Thermoelectric Gel Enabling Self-Powered Facial Perception for Expression Recognition and Health Monitoring.

By analyzing facial features to perform expression recognition and health monitoring, facial perception plays a pivotal role in noninvasive, real-time disease diagnosis and prevention. Current perception routes are limited by structural complexity and the necessity of a power supply, making timely and accurate monitoring difficult. Herein, a self-powered poly(vinyl alcohol)-gellan gum-glycerol thermogalvanic gel patch enabling facial perception is developed for monitoring emotions and atypical pathological states.

Designing Zwitterionic Bottlebrush Polymers to Enable Long-Cycling Quasi-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries.

Ionogel polymer electrolyte (IPE), incorporating ionic liquid (IL) within a polymer matrix, presents a promising avenue for safe quasi-solid-state lithium metal batteries. However, sluggish Li kinetics, resulting from the formation of [Li(anion)] clusters and the occupation of Li transport sites by organic cations, limit their practical applications. In this study, we have developed zwitterionic bottlebrush polymers-based IPE with promoted Li conduction by employing poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate)-grafted poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) (PVC-g-PSBMA) bottlebrushes as matrices of IL.

Blue food proteins: Novel extraction technologies, properties, bioactivities and applications in foods.

With the growing demand for healthy and sustainable food, blue food proteins have emerged as an important way to address resource-intensive production and environmental concerns. This paper systematically reviewed the extraction technologies, properties and bioactivities of blue food proteins and explored their wide range of applications. The novel extraction technologies not only improve the extraction efficiency of the proteins, shorten the production time and have environmental advantages, but also enhance the protein properties and facilitate subsequent applications.

Chongrenside D from Smilax china L protects against inflammation-induced joint destruction via inhibiting osteoclastogenesis.

Background: Bone-destructive diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoporosis, and bone metastases, are increasingly prevalent and worrisome due to the over-activated of osteoclasts. Chongrenside D (CGD) is a furostanol saponin extracted from Smilax china L, which has been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory properties in our previous research. However, its effect on rheumatoid arthritis, especially on osteoclast differentiation and bone destruction has not yet been investigated.

Constructing a Janus Catholyte/Cathode Structure: A New Strategy for Stable Zn-Organic Batteries.

Organic materials are promising candidates for the electrodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries due to their nonmetallic nature, environmental friendliness, and cost-effectiveness. However, they often suffer from significant dissolution during the charge-discharge process, which poses a major hurdle to their practical applications. Inspired by membrane-less organelles in cells, a simple and versatile strategy is proposed-constructing a Janus catholyte/cathode structured electrode based on liquid-liquid phase separation, in which redox-active organic molecules are confined in the liquid state within the activated carbon, thereby eliminating the volume effect and preventing their diffusion into the electrolyte.

Evaluation and Comparison of Academic Impact and Disruptive Innovation Level of Medical Journals: Bibliometric Analysis and Disruptive Evaluation.

Background: As an important platform for researchers to present their academic findings, medical journals have a close relationship between their evaluation orientation and the value orientation of their published research results. However, the differences between the academic impact and level of disruptive innovation of medical journals have not been examined by any study yet.

Objective: This study aims to compare the relationships and differences between the academic impact, disruptive innovation levels, and peer review results of medical journals and published research papers.

Thermogalvanic hydrogel-based e-skin for self-powered on-body dual-modal temperature and strain sensing.

Sensing of both temperature and strain is crucial for various diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Here, we present a novel hydrogel-based electronic skin (e-skin) capable of dual-mode sensing of temperature and strain. The thermocouple ion selected for this study is the iodine/triiodide (I/I) redox couple, which is a common component in everyday disinfectants.

A Richer Vocabulary of Chinese Personality Traits: Leveraging Word Embedding Technology for Mining Personality Descriptors.

This study uses a data-driven approach to mine the distribution of personality traits among Chinese people in the Chinese social context. Based on the hypothesis of personality lexicology, word embedding technology was employed in machine learning to mine personality vocabulary from Tencent's word embedding database. More than 10,000 Chinese personality descriptors were extracted and analyzed using Gaussian Mixture Model Cluster and Hierarchical clustering analysis.

Asperosaponin VI facilitates the regeneration of skeletal muscle injury by suppressing GSK-3β-mediated cell apoptosis.

