Publications by authors named "Xiaoyan Mao"

This paper investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics on optimizing cross-border e-commerce efficiency for straw hat manufacturers in Zhejiang Province, China. It identifies market and consumer demand trends through machine learning analysis of comprehensive e-commerce data and leverages generative AI to revolutionize production and marketing processes. The integration of AI-generated content (AIGC) technology facilitates streamlined design-to-production cycles and rapid adaptation to market changes and consumer feedback.

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Importance: Supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has been recommended as the first-line treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but more evidence on whether adjunctive methods would provide additional benefits is needed.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of PFMT with or without a home-based pressure-mediated biofeedback (BF) device.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This multicenter assessor-blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted in the obstetric clinics of 5 participating tertiary hospitals in China.

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  • - This study explores how falls impact self-rated health and anxiety in older Chinese individuals with chronic illnesses, emphasizing the role of psychological resilience.
  • - Using data from the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, the researchers found that falls negatively affect self-rated health and increase anxiety symptoms, with psychological resilience moderating these effects.
  • - Analysis showed that the negative impacts of falls varied based on factors like sex, residence, and the number of chronic diseases, highlighting the complexity of these relationships in older adults.
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Objective: To explore the underlying mechanisms the airway microbiome contributes to Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(AECOPD).

Methods: We enrolled 31 AECOPD patients and 26 stable COPD patients, their sputum samples were collected for metagenomic and RNA sequencing, and then subjected to bioinformatic analyses. The expression of host genes was validated by Quantitative Real-time PCR(qPCR) using the same batch of specimens.

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During the treatment of 89 pediatric patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the Hematology Department of Kunming Medical University's Children's Hospital from 2020 to 2023, three patients were identified to co-express the NUP98-NSD1, FLT3-ITD, and WT1 gene mutations. The bone marrow of these three patients was screened for high-risk genetic mutations using NGS and qPCR at the time of diagnosis. The treatment was administered following the China Children's Leukemia Group (CCLG)-AML-2019 protocol.

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Objectives: To examine the effectiveness of pelvic-abdominal mechanics exercise in reducing cesarean section rates and preventing pelvic floor dysfunction in primiparous women.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Methods: A single-center prospective study was conducted among 200 primiparous participants (aged 18-38 years) who undertook formal card-issuing maternity tests between June 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.

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Background: Reconstruction of head and neck soft tissue defects with bone exposure is both challenging and technically demanding for plastic surgeon. Objectives in head and neck soft tissue defects with bone exposure reconstruction are consistent restoration of functionality while also improving appearance. This study retrospectively analyzed the results of head and neck reconstructions using various types of free flaps over the past 4 years.

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Background: Sugammadex, a selective steroidal neuromuscular blocking agent reversal agent, is increasingly employed for the rapid restoration of neuromuscular function. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of sugammadex's safety profile.

Methods: Adverse events (AEs) related to sugammadex reported in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database from January 2009 to September 2023 were extracted.

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Context: Evidence is accumulating on the impact of previous adverse pregnancy events on future fertility in natural conceptions. However, there is limited knowledge on whether an ectopic pregnancy (EP) or miscarriage after an initial in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle affects the subsequent outcomes.

Objective: To investigate the effect of first IVF outcomes: miscarriage, EP, and no pregnancy, on the second cycle outcomes based on a freeze-all strategy.

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  • The study aimed to examine how visibility of the mandibular third molar root pulp changes with age in young adults in East China, particularly to see if this could help determine if someone is 18 or older.
  • A sample of 1,280 panoramic dental images from individuals aged 15 to 30 was analyzed using a four-stage classification method to assess root pulp visibility, with age distributions noted at each stage.
  • Results showed that the pulp visibility stages appeared at specific ages, indicating that individuals in stages 1 to 3 were all over 18, suggesting this method can effectively estimate an individual's age based on dental images.
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Context: The routine clinical practice is to prioritize the transfer of blastocysts derived from 2PN embryos if they are available. For women who only have blastocysts resulting from 0PN and 1PN embryos, whether to transfer these embryos or discard them has been an ongoing debate over the years.

Objective: To investigate the perinatal and obstetric outcomes following the transfer of vitrified-warmed single blastocysts derived from 0PN and 1PN zygotes.

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Hazardous heavy metals and organic substances removal is of great significance for ensuring the safety of aquatic-ecosystem, yet the highly effective and selective extraction always remains challenging. To address this problem, magnetic hollow microcubes were fabricated through thermal carbonization of FeO-COOH@ γ-CD-MOFs, and core-shell structured precursors were in-situ greenly constructed on a large scale via microwave-assisted self-assembly strategy. As noted, the development of secondary crystallization was utilized to achieve uniform dispersion of cores within MOFs frameworks and thus improved magnetic and adsorption ability of composites.

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. Artificial nerve scaffolds composed of polymers have attracted great attention as an alternative for autologous nerve grafts recently. Due to their poor bioactivity, satisfactory nerve repair could not be achieved.

