Facet-Selective Growth of Dots-on-Plate II-VI Heterostructures for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

High-level control over the surface and interface of II-VI heterostructures is crucial for enhancing charge separation and optimizing active sites, thus improving photocatalytic performance. However, due to variations in surface energy and atomic arrangement among different crystal facets, achieving selective growth of specific facets remains a significant challenge. Herein, we have achieved the selective growth of CdSe or ZnSe dots on the lateral facets or basal facets of two-dimensional CdS or ZnS nanoplates by carefully selecting Se source precursors with different reaction activities.

Minimally invasive treatment strategies for submucosal tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Advances in innovative endoscopy-based therapies.

The increasing detection of submucosal tumors (SMTs) in the upper gastrointestinal tract (UGI) is due to the increased clinical use of endoscopy and imaging technology. Some of these SMTs have malignant potential and may cause clinical symptoms. Thus, it is recommended in clinical guidelines to consider resection of these SMTs.

A comparative quantitative assessment of 3D-printed PEKK and PEEK thin meshes in customized alveolar bone augmentation.

Objective: Customized nonabsorbable membranes are widely used in severe alveolar bone defects and provide sufficient and precise regenerated bone tissue for subsequent dental implant placement. Although 3D-printed polyetheretherketone (PEEK) meshes have confirmed successful use in clinical cases, the performance of a PEEK mesh is not satisfactory. Compared with PEEK, polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) has better mechanical and processing properties.

Effects of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization/Vojta Therapy on Pain Intensity and Physical Function in Individuals with Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent health issue that imposes heavy burdens on personal health status and social healthcare. Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)/Vojta therapy has demonstrated effectiveness in managing conditions related to musculoskeletal system. However, its effects on individuals with LBP remain incompletely understood.

Octave-spanning Kerr soliton frequency combs in dispersion- and dissipation-engineered lithium niobate microresonators.

Dissipative Kerr solitons from optical microresonators, commonly referred to as soliton microcombs, have been developed for a broad range of applications, including precision measurement, optical frequency synthesis, and ultra-stable microwave and millimeter wave generation, all on a chip. An important goal for microcombs is self-referencing, which requires octave-spanning bandwidths to detect and stabilize the comb carrier envelope offset frequency. Further, detection and locking of the comb spacings are often achieved using frequency division by electro-optic modulation.

Corrigendum: Influences of cognitive load on center of pressure trajectory of young male adults with excess weight during gait initiation.

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Influences of cognitive load on center of pressure trajectory of young male adults with excess weight during gait initiation.

Falls and fall-related injuries in young male adults with excess weight are closely related to an increased cognitive load. Previous research mainly focuses on analyzing the postural control status of these populations performing cognitive tasks while stabilized walking progress but overlooked a specific period of walking known as gait initiation (GI). It is yet unknown the influences of cognitive load on this population's postural control status during GI.

Electron transfer coupled spin transition in cyano-bridged mixed-valence {FeIII2FeII2} molecular squares.

The research on electron transfer coupled spin transition regulating the valence state and spin state transition of metal ions is promising and challenging. Herein, we report a cyano-bridged {FeIII2FeII2} molecular square complex, {[Fe(Tp)(CN)] [Fe(bnbpen)]}(ClO)·8CHOH (1·8CHOH, bnbpen = ,'-bis-(2-naphthylmethyl)-,'-bis(2-picolayl)-ethylenediamine), and its free of solvents form (1). Combined single-crystal X-ray diffraction, temperature-dependent infrared (IR) spectra, magnetic measurements, and Mössbauer spectra reveal that 1·8CHOH and 1 exhibit reversible one-step and two-step electron transfer coupled spin transition (ETCST) with temperature change, between the low-temperature state {Fe(μ-CN)Fe} (LS = low spin, HS = high spin) and the high-temperature state {Fe(μ-CN)Fe}, respectively.

Observation of protonation-induced intra-molecular metal-to-metal charge transfer in cyano-bridged [Fe-CN-Mn/Ni] dinuclear complexes.

A key challenge in the design of magnetic molecules with intramolecular charge transfer behavior is to obtain reversible magnetic bistability triggered by external stimuli. Here, we show that two dinuclear metal complexes, [(bbp)Fe(CN)Mn(PyMe)]·2.5CHOH (4) and [(bbp)Fe(CN)Ni(PyMe)]·2.

Daily walking kinematic characteristics of the elderly in different residential settings: experimental study on Chinese community-living elderly and long-term nursing home residents.

Background: Long-term nursing home (NH) care helps NH residents with their daily activities and improves their quality of life, but negatively affects their independent physical activities and increases the risk of dangerous events. Dangerous events in the elderly usually occur in the conversion of walking periods when forward striding has already happened, but the body has not yet entered a completely steady walking.

Objectives: Compare the gait characteristics in Chinese long-term NH residents and community-living elderly during the walking Transitional Period (TP) and Stabilization Period (SP).

The treatment of dispersion terms for solution systems.

DFT calculations of reaction mechanisms in solution have always been a hot topic, especially for transition-metal-catalyzed reactions, in which the traditional DFT-D3 method has been extensively employed. The overestimation of the dispersion from the traditional DFT-D3 method leads to a quite low activation free-energy barrier, so it is worth finding a proper way to deal with the dispersion for solution systems. The solvent-solute dispersion is also important for solution systems, and thus it should be calculated together with the solute dispersion.

