Edshammer polyhedral structure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHollow nanoporous carbon architectures (HNCs) present significant utilitarian value for a wide variety of applications. Facile and efficient preparation of HNCs has long been pursued but still remains challenging. Herein, we for the first time demonstrate that single-component metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) crystals, rather than the widely reported hybrid ones which necessitate tedious operations for preparation, could enable the facile and versatile syntheses of functional HNCs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal-organic cages (MOCs) are supramolecular coordination complexes that have internal cavities for hosting guest molecules and exhibiting various properties. However, the functions of MOCs are limited by the choice of the building blocks. Post-synthetic modification (PSM) is a technique that can introduce new functional groups and replace existing ones on the MOCs without changing their geometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The recovery time of hand wounds is long, which can easily result in chronic and refractory wounds, making the wounds unable to be properly repaired. The treatment cycle is long, the cost is high, and it is prone to recurrence and disability. Double layer artificial dermis combined with autologous skin transplantation has been used to repair hypertrophic scars, deep burn wounds, exposed bone and tendon wounds, and post tumor wounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the popularity of mobile Internet devices, the incidence of mobile phone addiction has been increasing, which has aroused the concern of all sectors of society. Due to the difficulty of eliminating the risk factors of mobile phone addiction, it's significant for researchers to examine the function and underlying mechanisms of positive environmental factors in reducing individuals' mobile phone addiction. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and mobile phone addiction among university students and analyzed the mediating role of automatic thoughts as well as the moderating role of peer attachment in this link.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBullying victimization is associated with sleep disturbance. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of bullying victimization on sleep disturbance, and the moderating effect of mindfulness on this association, also exploring differences across sex. A sample of 420 Chinese children (Mage = 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) is a threat to public health that mostly affects people in developing countries. TB presenting as a soft tissue mass is rare and is usually seen in patients with muscular tuberculosis (MT).
Case Presentation: In this study, we present the clinical, radiographic, and pathological features of two cases and retrospective evaluations of an additional 28 patients who were diagnosed with MT.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
March 2023
Post-synthetic modification (PSM) is an effective approach for the tailored functionalization of metal-organic architectures, but its generalizability remains challenging. Herein we report a general covalent PSM strategy to functionalize Pd L metal-organic cages (MOCs, n=2, 12) through an efficient Diels-Alder cycloaddition between peripheral anthracene substituents and various functional motifs bearing a maleimide group. As expected, the solubility of functionalized Pd L in common solvents can be greatly improved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute hyperglycemia is a powerful indicator of the severity of acute ischemic stroke (AIS); however, the relationship between these two factors is not very clear in patients with diabetes. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate data from 335 consecutive patients who experienced AIS from November 2015 to November 2016 to investigate whether a comprehensive assessment of blood glucose levels is a more valuable indicator of the severity of AIS or the presence of acute hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes. We collected demographic data, clinical manifestation information, clinical scores, and laboratory data [including fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels].
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Birth weight is considered not only to undermine future growth, but also to induce lifelong diseases; the aim of this study is to explore the relationship between birth weight and adult bone mass.
Methods: We performed multivariable regression analyses to assess the association of birth weight with bone parameters measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and by quantitative ultrasound (QUS), independently. We also implemented a systemic Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore the causal association between them with both fetal-specific and maternal-specific instrumental variables.
To infer the causality between obesity and fracture and the difference between general and abdominal obesity, a prospective study was performed in 456,921 participants, and 10,142 participants developed an incident fracture with follow-up period of 7.96 years. A U-shape relationship was observed between BMI and fracture, with the lowest risk of fracture in overweight participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of pediatric congenital blepharoptosis with poor Bell's phenomenon (BP) treated with modified levator muscle complex suspension.
Methods: Forty-two pediatric congenital blepharoptosis patients with poor BP were treated with modified levator muscle complex suspension, and their major surgical outcomes such as marginal reflex distance1 (MRD1), palpebral fissure height (PFH), and postoperative lagophthalmos were retrospectively reviewed.
