Background: More than half of pregnant patients with overweight or obesity exceed national gestational weight gain (GWG) guidelines, increasing their risk of adverse outcomes. There is an urgent need to develop effective and scalable interventions to improve GWG.
Objective: To describe the protocol of Lifestyle, Eating, and Activity in Pregnancy (LEAP), a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating a mobile health (mHealth) intervention promoting appropriate GWG in an integrated healthcare system.
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) can cause severe complications, including diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). There is a significant gap in understanding the single-cell ecological atlas of DM and DFU tissues.
Methods: Single-cell RNA sequencing data were used to create a detailed single-cell ecological landscape of DM and DFU.
Schistosomiasis is commonly managed using the praziquantel, but it is only effective against adult worms and duration of action is short. Liver fibrosis will worsen if eggs are still present after stopping treatment. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a sustained drug release system for effectively preventing and treating schistosomiasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe growing altitude is an important factor affecting the quality of coffee. We explored the flavor precursors, sensory characteristics, and cupping qualities of coffee growing at different altitudes and discussed their associated relationships. The altitude at which coffee is grown has different effects on its chemical composition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObject individuation studies have been a valuable tool in understanding the development of kind concepts. In this article, we review evidence from object individuation paradigms to argue that by their first birthday, infants represent at least three superordinate-level sortal kinds: OBJECT, ANIMATE, and AGENT (possibly also ARTIFACT). These superordinate sortal-kind concepts share key characteristics of adult kind concepts, such as prioritizing causal properties and having inductive potential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrown algae, constituting the second largest group of marine macroalgae, fix significant amounts of inorganic carbon into alginate, the most abundant polysaccharide found in their cell walls. Alginate serves as an important macromolecular carbon source for marine bacteria. The catabolism of alginate by bacteria is an important step in the marine carbon cycle, and this area of research has attracted growing interests over the past decade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study focuses on the active earth pressure distribution of finite soil masses in urban proximity engineering, with a specific emphasis on nonlimit conditions. Through laboratory model tests, the relationship between the nonlimit earth pressure and displacement of the finite soil mass is investigated. Furthermore, the distribution law of the nonlimit earth pressure is explored, considering the influence of the existing structure, proximity distance, and soil cover thickness of the existing structure on the nonlimit earth pressure distribution within the finite soil mass.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Microbiol Biotechnol
November 2024
Int J Biol Macromol
December 2024
The human dietary system, which contains a variety of compounds such as polyphenols and polysaccharides, is very complex. Whether polysaccharides affect the inhibitory of polyphenol mixtures on α-amylase needs to be further investigated. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect and mechanism of pectin on the inhibition of α-amylase by a mixture of rutin and quercetin (R-Q).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
November 2024
Background: To analyze the relationship between tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) subtypes and infiltration locations and the prognosis of gastric cancer (GC) patients.
Methods: Eligible articles were obtained through systematic retrieval and rigorous screening, collecting study information and extracting hazard ratio (HR), 95 % confidence interval (CI) for pooled analyses of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).
Results: Higher CD4 TILs were correlated with favorable OS (HR=0.
Alginate oligosaccharides (AOs), derived from alginate degradation, exhibit diverse biological activities and hold significant promise in various fields. The enzymatic preparation of AOs relies on alginate lyases, which offers distinct advantages. In contrast to the conventional use of sodium alginate derived from brown algae as the substrate for the enzymatic preparation of AOs, AO preparation directly from brown algae is more appealing due to its time and energy efficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConductive hydrogels have gained interest in biomedical applications and soft electronics. To tackle the challenge of ionic hydrogels falling short of desired mechanical properties in previous studies, our investigation aimed to understand the pivotal structural factors that impact the conductivity and mechanical behavior of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogels with ionic conductivity. Polyether urethane diacrylamide (PEUDAm), a functionalized long-chain macromer based on PEG, was used to synthesize hydrogels with ionic conductivity conferred by incorporating ions into the liquid phase of the hydrogel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lung cancer, a prevalent and deadly malignancy, is classified into small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SCLC is further subdivided into four molecular subtypes-SCLC-A, SCLC-N, SCLC-P, and SCLC-I-based on key transcription factor expression.
Methods: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to assess ASCL1, NEUROD1, and POU2F3 expression in tumor tissues.
In recent years, mushroom poisoning has been one of the most important factors of food poisoning in China, timely identification of the toxins contained in mushrooms is crucial for the treatment of patients. In this study, boric acid carbon dots (BA-CDs) can undergo specific boron affinity reactions with amatoxins toxins containing o-dihydroxyl groups by means of boric acid groups. Functional covalent organic framework (COF) and BA-CDs were combined to design a adsorbent with boric acid group (COF@VBC@BA-CDs) was designed to meet the requirements of both fluorescent and pretreated materials for amatoxins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Colloid Interface Sci
February 2025
Realizing biomimicry for human tactile perception is a meaningful challenge. In this work, a soft matter system with multi-scale energy dissipation structure is designed to realize flexible sensing and detection by biomimetic human touch. At the molecular scale, the supramolecular interactions are introduced into the hydrogel system, including the hydrophobic interaction and the ion attraction between macromolecular segments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Efficient approaches to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are still needed.
Objective: To investigate whether partial cardiac denervation, achieved by cutting off the ligament of Marshall (LOM) and resecting the fat pad along the Waterston groove, can reduce the risk of POAF following CABG.
Design, Setting And Participants: This single-center, randomized clinical trial enrolled adult patients scheduled for isolated CABG in China.
J Colloid Interface Sci
February 2025
Despite the rapid development of Janus adhesive hydrogels, most of them still entail complex fabrication processes and have the inherent flaws, such as fragility and instability, thereby restricting their biomedical applications. In this study, a novel Janus bio-gel with strong mechanical and intelligent adhesion functions is facilely fabricated through a gravity-driven settlement strategy, employing poly-cyclodextrin microspheres (PCDMs). This strategy takes advantage of the sedimentation behavior of PCDMs with various diameters to establish structural disparities on both sides of the Janus bio-gel, thereby resolving multiple predicaments including the tedious synthesis steps and poor bonding of multilayer hydrogels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGas-insulated switchgear (GIS) employs sulfur hexafluoride (SF) as an insulating medium to shield electrical gadget. However, SF can decompose under sure situations, generating dangerous sulfur-based totally compounds which include SO, SOF, and SOF. These byproducts pose enormous dangers to both protection and environmental integrity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal alloys, pure titanium, metal-ceramics, and ceramic materials are used for fixed dental prostheses, which contained lead and potentially involved hepatotoxicity. To investigate the connection between fixed dental prostheses, blood lead levels, and liver function. A cross-sectional study enrolled 3624 American adults were conducted.
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