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The presence of pesticide residues in aquatic environments poses a significant threat to both aquatic ecosystems and human health. The presence of these residues can result in significant harm to aquatic ecosystems and can negatively impact the health of aquatic organisms. Consequently, this issue requires urgent attention and effective measures to mitigate its impact.

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Autologous nerve grafts have been considered the gold standard for peripheral nerve grafts. However, due to drawbacks such as functional loss in the donor area and a shortage of donor sources, nerve conduits are increasingly being considered as an alternative approach. Polymer materials have been widely studied as nerve repair materials due to their excellent processing performance.

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Building of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) homogeneous hydrogels made by spontaneous crystallization remains a significant challenge. Inspired by anisotropically structured materials in nature, an oriented super-assembly strategy to construct micro-scale MOFs superstructure is reported, in which the strong intermolecular interactions between zirconium-oxygen (Zr─O) cluster and glutamic acid are utilized to drive the self-assembly of flexible nanoribbons into pumpkin-like microspheres. The confined effect between water-flexible building blocks and crosslinked hydrogen networks of superstructures achieved a mismatch transformation of MOFs powders into homogeneous hydrogels.

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Endometrial receptivity is a prerequisite for the success of assisted reproduction. Patients with a consistently thin endometrium frequently fail to conceive, owing to low endometrial receptivity, and there are currently very few therapeutic options available. Our previous study demonstrated that intrauterine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) administration resulted in a significant improvement in clinical pregnancy and implantation rates and was an effective means of increasing endometrial thickness on the day of embryo transfer in patients with thin endometrium.

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Background: The global trend of delaying childbearing has led to an increasing number of couples seeking in vitro fertilization. The adverse effects of advanced maternal age on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes are well documented, regardless of the conception method. In addition, advanced paternal age may contribute to poor reproductive potential because of high levels of sperm DNA fragmentation.

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Background: Use of scalp skin for facial organ reconstruction represents a mainstream procedure for organ reconstruction. In most cases, adequate amounts of skin can be obtained by using tissue expanders, but harvesting sufficient scalp tissue in patients with low hairlines is challenging. Hair follicular unit extraction (FUE) is one approach to resolve this problem.

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Background: Increasing studies have shown that the imbalance of the respiratory microbial flora is related to the occurrence of COPD, the severity and frequency of exacerbations and mortality.However, it remains unclear how the sputum microbial flora differs during exacerbations in COPD patients manifesting emphysema phenotype, chronic bronchitis with emphysema phenotype and asthma-COPD overlap phenotype.

Methods: Sputum samples were obtained from 29 COPD patients experiencing acute exacerbations who had not received antibiotics or systemic corticosteroids within the past four weeks.

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Recently, 3D dental intraoral scanning technology has been developed rapidly and applied widely in everyday dental practice. Since 3D dental scanning could provide valuable personal information, it enabled researchers to develop novel procedures for individual identification through D-D dentition superimposition. This study aimed to test the applicability of this method in an Eastern Chinese population and propose a threshold for personal identification.

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Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) affects more than half of the adult population worldwide and is primarily caused by the binding of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to androgen receptors (AR). However, the mechanisms by which AR affects hair follicles remain unclear. In our study, we found that miR-221 significantly suppressed hair growth and the proliferation of dermal papilla cells (DPCs) and dermal sheath cells (DSCs) in AGA patients.

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Aim: To investigate the clinical characteristics and health resource costs among children hospitalised for injuries in southern Sichuan, China, and to provide guidance for prevention and treatment.

Methods: We collected clinical data concerning children aged from 29 days to 18 years hospitalised for injuries from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2021, retrospectively analysing the basic characteristics, evolution of injury characteristics over time, risk factors for events with adverse outcomes, and health resource costs.

Results: Among 5,826 hospitalised children with injuries, males (63.

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Research Question: Does type of culture medium used influence obstetric and perinatal outcomes after vitrified-warmed single blastocyst transfers?

Design: Retrospective cohort study involving singletons after vitrified-warmed single blastocyst embryo transfers, using embryos cultured in either Irvine Continuous Single Culture medium (CSC) or Vitrolife G5 PLUS medium culture system between 2013 and 2020.

Results: A total of 2475 women who had singleton deliveries were included for final analysis: 1478 had embryos cultured in CSC and 997 had embryos cultured in G5 PLUS medium. Birth outcomes, including preterm birth, mean birth weight, gestational age- and sex-adjusted birth weight (Z-scores), rates of large-for-gestational-age, small-for-gestational-age, low birth weight and macrosomia, and the distribution of newborn gender did not differ significantly between groups in crude and adjusted analyses.

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Background: Costal cartilage harvest is required in patients with unilateral microtia when autologous reconstruction is being considered. However, whether an ipsilateral or contralateral donor site should be used remains controversial. This is the first study to compare cartilaginous growth between ipsilateral and contralateral donor sites in patients with unilateral microtia.

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