Effect of ginger and P6 acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomized controlled study.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of ginger with P6 acupressure in preventing and treating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in cancer patients.

Method: A total of 172 participants were randomly divided into the control, ginger, acupressure, and joint groups, who were hospitalized in the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from February and September 2022. The baseline characteristics, nausea, vomiting, and retching, benefit finding, functional living index-emesis, treatment satisfaction, and adverse reaction, were used in data collection.

Effect of Grain Structure and Quenching Rate on the Susceptibility to Exfoliation Corrosion in 7085 Alloy.

The influence of grain structure and quenching rates on the exfoliation corrosion (EXCO) susceptibility of 7085 alloy was studied using immersion tests, optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). The results show that as the cooling rate decreases from 1048 °C/min to 129 °C/min; the size of grain boundary precipitates (GBPs); the width of precipitate-free zones (PFZ); and the content of Zn, Mg, and Cu in GBPs rise, leading to an increase in EXCO depth and consequently higher EXCO susceptibility. Meanwhile, there is a linear relationship between the average corrosion depth and the logarithm of the cooling rate.

The Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect of Cu-2.0Be Alloy during Hot Compression.

The Portevin-Le Chatelier effect of Cu-2.0Be alloy was investigated using hot isothermal compression at varying strain rates (0.01-10 s) and temperature (903-1063 K).

Thermal Deformation Behavior and Dynamic Softening Mechanisms of Zn-2.0Cu-0.15Ti Alloy: An Investigation of Hot Processing Conditions and Flow Stress Behavior.

Through isothermal hot compression experiments at various strain rates and temperatures, the thermal deformation behavior of Zn-2.0Cu-0.15Ti alloy is investigated.

Non-linear connections between maternal hemoglobin during the third trimester of pregnancy and birth weight outcomes in full-term newborns: Estimating the breakpoints.

Objective: Anemia is still an unfinished global health problem, and adverse birth weight outcomes have everlasting influences on the health of later life. However, the non-linear connections and breakpoints of maternal hemoglobin with birth weight outcomes are still needed to be further elucidated. We aimed to reveal the non-linear connections between maternal hemoglobin during the third trimester of pregnancy and birth weight, low birth weight (LBW), macrosomia, small for gestational age (SGA), and large for gestational age (LGA) in full-term newborns and elucidate the breakpoints of the connections.

Short-term effects of air pollution exposure on the risk of preterm birth in Xi'an, China.

Introduction: Long-term exposure to air pollution is known to be harmful to preterm birth (PTB), but little is known about the short-term effects. This study aims to quantify the short-term effect of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM), ≤10 μm (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO) on PTB.

Case report: A novel mutation in a Chinese female child with microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia.

Microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (MICPCH) is a rare X-linked dominant genetic disease, and most MICPCHs are ascribed to mutations, while few are revealed in Chinese patients. This study aims to identify the pathogenic mutation in a Chinese proband with MICPCH. A 3-year-old female Chinese proband with MICPCH and her parents were included.

Associations among prenatal PM, birth weight, and renal function.

Background: Low birth weight has long-term health effects, including neurodevelopmental delays, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes, through epigenetic changes and modifications. Numerous studies have identified that PM is associated with low birth weight. However, the association between PM and renal function, as well as the mediated effect of renal function on the association between prenatal PM and birth weight are still under-recognized.

Maternal sleep during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims/introduction: Sleep problems are important public health concern worldwide. We carried out a meta-analysis to quantitatively evaluate whether sleep duration was associated with pregnancy outcomes, and the associations were modified by important characteristics of studies.

Materials And Methods: Based on PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases, we searched for published literature related to maternal sleep duration and adverse pregnancy outcomes before 30 June 2021.

Effects of PM and its constituents on hemoglobin during the third trimester in pregnant women.

Anemia has been a public health issue evoking global concern, and the low hemoglobin (Hb) concentration links to adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the associations of PM and its constituents with Hb and anemia in pregnant women remain unclear. In this retrospective birth cohort study, 7932 pregnant women who delivered in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from 2015 to 2018 were included.

Prenatal exposure to air pollution and the risk of macrosomia: Identifying windows of susceptibility.

This study explores the effects of prenatal exposure to air pollution on the risk of macrosomia and its window of susceptibility. We conducted a retrospective cohort study utilizing records of birth certificates for all full-term live newborns born in Xi'an city, China from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018.Weekly- and trimester-specific exposures of PM, PM, NO, and O during pregnancy were calculated by inverse distance weighting (IDW) based on their residences.

