Thyroid hormone, cortisol, interleukin-2, and procalcitonin regulate postoperative delirium in acute type A aortic dissection patients.

Background: We assessed the relationships between levels of preoperative thyroid hormone (TH), cortisol, interleukin-2 (IL-2), and procalcitonin (PCT) and postoperative delirium (POD) in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients receiving modified triple-branched stent-graft (MTBSG) implant surgeries.

Methods: ATAAD patients received MTBSG implant surgeries in our hospital between February 2019 and December 2020 were recruited. We separated them into a POD and non-POD cohort and employed univariable and multivariable regression analysis to establish independent correlations between preoperative THs, cortisol, IL-2, and PCT and POD.

Blockade of TMEM16A protects against renal fibrosis by reducing intracellular Cl concentration.

Background And Purpose: Renal fibrosis is the final common outcome in most forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the underlying causal mechanisms remain obscure. The present study examined whether transmembrane member 16A (TMEM16A), a Ca -activated chloride channel, contributes to the progression of renal fibrosis.

A Modified Approach with Caval Transection for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Comparison Between Conventional and Sutureless Surgery in 173 Patients.

The efficacy of primary sutureless repair for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) needs to be confirmed. This study aimed to compare the long-term outcomes between the conventional surgery and the sutureless technique with a modified approach in superior TAPVC. Between January 2008 and December 2018, 173 patients with supracardiac TAPVC underwent surgery either with the conventional procedure (n = 130) or the sutureless repair (n = 43).

ClC-3 Deficiency Impairs the Neovascularization Capacity of Early Endothelial Progenitor Cells by Decreasing CXCR4/JAK-2 Signalling.

Background: Endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) therapy has been suggested as a major breakthrough in the treatment of ischemic diseases. However, the molecular mechanism that underlies EPC functional regulation is still unclear.

Methods: We examined the angiogenic capacity of EPCs in a hindlimb ischemia model of wild-type and ClC-3 knockout mice.

ClC-3 promotes angiotensin II-induced reactive oxygen species production in endothelial cells by facilitating Nox2 NADPH oxidase complex formation.

Recent evidence suggests that ClC-3, a member of the ClC family of Cl channels or Cl/H antiporters, plays a critical role in NADPH oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. However, the underling mechanisms remain unclear. In this study we investigated the effects and mechanisms of ClC-3 on NADPH oxidase activation and ROS generation in endothelial cells.

[Radiation Environment Study of Near Space in China Area].

Aerospace activity in near space (20-50 km) has become a research hotspot for aviation big countries worldwide. Solar radiation study, as the prerequisite to carry out aerospace activity, is facing the barrier of lacking of observation in near space layer. Ozone is the most important factor that affects radiation value in this layer.

[Research on calibration methods of ground-based thermal-infrared radiometer CE312].

The accuracy of the calibration coefficients of the ground-based thermal-infrared radiometer CE312 is one of the most important factors affecting the calibration of the thermal-infrared remote sensors. The theory of two calibration methods which calculate the bandpass radiance and spectral radiance respectively is introduced. The calibration of the CE312-1b is conducted with the blackbody in the laboratory, the accuracy and influence factors of the results are conducted by the MODIS data combined with in situ measurements data at Qinghai Lake in Aug 2010.

[Atmospheric correction method for HJ-1 CCD imagery over waters based on radiative transfer model].

Atmospheric correction is a bottleneck in quantitative application of Chinese satellites HJ-1 data to remote sensing of water color. According to the characteristics of CCD sensors, the present paper made use of air-water coupled radiative transfer model to work out the look-up table (LUT) of atmospheric corrected parameters, and thereafter developed pixel-by-pixel atmospheric correction method over waters accomplishing the water-leaving remote sensing reflectance with accessorial meteorological input. The paper validates the HJ-1 CCD retrievals with MODIS and in-situ results.

[Simulation of polarization SAR imaging of ocean surface].

The polarization synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging simulation is of great significance to ocean surface scattering. According to the theory of wind-wave spectrum, rough ocean surface was modeled in the present paper using the two-scale-model. This treatment takes both the large scale and small scale surface into account.

[Simulation and analysis of polarization characteristics for real sea surface sunglint].

The sea surface sunglint is caused by specular reflectance. Water is a kind of dark target with a very low reflectance, so sunglint becomes a big noise in the aerial or aerospace remote sensing images; sunglint is strongly polarized, and can be a natural standard light source for polarized sensor in-flight calibration; sunglint also can be utilized to retrieve gaseous constituents and aerosol properties. For both de-noising and being standard light source, the radiative physic parameters should be calculated accurately.

[Stereoscopic remote sensing used in monitoring Enteromorpha Prolifra disaster in Chinese Yellow Sea].

In the summer 2008, Enteromorpha Prolifra broke out in Yellow Sea and East Sea on a large scale for the first time, and became a marine disaster. The authors constructed a stereoscopic monitoring system which monitored the disaster continuously, dynamically and in real time. The present paper introduced the construction of the stereoscopic monitoring system; through analyzing the spectral characteristics of Enteromorpha Prolifra and ocean water which were acquired in a field experiment, confirmed Enteromorpha Prolifra retrieval models based on multi-platform multi-sensor and multi-spectral remote sensing data, contrasted the different scale monitoring results, and analyzed the evolvement rules with time-series analysis.