Stiffness changes in internal rotation muscles of the shoulder and its influence on hemiplegic shoulder pain.

Background: Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is a common complication in patients with stroke. The pathogenesis of HSP is complex, and muscle hypertonia, especially the hypertonia of internal rotation muscles of the shoulder, may be one of the important causes of shoulder pain. However, the relationship between muscle stiffness and HSP has not been well studied.

The efficacy and safety of lenvatinib plus transarterial chemoembolization in combination with PD-1 antibody in treatment of unresectable recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: a case series report.

Purpose: To explore the safety and efficacy of lenvatinib in combination with trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) antibody in the treatment of unresectable recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (urHCC).

Patients And Methods: The clinical data of 16 patients with unresectable recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma admitted to the Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and received the conversion therapy of lenvatinib + TACE + PD-1 antibody between January 2019 and January 2022 were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: There were 25% (4/16) patients suffering from grade 3 adverse events and no patients suffering from grade 4 or higher adverse events.

Upregulated expression of a TOR2A gene product-salusin-β in the paraventricular nucleus enhances sympathetic activity and cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in rats with chronic heart failure induced by coronary artery ligation.

Aim: Enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) promotes sympathetic hyperactivation in chronic heart failure (CHF). Salusin-β is a torsin family 2 member A (TOR2A) gene product and a cardiovascular active peptide closely associated with cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to determine the roles of salusin-β in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in modulating enhanced CSAR and sympathetic hyperactivation in rats with CHF induced by coronary artery ligation and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms.

Cytokine expression in gingival crevicular fluid around teeth opposing dental implants and 3-unit fixed partial dentures in a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aimed to study the cytokines in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of the teeth opposing to dental implants and 3-unit fixed partial dentures (FPDs).

Materials And Methods: A total of 74 participants were recruited for this cross-sectional study. Based on the status of lower first molars, the participants were divided into dental implants group and 3-unit FPDs group.

Effects of Otago Exercise Program on postural control ability in elders living in the nursing home: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Losing postural control ability and related injuries are of particular concern for elders living in the nursing home (NH). The Otago Exercise Program (OEP) is a multimodal exercise training program initially designed as an individually tailored home exercise for community-dwelling elders, but whether its movement characteristics and exercise intensity meet NH elders' needs still needs to be clarified. This study aimed to determine the effects of the OEP in enhancing postural control ability among elders in the NH.

DFT calculations in solution systems: solvation energy, dispersion energy and entropy.

DFT calculations of reaction mechanisms in solution have always been a hot topic, especially for transition-metal-catalyzed reactions. The calculation of solvation energy is performed using either the polarizable continuum model (PCM) or the universal solvation model SMD. The PCM calculation is very sensitive to the choice of atomic radii to form a cavity, where the self-consistent isodensity PCM (SCI-PCM) has been recognized as the best choice and our IDSCRF radii can provide a similar cavity.

The Effect of Metabolic Syndrome on the Outcome of Hepatitis B-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients After Hepatectomy: A Multicenter Study.

Background And Aims: With changes in dietary patterns and modern lifestyles, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients is increasing. The purpose of our study is to explore the impact of MetS on the prognosis of HBV-associated HCC patients following radical hepatectomy.

Methods: Data on consecutive HCC patients who underwent radical hepatectomy were prospectively obtained and retrospectively analyzed from seven medical centers in west areas of China.

Mixed Transcriptome Analysis Revealed the Possible Interaction Mechanisms between and Inducing Jiaobai Stem-Gall Formation.

The smut fungus infects and induces stem expansion to form a unique vegetable named Jiaobai. Although previous studies have demonstrated that hormonal control is essential for triggering stem swelling, the role of hormones synthesized by and and the underlying molecular mechanism are not yet clear. To study the mechanism that triggers swollen stem formation, we analyzed the gene expression pattern of both interacting organisms during the initial trigger of culm gall formation, at which time the infective hyphae also propagated extensively and penetrated host stem cells.

Regulating the magnetic properties of seven-coordinated Dy(III) single-ion magnets through the effect of positional isomers on axial crystal-field.

Six Dy(III) single-ion magnets (SIMs) [Dy(-OMe-bbpen)X] were synthesized by a solvothermal reaction with three positional isomers (, , and ) of ligands -OMe-Hbbpen and dysprosium halides DyX, (-OMe-Hbbpen = ,'-bis(2-hydroxy--methoxybenzyl)-,'-bis(2-methylpyridyl)ethylenediamine; = 3, X = Cl, 1; = 3, X = Br, 2; = 4, X = Cl, 3; = 4, X = Br, 4; = 5, X = Cl, 5; = 5, X = Br, 6). Dynamic magnetic measurements revealed that the six complexes possess notably different effective barriers of magnetic reversal: 872.0 K (1), 1210.

Effect of frailty on kinematic characteristics of walking in community-dwelling elders.

Objective: Frailty has a high prevalence in elders and impairs motor ability. This study aimed to investigate the influence caused by frailty in kinematic characteristics of walking and walking strategy adjustment from static standing to stable walking.

Methods: In this study, 80 community-dwelling elders performed tests.