Socio-Economic Factors Affecting the Regional Spread and Outbreak of COVID-19 in China.

Background: This study investigated the impact of socio-economic factors on the spread and outbreak of COVID-19 based on Chinese data.

Methods: Cumulative confirmed cases were collected and divided into the First-stage cases cluster dominated by imported cases, and the Second-stage cases cluster dominated by secondary cases, according to the time of emergency state and Wuhan city lockdown. The linear regression was used for data analysis.

Local treatment for triple-negative breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: breast-conserving surgery or total mastectomy?

Background: Because there is no exact therapeutic target, the systemic treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) still relies on chemotherapy. In terms of local treatment, based on the highly malignant characteristics of TNBC, it is still uncertain whether patients should be given more aggressive local treatment.

Methods: This study was based on the SEER database.

Maternal exposure to PM was linked to elevated risk of stillbirth.

Background: More and more studies began to explore the hazardous health effects of PM, but few reported its impacts on stillbirth. The sparse results were inconsistent and remained to be integrated. Therefore, we aimed to reveal the association between maternal exposure to PM and stillbirth.

Competing risk nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality for endometrial cancer patients treated with hysterectomy.

Background: The incidence of endometrial cancer has tended to increase in recent years. However, competing risk nomogram combining comprehensive factors for endometrial cancer patients treated with hysterectomy is still scarce. Therefore, we aimed to build a competing risk nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality for endometrial cancer patients treated with hysterectomy.

Development and validation of nomograms for epithelial ovarian cancer: a SEER population-based, real-world study.

To develop and internally validate nomograms to predict the overall survival (OS) and the cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). A total of 9001 EOC patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2013 were randomly divided into the training (n = 6301) and validation (n = 2700) cohorts. Nomogram and bootstrap validation were used to assess the predictive values of the models, including discrimination, calibration and clinical benefit.

Changing trends of birth weight with maternal age: a cross-sectional study in Xi'an city of Northwestern China.

Background: Most studies have shown that maternal age is associated with birth weight. However, the specific relationship between each additional year of maternal age and birth weight remains unclear. The study aimed to analyze the specific association between maternal age and birth weight.

Impact of air pollution exposure during various periods of pregnancy on term birth weight: a large-sample, retrospective population-based cohort study.

Previous studies have suggested that maternal exposure to air pollution might affect term birth weight. However, the conclusions are controversial. Birth data of all term newborns born in Xi'an city of Shaanxi, China, from 2015 to 2018 and whose mother lived in Xi'an during pregnancy were selected form the Birth Registry Database.

Calculating the overall survival probability in patients with cervical cancer: a nomogram and decision curve analysis-based study.

Background: Cervical cancer has long been a common malignance troubling women. However, there are few studies developing nomogram with comprehensive factors for the prognosis of cervical cancer. Hence, we aimed to build a nomogram to calculate the overall survival (OS) probability in patients with cervical cancer.

Overexpressing Jatropha curcas CBF2 in Nicotiana benthamiana improved plant tolerance to drought stress.

Jatropha curcas is an important bioenergy oil plant, and often planted on barren land to save the area of arable land. It is significant to improve the adaptability of J. curcas to various abiotic stresses.

FAX2 Mediates Fatty Acid Export from Plastids in Developing Arabidopsis Seeds.

Vegetable oils are mainly stored in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG) in oilseeds. Fatty acids (FAs), one of the building blocks for TAG assembly, are synthesized in plastids and then exported to the endoplasmic reticulum for storage oil synthesis. A recent study demonstrated that the export of FAs from plastids was mediated by a FAX (FA export) family protein.

Seed-specific overexpression of AtFAX1 increases seed oil content in Arabidopsis.

Biosynthesis of plant seed oil is accomplished through the coordinate action of multiple enzymes in multiple subcellular compartments. Fatty acid (FA) has to be transported from plastid to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for TAG synthesis. However, the role of plastid FA transportation during seed oil accumulation has not been evaluated.

[Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia caused by mutation in intron 4 of ALK1 gene: analysis of a HTT family].

Objective: To investigate the molecular pathogenesis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT).

Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected from a HTT family, including the proband, female, aged 48, and her mother, elder brother, elder sister, younger brother, and son. HHT gene mutations were identified by PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing and confirmed by reverse sequencing.