Background: The intestinal epithelial barrier is the first line of defense against pathogens and noxious substances entering the body from the outside world. Through proliferation and differentiation, intestinal stem cells play vital roles in tissue regeneration, repair, and the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is caused by the disruption of intestinal homeostasis through the invasion of toxic compounds and pathogenic microorganisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Exploration of the Predictive Diagnostic Value of Mean Platelet Volume to Platelet Count Ratio (MPV/PLT,PVI) and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in the tPSA Gray Zone of Prostate Cancer.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 65 prostate cancer (Pca) patients and 52 benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients who underwent transperineal prostate biopsy at Xiangtan Central Hospital from December 2021 to December 2023. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used to investigate the predictive diagnostic value of PVI and NLR in the tPSA gray zone of prostate cancer.
Purpose: To aim of this study is to assess the impact of an internet-enabled nursing model, led by specialized nurses within a framework of multidisciplinary collaboration, on both, patients diagnosed with hypertension, and their respective caregivers.
Methods: A total of 158 patients with hypertension, along with their corresponding caregivers, were meticulously selected and paired. By using a random number table method, participants were allocated into either a control group or an observation group.
World J Psychiatry
February 2024
Depression is a common mental health disorder. With current depression detection methods, specialized physicians often engage in conversations and physiological examinations based on standardized scales as auxiliary measures for depression assessment. Non-biological markers-typically classified as verbal or non-verbal and deemed crucial evaluation criteria for depression-have not been effectively utilized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo maintain the integrity of the adult gut, the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells must be strictly controlled. Several signaling pathways control the proliferation and differentiation of Drosophila intestinal epithelial cells. Although the modulatory effects of insulin pathway components on cell proliferation have been characterized, their specific role in which cell type and how these components interact with other regulatory signaling pathways remain largely unclear.
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January 2024
Depression is a prevalent mental disorder worldwide. Early screening and treatment are crucial in preventing the progression of the illness. Existing emotion-based depression recognition methods primarily rely on facial expressions, while body expressions as a means of emotional expression have been overlooked.
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January 2024
Background And Objectives: Depression is a typical mental illness, and early screening can effectively prevent exacerbation of the condition. Many studies have found that the expressions of depressed patients are different from those of other subjects, and microexpressions have been used in the clinical detection of mental illness. However, there are few methods for the automatic detection of depression based on microexpressions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChickens have been used as a valuable and traditional model for studies on basic immunology. B lymphocytes were first identified in the bursa of Fabricius (BF) of broilers. The microbiota is important for immune system development and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) mutations occur in more than 15% of cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia (CN-AML) but comparative studies of their roles in leukemogenesis have been scarce. We generated zebrafish models of IDH2 and IDH2 AML and reported their pathologic, functional and transcriptomic features and therapeutic responses to target therapies. Transgenic embryos co-expressing FLT3 and IDH2 mutations showed accentuation of myelopoiesis.
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April 2022
In this paper, based on the low-cycle loading tests of 11 steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) frame columns with built-in Q690 steel and 5 SRC frame columns with built-in Q235 steel, a systematic study on their seismic performance was carried out. The design parameters of the specimens were the steel strength, axial compression ratio, shear span ratio, steel content, and stirrup ratio. The failure modes, stress characteristics, hysteresis curve, skeleton curve, displacement ductility performance, energy dissipation capacity, and other main seismic indicators of the specimens with different parameters were analyzed, and the corresponding relationship between the displacement ductility performance of the specimen and the energy dissipation capacity and design parameters was obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAt present, the existing standards (AISC360-16, EN1994-1-1:2004, and JGJ138-2016) lack relevant provisions for steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) composite columns with high-strength steel. To investigate the axial compressive mechanical performance of short high-strength steel-reinforced concrete (HSSRC) columns, the axial load test was conducted on 12 short composite columns with high-strength steel and ordinary steel. The influences of steel strength, steel ratio, and the section form of steel on the failure modes, bearing capacity, and ductility of the specimens were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, the question of how to fabricate conductive patterns on complex ceramic surfaces in a high-definition and low-cost manner has been an increasing challenge. This paper presents a complete process chain for the selective metallization of AlO ceramic surfaces based on 3D printing. Laser pre-activation (LPA) is used to "activate" the surface of the ceramic substrate, and then, combined with the electroless copper plating (ECP) process, the AlO substrates can be metalized with preset patterns at room temperature, and a densely packed copper layer with high accuracy and good reproducibility can be obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile cancer immunotherapy has been remarkably successful in some malignancies, some cancers derive limited benefit from current immunotherapies. Here, we combined immune landscape signatures with hepatocellular carcinoma clinical and prognostic features to classify them into distinct subtypes. The immunogenomic profiles, stromal cell features and immune cell composition of the subtypes were then systematically analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZirconium dioxide provides an exceptional prototype material for studying the redistribution of the polaron holes and its magnetic coupling with their nearby anions owning to the difference oxygen binding behavior in the monoclinic phase. Here, we perform a comprehensive study of the p-electron magnetism in the nitrogen doped 2 × 2 × 2 monoclinic ZrO2 based on spin-polarized density functional theory. Nitrogen substitutions make the system display half-metallic properties, and the origin of room temperature ferromagnetism ascribes to the p-p coupling interaction between N 2p and the host 2p states.
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