Asperosaponin VI (ASA VI) is a bioactive triterpenoid saponin extracted from Diptychus roots, of Diptyl, and has previously shown protective functions in rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis. This study investigates the effects and molecular mechanisms of ASA VI on skeletal muscle regeneration in a cardiotoxin (CTX)-induced skeletal muscle injury mouse model. Mice were subjected to CTX-induced injury in the tibialis anterior and C2C12 myotubes were treated with CTX.

Analysis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children in Shenyang, China, 2017-2021.

Objective: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in children seriously threatens TB control. Information on the epidemiology and characteristics of DR-TB in children in China is limited. We studied data in Shenyang Tenth People's Hospital to understand the DR-TB epidemiology in children in Shenyang.

New insights on the preparation of amine covalent organic polymer and its adsorption properties.

Dye pollution is becoming increasingly severe. This study used the Schiff base reaction to synthesize a polyaromatic ring covalent organic polymer material with amide bonds and high electronegativity named SLEL-9 to adsorb Methylene Blue (MB) and Rhodamine B (RhB). SLEL-9 was characterized by Fourier transform infra-red spectra, X-ray photoelectron spectra, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), zeta potential analysis, and other techniques.

Asperosaponin VI protects alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis and injury via regulating lipid metabolism and ER stress.

Background: Asperosaponin VI (AVI) is a natural triterpenoid saponin isolated from Dipsacus asper Wall with documented anti-inflammatory and bone protective effects. Our previous work reported that AVI protects the liver of septic mice from acute inflammatory damage. In this paper, we further explored the protective effect and the potential mechanisms of AVI in alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD).

Akebia saponin D from Dipsacus asper wall. Ex C.B. Clarke ameliorates skeletal muscle insulin resistance through activation of IGF1R/AMPK signaling pathway.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Dipsacus asper Wall. Ex C.B.

[Chemical constituents from Pulsatillae Radix].

Chemical constituents of ethanol extract of Pulsatillae Radix were investigated. The n-butanol fraction of ethanol extract of Pulsatillae Radix was isolated and purified by macroporous resin and silica gel column chromatography and semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography. The triterpenoid glycosides were identified by multiple spectral methods.

K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math characteristics and recommendations based on analyses of teaching cases in China.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education emphasizes solving problems in authentic contexts and developing 21st-century skills. It also helps to cultivate individuals possessing scientific curiosity and innovative abilities. These capacities align with China's core literacy training.

BoALG10, an α-1,2 glycosyltransferase, plays an essential role in maintaining leaf margin shape in ornamental kale.

The morphological diversity of leaf margin shapes is an identifying characteristic of many plant species. In our previous work, BoALG10 (α-1,2 glycosyltransferase) was predicted to be a key regulator of leaf margin shape in ornamental kale ( var. ).

Study on the effect of Cr(VI) removal by stimulating indigenous microorganisms using molasses.

Molasses have a prominent effect on the bioremediation of Cr(VI) contaminated groundwater. However, its reaction mechanism is not detailed. In this paper, the removal of Cr(VI) with different carbon sources was compared to explore the effect and mechanism of the molasses.

COVID-19's impacts on the scope, effectiveness, and interaction characteristics of online learning: A social network analysis.

The COVID-19 outbreak brought online learning to the forefront of education. Scholars have conducted many studies on online learning during the pandemic, but only a few have performed quantitative comparative analyses of students' online learning behavior before and after the outbreak. We collected review data from China's massive open online course platform called icourse.

Designing Quinone-Based Anodes with Rapid Kinetics for Rechargeable Proton Batteries.

Quinone compounds, which are capable of accommodating proton (H ), are emerging electrodes in aqueous batteries. However, the storage mechanism of proton in quinone compounds is less known and the energy/power density of quinone-based proton battery is still limited. Here we design a series of quinone anodes and study their electrochemical properties in acidic electrolyte, in which tetramethylquinone (TMBQ) delivers a high capacity of 300 mAh g with an extremely low polarization of 20 mV at 1 C, and maintains over 50 % theoretical capacity in less than 16 seconds.

Ghosts as a Vehicle for the Delivery of DNA Vaccines Mediate Immune Responses.

We developed bacterial ghosts (BGs) as vehicles for delivering DNA vaccines and analyzed their effects on immune responses. Uptake of the plasmids encoding the enhanced green fluorescent protein (pCI-EGFP) and BGs loaded with pCI-EGFP by macrophages was investigated using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. The results showed that pCI-EGFP-loaded BGs were efficiently taken up by macrophages.