Use of Ambipolar Dual-Gate Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor to Configure Exclusive-OR Gate.

As the physical scaling limit of silicon-based integrated circuits is approached, new materials and device structures become necessary. The exclusive-OR (XOR) gate is a basic logic gate performed as a building block for digital adder and encrypted circuits. Here, we suggest that using the ambipolar property of carbon nanotubes and the threshold modulation ability of dual-gate field-effect transistors, an XOR gate can be constructed in only one transistor.

Local Regression Ranking for Saliency Detection.

Saliency detection is an important and challenging research topic due to the variety and complex of the background and saliency regions. In this paper, we present a novel unsupervised saliency detection approach by exploiting a learning-based ranking framework. First, the local linear regression model is adopted to simulate the local manifold structure of every image element, which is approximately linear.

Statin-ezetimibe versus statin lipid-lowering therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: Studies comparing the clinical efficacy and safety of intensive statin therapy with ezetimibe-statin combination therapy are still rare at present, especially in Asian population.

Methods: We enrolled 202 patients who suffered acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between May and July in 2016. Patients were allocated into three groups based on the lipid lowering strategy: moderate-intensity statin group (n=118), ezetimibe combined with moderate-intensity statin group (ezetimibe-statin combination, n=55) and intensive statin group (n=29).

Pulmonary function test findings in patients with acute inhalation injury caused by smoke bombs.

Background: This study aimed to determine the effects of smoke bomb-induced acute inhalation injury on pulmonary function at different stages of lung injury.

Methods: We performed pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in 15 patients with acute inhalation injury from days 3 to 180 after smoke inhalation. We measured the trace element zinc in whole blood on days 4 and 17, and correlations of zinc levels with PFTs were performed.

Efficacy and safety of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel with different dosage in high-risk patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Background: Dual antiplatelet therapy is recommended as a standard antiplatelet strategy in acute coronary syndrome. For those with reduced pharmacologic response to clopidogrel, strengthening antiplatelet therapy (clopidogrel 150mg daily) may reduce adverse clinical events. Ticagrelor is a direct-acting inhibitor of the adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 that has a more rapid onset and offset than clopidogrel.

[A Retrospective Analysis on 47 Children with Paragonimiasis in Ningbo City].

A retrospective analysis was performed on 47 children diagnosed with paragonimiasis in Ningbo Women and Children’s Hospital from January 2004 to December 2014. The 47 children comprised 32 boys （68.1%） and 15 girls （48.

Risk factors for preoperative respiratory complications in children with tracheobronchial foreign bodies.

Objective: To identify risk factors for preoperative respiratory complications associated with tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration (TFBA) by retrospectively analysing paediatric cases presenting with or without complications.

Methods: Paediatric patients who presented with TFBA and were admitted to hospital were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into two groups based on occurrence of preoperative respiratory complications as confirmed by computed tomography.

Association between obesity and ECG variables in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

Obesity exhibits a wide variety of electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities in adults, which often lead to cardiovascular events. However, there is currently no evidence of an association between obesity and ECG variables in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to explore the associations between obesity and ECG intervals and axes in children and adolescents.

[Research on cells ablation characters by laser plasma].

The study on the mechanism of laser ablated cells is of importance to laser surgery and killing harmful cells. Three radiation modes were researched on the ablation characteristics of onion epidermal cells under: laser direct irradiation, focused irradiation and the laser plasma radiation. Based on the thermodynamic properties of the laser irradiation, the cell temperature rise and phase change have been analyzed.

Effects of television viewing on body fatness among Chinese children and adolescents.

Background: Numerous studies have shown that time spent on television (TV) viewing is positively associated with obesity. The aim of this study was to examine the potential association between excessive TV viewing and obesity, especially abdominal obesity, among children and adolescents in mainland of China.

Methods: A total of 4708 children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years were recruited for the study.

Association of tag SNPs of GPx-3 with essential hypertension in rural Han Chinese in Fuxin, Liaoning, China.

Background: Genetic mechanisms contribute to blood pressure regulation. This study investigated whether glutathione peroxidase (GPx-3) tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with hypertension in the rural areas of Fuxin county, Liaoning province, China.

Methods: Indigenous Fuxin Han people participated, 523 unrelated hypertensives and 547 controls were recruited.

[Analysis of therapeutic effects of rural patients with hypertension by combination administration of low dosage of hydrochlorothiazide and nitrendipine].

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of combination administration of hydrochlorothiazide and nitrendipine at low dosage in the treatment of rural hypertension patients.

Methods: By the method of cluster random sampling, 5292 primary hypertension patients from Fuxin, Liaoning Province were divided into health education group (control group) and drug intervention group in June 2006. The drug intervention group were treated with hydrochlorothiazide, nitrendipine and captopril by stepwise approach and we observe the antihypertensive effect of drug and the effect on the onset of stroke.

[Correlation between body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure in rural residents from west part of Liaoning Province].

Objective: This study observed the association between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure level in rural residents from west Liaoning province.

Methods: This epidemiological study using stratified cluster random sampling was conducted from 2004 to 2006 in Fuxin County, Liaoning Province, 43,692 rural residents (21,680 males) aged 35-74 years old [(49. 8 +/-10.

[Relationship between pulse pressure, pulse pressure index and prevalence of stroke among rural population in China].

Objective: To investigate the association between pulse pressure (PP), pulse pressure index (PPI), and stroke in rural areas.

Methods: 29970 people>or=35 years old in rural areas of Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, were selected by cluster multistage sampling. Blood pressure was measured.

[The expression and significance of myocardial cathepsin L in dilated cardiomyopathy].

Objective: To clarify the expression of myocardial cathepsin L and its significance in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Methods: Myocardial tissue specimens derived from 20 patients undergoing orthotopic cardiac transplantation and 5 normal myocardium samples collected at autopsy from sudden death as controls were studied. The expression of cathepsin L was detected with immunohistochemistry, real time PCR and Western Blotting, respectively.

Automated soil resources mapping based on decision tree and Bayesian predictive modeling.

This article presents two approaches for automated building of knowledge bases of soil resources mapping. These methods used decision tree and Bayesian predictive modeling, respectively to generate knowledge from training data. With these methods, building a knowledge base for automated soil mapping is easier than using the conventional knowledge acquisition approach.

Aspiration of dead space in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failure.

Introduction: Carbon dioxide clearance can be improved by reducing respiratory dead space or by increasing the clearance of carbon-dioxide-laden expiratory gas from the dead space. Aspiration of dead space (ASPIDS) improves carbon dioxide clearance by suctioning out (during expiration) the carbon-dioxide-rich expiratory gas while replacing the suctioned-out gas with oxygenated gas. We hypothesized that ASPIDS would allow lower tidal volume and thus reduce exposure to potentially injurious airway pressures.