Results: The mean follow-up was 10.
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are distinguished from other organic polymers by their crystallinity, but it remains challenging to obtain robust, highly crystalline COFs because the framework-forming reactions are poorly reversible. More reversible chemistry can improve crystallinity, but this typically yields COFs with poor physicochemical stability and limited application scope. Here we report a general and scalable protocol to prepare robust, highly crystalline imine COFs, based on an unexpected framework reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the increasing incidence of mobile phone addiction, the potential risk factors of mobile phone addiction have attracted more and more researchers' attention. Although various personality trait factors have been proven to be significant predictors of mobile phone addiction, limited attention has been paid to preference for solitude. Considering the adverse impacts of preference for solitude in the context of collectivistic societies and its possible negative effect on mobile phone addiction, this study was designed to examine the relationship between preference for solitude and mobile phone addiction, and to test the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of mindfulness in this relationship.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal-organic cages, a class of supramolecular containers constructed by the self-assembly of metal ions and organic ligands, show great promise as catalytic agents. In this work, we designed and synthesized a series of rhombic dodecahedral Ni-Cu heterometal imidazolate cages (NiCuL) that can act as highly active photo-Fenton-like catalysts. These cages possess a high ability to generate hydroxyl radicals (OH) under visible light in the presence of HO, which can rapidly degrade organic pollutants (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The Westlake BioBank for Chinese (WBBC) pilot cohort is a population-based prospective study with its major purpose to better understand the effect of genetic and environmental factors on growth and development from adolescents to adults.
Participants: A total of 14 726 participants (4751 males and 9975 females) aged 14-25 years were recruited and the baseline survey was carried out from 2017 to 2019. The pilot cohort contains rich range of information regarding of demographics and anthropometric measurements, lifestyle and sleep patterns, clinical and health outcomes.
Biosensing is of vital importance for advancing public health through monitoring abnormalities in biological systems, which may be potentially associated with certain body dysfunctions. A wide range of luminescent materials have been actively pursued in the fabrication of biosensing platforms, particularly ones that can function in complex biological fluids with high selectivity and sensitivity. Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have experienced rapid growth due to their tunable structures, large surface area, and being prone to surface engineering, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives And Methods: With 432 513 samples from UK Biobank dataset, multivariable linear/logistic regression were used to estimate the relationship between psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and estimated bone mineral density (eBMD)/osteoporosis, controlling for potential confounders. Here, confounders were set in three ways: model0 (including age, height, weight, smoking and drinking), model1 (model0 +regular physical activity) and model2 (model1 +medication treatments). The eBMD was derived from heel ultrasound measurement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA green, high-efficiency mesoporous magnetic material with strong reusability and oxidation resistance, named graphene oxide immobilized nanoscale zero-valent iron (GO-nFe), was prepared by a co-precipitation method. The structure, appearance, surface elements, and valence of GO-nFe were characterized via FESEM, TEM, FTIR, BET, XRD, and XPS. The characteristics and mechanism of Cr(Ⅵ) treatment in water using a weak magnetic field (WMF) coupled with GO-nFe (GO-nFe/WMF) were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolynuclear silver clusters are described that unexpectedly transform from cyclic trinuclear complexes (CTCs) upon reacting with σ-donating phenylacetylene, featuring a noria-like conformation. The introduction of foreign copper ions leads to isomorphic bimetallic Ag/Cu clusters, with a boost in the photoluminescence quantum yield relative to the original silver clusters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere, 622 imputations were conducted with 394 customized reference panels for Han Chinese and European populations. Besides validating the fact that imputation accuracy could always benefit from the increased panel size when the reference panel was population specific, the results brought two new thoughts. First, when the haplotype size of the reference panel was fixed, the imputation accuracy of common and low-frequency variants (Minor Allele Frequency (MAF) > 0.
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